《高级英语(三)》期末考试A卷

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I. Among the four choices, choose the one that is the closest in meaning to the italicized word.（20%）

1. He tarried to tell his hostess how much he had enjoyed the party.(B)

a. neglected b. attempted

c. lingered d. struggled

2. He was greatly vexed by the new and unexpected development. (B)

a. astonished b. annoyed

c. enlightened d. contented

3. His face flushed because he had run all the way from the dormitory. (A)

a. red b. shaking c. pale d. wet

4. Can you vouch for Fred’s integrity? (B)

a. withdraw b. deny c. believe d. attest to

5. The crew gave an exuberant shout when the boat got under way. (D)

a. stentorian b. boisterous

c. enthusiastic d. shrilling

6. Unfriendly aliens may be deported.

a. kept out b. sent out

c. put into prison d. tried in court

7. To curtail expending:

a. reduce b. increase c. plan d. disclose

8. To reproach a child:

a. beat b. encourage c. praise d. blame

9. Floods abate:

a. intensify b. diminish

c. spread through d. rise

10. To redeem the mortgage:

a. pay b. raise c. buy back d. accept

11. To censure a book:

a. evaluate b. condemn c. pay for d. favor

12. The minister’s equivocal answer led to an outcry from the Opposition.

a. evasive b. inalienable

c. persuasive d. overriding

13. After years of delay eh problem has now become urgent.

a. procrastination b. dilation

c. dilution d. prolonging

14. As he got older, his belief in these principles didn’t vacillate.

a. dither b. shake c. waver d. wobble

15. impeccable

a. faultless b. acute

c. impending d. mysterious

16. makeshift

a. adaptable b. malice c. shift d. provision

17. enigma

a. enormity b. clumsy c. mystery d. rapture

18. pageant

a. weary b. spectacle c. heaven d. ostensible

19. hectic

a. Cogent b. heinous c. feverish d. avid

20. offset

a. Journey b. decline c. start d. compensate

II.Fill in the blank with the proper word given (Please write down your answer on the Answer Sheet. 20%)

included, excluded, like, dislike, companion, accommodation, traffic, hope for, thankful to, whatever, wherever, liners, berths

I was prepared to __1___Max Kelada even before I knew him. The war had just finished and the passenger 2 in the ocean-going _3 were heavy. __4 was very hard to get and you had to put up with 5 the agents chose to offer you. You could not ____6___a cabin to yourself and I was _7___be given one in which there were only two__8. But when I was told the name of my 9, my heart sank.

It suggested closed port-holes and the night air rigidly__10___.

III.Translate the following paragraph into English (Please write down your answer on the Answer Sheet 30%)

跌倒的是一个女人，花白头发，衣服都很破烂。她从马路边上突然向车前横截过来，车夫已经让开道，但她的破背心没有上扣，微风吹着，向外展开，所以终于兜着车把，幸而车夫早有点停步，否则她要栽一个大跟头，跌到头破血流了。

IV. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese.(Please write down your answer on the Answer Sheet. 30%)

I like the clutter about the place, the way everything blossomed or seeded or rusted; I like the hundred half-finished projects, the smells, and the way the animals always broke loose. It is calming to herd animals. Often a regular rodeo breaks out - two people and a clever cow can kill a morning – but still, it is calming. You laugh for a while, exhausted, and silence is restored, the beasts are back in the pastures, the fences not fixed but disgusted as if they were fixed, ensuring the animals’temporary resignation: and a great calm descends, a lack of urgency, a sense of having to invent something to do until the next time you must run and chase cattle.

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