高级英语第二次作业

《高级英语》第二次作业

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第二次离线作业题

I. Synonyms

A B

1. dilemma a. whirl

2. intrepid b. quandary

3. holocaust c. discard

4. affluent d. massacre

5. piety e. bias

6. swirl f. rich

7. prejudice g. insistent

8. command h. loyalty

9. eliminate i. express

10. couch j. order

A B

1. reprisal a. rich

2. novelty b. predecessor

3. alternative c. pastoral

4. amnesia d. revenge

5. elusive e. articulate

6. antecedent f. Forgetfulness

7. pervade g. originality

8. affluent h. option

9. bucolic i. imbue

10. enunciate j. puzzling

II. Complete the Words

1. c_____ vt. to supply amusement

2. s_____ n. the act or process of reducing excitement, nervousness, or irritation

3. c_____ a. lasting for a long time

4. t_____ n. general agreement not to discuss sth. , do sth.

5. b_____ vt. to block off or close off with objects; put up barriers in

6. e_____ n. the use of a pleasanter, less direct name for something thought to be unpleasant

7. a_____ a. called by this term, but perhaps improperly so

8. g_____ n. a part of a city in which a group of people live who are poor and /or are not accepted as full citizens

9. l_____ a. worthy of or deserving praise

10. s_____ n.. the feeling of having had too much

11. m_____ n. characteristic attitude of mind

12. a_____ vi. to go up to and speak to (esp. a stranger)

13. m_____ n. an article or short book on one particular subject or branch of a subject (science, medical, etc.) that the writer has studied deeply

14. s_____ vt. to take the place of (often by tricks or deceit)

15. p_____ n. any activity to which one gives one’s time, whether as work or for pleasure

16. d_____ n. a crowd of people moving or acting together

17. r_____ v. make a fair return for (something lost, damage done, injury received, etc.)

18. h_____ a. arranged in order of rank, grade, class, etc.

19. e_____ v. avoid being caught by, escape from, by means of a trick

20. r_____ n. feel sorry for sin and seek forgiveness

III. True or False

1. According to the Mr. Roper’s survey, newspaper ranks second among the major forms of mass media in terms of popularity.

2. Partisanship or rabid bias in network newscasts or network commentaries is not as intense as that in newspapers.

3. When the author of Lesson One mentions that newspapers have two great advantages over television, she really means it.

4. The authors of Lesson Four agree with neither of the two discrepant views on old age.

5. The quality of late life is determined by a combination of many elements.

6. The mental problems of the old are untreatable.

7. American food is tasteless and innutritious.

8. Once talented young blacks have left watts, they are not expected to return home and actually no one has done so.

9. It is irrational either to defend or oppose vivisection by appealing to the emotion of pity.

10. Modern men also have primitive impulse.

11. Both TV and newspapers provide opinions of two sides.

12. People hold different ideas about the expressive plane of listening to music.

13. Eveline gave up the chance to escape with Frank. Part of the reasons was that the unknown future frightened her.

14. Old women fare worse than old men simply because they have a longer life expectancy.

15. Far from being a sport, the bullfight has a religious origin.

16. Clara was not sure whether her favourable position in the school would impress her parents.

17. What the author calls ―cheese foods‖ used to be hand-made in small factories.

18. Before the author enrolled in Yale Law School, Watts was already a topic for discussion on the campus.

19. The sentiment that justifies cruelty to beasts leads to persecution of men of other race, class or religion.

20. To walk 25 miles a day is the best outlet for man’s surplus physical energy.

21. Partisanship or rabid bias in network newscasts or network commentaries is not as intense as that in newspapers.

22. The value of music is equal to its sensuous appeal.

23. Eveline was sure of her love of Frank.

24. Old people who are poor have been poor all their lives.

25. Many elderly Americans do not enjoy a satisfying late life because the society itself is too harsh for them to live in.

26. There are many symbolic acts in a bullfight.

27. Scientists have changed the original taste of vegetables through breeding them. That is the sole reason why American vegetables are tasteless.

28. As Americans are eating second-rate foods of more or less the same kind, they are actually eating the way hogs used to be fed by their ancestors.

29. Protest against vivisection used to be strong, but today no one dare show any opposition.

30. While accusing anti-vivisectionists of ―sentimentality‖, the naturalists fail to see that their loyalty to our own species is also a sentiment.

Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable

word.

Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. 1 the turn of the century when Jazz was born, America had no prominent 2 of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was 3 , or by whom. But it began to be 4 in the early 1900s. Jazz is America’s contribution to 5 music. In contrast to classical music, which 6 formal European traditions. Jazz is spontaneous and free-form. It bubbles with energy, 7 moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz 8 like America. And 9 it does today.

The 10 of this music are as interesting as the music 11 , American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today were the Jazz 12 . They were brought to the Southern states 13 slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long 14 . When a Negro died his friends and relatives 15 a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the 16 . On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. 17 on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their 18 , but the living were glad to be glad to be alive. The band played 19 music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the

melody the tunes 20 at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of Jazz.

1. (A) By (B) At (C) In (D) On

2. (A) music (B) song (C) melody (D) style

3. (A) discovered (B) acted (C) invented (D) designed

4. (A) noticed (B) found (C) listened (D) heard

5. (A) classical (B) sacred (C) Popular (D) light

6. (A) forms (B) follows (C) approaches (D) introduces

7. (A) expressing (B) explaining (C) exposing (D) illustrating

8. (A) appeared (B) felt (C) seemed (D) sounded

9. (A) as (B) so (C) either (D) neither

10. (A) origins (B)originals (C) discoveries (D) resources

11. (A) concerned (B) itself (C) available (D) oneself

12. (A) players (B) followers (C) fans (D) pioneers

13. (A) for (B) as (C) with (D) by

14. (A) months (B) weeks (C) hours (D) times

15. (A) demonstrated (B) composed (C) hosted (D) formed

16. (A) demonstration (B) procession (C) body (D) march

17. (A) Even (B) Therefore (C) Furthermore (D) But

18. (A) number (B) members (C) body (D) relations

19. (A) sad (B) solemn (C) happy (D) funeral

20. (A) whistled (B) sung (C) presented (D) showed

V. Explanation

1. It demands patience, always in short supply.

2. … is no more than shadow boxing as a general rule.

3. She didn’t encourage familiarity.

4. I have tried often to search behind the sophistication of years for the enchantment I so easily

found in those gifts.

5. I think this society is being force-fed with trivial fare.

6. …years of housework had left their mark on her.

7. The girls respected her because she had nerve and a good front of confidence…

8. But her great quality was a capacity for being genuinely impervious to inattention.

9. But the other side lies open to exactly the same charge.

10. One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on.

11. Television lives on advertising to an even greater extent than newspaper…

12. There is no need to digress further on the sensuous plane.

13. She had hard work to keep the house together…

14.…while old age is…a bittersweet coming to terms with one’s own personality and one’s life.

15. …so that you can debunk it to your own satisfaction…

VI. Reading Comprehension.

Read the following writing and then answer the questions.

Christmas Day in the Morning

by Pearl S. Buck

1. He woke suddenly and completely. It was four o’clock, the hour at which his father had always called him to get up and help with the milking. Strange how the habits of his youth clung to him still! His father had been dead for thirty years, and yet he still waked at four o’clock in the morning. But this morning, because it was Christmas, he did not try to sleep again.

2. Yet what was the magic of Christmas now? His childhood and youth were long past, and his own children had grown up and gone.

3. Yesterday his wife had said, ―It isn’t worthwhile, perhaps—‖ And he has said, ―Oh, yes, Alice, even if there are only the two of us, let’s have a Christmas of our own.‖

4. Then she had said, ―Let’s not trim the tree until tomorrow, Robert. I’m tired.‖

5. He had agreed, and the tree was still out by the back door.

6. He lay in his bed in his room. The door to her room was shut because she was a light sleeper. Years ago they had decided to use separate rooms. Neither of them slept as well as they once had. They had been married so long that nothing could separate them, actually.

7. Why did he feel so awake tonight? For it was still night, a clear and starry night. No moon, of course, but the stars were extraordinary! Now that he thought of it, the stars seemed always large and clear before the dawn of Christmas Day.

8. He slipped back in time, as he did so easily nowadays. He was fifteen years old and still on his father’s farm. He loved his father. He had not known it until one day a few days before Christmas, when he had overheard what his father was saying to his mother.

9. ―Marry, I hate to call Rob in the mornings. He’s growing so fast, and he needs his sleep. I wish I could manage alone.‖

1.―Well, you can’t, Adam.‖ His mother’s voice was brisk. ―Besides, he isn’t a child any more. It’s time he took his turn.‖

2.―Yes,‖ his father said slowly. ―But I sure do hate to wake him.‖ When he heard these words, something in him woke: his father loved him! He had never thought of it before, taking for granted the tie of their blood. Now that he knew his father loved him, there would be no more loitering in the mornings and having to be called again. He got up after that, stumbling blind with sleep, and pulled on his clothes.

3.And then on the night before Christmas, he lay thinking about the next day. They were poor, and most of the excitement was in the turkey they had raised themselves and in the mince pies his mother made. His sisters sewed presents, and his mother and father always bought something he needed, not only a warm jacket, maybe, but something more, such as a book. And he always saved and bought them each something, too.

4.He wished, that Christmas he was fifteen, he had a better present for his father instead of the usual tie from the ten-cent store. He lay on his side and looked out of his attic window.

5.―Dad,‖ he had once asked when he was a little boy, ―What is a stable?‖

6.―It’s just a barn,‖ his father had replied, ―like ours.‖

7.Then Jesus had been born in a barn, and to a barn the shepherds and the Wise Men had come, bringing their Christmas gifts!

8. A thought struck him like a silver dagger. Why should he not give his father a special gift, out there in the barn! He could get up earlier, creep into the barn and get all the milking done. And then when his father went in to start the milking, he’d see it all done.

9.He laughed to himself as he gazed at the stars. It was what he would do, and he mustn’t sleep too soundly.

10.He must have waked twenty times, striking a match each time to look at his old watch.

11.At a quarter to three he got up and crept downstairs, careful of the creaky boards, and let himself out. A big star hung low over the roof, a reddish gold. The cows looked at him, sleepy and surprised. It was early for them, too.

12.But they accepted him placidly and he fetched some hay for each cow and then got the milking pail and the big milk cans.

13.He had never milked all alone before, but it seemed almost easy. He smiled and milked steadily, two strong streams rushing into the pail, frothing and fragrant. The cows were behaving well, as though they knew it was Christmas.

14.The task went more easily than he had ever known it to before. Milking for once was not a chore. It was a gift to his father. He finished, the two milk cans were full, and he covered them and closed the milk-house door carefully, making sure of the latch. He put the stool in its place by the door and hung up the clean milk pail. Then he went out of the barn and barred the door behind him.

15.Back in his room he had only a minute to pull off his clothes and jump into bed, for he heard his father up. He put the covers over his head to silence his quick breathing. The door opened.

16.―Rob!‖ his father called. ―We have to get up, son, even if it is Christmas.‖

17.―Aw-right,‖ he said sleepily.

18.―I’ll go on out,‖ his father said. ―I’ll get things started.‖

19.The door closed and he lay still, laughing to himself. In just a few minutes his father would know. His dancing heart was ready to jump from his body.

20.The minutes were endless—ten, fifteen, he did not know how many—and he heard his father’s footsteps again. The door opened.

21.―Rob!‖

22.―Yes, Dad—‖

23.―You son of a –‖ His father was laughing, a queer sobbing sort of a laugh. ―Thought you’d fool me, did you!‖ His father was standing beside his bed, feeling for him, pulling away the cover.

24.―It’s for Christmas, Dad!‖

25.He found his father and clutched him in a great hug. He felt his father’s arms go around him. It was dark, and they could not see each other’s faces.

26.―Son, I thank you. Nobody ever did a nicer thing—‖

27.―Oh, Dad, I want you to know—I do want to be good!‖ The words broke from him of their own will. He did not know what to say. His heart was bursting with love.

28.―Well, I reckon I can go back to sleep,‖ his father said after a moment. ―No, listen—the little ones are waked up. Come to think of it, son. I’ve never seen you children when you first saw the Christmas tree, I was always in the barn. Come on!‖

29.He pulled on his clothes again, and they went down to the Christmas tree, and soon the sun was creeping up to where the star had been. Oh, what a Christmas, and how his heart had nearly burst again with shyness and pride as his father told his mother about how he, Rob, had got up all by himself.

30.―The best Christmas gift I ever had, and I’ll remember it, son, every year on Christmas morning, as long as I live.‖

31.They had both remembered it, and now that his father was dead he remembered it alone; that blessed Christmas dawn when, alone with the cows in the barn, he had made his first gift of true love. Outside the window now the stars slowly faded. He got out of bed and put on his slippers and bathrobe and went softly downstairs. He brought in the tree, and carefully began to trim it. It was done very soon. He then went to his library and fetched the little box that contained his special gift to his wife, a diamond brooch, not large but dainty in design. But he was not satisfied. He wanted to tell her—to tell her how much he loved her.

32.How fortunate that he had been able to love! Ah, that was the true joy of life, the ability to love! For he was quite sure that some people were genuinely unable to love anyone. But love was alive in him. It still was.

33.It occurred to him suddenly that it was alive because long ago it had been born in him when he knew his father loved him. That was it: love alone could waken love.

34.And this morning, this blessed Christmas morning, he would give it to his beloved wife. He could write it down in a letter for her to read and keep forever. He went to his desk and began: My dearest love…

35.When it was finished, he sealed it and tied it on the tree. He put out the light and went tiptoeing up the stairs. The stars in the sky were gone, and the first rays of the sun were gleaming in the east, such a happy, happy Christmas!

1.True or false.

( ) 1)The hero of the story got the habit of getting up early in the morning since his childhood. ( ) 2)The old man and his wife used separate bedrooms because they no longer love each other. ( ) 3)The hero didn’t know that he loved his father nor did he knew that his father loved him until the Christmas Eve when he was fifteen years old.

( ) 4)The hero had always been willing to get up early to help his father with the milking. ( ) 5)His father decided to go to bed since his soon had finished the milking that Christmas morning.

2.Explanation:

1)He slipped back in time, as he did so easily nowadays. (P8)

2)He never thought of it before, taking for granted the tie of their blood. (P11)

3)…he got up and crept downstairs, careful of the creaky boards.. (P20)

4)Milking for once was not a chore. (P23)

5)The words broke from him of their own will. (P36)

3.Questions:

1)Can you summarize the theme of the story with just one sentence from the text?

2)Why does the author choose Christmas as the setting of the story? What’s the

significance of it?

3)What made the old express his love of his wife on that Christmas day?

4)Can you analyze the structure of the story according to the chronological order? How

does the setting change in each part?

5)What is the language style of the story? Who are supposed to be the reader?

4.Point out the different rhetorical devices used in Paragraphs 17, 19, 20, 22, 32.

1)Para. 17

2)Para. 19

3)Para. 20

4)Para. 22

5)Para. 32

Passage 2: Read the following writing and then answer the questions.

A Slave Witness of A Slave Auction

by Solomon Northrup

(1) The very amiable, pious-hearted Mr. Theophilus Freeman, partner or consignee of James H. Burch, and keeper of the slave pen in New-Orleans, was out among his animals early in the morning. With an occasional kick of the older men and women, and many a sharp crack of the whip about the ears of the younger slaves, it was not long before they were all astir, and wide awake. Mr. Theophilus Freeman bustled about in a very industrious manner, getting his property ready for the sales-room, intending, no doubt, to do that day a rousing business.

(2) In the first place we were required to wash thoroughly, and those with beards, to shave. We were then furnished with a new suit each, cheap, but clean. The men had hat, coat, shirt, pants and shoes; the women frocks of calico, and handkerchiefs to bind about their heads. We were now conducted into a large room in the front part of the building to which the yard was attached, in order to be properly trained, before the admission of customers. The men were arranged on one side of the room, the women on the other. The tallest was placed at the head of the row, then the next tallest, and so on in the order of their respective heights. Emily was at the foot of the line of women. Freeman charged us to remember our places; exhorted us to appear smart and lively, --- sometimes threatening, and again holding out various inducements. During the day he exercised us in the art of ―looking smart,‖ and of moving to our places with exact precision.

(3) After being fed, in the afternoon, we were again paraded and made to dance. Bob, a colored boy, who had some time belonged to Freeman, played on the violin. Standing near him, I made bold to inquire if he could play the ―Virginia Reel.‖ He answered he could not, and asked me if I could play. Replying in the affirmative, he handed me the violin. I struck up a tune, and finished it. Freeman ordered me to continue playing, and seemed well pleased, telling Bob that I far excelled him---a remark that seemed to grieve my musical companion very much.

(4) Next day many customers called to examine Freeman’s ―new lot.‖ The latter gentleman was very loquacious, dwelling at much length upon our several good points and qualities. He would make us hold up our heads, walk briskly back and forth, while customers would feel of our hands and arms and bodies, turn us about, ask us what we could do, make us open our mouths and show our teeth, precisely as a jockey examines a horse which he is about to barter for or purchase. Sometimes a man or woman was taken back to the small house in the yard, stripped, and inspected more minutely. Scars u pon a slave’s back were considered evidence of a rebellious or unruly spirit, and hurt his sale.

(5) One old gentleman, who said he wanted a coachman, appeared to take a fancy to me. From his conversation with Freeman, I learned he was a resident of the city. I very much desired that he would buy me, because I conceived it would not be difficult to make my escape from

New-Orleans on some northern vessel. Freeman asked him fifteen hundred dollars for me. The old gentleman insisted it was too much, as times were very hard. Freeman, however, declared that I was sound and healthy, of a good constitution, and intelligent. He made it a point to enlarge upon my musical attainments. The old gentleman argued quite adroitly that there was nothing extraordinary about the nigger, and finally, to my regret, went out, saying he would cal again. During the day, however, a number of sales were made. David and Caroline were purchased together by a Natchez planter. They left us, grinning broadly, and in the most happy state of mind, caused by the fact of their not being separated. Lethe was sold to a planter of Baton Rouge, her eyes flashing with anger as she was led away.

(6) When time came for Randall to go with the planter from Baton Rouge, the boy’s mother Eliza ran to him, embraced him passionately; kissed him again and again; told him to remember her---all the while her tears falling in the boy’s face like rain. ―Don’t cry, mama. I will be a good boy. Don’t cry,‖ said Randall, looking back, as they passed out of the door.

(7) What has become of the lad, God knows. It was a mournful scene indeed. I would have cried myself if I had dared.

1. There are 10 incomplete statements, followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer.

1). The scene described in the narrative took place in _______.

A. Baton Rouge

B. New Orleans

C. Natchez

D. Atlanta

2). The slaves were exercised so that ______.

A.they would be in good physical condition for their future labors.

B.They would be kept busy before the auction began

C.They would be able to compete in athletic events

D.They would look sharp

3). The slaves were divided first by sex and then by ______.

A.age

B.physical ability

C.work experience

D.height

4). With respect to the main idea, the author’s purpose is ______.

A.to show the reader how most slave auctions were conducted

B.to explain the trait slaveowners wanted in the slaves they bought

C.to make the reader aware of the terrible hardships the auction created for the slaves

D.to argue for the abolition of slavery as an institution

5). Northrup describes his violin playing in Para 3 in order to emphasize______.

A.his desire to make himself look more desirable as a

slave to be purchased

B.his superiority to the other slaves

C.the contrast between his position as a slave and his artistic ability

D.his love of music

6). The slave with scars upon his back will be considered ______.

A. obedient

B. welcomed by the buyers

C. cheaper and maybe difficult to sell

D. more expensive

7). The old gentleman ______my musical attainments.

A. appreciated

B. thought thing of

C. praised

D. laughed at

8). Freeman made the slaves dance and play musical instruments in order to ______.

A.show his mercy upon them

B.give them a chance to practise

C.charge the buyers more money on account of the

slaves’ skills

D.enjoy their performances

9). Freeman was in fact a person who ______.

A.was amiable and pious-hearted

B.sought only profit

C.was somewhat kind

D.was stubborn

10). I wanted to be bought by the old gentleman because______.

A.the old gentleman was elegant and I thought that he

would not mistreat me

B.he enjoyed my musical attainments

C.I would probably get a chance to escape

D.it was not difficult or tiresome to be a coachman

2. Choose the best answer for the underlined part.

1). Freeman charged us to remember our places; exhorted us to appear smart and lively, ---

sometimes threatening, and again holding out various inducements.

A.incentives

B.threats

C.bribes

D.instructions

2). Sometimes a man or woman was taken back to the small house in the yard, stripped, and

inspected more minutely.

A.closely

B.specifically

C.with more concern

D.critically

3). Freeman, however, declared that I was sound and healthy, of a good constitution, and

intelligent. Freeman, however, declared that I was sound and healthy, of a good constitution, and intelligent.

A.state of health

B.moral character

C.family

D.conscience

4). Replying in the affirmative, he handed me the violin.

A.I insisted on having a try

B.Freeman ordered him to give the violin to me

C.I said I could play that piece of music

D.Bob wanted me to give a performance

5). After being fed, in the afternoon, we were again paraded and made to dance.

A.we stood in a line and went on exercising

B.we were asked to behave ourselves

C.we were arranged for sale

D.we were beaten by Freeman

3. Translate from English into Chinese.

1. Mr. Theophilus Freeman bustled about in a very industrious manner, getting his property ready

for the sales-room, intending, no doubt, to do that day a rousing business.

2. We were now conducted into a large room in the front part of the building to which the yard

was attached, in order to be properly trained, before the admission of customers.

3. The latter gentleman was very loquacious, dwelling at much length upon our several good

points and qualities.

4. One old gentleman, who said he wanted a coachman, appeared to take a fancy to me.

5. The old gentleman insisted it was too much, as times were very hard.

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近义词 10%

补全单词 10%

判断对错 10%

完型填空 20%

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