高英试卷整理

18. （A卷）The raccoon is a _______ animal.

A. nebulous B. nocturnal C. marsupial D. diurnal

19. （A卷）The lawsuit was lost because of ______ in the statements of the witness.

A. discrepancies B. conjugations C. coincidences D. remonstrations

20. （A卷）There is only time to ____ the plan and we will discuss it in detail next week.

A. decry B. eliminate C. expound D. adumbrate

21. （B 卷）In spite of everything that has happened, she has a very serene expression on her face. A. angry

B. frightened

C. calm

D. happy

22. （B 卷）If a client insists upon being stubborn lawyers have to settle claims in court. A. abject

B. obstinate

C. indignant

D. sympathetic

23. （B 卷）There is a controversy even among doctors as to whether this disease is contagious or not. A. discussion

B. disagreement

C. quarrel

D. argument

24. （B 卷）They believed that the merchants had conspired to undermine the nation’s economic independence. A. plotted

B. planned

C. strove

D. managed

25. （B 卷）The old man behaves so discreetly as if he were surrounded by invisible spies. A. angrily

B. bravely

C. cautiously

D. instantly

26. （B 卷）His first impulse is to jump back and warm the others, but he knows the commotion would frighten the cobra into striking. A. fuss

B. disturbance

C. disorder

D. response

27. （B 卷）The idea was conceived 15 years ago when Dr. Gunnar Junger was working as clinical chemist in northern Sweden. A. accepted

B. devised

C. handed over

D. discussed

28. （B 卷）I hated to see the loathsome sights in commercials about cold remedies. A. violent

B. bloody

C. shocking

D. disgusting

29. （B 卷）Future scientific discoveries will make possible the future prolongation of human life span. A. expectancy

B. quality

C. condition

D. state

30. （B 卷） Mother showed me an expeditious method of packing on the day I went mountaineering. A. careful

B. efficient

C. helpful

D convenient

31. （B 卷）The doctor speculated that high cholesterol was a contributing factor to the patient’s health problems. A. expected

B. thought

C. assumed

D. guessed

32. （B 卷）The old baby nurtured the child as if he had been her own. A. loved

B. treated

C. brought

D. helped

33. （B 卷）It is almost impossible to learn multiplication knowing the rudimentary steps of addition. A. well-known

B. confusing

C. mentioned

without

D. elementary

34. （B 卷）The teacher nominated me as the representative at the meeting A. appointed

B. sent

C. chose

D. dispatched

35. （B 卷）The loosing candidate conceded at midnight after the polls had closed. A. won

B. yielded

C. worried

D. stood up

36. （B 卷）With a quick look, the teacher reproved the child for doing that in case. A. praised

B. rewarded

C. criticized

D. encouraged

37. （B 卷）In the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome, thunder was believed to be a manifestation of the wrath of the gods. A. anger

B. spirit

C. voice

D. power

38. （B 卷）Many little wrinkles gathered between his eyes as he contemplated this. A. dealt with B. was looking forward to C. tried his best to do D. meditated

39. （B 卷）When bothered by other animals or humans, some species of honored lizards will posture threateningly and squirt blood from their eyes. A. stand B.pose

C.squat

D. jump

40. （B 卷）The resulting discrepancy can serve as a basis for the student to modify his way of using the present tense in English. A. encourage B. analyze C. change D. agree with

Part III: Reading Comprehension (15 points)

In this section, there are three reading passages following by a total of 15 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then write your answer on the answer sheet.

Passage I

If you had asked me then if I would accept a job as a restaurant critic for The New York Times, or any established publication, I would have replied, without a second thought, \And not just because I did not want to think of myself as an ambitious sort. Working in restaurants was honest labor; anyone could see that. Writing about them for the mainstream press was not; it felt like joining the enemy.

But reviewing was fun, so much fun that when mainstream