《高 级 英 语》 第一册 模拟试题（三）

I. Choose the rhetorical or figurative device from the list below that best describes the underlined words. All of the devices listed are used only once. Mark your answer with capital letters like A, B, C, …or J . (10%)

Model: The difference, for example, between the much-touted Second International and the much-clouted Third International is not like the difference between the horse and buggy and the automobile. Answer: (A) List of devices:(A) Antithesis (B) Hyperbole (C) Alliteration (D) Oxymoron (E) Simile

(F) Periodic Sentence (G) Sarcasm (H) Euphemism (I) Synecdoche (J) Repetition

1. Most Americans remember Mark Twain as the father of Huck Finn’s idyllic cruise through eternal boyhood and Tom Sawyer’s endless summer of freedom and adventure.

2. Dudley Field Malone called my conviction a ‘victorious defeat.’ 3. I see also the dull, drilled, docile, brutish masses of the Hun soldiery plodding along... 4. We will never parley, we will never negotiate with Hitler or any of his gang.

5. “You drove there in your fancy Jaguar, and you took a lady friend. 6. “No, sir,” the youngster said. “He said man had reasoning power.” “There is some doubt about that,” Darrow snorted.

7. From them all Mark Twain gained a keen perception of the human race, of the difference between what people claim to be and what they really are.

8. Resolutely he strode to the stand, carrying a palm fan like a sword to repel his enemies.

9. Any man or state who fights on against Nazidom will have our aid. 10. Or what of those sheets and jets of air that are now being used, in place of old-fashioned oak and hinges... II. Determine whether the following statements are True or False. Mark them with T or F to indicate your answer. (15%)

1. In “The Middle Eastern Bazaar”the author describes how horses are used in the process of making linseed oil.

2. The author of “Hiroshima”feels that dropping the atomic bomb was a crime.

3.In “The Middle Eastern Bazaar”the author narrates objectively what he sees in the middle eastern bazaar.

4.In his speech, Winston Churchill uses many references to the Bible and to Christianity to connect with a Western, Christian audience, which included Americans.

5.In “Blackmail,” Ogilvie gets the amount of money he expected in the end. 6. In “The Trial That Rocked the World,” John Scopes describes prosecutor Bryan with admiration and awe.

7. In“Mark Twain—Mirror of America” the author describesMark Twain as a mirror because his writings reflect the American life of his time. 8. In “The Trial That Rocked the World,” the trial takes place in a largely pro-religion and pro-fundamentalist atmosphere. 9.

The author of “But What’s a Dictionary For?” argues that for all of the shortcomings of Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, refusing to use it is silly and conservative.

10. In the article “An Interactive Life,” the author holds an optimistic view

of the future and tells readers the best thing to do is to wait and see what happens.

III. Explain, in your own words, the meaning of the underlined part of each sentence. (10%)

1.

As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge on your ear.

2. I see the German bombers and fighters in the sky, still smarting from many a British whipping, delighted to find what they believe is an easier and safer prey.

3. “It’s no go, old girl. I’m afraid. It was a good try.”

4. …Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens and he ranged across the nation for more than a third of his life, digesting the new American experience.

5. My heart went out to the old warrior as spectators pushed by him to shake Darrow’s hand.

IV. Choose from the list below the appropriate substitution for each of the underlined parts of the following sentences. Markyour answer with capital letters like A, B, C, …or J . (10%)

A. silent B. brightness E. stress C. unawareof D. mysterious

1. The glare of the headlights blinded me as I tried to cross the street. 2. Even though she sent a response, her answer was still cryptic. 3. The tension between Sarah and her ex-boyfriend was so thick no one said a word.

4. The students were mute as the teacher handed out their final grades. 5. Everyone was studying so hard they were oblivious to the thunder and lightning outside.

V. Fifteen words are taken away at irregular intervals from the passage below.Choose the most appropriate one of the given words or expressions and fill in the blanks. Markyour answer with capital letters like A, B, C, …or O. (15%)

A. over I.on B. clasping J. spell C.smug K. sharply D.sardonically L. hear E. pointed M. in F. leisurely N. of G. into O. fussyH. surrender

Wearily, in a gesture of 1 , the Duchess of Croydon sank back into her chair. 2 her hands to conceal their trembling, she asked, “What is it you know?”

“Well now, I’ll 3 it out.” The house detective took his time,

4 puffing a cloud 5 blue cigar smoke, his eyes 6 on the Duchess as if challenging her objection. But beyond wrinkling her nose 7 distaste, she made no comment.Ogilvie 8 to the Duke. “Last night, early on, you went to Lindy’s Place in Irish Bayou. You drove there in your fancy Jaguar, and you took a lady friend. Leastways, I guess you’d call her that if you’re not too 9 .”As Ogilvie glanced, grinning, at the Duchess, the Duke said 10 “Get 11 with it!”“Well” – the 12 fat face swung back – “the way I 13 it, you won a hundred at the tables, then lost it at the bar. You were14 a second hundred – with a real swinging party – when your wife here got there in a taxi.”

“How do you know all this?”

“I’ll tell you, Duke – I’ve been in this town and this hotel a long time. I got friends all 15 .I oblige them; they do the same for me, like letting