《高级英语》第二册补充练习
Lesson One Pub Talk and the King’s English
I. Choo the one which is equal to the word given blow:
1. intricate
A. difficult B. complicated C. invalid D. simple
2. anecdote
A. short amusing story B. long tedious talk
C. uninteresting writing D. exciting information
3. affirmation
A. negative conversation B. possibility C. positive statement D. affection
4. churl
A. soldier B. bishop C. naturalist D. peasant
5. convict
A. criminal B. aggressor C. captain D. captor
6. intercept
A. stop between starting-point and destination B. arrive at the conclusion
C. write words expressing respect D. prevent from being en
7. denial
A. piece of open land B. accepting an invitation
C. refusing a request D. teaching good behavior
8. delve
A. give onelf up B. clasp carefully
C. arch carefully and deeply D. look down upon
9. immune
A. cure B. impure C. odorous D. revival
10. facetious
A. unimportant B. very superficial C. hideous D. not rious
11. sinister
A. not pretended B. suggesting evil
C. happening in the same time D. giving orders
12. pejorative
A. sharp B. distasteful C. contemptuous D. penetrating
13. ultimatum
A. the general opinion about the character, qualities etc.
B. state of being in demand
C. something that provokes or annoys
D. final statement of conditions to be accepted
14. tussle
A. have a hard struggle or fight B. rai to a higher grade
C. come to a lower level or state D. make the greatest possible u of
15. scamper
A. move onward smoothly B. drop down directly
C. run quickly and playfully D. walk forward and backward
16. edict
A. order B. article C. painting D. newspaper
17. tart
A. different B. sarcastic C. loaded D. special
18. coin
A. happen B. coincide C. comfort D. invent
19. dominance
A. ruling class B. manageable domain
C. controlling power D. religious establishment
20. salon
A. a regular held fashionable gathering B. a big luxurious car
C. a grand comfortable hotel D. a large public drinking place
21. sociable
A. gregarious B. collective C. common D. ordinary
22. derve
A. to take away B. to last long C. to help with D. to be worthy of
23. sparkle
A. strike B. glitter C. climb D. flow
24. opportunity
A. an opposing force B. a favorable place
C. a chance for advancement D. a difficult situation
25. indulged
A. gratify B. involve C. interrupt D. gratitude
26. gossip
A. glory B. rumor C. private fact D. personal things
27. pro
A. imitation B. copying C. writing D. drawing
28. punctuate
A. inrt occasionally B. not to emphasize
C. act instantly D. interrupt periodically
29. recess
A. accepted quantity B. the act of receiving
C. cluded place D. crete news
30. pressing
A. urgent B. immediate C. refusing D. interacting
II. Complete the words according to the definitions, the first letter of the word is
given:
1. ordinary c ________
2. jumping from one thing to another d ________
3. soldier armed with a musket m ________
4. very clo friend or associate i ________
5. flow slowly, turning here and there m ________
6. using or involving two languages b ________
7. farmyard birds of any kind, such as hens, ducks, etc. p ________
8. person in an unimportant position working for sb. el u ________
9. magical or mysterious power or process of transforming one thing into another a
_______
10. state, quality of being snobbish s ________
11. person with the legal right to receive a title, property, when the owner dies h
________
12. mocking remark j ________
13. greatest in power, authority, or rank; paramount or dominant s ________
14. to object to, especially in a formal statement p ________
15. a person, an animal, or a plant who descent can be traced to a particular individual or group. d ________
16. a force that tends to oppo or retard motion r ________
