基础英语期末试题
FINAL EXAMINATION
An Integrated English for English Majors
(Term 4) Test 5
Ⅰ. V ocabulary (10%)
A.Fill in the blanks with the words given below:
pervere penetrate alcoholic wreckage trendy
folly coverage infertile crest rascal
1.____________: the treatment of an issue by the media
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2.____________: a foolish act, idea, or practice
3.____________: very fashionable or up to date in style or influence
4.____________: the remnants of a wreck
5.____________: someone who can not stop drinking large amounts of alcohol,
even when this is making them ill
6._____________: succeed in forcing a way through something
7._____________: continue in a cour of action even in the face of difficulty or
with little or no indication of success
forever friend8._____________: the top of something, especially a mountain or hill
9._____________: (of a person, animal or plant) unable to reproduce
10._____________: a naughty person or animal (typically ud in an affectionate
way)
B.Add the missing letters according to each of the definitions:
1.I_____________: the holding of an office or the period during which one is held
2.C____________: make (an idea, impression, or feeling) known or understandable
to someone
3.S____________: a person’s assistant or clo associate, especially one who hashoney中文意思
less authority than that person
4.S____________: walk or go unsteadily
5.M____________: neither small nor large but between the two; clearly within the
limits of a range of possibilities
6.W____________: force into a narrow space
7.C____________: politely congratulate or prai (someone) for something
8.F____________: grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way
9.C____________: keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of
(space, scope, or time)
10.S____________: an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something
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el regarded as more important or worthy.
II. Fill in the blanks with the words in their appropriate forms (10%)
1.He hopes to have his 15-year prison term reduced by ______ (testify) against his
former colleagues.
2.In uncivilized tribes there are cas where women subjected to years of brutality
lo control and kill their ______ (torment).
3.If she _______ (read) the book, she would have understood what I meant.
4.If she _______ (give) him a life in her car, he wouldn’t be late for work.
5.The Ministry of Education needs to offer young people ______ (drift) into crime
an alternative t of values.
6.They’d been a mirable lot when he’d arrived at the shipyard, but now they
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7.If a friend takes you into her _________ (confident), don’t rush off to tell other
people.
8.The inability of diplomatic policy put the Bonn government in an _________
(embarrass) position.
9.The General was considered by some people to be the _________ (personify) of
patriotic courage.
10.A number of ______ (enlighten) landowners have recently t an example by
making land available at less than normal market value.
III. Complete the following ntences with prepositions.(10%)
1.I’m never ______ ea when taking a test.
2.The argument is bad ______ copious data.
3.She was deaf ______ his request to do her work.
4.She wept _____ the bad news.
5.Paper is made _______ wood.
6.John got a job. He could be independent _______ his parents.
7.My friend David deals _______ antiques, which he sometimes buys _____ a song
and lls ______ a good profit.
8.Betting ______ hors is usually a good way _______ emptying one’s pockets
_______ money.
9.He pulled the blanket _____ himlf to keep warm.
10.I rely ____ you to keep the children _______ control this evening, for if they get
______ control all sorts of things may happen.
IV. Fill in the blank in each ntence with a word or phra taken from the box in its appropriate form. (10%)
In one’s mind’s eye turn to a glimp of resonate with
Be immerd in be expod to take pride in convey
to
1.All the people of the country _________ offering the highest standards to the man
commonn
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who had ud up all his talents for the welfare of the people.
2.The medical expert who had just immigrated to our country __________ the
rearch of gene grouping.
3.Los Angeles is confident and alive after the disastrous earthquake, ___________
all the qualities of civilized city.
4.Under the protection of their well-furnished residence, they ________ not
________ most dias common to urban populations.
5.The murder was about to be hanged. Before the execution, ________ he confesd
all the crimes he had committed.
6.As university campus become increasingly multi-ethnic, they offer __________
the conflicts society will face tomorrow.
7.The railway company decided to extend a branch line to Newcastle to
___________ coal direct _________ other cities.
8.The CEO _____________ his attention __________the practical matters relating
to forming a company specializing in curities.
9.Invitation to have dinner together is usually treated as a means of achieving
_________ with another person in eastern culture.
10.In his rearch, professor Danes found the ________ of human beings to fight
after they’ve been defeated.
V. Explain the underlined parts briefly in English (10%)
1.Jealousy, and original motive, usually invites abnormal psychological behaviour
in a person’s mind.
2.He has not yet shown himlf to be a really strong character in the face of
hardship.
3.One of the protestors ran onto the stage during the speech. But the police assumed
it as a domestic matter and decided not to carry on with the investigation.
4.With stringed instruction such as cellos, the sound made by the bow on the stringsthorns
resounds throughout the wooden box.
toa5.When I visited my parents at the end of March, Dad was confined to the
downstairs.
6.One day Caruso battled a rival for the female’s attention. Then she fought an even
more vehement battle with another female. Afterward she resumed her haughty stance while he fervently continued with his rapturous repertoire.
7.In the modern office building in the city there are windows that don’t open. The
windows are a scandal becau they endanger the lives of office workers in ca
of fire.
8.Even outside at home in their suburbs the city dwellers may know that sometimes
it’s hot, and sometimes it’s cold, but no true n of the rhythms of the asons is to be had from a lawn in the backyard and a few spindly trees struggling to
survive.
9.However, bad on my personal experience I can understand now, as they surf the
web some folks might be confronted with cognitive overload.
10.Some would argue that the virtual existences created by some urs who debate,
shop, travel and have romance on line are in fact not real …
Ⅵ. Translation (20%)
A. From English to Chine (10%)
(1) American no longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with skill and gift. Nor do they aspire to such command themlves. In his latest book, Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of language and Music and why We Should Like, Care, (2)John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conrvative views, es the triumph of 1960s counter-culture as responsible for the decline of formal English.
But the cult of the authentic and the personal, “doing our own thing”, has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music. While even the modestly educated sought an elevated tone when they put pen to paper before the 1960s, even the most well regarded writing since then has sought to capture spoken English on the page. Equally, in poetry, the highly personal, performative genre is the only form that could claim real liveliness. (3)In both oral and written English, talking is triumphing over speaking, spontaneity over craft.
Illustrated with an entertaining array of examples from both high and low culture, the trend that Mr. McWhorter documents is unmistakable. But it is less clear, to take the question of his subtitle, why we should, like care. As a linguist, he acknowledges that all varieties of human language, including non-standard ones like Black English, can be powerfully expressive-there exists no language or dialect in the world that cannot convey complex ideas (4)He is not arguing, as many do, that we can
no longer think straight becau we do not talk proper.
(5)Russians have a deep love for their own language and carry large chunks of memorized poetry in their heads, while Italian politicians tend to elaborate speech that would em old-fashioned to most English-speakers. Mr. McWhorter acknowledges that formal language is not strictly necessary, and propos no radical education reforms-he is really grieving over the loss of something beautiful more than uful. We now take our English “on paper plates instead of china”, a shame, perhaps, but probably an inevitable one.
B. From Chine to English, using the words or phras given in the brackets.(10%)
1.在日本人生产的一种电子游戏中，玩游戏的人可以模拟艾滋病患者从染上艾
滋病毒直到死亡的经历。(simulate)
2.我肯定，他说你可以用这笔钱继续学习音乐是认真的。(in earnest)
3.一场经济危机正在威胁着那个国家。(hang over)
4.他是真正发号施令的人物，但他总是躲在幕后。(in the background)
5. 他们现在生活富裕了，但也曾经历坎坷。(ups and downs)
6. 这次演讲我将说明两个问题。(address onelf to)
7. 他尽力向我解释说不是因为我工作不好而解雇我，而是因为公司支付不了我的工资。
(take pains to)
11.探照灯光在黑漆漆的水面上纵横交错。(finger across)
12.人们正从周围农村涌进来。(flood)
13.他的表现已经接近完美。(come clo to)
迎国庆演讲稿V. Reading comprehension (20%)
Passage 1
The competition among producers of personal computers is esntially a race to get the best, most innovative products to the marketplace. Marketers in this environment frequently have to make a judgment as to their competitors' role when making marketing strategy decisions. If major competitor
s are changing their products, then a marketer may want to follow suit to remain competitive. Apple Computer, Inc. has introduced two new, faster person computers, the Macintosh II and Macintosh SE, in anticipation of the introduction of a new PC by IBM, one of Apple's major competitors.
Apple's new computers are much faster and more powerful than its earlier models. The improved Macintosh is able to run programs that previously were impossible to run on an Apple PC, including IBM-compatible programs. This compatibility feature illustrates computer manufacturers' new attitude of giving customers the features they want. Malting Apple computers capable of running IBM software is Apple's effort at making the Mackintosh compatible with IBM computers and thus more popular in the office, where Apple hopes to increa sales, Urs of the new Apple can also add accessories to make their machines specialize in specific us, such as engineering and writing.
