高级英语试题(九) . Explain the italicized words or phrases in the following sentences.(20%) 1. All languages are dynamic rather than static, and hence a"rule"in any language can only be a statement of contemporary practice 2. Was i gypped by the landlord when he called the folding contraption that shuts off my kitchen a door? 3. To some(of whom I am one) the omission of the labelcolloquial"will seem meritorious 4.. and the buyers, overwhelmed by the sepulchral atmosphere, follow suit there is the spice-market, with its pungent and exotic smells; 6. Every here and there, a doorway gives a glimpse of a sunlit courtyard, perhaps before a mosque or a caravanserai, where camels lie disdainfully chewing their hay, 7. The camels are the largest and finest I have ever seen, and in superb condition-muscular massive and stately 8. Ancient girders creak and groan, ropes tighten and then a trickle of oil oozes down a stone runnel into a used petrol can 9. This"noctilucent cloud"occasionally appears when the earth is first cloaked in the evening darkness; shimmering above us with a translucent whiteness, these clouds seem quite 10. After we watched the car dust settle I asked Maggie to bring me a dip of snuff. 11. The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly 2. As the Duke of Croydon shifted uneasily, the house detective's bulbous countenance 13. The TV set blinks on with the day's first newscast: a selective rundown(ordered up the night before) of all the latest worldwide events affecting the economy---legislative, political 14. The latter-day Aladdin, still snugly abed, then presses a button on a bedside box and issues a nIe screen 15. The TV set blinks on with the day's first newscast. a selective rundown(ordered up the night before)of all the latest worldwide events affecting the economy---legislative, political 16. Mark Twain honed and experimented with his new writing muscles, but he had to leave the city for a while because of some scathing columns he wrote 17.Casually he debunked revered artists and art treasures, and took unholy verbal shots at the Holy Land 18. A buzz ran through the crowd as I took my place in the packed court on that sweltering July day in 1925 19. After the preliminary sparring over legalities, Darrow got up to make his opening statement 20. When the court adjourned, we found Daytons streets swarming with strangers Il. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence(10%) 1. Those who got to know him better his openness and honesty A teemed with
高级英语试题（九） I. Explain the italicized words or phrases in the following sentences. (20%) 1. All languages are dynamic rather than static, and hence a “rule” in any language can only be a statement of contemporary practice. 2. Was I gypped by the landlord when he called the folding contraption that shuts off my kitchen a door? 3. To some (of whom I am one) the omission of the label “colloquial” will seem meritorious… 4. … and the buyers, overwhelmed by the sepulchral atmosphere, follow suit. 5. … there is the spice-market, with its pungent and exotic smells; … 6. Every here and there, a doorway gives a glimpse of a sunlit courtyard, perhaps before a mosque or a caravanserai, where camels lie disdainfully chewing their hay, … 7. The camels are the largest and finest I have ever seen, and in superb condition—muscular, massive and stately. 8. Ancient girders creak and groan, ropes tighten and then a trickle of oil oozes down a stone runnel into a used petrol can 9. This “noctilucent cloud” occasionally appears when the earth is first cloaked in the evening darkness; shimmering above us with a translucent whiteness, these clouds seem quite unnatural. 10. After we watched the car dust settle I asked Maggie to bring me a dip of snuff. 11. The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly. 12. As the Duke of Croydon shifted uneasily, the house detective’s bulbous countenance reddened. 13. The TV set blinks on with the day’s first newscast: a selective rundown (ordered up the night before) of all the latest worldwide events affecting the economy---legislative, political, monetary. 14. The latter-day Aladdin, still snugly abed, then presses a button on a bedside box and issues a string of business and personal memos, which appear instantly on the genie screen. 15. The TV set blinks on with the day’s first newscast: a selective rundown (ordered up the night before) of all the latest worldwide events affecting the economy---legislative, political, monetary. 16. Mark Twain honed and experimented with his new writing muscles, but he had to leave the city for a while because of some scathing columns he wrote. 17. Casually he debunked revered artists and art treasures, and took unholy verbal shots at the Holy Land. 18. A buzz ran through the crowd as I took my place in the packed court on that sweltering July day in 1925. 19. After the preliminary sparring over legalities, Darrow got up to make his opening statement. 20. When the court adjourned, we found Dayton’s streets swarming with strangers. II. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence (10%). 1. Those who got to know him better ________ his openness and honesty. A. teemed with
B swarmed with C warmed to 2. He has made a declaration to the that all fighting must cease at once A. following B. fact C D. effect of each other, the two men flashed past on their separate missions A Obvious B. OE 4. He loves such gatherings, at which he has chances to rub with young people and exchange opinions with them on various subjects B arm D. shoulders to specific questions often asked by the local newspaper B D supply 6. They have made of getting as many contacts as possible with ordinary people A. ar B D a comme 7. If a person writes poetry, it naturally that he must understand poetry B comes C. is true 8. I was experiencing a twinge of nervousness at the of performing on the stage A sight B. perspective D prospec 9. He resigned the accusation that he had stolen from the company. B. at the sight of C. in the wake of
B. swarmed with C. warmed to D. warm-hearted to 2. He has made a declaration to the ________ that all fighting must cease at once. A. following B. fact C. point D. effect 3. ________ of each other, the two men flashed past on their separate missions. A. Obvious B. Obscure 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 C. soles D. shoulders 5. The comments came in ________ to specific questions often asked by the local newspaper. A. reference B. prospect C. response D. supply 6. 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 7. If a person writes poetry, it naturally ________ that he must understand poetry. A. is B. comes C. is true D. follows 8. I was experiencing a twinge of nervousness at the ________ of performing on the stage. A. sight B. perspective C. prospective D. prospect 9. 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
10. The Labor Party the development of economy as complete victory A claimed B shouted C high-tailed 11.The employees were not clear about the real fact; there was a veil of secrecy over the B indication C. mist cover 12. The spectacle is the symbol of the incessant struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt B. eminent D. intermittent 13. The American presidential election arrests the world attention every four years A dr B C gr 14. His statement at yesterday's meeting was really obsolete. That assumption should be discarded now B. dealt with 5. One of the underlying causes for the poverty in this region is the surge in population A sh B. gradual increase C speeding up D. acceleration 16. The strategic problem will never be totally resolved unless it is put in a global context A. co-text B background C environment surroundings 17. The increase in heat threatens the global climate equilibrium equivalence C. bal 18. Carefully tended rice paddies, pastures, wheat-fields, and other croplands can be commonl seen here and there in the countryside
10. The Labor Party ________ the development of economy as complete victory. A. claimed B. shouted C. high-tailed D. hailed 11.The employees were not clear about the real fact; there was a veil of secrecy over the management’s operation. A. sign B. indication C. mist D. cover 12. The spectacle is the symbol of the incessant struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt. A. everlasting B. eminent C. continuous D. intermittent 13. The American presidential election arrests the world attention every four years. A. drags B. occupies C. empowers D. grabs 14. His statement at yesterday’s meeting was really obsolete. That assumption should be discarded now. A. disposed B. dealt with C. discomposed D. thrown away 15. One of the underlying causes for the poverty in this region is the surge in population. A. sharp increase B. gradual increase C. speeding up D. acceleration 16. The strategic problem will never be totally resolved unless it is put in a global context. A. co-text B. background C. environment D. surroundings 17.The increase in heat threatens the global climate equilibrium. A. equivalence B. equality C. balance D. equidistance 18.Carefully tended rice paddies, pastures, wheat-fields, and other croplands can be commonly seen here and there in the countryside
A attended B. taken care of C. cultivated D. planted 9. Weapons of mass destruction must be strictly forbidden. Otherwise, if a nuclear war started would be the cataclysm for all humankind A. termination B. ca C. devastation D. destruction 20.This fur coat is indistinguishable from that one, except the size A. indifferent to B. indifferent to C. undistinct to D. identical to Ill Cloze(10%) passage 1 From the discouragement of his mining failures, Mark Twain began digging his not be his in the reporting trade, but for making money his pen would prove 9 regional fame as a newspaper reporter and humorist The instant riches of a mining strike would an 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 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. 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 d at 4. a tried b hoed d. honed b. articles c practice d. strength 6. a that 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 cby d. with 10.a. holds b owns
A. attended B. taken care of C. cultivated D. planted 19. Weapons of mass destruction must be strictly forbidden. Otherwise, if a nuclear war started, it would be the cataclysm for all humankind. A. termination B. calamity C. devastation D. destruction 20.This fur coat is indistinguishable from that one, except the size. A. indifferent to B. undifferent to C. undistinct to D. identical to III 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 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
P By the time the trial began on July 10, our town of 1500 people had tmosphere. 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, 4 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 couldnt read. As my father growled, "That is one hell a jury Il. a appeared b. got o c taken on d. looked like 12 b by In d. throughout 13. a shot up b sprouted c lined d. covered a. Ioi 15. a. to b. out c. out of away 16. a precise b. presid cpresided d. president 17. a. being assisted b was assistant c with the help d was assisted 18 b. advisers C group 19. a. at b. deep int c. with d 20. a. on the way b under discussion c under way d into consideration IV. Error Correction(10%) In the following passage there are 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. Read the passage nd correct the mistakes. If you change a word, coss it out and write the substitute in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put the insertion mark (y in the right place and write the word you want to add in the corresponding blank. If you delete a word, coss it out and put a slash (n in the blank. Make your answers clear on the Answer Sheet. Most americans remember mark Twain as the father of huck nn's idyllic cruiser through eternal boyhood and Tom Sawyers endless summer of freedom and adventure. Indeed this nation,s best loved author was a bit as adventurous, patriotic, romantic, and humorous 2. as anyone has ever imagined. I found another Twain as well---one whe growth cynical, bitter, saddened by the profound personal tragedies life 3 dealt him. a man who became obsessed in the frailties of the human race, who saw clearly in ahead a black wall of night Tramp printer, river pilot, Confederate guerrilla, prospector, starry
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, “That is one hell a jury!” 11. a. appeared b. got on c. taken on d. looked like 12. a. with b. by c. in d. throughout 13. a. shot up b. sprouted c. lined d. covered 14. a. for b. against c. by d. with 15. a. to b. out c. out of d. away 16. a. precise b. presiding c. presided d. president 17. a. being assisted b. was assistant c. with the help d. was assisted 18. a. counsel b. advisers c. group d. team 19. a. at b. deep into c. with d. in 20. a. on the way b. under discussion c. under way d. into consideration IV. Error Correction (10%) In the following passage there are 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. Read the passage and correct the mistakes. If you change a word, cross it out and write the substitute in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put the insertion mark (^) in the right place and write the word you want to add in the corresponding blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank. Make your answers clear on the Answer Sheet. Most Americans remember Mark Twain as the father of Huck Finn’s idyllic cruiser through eternal boyhood and Tom Sawyer’s 1.________________ endless summer of freedom and adventure. Indeed, this nation’s bestloved author was a bit as adventurous , patriotic, romantic, and humorous 2. ______________ _ as anyone has ever imagined. I found another Twain as well---one who growth cynical, bitter, saddened by the profound personal tragedies life 3. ______________ _ dealt him., a man who became obsessed in the frailties of the human 4. _______________ race, who saw clearly in ahead a black wall of night. 5. _______________ Tramp printer, river pilot, Confederate guerrilla, prospector, starry-