Quiz 1
Name ____________ Number __________
I. Dictation. Score ____________
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II. Antonyms. (word opposite in meaning)
1. dreary
2. competent
3. stale
4. diffident
5. indignity
III. Paraphrase.
The teaching set-up appalled me.
The prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.
The headmaster and I obviously had singularly little in common.
He looked at me with an air of surprised disapproval, as a colonel might look at a private whose bootlaces were undone.
IV. Chinese-English translation.
当地政府非常重视小学教育。
2. 这些年龄在13至17的男孩在城里一起长大,因此有许多相似之处。
3. 很长时间没有练习,他要获得100米比赛第一名的机会很小。
4. 从她的气质和着装来判断,她可能是位时装模特儿。