高级英语期末考试试卷及答案A卷
2021-2022年高一上学期期末考试英语试题(A卷) 含答案
2021-2022年高一上学期期末考试英语试题（A卷）含答案本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。
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第一部分：英语知识运用（共二节，满分35分）第一节：语法和词汇知识（共15小题，每小题1分；满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. –Is the post office _______ our school?--No, it’s only about 2 kilometers .You can walk there.A. far awayB. long fromC. far fromD. long away2. —Don’t you know our school well?— No, this is the first time I _________ here.A. have beenB. am ingC. eD. was3. In Germany, respecting teachers is considered very important and the same is _______ Spain and Russia.A.real ofB. true ofC. true forD. real for4. I’d rather _______ at home than _______ out in such bad weather.A. staying; goingB. staying; goC. stay; goingD. stay; go5. — Shall we begin our club activity tonight or tomorrow afternoon? — ________.A.It’s up to youB. No problemC. Nobody can help youD. Take your time first6. The number of people present at the concert ________ than expected. There were many tickets left.A. were much smallerB. was much smallerC. were moreD. was more7. Our English teacher is really _____ and tells jokes when she thinks we’re getting ___.A. amusing; boringB. amused; boredC. amusing; boredD. amused; boring8. It’s ten years _________ the scientist set out to discover the valuable chemical.A. whenB. thatC. beforeD. since9. You can’t imagine how happy we were! The exciting moment we had been looking forward to _______ at last.A. eB. having eC. cameD. ing10. Look at the clouds. It _____ soon.A. is rainingB. is to rainC. will rainD. is going to rain11. — Did he have a fever?— Yes. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.A.normalB. ordinaryC. regularD. average12. We don’t allow ________ in the office. But you ar e allowed ________ in the rest room.A. smoking; smokingB. to smoke; to smokeC. smoking; to smokeD. smoke; smoking13. A house was ________ between midnight and 5 am. A lot of valuable things were stolen.A. broken outB. broken intoC. broken offD. broken in14. Tom kept quiet about the accident ________ lose his job.A. so not as toB. so as not toC. so as to notD. not so as to15. It was on my way home __ I met a friend of mine.A. whichB. whereC. whenD. that第二节完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分；满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
2020-2021大学《高级英语》(二)期末课程考试试卷A(含答案)
2020-2021《高级英语》（二）期末课程考试试卷A考试班级: 考试日期：；试卷所需时间：120分钟闭卷，试卷总分：100分Part One Grammar &Vocabulary (30%)Directions : There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.1. __________to some parts of South America is still difficult, because parts of the continent are still covered with thick forests.A. OrientationB. AccessC. ProcessionD. V oyage2. You don’t have to install this radio in your new car, it’s an____________ extra.A .excessive B. optional C. additional D. arbitrary3. Her long illness was gradually _____________Charlotte’s strength.A. tappingB. lappingC. sappingD. napping4. As the offender ______________his crime ,he was dealt with leniently.A. admitB. confessC. commitD. transmit5. It is well known that knowledge is the __________ condition for expansion of mind.A. incompatibleB. incredibleC. indefiniteD. indispensable6. He spoke so_____________ that even his opponents were won over by his arguments.A. bluntlyB. convincinglyC. emphaticallyD. determinedly7. France’s ___________of nuclear testing in the South Pacific last month triggered political debates and mass demonstrations.A. assumptionB. consumptionC. presumptionD. resumption8.The 215-page manuscript, circulated to publishers last October,__________ an outburst of interest.A. flaredB. glitteredC. sparkedD. flashed9.I am not____________with my roommate but I have to share the room with her, because I have nowhere else to live.A. concernedB. compatibleC. considerateD. complied10.At first, the____________ of color pictures over a long distance seemed impossible, but, with painstaking efforts and at great expense, it became a reality.A. transactionB. transmissionC. transformationD. transition11.The English weather defies forecast and hence is a source of interest___________ to everyone.A. speculationB. attributionC. utilizationD. proposition12. __________ boys in pink shirts hanging about on Washday after school.A. SecretB. SlyC. FurtiveD. Cunning13. If the work done ____________we could pay well.A. discreetlyB. carelesslyC. internationallyD. sepulchrally14. We were tortured in the outback by the ____________ Austrian fly.A. co-existingB. ubiquitousC. appreciativeD. favorable15. The newspapers were extremely __________about him. A. sluggish B. astound C. succumb D. scathing16. The president statements were ______________ by all parties.A. contaminatedB. denouncedC. flirtedD. concealed17. Chemical plants in the vicinity __________more than half the national’s soda ash for industry.A . turned to B. turned out C. turned downed D. turned in18. Please do not be ________ by his bad manners since he is merely trying to attract attention.A. disregardedB. distortedC. irritatedD. intervened19. As a defense against air-pollution damage, many plants and animals____________ a substance to absorb harmful chemicals.A. relieveB. releaseC. dismissD. discard20. Without the friction between their feet and the ground, people would ____________be able to walk.A. in no timeB. by all meansC. in no wayD. on any account21. While typing, Helen has a habit of stopping ____________to give her long and flowing hair a smooth.A. occasionallyB. simultaneouslyC. eventuallyD. promptly22. One reason for the successes of Asian immigrants in the U.S. is that theyhave taken great ______________to educate their children.A. effortsB. painsC. attemptsD. endeavours23.If any man here does not agree with me, he should ______________his own plan for improving the living conditions of these people.A. put onB. put outC. put inD. put forward24. Your improper words will give ___________to doubts concerning your true intentions.A. riseB. reasonC. suspicionD. impulse25.The news item about the fire is followed by a detailed report made ______________.A. on the spotB. on the siteC. on the locationD. on the ground26. Too much ______________ to X-rays can cause skin burns, cancer or other damage to the body.A. disclosureB. exhibitionC. contactD. exposure27. When confronted with such questions, my mind goes _____________, and I can hardly remember my own date of birth.A. dimB. blankC. faintD. vain28. When travelling, you are advised to take travelers’checks, which provide a secure _______________ to carrying your money in cash.A. substituteB. selection C preference D. alternative29. The manager gave one of the salesgirls an accusing look for her ______________attitude toward customers.A. impartialB. mildC. hostileD. opposing30. Christmas is a Christian holy day usually celebrated on December25th___________the birth of Jesus Christ.A. in accordance withB. in terms ofC. in favor ofD. in honor ofPart Two Reading Comprehension (20%)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.Americans are proud of their variety and individuality, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform, whether it is the uniform of an elevator operator or the uniform of a five-star general. Why are uniforms so popular in the United States?Among the arguments for uniforms, one of the first is that in the eyes of most people they look more professional than civilian clothes. People have become conditioned to expect superior quality from a man who wears a uniform. The television repairman who wears a uniform tends to inspire more trust than one who appears in civilian clothes. Faith in the skill of a garage mechanic is increased by a uniform. What easier way is there for a nurse, a policeman, a barber, or a waiter to lose professional identity than to step out of uniform?Uniforms also have many practical benefits .They save on other clothes. They save on laundry bill. They are tax-deductible. They are often more comfortable and more durable than civilian clothes.Primary among the arguments against uniforms is their lack of variety and the consequent loss of individuality experienced by people who must wear them. Though there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any particular type is generally stuck with it, without change, until retirement. When people look alike, they tend to think, speak, and act similarly, on the job at least.Uniforms also give rise to some practical problems. Though they are long-lasting, often their initial expense is greater than the cost of civilian clothes. Some uniforms are also expensive to maintain, requiring professional dry cleaning rather than the home laundering possible with many types of civilian clothes.31. It is surprising that Americans who worship variety and individuality _______ .A. still judge a man by his clothesB. hold the uniforms in such high regardC. enjoy having a professional identity.D. will respect an elevator operator as much as a general in uniform32.People are accustomed to thinking that a man in uniform________.A. suggests quality workB. discards his social identityC. appears to be more practicalD. looks superior to a person in civilian clothes33. The chief function of a uniform is to _________ .A. provide practical benefits to the wearerB. make the wearer catch the public eyeC. inspire the wearer’s confidence in himselfD. provide the wearer with a professional identity34. According to the passage, people wearing uniforms________ .A. are usually helpfulB. have little or no individual freedomC. tend to lose their individualityD. enjoy greater popularity35. The best title for this passage would be ________ .A Uniforms and SocietyB. The Importance of Wearing a UniformC. Practical Benefits of Wearing a UniformD. Advantages and Disadvantages of UniformsPassage TwoQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.You don’t need every word to understand the meaning of what you read. In fact, too much emphasis on individual words both slows your speed and reduces your comprehension. You will be given the chance to prove this to yourself, but meanwhile, let us look at the implications.First, any habit which slows down your silent reading to the speed at which you speak, or read aloud, is inefficient. If you point to each word as you read, or more your head, or form the words with your lips, you read poorly. Less obvious habits also hold back reading efficiency. ONE is “Saying” each word silently by moving your tongue or throat or vocal cords; another is “hearing” each word as you read.These are habits which should have been outgrown long ago. The beginning reader is learning how letters can make words, how written words are pronounced, and how sentences are put together. Your reading purpose is quite different; it is to understand meaning.It has been estimated that up to 75% of the words in English sentences are not really necessary for conveying the meaning. The secret of silent reading is to seek out those key words and phrases which carry the thought, and to pay less attention to words which exist only for the sake of grammatical completeness.An efficient reader can grasp the meaning from a page at least twice as fast as he can read the passage aloud. Unconsciously perhaps, he takes in a whole phrase or thought unit at a time. If he “says”or “hears”words to himself. They are selected ones, said for emphasis.36. This passage is mainly about_________.A. improving eye movementsB. reading more widelyC. eliminating poor reading habitsD. concentrating while reading37. Saying each word to yourself as you read__________.A. improves comprehensionB. increases reading speedC. prevents regression (退步)D. hinders reading efficiency38. Your reading purpose should be___________.A. to understand all the wordsB. to make fewer eye movementsC. to understand meaningD. to understand the grammatical structures39. It has been estimated that up to 75% of words in English sentences are ________.A. grammatically unnecessaryB. essential to the meaningC. not absolutely essential to grasp of meaningD. regressed more than once by poor readers40. Efficient readers usually__________.A. move their heads quicklyB. take in whole phrases at a timeC. point at key wordsD. miss some important points for speedPassage ThreeQuestions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage.Back in 1922, Thomas Edison predicted that “the motion picture is destined to revolutionize our educational system and...in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks.” Well, we all make mistakes. But at least Edison did not squander vast quantities of public money on installing cinema screens in schools around the country.With computers, the story has been different. Many governments have packed them into schools, convinced that their presence would improve the pace and efficiency of learning. Large numbers of studies, some more academically respectable than others, have purported to show that computers help children to learn. Now, however, a study that compares classes with computers against similar classes without them casts doubt on that view.In the current Economic Journal, Joshua Angrist of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Victor Lavy of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem look at a scheme which put computers into many of Israel’s primary and middle schools in the mid-1990s. Dr Angrist and Dr Lavy compare the test scores for maths and Hebrew achieved by children in the fourth and eighth grades (i.e, aged about nine and 13) in schools with and without computers. They also asked the classes’ teachers how they used various teaching materials, such as Xeroxed worksheets and, of course, computer programs. The researchers found that the Israeli scheme had much less effect on teaching methods in middle schools than in elementary schools. It also found no evidence that the use of computers improved children’s test scores. In fact, it found the reverse. In the case of the maths scores of fourth-graders, there was a consistently negative relationship between computer use and test scores.The authors offer three possible explanations of why this might be. First, the introduction of computers into classrooms might have gobbled up cash that would otherwise have paid for other aspects of education. But that is unlikely in this case since the money for the programme came from the national lottery, and the study found no significant change in teaching resources, methods or training in schools that acquired computers through the scheme.A second possibility is that the transition to using computers in instruction takes time to have an effect. Maybe, say the authors, but the schools surveyed had been using the scheme’s computers for a full school year. That was enough for the new computers to have had a large (and apparently malign) influence on fourth-grade maths scores. The third explanation is the simplest: that the use of computers in teaching is no better (and perhaps worse) than other teaching methods.The bottom line, says Dr Angrist, is that “the costs are clear-cut and the benefits are murky.”The burden of proof now lies with the promoters of classroom computers. And the only reliable way to make their case is, surely, to conduct a proper study, with children randomly allocated to teachers who use computers and teachers who use other methods, including the cheapest of all: chalk and talk.41. We can learn from the first paragraph that ____________.A. motion picture has revolutionized education systemB. Edison’s prediction has been proved wrongC. Edison encouraged schools to install cinema screensD. schools are cautious about Edison’s idea42. Dr. Angrist and Dr. Lavy have done the following except ____________.A. comparing the test scores of students in different age groupsB. interviewing teachers about their teaching methodsC. launching the computer program in many Israeli schoolsD. explaining students’ school pe rformance43. According to Dr. Angrist and Dr. Lavy, in the Israeli scheme, students didn’t make improvement in their test scores because____________.A. other aspects of education were affected due to cash shortageB. it was not long enough for the program to take effectC. there was a negative relationship between computer use and test scoresD. the use of computer was no better than other teaching methods44. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ____________.A. there hasn’t been a proper st udy on this issue yetB. school authorities should provide proof to support the computer programC. installing computers in schools costs too much, but has little or no effectD. chalk and talk work better than computer in teaching45. The author’s attit ude towards governments’ packing computers in schools seems to be _____________.A. biasedB. indifferentC. disapprovingD. puzzlingPassage FourQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Ours has become a society of employees. A hundred years or so ago only one out of every five Americans at work was employed, i. e., worked for somebody else. Today only one out of five is not employed but working for himself. And when fifty years ago “being employed” meant working as a factory labourer or as a farmhand, the employee of today is increasingly a middle-class person with a substantial formal education, holding a professional or management job requiring intellectual and technical skills. Indeed, two things have characterized American society during these last fifty years: middle-class and upper- class employees have been the fastest- growing groups in our working population- growing so fast that the industrial worker, that oldest child of the Industrial Revolution, has been losing in numerical importance despite the ex- pans/on of industrial production.Yet you will fine little if anything written on what it is to be an employee. You can find a great deal of very dubious advice on how to get a job or how to get a promotion. You can also find a good deal of work in a chosen field, whether it be the mechanist’s trade or bookkeeping (簿记). Every one of these trades requires different skills, sets different standards, and requires a different preparation. Yet they all have employeeship in common. And increasingly, especially in the large business or in government, employeeship is more important to success than the special professional knowledge or skill. Certainly more people fail because they do not know the requirements of being an employee than because they do not adequately possess the skills of their trade; the higher you climb the ladder, the more you get into administrative or executive work, the greater the emphasis on ability to work within the organization rather than on technical abilities or professional knowledge46. It is implied that fifty years ago__________.A. eighty percent of American working people were employed in factoriesB. twenty percent of American intellectuals were employeesC. the percentage of intellectuals in the total work force was almost the same as thatof industrial workersD. the percentage of intellectuals working as employees was not so large as that ofindustrial workers47. According to the passage, with the development of modern industry,___________.A. factory labourers will overtake intellectual employees in numberB. there are as many middle -class employees as factory labourersC. employers have attached great importance to factory labourersD. the proportion of factory labourers in the total employee population has decreased48. The word “dubious” (L. 2, Para. 2) most probably means__________.A. valuableB. usefulC. doubtfulD. helpful49. According to the writer, professional knowledge or skill is__________.A. less important than awareness of being a good employeeB. as important as the ability to deal with public relationsC. more important than employer-employee relationsD. as important as the ability to co-operate with others in the organization50. From the passage it can be seen that employeeship helps one__________.A. to be more successful in his careerB. to be more specialized in his fieldC. to solve technical problemsD. to develop his professional skillPart Three TranslationTranslate the following sentences into Chinese (30%)51. We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend,oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.52. The charm of conversation is that it does not really start from anywhere, and no onehas any idea it will go as it meanders or leaps and sparkles or just glows.53. Most of all, he hates himself, because he sees his life passing by, without making anysense beyond the momentary intoxication of success.54. Out of the melting pot emerges a race which hates beauty as it hates truth.55. Flaming diatribes poured from their pens denouncing the materialism and what theyconsidered to be the cultural boobery of our society.56. To be or not to be, it’s a question.57. I was supposed to make a connecting flight when we landed in New Jersey.68. The western tip of the island is blessed with a string of superb beaches.59. He didn’t even bother to say thank-you to us.60.The children laughed at the shiny head of that bald man.Part Four Writing (20%)Mandarin, or putonghua, is the standard service sector language in China. However lately some employees of a metropolis subway company start using dialects to cater to the requirements of people from different areas in order to render better service. Opponents see the countering effects of such movement to the national policy of promoting mandarin across China. Write in 200 words your opinion and support your argument and bring your essay to a natural conclusion.2020-2021《高级英语》（二）期末课程考试试卷A答案Part One Grammar &Vocabulary (30%)1-5 BBCBD 6-10BDCBB 11-15 ACABD 16-20BBCBC 21-25 ABDAA26-30 DBDCDPart Two Reading Comprehension(20%)31-35 BCDAC 36-40 BCDBB41-45 BCDACPart Three Translation1. 为维护自由，使其长存不灭，我们将会不惜付出任何代价，肩负任何重担，迎战一切困难，援助一切朋友，反击一切敌人。
南宁师范大学 202001学期《高级英语》期末考试试题及参考答案
B. filled with
C. associated with
D. attached to
【正确答案】 A
13. It’s time for us to_______the traditional Chinese architecture.（ ）
A. preserve
D. furnishes
【正确答案】 D
7. The local government gave the first_______to education after the war.（ ）
A. projection
B. protection
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D. priority
【正确答案】 D
8. The most successful way to save the language problem while a foreign play is being performed is_______translation.（ ）
A. instantaneous
B. spontaneous
B. reserve
C. conserve
D. deserve
【正确答案】 A
14. If this kind of animal becomes_______,our future generation won’t even have a chance to see it.（ ）
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B. rejected
C. injected
D. ejected
【正确答案】 C
3. Two discussions from different points of view may_______each other.（ ）
《高级英语(一)》期末AO卷
《高级英语（一）》期末考试I. Vocabulary 20%1. The use of the pesticide had been banned in the United States, but the falconswere eating migratory birds from other places where DDT was still used.[A] authorized [B] developed [C] disseminated [D] prohibited2. The beauty of the scene filled us with enchantment.[A] imaginative ability [B] nostalgia [C] delightful influence [D] dignity3. I heard the soft-voiced Mrs. Flowers and the textured voice of my grandmothermerging and melting.[A] sweet [B] rough [C] gently [D] sharp4. In 1940 the Democrats nominated Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term.[A] unimportant [B] unheard of [C] unjustified [D] unhampered5. His strength is incredible -- certainly great enough to enable him to take a manin his hands and wrench his head off.[A] impossible [B] unbelievable [C] probable [D] imaginable6. I heard the soft-voiced Mrs. Flowers and the textured voice of my grandmothermerging and melting.[A] carrying away [B] blending together [C] fading away [D] dying down7. These aren’t idle questions. Some sociologists say that your answers to them could explain a lot about what you are thinking and about what your society is thinking.[A] lazy [B] casual [C] serious [D] interesting8. I’m skeptical of the winnings of the team.[A] respectful to [B] doubtful about [C] accustomed to [D] pleased at9. Imagine my bewilderment when I heard the news.[A] anger [B] annoyance [C] puzzlement [D] disagreement10. Changing the world gradually depends on the exasperating and uncertain instruments of persuasion and democratic decision making.[A] exciting [B] convincing [C] exaggerating [D] annoying11. She said that she had made the wafers expressly for me and that she had a few in the kitchen that I could take home to my brother.[A] frankly [B] actually [C] openly [D] particularly12. It suddenly ________ him that he had worked for twelve hours without eatinganything.[A] happened to [B] dawned on [C] occurred on [D] came to13. It is this “human-ness” of the gorilla which is so beguiling.[A] lovely [B] creative [C] charming [D] vexing14. You should not be ________ of different religious beliefs.[A] tolerant [B] tolerable [C] intolerant [D] intolerable15. All the children in the class did wrong, but David was ________ for punishment.[A] singled out [B] run out [C] filled out [D] chosen out16. The sweet scent of vanilla had met us as she opened the door.[A] taste [B] odour [C] sound [D] smile17. If you travel by plane, Beijing and Guangzhou are ________ neighboring cities.[A] virtually [B] completely [C] vehemently [D] variably18. As I subsided on to a patch of open ground I called to the others and waved them on.[A] began to dig [B] settled down on [C] gazed at [D] catch sight of19. How much harder will it be to eliminate the prejudice against women?[A] correct [B] justify [C] get rid of [D] pay attention to20. I have done all the tedious work while men reaped the rewards.[A] hard and tiring [B] long and dull [C] interesting [D] officeII. Text Comprehension 20%1. Rashid was (“Rashid’s School”)[A] a strong and energetic man who speaks good English.[B] a frail-looking man without energy.[C] an energetic man, but he didn't look strong.[D] a strong-willed man who was confident that the success of the educationfor the villagers was out of question.2. When Rashid talked about his school, saying "it is the realization of a dream",his florid tone showed that (“Rashid’s School”)[A] he was conceited and he thought himself to be better than any other schoolmasters.[B] he was not sure whether the visitors would agree with him.[C] he didn't want the visitors to criticize his school.[D] he was proud and satisfied with his school and he had a desire for thevisitors to share his feelings.3. “As soon as the children of the village were old enough to work in the fields they became economically important to their families. Against that argument education carried very little weight.” (“Rashid’s School At Okhla”) This shows that[A] to the villagers education meant nothing for it could not bring anyeconomic benefits to their families.[B] the villagers attached much importance to education because it wouldreduce the ch ildren’s burden on their families.[C] the villagers believed that children were so important to their families thatthey should not argue against education.[D] to the villagers their families depended on children and education couldsolve this problem4. The author of "Four Choices For Young People" does not think much of the dropouts because (“Four Choices For Young People”)[A] they are unsatisfied with the present society and want a sudden change.[B] while they scorn the present society, they depend on it for a living.[C] they make fruitless efforts to change the imperfect society.[D] the author does not agree with them in regarding the society as imperfect.5. Which of the following is true about the author's opinion? (“Four Choices For Young Peop le”)[A] The author insists on gradual change as being the most efficient method ofimproving this imperfect world under any circumstances.[B] The author personally favors a gradual reform of the society becausealthough it takes time it sometimes does work.[C] The author considers all social revolutions fruitless because they fail to doaway with such familiar matters as the buying and selling of goods, social institutions and office work.[D] The author rejects all the alternatives, thinking they are either impractical orfruitless.6. By comparing the reforms of the world to the military campaign in the Apennines during World War II, the author intends to (“Four Choices For Young People”)[A] express his feeling that one needs bravery and energy to overcomedifficulties in reforming the world.[B] create an impression upon readers that drastic changes are inevitable insolving social problems.[C] express his opinion that the real world is beset with social problemswhich, instead of being solved once for all, often lead to others.[D] make his idea known that, to deal with social problems, the youngshould draw on the experience of the old.7. In "Rock Superstars...", the author begins with descriptions of three short scenes.Which is true of them? (“Rock Superstars”)[A] When Mick Jagger sprinkled water over the audience at the end of hisperformance, his fans surge to follow, eager to be baptized then and there by this singer priest.[B] Alice Cooper took his own life at the end of a rock concert in order toshock and thrill the audience.[C] A rock fan worshipped Bob Dylan as a god and actually crawled on hisknees into one of his concerts.[D] To American adults, Alice Cooper was a horrible singer with weird andloathsome tastes and habits.8. What two aspects of American life are touched in rock music? (“Rock Superstars”)[A] political attitudes & emotional life[B] religious beliefs & human feelings[C] human desires & reasons[D] sociological concepts & facts9. The title "A Most Forgiving Ape" i s arresting in that (“A Most Forgiving Ape”)[A] it makes an ape a subject which will arouse the readers' interest.[B] it arouses the reader's interest, for it sharply contrasts with the stereotypedimage of the ape.[C] the word "forgiving" is a seldom-used expression.[D] it seems a totally unfamiliar topic to the reader.10. The author inserts a brief account of the gorilla in various aspects before hecomes to describing his encounter with the gorilla. Which of the following is not talked about in t hat account? (“A Most Forgiving Ape”)[A] This rare species is still being butchered by tribesmen.[B] Gorillas have far greater physical strength than human beings.[C] The gorilla is a forgiving animal with human qualities.[D] The gorilla has good eyesight and hearing.11. By saying "the gorilla is something of a paradox.", the author wants to meanwhat's contradictory about the gorilla is that (“A Most Forgiving Ape”)[A] he looks ferocious but is in fact a friendly animal.[B] we think we know him very well, but in fact we know very little about him.[C] the species is rare but they're still being butchered.[D] it fascinates scientists, but not romantics.12. “All this (the gorilla’s charge) is no more than shadow boxing as a generalrule.” (“A Most Forgiving Ape”) This sentence means that[A] the gorilla will fight bravely as in a shadow boxing.[B] the gorilla is merely acting out gestures of aggressiveness to warn theenemy away.[C] the gorilla is strong enough to use just part of his energy to defeat theenemy.[D] the gorilla is scared away by the enemy13. When humans see a gorilla, (“A Most Forgiving Ape”)[A] they have the same feelings as with the other wild beasts.[B] they feel the urge to recognize and communicate with it.[C] they have an instinct to grab their binoculars at once and observe it closely.[D] they feel frightened and run away.14. By saying "She is our side's answer to the richest white woman in town,"Marguerite expresses her impression that (“A Lesson In Living”)[A] she is well-educated so that she could answer any questions raised by therichest white woman in town.[B] she had the grace of the richest white woman in town and thus was thepride of the black people there.[C] she is going up to become the richest white woman in town.[D] she wanted to become a friend of the richest white woman's in town.15. “But they talked, and from the side of the building where I waited for theground to open up and swallow me, ...” (“A Lesson In Living”) This shows that[A] Marguerite was so eager that she could not wait any longer.[B] the mischievous Marguerite wanted to find a place to play with otherchildren.[C] Marguerite was so ashamed of Momma’s behaviour towards Mrs. Flowersthat she really wanted to find a place to hide herself.[D] Marguerite came to realize how intimate Momma and Mrs. Flowers were.16. In Mrs. Flowers' view, (“A Lesson In Living”)[A] a person who failed to use his books properly should be punished.[B] people who had not been to school were more educated and intelligentthan college professors.[C] one should be ashamed of ignorance, but should not show contempt tothose who are illiterate.[D] poems are better to be read aloud than novels.17. Marguerite "wanted to gobble up the room entire and take it to Bailey." Thismeans that (“A Lesson In Living”)[A] she wanted to eat some of the cakes Mrs. Flowers gave her and take therest home for Bailey.[B] she wanted to look at the room carefully and later take Bailey here to havea look.[C] she wanted to remember everything in the room so that she could describeto Bailey in detail how the room was furnished and decorated with goodtaste.[D] she wanted to express her feeling that the room was beautiful and say so toBailey.18. According to the author of “I’d Rather Be Black Than Female”, which of thefollowing is true? (“I’d Rather Be Black Than Female”)[A] Women in the U.S. are content with their life and they don’t have toparticipate in politics.[B] It is harder to eliminate the prejudice against women because women inthe U.S. are more brainwashed and content with their roles as second-class citizens than blacks ever were.[C] Racial discrimination is more serious than sexual discrimination in theU.S. because it’s the author’s personal experience.[D] With man in control, the U.S. doesn’t need women’s participation inpolitics.19. Which of the following is NOT the author’s chief complaint about TV ?(“The Trouble With Television”)[A] It makes people think casually that complexity must be avoided and visualstimulation is a substitute for thought.[B] It sells neat resolutions to human problems that usually have no neatresolutions.[C] Its appeal to short attention span is in fact inefficient communication.[D] Its serial, kaleidoscopic programs make it more likely that you focus yourattention yourself.20. Which of the following is NOT true according to the author of “The troublewith Television”? (“The Trouble With Television”)[A] The number of hours Americans spend on TV is an indication of thetremendous influence television has on the daily life of the Americanpeople.[B] The American public is not well aware of the adverse effects of television.[C] All American people should stop watching television.[D] News on TV is read very fast and made too brief and incoherent to becomprehensible.III. Blank FillingFill in each blank with an expression selected from the list below in its proper form.1.Like all Indian villages Okhla ________ at that time in the morning. Most of the people were working in the field, and the women had gathered at the well which was their meeting place and center of gossip.2. As the big problems of the thirties were brought under some kind of roughcontrol, new problems ________.3. When Presley appeared on a TV show, a kind of “debate” took place. Most ofthe older viewers ______ his performance, while most of the younger viewers applauded.4. Gorillas have good eyesight but ________ both hearing and smelling.5. The European inhabitants of East Africa take their holidays in this cool greenplace, for it _______ any of the lusher golfing resorts in southern England.6. I cannot help feeling a fear ________ so many people.7. Had I really been about ________ my sub-conscious desire to move towardshim I would have paused at this moment.8. Against Mrs Flowers protest, Momma pulled up my dress. The dress was overmy head and my arms __________ the sleeves.9. She had an icebox. It __________ that she would have ice on an ordinary day,when most families in our town bought ice late on Saturdays only a few times during the summer.10. “A woman wil l __________ the game to have a couple of kids just about thetime we’re ready to run her for mayor.” This may be said by a politician with sexual prejudice.IV. Cloze 15%There are ten blanks in the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper__(1)__ before his graduation, Jim Binns, president of the senior class at Standford U niversity, wrote me about some of his __(2)__. “More than any other generation,” he said, “our generation __(3)__ the adult world with great skepticism … there is also an __(4)__ tendency to reject completely that world.”Apparently he speaks __(5)__ a lot of his contemporaries. During the last few years, I have listened to scores __(6)__ young people, in college and out, who were just as nervous __(7)__ the grown-up world. Roughly, their attitude might be summed up about like this: “The world is __(8)__ p retty much of a mess, full of injustice, poverty, and war. The people __(9)__ are, presumably, the adults who have been running things. If they can’t do better than that, what have they got to __(10)__ our generation? That kind of lesson we can do without.”V. Translation 20%A 9% Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1. I had read A Tale of Two Cities and found it up to my standard as a romantic novel. She opened the first page and I heard poetry for the first time in my life.2. Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.3. Almost anything interesting and rewarding in life requires some constructive, consistently applied effort. The fullest, the least gifted of us can achieve things that seem miraculous to those who never concentrate on anything..B 11% Translate the following sentences into English by using the words given.1. 这个解决方法的问题在于它已不可能大规模地加以实践。
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《高级英语》期末考试试卷（A）参考答案05-062005 －2006 学年第二学期《高级英语》期末考试试卷（A）参考答案I.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words andphrases. (15%)1. speaks volumes2. in the vicinity of3. at his disposal4. acted as5. oblivious不知道的of6. look up to7. to no avail8. follow suit9. a battery of 10. in lieu of场所11. unparalleled 12. reassuring 13. circulation 14. significance 15. engulfedII.Paraphrase the following sentences, especially paying attention to the underlined part. （20%）看要求评分III.Proofreading (10%)The Great Depression first started in the New York StorkExchange. In the 1920s, there were fatal flaws on the prosperity 1. inof the economy. Overproduction of crops depresses food prices, 2. depressedand farmers suffered. Industrial workers were earning better wages,but they still did not have enough purchased power tocontinue buying 3.purchasingthe flood of goods that poured out of their factories. With profitssoar and interest rates low, a great deal of money was available 4.soaringfor investment, and much of tha t capital wen t into reckless 5. butspeculation. Billions of dollars \that poured into the stock market, and 6 thatfrantic bidding boosted the price of share far above their real value. 7.sharesAs long as the market prospered, speculators could make fortunesovernight, but they could be ruined just as quick if stock 8.quicklyprices fell. On October 24, 1929 –“Black Thursday” -- awave of panic selling of stocks swept the New York StockExchange. Once started, the collapse of shares and othersecurity prices could not be halted. By 1932, thousandsof banks and over 100,000 businesses had been failed. Industrial 9. beenproduction was cut in half, farm income had fallen by more than half, wages had increased 60%, new investment was 10. decreaseddown 90%, and one out of every four was unemployed in the USA.IV．Reading comprehension (25%)1-5 BCADB 6-10 BCBCA11-15 CCBCA 16-20 DDCCB 21-25 BAACAV. Text analysis (30%)看要求评分。
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Word explanation: (30%)1. convictA. criminalB. aggressorC. captainD. captor2. plightA. conditionB. irritationC. conscienceD. objection3. putridA. clearB. religiousC. purifiedD. decaying4. infuriateA. set apart from othersB. fill with rageC. become fastenedD. keep in a certain position5. vantageA. advantageB. disadvantageC. comfortless positionD. variable situation6. perspicaciousA. determinateB. flagitiousC. keenD. prestigious7. unfathomableA. which can't be understoodB. which can be measuredC. which is not realisticD. which is not deep8. succinctlyA. successfullyB. clearlyC. obviouslyD. continuously9. derelictA. grievousB. deprivedC. abandonedD. hunted10. intoxicationA. exhilarationB. extricationC. extinctionD. extraction11. myopicA. obscureB. short-sightedC. far-reachingD. uncertain12. incarceration A. importanceB. compassionC. imprisonmentD. influence13. barbarityA. crueltyB. forgivenessC. civilizationD. commitment14.invectiveA. beautiful wordsB. facial expressionsC. convincing speechD. abusive language15. alienatA. allyB. estrangeC. uniteD. oppose16.cornyA. old fashionedB. stupidC. humorousD. opinionated17. diabolicalA. boringB. dreadfulC. interestingD. reasonable18.debrisA. small individual partsB. completely good placesC. well preserved piecesD. scattered broken pieces19. ponderousA. considerateB. thoughtfulC. heavyD. divided20. forsakeA. saveB. abandonC. supportD. benefit21. heedA. rise on feetB. strike on the headC. pay attention toD. give new life22. desistA. insist onB. ceaseC. hackleD. castrate23. immuneA. impureB. revivalC. odorousD. secure24. fracasA. appearanceB. wealthC. residenceD. fight25. pathologyA. the study of religionB. the study of philosophyC. the study of diseaseD. the study of path26. modulateA. fixB. varyC. hesitateD. speak27. illicitA. uneducatedB. unreasonableC. unlawfulD. illiterate28. slumpA. rise upB. sink downC. move onD. repeat29. subversionA. rebuildingB. successionC. destroyingD. salvage30. incredulousA. unbelievingB. increasingC. industriousD. unimprovedⅡ. Spell out the words according to the meaning.1. Something that is _______ is deliberately deceitful, dishonest or untrue.A. spontaneousB. frenziedC. fraudulentD. stultifying2. If something ____________ your skin, it cuts it badly and deeplyA. lacerateB. demolishC. scudD. shrink3. People and animals that are _________ are hostile and unfriendly.A. inimicalB. derelictC. facetiousD. aberrant4. Something that is __________ is so bad or unpleasant that it makes you feel disgust or dismay.A. appealingB. appallingC. apparentD. appearing5. If you _________, you travel or move slowly and not in any particular direction.A. invokeB. meanderC. prescribeD. infuse6. A person who acts without thinking about what they are doing is often called an ____________.A. automationB. automatonC. automatD. autonomy7. A __________ is a group of trees that are close together, often because they have been planted in this way.A. gruffB. grudgeC. grovelD. grove8. If you ________ to something, you mention it in avery indirect way.A. illustrateB. concoctC. alludeD. invoke9. If a place is ______ by a particular route or method of transport, you are able to reach it by this route or method.A. accessibleB. assessableC. accessableD. acessable10. If someone has _______ motives or reasons for doing something, they do not show their motives openly but hide them.A. hideousB. desultoryC. compulsiveD. ulteriorⅢ.Paraphrase: (10%)1. All are expressions of creative transformation of nature by man' reason and skill.2. They meet, in some unfathomable way, its obscure and unintelligible demands.3. The benefit is that he begins to suspect home in the traditional sense is another name for limitations.4. Every one of them looks on a cigarette as a more or less impossible luxury.5. Yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war.Ⅳ. Determine, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false. Put a "T" for True and "F" for False. (15%)1. The "sad young men" in the 20's were also called the"lost generation" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.2. The concerns and objectives of industrial psychologists are to make the workers happy andsatisfied.3. With the spread of technology and science, peoplebecome more and more identical.4. "The King's English" was regarded as a form of racial discrimination during the Normal rule in England about1154- 1399.5. President Kennedy, in his address, made concrete proposals to stop the arms race and to build a just andpeaceful world.6. The old women screamed in surprise when the writer gave her a five-sou piece because she was not taken notice of by anyone and treated as a human being.7. If there is not a great disaster caused by a nuclear war, the universalizing force of technology will not continue to influence modern culture and the people's conscience.8. In "the Future of the English", Priestley doesn't explain what the future of the English is going to be.9. According to Mencken, the landscape of Westmoreland is not pleasant to look at for there are somany ugly houses along the line.10. John Koshak felt very guilty because it was he who made the final decision to stay and face the hurricane.11. In "Loving and hating New York", the writer states he both loves and hates New York, but he fails to tell thereasons, especially why he hates New York.12. The machine aesthetic was discovered by MadameGabrielle Buffet-Picabia.13. Science has showed that the world is made of realmaterial object that we see with our eyes.14. There were no real architects in Westmoreland, or they could otherwise have built a chelet with low-pitchedroof and taller than it was wide.15. Fromm agrees to the activities of those industrial psychologists, whose concerns and the objectives are toincrease the productivity of workers.Ⅴ. Choose the one which fits the meaning of the texts we've learned. (10%)1. Mencken wrote that when the house becomes absolutely black, it appears _________.A. pleasing to the eyeB. ugly to the eyeC. dirty to the eyeD. horrible to the eye2. When the girl, Polly, backfired him with all the logical fallacies she had learned from him, the law student felt that he was like _______________.A. Madame CurieB. Mr. PidgeonC. PygmalionD. Frankenstein3. The general impression of the color of the houses in Westmoreland is ___________.A. greenB. redC. blackD. yellow4. There is always a great danger that "words are harden into things for us" means that there is always a great danger that ____________A. we might forget that words are only symbols andtake them for things they are supposed to represent.B. we might remember that words are only symbolsand they are not concrete things.C. we might forget that words are concrete things.D. we might remember that words are only symbolsand they are only representation of concrete things.5. "You would go far to find another girl so agreeable" means _______________A. It would be easy if you could find another girlwho was so agreeable.B. It would be easy if you could find another girlwho was not so agreeable.C. It would not be easy if you could find anothergirl who was so agreeableD. It would not be easy if you could find anothergirl who was not so agreeable.6. The Arab navvy was hungry. He was not used to begging, so he sidled slowly toward the writer. Here " he sidled slowly" means _________.A. he spoke slowly and shylyB. he looked shyly and sidewiseC. he looked shyly and sidewiseD. he looked shyly and sidewise7. In the Middle Ages, work, according to Fromm, was_________A. a duty.B. a drudgeryC. meaningful.D. forced labor8.The stated policy of Kennedy toward Latin American countries is summed up in the phrase:________A. "alliance for progress".B. "revolutionary belief".C. "help them help themselves"D. "support their own freedom"9. The look of the young Negro soldier that Orwell was expecting was ________A. gthat of profound respect.sB. that of curiosityC. that of curiosityD. sensitive and uneasy.10. The writer of "In Favor of Capital Punishment" wants _____A. to abolish capital punishment.B. the government to support capital punishmentC. to retain capital punishment.D. to refute capital punishment.Ⅵ. Reading comprehension: (15%)TEXT A THE PLEDGEThe old woman glanced for a moment at what he had brought to pawn, but at once stared in the eyes of her uninvited visitor. She looked intently, maliciously and mistrustfully.A minute passed; he even fancied something like a sneer in her eyes, as though she had already guessed everything. He felt that he was losing his head, the he was almost frightened, so frightened that if she were to look like that and not say a word for another half minute, he thought he would have run away from her."Why do you look at me as though you did not know me?" he said suddenly, also with malice. "Take it if you like, if not I'll go elsewhere, I am in a hurry."He had not even thought of saying this, but it was suddenly of itself. The old woman recovered herself, and her visitor's resolute tone evidently restored her confidence."But why, my good sir, all of a minute... What is it?" she asked, looking at the pledge."The silver cigarette case; I spoke of it last time, you know."She held out her hand."But how pale you are, to be sure... and your hands are trembling too? Have you been bathing, or what?""Fever," he answered abruptly. "You can't help getting pale... if you've nothing to eat," he added, with difficulty articulating the words.His strength was failing him again. But his answer sounded like the truth; the old woman took the pledge."What is it?" she asked once more, scanning Raskolnikov intently and weighing the pledge in her hand."A thing... cigarette case...Silver... Lookat it.""It does not seem somehow like silver...How he had wrapped it up!"Try to untie the string and turning to the window, to the light (all her windows were shut, in spite of the stifling heat), she left him altogether for some seconds and stood with her back to him. He unbuttoned his coat and freed the axe from the noose, but did not yet take it out altogether, simply holding it in his right hand under the coat. His hands were fearfully weak, he felt them every moment growing more numb and more wooden. He was afraid he would let the axe slip and fall... A sudden giddiness came over him.1. "... she had already guessed everything" means that the old woman ________A. was sure that he had stolen something.B. was aware that he was sick unto death.C. was sure that he was up to somethingevil.D. knew what he had brought her.2. That Raskolnikov had probably done some careful planning, prior to his commission of a crime is indicated by which of the following statements?A. "She looked intently, maliciously andmistrustfully."B. "Why do you look at me as though youdid not know me?"C. "Have you been bathing, or what?"D. "How he has wrapped it up!"3. The word "pledge" as used here in the passage means ________A. something given as security for a loanB. a promise to be loyal.C. a written agreement.D. anything that is stolen4. The fact that "all her windows were shut" is probably indicative of ________A. the old woman's poor physicalcondition.B. the old woman's caution.C. Raskolnikov's cunning.D. nothing more than a mere coincidence.5. The mood of the passage is one ofA. thoughtfulnessB. disgustC. nonchalance.D. anxietyTEXT B WIT AND HUMORI am not sure that I can draw an exact line between wit and humor (perhaps the distinction is so subtle that only those persons can decide who have long white beards); but even an ignorant person may express an opinion in this matter.I am quite positive that humor is the more comfortable and lovable quality, for humorous persons, if their gift is genuine and not a mere shine upon the surface, are always agreeable companions. They have pleasant mouths turned up at the corners, to which the greatMaster of Marionettes has fixed the strings and he holds them in his nimblest fingers to twitch them at the slightest jest. But the mouth of a merely witty man is hard and sour. Nor is the flash from a witty man always comforting, but a humorous man radiates a general pleasure.I admire wit, but I have no real liking for it; it has been too often employed against me, whereas humor is always an ally: it never points an impertinent finger into my defects. A wit's tongue, however, is as sharp as a donkey's stick ___ I may gallop the faster for its prodding, but the touch behind is too persuasive for any comfort.Wit is a lean creature with a sharp inquiring nose, whereas humor has a kindly eye and a comfortable girth. Wit has a better voice in a solo, but humor comes into the chorus best.Wit keeps the season's fashions and is precise in the phrases and judgements of the day, but humor is concerned with homelyeternal things.6. The author's attitude toward wit can most accurately be described as _______A. cautious admiration.B. wholehearted amusement.C. tolerant disapprovalD. aversion7. A wit's tongue is like a donkey's stick in that both ______A. consider their victim's feelings.B. are gently persuasiveC. goad their victims.D. are used with definite purpose.8. The author thinks of humor as an ally because it ________A. seldom fails to amuse people.B. is enjoyableC. can be employed against others.D. does not cause discomfort.9. Implied but not stated:A. Humor is always genuine.B. Wit is more nimble that humor.C. Humorous persons have pleasant faces.D.Humor comes by more naturallythan wit.10. The distinction between wit and humor is _______A. of no particular importance.B. solely a matter of opinion.C. subtle.D. exact and important.TEXT C Which is a catalog card in a library and answer question 11.PR2065G31 B81966 Burrow, John Anthony.A Reading of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by J. A. Burrow.New York, Bares & Noble (1966)viii, 199p. 23mm.Bibliographical references.Green Knight. 1. Title.1. Gawain and the Green KnightPR2065.G31B81966821.166-568Library of Congress (3)11. The phrase "Bibliographical references" gives usA. the call number.B. publication dataC. a description of the bookD. subjects under which the books iscatalogued.TEXT D is an ad in a telephone directory. Skim it quickly to answer question 12.MARKHAM PLUMBING & HEATINGSince 1935Plumbing and Heating InstallationLARGE OR SMALL REPAIRSRESIDENTIAL COMMERCIALN.J. State FREELicense #4807 ESTIMATES24 Hour 7 Day Service 228-4495461 GORDON WAYHARRINGTON12. What service is offered free by Markham Plumbing & Heating?A. InstallationB. State licensing.C. Estimates of costsD. Large or small repairsTEXT EWherever a dramatic author is asked to discuss "the mission of the playwright", there is a great temptation for him to become pretentious. Instead of being just a hardworking writer, he suddenly becomes a man with a mission. For a moment this makes him feel quite important and he begins to think about his mission: to hold up the mirror to nature, to interpret a generation to itself, to question outmoded conventions, to protest, to extol, to criticize--- and so on through the cliches.Ask a hundred playwrights what they see as their mission and you will get a hundred different answers. Playwriting, like any other kind of writing, is a highly personal matter. The dramatist writes out of a personal need to express himself on some facet of his world--- on social abuse, personal morality, the need for love and understanding, loneliness, or whatever. None of these is better than anyother, only different. Nor is the playwright any less worthy who simply sets out to entertain his audience, to amuse it, to make it laugh.The mission of the playwright, then, is to look into his heart and write, to write of whatever concerns him at the moment, to write with passion and conviction. Of course, the measure of the man will be the measure of his plays. A man cannot express more than is in him, though often, to his regret, he expresses less because of almost the inevitable failure to realize his vision fully.Of course, the writer whose heart beats in a too special way, whose interests and concerns are esoteric, will probably not be a good playwright because---to get back to the cliches, as we must---a writer does reflect nature, does interpret his generation to itself; and if he and his concerns are far removed from his generation, an audience will find no recognition in his work and therefore no pleasure, no enlightenment.13. If a playwright neither reflects nature nor interprets his generation to itself, he_________A. may not be understood by his audience.B. will become successful.C. will not write of whatever concerns him.D. cannot define his "mission".14. A playwright _________A. usually expresses more than what is inhim.B. usually realizes his vision fullyC. can always express more than what isin him.D. often expresses less than what is inhim.15. "To hold the mirror up to nature" "to interpret a generation to itself," these are_________A. examples of cliches used byplaywrights.B. what playwrights conceive to be theirmission.C. the only real missions of the playwright.D. both A and B.Notes:extol --- to praise very highlyesoteric --- limitedⅦ. Answer briefly the following sentences: (5%)1. What are the specific positive values of work?2. Why the chief attraction of Lesson Five is its humor?Ⅷ. Translate the following into English: (5%) 1.21世纪，世界科学技术和生产力必将发生新的革命性突破。
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▆■■■■■■■■■■■■福建师范大学网络与继续教育学院《高级英语阅读(二)》期末考试A卷姓名：张倩专业：英语学号： 182201807653109学习中心：东北大学无锡研究院奥鹏学习中心[2017]答案务必写在最后一页答案卷上，否则不得分！一、客观题（答案务必写在答题纸上，60分，每题2分）I 判断对错：对的写“T”，错的写“F”Read lesson 4 Text B , Do True or False Questions（阅读教材第4课课文B ，判断对错）:Washington Irving’s Sunnyside in Tarrytown, New YorkAccompanying a plan of Sunnyside (unprinted here), a former residence of Washington Irving in New York, is the following text. We have left out its title, which indicates clearly its purpose, in the hope that the reader will reconstruct it after reading the text.Sunnyside is one of the few surviving and best-documented examples of American romanticism in architecture and landscape design. Andrew Jackson Downing featured Sunnyside in his Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening (1841) as an example of the "progressive improvement in Rural Architecture..." which, he explained, strives to be in "perfect keeping" with "surrounding nature" by its "varied" and "picturesque" outline. 'Architectural beauty," he taught, "must be considered conjointly with the beauty of the landscape,"Walking the 24-acre grounds is a pleasure in every season. Swans glide on the pond Irving called "the little Mediterranean", and a stone flume delights the ear with the sound of rushing water. A path leads up a small rise and from there down into "the glen," and up to the house. Behind the house, another path winds along the Hudson for views of the river at its widest point, the Tappan Zee.The modest stone cottage which was later to become Sunnysidewas originally a tenant farmer's house built in the late-seventeenthcentury on the Philipsburg Manor. During the eighteenth century, thecottage was owned by a branch of the Van Tassel family, the nameIrving later immortalized in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".Irving purchased the cottage in 1835 and directed the remodeling,adding Dutch-stepped gables, ancient weathervanes, and developingGothic and Romanesque architectural features for other parts of thehouse. He was so pleased with his home that in 1836 he wrote to hisbrother, Peter: "I am living most cozily and delightfully in this dear,bright little home, which I have fitted up to my own humor. Everythinggoes on cheerily in my little household and I would not exchange thecottage for any chateau in Christendom."Today's visitor to Sunnyside sees Irving's home much as itappeared during the final years of his life. The author's booklined studycontains his writing desk—a gift from his publisher, G.P. Putnam andmany personal possessions. The dining room, in which Irving and hisdinner guests often gathered to enjoy the beautiful sunsets over theHudson River, adjoins the parlor. Here Irving played his flute, while hisnieces, Sarah and Catherine, accompanied him on the rosewood piano.The piano and other original furnishings still grace the room. The smallpicture gallery off the parlor contains some original illustrations forIrving's work. The kitchen was quite advanced for its day, having a hotwater boiler and running water fed from the pond through agravity-blow system. The iron cookstove was also a "modernconvenience," replacing the open hearth in the 1850's.The second floor of the house contains several bedrooms, each ofwhich has its own personal character. The guest bedroom is furnishedwith a French-style bed and painted cottage pieces. The ingeniousarches in this and other rooms were designed by Irving. His bedroom,where he died in 1859, contains the author's tester Sheraton bed, alongwith his walking stick and a number of his garments and personaleffects. The small, bright room between the bedrooms might have beenused by Irving's nephew and biographer, Pierre Munro Irving, whocared for his uncle during the last months of his life. The room wasused originally to store books and papers. The bedroom used byIrving's nieces contains an Irving-family field bed with hand-madebobbin lace hangings, a chest of drawers, sewing stands, and anornamental stove. The guest room contains a cast iron bed probablymade in one of the foundries along the Hudson.Write True (T) or False (F)for the following questions.1.Sunnyside is the former residence of Washington Irving in WashingtonD.C2..Sunny side is a typical representative of Romanticism of Americancity architecture.3.According to Andrew Jackson Downing , architectural beauty must bein harmony with the beauty of the surrounding landscape.4.During the 18th century ,the cottage was owned by Van Tassel who wasmentioned by Irving in his book “the Legend of the Hollow” .5.Irving didn’t make any change to the cottage after he purchased it.6.Today’s Sunnyside has changed a lot compared with its appearance inIrving’s time.7.Sunnyside was built near the Hudson River.8.The study , the dining room , the parlor and the kitchen are all on thefirst floor of Irving’s house..9.All the bedrooms on the second floor are almost furnished in the samestyle.10.Washington Irving was cared for by his daughter during the last periodof his life.II 选择题Directions: There are 4 passages in this section. Eachpassage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D).You should decide on the best choice and write the correspondingletter on the Answer Sheet.Passage 1Exchange a glance with someone, then look away. Do yourealize that you have made a statement? Hold the glance for a secondlonger, and you have made a different statement. Hold it for 3seconds, and the meaning has changed again. For every socialsituation, there is a permissible time that you can hold a person’s gazewithout being intimate, rude, or aggressive. If you are on an elevator,what gaze-time are you permitted? To answer this question, considerwhat you typically do. You very likely give other passengers a quickglance to size them up and to assure them that you mean no threat.Since being close to another person signals the possibility of interaction,you need to emit a signal telling others you want to be left alone. Soyou cut off eye contact, what sociologist Erving Goffman (1963) calls“a dimming of the lights”. You look down at the floor, at theindicator lights, anywhere but into another passenger’s eyes. Shouldyou break the rule against staring at a stranger on an elevator? You willmake the other person exceedingly uncomfortable, and you are likely tofeel a bit strange yourself.If you hold eye contact for more than 3 seconds, what are youtelling another person? Much depends on the person and the situation.For instance, a man and a woman communicate interest in this manner.They typically gaze at each other for about 3 seconds at a time, thendrop their eyes down for 3 seconds, before letting their eyes meet again.▆▆■■■■■■■■■■■■。
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课程名称：高级英语试卷： A 考试形式：闭卷授课专业：考试日期：试卷：共7 页I. Reading Comprehension (20*1%=20%).Requirements: Y ou’re required to read Passage 1~3 in depth and skim & scan Passage 4~6 and answer questions on your answer sheet.Passage 1I was born in Tuckahoe, Talbot Country, Maryland. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves knows as little of their age as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant. I do not remember having ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They seldom come nearer to it than planting-time, harvesting, springtime, or falltime. A lack of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood. The white children could tell their ages, I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege. I was not allowed to make any inquires of my master concerning it. He considered all such inquires on the part of a slave improper and impertinent. The nearest estimate I can give makes me now between twenty-seven and twenty-eight years of age. I come to this, from hearing my master say, some time during 1835, I was about seventeen years old. My mother was named Harriet Bailey. She was the daughter of Isaac and Betsey Bailey, both colored, and quite dark.My mother was of a darker complexion than either my grandmother or grandfather.My father was a white man. The opinion was also whispered that my master was my father; but of the correctness of this opinion, I know nothing; the means of knowing was withheld from me. My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant-before I knew her as my mother. It is a common custom, in the part of Maryland from which I ran away, to part children from their mothers at a very early age. Frequently, before the child has reached its twelfth month, its mother is taken from it, and hired out on some farm a considerable distance off, and the child is placed under the care of an older woman, too old for field labor. For what this separation is done, I do not know, unless it was to hinder the development of the child's affection towards its mother.1.The author did not know exactly when he was born because ______A. he did not know who his mother was.B. there was no written evidence of it.C. his master did not tell his father.D. nobody on his farm knew anything about it.2.In the mid-nineteenth century, slaves often ______A. marked their birthdays by the season.B. did not really care how old they were.C. forgot the exact time when they were born.D. pretended not to know each other's birthdays.3.The author’s mother told him ______A. his father was black.B. his father was white.C. nothing about his father.D. his master was his father.4.According the passage, when the author was very young his mother ______A. ran away.B. was light-skinnedC. had several children.D. was sent to work elsewhere.5.The author had not spent much time with his ______A. mother.B. master.C. grandfather.D. grandmother.6.The author was most probably raised ______A. by his grandparents.B. by an old woman slave.C. with his master’s support.D. together with other children.Passage 2When Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States in 1932, not only the United States but also the rest of the world was in the throes of an economicdepression. Following the termination of World War I, Britain and the United States at first experienced a boom in industry. Called the Roaring Twenties, the 1920s ushered in a number of things -- prosperity, greater equality for women in the work world, rising consumption, and easy credit. The outlook for American business was rosy.October 1929 was a month that had catastrophic economic reverberations worldwide. The American stock market witnessed the ―Great Crash‖, as it is called, and the temporary boom in the American economy came to a standstill. Stock prices sank, and panic spread. The ensuing unemployment figure soared to 12 million by 1932.Germany in the postwar years suffered from burdensome compensation it was obliged to pay to the Allies. The country's industrial capacity had been greatly diminished by the war. Inflation, political instability, and high unemployment were factors helpful to the growth of the initial Nazi party. Germans had lost confidence in their old leaders and heralded the arrival of a messiah-like figure who would lead them out of their economic wilderness. Hitler promised jobs and, once elected, kept his promise by providing employment in the party, in the newly expanded army, and in munitions factories.Roosevelt was elected because he promised a ―New Deal‖to lift the United States out of the doldrums of the depression. Following the principles advocated by Keynes, a British economist, Roosevelt collected the spending capacities of the federal government to provide welfare, work, and agricultural aid to the millions of down-and-out Americans. Elected President for four terms because of his innovative policies, Roosevelt succeeded in dragging the nation out of the depression before the outbreak of World War II.7.Which of the following was NOT true at the time Roosevelt was elected?A. Stock prices were recovering slowly.B. The nation was in a deep depression.C. There were 12 million unemployed workers.D. The nation needed help from the federal government.8.The ―Great Crash‖ in the passage refers to _____.A. the end of World War IB. the Great DepressionC. high unemployment figuresD. a slump in the stock market9.We can infer that the author of this passage _____.A. disapproves of Roosevelt's ―New Deal‖B. thinks the Depression could have been avoidedC. blames the Depression on the ―Great Crash‖D. feels there was some similarity between Roosevelt and Hitler10.The best title for the passage is _____.A. The TwentiesB. The Great CrashC. The DepressionD. The End of World War IPassage 3In most sectors of the economy, it is the seller who attempts to attract a potential buyer with various induction of price, quality and utility, and it is the buyer who makes the decision. In the health care industry, however, the doctor-patient relationship is the mirror image of the ordinary relationship between producer and consumer, Once an individual has chosen to see a physician, the physician usually makes all significant purchasing decisions: whether the patient should return ―next Wednesday‖, whether X-rays are needed, whether drugs should be prescribed, etc.This is particularly significant in relation to hospital care. The physician must certify the need for hospitalization, determine what procedures will be performed, and announce when the patient may be discharged. The patient may be consulted about some of these decisions, but in the main it is the doctor’s judgments that are final. Little wonder then that in the eyes of the hospital it is the physician who is the real ―consumer‖. As a consequence, the medical staff represents the ―power-center‖ in hospital policy and decision-making, not the administration.Although usually there are in this situation four identifiable participants, the physician, the hospital, the patient and the prayer (generally an insurance carrier or government), the physician makes the essential decision for all of them. The hospital becomes an extension of the physicians; the payer generally meets most of the bonafide (真正的) bills generated by the physician/hospital and for the most part, the patient plays a passive role. In ro utine or minor illnesses, or just plain worries, the patient’s options are of course much greater with respect to use and price. But in illnesses that are of some significance, such choice tends to evaporate. And it is for these illnesses that the bulk of the health care dollar is spent. We estimate that about 75-80 percent of health care expenditures are determined by physicians, not patients. For this reason, economy measures directed at patient or the general or the general public are relatively ineffective.11.The author’s primary purpose is to _________.A. criticize doctors for exercising too much control over patientsB. analyze some important economic factors in health careC. urge hospitals to reclaim their decision-making authorityD. inform potential patients of their health care rights12.It can be inferred that doctors are able to determine hospital policiesbecause ________.A. it is doctors who generate income for the hospitalB. most of a patient’s bills are paid by his health insuranceC. hospital administrators lack the expertise to question medical decisionsD. a doctor is ultimately responsible for a patient’s health13.According to the author, when a doctor tells a patient to ―return nextWednesday,‖ the doctor is in fact _________.A. taking advantage of the patient’s concern for his healthB. instructing the patient to buy more medical servicesC. warning the patient that a hospital stay might be necessaryD. advising the patient to seek a second opinion14.The author is most probably leading up to a (n) _________.A. proposal to control medical costsB. discussions of new medical treatmentC. analysis of the causes of inflation in the United StatesD. comparison of hospitals and factories15.The tone of the passage can best be described as _________.A. arbitraryB. faultfindingC. analyticalD. inquisitive Passage 4First read the following questions. The text below is a selection from a leaflet.16.If you want to know something about Stanislavski methods, you shouldattend the activity on ____A.10 May.B. 24 June.C. 9 July.D. 9 June.17.The workshops are arranged for ____.A. students withoutB. NT Education membersC. teachers onlyD. students with IDNow scan the text quickly and answer the questions.Education Events drama schools perform duologues fromElizabethan / Jacobean Dramatic Please do not use the new booking formfor the following two events; pleasebook in person or on 071-928 2252.STOP PRESSThe William Poel Festival10 May Olivier 2.00-4.15pmAn annual dramatic verse speakingevent, established by Dame Edith Evansin memory of the actor-director WilliamPoel. Students from the accreditedliterature. Arranged with the Society forTheatre Research. ￡3.5Some Places Still Available …Mr. A’s Amazing Maze Plays 12 June2-4pmOnly for children who have alreadyseen the production.A practical drama workshop on theplay. ￡5New Education EventsMacbeth 24 June 10.30am-5pm.For English or Drama teachers whoplan see the production.Thisworkshop aims to provide teachers withan insight into the production and itsworking methods.￡36 (includes matinee ticket)Brecht W orkshop26 June 1 p.m. –6.30 p.m.For teachers of Drama & English.The aim of this one day workshop is togive an insight into the work of Brecht,as well as offering practical exercisesand approaches for use with students.With reference to Mother Courage.￡30Stanislavski W orkshop9/10 July1 p.m. -- 6.30 p.m.For teachers of Drama & TheatreStudies. A practical two-day workshop,led by Richard Hahlo, looking at theway actors apply Stanislavski methodsto next and character. With reference toChekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. Onlyfor teachers who have not taken part ina previous Stanislavski course at theNational.￡60.Y oung Student CardA free card for students without ID,which enables the holder to buy StudentStandby tickets (only￡5.50-- see pp18/19). To obtain cards teachers mustwrite to the Mailing Department at theNational. To be eligible,teachers/students must be NTEducation members.Royal National Theatre / W H SmithInteractThis scheme makes workshopsavailable to schools and colleges allover the UK, at an affordable price. Fora copy of the Interact leaflet please sendan SAE to the Education Department.For more information please ring theInteract direct line 071-928 5214.Passage 5First read the questions.18.The purpose of the letter is to ____A. show travellers their hospitality.B. prevent ill will.C. encourage travellers to stay.D. inform the travellers of their rate increases.Now, go through the text quickly and answer the question.GRAND CAY HOTELNottingham-Darby Stockbridge Lane NC 125 FQTelephone: (06362) 04183Telex: 585746 Dear Traveller,In attempting to provide the best service possible for our guests, we’ve been faced with a problem. More and more often, it seems, people are engaging hotel accommodations without prior booking, and leaving without settling their accounts.These ―silent departures‖have caused us —and other hotels as well —substantial cash losses. So far, at Grand Cay we’ve been able to absorb these losses without passing their cost on to our guests in the form of increased prices. But we’re approaching our limit.So, in order to prevent further losses of this sort, and to keep our prices as low as possible in this time of inflation, we are asking that — any person desiring overnight accommodation without a prior confirmed booking, please pay in advance the full cost of the accommodation.Only by the introduction of such safeguards can the problem be alleviated. Please understand our position, and know that the service we will provide you will continue to be the best we can humanly offer.Many thanks,Godfrey BillinghamGeneral Manager Passage 6First read the questions.19.According to the notes, for visitors, National Trust properties are not open ____A. on Saturdays.B. on Sundays.C. on Good Fridays.D. on Bank holidays.20.We learn from the notes, reduced rates are given to ____A. the handicapped.B. unescorted children.C. senior citizens.D. pre-arranged groups of visitors.Now go through the text quickly and answer the questions.NOTES FOR VISITORS TO NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTIES1. Children under seventeen and accompanied by an adult are welcome at half price. If unaccompanied they are admitted at the discretion of the Trust; children under five admitted free. (Children over 3 are charged at Wimpole Home Farm.)Prams, pushchairs and back packs are not allowed inside Trust Houses. Please check with the property before the visit. Most Houses provide baby slings.2. Car parking is free unless otherwise stated.3. Dogs: the Trust regrets that dogs are not allowed in Houses, Restaurants, Shops and Gardens (with the exception of guide dogs for the blind). In Parks dogs must be under proper control.4. Disabled visitors: many of the properties in this leaflet are accessible to visitors in wheelchairs, and are suitable for escorted visually handicapped visitors. Please check with the property before making a visit; special parking arrangements are often available.5. Parties of 15 or more visitors are welcome at reduced rates provided their visit is prearranged with the person responsible at each property.6. All houses are closed on Good Friday.For further information please contact the Regional Public Affairs Manager at Blickling. Norwich, NR 11 6 NF, telephone (0263) 733471.II. V ocabulary and Structure (30×0.5%=15%).21.When Tom insulted the referee, he _____ by ordering him off the field.A. repliedB. retortedC. resolvedD. responded22.Helen Keller’s _____ over deafness, blindness, and muteness was a miracle.A. improvementB. successC. advanceD. triumph23.International _____ should be reduced when this agreement is signed.A. pressureB. nervousnessC. tensionD. strain24.In spite of the heavy snow and hard rain, the buses still ran on _____.A. listB. planC. arrangementD. schedule25.Only a few people have _____ to the full facts of the case.A. approachB. admissionC. accessD. acquaintance26.Let me _____ the broken glass before someone walks on it.A. cover upB. clear upC. wash upD. spring up27.It is _____ of him to put everything in disorder in the room. He is so peculiar.A. unconsciousB. awareC. typicalD. unkind28.John was young, _____, he was equal to this important task.A. thereforeB. moreoverC. neverthelessD. hence29.Air is composed of _____ gases including hydrogen, oxygen and carbondioxide.A. variedB. variantC. variableD. various30.Y ou can’t let the situation get worse. Y ou must take _____.A. decisionsB. sidesC. directionsD. steps31.It’s difficult to _____ with the knowledge that he is a failure.A. feedB. liveC. stayD. get onlions of workers were on the streets in the greatest _____ of working classsolidarity this country has ever seen.A. demonstrationB. explanationC. presentationD. communication33.For many patients, institutional care is the most ______ and beneficial form ofcare.A. pertinentB. appropriateC. acuteD. persistent34.Among all the changes resulting from the ______ entry of women into thework force, the transformation that has occurred in the women themselves is not the least important.A. massiveB. quantitativeC. surplusD. formidable35.Mr. Smith became very ______ when it was suggested that he had made a mistake.A. ingeniousB. empiricalC. objectiveD. indignant36.Rumours are everywhere, spreading fear, damaging reputations, and turning calmsituations into ______ ones.A. turbulentB. tragicC. vulnerableD. suspicious37.Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations ______.A. simultaneouslyB. spontaneouslyC. homogeneouslyD. contemporarily38.The police were alerted that the escaped criminal might be in the ______.A. vainB. vicinityC. courtD. jail39.Whether you live to eat or eat to live, food is a major ______ in every family’s budget.A. nutritionB. expenditureC. routineD. provision40.Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from______ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars.A. configurationB. condemnationC. constitutionD. contamination41.My sister’s professor had her _____ her paper many times before allowing her topresent it to the committee.A. rewrittenB. to rewriteC. rewriteD. rewriting42.Scarcely had her husband arrived home _____ his wife started complaining.A. whenB. thatC. thanD. and43.A body weighs _____ from the surface of the Earth.A. less the farther it getsB. the farther it gets, the lessC. less than it gets fartherD. less than it, the farther it gets44.Y ou never told us why you were late for the last meeting, _____?A. weren’t youB. didn’t youC. had youD. did you45._____ it is you’ve found, you must give it back to the person it belongs to.A. ThatB. BecauseC. WhateverD. However46._____ for you help, we’d never have been able to get over the difficulties.A. Had it not beenB. If it were notC. Had it notD. if we had not been47._____ neglecting our education, my father sent my brother and me to asummer school.A. Accusing ofB. Accused ofC. That he was accused ofD. To be accused of48.The prisoner stood there _____.A. with his hands cuffedB. with his hands cuffingC. with his cuffed handsD. with his cuffing hands49.The leaders insisted on their _____ as ordinary people.A. treatingB. be treatedC. being treatedD. having treated50._____, I must do another experiment.A. Be it ever so lateB. It is ever so lateC. It be ever so lateD. So late it be everIII. Paraphrase the following sentences (5×2%=10%).51.Grandmother carried on alone for a few bars; then her voice trailed away.52.Even with the most educated and the most literate，the King’s English slips andslides in conversation．53.Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.54.I award this championship of ugliness to Westmoreland only after laboriousresearch and incessant prayer.55.Its habits are too uncouth for it to respond to humane treatment.IV. Rhetorical Devices (5×2%=10%).Requirements:Make one sentence or a group of sentences according to the following rhetorical devices.56.hyperbole 57.personification58.antithesis59.metonymy60.parallelismV. Translation.Section A. Please translate the following sentences into Chinese. (5×2%=10%)61.The child has no understanding of time or interval--sometimes the door opens, and aperson, or several people, are there.62.There was not one house that was not misshapen, and there was not one house that wasnot shabby.63.Look at Petey--a knothead, a jitterbug, a guy who’ll never know where his next meal iscoming from.64.The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this task will light our country andall who serve it.65.As we listen to the arguments about bilingual education today, we ought to thinkourselves back into the shoes of the Saxon peasant.Section B. Please translate the following passages into English. Y our translations would be marked for the words and structures of sentences. (2×5%=10%)66.库恩（Kuhn）一生译有长篇小说12部、中篇小说（novella）34部，更重要的是，其译作中的50部被转译为其他语言。
高级英语一试题及答案
1《高级英语（一）》期末考试A卷姓名：专业：学号：学习中心：成绩：I．Vocabulary: (20%). The water was so ___A___ we could see the fish clearly.A. transparentB. brightC. visibleD. opaque2. Birds of a feather ___B__ together.A. lockB. flockC. blockD. clock3. Days and nights ___A___.A. alternateB. contemplateC. extricateD. minimize4. The annual conference of the organization was held in London last year.BA. importantB. yearlyC. sufficientD. critical5. The air is filthy and dangerous to breathe from the belching of uncontrolled products from combustion of coal, coke, oil, and gasoline.AA. burningB. burstingC. contaminationD. pollution6. If we overwork ourselves, we may suffer from both physical and psychological fatigue.DA. pictureB. mimicC. markD. tire7. Steel is an integral part of the modern skyscrapers.DA. tediousB. difficultC. naiveD. inherent8. He is a novice who has never prepared a meal.BA. interestingB. laymanC. sinD. mistake9. He was elated over the favorable reviews of his novel.CA. grievousB. tremblingC. overjoyedD. lazy10. .Some people seem to have a morbid interest in death.CA. mercilessB. sorryC. unhealthyD. helplessII. Text Comprehension(20%)1. She is not going to get rid of the upright piano because___C__(She Is an Unwilling Tool of Middleclassdom)a. Her daughter plays it.b. She wants to learn to play it someday.c. It is such a beautiful instrument.d. Nobody would want to buy such an old piano.2. In this account, Langston Hughes was__A__.(Salvation)a. giving an honest self-analysisb. entertaining the reader in a humorous tone.c. expressing his dissatisfaction with his aunt.d. describing a church service.3.It is generally believed that our language mechanism enables us__A__.(Thinking of Words)a. to talk about all the technicalities of company law or of central heating with the glibness of a solicitor or a plumber.b. to talk about anything fluently.c. to acquire any knowledge.d. to handle anything we need to handle.4.“Hey, missis”is not an appropriate form of address to a stranger because_C__(Thinking of Words)a. Missis is not the equivalent of Madame.b. It is not very effective.c. It is not used by polite educated people.d. It is used only by polite educated people.5. A man stabbed Miss Genovese __D_.(38 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police)a. As soon as she saw him in the lot.b. When she had got to the entrance to her apartment.c. Before she reached a street light in front of a bookstore.d. Before she got to a call box to the 102nd Police Precinct.6. Which statement is true?（Appetite）(A)a. When people have a thing too easily and too often, they will take it for grantedand miss out the pleasure of having it.b. Lee doesn’t like childrenc. Lee enjoys being hungry as it is a pleasure to him.d. when a person loses his appetite, he will soon die.7. One of the major pleasures in life is appetite, so(Appetite)(C)a. one should eat to one’s full.b. one should preserve this keenness of ling.c. one ought to have a taste of the multitudinous flavors of different kinds of foodd. one should starve it.8. In this essay, the prono un “you” is used to refer to (What Is It Like to Be Poor?)(C)a. man in generalb. the readerc., the writerd. none of the above9. But although affiliative behavior shares some of the properties associated with biological drives, I doubt whether our desire to make friends is really much influenced by adaptive considerations. By “biological drives” the author means (Befriending)(B)a. biological energyb. the animal instincts which spur us to do what we do.c. something which drives us togetherd. our human desire which drives us together.10. In fact, studies of friendship seem to implicate more complex factors. This sentence means that(Befriending)(C)a. studies of friendship involve more complex factorsb. studies of friendship imply that there are more complex factorsc. studies of friendship show that there are some more complex factorsd. studies of friendship are very complicatedIII. fill in the blank with a proper word from the words given(20%)Then the _trickle_of immigrants became a stream, and the population began to move _westward_- not to grab and _leave_ but to settle and live_, they thought. The _newcomers_ were of peasant _stock_, and they had their _roots_ in a Europe _where_they had been _landless_, for the possession of land was therequirement and the _proof_ of a higher social class than they had known.IV. Translation (20%)1. 当我把书点了一下，我发现书架上总共有50本书。
高中英语 期末测试卷(一)(A卷)新人教版必修2
期末测试卷（一）（A卷）（考试时间120分钟满分 150分）第I卷第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)请听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1.Where are the speakers at the moment?A. On the playground.B. In the street.C. At home2.When did the movie actually start?A. At 8:00.B. At 8:30.C. At 9:00.3. What does the woman want to do?A. Go to the post office.B. Go straight home.C. Go back to their office4. How is the woman feeling right now?A. Angry.B. Excited.C. Scared.5. What does the man suggest?A. Selling the old MP3 player.B. Having the old MP3 player repaired.C. Buying a new MPs player.第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
请听第6段材料，回答6、7题。
6. How did the woman find there are some really cool tours to Toronto?A. She did a little research.B. She called a travel agency.C. She went there last year.7. Where does the man actually want to go?A. To Toronto.B. To the Caribbean.C. To Thailand.请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
《高级英语》期末考试试卷(A)
四川外语学院2005 －2006 学年第一学期《高级英语》期末考试试卷（A）考试时间：120 分钟系部：英语语言文化系年级：2003级班级：I. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words and phrases. (10%)appeal to press forward in the long run withdraw fromto the utmost at odds keep abreast of devoid ofin due course insistent on1.The child seems to be quite __________ any sense of right or wrong. Notsurprising really when you think what his parents are like.2.With that possibility in mind, I shall find the murderer __________.3.Modern liberalism is fundamentally ___ ________ with democratic governmentbecause it demands results that ordinary people would not freely choose.4.In the extension of medical services to all the people, the qualified medical andhospital facilities already established are utilized __________.5.Moving to Spain will be better for you __ ________.6.Farmers have ____________ the government for help.7. A great many worries can ________ him ______ active participation in work andlife.8.So much is happening in the world of science that it’s difficult to __________ allthe latest developments.9.Those individuals and companies confined to all-domestic operations aremost likely to suffer by lower prices and have been among those most ____________ tariff protection.10.What happened today does nothing to diminish it. We must _________ onmanned space mission.II. Paraphrase the following sentences, especially paying attention to the underlined part. （20%）1. The plutonium would then be vaporized and released into the environment; andthere goes Florida. (Jenny Clanton)2. Two failures in nine trips are great in baseball, but not when we’re dealing withnuclear payloads. (Jenny Clanton)3. If a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor… (John F. Kennedy)4. … to remember that in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside. (John F. Kennedy)5. And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house. (John F. Kennedy)6. Let us redouble our exertions, and strike with united strength while life and power remain. (Winston Churchill)7. All this fades away before the spectacle which is now unfolding. (Winston Churchill)8. The scene will be clear for the final act, without which all his conquests will be in vain. (Winston Churchill)9. …affection which is received should liberate the affection which is to be given, and only where both exist in equal measure does affection achieve its best possibilities. (Bertrand Russell)10. Evidently this springs from some defect in their nature, but it is one not altogether easy either to diagnose or to cure. (Bertrand Russell)III. Point out the rhetorical device in the underlined part of each sentence and write your answers on the answer sheet. Only one item can be chosen for each sentence. (10%)personification metonymy rhetoric question onomatopoeia antithesis transferred epithet metaphor parallelism alliteration simile1.She was, to be sure, a girl who excited the emotions, but I was not one to let myheart rule my head.2.I like all the small noises of a ship: the faint creaking…, the slap of a rope, the hissof sudden spray.3.It is, after all, easier to make a beautiful dumb girl smart than to make an uglysmart girl beautiful.4.No one, least of all I, anticipated that my case would snowball into one of themost famous trials in U.S. history.5.But above all I love these long purposeless days in which I shed all that I haveever been.6.It was that population … and rushing them through with a magnificent dash anddaring and recklessness of cost or consequences.7.There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge,and wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels?8.I now stood on the site of the first atomic bombardment, where thousands uponthousands of people had been slain in one second, where thousands upon thousands of others had lingered on to die in slow agony, where thousands upon thousands of cities had vanished in sorrow and tears.9.The children went from adult to adult like buckets in a fire brigade.10.A moment later, the hurricane in one mighty swipe, lifted the entire roof off thehouse and skimmed it 40 feet through the air.IV. Proofreading (10%) (see “Answer Sheet”)V．Reading comprehension (25%)Passage 1Failure is probably the most fatiguing experience a person ever has. There is nothing more enervating than not succeeding—being blocked, not moving ahead. It is a vicious circle. Failure breeds fatigue, and the fatigue makes it harder to get to work, which compounds the failure. We experience this tiredness in two main ways: as start-up fatigue and performance fatigue. In the former case, we keep putting off a task that we are under some compulsions to discharge. Either because it is too tedious or because it is too difficult, we shirk it. And the longer we postpone it, the more tired we feel.Such start-up fatigue is very real, even if not actually physical, not something in our muscles and bones. The remedy is obvious, though perhaps not easy to apply, an exertion of will power. The moment I find myself turning away from a job, or putting it under a pile of other things I have to do, I clear my desk of every thing else andattach the objectionable item first. To prevent start-up fatigue, always tackle the most difficult job first.Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle. Here we are not reluctant to get started but we cannot seem to do the job right. Its difficulties appear insurmountable and however hard we work, we fail again and again. The mounting experience of failure carries with it an ever-increasing burden of mental fatigue. In such a situation,I work as hard as I can—then let the unconscious take over.1. Which of the following can be called a vicious circle?A.Success-zeal-success-zealB.Failure-tiredness-failure-tirednessC.Failure-zeal-failure-zealD.Success-exhaustion-success-exhaustion2. According to the passage, when we keep putting off a task, we canexperience______.A. tirednessB. performance fatigueC. start-up fatigueD. unconsciousness3. To overcome start-up fatigue, we need ______.A. toughnessB. preventionC. musclesD. strong willpower4. The word “insurmountable” in the last paragraph probably means ______.A. that cannot be solvedB. that cannot be understoodC. that cannot be imaginedD. that cannot be objected5. According to the passage, which of the following statement is not true?A.It is easier to overcome start-up fatigueB.Performance fatigue occurs when the job we are willing to take gets blocked.C.One will finally succeed after experiencing the vicious circleD.Fatigue often accompanies failurePassage 2Every minute of every day, what ecologist James Carlton-- an oceanographer at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. -- calls a global "conveyor belt" redistributes ocean organisms. It's planet wide biological disruption that scientists have barely begun to understand. These creatures move from coastal waters where they fit into the local web of life to places where some of them could tear that web apart. This is the larger dimension of the infamous invasion of fish-destroying, pipe-clogging zebra mussels.What concerns Carlton and his fellow marine ecologists is the lack of knowledge about the hundreds of alien invaders that quietly enter coastal waters around the world every day. What's new is the scale and speed of the migrations made possible by the massive volume of ship-ballast water, continuously moving around the world…Ships load up with ballast water and its inhabitants in coastal waters of one port and dump the ballast in another port that may be thousands of kilometers away. A single load can run to hundreds of gallons. Some larger ships take on as much as 40 million gallons. The creatures that come along tend to be in their larva freefloating stage. When discharged in alien waters they can mature into crabs, jellyfish, slugs,and many other forms.Since the problem involves coastal species, simply banning ballast dumps in coastal waters would, in theory, solve it. Coastal organisms in ballast water that is flushed into midocean would not survive. Such a ban has worked for North American Inland Waterway. But it would be hard to enforce it worldwide. Heating ballast water or straining it should also halt the species spread. But before any such worldwide regulations were imposed, scientists would need a clearer view of what is going on.The continuous shuffling of marine organisms has changed the biology of the sea on a global scale. It can have devastating effects as in the case of the American comb jellyfish that recently invaded the Black Sea. It has destroyed that sea's anchovy fishery by eating anchovy eggs. It may soon spread to western and northern European waters.The maritime nations that created the biological "conveyor belt" should support a coordinated international effort to find out what is going on and what should be done about it.6. According to Dr. Carlton, ocean organisms are ____.A. being moved to new environments.B. destroying the planet.C. succumbing to the zebra mussel.D. developing alien characteristics.7. Oceanographers are concerned because ____.A. their knowledge of this phenomenon is limited.B. they believe the oceans are dying.C. they fear an invasion from outer-space.D. they have identified thousands of alien webs.8. It can be inferred from the article that banning ballast dumps in coastalwaters proved successful in _______.A. North American Inland WaterwayB. the globeC. EuropeD. America9. According to Marine ecologists, transplanted marine species ____.A. are all compatible with one another.B. may upset the ecosystems of coastal waters.C. can only survive in their home waters.D. sometimes disrupt shipping lanes.10. The identified cause of the problem is ____.A. the rapidity with which larvae mature.B. a common practice of the shipping industry.C. a centuries old species.D. the world wide movement of ocean currents.11. The article suggests that a solution to the problem ____.A. is unlikely to be identified.B. must precede further research.C. is hypothetically easy.D. will limit global shipping.Passage 3The United Nation Conference on Drug Abuse that took place earlier this year in Vienna, was a very productive meeting. As never before, the nations of the world demonstrated a willingness to put aside ideological and individual differences to confront a common threat.Most previous international gatherings on this subject have not seen the same intensity of delegate interest. Many nations have gone through a shock of recognition.A decade ago, only those nations identified as "consuming countries" were thought to have a serious drug problem. Today, not only have many "producing countries" also become "consuming countries" but many have missed the growth within their borders of drug trafficking gangs (often allied with terrorists) so powerful they present a danger to the state's stability. Many developing countries now have the worst of both worlds, in that they grow their own narcotics and addict large number of their own people. There is a growing sense of fright in many governments that matters are out of control and the single way to recover is through cooperation with other countries.The high points of the conference were the drafting of two documents, both of which were adopted without a dissenting vote. One was a joint declaration of intent to combat drug abuse and trafficking. The other consisted of many derailed suggestions for particular regional and national policies.On the demand side, the delegates recommended the establishment of a system for collecting information on the nature and scope of narcotics use. In addition, drug education should be taught in schools and governments and labor organizations should act together in the anti-drug campaign in the work place. The delegates also recommended strict adherence to international agreements to curb the supply of narcotics.President Ronald Reagan, in his statement to the conference, reflected a somber but hopeful view. Noting the magnitude of the effort necessary, the President remarked, "That's why this conference is so encouraging and so important--- it presents an excellent opportunity for the nations of the world to build cooperation and plan effective strategies and tactics. It won’t be easy. The alternative, however, is the continued internal decay of our societies.12. Striking feature of the UN Conference on Drug Abuse is that ______.A.the delegates were unprecedentedly unanimous in their attempt to control drugabuseB.the conference touched upon many issues in the world.C.it was held by many countries.D.two documents were signed.13. Many countries are shocked to find that _______.A.consuming countries are confronting a serious drug problemB.drug trafficking gangs are often allied with terroristsC.drug problem has become more serious than everD.drug abuse if undermining their government14. According to the passage, which of the following is true?A. only those "consuming countries" are thought to have a serious drug problemB. the nations of the world do not have a consensus to find against drug problems.C. The United Nation Conference on Drug Abuse in Vienna was not veryproductive.D. The most important result of the United Nation Conference on Drug Abuse inVienna was the drafting of two important documents.15. Many countries have realized that the single way to control drugs is through___________.A. cooperation in the developed countriesB. cooperation in the developing countriesC. domestic policiesD. world-wide cooperation16. According to the passage the drug problem for the developing countries is the most serious because ______.A.they lack necessary funding to curb drug abuseB.they are both producing and consuming countries of drugsC.they are not efficient in their attempt to combat drug abuseD.they have not enlisted support from developed countries17. The delegates seemed to lack confidence in ______.A.curbing the demand for dangerous drugsB.destroying the process of distributionC.establishing system for collecting information about drug abuse.D.persuading people not to take drugs18. According to the passage President Reagan ________.A.pointed out that the effort to combat drug abuse was inestimableB.expressed his doubt about the possibility of international agreementC.suggested that if drug abuse is not curbed, world civilization will degenerateD.said that the conference was encouraging and important because internationalcooperation is necessary.Passage 4For much of the world, the death of Richard Nixon was the end of a complex public life. But researchers who study bereavement wondered if it didn't also signify the end of a private grief. Had the former president merely run his allotted fourscore and one, or had he fallen victim to a pattern that seems to afflict longtime married couples: one spouse quickly following the other to the grave?Pat, Nixon's wife of 53 years, died last June after a long illness. No one knows for sure whether her death contributed to his. After all, he was elderly and had a history of serious heart disease. Researchers have long observed that the death of aspouse particularly a wife is sometimes followed by the untimely death of the grieving survivor. Historian Will Durant died 13 days after his wife and collaborator, Ariel; Buckminster Fuller and his wife died just 36 hours apart. Is this more than coincidence?"Part of the story, I suspect, is that we men are so used to ladies feeding us and taking care of us," says Knud Helsing, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Public health, "that when we lose a wife we go to pieces. We don't know how to take care of ourselves." In one of several studies Helsing has conducted on bereavement, he found that widowed men had higher mortality rates than married men in every age group. But, he found that widowers who remarried enjoyed the same lower mortality rate as men who'd never been widowed.Women's health and resilience may also suffer after the loss of a spouse. In a 1987 study of widows, researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, and UC, San Diego, found that they had a dramatic decline in levels of important immune-system cells that fight off disease. Earlier studies showed reduced immunity in widowers.For both men and women, the stress of losing a spouse can have a profound effect. "All sorts of potentially harmful medical problems can be worsened, "says Gerald Davison, professor of psychology at the University of Southern California. People with high blood pressure, for example, may see it rise. In Nixon's case, Davison speculates, "the stroke, although not caused directly by the stress, was probably hastened by it." Depression can affect the surviving spouse's will to live; suicide are elevated in the bereaved, along with accidents not involving cars.Involvement in life helps prolong it. Mortality, says Duke University psychiatrist Daniel Blazer, is higher in older people without a good social-support-system, who don't feel they're part of a group or a family, that they "fit in" somewhere. And that's a more common problem for men, who tend not to have as many close friendships as women. The sudden absence of routines can also be a health hazard, says Blazer. While earlier studies suggested that the first six months to a year - or even the first week -- were times of higher mortality for the bereaved, some newer studies find no special vulnerability in this initial period. Most men and women, of course do not die as a result of the loss of a spouse. And there are ways to improve the odds. A strong sense of separate identity and lack of over-dependency during the marriage are helpful. Adult sons and daughters, siblings and friends need to pay special attention to a newly widowed parent. They can make sure that he or she is socializing, getting proper nutrition and medical care, expressing emotion and, above all, feeling needed and appreciated.19. According to researchers, Richard Nixon's death was ____.A. caused by his heart problems.B. indirectly linked to his wife's death.C. the inevitable result of old age.D. an unexplainable accident.20. The research reviewed in the passage suggest that ____.A. remarried men live healthier lives.B. unmarried men have the longest life spans.C. widowers have the shortest life spans.D. widows are unaffected by their mates' death.21. One of the results of grief mentioned in the passage is ____.A. loss of friendships.B. diminished socializing.C. vulnerability to disease.D. loss of appetite.22. The passage states that while married couples can prepare for grieving by ____.A. being self-reliant.B. evading intimacy.C. developing habits.D. avoiding independence.23. Helsing speculates that husbands suffer from the death of a spouse because they are ____.A. unprepared for independence.B. incapable of cooking.C. unwilling to talk.D. dissatisfied with themselves.24. The author suggests that ___________.A. a newly widowed parent should go out more often than notB. a newly widowed parent should live with their childrenC. family members should respect their newly widowed parentD. family members should also pay attention to a newly widowed parent25. The main idea of this article is __________.A. how to save the newly widowed spouseB. the loss of a spouse may influence the life span of the widowed oneC. the life of the newly widowed spouseD. not clearVI. Text Analysis (25%)Read the following passage and answer the questions in your answer sheet.About one of man’s frailties Thomas Wolfe wrote, “he talks of the future and he wastes it as it comes.” This observation is related to a principle by which I try (without always succeeding) to live. I believe in living in the present because it is futile to dwell on the past, to worry about the future, or to miss anything in the only reality I know.It is futile to dwell on the past. What existed or happened in the past may have been beautiful or exciting and may now bring profound and precious memories; but the past is dead, and it is not healthy for living spirits to linger over a world inhabited by ghosts. The past may also be a place of horror, of regret, of spilled milk, of unfortunate deeds that “cannot be undone,” of sad words like “might have been.” However, it is painful and pointless to fixate on a period that cannot be relived or repaired. It is unproductive self-punishment. The past must be kept in its place, outlived and outgrown.It is also useless to worry about the future. Why fly to heaven before it is time? What anxious visions haunt the person who thinks too much about the future? He may envision the horrible mushroom cloud; the earth shriveling from radiation; the overpopulated, abused earth gone dead. He may imagine his own life going awry, appointments missed; advancements given to someone else; his house burned to the ground; his love lost; everything in his life as in a nightmare, slipping away from him. There is no end to the disasters a person can worry about when he focuses anxiously on the future. There are events in his future, including his own demise, over which he has little or no control, but he can ruin his life worrying about them. There are some disasters he may be able to prevent, but he must do that by living well in the present, not simply by worrying about the future.The present moment, which is even now moving into the past, is the reality I know, and I don't want to miss it. The wild-cherry cough drop dissolving in my mouth is sweet and soothing. Even my sore throat and back-ache have meaning. The cool night air, the crackling noises of my furnace, my cat yawning and stretching -- these, are the tangible realities I can recognize. They exist in this moment, together with my own breathing, the warm lamp overhead, the jerking of my typewriter. Along with these are the realities of other people and of all life on this earth, which matters to me now, not at some past or future time.Everyone needs a sense of history, I think, particularly a feeling for his own roots, but history needs to keep its distance to be appreciated. It is also vital to have some sense of direction, which means making plans for the future but not becoming preoccupied with them. What is most important, I believe, is living in the present, that is, being alive now.Questions:1.What is the thesis statement in the passage? (5 points)2.How does the writer develop his ideas in this passage? (10 points)3.Please comme nt on one of the author’s views. (10 points)。
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xxxx学院学年学期英语专业级《高级英语(下)》试卷(A)（考试形式：闭卷）I. Sentence and Structure (20%)A. Paraphrase the following sentences. Use brief words. (10%)1. He will price the item high, and yield little in the bargaining.2. As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge on your ear.3. The few Americans seemed just as inhibited as I was.4. I thought somehow I had been spared.5. I will unsay no word that I have spoken about it.6. We shall be strengthened not weakened in determination and in resources.7. Now we are getting somewhere.8. The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly.9. In no area of American life is personal service so precious as in medical care.10. Well, that is California all over.B. Collocation: Choose the most appropriate expression to fill the blank. (10%)1. Little girls and elderly ladies in kimonos ______ teenagers and women in western dress.a. rubbed the shoulder withb. rubbed shoulders withc. rubbed the shoulder withd. rubbed the shoulders with2. At last this intermezzo ______, and I found myself in front of the gigantic City Hall.a. came to an endb. came to the endc. came to endd. came to ending3. The seller makes a point ______ protesting that the price he is charging is depriving him ______ all profit.a. of…fromb. from…ofc. of…ofd. from…from4. The shop-keepers speak in slow, measured tones, and the buyers ______.a. follow suitb. take suitc. follow suitsd. take suits5. I suppose they will be ______ in hordes.a. gathered upb. collected upc. piled upd. rounded up6. Hitler was however wrong and we should ______ to help Russia.a. make all outb. make out allc. go all outd. go out all7. The Nazi regime is devoid ______ all theme and principle except appetite and racial domination.a. fromb. ofc. outd. away8. In June 1941 Hitler suddenly ______ an attack on Russia. a. launched b. exerted c. developed d. created9. The custom-made object will be ______.a. in everyone’s reachb. within everyone’s reachc. in everyone’s touchd. within everyone’s touch10. The widest benefits of the electronic revolution will ______the young.a. accrue tob. accrue atc. accrue ford. accrue withII. Please identify the figures of speech used in the following underlined parts of the sentences. (10%)1 ( ) The din of the stall-holders crying their wares, of donkey-boys and porters clearing away for themselves by shouting vigorously, and of would-be purchasers arguing and bargaining is continuous and makes you dizzy.2( ) Was I not at the scene of the crime?3 ( ) I felt sick, and every since then they have been testing and treating me.4 ( ) I see the German bombers and fighters in the sky, still smarting from many a Britishwhipping, delighted to find what they believe is an easier and a safer prey.5 ( ) We will never parley, we will never negotiate...6 ( ) We shall fight him by land, we shall fight him by sea, we shall fight him in the air,until, ...7 ( ) The latter-day Aladdin, still snugly abed, then presses a button on a bedside box andissues a string of business and personal memos, which appear instantly on the genie screen.8 ( ) Tom Sawyer’s endless summer of freedom and adventure.9 ( ) Mark Twain gained a keen perception of the human race, of the difference betweenwhat people claim to be and what they really are.10 ( ) The instant riches of a mining strike would not be his in the reporting trade, but formaking money, his pen would prove mightier than his pickax.III. Proofreading and Error Correction(10%)Directions: The following passage contains TEN errors. Each line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way. For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “∧” sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. For an unnecessary word cross out the unnecessary word with a slash “/’ and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.One of the strangest things about dispute over advertisingis that the greater the fuss the much of a mystery the industryitself seems to become. Advertising is a passionate area.It seems to affect those who attack it and those whodefend it in remarkable similar ways. Before long both are (1) ______exhibiting the same compulsive urge to overstate their case tothat it is difficult to believe that the critics and the defendersof advertising are even arguing for the same thing. But just (2) ______as it seemed sensible for us to regard advertising without go (3) ______to either extreme, so it also seemed logical to try and find ascold-bloodedly as if we could, what advertising in the Britain (4) ______of the sixties really was.We knew that they consumed around $950 million a (5) ______year, or roughly 2 percent of the national income. We knewthat it employed something over 200,000 individuals, themajority of which were paid salaries considerably above the (6) ______national average. And we knew that it was supposedly run inaccordance certain rather vague and often complex rules and (7) ______professional orders.Therefore once we tried finding out exactly what all this (8) ______money went on, what these highly paid individuals did for it(and with it), and how the rules and orders influenced them,a curious thing happened. This strange animal called advertising,so disliked by its supporters and so beloved by its (9) ______defenders, began to disappear. In its place were advertisingmen and advertising agencies—all working in different waysand to different rules and all showed quite startling differences (10) ______of competence, taste and effectiveness.IV. Reading Comprehension (30%)A. Multiple Choice (10%)Passage 1INK-STAINED RICHES:Mencken, the Daddy of Bad-Boy PunditryIn his essay on H.L. Mencken entitled “Saving a Whale,” journalist Murray Kempton points out that “whales are the only mammals that the museums have never managed to stuff and mount in their original skins.” To Kempton, Mencken is a very great whale who, almost 40 years aft er his death, still defies critical taxonomy. That is putting it politely. Mencken in death provokes as much vitriol as he did while living. He has been called a racist, a humanitarian, an arch conservative and a great liberal, and the thorny fact is, he was all those things. Nobody knows what to make of a man who turned his diary into a manure pile of anti-Semitism at the same time he was working diligently to get Jews out of Hitler’s Germany.Biographers have been struggling to take Mencken’s measure since the 1920s. Fred Hobson’s Mencken...is the latest and best attempt. Hobson is the first of Mencken’s biographers to use all the posthumously published diaries, where the “Sage of Baltimore” vented his most odious bigotries and where he most clearly revealed the alienation and loneliness at the heart of his personality. Hobson does not try to resolve the contradictions in Mencken’s personality. Instead, he wisely uses this new material to portray Mencken as a man forever in conflict with himself, the carefree cutup coexisting with the control freak, the comic with the tragedian. Eventually—at least a decade before the 1948 stroke that robbed him of the ability to read or write—Mencken’s darker angels took charge of his soul. In 1942, he wrote, “I have spent all of my 62 years here, but I still find it impossible to fit myself into the accepted patterns of American life and thought. After all these years, I remain a foreigner.”But as Hobson points out, the darkness was there all along, and the miracle is that out of this almost paralyzing bleakness, Mencken was once able to spin exuberant, lacerating prose that is as funny as it is essentially serious. At the peak of his powers, in the ‘20s and early ‘30s, he slaughtered every sacred cow in sight, from Prohibition to fundamentalism. But as hard as he could be on hillbillies and Klansmen, he was even harder on professors: “Of a thousand head of such dull drudges not ten, with their doctors’ dissertations behind them, ever contribute so much as a flyspeck to th e sum of human knowledge.” Coining phrases like “the Bible belt” and aphorisms like “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard,” Mencken left his indecorous fingerprints all over American though t and speech.As a newspaper columnist, a magazine editor and a book writer, Mencken radically broadened the scope and raised the standards of American journalism. But most important, he proved that an intellectual could thrive in the popular press....M any have imitated Mencken’s style....But the sad fact is, Mencken’s disciples are not Mencken. Flaws and all, he was inimitable. As Hobson says, “He was our nay-saying Whitman, and...he sounded his own barbaric yap over the roofs of the timid and the fea rful, the contented and the smug.” With his cheap cigars and his hick’s haircut, and with his gaudy, orotund prose, he looks and sounds like an old-fashioned vaudevillian.... As nice as it would be to stick this curmudgeonly, politically incorrect relic on a back shelf and forget about him, we need his rancor too much. Better than anyone, he still instructs us on the value of the loyal opposition. At his best, he made his readers think and he kept them honest. No journalist could want a better epitaph.1. Kempton thinks that Mencken was[A] a huge man. [B] beyond reproach. [C] larger than life. [D] hard to classify.2. Hobson’s biography is atypical of previous books abut Mencken because it[A] sues samples of Mencken’s prose.[B] creates a one-sided portrait.[C] glosses over inconsistencies. [D] uses material Mencken never published.3. Mencken is probably best characterized as a/an[A] optimist. [B] pessimist. [C] enthusiast. [D] defeatist.4. According to the author of the passage, Mencken’s prose is[A] pedantic. [B] prosaic. [C] pungent. [D] poetic.5. The reviewer believes that Mencken’s work should be appreciated because[A] it has historic value.[B] it reminds Americans of the importance of dissent.[C] Mencken was an excellent reporter.[D] Mencken cannot be copied.Passage 2THE DEA TH OF A SPOUSEFor much of the world, the death of Richard Nixon was the end of a complex public life. But researchers who study bereavement wondered if it didn’t also signify the end of a private grief. Had the former president merely run his allotted fourscore and one, or had he fallen victim to a pattern that seems to afflict longtime married couples: one spouse quickly following the other to the grave?Pat, Nixon’s wife of 53 years, died last June after a long illness. No one knows for sure whether her death contributed to his. After all, he was elderly and had a history of serious heart disease. Researchers have long observed that the death of a spouse particularly a wife is sometimes followed by the untimely death of the grieving survivor. Historian Will Durant died 13 days after his wife and collaborator, Ariel; Bickminster Fuller and his wife died just 36 hours apart. Is this more than coincidence?“Part of the story, I suspect, is that we men are so used to ladies feeding us and taking care of us,” says Knud Helsing, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, “that when we lose a wife we go to pieces. We don’t know how to take care of ourselves.” In one of several studies Helsing has conducted on bereavement, he found that widowed men had higher mortality rates than married men in every age group. But, he found that widowers who remarried enjoyed the same lower mortality rate as men who’d never been widowed.Women’s health and res ilience may also suffer after the loss of a spouse. In a 1987 study of widows, researchers form the University of California, Los Angeles, and UC, San Diego, found that they had a dramatic decline in levels of important immune-system cells that fight off disease. Earlier studies showed reduced immunity in widowers.For both men and women, the stress of losing a spouse can have a profound effect. “All sorts of potentially harmful medical problems can be worsened,” says Gerald Davison, professor of psycholog y at the University of Southern California. People with high blood pressure, for example, may see it rise. In Nixon’s case, Davison speculates, “the stroke, although not caused directly by the stress, was probably hastened by it.” Depression can affect the surviving spouse’s will to live; suicide rates are elevated in the bereaved, along with accidents not involving cars.Involvement in life helps prolong it. Mortality, says Duke University psychiatrist Daniel Balzer, is higher in older people without a good social-support system, who don’t feel they’re part of a group or a family, that they “fit in” somewhere. And that’s a common problem for men, who tend not to have as many close friendships as women. The sudden absence of routines can also be a health ha zard, says Blazer. “A person who loses a spouse shows deterioration in normal habits like sleeping and eating,” he says. “They don’t have that other person to orient them, like when do you go to bed, when do you wake up, when do you eat, when do you take your medication, when do you go out to take a walk? Y our pattern is no longer locked into someone else’s pattern, so it deteriorates.”While earlier studies suggested that the first six months to a year—or even the first week—were times of higher mortality for the bereaved, some newer studies find no special vulnerability in this initial period. Most men and women, of course do not die as a result of the loss of a spouse. And there are ways to improve the odds. A strong sense of separate identity and lack of over-dependency during the marriage are helpful. Adult sons and daughters, siblings and friends need to pay special attention to a newly widowed parent. They can make sure that he or she is socializing, getting proper nutrition and medical care, expressing emotion and, above all, feeling needed and appreciated.6. According to researchers, Richard Nixon’s death was[A] caused by his heart problems. [B] indirectly linked to his wife’s death.[C] the inevitable result of old age. [D] an unexplainable accident.7. The research reviewed in the passage suggests that[A] remarried men live healthier lives. [B] unmarried men have the longest life spans.[C] widowers have the shortest life spans. [D] widows are unaffected by their mates’ death.8. One of the results of grief mentioned in the article is[A] loss of friendships. [B] diminished socializing.[C] vulnerability to disease. [D] loss of appetite.9. The passage states that while married couples can prepare for grieving by[A] being self-reliant. [B] evading intimacy.[C] developing habits. [D] avoiding independence.10. Helsing speculates that husbands suffer from the death of a spouse because they are[A] unprepared for independence. [B] incapable of cooking.[C] unwilling to talk. [D] dissatisfied with themselves.B. Read the following passage and answer the questions. Your answers should be given in English. Be brief and straight to the point. (20%)The Penalty of DeathH. L. MenckenOf the arguments against capital punishment that issue from uplifters, two are commonly heard most often, to wit:1. That hanging a man (or frying him or gassing him) is a dreadful business, degrading to those who have to do it and revolting to those who have to witness it.2. That it is useless, for it does not deter others from the same crime.The first of these arguments, it seems to me, is plainly too weak to need serious refutation. All it says, in brief, is that the work of the hangman is unpleasant. Granted. But suppose it is? It may be quite necessary to society for all that. There are, indeed, many other jobs that are unpleasant, and yet no one thinks of abolishing them---that of the plumber, that of the soldier, that of the garbage man, that of the priest hearing confessions, that of the sand-hog, and so on. Moreover, what evidence is there that anyactual hangman complains of his work? I have heard none. On the contrary, I have known many who delighted in their ancient art, and practiced it proudly.In the second argument of the abolitionists there is rather more force, but even here, I believe, the ground under them is shaky. Their fundamental error consists in assuming that the whole aim of punishing criminals is to deter other (potential) criminal ---that we hang or electrocute A simply in order to so alarm B that he will not kill C. This, I believe, is an assumption which confuses a part with the whole. Deterrence, obviously, is one of the aims of punishment, but it is surely not the only one. On the contrary, there are at least a half dozen, and some are probably quite as important. At least one of them, practically considered, is more important. Commonly, it is described as revenge, but revenge is really not the word for it. I borrow a better term from the late Aristotle: katharsis. Katharsis, so used, means a salubrious discharge of emotions, a healthy letting off of steam. A school-boy, disliking his teacher, deposits a tack upon the pedagogical chair; the teacher jumps and the boy laughs. This is katharsis. What I contend is that one of the prime objects of all judicial punishments is to afford the same grateful relief (a) to the immediate victims of the criminal punished, and (b) to the general body of moral and timorous men.These persons, and particularly the first group, are concerned only indirectly with deterring other criminals. The thing they crave primarily is the satisfaction of seeing the criminal actually before them suffer as he made them suffer. What they want is the peace of mind that goes with the feeling that accounts are squared. Until they get that satisfaction they are in a state of emotional tension, and hence unhappy. The instant they get it they are comfortable. I do not argue that this yearning is noble; I simply argue that it is almost universal among human beings. In the face of injuries that are unimportant and can be borne without damage it may yield to higher impulses; that is to say, it may yield to what is called Christian charity. But when the injury is serious Christianity is adjourned, and even saints reach for their side-arms. It is plainly asking too much of human nature to expect it to conquer so natural an impulse. A keeps s store and has a bookkeeper, B. B steals $700, employs it is playing at dice or bingo, and is cleaned out. What is A to do? Let B go? If he does so he will be unable to sleep at night. The sense of injury, of injustice, of frustration will haunt him like pruritus. So he turns B over to the police, and they hustle B to prison. Thereafter A can sleep. More, he has pleasant dreams. He pictures B chained to the wall of a dungeon a hundred feet underground, devoured by rats and scorpions. It is so agreeable that it makes him forget his $700. He has got his katharsis.The same thing precisely takes place on a larger scale when there is a crime which destroys a whole community’s sense of security. Every law-abiding citizen feels menaced and frustrated until the criminals have been struck down---until the communal capacity to get even with them, and more than even, has been dramatically demonstrated. Here, manifestly, the business of deterring others is no more than an afterthought. The main thing is to destroy the concrete scoundrels whose act has alarmed everyone, and thus make everyone unhappy. Until they are brought to book that unhappiness continues; when the law has been executed upon them there is a sigh of relief. In other words, there is katharsis.I know of no public demand for the death penalty for ordinary crimes, even for ordinary homicides. Its infliction would shock all men of normal decency of feeling. But for crimes involving the deliberate and inexcusable taking of human life, by men openly defiant of all civilized order---for such crimes it seems to nine men out of ten, a just and proper punishment. Any lesser penalty leaves them feeling that the criminal has got the better of society---that he is free to add insult to injury by laughing. That feeling can be dissipated only by a recourse to katharsis, the invention of the aforesaid Aristotle. It is more effectively and economically achieved, as human nature now is, by wafting the criminal to realms of bliss.The real objection to capital punishment doesn’t lie against the actual extermination of the condemned, but against our brutal American habit of putting it off so long. After all, every one of us must die soon or late, and a murderer, it must be assumed, is one who makes that sad fact the cornerstone of his metaphysic. But it is one thing to die, and quite another thing to lie for long months and even years under the shadow of death. No sane man would choose such a finish. All of us, despite the Prayer Book, long for a swift and unexpected end. Unhappily, a murderer, under the irrational American system, is tortured for what, to him, must seem a whole series of eternities. For months on end he sits in prison while his lawyers carry on their idiotic buffoonery with writs, injunctions, mandamuses, and appeals. In order to get his money (or that of his friends) they have to feed him with hope. Now and then, by the imbecility of a judge or some trick of juristic science, they actually justify it. But let us say that, his money all gone, they finally throw up their hands. Their client is now ready for the rope or the chair. But he must still wait for months before it fetches him.That wait, I believe, is horribly cruel. I have seen more than one man sitting in the death house, and I don’t want to see any more. Worse, it is wholly useless. Why should he wait at all? Why not hang him the day after the last court dissipates his last hope? Why torture him as not even cannibals would torture their victims? The common answer is that he must have time to make his peace with God. But how long does that take? It may be accomplished, I believe, in two hours quite as comfortably as in two years. There are, indeed, no temporal limitations upon God. He could forgive a whole herd of murderers in a millionth of a second. More, it has been done.1. What is the author’s point in this essay? Sum up the author’s argument in 50 words. (4%)2. How does the author put forward his argument? What does he do before he proposes his own idea about the death penalty? (4%)3. What method does the author use to refute the first argument proposed by the uplifters, that the death penalty should be abolished because it is unpleasant? How do you characterize the supporting details the author provides throughout the essay? (4%)4. What is the author’s real objection to the death penalty? Sum up his description of how the death penalty is carried out currently within 50 words. (4%)5. Does the author expect his audience to agree with him? Where in the essay does he indicate his audience may disagree? (4%)V. Translate the following passage into Chinese. (15%)The bird, however hard the frost may be, flies briskly to his customary roosting-place, and, with beak tucked into his wing, falls asleep. He has no apprehensions; only the hot blood grows colder and colder, the pulse feebler as he sleeps, and at midnight, or in the early morning, he drops from hisperch—dead.Yesterday he lived and moved, responsive to a thousand external influences, reflecting earth and sky in his small brilliant brain as in a looking-glass; also he had a various language, the inherited knowledge of his race, and the faculty of flight, by means of which he could shoot, meteor-like, across the sky, and pass swiftly from place to place; and with it he was able to drop himself plumb down from the tallest tree-lop, or out of the void air, on to a slender spray, and scarcely cause its leaves to tremble.Now, on this morning, he lies stiff and motionless; so easy and swift is the passage from life to death in wild nature! But he was never miserable.VI. Translate the following passage into English. (15%)我一直以为大学校长是高瞻远瞩、指导学术与教育大方向的决策人，而不是管馒头稀饭的保姆，但这也暂且不提。
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17. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebearsprescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.18. Divided, there is little we can do, for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at oddsand split asunder.19. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the oceandepths and encourage the arts and commerce.20. I deposited her at the girls’dormitory, where she assured me that she had had aperfectly terrif evening, and I went glumly to my room.21. I hid my exasperation. “Polly, it’s a fallacy. The generalization is reached too hastily.There are too few instances to support such a conclusion.”22. She was not yet of pin-up proportions, but I felt sure that time would supply the lack.undermined an article of faith: the thingliness of things.25. Barring the catastrophe of nuclear war, it will continue to shape both modern cultureand the consciousness of those who inhabit that culture.26. The craftsman is thus able to learn from his work; and to use and develop hiscapacities and skills in its prosecution.27. Work has become alienated from the working person.28. Most investigations in the field of industrial psychology are concerned with thequestion of how the productivity of the individual worker can be increased, and how he can be made to work with less friction.29. But no; what most excites Europeans is the city’s charged, nervous atmosphere, itsvulgar dynamism.30. It is about constant battles for subway seats, for a cabdriver’s or a clerk’s or awaiter’s attention, fo r a foothold, a chance, a better address, a larger billing.III. Reading Comprehension (40%)Directions: In this section there are five reading passages followed by a total of twenty multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then write your answers on your ANSWER SHEET. TEXT AThirty-two people watched Kitty Genovese being killed right beneath their windows. She was their neighbor. Yet none of the 32 helped her. Not one even called the police. Was this in gunman cruelty? Was it lack of feeling abo ut one’s fellow man?“Not so,” say scientists John Barley and Bib Fatane. These men went beyond the headlines to probe the reasons why people didn’t act. They found that a person has to go through two steps before he can help. First he has to notice that is an emergency.Suppose you see a middle-aged man fall to the side-walk. Is he having a heart attack? Is he in a coma from diabetes? Or is he about to sleep off a drunk?Is the smoke coming into the room from a leak in the air conditioning? Is it “steampi pes”? Or is it really smoke from a fire? It’s not always easy to tell if you are faced witha real emergency.Second, and more important, the person faced with an emergency must feel personally responsible. He must feel that he must help, or the person won’t get the help he needs.The researchers found that a lot depends on how many people are around. They had college students in to be “tested”. Some came alone. Some came with one or two others. And some came in large groups. The receptionist started them o ff on the “tests”. Then she went into the next room. A curtain divided the “testing room” and the room into which she went. Soon the students heard a scream, the noise of file cabinets falling and a cry for help. All of this had been pre-recorded on a tape-recorder.Eight out of ten of the students taking the test alone acted to help. Of the students in pairs, only two out of ten helped. Of the students in groups, none helped.In other words, in a group, Americans often fail to act. They feel that others will act. They, themselves, needn’t. They do not feel any direct responsibility.Are people bothered by situations where people are in trouble? Yes. Scientists found that the people were emotional. They sweated. They had trembling hands. They felt the other person’s trouble. But they did not act. They were in a group. Their actions were shaped by the actions of those they were with.31. The purpose of this passage is___________.A. to explain why people fail to act in emergenciesB. to explain when people will act in emergenciesC. to explain what people will do in emergenciesD. to explain how people feel in emergencies32. Which of the following is NOT true?A. When a person tries to help others, he must be clear that there is a real emergency.B. When a person tries to help others, he should know whether they are worth hishelp.C. A person must take the full responsibility for the safety of those in emergencies ifhe wants to help.D. A person with a heart attack needs the most.33. The researchers have conducted an experiment to prove that people will act inemergencies when_______________.A. they are in pairsB. they are in groupsC. they are aloneD. they are with their friends34. The main reason why people fail to act when they stay together is that___________.A. they are afraid of emergenciesB. they are reluctant to get themselves involvedC. others will act if they themselves hesitateD. they do not have any direct responsibility for those who need help35. The author suggests that____________.A. we shouldn’t blame a person if he fails to act in emergenciesB. a person must feel guilty if he fails to helpC. people should be responsible for themselves in emergenciesD. when you are in trouble, people will help you anyway TEXT BTo Err Is Humanby Lewis ThomasEveryone must have had at least one personal experience with a computer error by this time. Bank balances are suddenly reported to have jumped from $379 into the millions, appeals for charitable contributions are mailed over and over to people with crazy sounding names at your address, department stores send the wrong bills, utility companies write that they’re turning everything off, that sort of thing. If you manage to get in touch with someone and complain, you then get instantaneously typed, guilty letters from the same computer, saying, “Our computer was in error, and an adjustment is being made in your account.”These are supposed to be the sheerest, blindest accidents. Mistakes are not believed to be the normal behavior of a good machine. If things go wrong, it must be a personal, human error, the result of fingering, tampering a button getting stuck, someone hitting the wrong key. The computer, at its normal best, is infallible.I wonder whether this can be true. After all, the whole point of computers is that they represent an extension of the human brain, vastly improved upon but nonetheless human, superhuman maybe. A good computer can think clearly and quickly enough to beat you at chess, and some of them have even been programmed to write obscure verse. They can do anything we can do, and more besides.It is not yet known whether a computer has its own consciousness, and it would be hard to find out about this. When you walk into one of those great halls now built for the huge machines, and standing listening, it is easy to imagine that the faint, distant noises are the sound of thinking, and the turning of the spools gives them the look of wild creatures rolling their eyes in the effort to concentrate, choking with information. But real thinking, and dreaming, are other matters. On the other hand, the evidence of something like an unconscious, equivalent to ours, are all around, in every mail. As extensions of the human brain, they have been constructed the same property of error, spontaneous, uncontrolled, and rich in possibilities.36. The title of the writing “To Err Is Human” implies that ____________.A. making mistakes is confined only to human beings.B. every human being cannot avoid making mistakes.C. all human beings are always making mistakes.D. every human being is born to make bad mistakes.37. The first paragraph implies that _____________.A. computer errors are so obvious that one can hardly prevent them from happening.B. a computer is so capable of making errors that none of them is avoidable.C. computers make such errors as miscalculation and inaccurate reporting.D. computers can’t think so their errors are natural and unavoidable.38. The author uses his hypothesis that “computers represent an extension of the human brain” in order to indicate that ____________.A. human beings are not infallible, nor are computers.B. computers are bound to make as many errors as human beings.C. errors made by computers can be avoided the same as human mistakes can beavoided.D. computers are made by human beings and so are their errors.39. The rhetoric the author employed in writing the third paragraph, especially thesentence “A good computer can think clearly and quickl y enough to beat you at chess...” is usually referred to in writing as ______________.A. simile.B. personification.C. hyperbole.D. metaphor.40. The author compared the faint and distant sound of the computer to the sound ofthinking and regarded it as the product of _____________.A. dreaming and thinking.B. some property of errors.C. consciousness.D. possibilities.TEXT CI cry easily. I once burst into tears when the curtain came down on the Kirov Ballet’s “Swan Lake”.I still choke up every time I see a film of Roger Bannister breaking the “impossible” four-minute mark for the mile. I figure I am moved by witnessing men and women at their best. But they need not be great men and women, doing great things.I remember the night, some years ago, when my wife and I were going to dinner ata friend’s house in New York city. It was sleeting. As we hurried toward the house, with its welcoming light, I noticed a car pulling out from the curb. Just ahead, another car was waiting to back into the parking space—a rare commodity in crowded Manhattan. But before he could do so another car came up from behind, and sneaked into the spot. That’s dirty pool, I thought.While my wife went ahead into our friend’s house, 1 stepped into the street to give the guilty driver a piece of my mind. A man in work clothes rolled down the window.“Hey,” I said, “this parking space belongs to that guy,” I gestured toward the man ahead, who was looking back angrily. I thought I was being a good Samaritan, I guess--and I remember that the moment I was feeling pretty manly in my new trench coat.“Mind your own business!” the driver told me.“No,” I said. “You don’t understand. That fellow was waiting to back into this space.”Things quickly heated up, until finally he leaped out of the car. My God, he was colossal. He grabbed me and bent me back over the hood of his car as if I was a rag doll. The sleet stung my face. I glanced at the other driver, looking for help, but he gunned his engine and hightailed it out of there.The huge man shook his rock of a fist of me, brushing my lip and cutting the inside of my mouth against my teeth. I tasted blood. I was terrified. He snarled and threatened, and then told me to beat it.Almost in a panic, I scrambled to my friend’s front door. As a former Marine, as a man, I felt utterly humiliated. Seeing that I was shaken, my wife and friends asked me what had happened. All I could bring myself to say was that I had had an argument about a parking space. They had the sensitivity to let it go at that.I sat stunned. Perhaps half an hour later, the doorbell rang. My blood ran cold. For some reason I was sure that the bruiser had returned for me. My hostess got up to answer it, but I stopped her. I felt morally bound to answer it myself.I walked down the hallway with dread. Yet 1 knew I had to face up to my fear. I opened the door. There he stood, towering. Behind him, the sleet came down harder than ever.“I came back to apologize,” he said in a low voice. “When I got home, I said to myself, ‘what right do I have to do that?’ I’m ashamed of myself. All I can tell you is that the Brooklyn Navy Yard is closing. I’ve worked there for years. And today I got laid off. I’m not myself. I hope you’ll accept my apology.”I often remember that big man. 1 think of the effort and courage it took for him to come back to apologize. He was man at last.And I remember that after I closed the door, my eyes blurred, as I stood in the hallway for a few moments alone.41. On what occasion is the author likely to be moved?A. A young person cheated of the best things in life.B. A genius athlete breaks a world record.C. A little girl suffers from an incurable disease.D. When the curtain comes down on a touching play.42. What does “dirty pool” a t the end of the second paragraph mean?A. Improper deed.B. Bribery.C. Unclean place.D. Dirty transaction.43. Why didn’t the writer’s wife and friends ask him what had really happened to him?A. They sensed that something terrible happened, th ey didn’t dare to ask.B. They were afraid that the writer might lose face if they asked.C. They’d like to let it be for it was not their business.D. They tried to calm the writer in this way.TEXT DIn a reaction against a too-rigid, over-refined classical curriculum, some educational philosophers have swung sharply to an espousal of “life experience” as the sole source of learning. Using their narrow interpretation of John Dewey’s theories as a base for support, they conclude that only through “doing”can learning take place. Spouting such phrases as “Teach the child, not the subject,” they demand, without sensing its absurdity, an end to rigorous study as a means of opening the way to learning. While not all adherents to this approach would totally eliminate a study of great books, the influence of this philosophy has been felt in the public school curricula, as evidenced by the gradual subordination of great literature.What is the purpose of literature? Why read, if life alone is to be our teacher? James Joyce states that the artist reveals the human situation by re-creating life out of life. Aristotle states that art presents universal truths because its form is taken from nature. Thus, consciously or otherwise, the great writer reveals the human situation most tellingly, extending our understanding of ourselves and our world.We can soar with the writer to the heights of man’s aspirations, or plummeting w ithhim to tragic despair. The works of Steinbeck, Anderson, and Salinger; the poetry of Whitman, Sandburg, and Frost; the plays of Ibsen, Miller, and O’Neill; all present starkly realistic portrayals of life’s problems. Reality? Yes! But how much wider is the understanding we gain than that attained by viewing life through the keyhole of our single existence.Can we measure the richness gained by the young reader venturing down the Mississippi with Tom and Huck, or cheering Ivanhoe as he battles the Black Knight; the deepening understanding of the mature reader of the tragic South of William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams, of the awesome determination and frailty of Patrick White’s Australian pioneers?This function of literature, the enlarging of our own life sphere, is of itself of major importance. Additionally, however, it has been suggested that solutions of social problems maybe suggested in the study of literature. The overweening ambitions of political leaders--and their sneering contempt for the law--did not appear for the first time in the writings of Bernstein and Woodward; the problems, and the consequent actions, of the guilt ridden did not await the appearance of the bearded psychoanalyst of the twentieth century.Federal Judge Learned Hand has written, “I venture to believe that it is as important to a judge called upon to pass on a question of constitutional law, to have at least a bowing acquaintance with Thucydides, Gibbon, and Carlyle, with Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and Milton, with Montaigne and Rabelais, with Plato, Bacon, Hume, and Kant, as with the books which have been specifically written on the subject. For in such matters everything turns upon the spirit in which he approaches the questions before him.”But what of our dissenters? Can we overcome the disapproval of their “life experience classroom” theory of learning? We must s tart with the field of agreement--that education should serve to improve the individual and society. We must educate them to the understanding that the voice of human experience should stretch our human faculties, and open us to learning. We must convince them--in their own personal language perhaps--of the “togetherness” of life and art; we must prove to them that far from being separate, literature is that part of life which illuminates life.44. According to the passage, the end goal of great literature is ____________.A. the recounting of dramatic and exciting stories, and the creation of charactersB. to create anew a synthesis of life that illuminates the human conditionC. the teaching of morality and ethical behaviorD. to portray life’s problem45. In the author’s opinion, as seen in this passage, one outcome of the influence of the “life experience” adherents has been ______.A. the gradual subordination of the study of great literature in the schoolsB. a narrowed interpretation of the theories of John DeweyC. a sharp swing over to “learning through doing”D. an end to rigorous study as a way of learning46. As the author sees it, one of the most important gains from the study of great literature is _____________.A. enrichment of our understanding of the pastB. broadening of our approaches to social problemsC. that it gives us a bowing acquaintance with great figures of the pastD. that it provides us with vicarious experiences which provide a much broaderexperience than we can get from experiences of simply our own lives alone47. The author’s purpose in this passage is to ______.A. list those writers who make up the backbone of a great literature curriculumB. compare the young reader’s experience with literature to that of the maturereadersC. plead for the retention of great literature as a fundamental part of the curriculumD. advocate the adoption of the “life experience” approach to teachingTEXT EI will now teach, offering my way of life to whomsoever desires to commit suicide by the scheme which has enabled me to beat the doctor and the hangman for seventy years. Some of the details may sound untrue, but they are not. I am not here to deceive; I am here to teach.We have no permanent habits until we are forty. Then they begin to harden, presently they petrify, then business begins. Since forty I have been regular about going to bed and getting up and that is one of the main things. I have made it a rule to go to bed when I had to. This has resulted in an unswerving regularity of irregularity. It has saved me sound, but it would injure another person.In the matter of diet—which is another main thing—I have been persistently strict in sticking to the things which didn’t agree with me until one or the other of us got the best of it. Until lately I got the best of it myself. But last spring I stopped frolicking with mince pie after midnight, up to then I had always believed I wasn’t loaded. For thirty years I have taken coffee and bread at eight in the morning, and no bite nor sup until seven-thirty in the evening. Eleven hours. That is all right for me, and is wholesome, because I have never had a headache in my life, but headachy people would not reach seventy comfortably by that road, and they would be foolish to try it. And I wish to urge upon you this—which I think is wisdom—that if you find you can’t make seventy by any but an uncomfortable road, don’t you go. When they take off the Pullman and retire you to the rancid smoker, put on your things, count your checks and get out at the first way station where there’s a cemetery.I have made it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time. I have no other restriction as regards smoking. I do not know just when I began to smoke; I only know that it was in my father’s lifetime, and that I was discreet. He passed from his life early in 1847, when I was a shade past eleven; ever since then I have smoked publicly. As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake. It is a good rule, I mean, for me; but some of you know quite well that it wouldn’t answer for everybody that’s trying to get to be seventy.I smoke in bed until I have to go to sleep; I wake up in the night, sometimes once, sometimes twice, sometimes three times, and I never waste any of these opportunities to smoke. This habit is so old and dear and precious to me that I would feel as you, sir,would feel if you should lose the only moral you’ve got--meaning the chairman--if you’ve got one; I am making no charges. I will grant, here, that I have stopped smoking now and then, for a few months at a time, but it was not on principle, it was only to show off; it was to pulverize those critics who said I was a slave to my habits and couldn’t break my bonds.48. The best title for this passage would be__________.A. How to Get to SeventyB. How to Tell a Funny StoryC. Smoking and AgingD. My Funny Life49. In Para. 4, the author portrays himself as__________.A. a heavy smokerB. an austere personC. a rule followerD. a forgetful person50. Although the author says “I am here to teach,” his purpose is really____________.A. to deceiveB. to jokeC. to persuadeD. to smokeIV. Proofreading & Error Correction (10%)Proofread and correct the given passage on ANSWER SHEET as instructed.V. EC Translation (10%)Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET.On any person who desires such queer prizes, New York will bestow the gift of loneliness and the gift of privacy. It is this largess that accounts for the presence within the city’s walls of a considerable section of the population; for the residents of Manhattan are to a large extent strangers who have pulled up stakes somewhere and come to town, seeking sanctuary of fulfillment or some greater or lesser grail. The capacity to make such dubious gifts is a mysterious quality of New York. It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck. No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.VI. CE Translation (10%)Directions: Translate the following text into English. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET.大多数英国酒吧都没有酒保，你得到吧台去买酒。
苏州科技大学《高级英语AⅢ》2023-2024学年第一学期期末试卷
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…………………………密………………………………封………………………………线…………………………苏州科技大学《高级英语AⅢ》2023-2024学年第一学期期末试卷1、This film is very with young people, which tells a really romantic story. A ．familiar B ．popular C ．similar D ．particular2、To tell the truth, I didn’t expect that there were so many people ______ the idea. A ．supported B ．supporting C ．to support D ．having supported3、Peterson, a great archaeologist, said: “Archaeologists have been extremely patient because we were led to believe that the ministry was ________ this problem, but we feel that we can't wait any longer.” A ．looking out B ．bringing out C ．carrying out D ．sorting out4、_____ to manage time wisely, and you can make the most out of each day. A ．Learning B ．To learn C ．Learned D ．Learn5、 public bicycles with a mobile app is more convenient for users. A ．To unlock B ．Unlock C ．Unlocked D ．Unlocking6、—Jack has been out of consciousness since the accident.Will he come to himself ，doctor? —It’s going to be tough but we antic ipate that he will . A ．put through B ．pull through C ．put over D ．pull over7、Due to the reform and opening-up, our living conditions, undoubtedly, have improved ________ over the past decades.A ．consideratelyB ．approximatelyC ．appropriatelyD ．considerably8、__________him not to do so, he wouldn’t have made such a serious mistake. A ．Did I persuade B ．If I persuadeC ．If I should persuadeD ．Had I persuaded9、Mary felt from the outside world, since she lacked an Internet connection and couldn’t receive any e-mail. A ．cut down B ．cut in C ．cut offD ．cut out10、So far, more than 1300 hotels in Europe, Africa, Middle East region have committed to _________ in the event, with many more ________ to join the effort. A ．participating; expectingB ．participate; to expectC ．participating; expectedD ．participate; to be expected第二部分 阅读理解（满分20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
河北高一高中英语期末考试带答案解析
河北高一高中英语期末考试班级:___________ 姓名：___________ 分数：___________一、单项选择1.The professor has ______ 11-year-old boy who has______ gift for dancing.A．a; a B．an; the C．an; a D．the; 不填2.After the traffic accident, no one______ except a few people who were badly injured.A．survive B．was survived C．survived D．was surviving3.______ is known to everybody that the moon travels around the earth once every month.A．It B．As C．That D．What4.After living in the city for 10 years he returned to the small village ______ he grew up as a child.A．which B．where C．that D．when5.This is one of the few best films ______ highly thought of by the public.A．which is B．that are C．that is D．which are6.Tom has been out of work for two years, so he has difficulty______.A．earning living B．earning his living C．to earn livings D．to earn his living 7.Most of the big hotels in Shanghai were full last week, But finally we ______find a room in a small one. A．ought to B．could C．were able to D．might8.. He was late for the meeting because the bus he took ______ halfway.A．broke in B．broke down C．broke out D．broke up 9.—Thank you for your wonderful meal.—______.A．No, it was just so-so B．The same to youC．No, that’s all right D．It’s my pleasure10.—I am sure Mary will win the first prize in the final.—I think so. She______ for it for months.A．is preparing B．was preparing C．had been preparing D．has been preparing 11.The hunter______ down and______ to the farmer that he had______ his gun against the tree.A．lay, lied, laid B．lay, laid, laid C．laid, lay, lied D．laid, lied, lay 12.. ______ you’ve got a chance, you might as well make full use of it.A．Now that B．After C．Although D．As soon as13.The reason______ he was late for class is______ he didn’t catch the first bus.A．why; because B．why; that C．that; because D．which; that14.. —______ that he managed to get the book?— Oh, his sister helped him.A．Where was it B．What was it C．How was it D．Why was it15.. After two hours of walking, they came to the camp site, ______ .A．hungry and tiredly B．hungrily and tiredlyC．hungrily and tired D．hungry and tired二、完形填空完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
高级英语(下)试卷A试题含答案
绍兴文理学院元培学院学年学期英语专业级《高级英语(下)》试卷(A)（考试形式：闭卷）I. Sentence and Structure (20%)A. Paraphrase the following sentences. Use brief words. (10%)1. He will price the item high, and yield little in the bargaining.2. As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge on your ear.3. The few Americans seemed just as inhibited as I was.4. I thought somehow I had been spared.5. I will unsay no word that I have spoken about it.6. We shall be strengthened not weakened in determination and in resources.7. Now we are getting somewhere.8. The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly.9. In no area of American life is personal service so precious as in medical care.10. Well, that is California all over.B. Collocation: Choose the most appropriate expression to fill the blank. (10%)1. Little girls and elderly ladies in kimonos ______ teenagers and women in western dress.a. rubbed the shoulder withb. rubbed shoulders withc. rubbed the shoulder withd. rubbed the shoulders with2. At last this intermezzo ______, and I found myself in front of the gigantic City Hall.a. came to an endb. came to the endc. came to endd. came to ending3. The seller makes a point ______ protesting that the price he is charging is depriving him ______ all profit.a. of…fromb. from…ofc. of…ofd. from…from4. The shop-keepers speak in slow, measured tones, and the buyers ______.a. follow suitb. take suitc. follow suitsd. take suits5. I suppose they will be ______ in hordes.a. gathered upb. collected upc. piled upd. rounded up6. Hitler was however wrong and we should ______ to help Russia.a. make all outb. make out allc. go all outd. go out all7. The Nazi regime is devoid ______ all theme and principle except appetite and racial domination.a. fromb. ofc. outd. away8. In June 1941 Hitler suddenly ______ an attack on Russia. a. launched b. exerted c. developed d. created9. The custom-made object will be ______.a. in everyone’s reachb. within everyone’s reachc. in everyone’s touchd. within everyone’s touch10. The widest benefits of the electronic revolution will ______the young.a. accrue tob. accrue atc. accrue ford. accrue withII. Please identify the figures of speech used in the following underlined parts of the sentences. (10%)1 ( ) The din of the stall-holders crying their wares, of donkey-boys and porters clearing away for themselves by shouting vigorously, and of would-be purchasers arguing and bargaining is continuous and makes you dizzy.2( ) Was I not at the scene of the crime?3 ( ) I felt sick, and every since then they have been testing and treating me.4 ( ) I see the German bombers and fighters in the sky, still smarting from many a Britishwhipping, delighted to find what they believe is an easier and a safer prey.5 ( ) We will never parley, we will never negotiate...6 ( ) We shall fight him by land, we shall fight him by sea, we shall fight him in the air,until, ...7 ( ) The latter-day Aladdin, still snugly abed, then presses a button on a bedside box andissues a string of business and personal memos, which appear instantly on the genie screen.8 ( ) Tom Sawyer’s endless summer of freedom and adventure.9 ( ) Mark Twain gained a keen perception of the human race, of the difference betweenwhat people claim to be and what they really are.10 ( ) The instant riches of a mining strike would not be his in the reporting trade, but formaking money, his pen would prove mightier than his pickax.III. Proofreading and Error Correction(10%)Directions: The following passage contains TEN errors. Each line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way. For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “∧” sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. For an unnecessary word cross out the unnecessary word with a slash “/’ and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.One of the strangest things about dispute over advertisingis that the greater the fuss the much of a mystery the industryitself seems to become. Advertising is a passionate area.It seems to affect those who attack it and those whodefend it in remarkable similar ways. Before long both are (1) ______exhibiting the same compulsive urge to overstate their case tothat it is difficult to believe that the critics and the defendersof advertising are even arguing for the same thing. But just (2) ______as it seemed sensible for us to regard advertising without go (3) ______to either extreme, so it also seemed logical to try and find ascold-bloodedly as if we could, what advertising in the Britain (4) ______of the sixties really was.We knew that they consumed around $950 million a (5) ______year, or roughly 2 percent of the national income. We knewthat it employed something over 200,000 individuals, themajority of which were paid salaries considerably above the (6) ______national average. And we knew that it was supposedly run inaccordance certain rather vague and often complex rules and (7) ______professional orders.Therefore once we tried finding out exactly what all this (8) ______money went on, what these highly paid individuals did for it(and with it), and how the rules and orders influenced them,a curious thing happened. This strange animal called advertising,so disliked by its supporters and so beloved by its (9) ______defenders, began to disappear. In its place were advertisingmen and advertising agencies—all working in different waysand to different rules and all showed quite startling differences (10) ______of competence, taste and effectiveness.IV. Reading Comprehension (30%)A. Multiple Choice (10%)Passage 1INK-STAINED RICHES:Mencken, the Daddy of Bad-Boy PunditryIn his essay on H.L. Mencken entitled “Saving a Whale,” journalist Murray Kempton points out that “whal es are the only mammals that the museums have never managed to stuff and mount in their original skins.” To Kempton, Mencken is a very great whale who, almost 40 years after his death, still defies critical taxonomy. That is putting it politely. Mencken in death provokes as much vitriol as he did while living. He has been called a racist, a humanitarian, an arch conservative and a great liberal, and the thorny fact is, he was all those things. Nobody knows what to make of a man who turned his diary into a manure pile of anti-Semitism at the same time he was working diligently to get Jews out of Hitler’s Germany.Biographers have been struggling to take Mencken’s measure since the 1920s. Fred Hobson’s Mencken...is the latest and best attempt. Hobson is the f irst of Mencken’s biographers to use all the posthumously published diaries, where the “Sage of Baltimore” vented his most odious bigotries and where he most clearly revealed the alienation and loneliness at the heart of his personality. Hobson does not try to resolve the contradictions in Mencken’s personality. Instead, he wisely uses this new material to portray Mencken as a man forever in conflict with himself, the carefree cutup coexisting with the control freak, the comic with the tragedian. Eventually—at least a decade before the 1948 stroke that robbed him of the ability to read or write—Mencken’s darker angels took charge of his soul. In 1942, he wrote, “I have spent all of my 62 years here, but I still find it impossible to fit myself into the accepted patterns of American life and thought. After all these years, I remain a foreigner.”But as Hobson points out, the darkness was there all along, and the miracle is that out of this almost paralyzing bleakness, Mencken was once able to spin exuberant, lacerating prose that is as funny as it is essentially serious. At the peak of his powers, in the ‘20s and early ‘30s, he slaughtered every sacred cow in sight, from Prohibition to fundamentalism. But as hard as he could be on hillbillies and Klansmen, he was even harder on professors: “Of a thousand head of such dull drudges not ten, with their doctors’ dissertations behind them, ever contribute so much as a flyspeck to the sum of human knowledge.” Coining phrases like “the Bible belt” and aphorisms like “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard,” Mencken left his indecorous fingerprints all over American thought and speech.As a newspaper columnist, a magazine editor and a book writer, Mencken radically broadened the scope and raised the standards of American journalism. But most important, he proved that an intellectual could thrive in the popular press....Many have imitated Mencken’s style....But the sad fact is, Mencken’s disciples are n ot Mencken. Flaws and all, he was inimitable. As Hobson says, “He was our nay-saying Whitman, and...he sounded his own barbaric yap over the roofs of the timid and the fearful, the contented and the smug.” With his cheap cigars and his hick’s haircut, and with his gaudy, orotund prose, he looks and sounds like an old-fashioned vaudevillian.... As nice as it would be to stick this curmudgeonly, politically incorrect relic on a back shelf and forget about him, we need his rancor too much. Better than anyone, he still instructs us on the value of the loyal opposition. At his best, he made his readers think and he kept them honest. No journalist could want a better epitaph.1. Kempton thinks that Mencken was[A] a huge man. [B] beyond reproach. [C] larger than life. [D] hard to classify.2. Hobson’s biography is atypical of previous books abut Mencken because it[A] sues samples of Mencken’s prose.[B] creates a one-sided portrait.[C] glosses over inconsistencies. [D] uses material Mencken never published.3. Mencken is probably best characterized as a/an[A] optimist. [B] pessimist. [C] enthusiast. [D] defeatist.4. According to the author of the passage, Mencken’s prose is[A] pedantic. [B] prosaic. [C] pungent. [D] poetic.5. The reviewer believes that Mencken’s work should be appreciated because[A] it has historic value.[B] it reminds Americans of the importance of dissent.[C] Mencken was an excellent reporter.[D] Mencken cannot be copied.Passage 2THE DEA TH OF A SPOUSEFor much of the world, the death of Richard Nixon was the end of a complex public life. But researchers who study bereavement wondered if it didn’t also signify the end of a private grief. Had the former president merely run his allotted fourscore and one, or had he fallen victim to a pattern that seems to afflict longtime married couples: one spouse quickly following the other to the grave?Pat, Nixon’s wife of 53 years, died last June after a long illness. No one knows for sure whether her death contributed to his. After all, he was elderly and had a history of serious heart disease. Researchers have long observed that the death of a spouse particularly a wife is sometimes followed by the untimely death of the grieving survivor. Historian Will Durant died 13 days after his wife and collaborator, Ariel; Bickminster Fuller and his wife died just 36 hours apart. Is this more than coincidence?“Part of the story, I suspect, is that we men are so used to ladies feeding us and taking care of us,” says Knud Helsing, an epidemiologis t at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, “that when we lose a wife we go to pieces. We don’t know how to take care of ourselves.” In one of several studies Helsing has conducted on bereavement, he found that widowed men had higher mortality rates than married men in every age group. But, he found that widowers who remarried enjoyed the same lower mortality rate as men who’d never been widowed.Women’s health and resilience may also suffer after the loss of a spouse. In a 1987 study of widows, researchers form the University of California, Los Angeles, and UC, San Diego, found that they had a dramatic decline in levels of important immune-system cells that fight off disease. Earlier studies showed reduced immunity in widowers.For both men and women, the stress of losing a spouse can have a profound effect. “All sorts of potentially harmful medical problems can be worsened,” says Gerald Davison, professor of psychology at the University of Southern California. People with high blood pressure, for exam ple, may see it rise. In Nixon’s case, Davison speculates, “the stroke, although not caused directly by the stress, was probably hastened by it.” Depression can affect the surviving spouse’s will to live; suicide rates are elevated in the bereaved, along w ith accidents not involving cars.Involvement in life helps prolong it. Mortality, says Duke University psychiatrist Daniel Balzer, is higher in older people without a good social-support system, who don’t feel they’re part of a group or a family, that th ey “fit in” somewhere. And that’s a common problem for men, who tend not to have as many close friendships as women. The sudden absence of routines can also be a health hazard, says Blazer. “A person who loses a spouse shows deterioration in normal habits like sleeping and eating,” he says. “They don’t have that other person to orient them, like when do you go to bed, when do you wake up, when do you eat, when do you take your medication, when do you go out to take a walk? Y our pattern is no longer locked i nto someone else’s pattern, so it deteriorates.”While earlier studies suggested that the first six months to a year—or even the first week—were times of higher mortality for the bereaved, some newer studies find no special vulnerability in this initial period. Most men and women, of course do not die as a result of the loss of a spouse. And there are ways to improve the odds. A strong sense of separate identity and lack of over-dependency during the marriage are helpful. Adult sons and daughters, siblings and friends need to pay special attention to a newly widowed parent. They can make sure that he or she is socializing, getting proper nutrition and medical care, expressing emotion and, above all, feeling needed and appreciated.6. According to research ers, Richard Nixon’s death was[A] caused by his heart problems. [B] indirectly linked to his wife’s death.[C] the inevitable result of old age. [D] an unexplainable accident.7. The research reviewed in the passage suggests that[A] remarried men live healthier lives. [B] unmarried men have the longest life spans.[C] widowers have the shortest life spans. [D] widows are unaffected by their mates’ death.8. One of the results of grief mentioned in the article is[A] loss of friendships. [B] diminished socializing.[C] vulnerability to disease. [D] loss of appetite.9. The passage states that while married couples can prepare for grieving by[A] being self-reliant. [B] evading intimacy.[C] developing habits. [D] avoiding independence.10. Helsing speculates that husbands suffer from the death of a spouse because they are[A] unprepared for independence. [B] incapable of cooking.[C] unwilling to talk. [D] dissatisfied with themselves.B. Read the following passage and answer the questions. Your answers should be given in English. Be brief and straight to the point. (20%)The Penalty of DeathH. L. MenckenOf the arguments against capital punishment that issue from uplifters, two are commonly heard most often, to wit:1. That hanging a man (or frying him or gassing him) is a dreadful business, degrading to those who have to do it and revolting to those who have to witness it.2. That it is useless, for it does not deter others from the same crime.The first of these arguments, it seems to me, is plainly too weak to need serious refutation. All it says, in brief, is that the work of the hangman is unpleasant. Granted. But suppose it is? It may be quite necessary to society for all that. There are, indeed, many other jobs that are unpleasant, and yet no one thinks of abolishing them---that of the plumber, that of the soldier, that of the garbage man, that of the priest hearing confessions, that of the sand-hog, and so on. Moreover, what evidence is there that anyactual hangman complains of his work? I have heard none. On the contrary, I have known many who delighted in their ancient art, and practiced it proudly.In the second argument of the abolitionists there is rather more force, but even here, I believe, the ground under them is shaky. Their fundamental error consists in assuming that the whole aim of punishing criminals is to deter other (potential) criminal ---that we hang or electrocute A simply in order to so alarm B that he will not kill C. This, I believe, is an assumption which confuses a part with the whole. Deterrence, obviously, is one of the aims of punishment, but it is surely not the only one. On the contrary, there are at least a half dozen, and some are probably quite as important. At least one of them, practically considered, is more important. Commonly, it is described as revenge, but revenge is really not the word for it. I borrow a better term from the late Aristotle: katharsis. Katharsis, so used, means a salubrious discharge of emotions, a healthy letting off of steam. A school-boy, disliking his teacher, deposits a tack upon the pedagogical chair; the teacher jumps and the boy laughs. This is katharsis. What I contend is that one of the prime objects of all judicial punishments is to afford the same grateful relief (a) to the immediate victims of the criminal punished, and (b) to the general body of moral and timorous men.These persons, and particularly the first group, are concerned only indirectly with deterring other criminals. The thing they crave primarily is the satisfaction of seeing the criminal actually before them suffer as he made them suffer. What they want is the peace of mind that goes with the feeling that accounts are squared. Until they get that satisfaction they are in a state of emotional tension, and hence unhappy. The instant they get it they are comfortable. I do not argue that this yearning is noble; I simply argue that it is almost universal among human beings. In the face of injuries that are unimportant and can be borne without damage it may yield to higher impulses; that is to say, it may yield to what is called Christian charity. But when the injury is serious Christianity is adjourned, and even saints reach for their side-arms. It is plainly asking too much of human nature to expect it to conquer so natural an impulse. A keeps s store and has a bookkeeper, B. B steals $700, employs it is playing at dice or bingo, and is cleaned out. What is A to do? Let B go? If he does so he will be unable to sleep at night. The sense of injury, of injustice, of frustration will haunt him like pruritus. So he turns B over to the police, and they hustle B to prison. Thereafter A can sleep. More, he has pleasant dreams. He pictures B chained to the wall of a dungeon a hundred feet underground, devoured by rats and scorpions. It is so agreeable that it makes him forget his $700. He has got his katharsis.The same thing precisely takes place on a larger scale when there is a crime which destroys a whole community’s sense of security. Every law-abiding citizen feels menaced and frustrated until the criminals have been struck down---until the communal capacity to get even with them, and more than even, has been dramatically demonstrated. Here, manifestly, the business of deterring others is no more than an afterthought. The main thing is to destroy the concrete scoundrels whose act has alarmed everyone, and thus make everyone unhappy. Until they are brought to book that unhappiness continues; when the law has been executed upon them there is a sigh of relief. In other words, there is katharsis.I know of no public demand for the death penalty for ordinary crimes, even for ordinary homicides. Its infliction would shock all men of normal decency of feeling. But for crimes involving the deliberate and inexcusable taking of human life, by men openly defiant of all civilized order---for such crimes it seems to nine men out of ten, a just and proper punishment. Any lesser penalty leaves them feeling that the criminal has got the better of society---that he is free to add insult to injury by laughing. That feeling can be dissipated only by a recourse to katharsis, the invention of the aforesaid Aristotle. It is more effectively and economically achieved, as human nature now is, by wafting the criminal to realms of bliss.The rea l objection to capital punishment doesn’t lie against the actual extermination of the condemned, but against our brutal American habit of putting it off so long. After all, every one of us must die soon or late, and a murderer, it must be assumed, is one who makes that sad fact the cornerstone of his metaphysic. But it is one thing to die, and quite another thing to lie for long months and even years under the shadow of death. No sane man would choose such a finish. All of us, despite the Prayer Book, long for a swift and unexpected end. Unhappily, a murderer, under the irrational American system, is tortured for what, to him, must seem a whole series of eternities. For months on end he sits in prison while his lawyers carry on their idiotic buffoonery with writs, injunctions, mandamuses, and appeals. In order to get his money (or that of his friends) they have to feed him with hope. Now and then, by the imbecility of a judge or some trick of juristic science, they actually justify it. But let us say that, his money all gone, they finally throw up their hands. Their client is now ready for the rope or the chair. But he must still wait for months before it fetches him.That wait, I believe, is horribly cruel. I have seen more than one man sitting in the death house, and I don’t want to see any more. Worse, it is wholly useless. Why should he wait at all? Why not hang him the day after the last court dissipates his last hope? Why torture him as not even cannibals would torture their victims? The common answer is that he must have time to make his peace with God. But how long does that take? It may be accomplished, I believe, in two hours quite as comfortably as in two years. There are, indeed, no temporal limitations upon God. He could forgive a whole herd of murderers in a millionth of a second. More, it has been done.1. What is the author’s point in this essay? Sum up the author’s argument in 50 words. (4%)2. How does the author put forward his argument? What does he do before he proposes his own idea about the death penalty? (4%)3. What method does the author use to refute the first argument proposed by the uplifters, that the death penalty should be abolished because it is unpleasant? How do you characterize the supporting details the author provides throughout the essay? (4%)4. What is the author’s real objection to the death penalty? Sum up his description of how the death penalty is carried out currently within 50 words. (4%)5. Does the author expect his audience to agree with him? Where in the essay does he indicate his audience may disagree? (4%)V. Translate the following passage into Chinese. (15%)The bird, however hard the frost may be, flies briskly to his customary roosting-place, and, with beak tucked into his wing, falls asleep. He has no apprehensions; only the hot blood grows colder and colder, the pulse feebler as he sleeps, and at midnight, or in the early morning, he drops from hisperch—dead.Yesterday he lived and moved, responsive to a thousand external influences, reflecting earth and sky in his small brilliant brain as in a looking-glass; also he had a various language, the inherited knowledge of his race, and the faculty of flight, by means of which he could shoot, meteor-like, across the sky, and pass swiftly from place to place; and with it he was able to drop himself plumb down from the tallest tree-lop, or out of the void air, on to a slender spray, and scarcely cause its leaves to tremble.Now, on this morning, he lies stiff and motionless; so easy and swift is the passage from life to death in wild nature! But he was never miserable.VI. Translate the following passage into English. (15%)我一直以为大学校长是高瞻远瞩、指导学术与教育大方向的决策人，而不是管馒头稀饭的保姆，但这也暂且不提。
高一英语上学期期末考试试题(A类)
于对市爱美阳光实验学校证号第一学期期末试题高一英语〔A类〕本试卷分第一卷和第二卷两，共10页。
第一卷为选择题, 共115分；第二卷为非选择题，共35分。
全卷共150分，考试时间为120分钟。
考前须知:1．答题前，考生务必用0.55mm2．请把答案做在答题卡上，交卷时只交答题卡，不交试题，答案写在试题上无效。
第Ⅰ卷〔选择题，共115分〕第一：听力 (共两节,总分值20分)第一节：〔共5小题，每题1分，总分值5分〕听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来答复有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1.What does the man advise the woman to do?A. Take a rest.B. Move to a new place.C. Find more students to help her.2. What will the woman do?A. Have lunch.B. Meet her sister.C. Go to Qingdao.3. How long has the woman used her car?A. About 9 years.B. About 10 years.C. About 12 years.4. Where is Tom probably now?A. In the classroom.B. In the office.C. In the library.5. What is the woman looking for?A. A good movie.B. A nice gift.C. A good magazine.第二节：〔共15小题，每题1分，总分值15分〕听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相位置。