英语泛读一考试资料

英语泛读一考试资料

For each italicized word or expression, choose the best meaning below.

1.My cousin is an acquaintance of the president of that company; they greet

each other when they meet.

A.a close friend

B. a person who works with

C.a person one has met but doesn‘t know very well

D.a classmate

2.She was sitting on the sofa, browsing through the TV pages of the newspaper.

A.looking through in a casual way

B.turning over

C.reading carefully

D.writing on

3.After he failed his math exam, he has been feeling depressed for several

weeks.

A.happy

B.angry

C.puzzled

D.low in spirits

4.Because of their different opinions on the issue, there is now open hostility

between the two leaders.

A.friendly feelings

B.cooperation

C.unfriendly feelings

D.relationship

5.Student often find temporary jobs during their summer vacation.

A.interesting

sting forever

sting for a short time

D.professional

6.Making mistakes is inevitable, so do not be discouraged.

A.cannot be blamed

B.cannot be avoided

C.cannot last long

D.cannot be found

7.I have located a better restaurant in the next street. Why don‘t we go there

for lunch?

A.found

B.recognized

C.opened

D.explored

8.Stop dwelling on your problems and do something about them.

A.living in

B.thinking a little about

C.forgetting about

D.thinking too much about

Many verbs end in the suffix –ize. Study the examples, and then list at least five verbs that end in this suffix in the space provided.

-ize realize, organize, criticize, characterize

-ize ________________________________

Fill in each of the blanks with the given word in its proper form.

1.45 is ____ by 5. (divide)

2.You must carry out your plan with ___. (determine)

3.Xiao Li is a ___ friend. If he can help you, he will do his best. (depend)

4.He smiled in ___. Obviously he was very pleased with what he had done.

(satisfy)

5.The ___ of compositions took a large part of the reader‘s time. (correct)

6.The ___ between mother and child is the closest in the world. (relate)

7.Although the black-and-white TV set is old-fashioned, it is still ___. (use)

8.The picture is faded, but the people in it are still ___. (recognize)

9.The news report tried to ___ the damage of the accident. (minimum)

10.I am so ___ to hear the news of your success. (delight)

The Politics Behind China's Nobel Complex

When Gao Xingjian received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000, The People's Republic of China reacted very strangely. For two decades the country had energetically campaigned for the award, from flying writers to Sweden to funding an anthology of writings by Nobel prizewinners.

Yet the official response to the announcement was icy disdain, followed by censorship of Xingjian's books around the country. More curiously, many members of the country's literary community insisted that they were disappointed with the choice of Xingjian, a dissident writer who had lived in France since 1987. Why did the winner get the cold shoulder?

Julia Lovell's fascinating though sometimes stiffly written study explores the country's schizophrenia about the august literary prize: China's deep-seated fear that its literature will fall short of Western standards clashes with the country's resentment about having to look for artistic validation outside of its own borders and traditions.

The People's Republic of China has been long obsessed with accruing hard power, and particularly on assessing how the country measures up against other states in economic and military terms. More recently,