第二册模拟试题2

2023年12月4日发(作者：下市)

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《高 级 英 语》

第二册 模拟试题

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I. Determine whether the following statements are True or

Fal. Mark them with T or F to indicate your answer. (10×1)

1. In Marrakech, Orwell directly reveals his outrage at the poor treatment of

the donkey. He does this to emphasize that the animals are treated much wor

than the local people.

2. Pub Talk and the King’s English is written in a conversational style to suit

the theme of the text.

3. The Future of the English is a formal piece of argumentation.

4. Mencken’s writing, in The Libido for the Ugly, obviously indicates his

objective attitude towards the appearance of Westmoreland.

5. In The Worker as Creator or Machine Fromm us a causal analysis to

evaluate the reaction of the worker to his working environment.

6. The Sad Young Men is a clearly structured essay that explains the

stimulating writing of the Lost Generation.

7. The Future of the English is a meaningful title becau the text explains

what the future of English people is going be, rather than what their future

depends upon.

8. Baldwin’s reflections, reactions and conclusions in The Discovery of

What it Means to be an American reveal the many perspectives he was writing

from.

9. The title of the essay, The Sad Young Men, appropriately describes the

subjects of the text, who returning from World War I, rejected American

mainstream values.

10. Loving and Hating New York is a piece of argumentation where the

writer vividly reveals his disgust with New York city.

II. Choo the rhetorical or figurative device from the list

below that best describes the underlined words. All of the

第 1 页 共 10 页 devices listed are ud at least once. (8×1)

1. His choice of vocation does not cau him any uneasy wonder as to

whether or not it will cost him his friends.

2. Greenwich Village t the pattern.

3. Englishness must have some moral capital to draw upon, and soon it may

be asking for an overdraft.

4. Firewood was passing — that was how I saw it.

5. The glow of conversation burst into flames.

6. America has shown us too many exhausted salesmen taking refuge in

bars and breaking up their homes.

7. But in Westmoreland they prefer that uremic yellow and so they have the

most loathsome town and villages ever en by the mortal eye.

8. Sore-eyed children cluster everywhere in unbelievable numbers, like

clouds of flies.

Euphemism Hyperbole Inversion Metaphor

Metonymy Simile Transferred Epithet

III. Write, in your own words, a ntence that you think best

express the meaning of the original ntence. (6×2)

1. Every one of them looks on a cigarette as a more or less impossible luxury.

2. The best conversationalists are tho who are prepared to lo.

3. Out of the melting pot emerges a race which hates beauty as it hates truth.

4. He has a feeling of fraudulency about his product and a cret contempt

for it.

5. It was tempted, in America at least, to escape its responsibilities and

retreat behind an air of naughty alcoholic sophistication.

6. A man can be as proud of being a good waiter as of being a good actor,

and in neither ca feel threatened.

IV. Choo from the list below the appropriate substitution

for each of the italicized parts of the following ntences. (10第 2 页 共 10 页 ×1)

1. My mother always followed the latest weight-reducing racket.

2. She swung the business deal after her visit to the company.

3. Our office furniture was a collection of hand-me-downs.

4. Your loyalty to the cau is taken for granted.

5. At heart she is a hopeless romantic.

6. She got a good taste of competition at the sporting event.

7. Bear with me while I explain the situation.

8. After the vacation, she wrote off the bad experience.

9. He was in the sulks when I left the party early.

10. He’s acting like a child, so to speak.

A: Arranged F: Endure

B: Assumed G: Experienced

C: Basically H: Figuratively speaking

D: Dishonest scheme I: Offended

E: Disregard J: Ud items

V. Twelve words are taken away at irregular intervals from

the passage below. You are expected to fill in the blanks with

the correct forms of words from below that best keep the

meaning and structure of the ntences. (12×1)

Americans are quite 1 of their political system. Whether they are

well 2 about politics (most are not) or whether they 3 actively

in political matters (many do not), they believe their political system has

4 most other political systems 5 . They believe it protects their

individual freedom, which is a value of 6 importance to them. They

7 their system is, or can be, responsive to their wishes in ways other

systems cannot be.

Paradoxically, most Americans have a rather 8 view of politics

and politicians. The system might be very 9 , but the people who

operate within it might not be. As a group, politicians are generally en as

relatively unintelligent, excessively talkative, and somewhat devious.

第 3 页 共 10 页 Government employees, too, are 10 . Many Americans 11 that

the government has too many workers, and only a few who are diligent and

productive enough to derve the pay they get. Paradoxically, again,

Americans generally 12 and receive competent rvice from

government employees.

advantage believe expect good inform lack

negative participate proud supreme suppo suspect

VI. Reading Comprehension (20×1)

(A)

As a first cour, the 60th Cannes Film Festival rved its

audiences desrt. Wong Kar-wai, the Hong Kong director who was

president of the jury at the 2006 festival, held in Cannes, France, opened

this year’s event with “My Blueberry Nights,” a romantic confection that

begins with a lingering shot of vanilla ice cream melting into the gooey

filling of a blueberry pie. The film, Mr. Wong’s first English-language

feature, takes place in a postcard America of diners and red neon signs, a

land of heartbreak and cond chances where folks play poker and drink

whiskey and subsist on cheeburgers, pork chops and, in at least one ca,

quite a bit of that pie.

The pie eater is Norah Jones, the singer and songwriter, who makes

her screen debut as the character, Elizabeth, a New Yorker on the rebound

from a long relationship with an unfaithful, unen and unnamed boyfriend.

She takes refuge in a homey restaurant managed by Jeremy, where there is

always a lot of blueberry pie left over at closing time.

After they strike up a late-night, pastry-fueled friendship, aled with

a lovely, drowsy screen kiss, Elizabeth takes off on a journey that leads her

from Memphis to Nevada, through a ries of waitress jobs, slightly altered

identities (she’s Lizzie in one place, Beth in another) and encounters with

other lonely souls. The include an alcoholic policeman, his estranged

wife and a gambler, who ems to talk a better game than she plays.

Over the years Mr. Wong has acquired a passionate following — one

that occasionally manifests cultlike tendencies — for his nsual visual

style and oblique narratives of erotic longing. “My Blueberry Nights” may

strike his devotees, and skeptics as well, as both a notable departure and a

第 4 页 共 10 页 variation on his characteristic themes. He is still interested in the

mysterious nature of desire and the effects of time and distance upon it. But

the tting, the language and the conventions of English-language screen

acting give this movie, for better or wor, a decided air of novelty.

Mr. Wong’s other recent films, like “In the Mood For Love” and

“2046” (both shown at previous festivals here) unfold mainly in the narrow

hallways and cramped rooms of hotels and apartment buildings in crowded

Asian cities, where the men dress in dark suits and the women wear

flower-printed cheongsams.

Tho movies are den with color and shadow. In “My Blueberry

Nights,” the colors are still rich and smoky, but the wider format gives the

compositions a loor, more open feeling. And the characters,

contemporary Americans (and one British expatriate), are correspondingly

relaxed, even in their moments of distress. Whereas their Asian

counterparts in other Wong Kar-wai movies — Gong Li, Tony Leung

Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung — show emotion through masks of mystery and

rerve, Ms. Jones and her co-stars invite and promi easy empathy.

1. In paragraph 1, the ntence “the 60th Cannes Film Festival rved its

audiences desrt” contains which combination of rhetorical devices:

(A) personification and metaphor

(B) simile and metonymy

(C) personification and simile

(D) metaphor and euphemism

2. The phra “a postcard America” in paragraph 1 can best be interpreted

to mean which of the following?

(A) a picture of the United States

(B) a very popular place

(C) a familiar American scene

(D) a rural, country town

3. Using context clues, the idiom in paragraph 2 “on the rebound” could

best be interpreted as which of the following?

(A) returning

(B) being rejected

(C) disappointed

(D) recovering

4. The word “pastry-fueled” in paragraph 3 indicates which of the

following?

第 5 页 共 10 页 (A) the friendship was characterized by nsitive and sweet emotions

(B) the friendship began due to the woman’s repeated visits to the

restaurant for pie

(C) the friendship is shallow and has no deep substance

(D) the friendship started due to a love for desrt

5. Choo the best replacement for the word “air” in paragraph 4.

(A) impression

(B) characterization

(C) awareness

(D) imagination

6. The author us dashes (—) in paragraph 4 and 6 for which of the

following purpos:

(A) to point out an interruption and a change of thought

(B) to list items

(C) to provide an appositive and further information for special emphasis

(D) to include insignificant information

7. Which of the following statements about the passage is true:

(A) Wong’s new English-language film is very similar to his

Chine-language films.

(B) Wong’s films have attracted a group of enthusiasts.

(C) Wong’s new film takes place in America, but it does not accurately

reprent American culture.

(D) Wong’s film, “My Blueberry Nights,” was popular at the Cannes

Film Festival.

8. According to the passage, we can infer that Wong’s film, “My Blueberry

Nights,” _________.

(A) express the director’s distinguishing themes in a distinct, new style.

(B) is very confusing to viewers.

(C) exceeds the expectations of Wong’s followers.

(D) is a comedy.

9. In paragraph 3, the passage describes a gambler, who ________.

(A) is successful at her hobby.

(B) is skilled at convincing people.

(C)

always boasts herlf, but never amounts to anything.

(D) bores people by her excessive talking.

10. The tone of this passage is:

(A) indifferent

(B) objective

第 6 页 共 10 页 (C) cynical

(D) subjective

(B)

Slow Food International was founded in 1989 by Carlo Petrini as an

international resistance movement to fast food. Formed in opposition to an

attempt by McDonald's to place its golden arches in the Piazza di Spagna

area of Rome, Slow Food's mission is to cultivate public appreciation for

locally produced foods, wines, and authentic tastes. Pleasure and

conviviality at the table are brought into harmony with humane, wholesome

conditions of food production. Slow Food is good, clean and fair food.

The movement encourages opposition to fast food and fast lifestyles

in order to improve the quality of lives. While aiming to educate the

public's palate, it advocates prerving the cultural cuisine and the

associated food plants and eds, domestic animals, and farming within an

eco-region. Slow Food humorously describes itlf as the "culinary

wing" of the anti-globalization movement.

The success of its agenda and the growth of its

membership—attributable to the ri of an ecological consciousness among

educated, affluent consumers, that fosters a concern with the quality of

foods and their sources—have encouraged Slow Food to expand globally

to 100 countries and now has 83,000 members.

The group's activities connect producers of excellent foods with

co-producers through events and initiatives including education forums,

such as taste workshops, and school programs. Committed to philanthropy,

the organization has sponsored a soup kitchen in an Amazonian indigenous

hospital and a school cafeteria in Sarajevo. Slow Food advocates

identifying and safeguarding endangered food "treasures," and

agricultural and food heritage sites, such as, cafés, inns, and restaurants.

Slow Food has focud on the areas to guarantee their economic and

commercial futures, to protect the land from degradation, and to create new

job opportunities. Small, quality food producers need protection against the

industrial food complexes that threaten their very existence.

Critics of the movement have charged it with being elitist, as it

discourages suppodly cheaper alternative methods of growing or

preparing food. Slow Food responds by claiming to be working towards

local production and consumption which will exploit "best practices" of

第 7 页 共 10 页 science and professions worldwide that will ultimately prove to be cheaper

due to less reliance on transport and energy and chemical and technology

intensive methods.

In the tradition of avant-garde manifestos, the Slow Food Manifesto

states, "We work towards the rediscovery of the richness and aromas of

local cuisines by opposing the leveling effect of the Fast Life . . . which has

changed our lives and threatens the environment and landscape." The

manifesto warns against being "too impatient to smell and taste" and "too

greedy to remember what [we] have just devoured." Opposing fast cheap

food and the values and systems of globalized food production, Slow Food

hopes to change the future.

11. We learn from the beginning of that passage that Slow Food was

founded ______.

(A) with intentions to save the world from capitalism .

(B) out of a concern for dull tasting food.

(C) to unite food enthusiasts.

(D) as a resistance movement.

12. Using context clues, “conviviality” in paragraph 1 most likely means

_______.

(A) slowness.

(B) boldness.

(C) friendliness.

(D) hostility.

13. According to the passage, which of the following is not an aim or

objective of the Slow Food movement?

(A) Prerving and promoting local and traditional food products

(B) Organizing the sale of healthy food to a global audience

(C)Protecting the environment with fair and healthy food production

practices

(D) Educating consumers about the hidden risks of fast food

14. The passage describes Slow Food members as ______.

(A) educated and affluent.

(B) comfortable and excited .

(C) sophisticated and privileged.

(D) cultured and knowledgeable.

15. In paragraph 2, “culinary wing” can best be interpreted as which of the

following?

第 8 页 共 10 页 (A) the food division

(B) the farming department

(C) taste-testers

(D) the cooking experts

16. The Slow Food movement has been criticized for which of the

following reasons?

(A)The organization is too ambitious and its practices are not

academically supported.

(B)The organization will not accept members from the lower class.

(C)Slow food’s activities and events will not adequately solve problems

caud by the Fast Life.

(D)The movement promotes expensive methods and thus limits tho

who are able to participate.

17. In paragraph 4, “endangered food treasures” could be replaced by

which of the following?

(A) food customs that are unhealthy

(B) valuable food traditions that are at risk of being lost

(C) rare foods that are in danger of becoming popular

(D) expensive cultural dishes

18. In paragraph 6 “leveling effect of the Fast Life” refers to which of the

following?

(A) the Fast Life is becoming more common

(B) the Fast Life will make people more equal

(C) the Fast Life will lower the quality of one’s life

(D) the Fast Life is demolishing the natural environment

19. The best title for this passage would be which of the following?

(A) Globalization is Wrecking the World

(B) A Fast Life is a Poor Life

(C) Prerving Local Food

(D) Protect Healthy Food

20. Which of the following statements about the text is fal?

(A) Slow Food is a charity organization, but has not had any impact

outside of Europe.

(B) Slow Food oppos the value systems perpetuated by fast food

industries.

(C) Industrial and mass food manufacturers threaten the survival of

traditional food producers.

(D) The Slow Food movement can be linked to the anti-globalization

第 9 页 共 10 页 and other environmental movements.

VII. Plea give brief answers the following two questions. (2×4)

1. Referring to The Worker as Creator or Machine, how the role of worker

has changed throughout the text?

2. Referring to The Libido for the Ugly, does the author achieve or defeat

his own purpo by using so much bold figurative language?

VIII. Write out a short essay on the following subject in

about 300 words. (20×1)

The Problems of Young People in China.

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