第五学期英语精读复习

选择题1.Pressed for the pros and cons of being the son of one of the famous, Rockreplies:”I think I’m among the most blessed of people who ever died.”2.Painting is the art of reaching the soul through the eyes, but if the pictureappeals to the eyes and never reach the soul, the painter has fallen far short of his aim.3.Under the norms of international law, counties are justified in using militaryforce abroad to defend their citizens from hostile military action.4.Statistics are cited to prove the depth of popular misery: falling real wages,rising unemployment, and a general collapse of living standards.5.The claim that woman can never be in positions of public responsibility becauseof their “raging hormo nal imbalances” is thoroughly refuted in this article. 6.Once the problem has been identified, the couple can start appropriatetreatment, and with the right treatment, Mr. Goswamy predicts, many more infertile couples will conceive.7.Every few miles his suitcase bounced out the back of the cart and Tock becameannoyed at having to stop and collect it all the time.8.While I am waiting on the platform, a railway employee shouts across the trackthat the 9.49 train is canceled, and that the next train will be at 10.19.9.The daughter of an Indian laborer, Mrs. Swami was deserted by her husbandand had to support four children on her own.10.Peter read the letter twice before its meaning sank in.11.“I might just as well pack up and go if you can’t even listen to thingsreasonably! “12.Mary cursed herself for making the silly mistake and letting the goldenopportunity slip through her fingers.13.Environmentalists are doing everything within their power to protect the birdsand minimize the impact of the oil spill.14.But what really distorts the official statistics is that they are based almostentirely on the state economy.15.The brutal truth is that some youngsters are so out of control they have to bedetained.16.Mary admired Max for his wit, although she could not tolerate his philosophy oflife.17.This is a matter which cannot be too carefully watched since failure to complyrenders you liable to heavy penalties.18.Their organization neither used nor advocated the use of violence in its strugglefor equality.19.It may be possible to claim damages against a local authority foe negligentlyfailing to ensure that construction work complied with the relevant building regulations.20.A substantial proportion of educational costs was transferred to localauthorities, although the latter had neither sufficient financial noradministrative means to carry out their new assignments.21.These fads for physical fitness invariably lead to two things: a great deal ofunnecessary injury and a lot of profit to the people behind the scheme.22.Each product manufactured by our company is quality tested at least threetimes, depending upon the requirements.23.Technological innovation is indispensable to the modernization of the economy.24.The essence of being human consists in the values we place on ourselves inbeing human beings.25.If they are innocent they have nothing to fear, that’s what they always say.26.It is to be expected that homebuyers will be less inclined to borrow at today’shigh rates.27.On 6 March he was suffering from skin problems and a dramatic fall in his bloodsugar level resulting from the earlier hunger-strike.28.Both girls quickly turned their faces away, just in case he would want to takerevenge on them later for having witnessed his humiliation.29.I had no experience of teaching art to anyone, but the headmaster assured methat it simply involved giving the boys some paints to play with and then telling them to get on with it.30.The hotel’s restaurant enjoys a good reputation, with a lovely first-floor terracewhere on fine days you dine overlooking the lake.31.In Diana’s words the new invention can provide “disabled people withfreedom from the wheelchair they spend so much of their life in, making themas mobile as the n ext gust of wind.”32.Materialism has until recently been virtually unknown in Confucian societies.33.Some lawyers say the law of deception must be adjusted to include deceptionof machines rather than just people.34.The building materials industry geared itself to meet the steady predictabledemand of the house-building industry, thus eliminating one of the chief obstacles to the output of houses.35.As a general rule vegetable oils are much better for you than fats thatarederived from animals.36.The critical moment for harvest varies from year to year and from one plant tothe next.37.If left to reach their natural dimensions, many plant species will eventually takeover a wide area of ground and should be avoided in small gardens.38.Fame is the most fascinating subject in the world and I’m keenly interested inspeaking to certain people who’ve had fame and then lost it.39.Interestingly enough, having once entered the profession itself, age ceases tobe a barrier, for actors of any age may easily teach each other something and share emotions honestly.40.Another mystery is how the yacht drifted north-west when prevailingconditions would normally have sent it towards South America.41.The company is based on a novel concept of direct selling, which involvesrepresentatives knocking on doors selling household goods.42.It is my experience that many students of English Literature with good A-Levelresults dislike poetry, or at least feel baffled by it, and can go through a three-year degree course without this attitude being radically changed.43.Aside from the technological requirements of the new system, other importantissues have to be resolved.44.By the end of this month manufacturing capacity is expected to increasethree-fold, according to sales and marketing director Joe Weston.45.You may find it surprising that in this country acute labor shortage coexists withhigh unemployment.46.Those present at the meeting expressed interest in all of the organizationalaspects of home care, including nursing, equipment loans and the volunteer program.47.In this and succeeding meetings the focus of attention was primarily on themanpower involved, with some discussion of the public expenditure costs. 48.Other types of skin cancer are associated with continued exposure to the sunover a long period.词组填空1.Credulous people might accept that theory, but as for me, I don’t believe onehalf of it.2.Since she didn’t reply yet you should follow up your letter with a phone call.3.The meeting was late because the speaker talked on and on about his family, histravels, his publications and so forth.4.No one could say how the magician was able to pull a rabbit out of his hat untilhe later threw light on his tricks.5.Not only passengers sitting at the front of cars and taxis but also thosetravelling in the rear must be restrained where a seat belt is available.6.Even though he couldn’t swim, he managed to make it to the river band.7.It is not easy to make sense of the maze of facts and figures concerning theproject.8.Her suggestion may sound reasonable to you, butin everybody else’s eyesI’m afraid it may seem ridiculous.9.Contrary to the belief of some doctors, even very old and sick people want toknow the details of their illness so that they can prepare for death in their own special way.10.The author brings the first chapter of his book to a close by giving a bringaccount of the advances science has made since liberation.11.It pays in the long run to introduce new techniques.12.At times the oral English class was noisy, with everyone participating in anactivity at the same time, but at others, the class just sat there and didn’t say anything.13.Seeing that they were very busy then, we took our leave very quickly lest weshould get in the way.14.Reading between the lines, her husband figured out that she was still bitterabout his recent behavior in spite of the apparently cheerful tone of the letter.15.Owning sets of books is useless unless you read them.16.The nurse on duty hurried to Mr. Spenser’s ward in answer to his bell.17.Catching sight of its mother, the little child stopped crying and toddled to meether.18.Though he had done a day’s hard work, he said he wasn’t in the least tired.19.Mr. David in the habit of knitting his brows whenever he concentrates on adifficult problem.20.Mother always taught me to be thrifty and not to live beyond my means.21.Fruit is best and cheapest when it isin season.22.We would have succeeded in fulfilling the task ahead of schedule if the weatherhad not taken a hand in our plan.23.At first thought, the problem may seem far too involved but it can certainly besolved when seriously dealt with.24.“Did you say you agreed with him?” “Yes, but mind you, I didn’t make anycommitment.”25.He has an inquiring mind and he’s never satisfied until he gets to the root ofthings.26.The plate fell to the floor, sending bits of china flying in all directions.27.Jane spent the five-minute break between games collecting her wits andrethinking her strategy for the second half of the match.28.The pilot and several passengers were held prisoner by the gunmen for 57hours.29.Timothy’s letters indicate that he loved his daughter and took pride in her andher work.30.The speaker talked about law in general and about international law inparticular.句子翻译1.丈夫死后，她只好独自挑起抚养五个孩子的经济重担。