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阜阳师范学院20012002学年第2学期高级英语（第二册）A卷Directions: 1. Write all your answers on the Answer Sheet2. You must hand in both your test book and your Answer SheetI. Vocabulary (10%)1. I was feeding one of the (s) in the public garden.a. gazelle b. gazette c. geese d. game2. Most of Morocco is so that no wild animal bigger than a hare can live on it.a . barren b. desolate c. bleak d. dull3. Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of those problems which divide us.a. bespeaking b. beholding c. belaboring d. befriending 4. United, there is little we cannot do in a of co-operative ventures. a. toast b. most c. cost d. host5. Keen , calculating, perspicacious , acute and I was all of them. a. astride b. astral c. asteroid d. astute 6. “Oh yes ” He cried, clutching the greasy _ to him .a. felt b. melt c. pelt d. belt 7. And the whole they have set upon thin, brick piers . a. prevaricate b. preposterous c. preponderant d. preparative 8. I award this championship only after laborious research and _ prayer. a. indecent b. indent c. indeed d. incessant 9. This they have converted into a thing of clapboards, with a narrow, low pitched roof.a. dingo b. bingo c. lingo d. dingy 10. Meanwhile, the true intellectuals were far from .a. clattered b. tattered c. flattered d. mattered II. Paraphrase the following sentences (20%) 1. But there is one thought which every white man (and in this connection it doesnt matter two-pence if he calls himself a socialist) thinks when he sees a black army marching past.2. Instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of Jews, many of them old grandfathers with flowing grey beards, al clamoring for a cigarette. Even a blind man somewhere at the back of one of the booths heard a rumor of cigarettes and came crawling out, groping in the air with his hand. 3. But in the American village and small town the pull is always toward ugliness, and in that Westmoreland valley it has been yielded to with an eagerness bordering upon passion。4. A good job Hitler wasnt here. Perhaps he was on his way, however. You hear the usual dark rumors about Jews, not only from the Arabs but from the poorer Europeans.5. , the file of old women had hobbled past the house with their firewood, and though they had registered themselves on my eyeballs I cannot truly say that I had seen them.6. Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind?7. And if a beachhead of co-operation may the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secured and the peace preserved.8. She was not yet of pin-up proportions, but I felt sure that time would supply the lack. She already had the makings.9. It is as if some titanic and aberrant genius, uncompromisingly inimical to man, had devoted all the ingenuity of Hell to the making of them.10. But they chose that clapboarded horror with their eyes open, and having chosen it, they let it mellow into its present shocking depravity.III. Fill in the blanks with words or expressions marked with A, B, C, or D. (10%)1. _the donkeys are damnably treated.A. There is no question thatB. There is no question which C. It is no question thatD. It is little question that2. , there was _remedy for the sensitive mind _ immigrate to Europe where “they do things better.”A. nobutB. littlebut C. littlebut toD. littleexcept3. _, Polly fitted these specifications perfectly.A. One thing omittedB. With one omission C. Except one omissionD. Except for one omission4. In a hot country, anywhere south of Gibraltar or east of Suez, _ you dont even see him.A. the fact is B. a mere chance is C. you have much chanceD. the chances are5. The little crowd of mournersall men and boys, no women_the market place between the piles of pomegranates and the taxis and the camels, wailing a short chant over and over again. A. threaded their waythroughB. broke their way through C. winded their way throughD. worked their way in6.thanks to a lifetime of sitting in this position his left leg is _.A. wrapped out of shapeB. warped out of shapeC. warping out of shapeD. warped out of shape 7. _is that the corpse here are never put into coffins, they are merely wrapped in a piece of rags and carried on a rough wooden bier on the shoulders of four friends.A. That appeals to the flies B. What is appealed to the fliesC. What appeals to the flies D. What appeal to the flies8. Along the edges of the fields channels are _a depth of thirty or forty feet to get at the tiny trickles which run through the subsoil.A. hacked out toB. hacking out toC. hacked intoD. hacked off9. _become downright black, _ it is still sightly, especially if its trimmings are of white stone.A. Let itand B. Let itx C. If itand D. Even ifand10. When you go through the Jewish quarters you _ what the medieval ghettoes were probably like.A. gather together some idea ofB. gather yourself up some idea of C. gather some idea of D. you gained some idea ofIV. Identification of the rhetorical devices (10%) 1. And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion 2. the boast and pride of the richest and grandest nation ever seen on earth 3. Obviously, if there were architects of any professional sense or dignity in the region, they would have perfected a chalet to hug the hillsides4. This loomed as a project no small dimensions, and at first I was tempted to give her back to Petey. 5. Otherwise you have committed a Dicto Simpliciter.6. Long lines of women, bent double like inverted capital Ls, work their way slowly across the field7.There is a limit to what flesh and blood can bear.8.We had reached an international stature that would forever prevent us from retreating behind the artificial walls of a provincial morality or the geographical protection of our full bordering Oceans.9. to battle for success 10.Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.V. Read the following passage and answer questions: (20%)Questions: 1. According to the passage, the notion that their fighting had “made the world safe for democracy” was outmoded, why? Had their fighting really made the world safe for democracy? If yes, state your reasons. If not, state your reasons. (5%)2. Why was it bitter for the returning veteran to return for the battlefields? (3%) 3. How do you understand the phrase “a good taste”? (2%) 4. How do you understand the two “give” in the last sentence of this passage? (5%) 5. Write a summary of this passage in 50 words. (5%) Naturally, the spirit of carnival and enthusiasm for high military adventure were soon dissipated once the eager young men had received a good taste of twentieth century warfare. To their lasting glory, they fought with distinction, but it was a much more altered group of soldiers who returned form the battlefield in 1919. Especially was this true of the college contingent, whose idealism had led them to enlist early and who had generally seen a considerable amount of action. To them, it was bitter to return to a home town virtually untouched by the conflict, whose citizens still talked with the naive Fourth-of-July bombast they themselves had been guilty of two or three years earlier. It was even more bitter to find that their old jobs had been taken by the stay-at-homes, that business was suffering a recession that prevented the opening up of new jobs, and that veterans were considered problem children and less desirable than non-veterans for whatever business opportunities that did exist. Their homes were often uncomfortable to them; they had outgrown town and families and had developed a sudden bewildering world-weariness which neither they nor their relatives could understand. Their energies had been whipped up and their naivete destroyed by the war and now, in sleepy Gopher Prairies all over the country, they were being asked to curb those energies and resume the pose of self-deceiving Victorian innocence that they now felt to be as outmoded as the notion that their fighting had “made the world safe for democracy.” And, as if home town conditions were not enough, the returning veteran also had to face the sodden, Napolenic cynicism of Versailles, the hypocritical do-goodism of Prohibition, and the smug patriotism of the war profiteers. Something in the tension-ridden youth of America had to “give” and, after a short period of bitter resentment, it “gave” in the form of a complete overthrow of genteel standards of behaviour. VI.Read the following passages and choose the correct answer to each question that follows (15%)Passage 1UNCLE LOTAnd so I am to write a storybut of what, and where? Shall it be radiant with the sky of Italy or eloquent with the beau ideal of Greece? Shall it breathe odor and languor from the orient, or chivalry from the occident or gaiety from France? or vigor from England? No, no; these are all too oldtoo romance-liketoo obviously picturesque for me. No; let me turn to my own landmy own. New England; the land of bright fires and strong hearts; the land of deeds, and not of words; the land of fruits, and not of flowers; the land often spoken against, yet always respected; The latches of whose shoes the nations of the earth are not worthy to unloose.Now from this very heroic apostrophe, you may suppose that I have something very heroic to tell. By no means. it is merely a little introductory breeze of patriotism, such as occasionally brushes over every mind, bearing on its wings the remembrance of all we ever loved of cherished in the land of our early years; and if it should seem to be rodomontade to any people in other parts of the earth, let them only imagine it to be said about Old Kentucky, old England, or any other corner of the world in which they happened to be born and they will find it quite rational.But, as touching our story, it is time to being. Did you every see the little village of Newbury, in New England I dare say you never did; for it was just one of those out-of-the-way places where nobody every came unless they came on purpose: a green little hollow, wedged like a birds nest between half a dozen high hills, that kept off the wind and kept out foreigners; so that the little place was as straightly sui generis as if there were not another in the world. The inhabitants were all of that respectable old steadfast family who make it a point to be born, bred, married, to die, and be buried all in the selfsame spot. There were just so many houses, and just so many people lived in them; and nobody ever seemed to be sick, or to die either, at least while I was there. The natives grew old till they could not grow any older, and then they stood still, and lasted from generation to generation. There was, too, an unchangeability about all the externals of Newbury. Here was a red house, and there was a brown house, and across the way was a yellow house; and there was a straggling rail fence or a tribe of mullein stalks between. The minister lived here, and Squire Moses lived there, and Deacon Hart lived under the hill, and Messrs. Nadab and Abihu Peters lived by the crossword, and the old wider Smith lived by the meeting-house, and Ebenezer Camp kept a shoemakers shop on one side, and Patience Mosely kept a milliners shop in front; and there was old Comfort Scran, who kept store for the whole town, and sold axeheads, brass thimbles, licorice balls, fancy handkerchiefs, and everything else you can think of. Here, too, was the general post-office, where you might see letters marvelously folded, directed wrong side upward, stamped with a thimble, and superscribed to some of the Dollys, or Pollys, or Peters, or Moseses forenamed or not named.For the rest, as to manners, morals, arts, and sciences, the people in Newbury always went to their parties at three oclock in the afternoon, and came home before dark; always stopped all work the minute the sun was down on Saturday night; always went to meeting on Sunday; had a schoolhouse with all the ordinary inconveniences; were in neighborly charity with each other; read their Bibles, feared their God, and were content with such things as they hadthe best philosophy, after all.1.In the first paragraph the author contrasts the East and the West asA indolent and gallant.B charming and rude.C foreign and familiar.D passive and aggressive.2.In the second paragraph we can see that the author assumes her readersA prefer rigorous arguments.B share similar feelings.C need a lot of persuading.D dislike figurative language.3.The author chooses New England as her subject matter because she knows it well and because its inhabitants areA talkative rather than diligent.B productive rather than self-indulgent.C romantic rather than serious.D charming rather than admired.4.The facts in the passage indicate that village of Newbury isA accustomed to seeing vagabonds.B a densely populated area. C socially and politically progressive.D located in a remote part of the country.5.The authors view of Newbury isA retrospective.B detached. C impartial.D skeptical.Passage 2NEW SPIN ON TRACKING DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOESAs spring unfolds across North America, tornadoes once again are in the news. its a reminder that the United States is the severe-storm capital of the world.Describing this status recently in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Elbert W. Friday Jr., National Weather Service director, observed that “the United States experiences more severe local storms and flooding than any to her country in the world.” He added that a typical year brings “some 10,000 violent thunderstorms, 5,000 floods, and 1,000 tornadoes.Yet the country is not helpless before this onslaught. Thanks to advances in meteorological knowledge and in the forecast and warning system, the tornado death rate, for example, has been cut in half in recent decades. Its down from nearly 2,000 per decade 60 years ago to less than 1,000 per decade today.Now the weather service is poised for what Mr. Friday calls “a meteorological revolution.” Sharp-eyed new radars, more vigilant weather satellites, and computerized-information handling will bring what he calls “dramatic improvements in.forecasts and. detection of and warnings for severe weather.” This is particularly true for tornadoes.These funnel-shaped circulations develop in association with severe thunderstorms. As the National Center of Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Color., explains, the funnels often form at the thundercloud base. But tornado spotters also have to watch whats happening on the ground. The first clue may be swirling dust and debris.Of the 710 to 1,000 tornadoes reported annually in the US, about 79 percent are what the American meteorological Society calls “weak.” About 20 percent are “strong”. About I percent are “violent.”Weak funnels last under 10 minutes and have wind speeds on the order of 110 miles per hour(m.p.h.) They leave ground tracks less than a mile long and 100 yards wide. Although called “weak,” they are potentially dangerous, while their short lifetimes make timely warnings difficult.Strong tornadoes last from 10 minutes to more than two hours. maximum winds, as estimated from damage surveys, range up to 280 mph or higher. A single thunderstorm cell may produce these powerful tornadoes in cycles. Each such sequence may last for tens of minutes. It can leave damage trails over 100 miles long by 1,000 yards wide.Tornadoes have touched down throughout North America in every month of the year. But NCAR notes that they occur predominantly over the Great Plains and Midwest and are common in Eastern states and the Gulf of Mexico. Their region of most frequent occurrence begins near the Gulf Coast in March and shifts toward Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska by May and June.A weather satellite launched April 13 will help forecasters monitor this tornado “season.” The $220 million GOES-8 (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite), the first of five improved weather “eyes,” can pinpoint storms to within 1.2 miles, compared with 6.2 to 12.4 miles for the old system.A new class of radars is also part of the meteorological “revolution.” Unlike their predecessors, they sense motion of clouds, rain, and wind-borne debris. There will be 150 such radar sites. The National Weather Service will have 121. The Federal Aviation Agency and the Department of Defense will operate the other installations and share data with the Weather Service.6. When compared to other countries, the passage states that the United StatesA has a greater number of serious storms.B fails to predict most violent thunderstorms.C never experiences typhoons.D is often hit by hurricanes.7. According to paragraph four, the US Weather Service isA reluctant to change.B on the brink of change.C inefficient and outdated.D already technologically advanced.8. The facts in the passage t