综合英语试卷.doc

I. Sentence Completion: (20%)Directions: Each of the following sentences has a blank. Below each of them are four lettered words or phrases. Select the one to fill in it, which correctly completes the sentence in terms of both the meaning and idiomaticness.1. In O Captain! My Captain! the poet refers to the fallen captain as father, which represents his deep respect for President Lincoln and Lincolns role as Father of the _.a. North America; b. Union;c. South America;d. Central America.2. Walt Whitmans poem O Captain! My Captain! is _, a song that expresses sorrow for the death of American president Abraham Lincoln.a. an elegy;b. a sonnet; c. a sestina;d. an epic.3. Narrative poems, for example, tell stories and describe actions; lyric poems combine speech and song to express _ in varying degrees of verbal music.a. sadness;b. happiness;c. remorse;d. feeling.4. Poems are founded on the concrete and the specific - in details that stimulate our senses, for it is through our senses that we perceive the world. When such specific details appear in poems they are called _.a. images;b. rhymes;c. meters;d. feet.5. In A Song by Thomas Carew the term orient means east in its denotation. And it has other connotations such as _, etc., with beauties, fragrance, and overwhelming charms.a. a never-never land;b. a new-found land;c. a mysterious place;d. an unknown place6. In Lying in a Hammock on William Duffys Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota the poetic line about the droppings is a case of _, where horse manure becomes good bricks.a. antithesis;b. apostrophe;c. transferred epithet;d. hyperbole.7. King John and the Bishop is a _ dating back at least to the 16th century. The song recounts the poor relationship between King John and the archbishop of Canterbury, but is also an example of a riddle-song.a. folk-song; b. love song; c. pop song; d. dance song.8. King John demands the abbot of Canterbury to guess an answer to three questions that include all of the following except the one: _.a. What am I thinking?b. Where am I going? c. How much money am I worth? d. How long do I travel in a day?9. The phrase Thirty Pieces in King John and the Bishop are used originally in _ literature on the betrayal of Jesus, as in the poetic lines: Thirty pieces of silver! / Burns on the traitors brain; thirty pieces of silver! / Oh! it is hellish gain!a. Islamic b. Buddhist; c. Communist; d. Christian.10. MacMonagle thinks that literature has an _ function that enables us to go beyond the limits of our physical world and to share the experience and feelings of the people in other places on the earth.a. emotional b. empathetic; c. empirical; d. emphatic.11. Sainte-Beuve teaches us that a true classic enriches the human _ wealth, discovers new moral truth or interprets the existing truth in a new light; a true classic is expressed in a unique style that is common to all and all times.a. spiritual; b. natural; c. material; d. economic.12. William Yeats widely-held view is that poetry is the true reflection of poets _ struggle.a. power; b. ideological; c. revolutionary; d. internal.13. It is of _ opinion that different kinds of books should be read in different ways.a. Bacons; b. Jean Paul Sartres; c. Arthur Traces; d. Sainte-Beuves. 14. _ has enabled people even from a developing country like India to have access to the world information. No barriers can effectively keep people in the dark any more in todays world.a. Democratization of finance;b. The creative destruction;c. Democratization of technology;d. Democratization of information.15. In O Captain! My Captain! the nation is symbolized by the ship, the _ by the voyage, and the martyred President by the captain of the ship.a. Cold War;b. Korean War;c. Civil War;d. Nuclear War16. Poetry can be classified as narrative or lyric. Narrative poems stress _, and lyrics song. Each of these types has numerous subdivisions: narrative poetry includes the romance, ballad, etc; lyric poetry includes the epigraph, sonnet and sestina, villanelle, etc.a. meter; b. rhythm;c. action; d. music.17. According to Thomas Friedman, the Lexus represents advancement in technologies and the pursuit of a _while the Olive Tree represents peoples cultural origins and traditions.a. more fertile land;b. higher living standard;c. greater material resources;d. inexhaustible water18. All the basic elements of human motivation are potentially there in the story of Cain and Abel: the need for sexual intimacy, for _ and for a sense of identity and community.a. physical love;b. universal love;c. mental health;d. adequate sustenance.19. As market forces emerge in China the country cannot avoid the turbulence of economic progress - what the economists call the churn, which refers to the creative destruction that _.a. appears as a great potential of power for the development of the country;b. reallocates labor and capital resources to their most profitable uses;c. enables an economy to revitalize itself by eliminating inefficiency;d. makes an astonishing growth by its determination to implement a market economy.20. The Hopkins-Nanjing Centre, established in 1986 with high-level support from both the American and Chinese governments, seeks to _.a. handle some bitter conflicts over their vital interest;b. promote mutual academic exchange between the two countries;c. conduct comprehensive study on the Sino-American cultural traditions;d. develop a broad understanding between the two countries.II. Contextual Explanation (20%)Directions: Each of the following sentences has an underlined word or phrase. Below each of them are four lettered words or phrases. Choose the one that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined part.1. The Chinese government has taken important policy-making measures, but the country still has to wean itself from the old system characterized by the state-owned sector.a. step by step stop depending on; b. gradually stop to depend on;c. stop and depend on progressively but slowly;d. stop itself depending on as soon as it can2. Even though the state-owned enterprises filled as many as two thirds of jobs nationwide, the economic development has been even more dramatic when it comes to output.a. as long as it indicates GNP; b. when it refers to output; c. as far as output is concerned;d. the moment the community-owned sector is mentioned.3. Only someone whos done it can know what its like to be housemaid. The food is too cold or too hot, too sally or too bland. You are at the mercy of someone elses fussiness. And you have to keep your wits about you.a. must be able to stop someone harming you because you are under his control; b. have to be alert to any danger threatening you; c. must be able to raise and keep yourself in a raised position by means of support.d. have to be aware of what is happening around you and ready to give a quick response to it; 4. When the economic reform began in china, people in Wenzhou were ready to capitalize on the opportunities to develop a self-reliant entrepreneurial spirit. a. take hold of;b. take charge of;c. take advantage of;d. take control of.5. The people, after years of government that submitted to the dictates of IMF, took to the street and threw out the centre-left Fernando De la Rua Administration.a. went out to the street in protest;b. staged protest in favor of the government;c. went on an anti-war mass demonstration;d. joined in a peaceful pro-democracy march.6. And at their worst, when these obsessions really run amok, as with the Nazis in Germany, the obsessions with the olive trees would lead to the extermination of others.a. regret the occasion to rue the day;b. get out of control;c. are ended as an inevitable processes;d. have to suffer criticism7. At their best, olive trees can provide the feelings of self-esteem as essential for human survival as food in the belly; at their worst, when taken to excess, an obsession with them can lead us to forge identities based on the exclusion of others. a. when they are admired as much as necessary;b. when they are planted excessively;c. when they are all cut down everywhere; d. when they are worshipped too much.8. The poor countries of the periphery are forced to fall in line by the pressure of the economic and political muscle that the QUAD member states exert to target at them. a. obey the rules imposed by the Quadrilateral Group;b. disregard the rules created by the group of the four powers;c. violate the rules changed by the four developed countries;d. adopt the rules formulated by a few powerful countries. 9. Even those who are highly literate and who read serious literature, oftentimes succumb to the pleasures of listening and watching in preference to reading.a. provide;b. forgo;c. enjoy;d. give.10. After that I went with the Darbys more and more, and I like them. And I also kept in with them for the opportunity of meeting people, and Mum and Dad were pleased that I had made nice friends.a. ruined her friendship with;b. continued her troubled relationship with;c. re-established her spiritual connection with;d. remained friends with.11. He still didnt know where the other eighteen thousand was coming from. His son was up to his ears in debt and he hadnt even got to America yet! How would he ever pay it back? Oh Ah Ping, Ah Ping, you are thirty thousand dollars in debt!a. was deep in debt;b. was up to a point; c. was up to certain standards in performance;d. was in a difficult situation, esp. facing two disagreeable choice.12. “Dont feel bad, AH Ping will send you a hundred yuan every month for your old age”, said Zhou. “All I want is for him to remember to write to me,” Mrs Zhang squeezed out a smile and as her tears began to flow again. a. managed a smile to show her sadness;b. returned his smile to extend thanks;c. forced a smile to try to look happy;d. flashed a smile to display her indifference.13. His son was babbling away, racking his brain for things to say to Rev. Peck. He was doing quite well in English. After all Zhou had hired a private tutor for him at three yuan an hour. a. continuing great efforts to find a solution; b. pretending to know the answer;c. trying to produce a satisfactory reply;d. thinking hard and trying to work out something.14. But Zhou had been knocking about in Chongqing for eight years already, he really didnt want to do more of the same in some foreign countries. If only he had been together with his elder brother to make their fortunes. a. passing the time in an idle and wasteful way;b. spending his early youth in a carefree way;c. reliving his misspent years in a practical way;d. recapturing his lost youth in a clever way.15. As his wife assented to his every instruction, Zhou sensed that his tottering authority had been shored up once more.a. respected; b. supported; c. questioned;d. challenged.16. And sometimes they had people who were very down and out, although there is no need to be. But most of the guests were different, so it made a comparison with the boys at the office.a. poor and lacking means;b. smart and intelligent;c. beautiful and innocent;d. grave and gracious17. When I got my salary, Heygate said, “Well, Lorna, what will you do with your first pay?” I didnt like him saying this, and I nearly passed a comment, but I said, “I dont know”.a. uttered inappropriate remarks;b. offered careless remarks;c. gave unfriendly remarks;d. delivered casual remarks.18. Night and day Zhou grappled with the problem of sending his son overseas. The ways of the world were unfathomable. She wanted nothing more than to be near her son each day.a. tried to investigate;b. stepped up the efforts to foresee;c. strived to complicate;d. struggled to tackle. 19. Zhous wife snapped on the light indignantly without interrupting her stream of rebuke, “Might as well have thrown that 120-yuan ginseng root into the sea. Her brother-in-law is good at faking poverty”.a. losing his wealth;b. pretending to be poor;c. growing immensely rich;d. having moderate means.20. The people in the village think that she has struck it rich in Shanghai, otherwise why does her prospective daughter-in-law keep asking for things: yarn, sewing machine. Forget it!a. earned a lot of money all of a sudden; b. collected much money beyond expectations; c. enjoyed long-term success without doubt;d. experienced eventual achievement beyond belief.III. Understanding & Expression 15% Directions: Explain each of the following sentences in your own words, and take care of your expression of the implied meaning in each of the original sentences.1. I am also glad that I didnt go to the grammar school, because of what it does to ones habits.2. Zhou weighed his words carefully and his fluent English lent them even greater impact. He wasnt just pulling words out of the air on the spur of the moment; he was speaking from his heart.3. Its a threat which comes both from inside the school walls and outside the school walls.4. Rev. Peck was as good as his word, entirely worthy of his calling.5. We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.IV. Chinese Translation 5% Directions: Translate into Chinese each of the following phrases. And feel certain that your target language is natural to the native expression. 1. investment grade rating; 2. home mortgage; 3. hedge funds;4. sovereign debt crisis; 5. genetically modified food; 6. capital intensive enterprise; 7. broad band internet services;8. high performance microprocessor; 9. urban permanent residency permit;10. personal digital assistant.V. Reading Comprehension 20%Directions: Below each of the following passages there are incomplete statements about the passage, which are followed by lettered expressions. Select the one that most satisfactorily completes each statement in accordance with the passage.Questions 1 to 5 are based upon the following passageFreer trade with China and other developing nations will mean greater churn in the US, speeding the shift of resources toward technology and services. Some workers will lose jobs and some companies will lose markets, but the churn will replace them with other better jobs in new higher-value-added industries. In fact the capital-intensive manufacturing job losses blamed on trade are more likely the result of better technology that enables companies to 5 produce more with fewer workers. Yet even this wholly misguided piece of industrial policy pales beside the greater lunacy of the farm bill that has emerged from Congress. Hitherto it has been the Americans who have led the charge against the agricultural protection in EU and Japan. It was the Americans who insisted on putting freer trade in agriculture at the heart of the Doha round. The 2002 farm 10 bill raised the level of federal subsidies by over 80%, and the bill could well breach the limits on farm support set by the Uruguay round in 1994, never mind any further cuts that might have been made in the Doha round.1. From the above discussion it is stated that the liberalized and fair trade would cause job losses to happen in _.a. China; b. other developing nations; c. EU member states; d. America2. The author thinks that it isnt the _, but the advanced or high technology that shares the responsibility for the job losses in the capital-intensive industries.a. trade with such emerging economies as China, etc, with cheap labor resources; b. trade with European and Japanese capital-intensive companies;c. trade disputes with the domestic industries over the bona fide trade rules;d. Euro-American trade retaliations against each other for steel and agricultural products.3. The phrasal verb pales beside in Line 7 is closest in meaning to the verb phrase _.a. looks superior when compared with;b. seems slight and unimportant in contrast to;c. is as significant as d. becomes more important than 4. The author implies that the Americans kept to freer trade in agriculture as the _ in the multilateral negotiations of the Doha round.a. chief aim;b. politically motivated vote-winner ;c. retaliation against the EU and Japan; d. measure for protecting the domestic industries.5. According to the passage it would be _ to expect that any substantial reduction could be secured at Doha round in the amount of the agricultural subsidies. a. hopeful b. regretful;c. ideal; d. optimistic.Questions 6 to 10 are based upon the following passagePolitical differences between China and America tend to overshadow the emerging economic similarities. Although President Nixons 1972 trip to Beijing established diplomatic relations after twenty years of isolation, several incidents have challenged the US-China relationship, these include Tiananmen Square in 1989 and, in 1999, the United States accidental bombing of Chinas Embassy in Belgrade and the Cox Report on Chinese theft 5 of US atomic secrets.So why is Mr. Bush, a professed free trader, signing this disgraceful bill? Some in his Administration claim to be ramping up so as to ramp down. On this basis, higher tariffs on steel and more subsidies for agriculture should, rather like the arms race against the former Soviet Union, force Americas recalcitrant trading partners to the negotiating table. But 10 this analogy is unrealistic nonsense. The EU was reluctant even to put agriculture on