高级英语试题（三） Part I Vocabulary (30%) Section 1 Explain the underlined word or phrase in each of the following sentences. (20%). Then there is the spice-market with its pungent smells. She seemed oblivious to how far they were walking. He was expecting to enlist capital and Right Wing sympathies. The Japanese crowd did not appear to have the same preoccupations that I had. It is our firm conviction that every effort should be made to preserve world peace. He is a man of inbred competitiveness. Many children in Afghanistan succumbed to malnutrition in the last few years. This river teems with all kinds of fish in summer. The jury were asked to consider their verdict at noon the following day. The woman managed to escape from her would-be attacker. We had to sit and swelter in the room while our friends were at the beach. I suppose that laziness is one of the frailties of human nature. The new act of parliament removed the last vestiges of royal power. 14. All the silver-wares that sit in the closet are burnished. He was quite hot and tired after all his exertions. Your admonition quite sank in. You don’t have to talk to him again. On many of the previous occasions the U.S. trade negotiators would revert to the issue of China’s human rights. The politician’s remarks received scathing criticism from the public. The company is on the verge of bankruptcy, and hundreds of jobs are at stake. Should a nuclear war breaks out, it would be a cataclysm for the mankind. Section 2 Choose the best one to complete the sentence (10%). 21. The management has made an irrevocable decision to meet the challenge from its opponent. A. impossible to change B. flexible C. inflexible D. insurmountable 22. There is a divergence of opinions among the committee members on the issue of promotion. A. similarity B. agreement C. differentiation D. resemblance 23．The sheepherder rounded up the animals with a whip by riding in a circle. A. herded together B. beat C. forced D. drove away 24. The blacksmith burnished his vessel so well that it catches the sunlight just like a mirror. A. made B. built C. shaped D. polished 25.The chairman reverted to the problem mentioned at the previous day’s meeting. A. refused B. endorsed C. confirmed D. returned 26. He tried with all his might to swim across the river, but he failed. A. strength B. wisdom C. intelligence D. will 27.The testimony he made at the court was consistent with the known facts. A. persistent B. harmonious C. compatible D. accordant 28.By repeating all the work he has done in the past three years, the chief of the board tried to enlist the sympathy of the members. A. enroll B. involve C. engage D. obtain 29.There is a profusion of books in the exhibition on Sunday. A. plenty B. rich C. confuse D. many 30. People in that country have been determined to remove the last vestiges of tyranny. A. leftovers B. traces C. footsteps D. trails 31. The deathbed struggles of the enemies can only hasten their own doom. A. hurry B. fasten C. accelerate D. quick 32. With three goals in the first period they had a secure victory, but somehow they lost. A. saved B. protected C. certain D. safe 33.All kinds of functional furniture are sold in this supermarket. A. practical B. practicable C. operational D. operatable 34. All these old houses are going to be demolished, and in the place some new ones will be erected. A. destructed B. burn down C. damaged D. torn down 35.An hour later, we were told that the hostess were arriving presently. A. some time later B. a short time later C. a long time later D. sometime in future 36. A lot of government offices and museums in Washington are made _________ to the public without admissions fees. accessory acceptable accepted accessible 37. They perceived that they were unwelcome there and left. were conscious were peremptory were complacent were compatible 38. Large areas of land have been contaminated by the leakage from the nuclear reactor. corrupted discolored polluted decayed 39. His tension was veiled by casual remarks. concealed inspired sharpened weakened 40. The runaway vehicle bore down inexorably on the trapped rabbit. stubbornly mercilessly inextricably inexplicably Part II 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. I have to declare the decision of His Majesty’s Government---and I feel sure it is a decision to which the great Dominions will in due course concur---for we 1. __________ must speak out now at once, with a day’s delay. I have to make the declaration, 2. __________ but can you doubt what our policy will be? We have but only aim and one single, 3.___________ irrevocable purpose. We are resolved to destroy Hitler and every vestige of the Nazi regime. From this nothing will turn us---nothing. We will parley, we will never 4. ___________ negotiate with Hitler or any of his gang. We shall fight him by land, we shall fight him by sea, we shall fight him in the air, until under God’s help, we have rid the earth 5. __________ from his shadow and liberated its peoples from his yoke. Any man or state who fights 6. __________ on against Nazidom will have our aid. Any man or state who marches with Hitler is our foe. That is our policy and that is our declaration. It follows therefore which we 7. __________ shall give whatever help we can to Russia and the Russian people. We shall appeal 8. __________ all our friends and allies in every part of the world to make the same course and 9. __________ pursue , as we shall faithfully and steadfastly to the end ... 10. _________ Part III Cloze (10%) Passage 1 Then as you penetrate deeper into the bazaar, the noise of the entrance ___1___, and you come to the ___2___ cloth-market. The earthen floor, beaten hard by countless fee, deadens the sound of footsteps, and the vaulted mud-brick walls and roof have hardly any sounds to echo. The shop-keeper speak in slow, measured tones, and the buyers, overwhelmed by the sepulchral atmosphere, follow ___3___. One of the peculiarities of the Eastern bazaar is that shopkeepers dealing ___4___ the same kind of goods do not scatter themselves over the bazaar, in order to avoid competition, but ___5____ in the same area, so that purchasers can know where to find them, and so that they can form a ___6___ guild against injustice or persecution. In the cloth-market, for instance, all the sellers of material for clothes, curtains, chair-covers and so on ___7___ the roadway on both sides, each open-fronted shop having a trestle table for display and shelves for storage. Bargaining is the ___8___ of the day, and veiled women moved at a ___9___ pace from shop to shop, selecting, pricing and doing a little preliminary bargaining before they narrow down their choice and begin the really serious business of ___10___ the price down. 1. a. grows louder b. fades away c. sinks in d. runs through 2. a. muted b. melted c. mute d. melt 3. a. up b. away c. suit d. suite 4. a. with b. in c. for d. from 5. a. trade b. exchange c. collect d. deal 6. a. close-knit b. closely-knitting c. closely-knit d. closely-net 7. a. stand b. along c. line d. run 8. a. matter b. rule c. order d. thing 9. a. leisure b. slow c. quick d. leisurely 10.a. fighting b. reducing c. cutting d. beating Passage 2 Most Americans remember Mark Twain as the father of Huck Finn’s idyllic cruise through ___11___ boyhood and Tom Sawyer’s endless summer of freedom and adventure, Indeed, this nation’s best-loved author was ___12___ as adventurous , patriotic, romantic, and humorous as anyone has ever imagined. I found another Twain as well--- ___13___ who grew cynical, bitter, saddened by the profound personal tragedies life dealt him, a man who became ___14____ the frailties of the human race, who saw clearly ahead a black wall of night. Tramp printer, river pilot, Confederate guerrilla, prospector, starry-eyed optimist, ___15___ cynic: The man who became Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens and he ___16___ across the nation for more than a third of his life, ___17___ the new American experience before sharing it with the world as writer and lecturer. He ___18___ his pen name from the cry heard in his steamboat days, signaling two fathoms (12 feet) of water---a navigable depth. His popularity is ___19___ by the fact that more than a score of his books remain ___20___, and translations are still read around the world. 11. a. external b. extended c. eternal d. terminal 12. a. all the same b. of sorts c. every bit d. a little bit 13. a. that b. he c. one d. this 14. a. worried about b. obsessed with c. afraid of d. alert to 15. a. silver-tongued b. acid-tongued c. well-padded d. sluggish-brained 16. a. came b. moved c. ranged d. covered 17. a. accepted b. digesting c. accepting d. digested 18. a. adapted b. applied c. adopted d. adjusted 19. a. tested b. approved c. attested d. assumed 20. a. printing b. in print c. out of print d. printed Part IV Paraphrase (20%) The rather arresting spectacle of little old Japan adrift amid beige concrete skyscrapers is the very symbol of the incessant struggle between the kimono and miniskirt. He will price the item high, and yield little in the bargaining. Acre by acre, the rain forest is being burned to create fast pasture for fast-food beef. Winant said the same would be true of the U.S.A. I will unsay no word that I have spoken about it. The cast of characters set before him in his new profession was rich and varied --- a cosmos. Bitterness fed on the man who had made the world laugh. which means we are silencing thousands of songs we have never even hear. As my father growled, “That’s one hell of a jury!” He is here because ignorance and bigotry are rampant. Part V Reading Comprehension (15%) Passage 1 A green I-538 form is used by international students in order to obtain permission from the Immigration and Naturalization Service to transfer from one university to another in the United States. If you are planning to transfer, remember that you must obtain permission before leaving the university where you are currently studying. You must complete the form I-538, have it signed by the foreign student advisor, and submit it to the District Office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service together with the form I-20 from your new school and the small, white form I-94 that was affixed to your passport when you entered the country. Submitting the signed I-538and other documents does not in- sure permission to transfer. Only an Immigration official can decide each case-Students who have not completed one term of study at the school that issued them their first I-2Oare not advised to file for permission to transfer until they have completed one term. 1.A transfer form is called an a. I-20 b. I-94 c. I-538 d. I-520 2.If you want to transfer it is a good idea to a. travel to the new university immediately SO that the foreign student advisor can help you. b. study at the university where you have permission until you receive a new permission from Immigration. c. sign an I-538form and leave it at your current university before traveling to the new university. d. leave the country so that you can enter on another I-20 from the new university. 3.In order for you to transfer, permission must be granted by an official at the a. foreign student advisor's office. b. new university. c. Immigration office. d. passport office. 4.The transfer form must be signed by the a. foreign student advisor at the new school. b. foreign student advisor at the current school. c. student. d. Immigration officer. 5.This passage is mainly about a. the Immigration and Naturalization Service. b. how to get a passport. c. how to obtain permission to transfer from one university to another. d. studying in the United States. Passage 2 It has been only within the last two decades that scuba diving has become popular, it is not particu1arly difficu1t or even dangerous to learn how to scuba dive, but one must be able to use the equipment that enables man to move from his element into that of fish. Most scuba divers learn their basic skills in an ordinary swimming pool. Pool classes familiarize the students with their equipment. In addition, pupils practice the various diving procedures, including the Buddy System, never diving without a partner. The coastal waters of British Columbia are among the most scenic in the world, both above and below the surface. Looking at the murky waters of the Fraser River mouth, it is hard to believe that the nearby ocean is clear. Often a diver can see as far as fifty metres and observe a surprising variety of marine life. The pleasures of the mysterious underwater world are many. It is a world of silence where creatures move in slow indifference to man. It is a beautiful world. 6.This passage was written to a. promote scuba diving. b. warn about the dangers of scuba diving. c. call attention to diving classes. d. describe opportunities for diving in B.C. 7.In scuba diving the “Buddy System” means a. Be sure to ask your best friend to dive. b. Best Use Direct Diving Yarn. c. Always use two tanks of oxygen. d. Never dive alone. 8.According to the author, scuba diving is a. dangerous. b. fairly easy. c. expensive. d. very slow. 9.The author thinks that the sea creatures a. don't pay much attention to divers. b. are very frightened by divers. c. are highly interested in divers. d. are often surprised by divers. 10.The coastal waters of British Columbia are among the most a. popular. b. barren. c. picturesque. d. silent. Passage 3 Recent studies have identified four major global environmental risks: acid rain, ozone depletion, deforestation and the greenhouse effect. On the whole, thanks to technological changes, people now tend to move toward warmer regions in North America and Europe. Climate warming will probably be a boon to Alaska, which is America's least productive state in Gross National Product (GNP) per square mile. Studies of the impact of global warming on the United States and other developed regions find that the most vu1nerable areas are those dependent on unmanaged ecosystems-on naturally occurring rainfall, run-off and temperatures, and the extremes of these variables. Agriculture, forestry and coastal activities fall into this category. Most economic activity in industrialised countries, however, depends very little on the climate. Intensive-care units of hospitals, communications, heavy manufacturing and microelectronics are among the sectors likely to be unaffected by climatic change. In selecting whether to set up in, say, Hong Kong or in Warsaw, few businesses will consider temperature a weighty factor. Greenhouse warming would have little effect on America's national output. About 3%of American GNP originates in climate- sensitive sectors such as farming and forestry. Another 10%comes from sectors only modestly sensitive-energy, water systems, property and construction. For the largest share, 87%, comes from sectors, including most services, that are negligibly affected by climatic change. 11.Climate warming will probably not be a. an advantage to Alaska. b. a disaster for Alaska. c. a help to Alaska. d. a blessing to Alaska. 12.Which of the following activities must consider climate as important factor? a. Microelectronics b. Communications c. Banking d. Farming 13.How much of American GNP comes from sectors that are affected by climate changes? a.3%b. b. 10% c.87% d. 13% 14.In industrialized countries, what businesses are scarcely affected by climate changes? a. Water systems. b. Energy and property. c. Services. d. Coastal activities. 15.The main topic of this article is a. environment protection. b. climate changing. c. economics. d. environment and economy. Part VI Translation (15%) 1．为实现四个现代化，我们认为有必要学习外国的先进科学技术。 2．一看见纪念碑就想起了在战斗中死去的好友。 3．很清楚，德国法西斯企图使那个地区的人民屈服于他们的统治。 4．新上演的那出话剧充分表现了中国人民大无畏的革命精神。 5．他认为这两个观点是可以一致起来的。 6. 集市上有许多小摊子，出售的货物应有尽有。 7．四川话和和湖北话很相似，有时难以区别。 8．他指望他们给与支持。 9．对贫困的担心使他忧虑重重。 10．他估计手头的侦察员只有三至五人。