高级英语历年考题

2012年1月

This strategy also has ancient antecedents. Ever since civilization began， certain 1 have tried to run away from it in hopes of finding a simpler， more 2 ，and more peaceful life. Unlike the dropouts， they are not 3 . They are willing to support themselves and to 4 something to the general community， but they simply don’t like the environment of civilization; that is， the city， with all its 5 and tension. I had the lonely child’s habit of 6 stories and holding conversations with 7 persons， and I think from the very start my literary ambitions were mixed up with the feeling of being isolated and 8 . I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing 9 facts， and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my 10 in everyday life. Only two people shared her “special” seat: a fine old man in a velvet coat， his hands 11 over a huge carved walking-stick， and a big old woman， sitting 12 ， with a roll of knitting on her embroidered apron. They did not speak. This was 13 ， for Miss Brill always looked forward 14 the conversation. She had become really quite 15 ， she thought， at listening as though she didn’t listen， at sitting in other people’s lives just for a minute while they talked round her.

Our research shows that no company can succeed today by trying to be all things to all people. It must instead find the 16 value that it alone can deliver to a chosen market. We have identified three distinct value 17 ， so called because each discipline produces a different kind of 18 value. Choosing one discipline to master does not mean that a company 19 the other two， only that it picks a dimension of value on which to 20 its market reputation over the long term. The value of snobbery in general， its humanistic “point”， consists in its power to 21 activity. A society with plenty of snobberies is like a dog with plenty of 22 : it is not likely to become comatose. Every snobbery demands of its devotees 23 efforts， a succession of sacrifices. The society-snob must be perpetually lion-hunting; the modernity-snob can never rest 24 trying to be up-to-date. Swiss doctors and the Best that has been thought or said must be the daily and nightly preoccupation of all the snobs respectively of 25 and culture. A.making up F.disciplines K.fleas P.individuals U.unceasing B.unique G. imaginary L.clasped Q.expert V.pastoral C.upright H.parasites M.disease R.undervalued W.from D.customer I.to N.disappointing S.contribute X.stimulate E.ugliness J.stake O.failure T.abandons Y.unpleasant II. Each of the following sentences is given four choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (15 points， 1 point for each)

26. What you say is far ______ from what you said before. A. Moved B. removed C. proved D. disproved

27. There will be live ______ of the concert on TV and radio.

A. Transaction B. transition C. transmission D. transportation

28. The first priority for a government is to enable its citizens to live in peace and ______ . A. tranquility B. altitude C. complexity D. attitude

29. The pianist was ______ with the most extravagant applause from the audience. A. Loaded B. burdened C. pressed D. weighed 30. The problem of poverty didn’t ______ itself until the earthquake. A. Manifest B. demonstrate C. emerge D. exhibit 31. They got their just ______ when the scheme was finally uncovered. A. Desert B. dessert C. deserts D. desserts 32. The tail of the whale ______ their boat and they all fell into water. A. Plucked B. flicked C. pecked D. flapped

33. In time of prosperity， friends will be plenty; in time of ______ ， not one among twenty. A. Dilemma B. adversity C. insomnia D. deadlock 34. He refused to ______ of such a solution to his problem.

A. Deceive B. receive C. conceive D. perceive

35. He felt proud to proclaim that he knew only English and somehow ______ of his native culture. A. Contemporary B. temporary C. contemptuous D. contemptible 36. There is a growing recognition that we should abolish racial ______.

A. Segregation B. separation C. integration D. evaporation 37. It is desirable to ______ the chemicals before the plant is seriously damaged. A. Splash B. spill C. pour D. spray 38. I didn’t expect him to descend to ______ abuse.

A. Common B. personal C. ordinary D. individual

39. Make a phone call if you are wishing to renew your ______ to our magazine. A. Contribution B. distribution C. subscription D. attribution 40. He began to ______ as the intense cold pervaded the room. A. shake B. quake C. jerk D. shiver

VI. Translate the following sentences into English and write the translation on your Answer Sheet. (20 points， 2 points each for 57-60， 4 points for 61， 8 points for 62) 57.我很擅长这些欺骗伎俩，虽然我不能每次都骗得了自己。 58.我同意我们的食物有营养，而且我们大多数人的饮食是均衡的。 59.但我还没有放弃找到加速入睡的办法的希望。

60.我认为对于知识的追求主要源于对权力的热爱，而所有科技上的进步亦是如此。 61.老年生活既不是本来就痛苦，也不是本来就美满的。它和生活的每个阶段一样，有自己的问题、欢乐、恐惧和潜力。

62.这个国家的一切——社会结构、家庭组织形式、经济、国际地位——变得更加复杂，而不是更加简单。然而，其占主导地位的传播工具，作为国家的主要连接纽带，却对通常难以解决的人类问题向人们兜售简单的解决方案。

2011年10月

One of the best current examples of what Horowitz is talking 1 is John Denver. His most 2 songs—“Sunshine on My Shoulders”, “Rocky Mountain High”, and “Country Road”— 3 the musical drive and power of 4 rock, while the lyrics celebrate the simple 5 of“the good old days”.

It is all symbolized in my mind by the hugely successful art 6 that television has

made 7 to the culture, the 30-second commercial: the tiny drama of the 8 housewife who finds happiness 9 choosing the right toothpaste. When before in human history has so much humanity 10 surrendered so much of its leisure to one toy, one mass diversion?

They had no 11 of comparison and assumed that this was a 12 of his class, just as a traveler stepping off the liner at a foreign 13 for luncheon sums up a nation’s character forever in the 14 businessman who happens to 15 the table with him.

Each week, for example, a record of the sales results of the 16 week for each sales office and for Sales Department as a 17 for each division of the company is kept and 18 to the sales results for the 19 week of the year 20 .

But by and large the news reports and commentaries on CBS and NBC and ABC make every 21 to present viewers with more than one 22 of an issue， either by

letting 23 spokesmen have their 24 or by outlining the positions held by both major parties on the subject 25 .

A．folk B．means C．form D．combine E．before F．preceding G．joys H．in I．corresponding J．central

K．compared L．share M．characteristic N．notable O．opposing P．effort Q．collectively R．about S．involved T．port U．say V．aspect W．whole X．earnest Y．Wily

II. Each of the following sentences is given four choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (15 points, 1 point for each)

26. New books were displayed in a ______ position on tables at the front of the shop. A. prominent B. preeminent C. dominant D. relevant

27. The government is trying to ______ the people into thinking that a war is necessary. A. inspire B. poison C. adopt D. brainwash

28. You need to demonstrate to the examiners that you have more than a(n) ______ understanding of the text.

A. actual B. factual C. literal D. literary

29. Such ______ of the facts cannot be allowed to go unchallenged. A. distortion B. disturbance C. distraction D. distribution

30. Cutting the bush back in the autumn will help promote ______ growth in the spring. A. violent B. virtual C. vigorous D. visual

31. In this story, the clever little fox ______ the hunters and escapes from the trap they set. A. outweighs B. outwits C. outnumbers D. outgrows 32. The British ______ time, effort and huge sums of money on pets. A. lavish B. grant C. provide D. supply

33. The fortunes of the major political parties tend to ______ and flow over time. A. halt B. fall C. ebb D. fly 34. I’m tired of listening to her ______ the virtues of her children.

A. exposing B. explaining C. extending D. extolling 35. There will be a mass ______ to the seaside, the countryside and foreign holiday destinations during summer vacation.

A. departure B. inflow C. evasion D. exodus 36. John was angry when the boss said that his proposal was completely ______.

A. disposable B. dismissible C. unapproachable D. unavoidable 37. Lack of sleep has ______ her concentration.

A. deconstructed B. impaired C. demonstrated D. repaired

38. He had long held a(n) ______ fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare. A. arbitrary B. mortal C. morbid D. courteous

39. The government replaced the narrow street with a wide ______ with the funds raised. A. lane B. path C. boulevard D. trail 40. Like so many politicians, he had an ______ appetite for power.

A. innumerable B. inseparable C. insufferable D. insatiable

57.一个致力于在少数特定地区增加个人财富的政府系统永远不会为公众谋求利益。 58.黑人区至少不再满足于其美国城区私生子的地位。 59.男人可以用报纸作为屏障与妻子隔开。

60.当年医生出于对个人自由的坚定不移的尊重而不去杀害健康的、渴望活下去的人们。 61.首先，作为防止无聊的手段，工作是可取的。因为与终日无所事事百无聊赖相比，从事必要而乏味的工作所感受的无聊就算不了什么了。

62.亚裔美国老人是这样一种公众印象的牺牲品：他们有家人的独立照顾，因此不需要外界帮助。然而来到这个国家的亚裔美国入的移民模式、文化障碍、语言障碍、语言问题和他们遭遇的歧视，都给这些老人及其家人带来伤害。

2011年1月

West Germany, by contrast, will not be able to 1 any form of euthanasia for a long time to come. Opposition is 2 fierce, because of the shadow of the past. Countries 3 an uninterrupted recent