高级英语考试范围

单词解释：同义词替换

1. Particular adj. 特别的；独有的；挑剔的；详细的n. 个别项目；详细说明

2. Glare n. 刺眼；耀眼的光； vt. 瞪视；发强光

3. Penetrate vt. 渗透；穿透；洞察vi. 渗透；刺入；看透

4. Preoccupation (n.): a matter which takes up one’s attention令人全神贯注的事物，抢先占有

5. Conceivable (adj.): that can be conceived，imagined 可想象的，想得到的

6. Overwhelm vt.压倒；淹没；受打击

7.Vigorous adj.有力的；精力充沛的

8.Establish vt. 建立；安置；创办 vi. 植物定植

9. Ignorance n. 无知，愚昧；不知，不懂

10. Absorb vt.吸收；吸引；承受；理解；使…全神贯注

11. V eil n.面纱v. 掩盖，遮盖

12. Incessant 不停的，持续不断的

13. Arresting (adj.): attracting attention；interesting；striking引人注目的；有趣的arrest v. 吸引

14. Discard 丢弃，抛弃

15. Surge 激增

16. Context 上下文，语境，环境

17. Tend vi. 趋向，倾向；照料，照顾vt. 照料，照管

18. Cataclysm (n.):a violent and sudden change or event．esp. a serious flood or earthquake大灾难

(尤指洪水、地震等)

19. Distinguish vt. 辨别；区分；使杰出，使表现突出vi. 区别，区分；辨别

20. Encounter vt. 遭遇，邂逅；遇到vi. 遭遇；偶然相遇n. 遭遇，偶然碰见

21. Din (n.): a loud，continuous noise喧闹声，嘈杂声

22. Contaminate 污染,弄脏

23. Incredible难以置信的unbelievable

24. Comparable adj. 比得上的；可比较的

25. Impel vt. 驱使；推动；激励

26. Perceive 感觉，知觉，察觉；理解

Paragraph:

1. He will price the item high, and yield little in the bargaining.

→He will ask for a high price for the item and refuse to cut down the price by any significant amount.

2. As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge on your ear.

→As you get near it, a variety of sounds begin to strike your ear.

3. The cab driver’s door popped open at the very sight of a traveler.

→As soon as the taxi driver saw a traveler, he immediately opened the door.

4. I experienced a twinge of embarrassment at the prospect of meeting the mayor of Hiroshima in my socks.

→I suffered from a strong feeling of shame when I thought of the scene of meeting the mayor of Hiroshima wearing my socks only.

5. The prospects of a good catch looked bleak.

→It was not at all possible to catch a large amount of fish.

英译汉：

1. The one I am thinking of particularly is by a Gothic -arched gateway of aged brick and stone. Y ou past from the heat and glare of a big, open square into a cool, dark cavern which extends as far as the eye can see, losing itself in the shadowed distance.

→此时此刻显现在我脑海中的这个中东集市，其入口处是一座古老的砖石结构的哥特式拱门。你首先要穿过一个赤日耀眼、灼热逼人的大型露天广场，然后走进一个凉爽、幽暗的洞穴。这市场一直向前延伸，一眼望不到尽头，消失在远处的阴影里。

2. It is a point of honor with the customer not to let the shop-keeper guess what it is she really likes and wants until the last moment.

→对于顾客来说，至关重要的一点是，不到最后一刻是不能让店主猜到她心里究竟中意哪样东西、想买哪样东西。

3. The seller, on the other hand, makes a point of protesting that the price he is charging is depriving him of all profit, and that he is sacrificing this because of his personal regard for the customer.

→而在卖主那一方来说，他必须竭尽全力地声称，他开出的价钱使他根本无利可图，而他之所以愿意这样做完全是出于他本人对顾客的敬重。

4. And secondly, because I had a lump in my throat and a lot of sad thoughts on my mind that had little to do with anything a Nippon railways official might say. The very act of stepping on the soil, in breathing this air of Hiroshima, was for me a far greater adventure than any trip or any reportial assignment I’d previously taken. Was I not at the scene of the crime?

→其次，则是因为我当时心情沉重，喉咙哽噎，忧思万缕，几乎顾不上去管那日本铁路官员说些什么。踏上这块土地，呼吸着广岛的空气，对我来说这行动本身已是一套令人激动的经历，其意义远远超过我以往所进行的任何一次旅行或采访活动。难道我不就是在犯罪现场吗?

5. Quite expectedly, the strange emotion which had overwhelmed me at the station returned, and I was again crushed by the though tat I now stood on the site of the first atomic bombardment, where thousands upon thousands of people had been slain in one second, where thousands upon thousands of others had lingered on to die in the agony.

→出人意料的是，刚到广岛车站时袭扰着我的那种异样的忧伤情绪竟在这时重新袭上心头，我的心情又难受起来，因为我又一次意识到自己置身于曾遭受第一颗原子弹轰击的现场。这儿曾有成千上万的生命顷刻