高級英語第一冊試題A+B參考資料

1、高級英語第一冊試題a vocabulary: choose the appropriate word to fill in the blank. you may have to change the form of the word in some sentences. (10%)1. if the work were done _ we could pay well.silent discreet careful secret2. as the offender _ his crime, he was dealt with leniently.admit confess3. as a res

2、ult, the nerves of the duke and duchess were frayed when the _ buzzer of the outer door eventually sounded.silent mute 4. several strong men were needed to open and close the _ gates to the castle.massive huge great big gigantic5. the house detective took his time, _ puffing a cloud of blue cigar sm

3、oke.leisurely slowly unhurriedly6. to ask what the _ of computers are is like asking what are the applications of electricity.usage application practice7. most americans remember mark twain as the father of huck finns idyllic cruise through _ boyhood.endless permanent eternal 8. it would be _, but n

4、o more than waiting here for certain detectionperilous hazardous parlous chancy9. it grows louder and more _ until you round a corner and see a fairyland of dancing flashes, as the burnished copper catches the light of _ lamps and braziers.distinct, innumerable clear, countless distinct, numerable10

5、. i was offered my teaching job back but i _. later i became a geologist for an oil company.refused rejected declined11. i was again crushed by the rejected thought that i stood on the _ of the first atomic bombardment.spot site place area12. just as the industrial revolution took over a(n) _ range

6、of tasks from mens muscles and enormously expanded productivity, so the microcomputer is rapidly assuming huge burdens of drudgery from the human brain.immense enormous numerous huge13. the poor old man died of _ at the hand of the slave-owner.mistreatment ill-treatment14. mark twain had become a ve

7、ry _ man during his later life, which was reflected in his writings. he believed that the world was wrong, where people achieved nothing.sarcastic ironic cynical sentimental15. this is the _ lawyer who is likely to win the whole nations attention.clever intelligent remarkable brilliant(卓越的）16. the _

8、 of computers are increasing at a fantastic rate.able capable17. if he does guess correctly, he will price the item high, and _ little in the bargainingproduce resign surrender yield18. the few americans and germans seemed just as _ as i was.constrain curb inhibit withhold19. they would also like to

9、 _ the atomic museum.demolish destroy ruin smash20. the house detectives piggy eyes surveyed her _ from his gross-jowled face.sardonic sarcastic ironical ii. sentence and structure (30%)a. paraphrase the following sentences. use brief words. (20%)1. he will price the item high, and yield little in t

10、he bargaining.2. as you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge on your ear.3. the few americans seemed just as inhibited as i was.4. i thought somehow i had been spared.5. i will unsay no word that i have spoken about it.6. we shall be strengthened not weakened in determi

11、nation and in resources.7. now we are getting somewhere.8. the house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly.9. in no area of american life is personal service so precious as in medical care.10. well, that is california all over.b. collocation: choose the most appropriate expression to fill the bla

12、nk. (10%)1. little girls and elderly ladies in kimonos _ teenagers and women in western dress.a. rubbed the shoulder withb. rubbed shoulders withc. rubbed the shoulder withd. rubbed the shoulders with2. at last this intermezzo _, and i found myself in front of the gigantic city hall.a. came to an en

13、d b. came to the endc. came to end d. came to ending3. the seller makes a point _ protesting that the price he is charging is depriving him _ all profit.a. offrom b. fromof c. ofof d. fromfrom4. the shop-keepers speak in slow, measured tones, and the buyers _.a. follow suit b. take suit c. follow su

14、its d. take suits5. i suppose they will be _ in hordes.a. gathered up b. collected up c. piled up d. rounded up6. hitler was however wrong and we should _ to help russia.a. make all out b. make out all c. go all out d. go out all7. the nazi regime is devoid _ all theme and principle except appetite

15、and racial domination.a. from b. of c. out d. away8. in june 1941 hitler suddenly _ an attack on russia.a. launched b. exerted c. developed d. created9. the custom-made object will be _.a. in everyones reach b. within everyones reachc. in everyones touch d. within everyones touch10. the widest benef

16、its of the electronic revolution will _the young.a. accrue to b. accrue at c. accrue for d. accrue with iii. please identify the figures of speech used in the following underlined parts of the sentences. (10%)1 ( ) the din of the stall-holders crying their wares, of donkey-boys and porters clearing

17、a way for themselves by shouting vigorously, and of would-be purchasers arguing and bargaining is continuous and makes you dizzy. parallelism待添加的隱藏文字內(nèi)容32 ( ) was i not at the scene of the crime?rhetorical question3 ( ) i felt sick, and every since then they have been testing and treating me. alliter

18、ation （頭韻）4 ( ) 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.metaphor 5 ( ) we will never parley, we will never negotiate. repetition6 ( ) we shall fight him by land, we shall fight hi

19、m by sea, we shall fight him in the air, until, . parallelism7 ( ) 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. metaphor8 ( ) tom sawyers endless summer of freedom and

20、 adventure.hyperbole 9 ( ) mark twain gained a keen perception of the human race, of the difference between what people claim to be and what they really are. antithesis10 ( ) the instant riches of a mining strike would not be his in the reporting trade, but for making money, his pen would prove migh

21、tier than his pickax.metonymy iv. passage reading and question answering (10%)the electronic revolution promises to ease, enhance and simplify life in ways undreamed of even by the utopians. at home or office, routine chores will be performed with astonishing efficiency and speed. leisure time, grea

22、tly increased, will be greatly enriched. public education, so often a dreary and capricious process in the u.s., may be invested with the inspiriting quality of an oxford tutorialform preschool on. medical care will be delivered with greater precision. letters will not so easily go astray. it will b

23、e safer to walk the streets because people will not need to carry large amounts of cash; virtually all financial transactions will be conducted by computer. in the microelectronic village, the home will again be the center of society, as it was before the industrial revolution.mass production of the

24、 miracle chip has already made possible home computer systems that sell for less than $800prices will continue to fall. many domestic devices that use electric power will be computerized. eventually the household computer will be as much a part of the home as the kitchen sink; it will program washin

25、g machines, burglar and fire alarms, sewing machines, a robot vacuum cleaner and a machine that will rinse and stack dirty dishes. when something goes wrong with an appliance a question to the computer will elicit repair instructionsin future generations, repairs will be made automatically. energy c

26、osts will be cut by a computerized device that will direct heat to living areas where it is needed, and turn it down where it is not; the devices ubiquitous eye, sensing where people are at all times, will similarly turn the lights on and off as needed. paper clutter will disappear as home informati

27、on management systems take over from memo pads, notebooks, files, bills and the kitchen bulletin board.a. write a summary of this passage in about 50 words. (6%).b. answer the following questions in one sentence. (4%)1. what will the future home or office look like?2. how do you think the future ele

28、ctric appliances will work? v. reading comprehension (40%)a. multiple choicepassage 1ink-stained riches:mencken, the daddy of bad-boy punditry in his essay on h.l. mencken entitled “saving a whale,” journalist murray kempton points out that “whales are the only mammals that the museums have never ma

29、naged to stuff and mount in their original skins.” to kempton, mencken is a very great whale who, almost 40 years after his death, still defies critical taxonomy. that is putting it politely. mencken in death provokes as much vitriol as he did while living. he has been called a racist, a humanitaria

30、n, an arch conservative and a great liberal, and the thorny fact is, he was all those things. nobody knows what to make of a man who turned his diary into a manure pile of anti-semitism at the same time he was working diligently to get jews out of hitlers germany. biographers have been struggling to

31、 take menckens measure since the 1920s. fred hobsons mencken.is the latest and best attempt. hobson is the first of menckens biographers to use all the posthumously published diaries, where the “sage of baltimore” vented his most odious bigotries and where he most clearly revealed the alienation and

32、 loneliness at the heart of his personality. hobson does not try to resolve the contradictions in menckens personality. instead, he wisely uses this new material to portray mencken as a man forever in conflict with himself, the carefree cutup coexisting with the control freak, the comic with the tragedian. eventuallyat least a decade before the 1948 stroke that robbed him of the ability to read or writemenckens darker angels took char