湖南科技大学 高级英语 第二册 试题及答案

1、（试卷1）i. vocabulary (30%)section 1: from the list of words at the top, select the correct word or phrase for each blank space. use each word or phrase only once (15%). lashedscudded desolatederelict undoingmakingsboomingcontemptuous a catalytic agentspreesswiveledsmoldered lucrativemacabreadjunct1. h

2、urricane camille _ northwestward across the gulf of mexico.2. gray clouds_ in from the gulf on the rising wind.3. most of morocco is so _ that no wild animal bigger than a hare can lie on it.4. the burying-ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a _ building lot.5. the americans are un

3、willing to witness or permit the slow _ of these human rights to which this nation has been committed.6. although she was not very smart now, she already had the _7. the _ of american industry no longer left any room for the code of the victorian age.8. journalism was a mere _ to commercialism.9. th

4、e war acted as _ in this breaking down of the victorian social structure.10. like most escapist _, this one lasted until the money ran out.11. not hostile, not _ , not sullen, not even inquisitive.12. back and forth, his head _, desire waxing, resolution waning.13. maybe somewhere in the extinct cra

5、ter of her mind, a few embers still _.14. here was the very heart of industrial america, the center of its most _ and characteristic activity.15. it reduced the whole aspiration of man to a _and depressing joke.section 2: from the list of words at the top, select the correct synonym for the underlin

6、ed words or phrases in each sentence (15%) hitdistress fell apartnoticeable crazy gap aimlesslytoughened call forthambitious perceptiveindustriousput an end to moral attitudes criticism 1. hurricane camille was certain to pummel gulfport, miss., where the koshaks lived.2. the group heard gunlike rep

7、orts as other upstairs windows disintegrated.3. but the blues did occasionally afflict all the adults.4. instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of jews.5. still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuous.6. the conversation moved desultorily here and there.7. what al thi

8、s tells us is of a deep rift in the culture of england after the norman conquest.8. for man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.9. this new generation has been tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.10. flaming diatri

9、bes poured from their pens denouncing the materialism.11. let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.12. he was an enterprising fellow.13. he called himself a perspicacious man.14. i award this championship only after laborious research and incessant prayer.15. thus

10、in a changing world youth was faced with the challenge of bring our mores up to date.ii. paraphrase the following sentences. (20%)1. were elevated 23 feet.2. the place has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has ever bothered it.3. no one has any idea where it will go as it meanders or leaps and

11、sparkles or just glows.4. and yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe.5. and it is an activity only of humans.6. boy and man, i had been through the region often before.7. the slightest mention of the decade brings nostalgic recollections t

12、o the middle-aged8. the place has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has ever bothered it.9. all colonial empires are in reality founded upon that fact.10. united, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures.iii. translate the following sentences (using the expressions given i

13、n the brackets. (20%)1. a moment later, the hurricane lifted the entire roof off the house and skimmed it 40 feet through the air.2. in a tropical landscape ones eyes takes in everything except the human beings.3. if a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are ri

14、ch.4. fads, i submit, are the very negation of reason. 5. here were human habitations so abominable that they would have disgraced a race of rally cats.6. 暴风雨使旅客们处于孤立无援的处境。(maroon)7. 他们个个都把一杯啤酒看成是一件难得的奢侈品。（look on）8. 他有可能已经听说这个坏消息了。(chances)9. 我问起他美国的生活，他马上警觉起来。（sit up）10. 一丝智慧的光芒闪现在他的眼中。(glimmer)iv

15、. name the figures of speech used in the following sentences. (one in each sentence) (10%)1. we can batten down and ride it out.2. instantly, from the dark holes all around, there was a frenzied rush of jews.3. let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which

16、divide us. 4. studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.5. otherwise you have committed a dicto simpliciter. 6. there is a limit to what flesh and blood can bear. 7. one blinked before them as one blinks before a man with his face shot away. 8. he is no mean opponent in the coming deb

17、ate. 9. when we came back we found him in his armchair, peacefully gone to sleep but forever.10. hopeful young writers, their minds and pens inflamed against war and babbittry, came in great numbers to live in greenwich village, the traditional artistic center.v. read the following passage and choos

18、e the correct answer to each question that follows (5%)uncle 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 fra

19、nce? 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

20、 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 br

21、ushes 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

22、 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 unle

23、ss 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

24、 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 coul

25、d 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

26、 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 m

27、osely 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 fold

28、ed, 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 ca

29、me 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

30、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.

31、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

32、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.dlocated in a remote part of the country.5.the authors view of newbury isa retrospective.b detached. c imparti

33、al .d skeptical.vi. read the following passage and answer questions based on the passage: (15 %)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, t

34、hey 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

35、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 su

36、ffering 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 develop

37、ed 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

38、-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-goo

39、dism 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. questions: 1. according to the passage,

40、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 to their hometown? (3%) 3. how d

41、o you understand the phrase “a good taste”? (2%) 4. how do you understand the two “give” in the last sentence of this passage? (5%) （卷1）参考答案i. vocabulary (30%) (1分1题)section 11. lashed2. scudded3. desolate4. derelict5. undoing6. makings7. booming8. adjunct9. a catalytic agent10. sprees11. contemptuo

42、us12. swiveled13. smoldered14. lucrative15. macabre section 21. hit2. fell apart3. distress4. crazy5. noticeable6. aimlessly7. gap8. put an end to9. toughened10. criticism11. call forth12. ambitious13. perceptive14. industrious15. moral attitudesii paraphrase （20%） （2分1题）1. were 23 feet above sea le

43、vel.2. the house has been at this place since 1915, and has never been damaged by any hurricanes.3. no one knows how the conversation will go as it moves aimlessly and desultorily or as it becomes spirited and exciting.4. our ancestors fought a revolutionary war to maintain that all men were created

44、 equal and god had given them certain unalienable rights which no state or ruler could take away from them. but today, this issue has not yet been decided in many countries around the world.5. and conversation is an activity which is found only among human beings.6. as a boy and later when i was a g

45、rown-up man, i had often traveled through the region.7. at the very mention of this post-war period, middle-aged people begin to think about it longingly.8. the house has been at this place since 1915, and has never been damaged by any hurricanes.9. all the empires build up their empires by treating

46、 the people in the colonials like animals (by not treating the people in the colonials as human beings).10. united and working together we can accomplish a lot of things in a great number of joint undertakings.iii. translation （20%） （2分1题）1. 不一会儿，一阵强风掠过，将整个屋顶卷入空中，抛向40英尺以外。2在热带的景色中，万物皆一目了然，唯独看不见人。3一个

47、自由社会如若不能帮助众多的穷人，也就无法保全少数的富人。4赶时髦就是最缺乏理智的表现。5.人们的居住条件如此糟糕，连那些流浪街头的野猫也为之害羞。6the travelers were marooned by the storm.7everyone of them looks on a glass of beer as an impossible luxury.8chances are that he has already heard about this bad news.9i asked him about life in america and that made him sit up

48、.10. a glimmer of intelligence came into her eyes)iv. figure of speech （10%）（1分1题）1. metaphor2. transferred epithet3. antithesis4. parallelism5. metonymy6. synecdoche7. simile8. litotes9. euphemism10. metonymyv. read the following passages and choose the correct answer to each question that follows

49、(5%) 1-5 abbda阅读理解选择题一个题1分，共5分；vi. reading the following passage and answer the questions that follow. use brief words and correct grammar. both your ideas and language will be graded. (15%)1 (5%), 2(3%), 3(2%), 4(5%)问题解答按以下原则评分：学生须在归纳时总结出文章的主要内容、作者的基本目的、文章的主旨，阅卷时考虑学生的语言运用是否正确、有无语法错误、单词拼写、语言是否地道等。后面

50、两题依照参考答案，学生的答案和参考答案相似或接近，用词须准确、地道，回答简明扼要，视情况给分。（试卷2）i. vocabulary (30%)section 1: from the list of words at the top, select the correct word or phrase for each blank space. use each word or phrase only once (15%). twopencehostroomflattered belligerentwhippedcoweredmummified warpedsquashedcontingentd

51、istinction recollectionsadjunctat odds1. wind and rain now _ the house.2. the dog _ with eyes closed.3. the mans left leg is _ out of shape.4. the old women are _ with age and heat.5. in this connection it doesnt matter _ if he calls himself a socialist.6. the black soldiers feet _into boots that lo

52、oked like blocks of wood.7. for we dare not meet a powerful challenge _ and split asunder.8. especially was this true of the college _ , whose idealism had led them to enlist early.9. united, there is little we cannot do in a _of co-operative ventures.10. they fought with _ .11. the slightest mentio

53、n of the decade brings nostalgic _ to the middle-aged.12. journalism was a mere _ to commercialism.13. the booming of american industry no longer left _ for the code of the victorian age.14. meanwhile, the true intellectuals were far from _.15. our official reluctance to declare our status as a _ wa

54、s intolerable to many of our citizens.section 2: from the list of words at the top, select the correct synonym for the underlined words or phrases in each sentence (15%)raisedinsecurelypleasant-looking tendency rottingshelteredscorn trait unpleasantnarrow-mindedset free exhausting looked down uponfi

55、ghts covered1. the saxon peasants who tilled the land and reared the animals could not afford the meat.2. the norman lords of courts turned up their noses at the rabbit meat.3. red brick ages with dignity. let it become downright black, it is still sightly.4. the pull is always toward ugliness.5. th

56、ey lean this way and that, hanging on to their bases precariously.6. you will, in fact, find nothing of the sort in europe save perhaps in the more putrid parts of england.7. greenwich village had also harbored enough major writers.8. they were trying to flout the morality of their grandfathers.9. strips of clothing festooned the standing trees.10. we had reached an international stature that would f