考试科目：高级英语2考核方式：考试PART ⅠLANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE（10 points）
1.-Do you like ice cream?
-Yes,I do.
This is an example of .
B.substitution
D.ellipsis
2.Which of the following CAN NOT be ud as an adverbial?
A.The lion’s share.
B.Heart and soul.
C.Null and void.
D.Hammer and tongs.
3.Which of the following pairs of words are homophones?
A.wind(v.)/wind(n.)
B.suspect(v.)/suspect(n.)
D.bare(adj.)/bear(v.)
4.The ntence“Clo your book and listen to me carefully!”performs a(n)_________ function.
A.interrogative
B.informative
C.performative
D. directive
5.Which of the following clusters of words is an example of alliteration?
A.A weak al.
B.Safe and sound.
C.Knock and kick.
D.Coat and boat.
6.Which of the following is an example of clipping?
A.APEC.
B.Motel.
C.Xerox.
D.Disco.
7.The type of language which is lected as appropriate to a particular type of situation is called .
B.dialect
C.slang
D.variety
8.The words"tennis,badminton,golf,basketball and football"constitute a____field.
A.mantic
9.In literature a story in ver or pro with a double meaning is defined as .
A.allegory
B.sonnet
C.blank ver
D.rhyme
10.Eyeryone is surprid that she has fallen out with her boy friend.The underlined part means
.
A.left
B.quarreled
C.attacked
D.insulted
PART ⅡREADING COMPREHENSION（21 points）
Cork
Cork - the thick bark of the cork oak tree (Quercus suber) - is a remarkable material. It is tough, elastic, buoyant, and fire-resistant, and suitable for a wide range of purpos. It has also been ud for millennia: the ancient Egyptians aled their sarcophagi (stone coffins) with cork, while the ancient Greeks and Romans ud it for anything from beehives to sandals.
And the cork oak itlf is an extraordinary tree. Its bark grows up to 20 cm in thickness, insulating the tree like a coat wrapped around the trunk and branches and keeping the inside at a constant 20℃all year round. Developed most probably as a defence against forest fires, the bark of the cork oak has a particular cellular structure - with about 40 million cells per cubic centimetre - that technology has never succeeded in replicating. The ceils are filled with air, which is why cork is so b
uoyant.
It also has an elasticity that means you can squash it and watch it spring back to its original size and shape when you relea the pressure.
Cork oaks grow in a number of Mediterranean countries, including Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece and Morocco. They flourish in warm, sunny climates where there is a minimum of 400 millimetres of rain per year, and not more than 800 millimetres. Like grape vines, the trees thrive in poor soil, putting down deep roots in arch of moisture and nutrients. Southern Portugal’s Alentejo region meets all of the requirements, which explains why, by the early 20th century, this region had become the world’s largest producer of cork, and why today it accounts for roughly half of all cork production around the world.
Most cork forests are family-owned. Many of the family business, and indeed many of the trees themlves, are around 200 years old. Cork production is, above all, an exerci in patience. From the planting of a cork sapling to the first harvest takes 25 years, and a gap of approximately a decade must parate harvests from an individual tree. And for top-quality cork, it’s necessary to wait a further 15 or 20 years. You even have to wait for the right kind of summer’s day to harvest cor
k. If the bark is stripped on a day when it’s too cold - or when the air is damp -the tree will be damaged.
Cork harvesting is a very specialid profession. No mechanical means of stripping cork bark has been invented, so the job is done by teams of highly skilled workers. First, they make vertical cuts down the bark using small sharp axes, then lever it away in pieces as large as they can manage. The most skilful cork- strippers pri away a mi-circular husk that runs the length of the trunk from just above ground level to the first branches. It is then dried on the ground for about four months, before being taken to factories, where it is boiled to kill any incts that might remain in the cork. Over 60% of cork then goes on to be made into traditional bottle stoppers, with most of the remainder being ud in the construction trade. Corkboard and cork tiles are ideal for thermal and acoustic insulation, while granules of cork are ud in the manufacture of concrete.
Recent years have en the end of the virtual monopoly of cork as the material for bottle stoppers, due to concerns about the effect it may have on the contents of the bottle. This is caud by a chemical compound called 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA), which forms through the interaction of plant phenols, chlorine and mould. The tiniest concentrations - as little as three or four parts to a trillion - can spoil the taste of the product contained in the bottle. The result has been a gradual yet
steady move first towards plastic stoppers and, more recently, to aluminium screw caps. The substitutes are cheaper to manufacture and, in the ca of screw caps, more convenient for the ur.
The classic cork stopper does have veral advantages, however. Firstly, its traditional image is more in keeping with that of the type of high quality goods with which it has long been associated. Secondly - and very importantly - cork is a sustainable product that can be recycled without difficulty. Moreover, cork forests are a resource which support local biodiversity, and prevent dertification in the regions where they are planted. So, given the current concerns about environmental issues, the future of this ancient material once again looks promising.
Following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?
Write TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
11. The cork oak has the thickest bark of any living tree.
12.Scientists have developed a synthetic cork with the same cellular structure as natural cork.
13. Individual cork oak trees must be left for 25 years between the first and cond harvest.
14. Cork bark should be stripped in dry atmospheric conditions.
15. The only way to remove the bark from cork oak trees is by hand.
PART Ⅲ TRANSLATION（24 points）
SECTION A English to Chine ( 12 points)
The two old crones, chiming in together, began pouring out many piteous lamentations that the poor dear was too far gone to know her best friends; and were uttering sundry protestations that they would never leave her, when the superior pushed them from the room, clod the door, and returned to the bedside. On being excluded, the old ladies changed their tone, and cried through the keyhole that old Sally was drunk; which, indeed, was not unlikely; since, in addition to a moderate do of opium prescribed by the apothecary, she was labouring under the effects of a final taste of gin-and-water which had been privily administered, in the openness of their hearts, by the worthy old ladies themlves.
SECTION B Chine to English （12 points）
但“面子”究竟是怎么一回事呢？不想还好，一想可就觉得胡涂。它像是很有好几种的，每一种身价，就有一种“面子”，也就是所谓“脸”。这“脸”有一条界线，如果落到这线的下面去了，即失了面子，也叫作“丢脸”。不怕“丢脸”，便是“不要脸”。但倘使做了超出这线以上的事，就“有面子”，或曰“露脸”。而“丢脸”之道，则因人而不同，例如车夫坐在路边赤膊捉虱子，并不算什么，富家姑爷坐在路边赤膊捉虱子，才成为“丢脸”。但车夫也并非没有“脸”，不过这时不算“丢”，要给老婆踢了一脚，就躺倒哭起
来，这才成为他的“丢脸”。这一条“丢脸”律，是也适用于上等人的。这样看来，“丢脸”的机会，似乎上等人比较的多，但也不一定，例如车夫偷一个钱袋，被人发见，是失了面子的，而上等人大捞一批金珠珍玩，却仿佛也不见得怎样“丢脸”，况且还有“出洋考察”，是改头换面的良方。
PART Ⅳ LANGUAGE USAGE（10 points）
The passage contains TEN errors.Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error.In each ca,only ONE word is involved.You should proof-read the passage and correct it in the following way:
For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line.
For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a“∧”sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line.
For an unnecessary word,cross the unnecessary word with a slash“/”and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.
Example
When∧art muum wants a new exhibit,(1) an
it never buys things in finished form and hangs(2) never never them on the wall.When a natural history muum
wants an exhibition,it must often build it.(3) exhibit
The great whales are among the most fascinating creatures which
have ever lived on the earth, and one of them, the blue whale, is the largest. People in ancient times thought whales as fearsome
monsters of the ocean depths. So to hunt a whale, when one occasionally swam toward shore, he was high adventure. People
found the adventure was rewarding, too, for the oil and meat from one whale alone could heat and feed a village for a whole winter.Whales remble huge fish. They were referred by the ancients as
“great fish,”and any whale beaching along the coasts of England was designated “the King’s fish”becau it automatically belonged to the Crown.Ever since tho early times, human have felt w
hales a n of wonder mixed with an inten desire to capture, slaughter, and exploit. Now the slaughter has reached alarming proportions.
Even though some species are protected by the regulations of the International Whaling Commission and theoretically all whale hunting is regulated, but the earth's stock of whales is still being
depleted. In fact, some scientists worry that 100 years since now
there may be no whales left. If this happens, mankind will be blame for removing from the earth forever a remarkable and
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