unit-6-课外补充练习

Loving and Hating New York. Reading comprehension1. Many Europeans take New York as their favorite city, because _. A. They are reassured by the sight of the fashion avenues of Madison and Fifth. B. There are many familiar international names in New York. C. New Yorks charged nervous atmosphere and vulgar dynamism. D. New York city is a cosmopolitan city.2. In authors eyes, New York is _. A. a sacred place B. a mongrel city C. a international metropolis D. a conventional city3. The signs of how the New York fallen cannot be seen from _. A. New York never boasted its greatness. B. Many advertising campaigns publicly praise New York. C. Many New Yorkers wear T-shirts with a heart design and the words: “ I love New York” printed on it. D. New York is trying desperately to regain her lost privileged status.4. From where the author begins to give an actual description of New York itself. A. The last sentence of paragraph 5. B. The first sentence of paragraph 6. C. From paragraph 1-5. D. The whole essay.5. Which of the following cities is located in New York? A. Jersey B. Soho C. Nashville D. Beverly Hills. Determine whether the following statements are true or false. Put “T”, if the statement is true and put an “F”, if false.1. According to the author, New York is no longer the leading city in the United States. 2. New York is a city that resists the prevailing trends of America and it is a place where people can escape from uniformity and uncommonness. 3. Europeans take to New York because they feel reassured when they see so many jewelers, shoes stores and designer shops bearing familiar international names on Madison and Fifth avenues. 4. The rhetorical device employed in “ Nature constantly yields to man ” is personification. 5. It is the fascination charm of New York as well as the opportunity to be a journalist that attracts the author to New York. 6. It is the good living conditions that draw those young people to New York. 7. The sentence “ All have their sovereignties” means all the different ethnic groups have their own little areas which they control. 8. New York is not longer the banking and communications headquarters for America. 9. The newcomers to New York are never fully assimilated. 10. New York regards the United Nations as an unworkable, impractical and hypocritical institution. . Point out what figure of speech is used in each of the following sentences:1. While sitcoms cloned and canned in Hollywood, and the Johnny Carson show live, pre-empt the airwaves form California 2. Tin Pan Alley has moved to Nashville and Hollywood. 3. New York was never Mecca to me.4. Nature constantly yields to man in New York: witness those fragile sidewalk trees gamely struggling against encroaching cement and petrol fumes.5. So much of well-to-do America now lives antiseptically in enclaves, tranquil and luxurious, that shut out the world.6. “So what else is new?”7. The defeated are not hidden away somewhere else on the wrong side of town.8. Characteristically, the city swallows up the United Nations and refuses to take it seriously, regarding it as an unworkable mixture of the idealistic, the impractical, and the hypocritical.treaties forced upon her by foreign invaders.Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.1. He fought back at his tormentors with _ of a corner red rat. A. dejection B. depression C. desperation D. despair2. He monopolized the conversation by _ of his own prowess at hunting and fishing. A. boasting B. bragging C. crowing D. vaunting3. It was alleged that he was present at the scene of the crime, but he _ that he was in Europe at the time. A. asserted B. maintained C. affirmed D. testified4. It has become the _ for royalty to appears as democratic and “ folksy” as the average politician. A. fashion B. trend C. vogue D. style5. The _ between Guelphs and Ghibellines in medieval Italy passed from controversy over papal authority to petty was between city states. A. contention B. friction C. conflict D. strife6. He was too nervous to speak and had to be _ . A. prompted B. motivated C. stimulated D. propelled7. A short cut through the mountain is extremely _ in winter. A. distant B. inaccessible C. remote D. dessert8. Australia _ the Treaty of Peace with Japan on 10th April, 1952; New Zealand on 29th April, 1952. A. confirmed B. sanctioned C. ratified D. approved9. He is a poet with _ imagination. A. luxurious B. luxuriant C. luscious D. lustrous10. _ clod hoppers guffawed at seeing male ballet dancers wearing tights. A. naive B. unaffected C. unsophisticated D. provincial11. He felt listless until the sea breeze _ him and steadied his nerves. A. cheered B. encouraged C. exhilarated D. excited12. She endured her illness with great _ A. fortitude B. forbearance C. persistence D. resolution13. Mary is no long willing to meet her husbands bullying with docile _. A. patience B. sufferance C. tolerance D. forbearance14. The actress was becoming extremely _ with all the questions they were asking by the uncalled-for innuendo in the reporters question. A. outraged B. aggravated C. exasperated D. insulted15. It would be _ of me to have a church wedding when I dont believe in God. A. hypocritical B. hypercritical C. hysterical D. hypothetical16. He balanced the glass _ on the arm of the chair. A. precociously B. precariously C. precautionary D. precipitously17. You can rest _ that the talented young secretary has been able to confirm what he said in the original report. A. assured B. ensured C. insured D. reassured18. The leaders speech in defense of the policy didnt carry much _. A. conviction B. belief C. confidence D. concern19. American revolutionaries who rejected Englands claim of _ over the colonies. A. sovereignty B. authority C. power D. right20. The public is very _ about the governors plans for a tax cut. A. susceptible B. dubious C. suspicious D. deliberate21. The two countries will _ full diplomatic relations now that they have settled their long standing border dispute. A. recove B. restore C. renovate D. replace22. Everyone in the auditorium was weeping by the time he finished the _ tale, though it was fabricated obviously. A. pessimistic B. pathetic C. patriotic D. melancholy.Put the following words and phrases into the appropriate blanks in the following sentences.measure up against cut off from in terms of be reckoned with look up to out of phase with yield to beckon to out of step with swallow up 1. They were already a political force to .2. The school is widely for its excellent teaching.3. The new building is its surroundings.4. I temptation and had a chocolate bar.5. The job is great salary, but it has its disadvantages.6. He _ himself _ all human and lived alone in a remote area. 7. The figures are not very good when those of our competitors.8. I watched her walk down the road until she was by the darkness.9. He the waiter to bring the bill.10. She was her colleagues and regarded as an eccentric woman.Fill in each blank with a suitable verb from the lists below in the proper form.decline decrease diminish drop dwindle lessen reduce 1. I hope to obtain your forgiveness, to your ill opinion.2. His sense of personal initiative is cultivated instead of being .3. The number of nations allied with Germany as the war continued.4. The incidence of malaria dramatically because of the eradication of malarial mosquitoes.5. Certain medicines are said to be effective in peoples weight.6. It is said that her vitality and creativity are with age.7. Classes as more and more students played truant.8. Owing to the strike, coal supplies are quickly.9. I hope the number of mistakes you make in the exercises will as time goes on.10. After years of illness he was to a skeleton.11. My aunt has decided to spend her years in the suburbs of shanghai.12. Mr. Smiths hopes _ as his fortune _ away to nothing. 13. The price of the new products has been owing to a twenty per cent rise in productivity.14. Their funds because of their extravagance and ill-management.border edge fringemargin rim verge 15. The proposal was carried by a very narrow .16. Be careful! The of your glass is cracked.17. I hurt my knee against the of the stove.18. Dont go near the of the precipice; you may stumble and topple over.19. The between the two countries runs along the mountain ridge.20. He pushed the leftovers of the food on the of the plate.21. When writing the composition, be sure to write in every other line and leave a .22. When the toy was taken away, the girl found herself on the of tears.23. Professor Hill always writes his comments in the of his students papers.24. Caracas, a modern city on the of the Orinoco wilderness, is dominated by a profusion of motor traffic.25. The bond issue, proposed as a way of financing a centennial celebration, failed by a narrow .26. The thin detective with the horn glasses wandered through the garden.27. Owing to the poor management, this firm was nearly on the of bankruptcy.28. At the wedding, though the in-laws on the outer didnt enjoy themselves as much as “the privileged group”, the atmosphere was, on the whole, genial and harmonious.29. These recruits are going to be sent to guard the farm on the Chinese side of the with Burma,30. Many young graduates like to work in the publishing house now not because of the benefits it offers, but because of the pleasant working environment it provides for all.For each blank in the following passage, choose the most suitable word from the list of words provided below. Each work can be used once only. Write your choice of words in its proper form in the corresponding blanks in the passage.grudge In the light of willingly freedom knowledge philosophers spiritual comfort measure passers-by measure the only exception in terms of is fully aware of estimate steal occasionally nothing in the open envious of the world of nature beggars sacrifice is free from be paid for human dignity with ease Nothing to Sell and Nothing to BuyIt has been said that everyone lives by selling something. ( 1 ) this statement, teachers live by selling ( 2 ), ( 3 ) by selling wisdom and priests by selling ( 4 ). Though it may be possible to ( 5 ) the value of material goods ( 6 ) money, it is extremely difficult to ( 7 ) the true value of the services which people perform for us. There are times when we would ( 8 ) give everything we possess to save our lives, yet we might ( 9 ) paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely this service. The conditions of society are such that skills have to ( 10 )in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop. Everyone has something to sell. Tramps seem to be ( 11 ) to this general rule. Beggars almost sell themselves as human beings to arouse the pity of ( 12 ). But real tramps are not ( 13 ). They have nothing to sell and require ( 14 ) from others. In seeking independence, they do not sacrifice their ( 15 ). A tramp may ask you for money, but he will never ask you to ( 16