15. bright

II． Paraphrase （20%） （2分1题）

1. The electrical systems in the car had been out of work because of the sea water. 2. We pledge to help the United Nations enlarge the area in which its authority would continue to be in effect or in force.

3. Before the terrible forces of destruction, which science can now release, overwhelm mankind; before this self-destruction , which may be planned or brought about by an accident, takes place.

4. These animals are called cattle when they are alive and feeding in the fields; but when we sit down at the table to eat, we call their meet beef.

5. The new ruling class by using French instead of English made it difficult for the English to accept or absorb the culture of the rulers.

6. People in certain strata of American society seem definitely to hunger after ugly things.

7. At the very mention of this post-war period, middle-aged people begin to think about it longingly.

8. Yet both groups of nations are trying to change as quickly as possible this uncertain balance or terrible military power which restrains each group from launching mankind’s final war.

9. The English language received proper recognition and was used by the King once more.

ugly designs, in some way that people cannot understand, satisfy the hidden an unintelligible demands of this type of mind.

III. Translation （20%） （2分1题）

21. 人类手中所掌握的力量足以硝棉一切形式的人类贫困和一切形式的人类生命。 22. 我努力克制住心中排山倒海似的惊慌情绪。

23. 在这里，人类的居所却如此令人厌恶，连一群无家可归的杂种猫都为之羞耻。 24. 我一遍又一遍的举出例证，指出问题的错误指出，不停地讲下去。 25. 红砖在岁月的冲刷下愈发显的气派。

26. The torch of the Olympics will be passed from generation to generation,

signifying the wish for peace of all nations. 27. There is something in what he said。

28. After two years of strenuous work, I finally made an excellent table tennis player

out of Jane。

29. Tom felt frustrated at not being able to do anything to fight the hurricane。 30. I asked him about life in USA and that made him sit up.

IV. Figure of speech （10%）（1分1题） 1. metaphor 2. antithesis

3. irony or sarcasm and irony 4. oxymoron 5. hyperbole 6. metonymy 7. metaphor 8. simile 9. litotes

10. onomatopoeia

Test Six

I. Vocabulary (30%)

Section 1: From the list of words at the top, select the correct word or phrase for each blank space. Use each word or phrase only once (15%).

subversion let-up

ultimatum on the rocks

16.Although they lived side by side, they did not _____________each other’s lives.

17.The fact that their marriages may be ______________, is simply not the concern.

18.The conversation was __________.

19.The King’s English is a model – a rich and instructive one – but is ought not to be an___________

20.We ought to think ourselves back________________ the Saxon peasants. 21.They got out of bed ________________.

22.For man holds in his ________ hands the power to abolish al forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.

23.Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or _____________ anywhere in the Americas.

24.She had an erectness of carriage, an ease of bearing, a of carriage, an ease of bearing, a ________ that clearly indicated the best of breeding.

25.I reeled back, overcome with the ___________ of it.

poise infamy

etiology unabated

mortal delve into

lucrative

insensate

into the shoes of

on wings on the wrong side of bed

26.I cited instances, pointed out flaws, kept hammering away without _______.

27.The _________ of this madness deserves a great deal more study than it has got.

28.Here was the very heart of industrial America, the center of its most ____________ and characteristic activity.

29.Are they so frightful because the valley is full of foreigners – dull, ________ brutes, with no love of beauty in them? 30.The enlistment craze continued ___________.

Section 2: From the list of words at the top, select the correct synonym for the underlined words or phrase in each sentence (15%)

crazy

gap

strike

aimlessly

raised devising

calls on unwilling

31.The gazelle nibbled rapidly at the bread, then lowered its head and tried to butt me.

32.Instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of Jews.

33.What al this tells us is of a deep rift in the culture of England after the Norman Conquest.

34.The conversation moved desultorily here and there.

35.John was reluctant to abandon his home unless the family was clearly endangered.

36.The Saxon peasants who tilled the land and reared the animals could not afford the meat.

37.This new generation has been tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

38.The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes. 39.Now the trumpet summons us again.

40.The instruments of war have outpaced the instruments of peace.

surpassed trained

ghastly

jokingly

swallow up call forth perplexing