The Test Format of the Advanced Reading Course in the First
Semester
Part I. Reading Comprehension (35%)
Section A
Two reading passages (about 1700～2000 words) with 5 to 6 tasks. Section B The question types should be different in each task.
Part II. Rhetoric Identification (5%)
Direction: Read the following ten sentences carefully and then identify the figures of speech used in each of the sentences. Please write down the terms on the
Answer Sheet.
Part III. Vocabularies (15 %)
Section A. Multiple Choice(5 pts)
Directions: In each of the following 10 sentences there is a blank. Below each sentence are four choices marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). Decide which one of the four
choices is the most suitable for the blank and then mark your choice on the
Answer Sheet.
Section B. Word Completion (5 pts)
Directions:The beginning letter(s) of each word is given as a reminder. Please complete the following letters based on the definition offered. (10 items) Section C. Antonyms (5 pts)
Directions:Give antonyms of the following words, please. (10items)
Part IV. Paraphrase and Sentence transformation (20 %)
Section A. Paraphrase (10 pts)
Directions: Paraphrase the following underlined sentences in each paragraph and write your answers on your Answer Sheet. (10items)
Section B Sentence Transformation (10pts)
Directions: For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as close in meaning as possible to the original sentence, using the words given in
capital letters; these words must not be altered in any way. (10 items) Part V. Particle blank-filling (10%)
Directions:Fill in the following blanks with particles –prepositions, adverbs or articles. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet. (20 items)
Part VI. Translation based on requirements (15%)
Directions: Study the following sentences in Chinese or English carefully and do the translation. The words or phrases supplied in the bracket at the end of
each sentence should appear in your English version.
Section A. from Chinese into English (5 items)
Section B. from English into Chinese (5 items)
Note: 阅读、修辞及完形填空内容选自课本之外，其他部分内容应从课本内挑选（学生用书和练习册）。课本之外内容占45%～50%,来自课本内容为50%～55%。
这是我整理的，希望对大家有用。蓝色部分是重点词汇。 第一课 1、一条蜿蜒的小路隐没在树荫深处。 A winding path loses itself in the shadowy distance of the woods. 2、集市上有许多小摊子，出售的货物应有尽有。 At the bazaar, there are many stalls where goods of every conceivable kind are sold. 3、我真不知道到底是什么事让他如此生气。 I really don’t know what it is that has made him so angry. 4、新出土的铜花瓶造型优美，可有精细、复杂的传统图案。 The newly unearthed bronze vase is pleasing in form and engraved with delicate and intricate traditional designs. … 5、在山的那一边是一望无际的大草原。 Beyond the mountains there is a vast grassland that extends as far as the eye can see. 6、他们决定买那座带有汽车房的房子。 They decided to buy that house with a garage attached. 7、教师们坚持对学生严格要求。 The teachers make a point of be ing strict with the students. 8、这个小女孩很喜欢她的父亲。 The girl is very much attached to her father. 9、为了实现四个现代化，我们认为有必要学习国外的先进科学技术。 To achieve the four modernization, we make a point of learn ing from the advanced science and technology of other countries. | 10、黄昏临近时，天渐渐暗下来了。 As dusk fell, daylight faded away. 11徒工仔细地观察他的师傅，然后照着干。 The apprentice watched his master carefully and then followed suit. 12、吃完饭弗兰克常常帮助洗餐具。 Frank often took a hand in the washing-up after dinner.
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.
II . 1) little donkeys thread their way among the throngs of people. little donkeys went in and out among the people and from one side to another 2) Then as you penetrate deeper into the bazaar, the noise of the entrance fades away, and you come to the muted cloth-market. Then as you pass through a big crowd to go deeper into the market, the noise of the entrance gradually disappear, and you come to the much quieter cloth-market. 3) they narrow down their choice and begin the really serious business of beating the price down they drop some of items that they don't really want and begin to bargain seriously for a low price. 4) he will price the item high, and yield little in the bargaining He will ask for a high price for the item and refuse to cut down the price by any significant amount. 5) As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge on your ear As you get near it, a variety of sounds begin to strike your ear. X．1) 一条蜿蜒的小路淹没在树荫深处 A zig-zag path loses itself in the shadowy distance of the woods. 2) 集市上有许多小摊子，出售的货物应有尽有At the bazaar there are many stalls where goods of every conceivable kind are sold. 3) 我真不知道到底是什么事让他如此生气。I really don't know what it is that has made him so angry. 4) 新出土的铜花瓶造型优美，刻有精细、复杂的传统图案。The newly unearthed bronze vase is pleasing in form and engraved with delicate and intricate traditional designs. 5) 在山的那边是一望无际的大草原。Beyond the mountains there is a vast grassland that extends as far as the eye can see. 6) 他们决定买那座带有汽车房的房子。They decided to buy that house with. a garage attached. 7 )教师们坚持对学生严格要求。The teachers make a point of being strict with the students.
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)
Lesson 1The Middle Eastern Bazaar 1)一条蜿蜒的小路淹没在树荫深处 2)集市上有许多小摊子，出售的货物应有尽有 3)我真不知道到底是什么事让他如此生气。 4)新出土的铜花瓶造型优美，刻有精细、复杂的传统图案。 5)在山的那边是一望无际的大草原。 6)他们决定买那座带有汽车房的房子。 7）教师们坚持对学生严格要求。 8）这个小女孩非常喜欢他的父亲。 9）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。 10）黄昏临近时，天渐渐地暗下来了。 11）徒工仔细地观察他的师傅，然后照着干。 12）吃完饭弗兰克常常帮助洗餐具。Frank often took a hand in the washing-up after dinner. Lesson 2 Hiroshima-the Livest city in Japan 1)礼堂里一个人都没有，会议一定是延期了。 2)那本书看上去很像个盒子。
3)四川话和湖北话很相似，有时很难区别。 4)一看见纪念碑就想起了在战斗中死去的好友。 5)他陷入沉思之中，没有例会同伴们在谈些什么。 6)他干的事与她毫无关系。 7)她睡不着觉，女儿的病使她心事重重。 8)这件事长期以来一直使我放心不下。 9)他喜欢这些聚会，喜欢与年轻人交往并就各种问题交换意见。 10)大家在几分钟以后才领悟他话中的含义。 11)土壤散发着青草的气味。 12)我可以占用你几分钟时间吗？ 13)你能匀出一张票子给我吗？ 14)那个回头发上了年纪的人是铜匠。 Lesson 4 Everyday Use for your grandmama 1.一场大火把贫民区三百多座房子夷为平地。 2.只要你为人正直，不怕失去什么，那你对任何人都不会畏惧。
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.
高级英语翻译[试题] 1. 她，一个瘦弱多病的女孩子，以她坚强的毅力写出了一部部催人泪下的奋进小 说。(同位语语序)
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2. 这 3 个县经历了那场中国 70 年代第四次较为严重的遍及数省的自然灾害。 (英文定语的语序)
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3. 这首歌并不曾继续多久，就和笛声共同消失在黑暗里了。(拆开状语从句) The singing did not last very long.Soon，together with the sound of the flute it faded away in the darkness. DXDiTa9E3d
4. 说毕，张道士方退出去。这里贾母与众人上了楼，在正面楼上归坐。凤姐 等占了东楼。(合句法)
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5. 这日他比平日起得迟，看见她已经伏在洗脸台上擦脖子，肥皂的泡沫就如 大螃蟹嘴上的水泡一般，
高高的堆在两个耳朵后面。(缩句法)
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《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