高级英语 单元测验 1

Quiz 1

I. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, choose the word from the list that best completes each of the sentences.

battle mess terminal argue danger rock coax define difference culture down loneliness tedious request quarter killing disaffection breaths major generation responsibility duties protested gasp

Between Elvis and Alice, __1__ critics say, a number of rock stars have helped our society __2__ its beliefs and attitudes. Bob Dylan touched a nerve of __3__. He spoke of civil rights, nuclear fallout, and __4__. He spoke of change and of the bewilderment of an older __5__.

When I was graduating from college, my generation also found the world in a __6__. The economic machinery had broken __7__ almost everywhere: In this country nearly a __8__ of the population was out of work. A __9__ war seemed all too likely. As a college newspaper editor at that time, I __10__ against this just as vehemently as student activists are protesting today.

Even her expressio n hadn’t changed. Her __11__, however, were coming faster and faster. Then the __12__ began. I had to do it. I had to have a throat __13__ for her own protection. But first I told the parents that it was entirely up to them. I explained the __14__ but said that I would not insist on a throat examination so long as they would take the __15__.

Many doctors working on the battlefield of __16__ suffering think that only squeamishness demands a firm __17__ between passive and active euthanasia on __18__. Their argument for killing goes like this: one of a doctor’s __19__ is to prevent suffering; sometimes that is all there is left for him to do, and __20__is the only way to do it.

II. Each of the following sentences is given two choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence.

1. He ([A]sprinkled [B]threw) ashes on the icy sidewalk.

2. I hear you are looking for an office. This place would be ([A]idealistic [B]ideal).

3. Topics for conversation should be ([A]relevant [B]relative) to the experiences and

interests of the students.

4. Most people couldn't ([A]imagine [B]conceive) of living without a telephone.

5. Scientists have studied the ([A]migration [B]immigration) of fish from one part of the

ocean to another over long distance.

6. The motorist was ([A]bewildered [B]surprised) by the conflicting road signs.

7. Someone has ([A]jumbled [B]mixed) the files, and now I can’t find anything.

8. The judge rejected the prisoner’s ([A]appeal [B]attraction) for a new trial.

9. They have a desire to see what steps shall be taken to ([A]compensate [B]remedy) the

existing weakness.

10. The warrior managed to ([A]evade [B]dodge) the arrow that came flying through the

air.