大学新视野英语期末复习题(6)

I will give the last word to Barbara L. Sigman of Simi Valley, ―I cannot let your article escape me without at least a murmur of protest. The young‘ are not all a bunch of mindless, although charming, beautiful and healthy people, as you imply. Some of us read Shakespeare, Flaubert, and even Voltaire! Better yet, we can dial telephones and we can make change. And a few of us know a tiny bit about history, too.‖

Thank you, Ms. Sigman.

I‘m glad to know that all is not lost.

Statements

1. People have different ideas about the statement that our young people are helpless when thrown back on obsolete technology.T

2. Older people are complaining about the younger generation‘s dependency on modern Statement technology because they are unhappy about also becoming ―has beens‖.T

3. If the author‘s car broke down, he could ride a horse.F

4. According to Junot, today‘s young engineers would either get their computers repaired or replace when their computers break down.T

5. John A. Junot asks the writer whether he would be able to ride a horse if his car broke down to argue that dial phones have not become obsoleteF.

6. The first IBM Personal Computer bought by the author is obsolete.T

7. According to Junot, before cash registers were invented employees stole very easily.T

8. The clerk in the fast-food restaurant must do mental calculations because the computer sometimes makes a mistake.F

9. The author is glad to say good bye to arithmetic because he doesn‘t excel in it.T

10. State of the art technology like digital clocks will cause young people to become mindless and unable to tell the time.F

II. CVB

Directions: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.

1. The schoolmaster ______ the girl‘s bravery in his opening speech.

A) applauded B) applied C) elevated D) exploded

2. Petrol is refined from the ______ oil we take out of the ground.

A) crude B) raw C) coarse D) original

3. The plane was ______ for two hours because of the heavy fog.

A) delayed B) detained C) postponed D) dismissed

4. The students in Prof. Fielding‘s class had a/an ______ passion for William Shakespeare.

A) extraordinary B) extra C) special D) ordinary

5. She is so disappointed that it is very difficult to ______ her enthusiasm or ______ her to any action of hope.

A) rouse…arouse B) arouse…rouse C) excite…raise D) raise…excite

6. The morning news says a school bus ______ with a train at the junction and a group of policemen were sent there immediately.

A) bumped B) collided C) crashed D) crushed

7. Arriving home, the boy told the parents about all the ______ which occurred in his dormitory.

A) incidence B) matters C) incidents D) accidents

8. To our ______, Geoffrey‘s illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.

A) belief B) relief C) release D) anxiety

9. The service is a ______ to those who died for the independence of the nation.

A) memory B) memorial C) monument D) message

10. At first, the seller wanted 150 dollars for the suit, but at last I ______ to 40 dollars!

A) cut it in B) cut it down C) cut it short D) cut it off

11. It is reported that thirty people were killed in a ______ on the railway yesterday.

A) collision B) collaboration C) corrosion D) confrontation

12. In Britain today women ______ 44% of the workforce, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.

A) build up B) stand for C) make up D) conform to

13. In sharp ______ to John, who is frank, Henry is too sophisticated.

A) conflict B) contrast C) comparison D) contradiction

(Key: 1-5 A A A A B 6-10 B C B B B 11-13 A C B)

III. Word Building

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word forms of the words given in the brackets.

1. The statue was erected as a _____ to all the people who were killed in the war. (memory)

2. The new government would immediately _____ the coal and steel industries and the railways. (nationality)

3. The expression on her face was _____ and anxious as I was telling my story. (doubt)

4. She was shocked by the _____ of his remarks. (crude)

5. There‘s higher _____ of left-handedness among boys than girls. (incident)

6. It is said that he is an _____ proud person. (immense)

7. My family was _____ at the news of my safe arrival. (relief)

8. Before you set your targets, make sure that they are _____. (achieve)

9. His uncle is the _____ of his mother‘s will. (execute)

10. The audience were amazed at the extraordinary _____ of the actors. (perform)

Key:

memorial

nationalize

doubtful

crudity

incidence

immensely

relieved

achievable

executant

performance

4. ECT

Directions: Translate the English sentences into Chinese.

答案: 这地方如此美丽，几乎人人都会情不自禁在路边的一个小饭馆坐下，就为了呼吸一下这里的空气。

1. It was such a beautiful place that very few can resist the urge to stop and sit in one of the small roadside restaurants and simply soak up the atmosphere.

2. 答案：无道德的人做不公正或不道德的事时，满嘴是公正和道德的口号。

2. When doing things unjust or immoral, immoralists would do so with the slogans of justice and morality on their lips.

5. Guided Writing

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on My View on Fate according to the Chinese outline, and you must use at least 120 words.