高级英语试题(四) Part I Vocabulary (30% Section 1 Explain the underlined word or phrase in each of the following sentences.(20%). 1. A group of Chinese victims of World War II armed with lawyers went to Japan to attest to the court war crimes by the then Japanese government 2. It has been established that she was not at the scene at the time of the crime 3. The committee adjourned their discussion until the following week 4. He cloaked his evil intentions with friendly appearance 5. The United States made every effort to enlist the support of its allies to overthrow of the existing Iraqi governmen 6. He was overwhelmed by grief after the sad news 7. The opposition parties are sure to exploit the governments difficulties over this issue 8. Some Chinese companies are striving to penetrate the world market 9. The chairman gave his assent of the proposal to the committee 10. arge areas of land have been contaminated by the leakage from the nuclear reactor 11. What conceivable reason could they have for doing such crazy things? 12. Obsolete views obstructed the process of restructuring the enterprise 3. Demonstrations erupted after the company's announcement of a staff reduction by 2000 14. The underlying problems leading to the disputes between Palestine and Israel must be fully solved before real peace becomes possible 第1页共11页
第 1 页 共 11 页 高级英语试题（四） Part I Vocabulary (30%) Section 1 Explain the underlined word or phrase in each of the following sentences. (20%). 1. A group of Chinese victims of World War II armed with lawyers went to Japan to attest to the court war crimes by the then Japanese government. 2. It has been established that she was not at the scene at the time of the crime. 3. The committee adjourned their discussion until the following week. 4. He cloaked his evil intentions with friendly appearance. 5. The United States made every effort to enlist the support of its allies to overthrow of the existing Iraqi government. 6. He was overwhelmed by grief after the sad news. 7. The opposition parties are sure to exploit the government’s difficulties over this issue. 8. Some Chinese companies are striving to penetrate the world market. 9. The chairman gave his assent of the proposal to the committee. 10.Large areas of land have been contaminated by the leakage from the nuclear reactor. 11. What conceivable reason could they have for doing such crazy things? 12. Obsolete views obstructed the process of restructuring the enterprise. 13. Demonstrations erupted after the company’s announcement of a staff reduction by 2000. 14. The underlying problems leading to the disputes between Palestine and Israel must be fully solved before real peace becomes possible
The former Yugoslav president was indicted for manslaughter during the war in Kos 16. Hopes of a peaceful settlement of the Palestine-Israel land dispute are fading away 7. I am sick of their eternal complaints 18. The government has succumbed to pressure from the pres 19. The two Houses of Congress have concurred in the tax proposal by the president 20. The government's refusal to apply the law brought him into conflict with the federal governmen Section 2 Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence(10%) 21. Those who got to know him better c warmed to d warm-hearted to 2 2. He has made a declaration to the that all fighting must cease at once b. fact C. point d effect of each other, the two men flashed past on their separate missions a Obvious c Oblivious d. Obstinate 4. He loves such gatherings, at which he has chances to rub with young people and exchange opinions with them on various subjects a. hands b arms 25. The comments came in to specific questions often asked by the local newspaper a. reference Dro 第2页共11页
第 2 页 共 11 页 15. The former Yugoslav president was indicted for manslaughter during the war in Kosovo. 16. Hopes of a peaceful settlement of the Palestine-Israel land dispute are fading away. 17. I am sick of their eternal complaints. 18. The government has succumbed to pressure from the press. 19. The two Houses of Congress have concurred in the tax proposal by the president. 20. The government’s refusal to apply the law brought him into conflict with the federal government. Section 2 Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence (10%). 21. Those who got to know him better ________ his openness and honesty. a. teemed with b. swarmed with c. warmed to d. warm-hearted to 22. He has made a declaration to the ________ that all fighting must cease at once. a. following b. fact c. point d. effect 23. ________ of each other, the two men flashed past on their separate missions. a. Obvious b. Obscure c. Oblivious d. Obstinate 24. He loves such gatherings, at which he has chances to rub ________ with young people and exchange opinions with them on various subjects. a. hands b. arms c. soles d. shoulders 25. The comments came in ________ to specific questions often asked by the local newspaper. a. reference b. prospect
C response d supply 26. They have made of getting as many contacts as possible with ordinary people C. a point d. a comment 27. If a person writes poetry, it naturally that he must understand poetry c Is true d. follows 28. I was experiencing a twinge of nervousness at the of performing on the stage b. perspective c prospective d prospec 29. He resigned the accusation that he had stolen from the company a. on the part of b at the sight of c. in the wake of 30. The Labor Party the development of economy as complete victory b. shouted 1. She has the choice of dresses to three or four fashionable ones a. come down b narrowed down c beat down d cut down 32. The foreign visitors said that they would like to oulders with ordinary Chinese b. shrug c. rub d brush 3. Scientists from the two countries in developing the vaccine a concurred b. occurred 第3页共11页
第 3 页 共 11 页 c. response d. supply 26. They have made ________ of getting as many contacts as possible with ordinary people. a. an answer b. an issue c. a point d. a comment 27. If a person writes poetry, it naturally ________ that he must understand poetry. a. is b. comes c. is true d. follows 28. I was experiencing a twinge of nervousness at the ________ of performing on the stage. a. sight b. perspective c. prospective d. prospect 29. He resigned ________ the accusation that he had stolen from the company. a. on the part of b. at the sight of c. in the wake of d. in answer to 30. The Labor Party ________ the development of economy as complete victory. a. claimed b. shouted c. high-tailed d. hailed 31. She has ________ the choice of dresses to three or four fashionable ones. a. come down to b. narrowed down c. beat down d. cut down 32. The foreign visitors said that they would like to ________ shoulders with ordinary Chinese people. a. run b. shrug c. rub d. brush 33. Scientists from the two countries ________ in developing the vaccine. a. concurred b. occurred
c. consented 34. I felt myself towards this big friendly man who had done so much to help a swarming d overwhelming 35. There were heavy losses of property of the flood a. at the end b. in the wake 36. It is a point of for me to repay all my debt a d. honor 37. He was extremely nervous at the of his turn to make the presentation d potential 38. I have been the idea of leaving my job a. fleeing from b flirting with c. playing with coming up wnt 39. Under Darrow's quiet questioning, he acknowledged believing the bible literally, and the crowd his defiant replies with fervent"Amens a criticized c condemned d. highlighted his evil intention with friendly appeara rance a. disclosed reve C. conceale Part II Cloze(10%) From the discouragement of his mining failures, Mark Twain began digging histo regional fame as a newspaper reporter and humorist. The instant riches of a mining strike would not be his in the reporting trade, but for making money, his pen would prove 2 than his pickax. In the spring of 1864, less than two years after joining the Territorial Enterprise, he boarded the stagecoach 3 San Francisco, then and now a hotbed of hopeful young writes Mark Twain 4 and experimented with his new writing but had to leave the city 第4页共11页
第 4 页 共 11 页 c. consented d. converted 34. I felt myself ________ towards this big friendly man who had done so much to help us. a. swarming b. warming c. walking d. overwhelming 35. There were heavy losses of property ________ of the flood. a. at the end b. in the wake c. for the sake d. to the accompaniment 36. It is a point of ________ for me to repay all my debt. a. face b. order c. grace d. honor 37. He was extremely nervous at the ________ of his turn to make the presentation. a. perspective b. prospect c. prospective d. potential 38. I have been ________ the idea of leaving my job. a. fleeing from b. flirting with c. playing with d. coming up with 39. Under Darrow’s quiet questioning, he acknowledged believing the Bible literally, and the crowd ________ his defiant replies with fervent “Amens.” a. criticized b. punctuated c. condemned d. highlighted 40. He ________ his evil intention with friendly appearance. a. disclosed b. revealed c. concealed d. uncovered Part II Cloze (10%) passage 1 From the discouragement of his mining failures, Mark Twain began digging his ___1___ to regional fame as a newspaper reporter and humorist. The instant riches of a mining strike would not be his in the reporting trade., but for making money, his pen would prove ___2___ than his pickax. In the spring of 1864, less than two years after joining the Territorial Enterprise, he boarded the stagecoach ___3___ San Francisco, then and now a hotbed of hopeful young writes. Mark Twain ___4___ and experimented with his new writing ___5___ , but had to leave the city
for a while because of some scathing columns he wrote. Attacks of the city government concerning such issues as mistreatment of chines 6 angered officials that he fled to the gold-fields in the Sacramento Valley. His descriptions of the rough-country settlers there ring familiarly in modern world 7 trend setting on the West Coast. It was a splendid population---for all the slow, sleepy 8 sloths stayed at home . It was that population that gave to California a name for getting up astounding enterprises and rushing them through a magnificent dash and daring and a recklessness of cost or consequences, which she 10 onto this day---and when she projected a new surprise, the grave world smiles as usual, and says, " Well, that is California all over. b route c. hole d way 2. a powerful b. mighty c. mightier d. forceful 3. a to b. for d at 4. ed b. hoed c hoped d honed 5. a. muscles b. articles d. strength 6. a. that b which 7 a. su c. scattered over d flirting with 8. a. slowly-brain b. sluggish-brain c. slowly-brained d sluggish-brained 9. a. for b. through d. with 10.a. holds b owns c bears 2 By the time the trial began on July 10, our town of 1500 people had a circus atmosphere The buildings along the main street were festooned 12 banners. The streets around the three-storey red brick law court 13 with rickety stands selling hot dogs, religious books and watermelons. Evangelists set up tents to exhort the passersby. People from the surrounding hills, mostly fundamentalists, arrived to cheer Bryan 14 the infidel outsiders". Among them was John Butler who had drawn up the anti-evolution law. Butler was a 49-year-old farmer who before his election had never been 15 his native county 6 judge was John Raulston, a florid-faced man who announced: I'm just a regular mountaineer judge. Bryan, aging and paunchy, 17 in his prosecution by his son, also a lawyer, and Tennessee's brilliant young attorney-general, Tom Stewart. Besides the shrewd 68-year-old Darrow my 18 included the handsome and magnetic Dudley Field Malone, 43, and Arthur Garfield Hays, quiet, scholarly and steeped 19 the law. In a trial in which religion played a key role, Darrow was an agnostic, Malone a Catholic and Hays a Jew. My father had come from Kentucky to be with me for the trial The judge called for a local minister to open the session with prayer and the trial got 20. Of the 12 jurors, three had never read any book except the Bible. One couldn't read. As my father growled 第5页共11页
第 5 页 共 11 页 for a while because of some scathing columns he wrote. Attacks of the city government, concerning such issues as mistreatment of Chinese, ___6___ angered officials that he fled to the gold-fields in the Sacramento Valley. His descriptions of the rough-country settlers there ring familiarly in modern world ___7___ trend setting on the West Coast. “It was a splendid population---for all the slow, sleepy, ___8___ sloths stayed at home ... It was that population that gave to California a name for getting up astounding enterprises and rushing them through ___9___ a magnificent dash and daring and a recklessness of cost or consequences, which she ___10___ onto this day---and when she projected a new surprise, the grave world smiles as usual, and says ,“Well, that is California all over.” 1. a. channel b. route c. hole d. way 2. a. powerful b. mighty c. mightier d. forceful 3. a. to b. for c. from d. at 4. a. tried b. hoed c. hoped d. honed 5. a. muscles b. articles c. practice d. strength 6. a. that b. which c. so d. such 7. a. succumbed to b. accustomed to c. scattered over d. flirting with 8. a. slowly-brain b. sluggish-brain c. slowly-brained d. sluggish-brained 9. a. for b. through c. by d. with 10.a. holds b. owns c. bears d. possesses Passage 2 By the time the trial began on July 10, our town of 1500 people had ___11___ a circus atmosphere. The buildings along the main street were festooned ___12___ banners. The streets around the three-storey red brick law court ___13___ with rickety stands selling hot dogs, religious books and watermelons. Evangelists set up tents to exhort the passersby. People from the surrounding hills, mostly fundamentalists, arrived to cheer Bryan ___14___ the “infidel outsiders”. Among them was John Butler, who had drawn up the anti-evolution law. Butler was a 49-year-old farmer who before his election had never been ___15___ his native county. The ___16___ judge was John Raulston, a florid-faced man who announced: “I’m just a regular mountaineer judge.” Bryan, aging and paunchy, ___17___ in his prosecution by his son, also a lawyer, and Tennessee’s brilliant young attorney-general, Tom Stewart. Besides the shrewd 68-year-old Darrow, my ___18___ included the handsome and magnetic Dudley Field Malone, 43, and Arthur Garfield Hays, quiet, scholarly and steeped ___19___ the law. In a trial in which religion played a key role, Darrow was an agnostic, Malone a Catholic and Hays a Jew. My father had come from Kentucky to be with me for the trial. The judge called for a local minister to open the session with prayer and the trial got ___20___. Of the 12 jurors, three had never read any book except the Bible. One couldn’t read. As my father growled