2013年韩山师范学院本科插班生《基础英语》试卷

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2013年韩山师范学院本科插班生考试

英语 专业 基础英语 试卷 （A卷）

I.

Match each word with its definition. （每空0.5分，共10分） Words:

1) _____exotic 2）_____ cynical 3) _____ ignite 4) ____ yank 5) _____ jumble 6) ____ persevere 7) ____ litter 8)_____ indiscreet 9) _____conserve 10) _____ moribund 11) _____contend 12) _____threshold 13) _____reckless 14) ____juncture 15) ____ spawn 16) _____esteem 17)_____ legacy 18) ____ hurtle 19) _____ fleck 20) _____ husky Definitions:

a) money or property that one receives from someone after they die b) to pull with a quick, strong movement, jerk c) the offspring produced at one birth d) approaching death, about to die

e) scornful of the motives, virtue, or integrity of others f) to use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste g) hoarse or rough in quality

h) a doorway forming an entrance to a building i) to cause to burn j) hasty and careless k) to bring forth; produce

l) excitingly different, strange or unusual m) unwanted things for sale

n) a particular point in time or in a course of event o) to respect and admire p) a tiny mark or spot

q) careless about what one says or does r) to continue steadily with determination s) to move or rush with great speed t) to state or argue that sth. is true

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得分 评卷人 II.

Fill in each blank with the derivative of the word in parentheses. （每题1分，共10分）

1) Being seriously wounded in a car accident, she was totally ______ of her past.

(oblivion)

2) I have only a _ _ knowledge of French. ( negligent) 3) __ _, all the people enjoy equal rights in the U.S.A. ( theory) 4) The _ __ of his crime surprised us all. ( convict) 5) Quickness of __ _ is the mark of a good student. (apprehend) 6) His writings are composed without deliberate _ __ (obscure) 7) They have won three _____ _ matches. (succeed) 8) The small hut is hardly __ __. (habitation) 9) She gave him soft and _ __ look that would have melted solid ice. (appeal) 10) They confessed, but obviously under severe ___ . ( constrain) 得分 评卷人 III. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions or adverbs. (每题0.5分，共8分）

1) No government has the right to intervene _ __ other countries’ affairs. 2) He seldom attaches importance _ __ others’ warnings. 3) Repeated failures in his experiments really got him _____. 4) The two friends broke _ _ over the small dispute. 5) When we are eating fish, we have to look _____ for bones. 6) Please look _____ it that it doesn’t happen again. 7) Such is merely a means _ __ the end. 8) Lack of funds is a major drawback _ _ the project. 9) He is something _ _ a painter himself. 10) Buying a book is merely a prelude __ to owning the book. 11) The school has turned _____ some very good scholars.

12) Parents will very often place certain expectations _ _ their children. 13) We are certain that in the end right will prevail _ _ wrong. 14) A pointless indignation mounted up _ _ me. 15) I could hardly hear him _ _ the roar of the engine. 16) Jobs are hard to come ___ __ when so many people are out of work.

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得分

1) He resolutely drove the compulsive thought out of his mind, but it kept edging

its way in again with alarming persistence.

2) It serves you right if you find it impossible to escape from some idle or

inquisitive chatterbox, or somebody who wants something for nothing.

3) The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town. The

poison sac of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with the pressure of it.

评卷人 IV.

Paraphrase the following sentences. （每题3分，共21分）

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4) The time the crowd comes alive is when a man is hit hard over the heart or the

head, when he wobbles under the attack and his pursuer continues to smash at him with poleax impact.

5) “Bags of fun” is no more a lazy substitute for thought in its appropriate setting

than is “extremely gracious” in the setting that is appropriate for this expression.

6) It is worth remembering that wind is as injurious to human health as cold, for

it disrupts the cushion of warmth which is trapped by pores and hairs of the skin.