《高级英语（一）》期末考试A卷
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I． Vocabulary: (20%)
. The water was so ________ we could see the fish clearly. A. transparent B. bright C. visible D. opaque 2. Birds of a feather ______ together. A. lock B. flock C. block D. clock 3. Days and nights ________.
A. alternate B. contemplate C. extricate D. minimize 4. The annual conference of the organization was held in London last year. A. important B. yearly C. sufficient D. critical
5. The air is filthy and dangerous to breathe from the belching of uncontrolled products from combustion of coal, coke, oil, and gasoline. A. burning B. bursting C. contamination D. pollution 6. If we overwork ourselves, we may suffer from both physical and psychological fatigue.
A. picture B. mimic C. mark D. tire 7. Steel is an integral part of the modern skyscrapers. A. tedious B. difficult C. naive D. inherent 8. He is a novice who has never prepared a meal. A. interesting B. layman C. sin D. mistake 9. He was elated over the favorable reviews of his novel.
A. grievous B. trembling C. overjoyed D. lazy 10. .Some people seem to have a morbid interest in death.
A. merciless B. sorry C. unhealthy D. helpless
II. Text Comprehension(20%)
1. She is not going to get rid of the upright piano because_____(She Is an Unwilling Tool of Middleclassdom) a. Her daughter plays it.
b. She wants to learn to play it someday. c. It is such a beautiful instrument.
d. Nobody would want to buy such an old piano. 2. In this account, Langston Hughes was____.(Salvation) a. giving an honest self-analysis
b. entertaining the reader in a humorous tone. c. expressing his dissatisfaction with his aunt. d. describing a church service.
3. It is generally believed that our language mechanism enables us____.(Thinking of Words)
a. to talk about all the technicalities of company law or of central heating with the glibness of a solicitor or a plumber. b. to talk about anything fluently. c. to acquire any knowledge.
d. to handle anything we need to handle.
4.“Hey, missis”is not an appropriate form of address to a stranger because___(Thinking of Words)
a. Missis is not the equivalent of Madame. b. It is not very effective.
c. It is not used by polite educated people. d. It is used only by polite educated people.
5. A man stabbed Miss Genovese ___.(38 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police)
a. As soon as she saw him in the lot.
b. When she had got to the entrance to her apartment.
c. Before she reached a street light in front of a bookstore. d. Before she got to a call box to the 102nd Police Precinct. 6. Which statement is true?（Appetite）
a. When people have a thing too easily and too often, they will take it for granted
and miss out the pleasure of having it. b. Lee doesn’t like children
c. Lee enjoys being hungry as it is a pleasure to him. d. when a person loses his appetite, he will soon die. 7. One of the major pleasures in life is appetite, so(Appetite) a. one should eat to one’s full.
b. one should preserve this keenness of ling.
c. one ought to have a taste of the multitudinous flavors of different kinds of food
d. one should starve it.
8. In this essay, the pronoun “you” is used to refer to (What Is It Like to Be Poor?)
a. man in general b. the reader c., the writer d. none of the above
9. But although affiliative behavior shares some of the properties associated with biological drives, I doubt whether our desire to make friends is really much influenced by adaptive considerations. By “biological drives” the author means (Befriending)
福建师范大学2021年2月课程考试《高级英语(一)》作业考核试题
