高级英语练习题含答案(第二册) (5)VIP

1 Lesson Five Love is a Fallacy I Words explanation 1 fallacy A religious belief B false belief C bankruptcy D dropping 2 incredulous A unbelieving B increasing C industrious D unimproved 3 scalpel A a carpet B a piece of bread C a small light knife D a rising market 4 perspicacious A determinate B flagitious C prestigious D discerning 5 trauma A emotional shock B mental work C the state of not having enough D a reinforced structure for observers 6 shed A take shelter B prevent from C lose hair D keep company with 7 pedantic A of a person who likes music B of a person who pays attention to unimportant news C of a person who stresses on sports D of a person who emphasizes trivial points of learning 8 desist A insist on B cease C heckle D castrate 9 proportions A property B portions C massages D dimensions 10 waif A homeless child B wandering musician C countryman D smuggler 11 perspiration A convincing B encouraging C pledging D sweating 12 blubber 2 A speak quickly B talk repeatedly C say with sobs D say with hiccups 13 modulate A make a change in the tone B cause to do or believe sth C make or become soft D change the place or position 14 infamy A being famous for B being shameful C being honest D being refused 15 contrite A sad B honest C penitent D overjoyed 16 wax A grow bigger or greater B become less or smaller C drop heavily D cover with thick coating 17 acme A large group of plants B highest point C sharp crisis D highest mountain peak 18 veer A move forward B look sideways C change directions D pour out 19 exultant A triumphant B foreign C exhausted D overflowing 20 unsightly A invisible B ugly C precipitate D provisional 21 testy A examining B proving C impatient D judging 22 fracture A break B combine C disagree D repeat 23 tug A pull B push C place C fix 24 covet A surround B cover C avoid D desire 3 25 gruelling A complaining B moaning C tiring D unwilling 26 mince A decrease B minimize C increaseD euphemize 27 clap A strike B walk C fall downD climb up 28 wince A push forward B draw back C incise up D draw out 29 qualify A equal B propose C restrict D count 30 chink A a precise piece B a small piece C a big valley D a narrow opening 31 shamble A walk in an awkward way B tremble terribly C close in mild way D shine brightly 32 contrite A permitting easily B seeing clearly C feeling regret D looking worried 33 chirp A a long loud sound B a short low pitched sound C a low murmuring sound D a short high pitched sound 34 contradict A take out B be contrary to C withdraw D be relevant to 35 immovable A permanent B quick C immediate D cold 36 penetrate A spread B pierce C take part D formulate 37 specification A a blank or empty area B a detailed exact statement of particulars C a partial excuse D the evolutionary formation of new biological species 38 scrap A special place B particular area C small piece D unseen item 4 39 tremendous A unique B genuine C unexpected D enormous 40 clutch A grasp tightly B hang loosely C touch softly D hold lightly II Complete the word according to the definition the first letter of which is given 1 to become less or weaker wane 2 juice which comes from meat while it is cooking gravy 3 to determine the nature of esp a disease from observation of symptoms diagnose 4 flat part of either side of the head between the forehead and the ear temple 5 medicine causing the bowels to empty themselves laxative 6 appointment between lovers to meet at a secret place tryst 7 large solid piece chunk 8 lose health and strength languish 9 named group of fixed stars constellation 10 deformed and mentally undeveloped person cretin 11 without denial admittedly 12 small piece of burning wood or coal in a dying fire ember 13 to make a loud deep noise like a bull bellow 14 widely known esp for sth bad notorious 15 art of placing or moving fighting forces for or during battle tactics 16 one such as a person or an object that is bulky clumsy or unwieldy hulk 17 to destine to an unhappy end doom 18 a bowl shaped depression at the mouth of a volcano crater 19 no longer burning or active extinct 20 showing initiative and willingness to undertake new projects enterprising 21 worth being remembered or noted memorable 22 to set free or keep free from restrictions or bonds unfetter 23 a business enterprise involving some risk in expectation of gain venture 24 lacking strength or firmness weak or spiritless limp 25 lacking vigor or energy flaccid 26 suitable for a particular person condition occasion or place fitting Appropriate 27 a specifically defined division in a system of classification a class Category 28 a branch of knowledge or teaching discipline 29 keenly perceptive or discerning penetrating acute 30 having or showing shrewdness and discernment especially with respect to one s own concerns astute 31 something taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation an assumption hypothesis 32 to engage in a formal discussion or argument debate 5 33 a massive variety of the mineral uraninite pitchblende 34 anger aroused by something unjust mean or unworthy indignation 35 a shrill often frantic cry shriek 36 a surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass and its matted roots turf 37 to make known something concealed or secret reveal 38 having the flavor or odor of game especially game that is slightly spoiled gamy 39 to thrust or throw forcefully into a substance or place plunge 40 the skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it pelt 41 to burn with little smoke and no flame smolder 42 something expected a possibility prospect 43 gilled with a specified element or elements fraught 44 a quality an ability or an accomplishment that makes a person suitable for a particular position or task qualification III Reading Comprehension 1 The writer wants to show that A love is a mistake a deception and an emotion that follows the principles in logic B love is an error and it has deceptive quality that does not follow the principles of logic C love is not a dry branch of learning and it is like a human being full of beauty and passion D love is a dry and learned discipline and girls do want brilliant gifted or educated husbands 2 The narrator claimed that his brain is just like A a jitterbug B a tunnel C an extinct crater D a precision instrument 3 According to the law student Petey was not A a faddist B a knot head C logical D unstable 4 You would go far to find another girl so agreeable means that A you would achieve much success if you could find another girl who was so agreeable B you would not achieve much success if you could find another girl who was so agreeable C it would be easy for you to find another girl who was as agreeable as Polly D it would be difficult for you to find another girl who was as agreeable as Polly 6 5 When he was ultimately rejected by Polly the law student thought he was A Frankenstein B Pygmalion C Petey Burch D Walter Pidgeon IV Point out some American colloquial expression from the text a month of Sundays dumb a casual kick fire away a deal will heeled laughs pin up keen kid nothing upstairs go steady get to date terrific mad Nuts Yummy guy dreamy knock me out darn knot head jitterbug V Why the chief attraction of Lesson Five is its humor The humor lies in five aspects 1 the title 2 the author s note 3 the contrast in the language 4 the ending 5 the choice of names VI Comment on the rhetorical devices of the following statements 1 There is a limit for what flesh and blood can bear synecdoche 2 The first man has poisoned the well before anybody could drink from it He has hamstrung his opponent before he could even start metaphor 3 It was like digging a tunnel simile 4 it is not often that one so young has such a giant intellect hyperbole 5 I was not Pygmalion I was Frankenstein and my monster had me by the throat allusion metonymy 6 Holy Toledo he repeated fifteen or twenty times hyperbole 7 Logic far from being a dry pedantic discipline is a living breathing thing full of beauty passion and trauma metaphor 8 Maybe somewhere in the extinct crater of her mind a few embers still smoldered Maybe somehow I could fan them into flame extended metaphor 9 but I was not one to let my heart rule my head metonymy 10 My brain that precision instrument slipped into high gear mixed metaphor VII Translation 1 一旦三峡工程竣工 其本身便成为世界上的一大创举 大坝坐落在长江上 游 载断巫山云雨 坐落在大坝上的巨大船闸能让万吨船舶顺利而过 如同 7 宫殿一样使人眼花缭乱的水利发电站通过广延的高压电网输送强大的电流 Once completed the Three Gorges Project itself will become a new wonder of the world The giant dam will stand upstream to hold back Wushan Mountain s clouds and rain A gigantic shiplock will stand there to lift towboats with a total tonnage up to 10 000 over the dam The hydropower station as dazzling as a palace will shoot out its mighty current through an exte