高級(jí)英語(yǔ)試題10套

1、Test OneI. Vocabulary (30%)From the list of words at the top, select the correct wordor phrase for each blank space. Use each word or phrase only once (15%)lashedscuddedundoingmakingsa catalytic agentspreeslucrativemacabredesolatederelictboomingcontemptuousswiveledsmolderedadjunctHurricane Camille n

2、orthwestward across the Gulf of Mexico.Gray clouds in from the Gulf on the rising wind.Most of Morocco is so that no wild animal bigger than a harecan lie on it.The burying-ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a building lot.The Americans are unwilling to witness or permit the slow

3、ofthese human rights to which this nation has been committed.Although she was not very smart now, she already had theThe of American industry no longer left any room for the codeof the Victorian age.Journalism was a mereto commercialism.The war acted as in this breaking down of the Victoriansocial s

4、tructure.Like most escapist , this one lasted until the moneyran out.Not hostile, not, not sullen, not even inquisitive.Back and forth, his head, desire waxing, resolution waning.Maybe somewherein the extinct crater of her mind, a few embers stillHere was the very heart of industrial America, the ce

5、nter of its mostand characteristic activity.It reduced the whole aspiration of man to a and depressingjoke.From the list of words at the top, select the correct synonym for the underlined words or phrases in each sentence (15%)hitdistress fell apart noticeablecrazygapaimlessly toughenedcall forthamb

6、itious perceptive industriousput an end to moral attitudescriticismHurricane Camille was certain to pummel Gulfport, Miss., where the Koshaks lived.The group heard gunlike reports as other upstairs windows disintegrated.But the blues did occasionally afflict all the adults.Instantly, from the dark h

7、oles all round, there was a frenzied rush of Jews.Still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuousThe conversation moved desultorily here and there.What al this tells us is of a deep rift in the culture of England after the Norman Conquest.For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all f

8、orms of human poverty and all forms of human life.This new generation has been tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.Flaming diatribes poured from their pens denouncing the materialism.Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.He was an enterprisin

9、g fellow.He called himself a perspicacious man.14.I award this championship only after laborious research and incessant prayer.15.Thus in a changing world youth was faced with the challenge of bring our mores up to date.II. Paraphrase the following sentences. (20%)We re elevated 23 feet.The place ha

10、s been here since 1915, and no hurricane has ever bothered it.No one has any idea where it will go as it meanders or leaps and sparkles or just glows.And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe.And it is an activity only of humans.Boy and m

11、an, I had been through the region often before.The slightest mention of the decade brings nostalgic recollectionsto the middle-agedThe place has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has ever bothered it.All colonial empires are in reality founded upon that fact.United, there is little we cannot do

12、 in a host of cooperative ventures.Translate the following sentences (using the expressions given inthe brackets. (20%)A moment later, the hurricane lifted the entire roof off the house and skimmed it 40 feet through the air.In a tropical landscape one s eyes takes in everything except the human bei

13、ngs.If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.Fads, I submit, are the very negation of reason.Here were human habitations so abominable that they would have disgraced a race of rally cats.暴風(fēng)雨使旅客們處于孤立無(wú)援的處境。 (maroon)他們個(gè)個(gè)都把一杯啤酒看成是一件難得的奢侈品。( look on )他有可能已經(jīng)

14、聽(tīng)說(shuō)這個(gè)壞消息了。(chances)我問(wèn)起他美國(guó)的生活，他馬上警覺(jué)起來(lái)。( sit up )一絲智慧的光芒閃現(xiàn)在他的眼中。(glimmer)Name the figures of speech used in the following sentences. (one ineach sentence) (10%)We can batten down and ride it out.Instantly, from the dark holes all around, there was a frenzied rushof Jews.Let both sides explore what prob

15、lems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.Otherwise you have committed a Dicto Simpliciter.There is a limit to what flesh and blood can bear.One blinked before them as one blinks before a man with his face shot away.He

16、 is no mean opponent in the coming debate.Whenwe cameback we found him in his armchair, peacefully gone to sleep but forever.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.高級(jí)英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)試卷庫(kù)參

17、考答案及評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)（卷1）（30%） （1 分 1 題 ）lashedscuddeddesolatederelictundoingmakingsboomingadjuncthitfell apartdistresscrazynoticeableaimlesslygapput an end toa catalytic agentspreescontemptuousswiveledsmolderedlucrativemacabrecriticismcall forthambitiousperceptiveindustriousmoral attitudestoughenedII Paraphrase

18、（ 20%）（ 2 分 1 題）We re 23 feet above sea level.The house has been at this place since 1915, and has never been damaged by any hurricanes.No one knows how the conversation will go as it moves aimlessly and desultorilyor as it becomes spirited and exciting.Our ancestors fought a revolutionarywar to mai

19、ntain that all men were createdequal 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.And conversation is an activity which is found only among human beings.As a boy

20、and later when I was a grown-up man, I had often traveled through the region.At the very mention of this post-war period, middle-aged people begin to think about it longingly.The house has been at this place since 1915, and has never been damaged by any hurricanes.All the empires build up their empi

21、res by treating the people in the colonials like animals （by not treating the people in the colonials as human beings）.United and working together we can accomplish a lot of things in a great number of joint undertakings.III. Translation（ 20%）（ 2 分 1 題）1. 不一會(huì)兒，一陣強(qiáng)風(fēng)掠過(guò)，將整個(gè)屋頂卷入空中，拋向 40 英尺以外。2在熱帶的景色中，萬(wàn)物

22、皆一目了然，唯獨(dú)看不見(jiàn)人。3一個(gè)自由社會(huì)如若不能幫助眾多的窮人，也就無(wú)法保全少數(shù)的富人。4趕時(shí)髦就是最缺乏理智的表現(xiàn)。. 人們的居住條件如此糟糕，連那些流浪街頭的野貓也為之害羞。 The travelers were marooned by the storm. Everyone of them looks on a glass of beer as an impossible luxury. Chances are that he has already heard about this bad news. I asked him about life in America and that

23、 made him sit up. A glimmer of intelligence came into her eyes）IV. Figure of speech （ 10%） （ 1 分 1 題）metaphortransferred epithetantithesisparallelismmetonymysynecdochesimilelitoteseuphemismmetonymyTest TwoI. Vocabulary (30%)From the list of words at the top, select the correct wordor phrase for each

24、 blank space. Use each word or phrase only once (15%).twopencehostroomflatteredbelligerentwhippedcoweredmummifiedwarpedsquashedcontingentdistinctionrecollectionsadjunctat odds.Wind and rain now the house.The dog with eyes closed. The man s left leg is out of shape.The old women are with age and heat

25、. In this connection it doesn t matter if he calls himself a socialist. The black soldiers feet into boots that looked like blocks of wood.For we dare not meet a powerful challenge and split asunder.Especially was this true of the college, whose idealism had led them to enlist early.United, there is

26、 little we cannot do in a of co-operativeventures.They fought with.The slightest mention of the decade brings nostalgic to the middle-aged.Journalism was a mere to commercialism.The booming of American industry no longer left for the code of the Victorian age.Meanwhile, the true intellectuals were f

27、ar from.Our official reluctance to declare our status as a wasintolerable to many of our citizens.From the list of words at the top, select the correct synonym for the underlined words or phrases in each sentence (15%)raised insecurely pleasant-looking tendencyrottingsheltered scorntraitunpleasant n

28、arrow-minded set freeexhaustinglooked down uponfightscoveredThe Saxon peasants who tilled the land and reared the animals could not afford the meat.The Norman lords of courts turned up their noses at the rabbit meat.Red brick ages with dignity. Let it becomedownright black, it is still sightly.The p

29、ull is always toward ugliness.They lean this way and that, hanging on to their bases precariously.You will, in fact, find nothing of the sort in Europe- save perhapsin the more putrid parts of England.Greenwich Village had also harbored enough major writers.They were trying to flout the morality of

30、their grandfathers.Strips of clothing festooned the standing trees.We had reached an international stature that would forever prevent us from retreating behind the artificial walls of a provincial morality.It took five grueling nights, but it was worth it.Charles Lamb unfettered the informal essay w

31、ith his memorable work.The one hundred days fracas with Spain had dissolved into a one-sided victory. The lost generation attitude nevertheless acted as a common denominator of the writing of the times.The country itself is not uncomely, despite the grime of the endless mills.II. Paraphrase the foll

32、owing sentences. (20%)1.The burying-ground is merely a huge waste of2.hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot.Instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of Jews.They are like the musketeers of Dumas who, although they lived side by side with each other, did not delve in

33、to each other s lives or the recesses of their thoughts and feelings.This much we pledge and more.They got out of bed on the wrong side is simply not a concern.Conversation is not for making a point.But somehow I had never quite sensed its appalling desolation.It reduced the whole aspiration of mant

34、o a macabre and depressing joke.The country itself is not uncomely, despite the grime of the endless mills.They had outgrown towns and families.III. Translate the following sentences (using the expressions given inthe brackets. (20%)I tore off a piece of bread and he stowed it gratefully in some sec

35、ret place under his rags.The conversation had swung from Australian convicts of the 19th century to the English peasants of the 12th century.United, there is little we can not do in a host of co-operative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do, for we dare meet a powerful challenge at odds and

36、 split asunder.Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.It reduced the whole aspiration of manto a macabre and depressing joke.對(duì)生活在這片貧瘠的土地上的人來(lái)說(shuō)，他們祖祖輩輩的生活就是從是從貧瘠的土壤中費(fèi)力地弄出點(diǎn)吃的來(lái)。(wring )Tim 的婚姻亮起了紅燈。 (on the rocks)法律規(guī)定對(duì)受賄該處以什么刑法？(prescribe)他試圖超過(guò)他的對(duì)手但最終還是失敗了。 (outpace)他從小就有藝

37、術(shù)家的素質(zhì)。 (makings)IV. Name the figures of speech used in the following sentences. (One ineach sentence) (10%)Hurricane Camille seized a 600,000-gallon Gulfport oil tank and dumped it 3 1/ 2 miles away.The glow of the conversation burst into flames.four or five thousand menin all, winding up the road w

38、ith a clumping of boots and a clatter of iron wheels.There is a limit to what flesh and blood can bear.Petey lay snoring in his bed, the raccoon coat huddled like a great hairy beast at his feet.The effect of the ugly stadium with an impossible yellow penthouse is that of a fat woman with a black ey

39、e.The country itself is not uncomely.Whenwe cameback we found him in his armchair, peacefully gone to sleep but forever.And so, my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.We felt strong, smug, secure.高級(jí)英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)試卷庫(kù)參考答案及評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)（卷2）I. Vocabulary （30%） （

40、1 分 1 題 ）Section 11.whipped9.host2.cowered10.distinction3.warped11.recollections4.mummified12.adjunct5.twopence13.room6.squashed14.flattered7.at odds15.belligerent8.contingentSection 21.raised14.trait2.looked down upon15.unpleasantpleasant-lookingtendencyinsecurelyrottingshelteredscorncoverednarrow-

41、mindedexhaustingset freefightsII Paraphrase（ 20%）（ 2 分 1 題）The burying-ground is nothing more than a huge piece of wasteland full of mounds of earth looking a deserted and abandoned piece of land on which a building was going to be put up.Immediately from their dark hole-like cellseverywhere a great

42、 number of Jewsrushed out wildly excited.Bar friends, although they met each other frequently did not delve into each other s li ves or the recesses of their thoughts and feelings.This much we promise to do and we promise to do more.It is not a matter of interest if they are cross or in a bad temper

43、.Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point of view.But somehowin the past I never really perceived how shocking and wretched this whole region was.This dreadful scene makes all human endeavors to advance and improve their lot appear as a ghastly, saddening joke.The countr

44、y itself is pleasant to look at, despite the sooty dirt spread bythe innumerable mills in this region.The young people could no longer adapt themselves to lives in their home towns or their families.Translation（ 20%）（ 2 分 1 題） 我撕下一塊面包，他感激地把面包放進(jìn)破衣裳貼身的地方。 于是話題又從19 世紀(jì)的澳大利亞囚犯轉(zhuǎn)到 12 世紀(jì)的英國(guó)農(nóng)民。 只要我們團(tuán)結(jié)起來(lái)，我們?cè)谠S

45、多合作性事業(yè)中就會(huì)無(wú)往而不勝；而一旦彼此分裂，我們就會(huì)無(wú)所作為。 我們決不能因?yàn)閼峙露勁?，但我們也決不要懼怕談判。 這兒的景色丑陋得這樣可怕，以致人的報(bào)復(fù)和壯志在這兒成了令人毛骨悚然的、令人沮喪的笑料。 For people living in this poor area, their life generation after generation has been to wring a little food out of this eroded area. Tim s marriage is on the rocks. What punishment does the law pre

46、scribe for taking bribes? He tried to outpace his opponent but failed. He already had the makings of an artist from childhood. He was born with the makings of an artist.IV. Figure of speech（ 10%） （ 1 分 1 題）personificationmetaphoronomatopoeiasynecdochesimilemetaphorlitoteseuphemismantithesisalliterat

47、ionTest ThreeI. Vocabulary (30%)Section 1: From the list of words at the top, select the correct wordor phrase for each blank space. Use each word or phrase only once (15%).skin and bonessit outindulge insusceptible toerectnesshamletssanctuaryslashingagonizingunabateddousedblastsmarooneddogmaticunfa

48、thomableThe children huddled in the rain within the circle of adults.They came to the storm with the Koshaks.With two walls in their bedroom beginning to disintegrate,John ordered everyone to leave.The generator was,and the lights were out.Then for the first time I noticed the poor old bodies reduce

49、d toThe enlistment craze continued.One wall began crumbling on the group.What they had wanted was an America more sensitive to art and less standardization.Manyother novelists, dramatists, poets, and critics directed sad and bitterat their native land.10.She had an of carriage, an ease of bearing.11

50、.However intricate they ways in which animals communicate with each other, they do not anything that deserves the name ofconversation.2.I have whirled through the malarious tidewater of Goergia.The taste for them is as enigmatical and yet as common as the taste for theology.What I allude to is the u

51、nbroken and ugliness.They meet, in some ways, its obscure and unintelligibledemands.Section 2: From the list of words at the top, select the correct synonym for the underlined words or phrase in each sentence (15%)depressionsystematicallybegged supportedconditioncriticizedaccording to narrowdisappea

52、redunbearable decaying set downtroubledfiendishignoredThe plight of the human beings makes one s blood boil.The men methodically prepared for the hurricane.Grandmother Koshak implored ,Children, let s sing ” .Business was suffering a recession that prevented the opening up of new jobs.We can prop up

53、 that mattress with our heads and shoulders.The novelists flayed the Babbitts but loved their country.It arises and flourishes in obedience to biological laws.So tremendous was the storming of recruitment centers that harassed sergeants actually pleased with volunteers to go home.The spirit of carni

54、val and the enthusiasm for high military adventure were soon dissipated.We had reached an international stature that would forever prevent us from retreating behind the artificial walls of a provincial morality.The innumerable artists could never be written off as sterile.They madethe stadium perfec

55、t in their ownsight by putting a completely impossible penthouse, painted a starring yellow.The same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.4.I have seen the mill towns of decomposing New England and the desert of Utah.They show grotesqueries of ugliness that, i

56、n retrospect, becomealmost diabolical.II. Paraphrase the following sentences. (20%)12.We can batten down and ride it out.13.Still, a white skin is always fully conspicuous.14.Suddenly the alchemy of conversation took place .15.But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot becomethe prey of hostile pow

57、ers.16.In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to lose.17.They have taken as their model a brick on end18. Each town had its “ fast ” set which prided it self on its unconventionality.19.This they have converted into a thing of dingy clapboards, with a narrow, low-pitched roo

58、f.20.Boy and man, I had been through it often before.21.People with brown skins are next door to invisible.III. Translate the following sentences (using the expressions given inthe brackets. (20%)In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.The rebell

59、ion of the lower class against a cultural dominance of the ruling class is still there.Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems that divide us.The King s English is no more than a class representation of reality.Here was wealth beyond computation, almost bey

60、ond imagination - and here were human habitations so abominable that they would have disgraced a race of alley cats.受到這樣的待遇經(jīng)過(guò)了好幾個(gè)世紀(jì)后，他們已經(jīng)不再為擁擠不堪而煩惱了。(cease)那座樓房改成學(xué)校了。 (convert)一想到他們所揮霍的錢，我就火冒三丈。 (infuriate)學(xué)會(huì)自律是成功道路上的第一步。 (discipline)不要一起擠進(jìn)電梯。 (squash)IV. Name the figures of speech used in the follo