福建师范大学网络与继续教育学院
《高级英语(一)》期末考试A卷
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I．Choosethe best answer.(Please write down your answer on the Answer Sheet 20%)
1. If we overwork ourselves, we may suffer from both physical and psychological fatigue.
A. picture B. mimic C. mark D. tire
2. Steel is an integral part of the modern skyscrapers.
A. tedious B. difficult C. naive D. inherent
3. He is a novice who has never prepared a meal.
A. interesting B. layman C. sin D. mistake
4. He was elated over the favorable reviews of his novel.
A. grievous B. trembling C. overjoyed D. lazy
5.Some people seem to have a morbid interest in death.
A. merciless B. sorry C. unhealthy D. helpless
6. We should try every means to eradicate illiteracy.
A. remove B. improve C. represent D. dominate
7. The enemies were defeated and hence a humiliating withdrawal.
A. disgusting B. shameful
C. unkind D. imperceptible
8. The kitten was so tiny and pathetic.
A. pitiable B. passionate C. passive D. pessimistic
9. All teachers reiterate the importance of initiative learning.
A. repeat B. detest C. desire D. tolerate
10. They plan to ______ the run-down house in a year’s time.
A. revive B. renovate C. replace D. remove
II.Choose one best answer to complete the sentence.(Please write down your answer on the Answer Sheet.20%):
11. Langston attended a special meeting ____.(Salvation)
a. Together with many other hardened sinners.
b. To become a member of the church.
c. Because he was regarded as a young sinner.
d. Because he had broken religious laws.
12. The police got to know about the murder because _____.(38 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police)
a. the man called the police.
b. the man’s friend called the police.
c. the police discovered the body of Miss Genovese on the street.
d. two women who were at the scene reported the murder.
13. Oscar Wilder_____.(Appetite)
a. was a kind-hearted man who felt sorry for everyone.
b. never got his heart’s desire.
c. thought it better to have one’s heart’s desire than never to have it.
d. thought having one’s desire fulfilled was worse than not having it fulfilled.
14. The writing style of the essay is ____(What Is It Like to Be Poor?)
a. Casual and loose b. humorous and human
c. formal and profound d. fast-moving and vivacious
15. The writer decided to drop out of the conspicuous consumption gang because____ (She Is an Unwilling Tool of Middleclassdom)
a. of inflation.
b. life is made too easy by modern miracle-performing appliances.
c. she’s spending too much time and energy to keep things running.
d. her children will be leaving home soon.
16. Their present status of middleclassdom came_____(She Is an Unwilling Tool of Middleclassdom)
a. about 12 years ago.
b. within the last ten years.
c. in the early 70s.
d. before inflation hit.
17. She agrees to let her son have a stereo of his own because____.(She Is an Unwilling Tool of Middleclassdom)
a. he was her favorite
b. he is a musician
c. all 15-year-olds should have their own stereos
d. she wants to be fair with the children.
18. Young Langston at last got up because____.(Salvation)
a. he knew lying was the best way to be saved.
b. he wanted to be saved though he hadn’t seen God.
c. he took the advice of the minister who was praying.
d. he wanted to follow Westley’s example.
19. There are many little limitations on our language, limitations___(Thinking of Words)
a. Resulting entirely from personal inclination.
b. That are willful and despotic.
c. Created at random or without reason.
d. Determinable by decision of a judge.
20. Collusion, the word finally found, ___.(Thinking of Words)
a. Fails to express the meaning embodied in ‘selfish-secret-work-together’.
b. Is the exact word to describe the situation.
c. Is not the right word to describe the situation.
d. Is closely related to the rough paraphrase the author started with.
III.Fill in the blank with the proper word given (Please write down your answer on the Answer Sheet. 20%)
senses, lust, pleasures, edge, miseries, juices, keenness, duties, preserve, curious, bite, hatred
One
of the major ___1___in life is appetite, and one of our major
___2____should be to___3__ it. Appetite is the ____4__ of living; it is
one of the ___5___ that tell you that you are still____6___to exist.
That you still have an ___7___ on your longings and want to __8__into
the world and taste its multitudinous flavors and __9__. By appetite, I
don’t mean just the __10___ for food, but any condition of unsatisfied
desire.
IV. Translate the following sentences into English (Please write down your answer on the Answer Sheet 20%)
1.当我把书点了一下，我发现书架上总共有50本书。
2.过分激烈的争论只会引起意见分歧与不和。
3. 我们必须学会在错综复杂的矛盾中找出主要矛盾。
4.我不知道他是怎么回事，但是他似乎不想说话。
5. 从某种程度上讲，他是中国儿童文学的先驱之一。
V. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese.(Please write down your answer on the Answer Sheet. 20%)
But
you discover the great redeeming feature of poverty- the fact that it
annihilates the future. Within certain limits, it is actually true that
the less money you have, the less you worry. When you have a hundred
francs in the world you are liable to the most craven panics. When you
have only three francs you are quite indifferent, for three francs will
feed you till tomorrow, and you cannot think further than that. You are
bored, but you are not afraid.
