高英试题

There came a point, however, when she reached the end of her experiments with vessels, when she had done everything she needed to do with the application of her medium.
that he must have come from below.” 6. All languages are dynamic rather than static. 7. her attendance had always been sporadic and her interest in schoolwork
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thinking about inside-outside, containing space. This body of work was a
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IV. Reading comprehension (30%)
页 TextA CLAY SCULPTURES INSPIRED BY MAN AND NATURE
“I knew I had to change what I was doing, but I had no idea how. After the buildup of my reputation, it was just like being a baby.
“These new forms are all closed—as opposed to a vessel, where I am
“People like to make reference to my Aegean heritage—the deep underwater blue and green. For me, it was a process of refinement, trying to make the perfect one. I worked with only six or seven forms, and I dealt with balance and proportion. For example, if I was working with an oval shape, I would do it tall and narrow or wide and short—playing with proportion that way.”
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surface textures sometimes resemble stone and sometimes steel, echoing the balance she achieves between nature-made and human-made inspiration. But the surfaces of these archetypal shapes also suggest ancient civilizations—an evocation of the history of human life on earth.
2.The man standing behind me took away my purse suddenly and ran off like a
rabbit.
3. Has the dictionary abdicated its responsibility?
4. But the great increase in our vocabulary in the past decades compels all
“This work is a tremendous departure from what I’ve been doing for the last 17 years,” Leodas says. “There are a lot of connections, but the transitions are really important to me. I was doing these large vessels up to three feet in diameter. There are some similarities between the old and the new work in what the forms are about—classic, simple, elegant, unadorned work. The vessels, though, are intensely glazed in jewel-like tones.
In fact, the artist herself says that they remind her of artifacts found in an archaeological dig. The analogy becomes clear when looking at her current installation at the Robischon Gallery in Denver. As single items, the shapes are marvelous small sculptures. But placed in relationship to each other, the metaphors they evoke are endless—depending only on the imagination of the viewer. The fact that the objects remind us of tools as much as they do of organic and aesthetic objects reinforces the archaeological metaphor.
dictionaries.
5. So monstrous a discrepancy in evaluation requires us to examine basic
principles.
6.The new policies were made in order to attract more foreign investment.
Avra Leodas of Santa Fe, N.M., makes objects in clay—weighty, solid, mysterious, elegant sculptures. Her simple forms may at first glance appear to spring form nature, but many have been inspired by man- made objects. The
negligible. 8. If it came to a choice between Grandmother MacLeod and Piquette, Piquette
would win hands down, nits or not. 9. who are bent on taking over the lion’s share of the trade. 10. The British fleet risks being elbowed out by stiff foreign competition. II. Please identify the figures of speech used in the following sentences. (10%) 1. but for making money, his pen would prove mightier than his pickax. 2. he commented with a crushing sense of despair on man’ final release from
III. Replace the underlined words and phrases with the following words or
expressions: (10%)
A. wealthy B. endlessly C. sadly
D. .killed E fronts
F. a slump G. made up. H. throw in the towel I. flickered J. lure
7.The candle shone unsteadily as a breeze swept into the room.
8.mit defeat in the cut-throat competition
第 among banks.
9.It is a loss that can never be compensated.
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考试科目： 高级英语
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I．Paraphrase: (30%) 1. In no area of American life is personal service so precious as in medical care. 2. The widest benefits of the electronic revolution will accrue to the young. 3. Bitterness fed on the man who had made the world laugh. 4. The fundamentalists adhered to a literal interpretation of the Old Testament. 5. “The Christian believes that man came from above. The evolutionist believes
7. and it is a mighty strong combination.
8. The case had erupted round my head
9. Bitterness fed on the man who had made the world laugh.
10. Huck Finn’s idyllic cruise through eternal boyhood.
K. difference L. given up M. forces
N. grabbed O.quotations
Example: .where thousands upon thousands of people had been slain in one
second. (D).
1.working on the largest collection of citations ever assembled in any language.
earthly struggles
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3. a world which will lament them a day and forget them forever.
4. The trial that rocked the world
5. Darrow had whispered throwing a reassuring arm round my shoulder. 6. Dudley Field Malene called my conviction a ,“victorious defeat.”.