《高级英语》 第二册综合测试 (1)(2)

《高级英语》第二册综合测试(1)
I. For each of the following word, there are four choices marked
A,B,C,D. Choose the one which best explains the word given: 20%
1. intricate
A. difficult
B. complicated
C. invalid
D. simple
2. eradicate
A. cut into many small parts
B. go round in circle
C. draw together into a small space
D. put an end to; destroy
3. wax
A. grow bigger or greater
B. become less or smaller
C. drop heavily
D. cover with thick coating
4. squash
A. invade
B. infer
C. squeeze
D. separate
5. veer
A. move forward
B. look sideways
C. change directions
D. pour out
6. exultant
A. triumphant
B. ecure
C. exhausted
D. overflowing
7. unsightly
A. invisible
B. ugly
C. precipitate
D. provisional
8. testy
A. examining
B. proving
C. impatient
D. judging
9. tug
A. pull
B. push
C. place
D. fix
10. covet
A. surround
B. cover
C. avoid
D. desire
11. grueling
A. complaining
B. moaning
C. tiring
D. unwilling
12. infamy
A. being famous for
B. being shameful
C. being honest
D. being refused
13. dominance
A. ruling class
B. manageable domain
C. controlling power
D. religious establishment
14. frustrate
A. discourage
B. bring about good result
C. come out fruitfully
D. worry about the result
15. derelict
A. grievous
B. deprived
C. abandoned
D. hunted
16. infuriate
A. set apart from other
B. fill with rage
C. become fastened
D. keep in a certain position
17. hack
A. cut carefully
B. dig roughly
C. make slowly
D. move smoothly
18. convict
A. criminal
B. aggressor
C. captain
D. captor
19. plight
A. condition
B. irritation
C. conscience
D. objection
20. sanctuary
A. a warm place
B. shelter
C. a clean place
D. a harm place
21. hobble
A. walk in difficulty with small steps
B. walk quickly with strides
C. walk slowly and lazily
D. walk sideways with tips and toes
22. debris
A. small individual parts
B. completely good places
C. well preserved pieces
D. scattered broken pieces
23. invective
A. beautiful words
B. facial expressions
C. convincing speech
D. abusive language
24. invoke
A. call forth
B. take down
C. put up
D. take the form of
25. prescribe
A. order or direct
B. produce
C. protect
D. agree
26. vantage
A. variable situation
B. comfortless position
C. advantage
D. disadvantage
27. inquisitive
A. unnecessarily curious
B. seriously urgent
C. completely controlled
D. ready made
28. gruff
A. serious
B. grievous
C. rough
D. gentle
29. alienate
A. ally
B. estrange
C. unite
D. oppose
30. extinguish
A. put out
B. put up
C. put on
D. put down
31. immune
A. secure
B. impure
C. odorous
D. revival
32. disintegrate
A. joint together
B. break up into pieces
C. regard as a individual
D. look down upon
33. coin
A. happen
B. coincide
C. comfort
D. invent
34. anecdote
A. short amusing story
B. long tedious talk
C. uninteresting writing
D. exciting information
35. incredulous
A. unbelieving
B. increasing
C. industrious
D. unimproved
36. tart
A. different
B. sarcastic
C. loaded
D. special
37. trauma
A. emotional shock
B. mental work
C. the state of not having enough
D. a reinforced structure for observers
38. adversary
A. a person who gives advice
B. a friend
C. an enemy
D. a listener
39. delve
A. give oneself up
B. clasp carefully
C. search carefully and deeply
D. look down upon
40. tribulation
A. contribution
B. delivery
C. distribution
D. great difficulty or trouble
BDACC, ABCAD, CBCAC, BBAAB,
ADDAA, CACBA, ABDAA, BACCD
Ⅱ. Explain the underlined words or phrases: 15%
1. Sometimes the blues did occasionally afflict all.
2. Several vacationers at the luxurious Richelieu Apartments there held a hurricane party to watch the storm from their spectacular vantage point.
3. All of them are mummified with age and the sun, and all of them are tiny.
4. I do not shrink from this responsibility, I welcome it.
5. As the Jews live in self-contained communities they follow the same trades as the Arabs, except for agriculture.
6. The main thrust of Camille had passed.
7. Then for the first time I noticed the poor old earth-coloured bodies, bodies reduced to bones and leathery skin, bent double under the
crushing weight.
8. She already had the makings.
9. Read, then, the following essay which undertakes to demonstrate that logic, far from being a dry, pedantic discipline, is ....
10. However intricate the ways in which animals communicate with each
other, they do not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation.
11. ..., but in a flash the conversation has moved on and the opportunity is
lost.
12. Parts of the beach and highway were strewn with dead dogs, cats,
cattle.
13. What really appeals to the flies is that the corpses here are never put
into coffins....
14. It so happened that I, as a law student, was taking a course in logic
myself, so I had all the facts at my finger tips.
15. Dicto Simpliciter means an argument based on an unqualified
generalization.
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III. Choose the one which best completes the meaning of each following sentence. (10%)
1. Something that is _______ is deliberately deceitful, dishonest or
untrue.
A. spontaneous
B. frenzied
C. fraudulent
D. stultifying
2. If something ____________ your skin, it cuts it badly and deeply.
A. lacerate
B. demolish
C. scud
D. shrink
3. People and animals that are _________ are hostile and unfriendly.
A. inimical
B. derelict
C. facetious
D. aberrant
4. Something that is __________ is so bad or unpleasant that it makes you feel disgust or dismay.
A. appealing
B. appalling
D. appearing
5. If you _________, you travel or move slowly and not in any particular direction.
A. invoke
B. meander
C. prescribe
D. forsake
6. A person who acts without thinking about what they are doing is often called an ____________.
A. automation
B. automaton
C. automat
D. autonomy
7. A __________ is a group of trees that are close together, often because they have been planted in this way.
A. gruff
B. grudge
C. grovel
D. grove
8. If you ________ to something, you mention it in a very indirect way.
A. illustrate
C. allude
D. invoke
9. If a place is ______ by a particular route or method of transport, you are able to reach it by this route or method.
A. accessible
B. assessable
C. accessable
D. acessable
10. If someone has _______ motives or reasons for doing something, they
do not show their motives openly but hide them.
A. hideous
B. desultory
C. compulsive
D. ulterior
CAABB, BDCAD
《高级英语》第二册期末综合测试卷（2）Ⅰ. Word explanation: (30%)
1. convict
A. criminal
B. aggressor
C. captain
D. captor
2. plight
A. condition
B. irritation
C. conscience
D. objection
3. putrid
A. clear
B. religious
C. purified
D. decaying
4. infuriate
A. set apart from others
B. fill with rage
C. become fastened
D. keep in a certain position
5. vantage
A. advantage
B. disadvantage
C. comfortless position
D. variable situation
6. perspicacious
A. determinate
B. flagitious
C. keen
D. prestigious
7. unfathomable
A. which can't be understood
B. which can be measured
C. which is not realistic
D. which is not deep
8. succinctly
A. successfully
B. clearly
C. obviously
D. continuously
9. derelict
A. grievous
B. deprived
C. abandoned
D. hunted
10. intoxication
A. exhilaration
B. extrication
C. extinction
D. extraction
11. myopic
A. obscure
B. short-sighted
C. far-reaching
D. uncertain
12. incarceration A. importance
B. compassion
C. imprisonment
D. influence
13. barbarity
A. cruelty
B. forgiveness
C. civilization
D. commitment
14.invective
A. beautiful words
B. facial expressions
C. convincing speech
D. abusive language
15. alienat
A. ally
B. estrange
C. unite
D. oppose
16.corny
A. old fashioned
B. stupid
C. humorous
D. opinionated
17. diabolical
A. boring
B. dreadful
C. interesting
D. reasonable
18.debris
A. small individual parts
B. completely good places
C. well preserved pieces
D. scattered broken pieces
19. ponderous
A. considerate
B. thoughtful
C. heavy
D. divided
20. forsake
A. save
B. abandon
C. support
D. benefit
21. heed
A. rise on feet
B. strike on the head
C. pay attention to
D. give new life
22. desist
A. insist on
B. cease
C. hackle
D. castrate
23. immune
A. impure
B. revival
C. odorous
D. secure
24. fracas
A. appearance
B. wealth
C. residence
D. fight
25. pathology
A. the study of religion
B. the study of philosophy
C. the study of disease
D. the study of path
26. modulate
A. fix
B. vary
C. hesitate
D. speak
27. illicit
A. uneducated
B. unreasonable
C. unlawful
D. illiterate
28. slump
A. rise up
B. sink down
C. move on
D. repeat
29. subversion
A. rebuilding
B. succession
C. destroying
D. salvage
30. incredulous
A. unbelieving
B. increasing
C. industrious
D. unimproved
AADBA, CABCA, BCADB, ABDCB, CBDDC, BCBCA
Ⅱ. Spell out the words according to the meaning.
1. Something that is _______ is deliberately deceitful, dishonest or
untrue.
A. spontaneous
B. frenzied
C. fraudulent
D. stultifying
2. If something ____________ your skin, it cuts it badly and deeply
A. lacerate
B. demolish
C. scud
D. shrink
3. People and animals that are _________ are hostile and unfriendly.
A. inimical
B. derelict
C. facetious
D. aberrant
4. Something that is __________ is so bad or unpleasant that it makes
you feel disgust or dismay.
A. appealing
B. appalling
C. apparent
D. appearing
5. If you _________, you travel or move slowly and not in any particular direction.
A. invoke
B. meander
C. prescribe
D. infuse
6. A person who acts without thinking about what they are doing is often called an ____________.
A. automation
B. automaton
C. automat
D. autonomy
7. A __________ is a group of trees that are close together, often because they have been planted in this way.
A. gruff
B. grudge
C. grovel
D. grove
8. If you ________ to something, you mention it in a very indirect way.
A. illustrate
B. concoct
C. allude
D. invoke
9. If a place is ______ by a particular route or method of transport, you are able to reach it by this route or method.
A. accessible
B. assessable
C. accessable
D. acessable
10. If someone has _______ motives or reasons for doing something, they
do not show their motives openly but hide them.
A. hideous
B. desultory
C. compulsive
D. ulterior
CAABB, BDCAD。