高级英语练习题含答案第二册 2

1、 Lesson Two Marrakech I. Choose the one which best explains the word given below: 1. chant B. parallel lines A. religious song D. repeated shout C. balanced words 2. derelict D. hunted B. deprived C. abandoned A. grievous 3. hummock B. a low rounded hill A. a desert D. a plain C a high mountain 4. s

2、tow B. unload carefully A. load roughly D. hide away C. move quickly 5. frenzied B. full of happiness A. full of uncontrolled excitement D. encouraged C. depressed 6. fodder B. well prepared meal A. delicious food D. half-cooked meal C. rough food 7. clamour D. generously give C. obey A. clatter B.

3、noisily express 8. desolate D. barren A. isolated B. united C. eccentric 9. slump D. repeat C. move on A. rise up B. sink down 10. squash D. separate C. squeeze A. invade B. infer 11. plight D. objection C. conscience A. condition B. irritation 12. infuriate B. fill with rage A. set apart from other

4、 D. keep in a certain position C become fastened 13. inquisitive B. seriously urgent A. unnecessarily curious D. ready made C. completely controlled 14. sidle B. slide smoothly A. climb secretly D. walk sideways C. slip fast 15. nibble B. swallow down A. eat large pieces D. sip bit by bit C. take sm

5、all bits 16. ghetto D. grave C. dust B. area A. musical instrument 17. navvy C. a labourer D. a sailor A. a ship B. a soldier 18. lucerne A. plant B. animal C. oil D. field 1 / 6 19. scrap B. a sudden cutting A. a sharp sound D. a small piece C. a forceful scratch 20. hack A. cut carefully B. dig ro

6、ughly C. make slowly D. move smoothly 21. stork A. green grass B. black soil C. white bird D. small plant 22. clump D. fall C. write A. walk B. strike 23. garrison A. railway station B. training centre C. military camp D. battle field 24. hobble A. walk in difficulty with small steps B. walk quickly

7、 with strides C. walk slowly and lazily D. walk sideways with tips and toes 25. identify B. differ A. equate D. close C. irrecognize 26. literally B. relate to literature A. the use of word D. actually C. fond of learning 27. rag B. an animal skin A. a carpet D. a floor covering C. a scrap of cloth

8、28. bumpy B. rough A. smooth D. stout C. heavy 29. acre B. number A. a wide expanse of land D. width C. height 30. witchcraft A. craftsmanship B. magic C. airplane D. supervisor II. Complete the words according to the definitions, the first letter of the word is given: 1. Jewish quarter of a town, a

9、 part of a city in which a group of people live who are poor ghetto _ 2 / 6 _ medieval _ 2. of the Middle Ages _ hindquarters back part of an animal including the legs 3. _ undifferentiated 4. having difficulty to distinguish _ skeleton framework of all bones in a human or animal body 5. _ municipal

10、ity 6. town, city, district with local self-government warp _ cause to bend, curve, or twist out of shape 7. _ grove _ 8. group of trees _ infantry 9. soldiers who fight on foot _ gall _ 10. injure or make sore by rubbing prehistoricof, relating to, or belonging to the era before recorded history. 1

11、1. acka container made to be carried on the back of a person or an animal. P12. listen g to shine by reflection with a sparkling luster. 13. everence r14. a feeling of profound awe and respect and often love id k 15. to deceive in fun; fool a formation, as of troops or vehicles, in which all element

12、s follow one behind 16. olumn c the other. nhabitant ione that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident 17. rail f 18. easily broken or destroyed a crossbar with two U-shaped pieces that encircle the necks of a pair of oxen or 19.oke y other draft animals working together channel 20. a t

13、rench, furrow, or groove ummify m 21. to cause to shrivel and dry up primitive of or relating to an earliest or original stage or state 22. shrink to become reduced in amount or value; dwindle 23. plendid s 24. very good or satisfying; praiseworthy nfest i25. to inhabit or overrun in numbers large e

14、nough to be harmful the in appropriate blanks and following words phrases into the III. Put the following sentences. (Filling in the grid is optional.) _ appeal to wind up wring wail infest with invisible warp frenzied lower splendid is wailing for the toy. 1. The child wound up at the edge of town2

15、. We took a long walk and me about his painting is the colours he uses. I think what appeals to 3. drugs. were infested with 4. Nowadays, the streets in some places of the city the truth out of the recalcitrant witness. to wring 5. The policemen were trying gradually this month. has lowered The temp

16、erature 6. performance in the examinations. splendid He has made a 7. warped in the humidity. 8. The wooden frame frenzied activity this morning.9. The office was a scene of but we can feel its motion when there is a wind invisibleAir is 10. IV. Reading Comprehension: The method the writer uses in d

17、eveloping his exposition is _. 1.A. comparison and contrast B. example C. causation D. listing 3 / 6 The thesis of this essay is _. 2. Marrakech A.How much longer can we go on kidding these people? B.I saw how it was. C. All colonial empires are in reality founded upon this fact. D. People in Marrak

18、ech bury the dead _. 3. B. in a careless way A. in a sad way D. with great difficulty C. with frightful labour Immediately from their dark hole-like cells everywhere _. 4. a great number of Jews rushed out wildly excited. A.a large number of black people rushed out wildly excited. B.a few number of

19、Jews came creeping out quietly. C.a few number of Arabs walked out sideways. D. The tone of the author in Para 16 and 17 is _. 5. A. humorous B. light-hearted C. ironical D. serious V. Answer the following questions: 1. How did the writer succeed in conveying his indignation at the poverty and miser

20、y of the people in the colonial countries? The writer succeeded in conveying his indignation at the poverty and misery of the people in the colonial countries by 1) his choice of the scene/ five examples, 2) his tone/ rhetorical questions, 3) his clever choice of words/ good diction 2. 2. Try to lis

21、t the causes of their poverty. 1) colonialization 2) poor natural conditions 3) racial discrimination 4) peoples ignorance VI. Determine whether the following statements are true or false. Put a “T”, if the statement is true and put a “F”, if the statement is false. 1. Every white man has the though

22、t that he wont be able to deceive the blacks any longer in his mind, except a socialist. (F) 2. What a white man expect from the Negro soldier is a not hostile, not 4 / 6 contemptuous, not sullen or not inquisitive look. (F) 3. Owing to some kind of accident if one even notices the old woman means w

23、hen an old woman happens to have an accident, one can see her under the heavy load of sticks. (F) 4. The Jewish people dont engage in agriculture while the Arabs do. (T) 5. The sentence Yes mon vieux, they took my job away and gave it to a Jew means Yes my friend, those white people took my job away

24、 and gave to a Jew. (F) 6. The mourners are carrying the dead body through the market where goods are on sale. (T) 7. Gazelle obviously did not like the writer, so he struck him and tried to keep him away from approaching him, so that he could eat the whole bread without giving it to the Arab navvy.

25、 (F) 8. The people in this colonial country have brown skin. They can not be distinguished from each other. They are as individual as bees and coral insects. (T) 9. Hummocky earth refers to a derelict building-lot. (F) 10. You hear the usual dark rumours about the Jews means people are spreading rum

26、ours that Hitler would come here and kill the Jews. (F) VII. Translation: 1. 那首曲子已经太过时了，人们不再感兴趣了。 2. 他很会装假，但谁也没受他的欺骗。 3. 她一眼看到了另一位女子的衣服的每一细处。 4. 当她叫我谎话大王时，我非常生气。 5. 当今许多人把电冰箱视为基本的家用设备。 6. 反腐败是一场严肃的政治斗争， 对我们党和国家的前途有着重大的作用。我们政府已决定全党全国人民在反腐败斗争中必须采取严厉的手段。 7. 在反腐败斗争中，中央和地方党的纪律检查委员会做了大量的工作，并得到了大家的支持，党的工作作

27、风得到了改善，我们的政府也更加清正和廉洁。 8. 我们的党应该高度重视铺张浪费和挥霍现象，在一些地方和单位，这种现象正在蔓延。 9. 由于人口众多，工业基础薄弱，人均资源低下以及综合国力弱，中国正面临着西方国家所施加的经济和技术上的压力, 有许多新的问题需要解决。 10.国家教育部将指导企业和大学联合建立人才交流市场以帮助解决毕业生供需之间的平衡问题。 5 / 6 Key to Lesson Two Translation: 1. The music was too prehistoric / out of date to appeal to the people any more. 2. H

28、e was putting on a good show, but he could deceive no one. 3. She took in every detail of another womans clothes. 4. She called me a great liar, which made my blood boil. 5. Nowadays many people look on the refrigerator as a piece of very basic domestic appliance. 6. The fight against corruption is a serious political struggle and has an important bearing on the future of the Party and the country. Our government has decided that the whole P