高级英语第一册B卷.docx

1、高级英语第一册B卷阜阳师范学院0304学年第1学期高级英语（第一册）B卷Directions:1. Write all your answers on the Answer Sheet.2. You must hand in both your test book and your Answer Sheet.I. Fill in the blank in the following items with the correct form of the word given in the brackets. Make sure the word you fill in is appropriat

2、e both syntactically and semantically. (10%)Example: We are determined that the law shall be enforced. (determination)1. The aircraft came down next to a river in a _ setting, with farmers plowing fields against snow-capped mountains in the background. (picture)2. The condo high-rise at the top of L

3、ittle Sugar Mountain _ over the northwestern N.C. ski country, a slab of concrete planted among the ridges like a huge headstone. (tower)3. They said Sharons _ with trying to halt attacks by Palestinians before agreeing to peace talks is at best misguided. (preoccupied)4. As the _ of Michael Jackson

4、s arrest was beamed to viewers around the world, fans rallied to the pop icons defense while his entertainment industry peers mostly kept a cautious silence. (spectacular)5. Jason Isaacs, who plays the _ Captain Hook and Wendys father, said people who know the story only from Disneys spry animated v

5、ersion will be surprised at the movies dark depths. (villain)6. In order to understand Dutch drugs policy, it is necessary to understand something of the Netherlands itself. Dutch policy does not _, but is based on the assumption that drug use is a fact and must be dealt with. (morals)7. Rodriguez d

6、id not give a reason for her departure but insisted that her decision was “_,” according to the presidents office. (revocable)8. UNICEF, the global agency dedicated to improving the welfare of children worldwide, says the situation facing AIDS orphans in Africa is becoming ever more desperate and sh

7、ould provoke both _ and action by the international community. (outrageous)9. The party, known locally as the HDZ, suffered a _ defeat in 2000, when Croats overwhelmingly voted for Racans reformists. (humiliate)10. However, we were no marksmen: our misses far outnumbered our hits. The crows, in part

8、icular, seemed to sense this for they often perched unafraid, eyeing us _ as we let fly at them. (disdain)11. People of all ages with delicate sensibilities will hate it, and my _ is that quite a few younger viewers, on either side of college age, may not groove on it either. (hunched)12. Sharma sai

9、d there was a “_ campaign” to cause division among security forces in the state between ethnic Assamese and native Hindi-speakers by spreading false rumours that Assamese police were being killed. (calculation)13. The seasons first significant snowstorm in the Upper Midwest dumped more than a foot o

10、f snow in Minnesota, making highways_, and snow also fell heavily Monday in parts of Wisconsin. (hazard)14. New York theaters first effort was Anne Nelsons “The Guys,” which began production in December 2001. The painfully sincere 90-minute drama depicts a New York journalist who helps a fire captai

11、n praise his men. “The Guys” means to honor the firemens memory by _ them, casting them as ordinary “guys” and not the idealized martyrs of news media stories. (human)15. Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce has already come out against the measure, saying that _ competition is a bad idea. (bar)16. Be

12、ginning today, the United States will intensify our _ with the Congress and our friends and allies, and partners overseas. (consult)17. In a revealing biography, “Inside the Opaque Kingdom,” Carmen Binladin chronicles her nine years of married life in a _, male-dominated community, “where women are

13、no more than house pets.” (puritans)18. More than just a night of playing dress-up, Halloween is an opportunity for parents to learn a little bit about the way their kids think and for children themselves to discover the true breadth of their _. (ingenious)19. The bill amends the Crimes Act to allow

14、 imprisonment of employers whose negligence or _ results in the death of an employee. (reckless)20. Told with an affectionate and _eye, “Monsieur Ibrahim” is suffused with an optimism and an innocence. (romance)II. Structure: complete the following sentences with the best expression from the four ch

15、oices. (10%)1. Every here and there, a doorway gives _ a sunlit courtyard.a. a glance of b. a glimpse of c. a stare of d. a survey of2. The shop-keepers speak in slow, measured tones, and the buyers _.a. follow a suit b. follow the suit c. follow suits d. follow suit3. The shop-owner instructs, and

16、sometimes _ with a hammer himself.a. takes a hand b. takes hands c. takes hand d. takes two hands4. Little girls and elderly ladies in kimonos _ teenagers and women in western dress.a. rubbed shoulders with b. rubbed shoulder with c. rubbed the shoulder with d. rubbed the shoulders with5. The tall b

17、uilding of the martyred city flashed by as we lurched from side to side _ the drivers sharp twists of the wheel.a. in response to b. as response to c. in response of d. as response of6. At last this intermezzo _, and I found myself in front of the gigantic City Hall.a. came to end b. came to the end

18、 c. came to an end d. came to ending7. I now stood on the site where thousands upon thousands of others had lingered on to die _ slow agony.a. at b. from c. of d. in8. I am a fisherman _.a. by trade b. for trade c. on trade d. of trade9. Hitler was wrong and we should _ to help Russia.a. go out all

19、b. go all out c. make out all d. make all out10. Winant said the same would be true _the U.S.A.a. with b. of c. for d. to11. The custom-made object, now restricted to the rich, will be _ everyones reach.a. with b. in c. within d. for12. In June 1941 Hitler suddenly launched an attack _ Russia.a. for

20、 b. to c. on d. against13. The widest benefits of the electronic revolution will _ the young.a. come to b. run to c. go to d. accrue to14. The Industrial Revolution _ an immense range of tasks from mens muscles.a. took away b. took off c. took from d. took over15. The computer revolution is propelli

21、ng mankind _ a higher order _ existence.a. toof b. atof c. tofor d. atfor16. Mark Twain digested the New American experience before sharing it with the world _ writer and lecturer.a. by b. for c. like d. as17. In no area of American life is personal service so precious _ in medical care.a. with b. a

22、s c. for d. that18. Mark Twain began _ his way to regional fame as a newspaper reporter and humorist.a. seeking b. picking c. digging d. making19. Bitterness _ the man who had made the world laugh.a. fed on b. fed with c. fed up d. fed for20. He accepted a job as reporter _ the Virginia City Territo

23、rial Enterprise.a. for b. at c. with d. byIII. Paraphrase the following sentences by using your own words. (20%)1. If he does guess correctly, he will price the item high, and yield little in the bargaining. 2. The Nazi regime is devoid of all theme and principle except appetite and racial dominatio

24、n. 3. All would resurface in his books, together with the colorful language that he soaked up with a memory that seemed phonographic. 4. Ogilvie who had declared he would appear at the Croydons suite an hour after his cryptic telephone call actually took twice that time.5. For eight months he flirte

25、d with the colossal wealth available to the lucky and the persistent, and was rebuffed.6. In no area of American life is personal service so precious as in medical care.7. The miracle ship has acquired the force and significance associated with the development of hand tools or the discovery of the s

26、team engine.8. This is no class war, but a war in which the whole British Empire is engaged, without distinction of race, creed, or party.9. The cast of characters set before him in his new profession was rich and varied a cosmos. 10. The very act of stepping on this soil, in breathing this air of H

27、iroshima, was for me a far greater adventure than any trip or any reportorial assignment Id previously taken.IV. Identify the name of the figure of speech used in the underlined part in the following sentences. You must write down English words. (10%)1.( )As you approach it a tinkling and banging an

28、d clashing begins to impinge on your ear. 2.( )Was I not at the scene of the crime?3( )I see the German bombers and fighters in the sky, still smarting from many a British whipping, delighted to find what they believe is an easier and a safer prey.4( )We shall fight him by land, we shall fight him b

29、y sea, we shall fight him in the air 5( )I see also the dull, drilled, docile, brutish masses of the Hun soldiery plodding on like a swarm of crawling locusts.6( )Swallowing, sullenly, he complied. 7( )But for making money, his pen would prove mightier than his pickax.8( )Huck Finns idyllic cruise t

30、hrough eternal boyhood.9( )He commented with a crushing sense of despair on mans final release from earthly struggles.10( )A world which will lament them a day and forget them forever. V. Cloze: complete the blanks in the following passage by choosing the right word from the list. Make sure the word

31、 you fill is both grammatically and semantically correct. (10%)age as continuous donkey-boy foot harmonious kindshadow such take throng inch make variety simultaneousThe Middle Eastern bazaar _1_you back hundreds-even thousands-of years. The one I am thinking of particularly is entered by a Gothic arched gateway of _2_brick and stone. You p