高英复习题

I Multiple Choice:(30%) Section 1: Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined part (20%). 1. The stalled Middle Eastern situation has arrested world attention. a. caught b. seized c. occupied d. empowered 2. It is just conceivable that he’ll win, but it’s very unlikely really. a. expected b. imaginable c. supposed d. presumed 3. After a decade of military conflicts the two parties finally faced each other at the bargaining table. a. purchasing b. negotiating c. quarrelling d. performing 4. The High Court demanded that he interpret his involvement in the bribery scandal. a. verify b. present c. account d. acknowledge 5. Eighteen as she was, she was unable to live alone due to the frailties of her personality. a. sophistication b. characteristics c. weaknesses d. experiences 6. The US launched military attacks on Iraq for the purpose of establishing its possession of weapons of mass destruction. a. setting up b. building c. constructing d. ascertaining 7. The glaring of the sun makes all stars invisible. a. coldness b. darkness c. brightness

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d. hotness 8. The news was such a shock that it still hasn’t really sunk in yet. a. collapsed b. been comprehended c. been soaked d. been leaked 9. The film star has an incredible car in addition to a large house. a. terrible b. incongruous c. incredulous d. unbelievable 10. The weatherman said, “It will be chilly this afternoon.” a. hot b. wet c. turbid d. cold 11. Since he has to finish his report, you’d better not to lure him. a. help b. speak to c. attract d. disturb 12. He patted his forehead with his book. a. dabbed b. covered c. rubbed d. lay 13. His plan sounds practicable, so you’d better carry it out. a. useless b. feasible c. worthy d. feeble 14. The jury were asked to consider their verdict at noon the following day. a. decree b. finding c. outcome d. judgment 15. Mr. Woodward adored his wife and wanted to do everything to please her. a. hated b. admonished c. loved d. abated 16. It is regrettable that his watch was badly abused by his brother. a. battered b. repaired

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c. fixed d. mauled 17. President Bush will be unable to pass a new constitution without the assent of parliament. a. agreement b. account c. subscribe d. support 18. The wild and rampant spread of AIDS forced a vigorous war against the disease. a. prolonged b. lengthy c. powerful d. pretentious 19. The remarks by leaders of the Taiwan authority met with scathing criticism from all sides a. bitter b. static c. dynamic d. gentle 20. It is our firm conviction that every effort should be made to preserve world peace. a. certainty b. belief c. fever d. assurance Section 2 Choose the most appropriate answer to fill in each of the blanks.(10%) 21. At last this intermezzo ______, and I found myself in front of the gigantic City Hall. a. came to an end b. came to the end c. came to end d. came to ending 22. I suppose they will be ______ in hordes. a. gathered up b. collected up c. piled up d. rounded up 23. 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 all 24. In June 1941 Hitler suddenly ______ an attack on Russia. a. launched

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b. exerted c. developed d. created 25. Some government officials ______ public funds and expend them in an extravagant way. a. flip over b. flit about c. flunk out d. flirt with 26. I am a fisherman ______. a. by trade b. for trade c. on trade d. of trade 27. I couldn’t sleep last night because the tap in the bathroom was ____. a. draining b. dropping c. spilling d. dripping 28. She was sanding outside in the snow, ____ with cold. a. spinning b. shivering c. shaking d. staggering 29. The few Americans and Germans seemed just as _____ as I was. a. constrained b. curbed c. inhibited d. withheld 30. Mark Twain had become a very _______ man during his later life, which was reflected in his writings. He believed that the world was wrong, where people achieved nothing. a. sarcastic b. ironic c. cynical d. sentimental II Translation (20%) 1．新出土的铜花瓶造型优美，刻有精细、复杂的传统图案。(please) 2．她陷入沉思中，没有理会同伴们在谈什么。(oblivious of) 3．迈克的特点正是如此。 (all over) 4．洞庭湖盛产鱼虾。 (teem ) 5．三个证人出庭作证，证明他无罪。(testify) 6．Then as you penetrate deeper into the bazaar, the noise of the entrance fades away, and you come to the muted cloth market.

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7．The very act of stepping on this soil, in breathing this air of Hiroshima, was for me a far greater adventure than any trip or any reportorial assignment I had previously taken. 8．I have only one purpose, the destruction of Hitler, and my life is much simplified thereby. 9．The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind. 10．Bitterness fed on the man who had made the world laugh. III. Paraphrase (20%)： 1．The shopkeepers speak in slow, measured tones, and the buyers, overwhelmed by the sepulchral atmosphere, follow suit. 2．The red of the live coals glowing bright and then dimming rhythmically to the strokes of the bellows. 3．…he will price the item high, and yield little in the bargaining. 4．I must confess that I did not expect a speech about oyster here. 5．……the strange emotion which had overwhelmed me at the station returned……. 6．( …the news was brought to me of Hitler’s invasion of Russia) This changed conviction into certainty. 7. I suppose they will be rounded up in hordes. 8．He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto voice. 9．He participated abundantly in this life. 10．The case had erupted around my head IV. Name the figures of speech used in the following sentences.(one in each sentence)(10%) 1. The Washington Post, in an editorial captioned “Keep your Old Webster’s”… 2. America laughed with Mark Twain. 3. …and the cool support of the water. 4. My mother is a fish. 5. This is of no small importance. 6. But neither his vanity nor his purse is any concern of the dictionary’s. 7. Mr. Darwin Is Right-Inside. 8. Was I not at the scene of the crime? 9. A diplomat is a man who lies abroad. 10. … his pen would prove mightier than his pickax. V. Read the following passage and answer the questions. (20%) In legal terms, sexual harassment is any unwelcome sexual advance or conduct on the job that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. In real life, sexually harassing behavior ranges from repeated offensive or belittling jokes to a workplace full of offensive pornography to an outright sexual assault. It can happen to men and women, gay or straight -- in other words, sexual harassment

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is an equal opportunity offense. Fortunately, there are state and federal laws that protect workers from sexual harassment on the job. There are the same laws that protect workers from discrimination based on gender. At the federal level, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act forbids harassment. In addition, most states have their own fair employment practices laws that prohibit sexual harassment -- many of them more strict than the federal law. If you are being sexually harassed at work, there are a number of things that you should do to protect yourself. Initially, you can try telling the harasser to stop. Although this confrontation may be difficult for you, it is often the most effective way of dealing with harassment. Some experts say it works up to 90% of the time. When confronted directly, harassment is especially likely to end if it is at a fairly low level: off-color jokes, inappropriate comments about your appearance, tacky cartoons tacked onto the office refrigerator, or repeated requests for dates after you have said no. Clearly saying you want the offensive behavior to stop is important, because it lets the harasser know that the behavior is unwelcome -- which it must be in order to meet the legal definition of sexual harassment. It is also a crucial first step if you later decide to take more formal action against the harasser. If the harasser ignores your oral requests to stop, or if you are uncomfortable talking to the harasser face to face, write a succinct letter demanding an end to the behavior. Be sure to keep a copy. If communicating with the harasser doesn’t end the harassment, you should escalate your complaint within the company. Check your company’s employee handbook, personnel policies, or manual. Is there a sexual harassment or complaint policy? If so, follow it. If not, ask someone in the human resources or personnel department how to make a sexual harassment complaint. If you don’t get a good answer, complain to every manager and supervisor you can -- and document everything. Although it is often difficult to make a complaint at work, and you may prefer to skip this step, don’t. The U.S. Supreme Court has said that employees who fail to use their employer’s internal complaint procedure to make the company aware of sexual harassment and to give the company a chance to stop it -- cannot later hold the company liable in a lawsuit. This means that you are quite likely to lose in court -- should it come to that --if you don’t complain to your company first. Even if your company doesn’t have a formal complaint procedure, you can put the company on notice of the harassment. You can do this by making a complaint to the human resources department, telling your supervisor (or his or her supervisor) of the problem, or informing a company executive. Multiple choice questions (10%) 1. According to the first paragraph, which of the following statements about sexual harassment is NOT true? a. Debasing jokes are a kind of sexual harassment. b. It can happen to employees at work.

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c. h will create ah unfavorable working environment. d. It holds the same rate of occurrence on female and male. 2. According to the writer, which of the following best indicates the effectiveness of telling the harasser to stop? a. It is quite likely to end the low-lever harassment. b. It has much higher possibility of ending harassment. c. It can make the harasser know the behavior is unwelcome. d. It can benefit the later more formal action against the harasser. 3. According to the indirect quotation from the U.S. Supreme Court, we can infer that a. using the company’s complaint procedures to make a complaint is a prerequisite for submitting the lawsuit to the court b. workers should let the company know tile sexual harassment c. workers should ask the company to help them whenever they meet harassment d. the worker without using the company’s complaint procedures is in fact obliterating the company’s responsibilities 4. According to the passage, what should we probably do first when we encounter sexual harassment at work.’? a. Writing a letter demanding an end to the behavior. b. Complaining to the supervisors. c. Seeking help from the state and federal laws. d. Uttering requests to stop. 5. The main purpose of the writer is to a. define sexual harassment b. make the company aware of sexual harassment c. offer advice on how employees can protect themselves from sexual harassment at work d. discuss the seriousness of sexual harassment Writing (10%) Write a summary of this passage within 150 words.

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