高英考试提纲
I.Multiple Choices(20%) V ocabulary and Rhetorical Devices
1.I would like to reflect on one of the oldest of human exercises, the process by which over the
years, and indeed over the centuries, we have undertaken to get the poor off our conscience. The sense of right and wrong that governs a person’s thoughts and actions
2. An imbalance between the rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of republics.
A state or nation in which the supreme power rests in all the citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representations elected, directly or indirectly, by them and responsible to them.
3. And the problems that arise from the continuing co-existence of affluence and poverty--and particularly the process by which good fortune is justified in the presence of the ill fortune of others--have been an intellectual preoccupation for centuries.
Appealing to intellect
4. Virtue is, indeed must be, self-centered.
An effective, active, or inherent power or force; efficacy
5. Couples in love should repair to R. H. Macy’s, not their bedrooms.
To go to (a place, esp. go in large numbers to)
6. Of the four, maybe five, current designs we have to get the poor off our conscience, the first proceeds from the inescapable fact that most of the things that must be done on behalf of the poor must be done in one way or another by the government.
A plan
7. Still, the case is made--and believed--that there is something gravely damaging about aid to the unfortunate.
A set of arguments supporting a particular action, cause, etc.
8. Belief can be the servant of truth--but even more of convenience.
Opinion; conviction/ the state or quality of being suitable or opportune
9. Murray is the voice of Spencer in our time; he is enjoying, as indicated, unparalleled popularity in high circles.
A group of people of high social standing
10. In 1899 when I was five years old and living in Palmetto, Florida, my father decided to take his family through the wilds of the Everglades and stake a claim on an offshore island.
To say or show clearly that you consider sth. is or should be yours
11. When Papa finished school at the academy there, he went to work as a cowboy on a ranch in Myakka for a friend of his dead father’s.
A private secondary school
12. By age thirty, he was a county sheriff, no mean job in those days, and his territory was wide ranging.
Low in quality, value, or importance; poor; inferior
13. We had made our home in Palmetto for a year or so where my mother’s gentle folks, the Harrisons, had settled following the Civil War.
People of high social standing; people who come from families in a high social class
14. We had been keyed up for this adventure by weeks of planning.
To make tense or excited, as in anticipation
15. Sometimes we would strike camp early enough for papa and the boys to shoot fox squirrels or quail for supper.
To remove all the tents
16. This merciless man had an invalid wife whom he adored.
Someone who is sick or injured, esp. permanently
17. Daily, right in front of the house, papa fired the shotgun several times from behind the blind he had built on the edge of our stream, and of the thousands of ducks that quacked we awake at dawn he would bring in a dozen or more to be smothered in sage.
A small shelter where you can watch birds or animals without being seen by them
18. Despite the unrelenting heat, we were happy to be let off from our hours of school indoors, sessions which our mother kept every day, rain or shine.
Merciless; unyielding
19. At the height of this tense moment a smile broke on Watson’s face.
To come into being or emerge
20. Noxious flames of smog blanket over major cities
To cover with a thick layer
21. Great forests have been cut down, destroying ecological niches and their resident species
The specific space occupied by an organism within its habitat
22. This expresses the fact that the ecosphere is an elaborate network.
Detailed and complicated; carefully prepared and finished
23. Defined so narrowly, it is no surprise that cars have properties that are hostile to their environment.
An attribute, quality, or characteristic, esp. as determined by its effects on another substance
24. Year by year, less and less of the applied fertilizer was taken up by the crop and progressively more drained through the soil into groundwater.
Increasingly; by degrees
25. The participating chemical elements move through closed, cyclical processes.
Not communicating with or influenced by others.
26. When the waste is metabolized by aquatic bacteria and molds
Any fungus which can produce a downy or furry growth on the surface of organic matter
27.
2000年10月高级英语试题及答案 课程代码：0600 本试题分两部分，第一部分考核课程内容，1页至4页；选择题42分，非选择题18分。 第二部分考核水平，4页至8页；选择题20分，非选择题20分。本试题共8页，满分100分。考试时间150分钟。全部题目用英语作答（英语汉题目除外），并将答案写在答题纸的相应位置上，否则不记分。 Part One 1.The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. One word or expression for each blank only. (0.5 point each, 12 points) . Programmers live in (1) fear of losing anyone's attention -anyone's. The (2) way to avoid doing so is to (3) everything brief, not to (4) the attention of anyone but instead to provide constant (5) through variety, novelty, action and (6). .But before he ever begins to write he will have (7) an emotional attitude from which he will never completely (8). It is his job, no doubt, to (9) his temperament and (10) getting stuck at some (11) stage, or in some (12) mood. .His car needs mechanics, and mechanics grow more expensive and less (13). The gadgets in the home are cheaper to (14) than repair. The more efficiently (15) the home seems to be, the more dependent it is on the great (16) corporations, as well as a diminishing army of servitors. Skills at the lowest level have to be (17) slavishly and exorbitantly (18). .It is only lately that I have (19) how much science of genetics is (20). Agronomists have taken to (21) all sorts of vegetables and fruits (22) their original nature. This sounds wonderful and often is insane. For the scientists have not as a rule (23) any interest whatsoever in the taste of the things they have (24) with! A.acquired B.avoid C.breeding D.changing E.constant F.discipline G.efficient H.escape I.found J.impersonal K.involved L.keep M.movement N.perverse O.premature P.replace Q.rewarded R.self-contained S.stimulation T.strain U.surest V.taken W.tempered X.wooed II. There are 15 sentences with a blank in each, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. One word or expression for each blank only. (1 point each, 15 points) 25.In a hot summer day you would find the village children () in the small pond behind the woods. 26. I don't like the dishes in some Chinese restaurants abroad; for they () the local taste too much and the result is that the food is neither Chinese nor foreign. 27.Two pupils from the "Hope Schools" were () to represent Chinese children in the Euro 2000 ceremonies. 28. I think there is too much ( ) made by all people concerned, the parents, the media, and the authorities, about the university entrance examinations. 29. Suddenly the lights went out. She () in the dark for the matches. 30.He was very sad because he had tried very hard in the last three years but ()very little.
《高级英语》第二册练习 Lesson One Face to Face with Hurricane Camille I. Choose the one which is equal to the word given blow: 1. lash A. strike violently B. pass by C. move slowly D. stride 2. pummel A. push forward B. punish severely C. hit with repeated blow D. beat heavily 3. gruff A. serious B. grievous C. rough D. gentle 4. elevate A. put down B. lift up C. face to D. push down 5. demolish A. destroy B. reduce C. increase D. beat 6. scud A. go smoothly B. go straight and fast C. go up and down D. go violently 7. interior A. situated inside B. situated outside C. interrelate D. internecine 8. ferocity A. capability B. fierceness
C. impediment D. ferment 9. shudder A. shuffle in B. walk out C. curl up D. shake 10. sanctuary A. a warm place B. shelter C. a clean place D. a harm place 11. maroon A. stay brave and along B. leave hopeful C. stay helpless D. leave helpless and alone 12. vantage A. variable situation B. comfortless position C. advantage D. disadvantage 13. debris A. small individual parts B. completely good places C. well preserved pieces D. scattered broken pieces 14. implore A. request earnestly B. inform eagerly C. ask for leave D. ask for leave 15. skim A. hit violently B. move lightly over C. go fast and quietly D. move gradually away 16. rampage A. walk for pleasure B. produce branches C. rage D. range 17. festoon A. celebrate
一．Translate the following into Chinese. 1.Or are you drawn somehow to this strange clown, perhaps because he acts out your wildest fantasies? 你是不是莫名其妙地被这个怪异的小丑所吸引，因为他表现出你最疯狂的幻想。 2.Apparently he speaks for a lot of his contemporaries. 很明显他所说的话代表了和他同时代的许多年轻人的心声。 3.I was the first to overcome both handicaps at once. 我是同时克服了两种不利条件而获得成功的第一人。 4.The old head lifted; two points of light quivered in the old eyes. 那位老人的头抬起来，双眼里闪烁着泪光 5.It occurred to me that she expected a response.. 我感到她是想我回应她的。 6.The only things Americans do more than watch television are work and sleep. 除了工作和睡觉，美国人做得最多的事就要数看电视了。 7.They shuffled the pieces on the floor and then dropped them into the shoe. 他们把这些纸条在地上混合起来放入鞋中。 8.What a bundle of contradictions is a man! 人就是一大堆矛盾 9.Europe is poor, and a face can cost as much in upkeep as a Rolls-Royce. 欧洲人没钱而保养一张脸的花费都赶得上一辆劳斯莱斯的维护费了。 10.He had the brains, the ambition, the good looks. 他聪明，有抱负，并且相貌英俊。 二．Fill in the blank in each sentence with the best word or expression from the box below, changing its form when necessary: 1.In such heated air, he sweltering students could hardly keep their minds on their lessons 2.That’s idle gossip, don’t listen to it. 3.She sent in her application for the job, but was rejected as unqualified. 4.For many Americans, it is their lifelong dream to buy a satisfying two-storied house with
自学考试高级英语试题1 课程代码：00600 全部题目用英文作答(英译汉题目除外)，请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上Ⅰ. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to Y. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. One word or expression for each blank only. (25 points，1 point for each) One of the best current examples of what Horowitz is talking 1 is John Denver. His most 2 songs—“Sunshine on My Shoulders”, “Rocky Mountain High”, and “Country Road”— 3 the musical drive and power of 4 rock, while the lyrics celebrate the simple 5 of“the good old days”. It is all symbolized in my mind by the hugely successful art 6 that television has made 7 to the culture, the 30-second commercial: the tiny drama of the 8 housewife who finds happiness 9 choosing the right toothpaste. When before in human history has so much humanity 10 surrendered so much of its leisure to one toy, one mass diversion? They had no 11 of comparison and assumed that this was a 12 of his class, just as a traveler stepping off the liner at a foreign 13 for luncheon sums up a nation’s character forever in the 14 businessman who happens to 15 the table with him. Each week, for example, a record of the sales results of the 16 week for each sales office and for Sales Department as a 17 for each division of the company is kept and 18 to the sales results for the 19 week of the year 20 . But by and large the news reports and commentaries on CBS and NBC and ABC make every 21 to present viewers with more than one 22 of an issue，either by letting 23 spokesmen have their 24 or by outlining the positions held by both major parties on the subject 25 . II. Each of the following sentences is given four choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (15 points, 1 point for each)
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Lesson10 The Trial That Rocked the World I． 1)In the 1920s，when he was a teacher at a secondary school in Dayton，a little town in the mountains of Tenessee，he was charged with teaching evolution and had to be present in the court．The trial。however，rocked the world．After the trial，he studied at the University of Chicago and became a geologist for an oil company later． 2)The struggles were in fact struggles between ignorance and wisdom．religion and science．That showed the spread of science and truth was no easy task．3)Because the result would effect the whole country，even the world． 4)Darrow and Malone thought that the Bible could co—exist with the Evolution Theory and it was acceptable for a Christion to be an evolutionist．Besides，the Bible should not be interpreted and accepted literally．Bryan just thought the opposite way. 5) The trial began with prayer by a local
Lesson2 1 The little crowd of mourners –all men and boys,no women—threaded their way across the market place between the piles of pomegranates and the taxis and the camels,wailing a short chant over and over again.—elliptical sentence 2 A carpenter sit across-legged at a prehistoric lathe,turning chair-legs at lightning speed.—historical present ,transferred epithet 3 Still,a white skin is always fairly conspicuous.—synecdoche 4 As the storks flew northward the Negroes were marching southward—a long,dusty column,infantry,screw-gun batteries, and then more infantry,four or five thousand men in all,winding up the road with a clumping of boots and a clatter of iron wheels.—onomatopoetic words symbolism 5 Not hostile,not contemptuous,not sullen,not even inquisitive.—elliptical sentence 6 And really it was like watching a flock of cattle to see the long column,a mile or two miles of armed men,flowing peacefully up the road,while the great white birds drifted over them in the opposite direction,glittering like scraps of paper.—simile Put out the rhetorical devices used in the following sentences 1．The burying-ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot.( simile ) 2.Arethey really the same flesh as yourself ? ( rhetorical question ) 3. Do they even have names ? (rhetorical question) 4. Or are they merely a kind of undifferentiated brown stuff, about as individual as bees or coral insects? ( rhetorical question ) 5. …and then they sink back into the nameless mounds of the graveyard and nobody notices that they are gone. ( euphemism ) 6….sore-eyed children cluster everywhere in unbelievable numbers, like clouds of flies. (simile ) 7. In the bazaar huge families of Jews, all dressed in the long-black robe and little black skull-cap, are working in dark fly-infested booths that look like caves. (simile ) 8. Instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of Jews…. ( transferred ) 9. Still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuous. ( synecdoche ) 10. What does Morocco mean to a Frenchman? An orange grove or a job in Government service ( elliptical sentence ) 11.Or an Englishman? Camels, castles, palm trees, Foreign Legionnaires, brass trays, and bandits.( ) 12. Long lines of women, bent double like inverted capital Ls, work their way slowly across the fields,… ( simile ) 13. All of them are mummified with age and the sun, and all of them are tiny. ( metaphor ) 14. This kind of thing makes one’s blood boil,..(hyperbole ) 15. How much longer can we go on kidding these people? How long before they turn their guns in the other direction? ( rhetorical question ) 16. And really it was like watching a flock of cattle to see the long column, a mile or two miles of armed men,… ( simile )
绍兴文理学院元培学院学年学期 英语专业级《高级英语(上)》试卷(A) （考试形式：闭卷） I. Vocabulary Selection (15%) In this part, there are 15 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only ONE right answer. 1．Due to the fact that universities can not enroll all the candidates, ______ to university is competitive. A．admission B．affidavit C．admiration D．allegiance 2．The World Cup has been the ______ of this month's events; a large number of soccer fans around the world focus their attention on the little “ball”. A．twilight B．realms C．highlights D．headlines 3．They ______ to hear that their football team won a great victory over the opponent team. A．relieved B．released C．rejoiced D．rescued 4．Each individual expresses his opinion in the group by where he stands when a lot of people ______ together in a chat. A．squeeze B．stick C．pad D．cluster 5．When she called me a thief, I decided to sue her for ______ . A．ridicule B．scandal C．slander D．encumber 6．George W. Bush said Saddam Hussein is ______ and must be disarmed immediately. A．pugnacious B．proverbial C．magnanimous D．malleable 7．They tell the people in their community not to store apples in the refrigerator because fresh fruit like apples is ______ . A．perishable B．vanishing C．exquisite D．fickle 8．The spokesman said he believed the attack was in ______ for the death of the bombing. A．requital B．rhetoric C．retrospect D．retaliation 9．The President is certain to know the result of this vote as a (n) ______ for further economic decision-making. A．mandate B．aviation C．pretext D．rampage 10．The villagers were ______ by the news of the criminal's release from the prison. A．indignant B．puzzled C．overjoyed D．elusive 11．If it goes on to ______ its responsibilities, then the British government must act immediately in its place. A．discipline B．abdicate C．bash D．challenge 12．The sentry guard dived into his ______ and closely observed the stranger towards him. A．fortress B．exodus C．foxhole D．eviction 13．An overwhelming richness of vegetation may have caused the level of oxygen, to rise above today's ______, with a corresponding depletion of carbon dioxide. A．concentration B．saturation C．satiation D．plenitude 14．The psychology therapist's job is to help people "re-author" stories that aren't doing them ______ . A. just B. justice C. justiceships D. justification 15．The dream quickly gave way to a cold number: the house they wanted ______ $52,000 more than their budget. A．cost B．took C．spent D．required II. Paraphrase (20%) Directions: Explain in English the meaning of the underlined words or expressions in each sentence. 1. Many girls’ interests turn to marriage or stereotypically female jobs. 2. When students participate in classroom discussion, they hold more positive attitudes toward school, and that positive attitudes enhance learning. 3. Boys are more assertive in grabbing their attention-a classic case of the squeaky wheel getting the educational oil. 4. They give no sign that the possibility of an alternative ever suggests itself to their mind. 5. The tiger is said to have emerged, but presently crept back again, as if too much bewildered by his new responsibilities. 6. It alone prevents the hardest and the most repulsive walks of life from being deserted by those brought up to tread therein. 7. It is not surprising that they need some stimulus to use the foreign language for natural purposes. 8. The relationship is a formal and formalized one for which conventionalities suffice. 9. This confident attitude is very fragile and can be stifled quite early. 10. He supposed that nobody could ever countenance waging war again. 11. In such a perverse state of affairs, affairs of state tend to undergo some rather bizarre reversals. 12. An author is evading his responsibilities, if he is not intelligible. 13. I suggest in return that this attitude betrays either laziness or affectation. It is the abdication of authorship. 14. He is not fetching up thoughts that lie too deep for tears. 15. Power, travel, external security, free time, and other blessings are potentially available to the affluent. 16. Religious groups and those who elevate the status of poverty as they equate money with evil exhort us to live simply. 17. Psychologists generally agree that they set the stage for schizophrenia. 18. He had rushed them along to secure such openings about the deck as had not been already battened down earlier in the evening. 19. Such is the prestige, the privilege, and the burden of command. 20. It unveiled the black figures of men caught on the bridge, heads forward, as if petrified in the act of butting.
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Lesson 1 Vocabulary A．Look up the following words and phrases．Select the meaning that best suits the sentence in which each appears． 1．the state of being human 2．harmless or trivial lie，esp．one told in order to avoid hurting sb． 3．person regarded as a disgrace or a failure by other members of his family or group 4．to defeat 5．stating sth．as truth firmly and forcefully 6．to make the greatest possible effort 7．mistaken 8．lack of 9．rallying call Explain the following in your own words，bringing out any implied meanings 1．It is no easy job to educate a people who have been told over centuries that they were inferior and of no importance to see that they are humans，the same as any other people． 2．If you break the mental shackles imposed on you by white supremacists，if you really respect yourself，thinking that you are a Man，equal to anyone else，you will be able to take part in the struggle against racial discrimination． 3．The liberation of mind can only be achieved by the Negro himself／herself．Only when he／she is fully convinced that he／she is a Man／Woman and
《高级英语》考试试卷（A） 考试时间：120 分钟 I. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words and phrases. Not surprising really when you think what his parents are like. 2.With that possibility in mind, I shall find the murderer __________. 3.Modern liberalism is fundamentally ___ ________ with democratic government because it demands results that ordinary people would not freely choose. 4.In the extension of medical services to all the people, the qualified medical and hospital facilities already established are utilized __________. 5.Moving to Spain will be better for you __ ________. 6.Farmers have ____________ the government for help. 7. A great many worries can ________ him ______ active participation in work and life. 8.So much is happening in the world of science that it’s difficult to __________ all the latest developments. 9.Those individuals and companies confined to all-domestic operations are most likely to suffer by lower prices and have been among those most ____________ tariff protection. 10.What happened today does nothing to diminish it. We must _________ on manned space mission. II. Paraphrase the following sentences, especially paying attention to the underlined part. （20%） 1. The plutonium would then be vaporized and released into the environment; and there goes Florida. (Jenny Clanton) 2. Two failures in nine trips are great in baseball, but not when we’re dealing with nuclear payloads. (Jenny Clanton) 3. If a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor… (John F. Kennedy) 4. … to remember that in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside. (John F. Kennedy) 5. And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house. (John F. Kennedy) 6. Let us redouble our exertions, and strike with united strength while life and power remain. (Winston Churchill) 7. All this fades away before the spectacle which is now unfolding. (Winston Churchill) 8. The scene will be clear for the final act, without which all his conquests will be in vain. (Winston Churchill) 9. …affection which is received should liberate the affection which is to be given, and only where both exist in equal measure does affection achieve its best possibilities. (Bertrand Russell) 10. Evidently this springs from some defect in their nature, but it is one not altogether easy either to diagnose or to cure. (Bertrand Russell) III. Point out the rhetorical device in the underlined part of each sentence and