高级英语练习题含答案(第二册)(5).doc

Lesson Five
Love is a Fallacy

I. Words explanation:
1. fallacy
A. religious belief B. false belief
C. bankruptcy D. dropping
2. incredulous
A unbelieving B. increasing
C. industrious D. unimproved
3. scalpel
A. a carpet B. a piece of bread
C. a small, light knife D. a rising market
4. perspicacious
A. determinate B. flagitious
C. prestigious D. discerning
5. trauma
A. emotional shock
B. mental work
C. the state of not having enough
D. a reinforced structure for observers
6. shed
A. take shelter B. prevent from
C. lose hair D. keep company with
7. pedantic
A. of a person who likes music
B. of a person who pays attention to unimportant news
C. of a person who stresses on sports
D. of a person who emphasizes trivial points of learning
8. desist
A. insist on B. cease
C. heckle D. castrate
9. proportions
A. property B. portions
C. massages D. dimensions
10. waif
A. homeless child B. wandering musician
C. countryman D. smuggler
11. perspiration
A. convincing B. encouraging
C. pledging D. sweating
12. blubber
A. speak quickly B. talk repeatedly
C. say with sobs D. say with hiccups
13. modulate
A. make a change in the tone
B. cause to do or believe sth.
C. make or become soft
D. change the place or position
14. infamy
A. being famous for B. being shameful
C. being honest D. being refused
15. contrite
A. sad B. honest
C. penitent D. overjoyed
16. wax
A. grow bigger or greater
B. become less or smaller
C. drop heavily
D. cover with thick coating
17. acme
A. large group of plants
B. highest point
C. sharp crisis
D. highest mountain peak
18. veer
A. move forward B. look sideways
C. change directions D. pour out
19. exultant
A. triumphant B. foreign
C. exhausted D. overflowing
20. unsightly
A. invisible B. ugly
C. precipitate D. provisional
21. testy
A. examining B. proving
C. impatient D. judging
22. fracture
A. break B. combine
C. disagree D. repeat
23. tug
A. pull B. push
C. place C. fix
24. covet
A. surround B. cover
C. avoid D. desire
25. gruelling
A. complaining B. moaning
C. tiring D. unwilling
26. mince
A. decrease B. minimize
C. increase D. euphemize
27. clap
A. strike B. walk
C. fall down D. climb up
28. wince
A. push forward B. draw back
C. incise up D. draw out
29. qualify
A. equal B. propose
C. restrict D. count
30. chink
A. a precise piece B. a small piece
C. a big valley D. a narrow opening
31. shamble
A. walk in an awkward way B. tremble terribly
C. close in mild way D. shine brightly
32. contrite
A. permitting easily B. seeing clearly
C. feeling regret D. looking worried
33. chirp
A. a long loud sound B. a short low-pitched sound
C. a low murmuring sound D. a short, high-pitched sound
34. contradict
A. take out B. be contrary to
C. withdraw D. be relevant to
35. immovable
A. permanent B. quick
C. immediate D. cold
36. penetrate
A. spread B. pierce
C. take part D. formulate
37. specification
A. a blank or empty area
B. a detailed, exact statement of particulars
C. a partial excuse
D. the evolutionary formation of new biological species
38. scrap
A. special place B. particular area
C. small piece D. unseen item
39. tremendous
A. unique B. genuine
C. unexpected D. enormous
40. clutch
A. grasp tightly B. hang loosely
C. touch softly D. hold lightly

II. Complete the word according to the definition, the first letter of which is given:
1. to become less or weaker wane _
2. juice which comes from meat while it is cooking gravy _
3. to determine the nature of (esp. a disease) from observation of symptoms diagnose
4. flat part of either side of the head between the forehead and the ear temple
5. medicine causing the bowels to empty themselves laxative
6. appointment between lovers to meet at a secret place tryst
7. large, solid piece chunk
8. lose health and strength languish
9. named group of fixed stars constellation
10. deformed and mentally undeveloped person cretin
11. without denial admittedly
12. small piece of burning wood or coal in a dying fire ember
13. to make a loud deep noise like a bull bellow
14. widely known esp. for sth. bad notorious
15. art of placing or moving fighting forces for or during battle tactics
16. one, such as a person or an object, that is bulky, clumsy, or unwieldy hulk
17. to destine to an unhappy end doom
18. a bowl-shaped depression at the mouth of a volcano crater
19. no longer burning or active extinct
20. showing initiative and willingness to undertake new projects enterprising
21. worth being remembered or noted memorable
22. to set free or keep free from restrictions or bonds unfetter
23. a business enterprise involving some risk in expectation of gain venture
24. lacking strength or firmness; weak or spiritless limp
25. lacking vigor or energy flaccid
26. suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting. Appropriate
27. a specifically defined division in a system of classification; a class. Category
28. a branch of knowledge or teaching discipline
29. keenly perceptive or discerning; penetrating: acute
30. having or showing shrewdness and discernment, especially with respect to one's own concerns. astute
31. something taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation; an assumption hypothesis
32. to engage in a formal discussion or argument debate
33. a massive variety of the mineral uraninite pitchblende
34. anger aroused by something unjust, mean, or unworthy. indignation
35. a shrill, often frantic cry shriek
36. a surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass and its matted roots turf
37. to make known (something concealed or secret) reveal
38. having the flavor or odor of game, especially game that is slightly spoiled gamy
39. to thrust or throw forcefully into a substance or place plunge
40. the skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it pelt
41. to burn with little smoke and no flame smolder
42. something expected; a possibility prospect
43. gilled with a specified element or elements fraught
44. a quality, an ability, or an accomplishment that makes a person suitable for a particular position or task qualification

III. Reading Comprehension:
1. The writer wants to show that ______.
A. love is a mistake, a deception and an emotion that follows the principles in logic
B. love is an error and it has deceptive quality that does not follow the principles of logic
C. love is not a dry branch of learning and it is like a human being full of beauty and passion.
D. love is a dry and learned discipline and girls do want brilliant, gifted or educated husbands.
2. The narrator claimed that his brain is just like ______.
A. a jitterbug
B. a tunnel
C. an extinct crater
D. a precision instrument
3. According to the law student, Petey was not _____.
A. a faddist
B. a knot-head
C. logical
D. unstable

4. “You would go far to find another girl so agreeable” means that ______.
A. you would achieve much success if you could find another girl who was so agreeable.
B. you would not achieve much success if you could find another girl who was so agreeable.
C. it would be easy for you to find another girl who was as agreeable as Polly.
D. it would be difficult for you to find another girl who was as agreeable as Polly.

5. When he was ultimately rejected by Polly, the law student thought he was _____.
A. Frankenstein B. Pygmalion
C. Petey Burch D. Walter Pidgeon

IV. Point out some American colloquial expression from the text:
a month of Sundays dumb
a casual kick fire away
a deal will-heeled
laughs pin-up
keen kid nothing upstairs
go steady get to
date terrific
mad Nuts
Yummy guy
dreamy knock me out
darn knot-head jitterbug

V. Why the chief attraction of "Lesson Five" is its humor?
The humor lies in five aspects: 1. the title, 2. the author’s note, 3. the contrast in the language, 4. the ending, 5. the choice of names.

VI. Comment on the rhetorical devices of the following statements:
1. There is a limit for what flesh and blood can bear. (synecdoche)
2. The first man has poisoned the well before anybody could drink from it. He has hamstrung his opponent before he could even start. (metaphor)
3. It was like digging a tunnel. (simile)
4. it is not often that one so young has such a giant intellect. (hyperbole)
5. I was not Pygmalion; I was Frankenstein, and my monster had me by the throat. (allusion; metonymy)
6. “Holy Toledo!” he repeated fifteen or twenty times. (hyperbole)
7. Logic, far from being a dry, pedantic discipline, is a living, breathing thing, full of beauty, passion, and trauma. (metaphor)
8. Maybe somewhere in the extinct crater of her mind, a few embers still smoldered. Maybe somehow I could fan them into flame. (extended metaphor)
9. but I was not one to let my heart rule my head. (metonymy)
10. My brain, that precision instrument, slipped into high gear. (mixed metaphor)

VII. Translation:
1. 一旦三峡工程竣工，其本身便成为世界上的一大创举，大坝坐落在长江上游“载断巫山云雨”坐落在大坝上的巨大船闸能让万吨船舶顺利而过，如同宫殿一样使人眼花缭乱的水利发电站通过广延的高压电网输送强大的电流。

Once completed, the Three Gorges Project itself will become a new wonder of the world. The giant dam will stand upstream to hold back Wushan Mountain's clouds and rain. A gigantic shiplock will stand there to lift towboats with a total tonnage up to 10,000 over the dam. The hydropower station, as dazzling as a palace, will shoot out its mighty current through an extensive power--grid.

2 中国改革开放和现代化建设的新跨越，不仅将给中国人民带来巨大福利，也必将提供无限商机，为亚洲和世界经济合作开辟新的广阔空间。
The new leap forward in China’s reform, opening up and modernization drive will not only bring enormous benefits to the Chinese people, but also deliver unlimited business opportunities, ushering in broad prospects for economic cooperation in Asia and around the world.

3. 总纲
中国共产党是中国工人阶级的先锋队，同时是中国人民和中华民族的先锋队，是中国特色社会主义事业的领导核心，代表中国先进生产力的发展要求，代表中国先进文化的前进方向，代表中国最广大人民的根本利益。党的最高理想和最终目标是实现共产主义。
General Program
The Communist Party of China is the vanguard both of the Chinese working class and of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. It is the core of leadership for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and represents the development trend of China's advanced productive forces, the orientation of China's advanced culture and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people. The realization of communism is the highest ideal and ultimate goal of the Party.

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