高级英语复习题

Exercise 2 C-E Translation

Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases in the parentheses. 1．这位工程师做了如何使用这台计算机的演示。(demonstration)

2．听到儿子在战斗中阵亡的消息，那妇女惊呆了。(overwhelmed)

3. 看看电视、打打牌，星期天就这样过去了。(alternation)

4. 信中可能有疏漏不当之处，务请海涵。(indulgence)

5. 梦被打断的人得不到好的休息，因而常会变得烦躁不安。(irritable)

6. 现在谁也无法否认电视的力量，他对我们的生活有着巨大的影响。(deny, influence) 7．不管气候条件如何，这块地总是保持高产稳产。(regardless)

8．那座旧房子已被拆除，代之而起的是一座新宿舍大楼。(demolish)

9．理解是一种双向活动；学习不光是了解许多事实。(consist)

10．我过去总是想当然地认为我比我的汽车修理工聪明得多。(granted)

参考答案：

1. The engineer gave a demonstration of how to use the computer.

2. The woman was overwhelmed with the news of her son’s death in battle.

3. The Sunday passed in alternation between watching TV and playing cards.

4. I must ask your kind indulgence for any inaccuracies and omissions that may possibly occur in my letter.

5. People whose dreams are interrupted lose the benefits of rest, and therefore tend to become irritable.

6. Nowadays nobody can deny the power of TV. It has enormous influence on our lives.

7. The fields give high and stable yields regardless of climatic circumstances.

8. The old house was demolished and a new dormitory building took its place

9. Understanding is a two-way operation; learning does not consist simply in knowing a lot of facts.

10. I always took it for granted that I was far more intelligent than my auto-repairman.

Exercise 3 E-C Translation

Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

1. Almost everybody wants to get through school, or, rather, get around it, the easy way.

几乎人人都想完成学业，说得确切一些，只想在学校里轻轻松松地混到毕业。

2. The concept of future-focused education envisioned here will abolish inflexible schedules and their inevitable concomitant, the school bell.

此处展望的以未来为中心的教育思想将取消呆板的教学时间表及其必然产物??上下课的铃声。

3. Don’t try to get word-rich quick, by memorizing a lot of fancy words whose meanings are unconnected with any actual experience.

不要试图以死记硬背大量与实际经验脱节的漂亮词汇来迅速扩大词汇量。

4. She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance.

听到这一噩耗时，她并非像许多女人一样变得呆若木鸡，无法接受这一事实。

5. All these vocational names carry with them a certain gravity and dignity, which descriptive names often lack.

所有这些根据职业取的名字都包含某种庄重和尊严，这些正是描述性的名字所缺乏的。

6. Neither in medicine, or in law, government, or the social sciences can there be comfort in the old saying, “What you don’t know can’t hurt you.”

无论医疗界、法律界、政府机构还是社科界，都不能从“不知者，不为所害”这句老话中得到安慰。

7. Pursue not so much the material as the ideal, for ideals alone invest life with meaning and are of enduring worth.

与其一味追求物质生活，倒不如追求理想，因为只有理想才赋予人生以意义，才具有永久的价值。

8. I have often wondered whether the winter state of the polar Eskimos bears any resemblance to hibernation.

我经常在想北极爱斯基摩人冬天的状态是否与冬眠有相似之处呢。

9. “Water,” itself a term freighted with symbolic and emotional associatio ns, will take on wholly new connotations.

“水”，原本就是一富于象征意义和感情色彩的词，将被赋予全新的含义。

10. There is abundant luxury in the room but a minimum of taste.

房间布置得豪华奢侈，但却十分俗气。

Exercise 4 Grammar & Vocabulary

There are 15 sentences in this part. Beneath each sentence there are 4 words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence.

1. He worked hard in the company and received quick .

A：promote

B：promotes

C：promotions

D：promoting

参考答案：C

2. Husband and wife with a common duty to the country will find themselves close together.

A：been drawn

B：drawn

C：to draw

D：drawing

参考答案：B

3. They failed to pass the exam last time, I regretted .

A：to be not able to help

B：not being able to help

C：being not able to help

D：not to be able to help

参考答案：B

4. When high school graduates leave school, they have several choices: going to college, getting a job, or .

A：the army

B：to join they army

C：joining the army

D：join the army

参考答案：C

5. he realized it was too late to return home.

A：No sooner did it grew dark when

B：Hardly it grew dark than

C：It was not until dark that

D：Scarcely it grew dark than

参考答案：C

6. could theory do without practice, could practice do without theory. A：Not only… but also

B：Neither… nor

C：Whether… or

D：E ither… or

参考答案：B

7. He was smoking; I could see the tip of his cigarette in the darkness.

A：gleaming

B：dazzling

C：sparkling

D：glowing

参考答案：D

8. The strategy of the present government is diametrically to that of the previous one.

A：opposed

B：supposed

C：supported

D：offended

参考答案：A

9. He had to work harder or to be sent away from school, and he chose the first .

A：benefit

B：alternate

C：alternative

D：expression

参考答案：C

10. Having found it difficult to the climate in the city, he decided to move to the north.

A：adopt

B：suit

C：adapt to

D：fit into

参考答案：C

11. Some scientists there is no life on Mars, but no one has got definite conclusion yet.

A：judge

B：prove

C：assume

D：conclude

参考答案：C

12. Somehow , he managed to get a well-paid job in the bank.

A：or so

B：or other

C：or else

D：or more

参考答案：B

13. Someone must have left the tap on, water was running over and flooding the bathroom.

A：therefore

B：for

C：nevertheless

D：moreover

参考答案：B

14. It is difficult to tell whether a man is angry or not by looking at his face.

A：right

B：barely

C：just

D：hardly

参考答案：C

15. It is during summer breaks that we first taste the satisfaction of work that

into hard currency.

A：transfers

B：translates

C：transmits

D：transplants

参考答案：B

Exercise 5 Grammar & Vocabulary

There are 15 sentences in this part. Beneath each sentence there are 4 words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence.

1. Prior to our conference, the executive director had requested that everyone well prepared.

A：is

B：was

C：be

D：will be

参考答案：C

2. Bacteria become to antibiotics over a period of time.

A：resist

B：resistant

C：resisting

D：resisted

参考答案：B

3. When I met Jenny’s sister, I took a liking her immediately.

A：of

B：to

C：on

D：in

参考答案：B

4. Many people unfairly regard with the long hair of teenagers.

A：involvement

B：reliance

C：intolerance

D：inference

参考答案：C

5. The doctor her life to finding a cure for cancer.

A：dedicated

B：delectated

C：declared

D：demonstrated

参考答案：A

6. Prices continued to rise, while wages remained low the Government became increasingly unpopular.

A：on condition that

B：with the result that

C：on the chance that

D：provided that

参考答案：B

7. When he got to the fair, what were left behind ten empty bottles.

A：was

B：just

C：were

D：only

参考答案：A

8. The music aroused an intense of homesickness in him.

A：passion

B：feeling

C：affection

D：emotion

参考答案：D

9. She often says her greatest happiness serving the handicapped children.

A：relies on

B：consists in

C：composes of

D：comprises in

参考答案：B

10. Clever though she was, she could not her eagerness for praise.

A：reveal

B：assure

C：conceal

D：afflict

参考答案：C

11. It is considered that the moon contains all the found on the earth.

A：components

B：elements

C：factors

D：solids

参考答案：B

12. It is dangerous to run a fast race without yourself up first.

A：putting

B：dressing

C：making

D：limbering

参考答案：D

13. It is difficult to which party will win the election.

A：conclude

B：favor

C：predict

D：warn

参考答案：C

14. Sometimes patients suffering form severe pain can be helped by “drugs” that aren’t really drugs at all sugar pills that contain no active chemical elements.

A：or rather

B：rather than

C：but rather

D：other than

参考答案：C

15. Sometimes they their students’ poor comprehension to a lack of intelligence. A：distribute

B：attribute

C：contribute

D：consider

参考答案：B

Exercise 6 Reading Comprehension

Passage 1

1. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A：There are palm trees growing near Bournemouth.

B：Southend has the longest pier in Britain.

C：Children usually like to build sandcastles or paddle in the shallow water at the seaside.

D：It is only fifty miles from London to Brighton.

参考答案：D

2：[单选题]

2. Blackpool is a resort where .

A：the seafront is decorated with the extravaganza of lights

B：a large number of commercial companies are located

C：a lot of noisy southerners can be found

D：narrow chines densely wooded with pine trees, reach down to the shore

参考答案：A

3. For most British people, holiday means .

A：a brief period of time spent in cafes and restaurants

B：package tours abroad

C：a leisure time in seaside resorts

D：a brief time for fun fair

参考答案：C

4. Brighton is .

A：a seaside resort in East End

B：a native of Britain

C：a city with attractive illuminations

D：is a seaside resort whi ch is the favorite of the Londoners’

参考答案：D

5. Why people pick their way to the water’s edge at Brighton?

A：Because there are so large a number of people at the beach.

B：Because there are too many pebbles.

C：Because the coast is too muddy.

D：Because there are many dangerous dangers.

参考答案：A

Passage 2

6. The point of view of Rasselas is one that encourages .

A：military victory

B：helping others

C：artistic endeavors

D：protecting ones property

参考答案：B

7. The person whom Rasselas is speaking to is .

A：a tailor

B：a gambler

C：an artist

D：a biologist

参考答案：C

8. The attitude of the person giving his point view is one of .

A：optimism

B：distrust

C：sarcasm

D：innocence

参考答案：B

9. In this passage, the author is employing the literary devices of .

A：flashback

B：irony

C：understatement

D：symbolism

参考答案：D

10：[单选题]

10. World-wide peace, according to the passage, could come about by . A：arming for defense

B：elimination evil tendencies

C：establishing firm controls

D：letting the intellectuals govern

参考答案：B

Passage 3

11. The passage shows that the thinking of most people is influenced by . A：the social class to which they belong

B：the love they feel for their country

C：information presented to them by business enterprises

D：religions

参考答案：C

12. A fact about business enterprises mentioned in the passage is that they . A：sponsor radio broadcasts

B：are opposed to labor unions

C：have completely destroyed free and impartial discussion

D：realize their responsibilities to the public

参考答案：A

13. What, according to the author, determines what the corporations broadcast?

A：Good taste.

B：Their desire to preserve freedom of speech.

C：The interest of the people who sponsor their programs.

D：The propagations of ideas.

参考答案：C

14. The author points out that the prevailing customs .

A：support free and impartial discussion

B：give too much emphasis to money-making

C：restrict what can be broadcast

D：are being influenced by the instruments of propaganda

参考答案：C

15. The passage states that newspapers and broadcasting corporations . A：are the foundations of democracy

B：entertain rather than inform

C：report the news impartially

D：are business organizations

参考答案：D

Passage 4

16. Researchers have come to believe that dreams __________.

A：can be modified in their courses

B：are susceptible to emotional changes

C：reflect our innermost desires and fears

D：are a random outcome of neural repairs

参考答案：C

17. By referring to the limbic system, the author intends to show __________.

A：its function in our dreams

B：the mechanism of REM sleep

C：the relation of dreams to emotions

D：its difference from the prefrontal cortex

参考答案：A

18. The negative feelings generated during the day tend to __________.

A：aggravate in our unconscious mind

B：develop into happy dreams

C：persist till the time we fall asleep

D：show up in dreams early at night

参考答案：B

19. Cartwright seems to suggest that __________.

A：waking up in time is essential to the ridding of bad dreams

B：visualizing bad dreams helps bring them under control

C：dreams should be left to their natural progression

D：dreaming may not entirely belong to the unconscious

参考答案：D

20. What advice might Cartwright give to those who sometimes have bad dreams? A：Lead your life as usual.

B：Seek professional help.

C：Exercise conscious control.

D：Avoid anxiety in the daytime.

参考答案：A