高级英语练习题含答案(第二册)

Lesson Three

Pub Talk and the King’s English

I. Choose the one which best explains the word given blow:

1. intricate

A. difficult

B. complicated

C. invalid

D. simple

2. anecdote

A. short amusing story

B. long tedious talk

C. uninteresting writing

D. exciting information

3. affirmation

A. negative conversation

B. possibility

C. positive statement

D. affection

4. churl

A. soldier

B. bishop

C. naturalist

D. peasant

5. convict

A. criminal

B. aggressor

C. captain

D. captor

6. intercept

A. stop between starting-point and destination

B. arrive at the conclusion

C. write words expressing respect

D. prevent from being seen

7. denial

A. piece of open land

B. accepting an invitation

C. refusing a request

D. teaching good behaviour

8. delve

A. give oneself up

B. clasp carefully

C. search carefully and deeply

D. look down upon

9. immune

A. secure

B. impure

C. odorous

D. revival

10. facetious

A. unimportant

B. very superficial

C. hideous

D. not serious

11. sinister

A. not pretended

B. suggesting evil

C. happening in the same time

D. giving orders

12. pejorative

A. sharp

B. distasteful

C. contemptuous

D. penetrating

13. ultimatum

A. the general opinion about the character, qualities etc.

B. state of being in demand

C. sth. that provokes or annoys

D. final statement of conditions to be accepted

14. tussle

A. have a hard struggle or fight

B. raise to a higher grade

C. come to a lower level or state

D. make the greatest possible use of

15. scamper

A. move onward smoothly

B. drop down directly

C. run quickly and playfully

D. walk forward and backward

16. edict

A. order

B. article

C. painting

D. newspaper

17. tart

A. different

B. sarcastic

C. loaded

D. special

18. coin

A. happen

B. coincide

C. comfort

D. invent

19. dominance

A. ruling class

B. manageable domain

C. controlling power

D. religious establishment

20. salon

A. a regular held fashionable gathering

B. a big luxurious car

C. a grand comfortable hotel

D. a large public drinking place

21. sociable

A. gregarious

B. collective

C. common

D. ordinary

22. deserve

A. to take away

B. to last long

C. to help with

D. to be worthy of

23. sparkle

A. strike.

B. glitter

C. climb

D. flow

24. opportunity

A. an opposing force

B. a favourable place

C. a chance for advancement

D. a difficult situation

25. indulged

A. gratify

B. involve

C. interrupt

D. gratitude

26. gossip

A. glory

B. rumor

C. private fact

D. personal things

27. prose

a. imitation B. copying

C. writing

D. drawing

28. punctuate

A. insert occasionally

B. not to emphasize