《高级英语（三）》期末考试
I. Vocabulary 20%
1. The more he finds about himself in other newspapers, the more indignant he will be with those whose reports are meagre. A. rich B. brilliant C. annoying D. scarce
2. They had plenty to eat. But they spent all their leisure visiting neighbouring farms and stealing potatoes, which they hoarded. A. swallowed B. ate up C. stored secretly D. gave back
3. Some acts which would be bad, simply in themselves, may be excusable and even laudable when they are necessary means to a greater good.
A. laughable B. forgiven C. praiseworthy D. admissible 4. Satiety is a dream which will always elude you. A. attract B. lure C. escape D. tempt
5. The search for sunken treasure has become more popular as a legitimate endeavor.
A. justified B. innocent C. prudent D. fundamental
6. Awareness of this is a kind of redemptive grace, but it doesn’t appreciably lead to repentance and a revolution in consumer habits. A. conscious B. compensative C. imaginative D. appreciative
7. America is anachronistic in so many ways, and not least in its clinging to a belief.
A. modern-fashioned B. full of crimes
C. behind the times D. highly-developed
8. He felt ________ to live a simple and lonely life in that remote village.
A. sufficient B. adequate C. contented D. competent 9. Crop rotation has prevented the soil from _______.
A. poverty B. impoverishment C. weakness D. infirmity 10. He remembered reading somewhere that baldness shows virility.
1 / 11实用精品文档
A. character of man B. great varieties C. quickness D. fragility
11. His voice, though familiar, irked him; it sounded thin and scratchy. A. pleased B. interested C. excited D. irritated
12. There are certain disfiguring and mortal diseases about which there has probably never been any snobbery.
A. perpetual B. fatal C. moral D. flexible
13. In 1940 the Democrats nominated Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term. A. unimportant B. unheard of C. unjustified D. unhampered 14. The value of snobbery in general consists in its power to stimulate activity.
A. suffocate B. forbid C. permit D. incite
15. He laughed and shouted, trying to ________ his sorrow in excitement.
A. drown B. utter C. conceal D. sink
16. The traffic policeman waited patiently while the drunken driver _____ in his pocket for his driver’s license.
A. pluck B. fumble C. flip D. bloat
17. There is no need to ________ over a broken vase. It’s so cheap. A. muse B. view C. pinch D. fuss 18. The summer was so hot and dry that leaves on the trees all ________. A. drooped B. faded C. flicked D. drained 19. It is not ________ to take reference books out of the library.
A. admissible B. skeptical C. permissible D. admirable 20. Her easy success in the job made her ________, which is very dangerous.
A. complacent B. docile C. accomplished D. important II. Text Comprehension 15%
1. In \the Golden\Clara's mother chose Battersby Grammar School for her because (“Jerusalem the Golden”) A. she could not afford the bus fare to a better school. B. she didn't have to spend money on the school uniform.
2 / 11实用精品文档
C. she had no trust in education and wanted to spend as little as she could as long as she kept her social position in the neighborhood. D. she didn't care what opinions other people might have of her so long as her child could get a good education.
2. Clara liked her school for all the reasons that most people would specify as particular causes for dislike. What aspects of the school attract her so much? (“Jerusalem the Golden”) A. She could do whatever she liked at school.
B. The school was full of good teachers and so many intelligent pupils whom she admired so much.
C. The school looked so large and even bleak to her, and there were so many pupils she did not know, which was quite different from her home.
D. She was proud at school because she came from an area used to inhabited by the middle class.
3. “Vegetables with crisp and crackling texture emerge as mush, slippery and stringy as hair nets simmered in Vaseline.” (“Science Has Spoiled My Supper”) What figure of speech is used in the sentence?
A. personification B. metaphor C. metonymy D. hyperbole 4. By \
A. the wish to possess as much as possible of goods, or the title to goods.
B. one aspect of human nature that is acquired in political struggle. C. the wish to survive the conquest of hunger.
D. the wish that is originated from acquiring food.
5. Which of the following is NOT true about power according to Russell? (“On Human Nature and Politics”) A. Knowledge is power.
B. The love of power is not always a bad motive.
C. The love of power is the most important of all the four motives. D. Those who have never experienced power have a stronger wish for it.
6. How does Anthony Burgess organize his idea in \
3 / 11实用精品文档
福建师范大学18年8月课程考试《高级英语(三)》作业考核试题
