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Lesson Three
Pub Talk and the King’s English
I. Choose the one which best explains the word given blow: 1. intricate
A. difficult B. complicated C. invalid D. simple 2. anecdote
A. short amusing story B. long tedious talk C. uninteresting writing D. exciting information 3. affirmation
A. negative conversation B. possibility C. positive statement D. affection 4. churl
A. soldier B. bishop C. naturalist D. peasant 5. convict
A. criminal B. aggressor C. captain D. captor 6. intercept
A. stop between starting-point and destination B. arrive at the conclusion
C. write words expressing respect D. prevent from being seen 7. denial
A. piece of open land B. accepting an invitation C. refusing a request D. teaching good behaviour 8. delve
A. give oneself up B. clasp carefully C. search carefully and deeply D. look down upon 9. immune
A. secure B. impure C. odorous D. revival 10. facetious
A. unimportant B. very superficial C. hideous D. not serious 11. sinister
A. not pretended B. suggesting evil C. happening in the same time D. giving orders 12. pejorative
A. sharp B. distasteful C. contemptuous D. penetrating 13. ultimatum
A. the general opinion about the character, qualities etc. B. state of being in demand C. sth. that provokes or annoys
D. final statement of conditions to be accepted
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14. tussle
A. have a hard struggle or fight B. raise to a higher grade
C. come to a lower level or state D. make the greatest possible use of 15. scamper
A. move onward smoothly B. drop down directly
C. run quickly and playfully D. walk forward and backward 16. edict
A. order B. article C. painting D. newspaper 17. tart
A. different B. sarcastic C. loaded D. special 18. coin
A. happen B. coincide C. comfort D. invent 19. dominance
A. ruling class B. manageable domain C. controlling power D. religious establishment 20. salon
A. a regular held fashionable gathering B. a big luxurious car
C. a grand comfortable hotel D. a large public drinking place 21. sociable
A. gregarious B. collective C. common D. ordinary 22. deserve
A. to take away B. to last long C. to help with D. to be worthy of 23. sparkle
A. strike. B. glitter C. climb D. flow 24. opportunity
A. an opposing force B. a favourable place C. a chance for advancement D. a difficult situation 25. indulged
A. gratify B. involve C. interrupt D. gratitude 26. gossip
A. glory B. rumor C. private fact D. personal things 27. prose
a. imitation B. copying C. writing D. drawing 28. punctuate
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A. insert occasionally B. not to emphasize C. act instantly D. interrupt periodically 29. recess
A. accepted quantity B. the act of receiving C. secluded place D. secrete news 30. pressing
A. urgent B. immediate C. refusing D. interacting .
II. Complete the word according to the definition, the first letter of the word is given:
1. ordinary commonplace
2. jumping from one thing to another desultory 3. soldier armed with a musket musketeer 4. very close friend or associate intimate _
5. flow slowly, turning here and there meander _ 6. using or involving two languages bilingual _
7. farmyard birds of any kind, such as hens, ducks, etc. poultry
8. person in an unimportant position working for sb. else underlings
9. magical or mysterious power or process of transforming one thing into another alchemy
10. state, quality of being snobbish snobbery _
11. person with the legal right to receive a title, property, when the owner dies
heir
12. mocking remark jeer _
13. greatest in power, authority, or rank; paramount or dominant supreme 14. to object to, especially in a formal statement protest
15. a person, an animal, or a plant whose descent can be traced to a particular
individual or group. descendant
16. a force that tends to oppose or retard motion resistance 17. an enclosure for swine sty 18. the meat of a calf veal
19. a narrow fissure in rock or a break in friendly relations rift 20. something that separates or holds apart barrier
21. to attempt to overthrow the authority of the state or rebel revolt 22. to use wrongly or improperly; misuse abuse
23. treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual
merit; partiality or prejudice discrimination 24. physical or mental strength, energy, or force vigor 25. to declare free of blame; absolve. justify
III. Put the following words and phrases into the appropriate blanks in the following sentences. (Filling in the grid is optional.)
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高级英语练习题含答案(第二册)
