2000年10月高级英语试题及答案

55 我想 知道自己愚蠢的人是聪明的 而知道自己撒谎的人是诚实的 It s a wise man I guess who knows he s dumb and an honest person who knows he s a liar 56 总的说来 在那少量的时间进而电视比这个国家的报纸做得更好 Television does a better job in that little time than the nation s press as a whole 57 丑陋是疾病的症状之一 美则是健康的象征 Ugliness is one of the symptoms of disease beauty of health 58 我对法律的兴趣是出于对黑人区未来的关切 My interest in law stems from a concern about the future of the black ghetto 59 摇滚乐与其说是一种音乐的力量 不如说是一种社会心理的表现 Rock music is really a sociological expression rather than a musical force 60 在一个星期天的下午 布里尔小姐像往常一样来到公园 她在一条长登上坐下来 看着周围的一切 她仿佛是在观看一部生活的戏剧 突然她意识到自己在剧中也扮演了一个角色 也在舞台上表演 顿时她 感到不那么孤独了 On a Sunday afternoon Miss Brill came to the park as usual She sat down on a bench watching everything around her She felt as if she was watching a play on life Suddenly she realized that she was also playing a part in the play and that she was also acting on the stage At once she felt much less lonely Part One Programmers live in constant fear of losing anyone s attention anyone s The surest way to avoid doing so is to keep everything brief not to strain the attention of anyone but instead to provide constant stimulation through variety novelty action and movement But before he ever begins to write he will have acquired an emotional attitude from which he will never completely escape It is his job no doubt to discipline his temperament and avoid getting stuck at some premature stage or in some perverse mood His car needs mechanics and mechanics grow more expensive and less efficient The gadgets in the home are cheaper to replace than repair The more efficiently self contained the home seems to be the more dependent it is on the great impersonal corporations as well as a diminishing army of servitors Skills at the lowest level have to be wooed slavishly and exorbitantly rewarded It is only lately that I have found how much science of genetics is involved Agronomists have taken to breeding all sorts of vegetables and fruits changing their original nature This sounds wonderful and often is insane For the scientists have not as a rule taken any interest whatsoever in the taste of the things they have tempered with 25 In a hot summer day you would find the village children splash in the small pond behind the woods 26 I don t like the dishes in some Chinese restaurants abroad for they cater to 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 singled out to represent Chinese children in the Euro 2000 ceremonies 28 I think there is too much impaired made by all people concerned the parents the media and the authorities about the university entrance examinations 29 Suddenly the lights went out She fumbled fuss in the dark for the matches 30 He was very sad because he had tried very hard in the last three years but accomplished very little 31 I m afraid what you have said just now is not relevant to the subject under discussion 33 From the samples they had chosen at random they found 80 percent of the products were not up to the standard quality 34 As a result of the accident the child was confined to bed for six weeks 35 When you teach children you should try to simplify your explanation for them 36 You will have to learn to make difficult decisions if you are to survive in business 37 The dam was not strong enough to withhold the pressure of the rising water 38 He had always been rather noncommittal on the issue of internal decoration of the house But when his son wanted to install a bar in it he said no 39 He was actually a spy but passed for a journalist when he went abroad 40 At the moment of its A concept B conception every detail of a great musical work would become clear in Mozart s mind 41 The very idea of cheating her is A distasteful B tasteless to me 42 Be careful You are driving on a road with many A quick B abrupt turns 43 It is A mysterious B miraculous how much weight you have lost 44 We all paid her a A compliment B adopted for primary school teaching 45 The masses are the real heroes while we ourselves are often A childish B childlike and ignorant 46 Difficult books are sometimes A adapted B adopted for primary school teaching 47 He turned down her kind invitation with a A regrettable B regretful smile 48 The Asian financial crisis caught many Asian governments A on B off guard 49 Our protest was successful A in so far as B as long as the Minister agreed to reconsider the matter 50 It is socially impolite for a man to attend a party wearing a terribly A folded B wrinkled shirt 51 He threw it away with a A contemptible B contemptuous gesture but he didn t say anything in front of the host 52 Half drunk he A stumbled B tumbled along the