《高级英语》第一册练习
Lesson 5
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R Ⅰ. Word explanation
1. conviction
A. convention
B. well established fact
C. the state of being convinced
D. certainly
2. consult
A. advice
B. suggest
C. look up
D. go to a person
3. private
A. person
B. one's own
C. previous
D. preserve
4. count on
A. depend on
B. expect
C. take into account
D. all of
5. enlist
A. win over
B. attractive
C. obtain
D. both A and C
6. means
B. to represent
C. average
D. method
7. onslaught
A. invasion
B. aggression
C. fierce attack
D. annexation
8. cataract
A. cataclysm
B. waterfall
C. disaster
D. flood
9. prey
A. sth. killed
B. speak to God
C. please
D. enemy
10. ally
A. join or unite
B. without the company of others
C. the centre of sth.
D. volunteer
11. fortify
A. multiply by forty
B. strengthen
C. a stronghold
D. fortress
12. doom
B. sepulchral
C. terrible fate
D. barge
13. prelude
A. introductory movement
B. to lure in advance
C. tyrant
D. steadfast
14. intervene
A. invade
B. aggression
C. intermezzo
D. interfere
15. ferocious
A. brutishly violent
B. attacking on purpose
C. benign situation
D. obedient
16. presently
A. right away
B. now
C. deliver
D. gift
17. portion
A. pork
B. part
C. port
D. proper
18. horde
B. squad
C. company
D. throng
19. primordial
A. prime
B. introductory
C. primitive
D. element
20. smart
A. painful
B. wisdom
C. foe
D. folly
21. vestige
A. trace
B. vest
C. invest
D. privilege
22. resolve
A. solve
B. settle
C. revolve
D. determine
23. accomplish
A. accompany
B. achieve
C. compliment
D. complement
24. distinction
B. distinguished
C. difference
D. instinct
25. rescue
A. recover
B. queue
C. obscure
D. obscure
Ⅱ. Replace each underlined part with one word learnt in the text, the first letter of which is given:
1. Pressures made him go back to his old habit of smoking.r
2. The teacher wrote his remark of the composition in the margin. c
3. The lecture has been put off till next Friday.p
4. She still suffered in mindunder his unkind words.s
5. The men threw their spears at the enemy.h
6. I earnestly hope that you will agree with me on this issue. c
7. Don't trust him, he is as clever as a fox. c
8. He came to America as a poor immigrant but soon got rich as a merchant.p
9. It is not our aim to conquer our foe, we are interested only in establishing peaceful relations.
s
10. The fine for spitting on the street is 5 yuan. p
Ⅲ. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the following words or expressions in its proper form. Eac h word or expression is to be used only once.
appeal to, be true of, count on, devoid of,fresh from, in due course, issue, on the contrary, rid...of, round up, thereby, to that effect
1. The great today is whether there will be war or peace.
2. The sheepdog the sheep and drove them through the gate.
3. Our team is you to win the match, Joe.
4. As "due to", "prior to" can never begin a sentence.
5. He finished first in the race, winning the championship for his school.
6. She called him a villain or words .
7. Sound waves can not travel through a space air.
8. These are eggs the hen, not preserved ones.
9. I will answer all your questions .
10. His speech did not the head so much as to the heart.
Ⅴ. Reading comprehension.
1. The sentence “I asked that notice should immediately be given that I would broadcast at 9 o’clo ck that night” means that:
A. I noticed that I should deliver a speech at 9 that night.
B. I asked them to notice me giving a speech at 9 that night.
C. that I was to give a speech at 9 that night should be noticed.
D. the BBC should be informed that the P.M. would deliver a speech at 9 that night.
2. The sentence “I suppose they will be rounded up in hordes.” means:
A. The Russian Army was broken up into small groups and would be captured one after anoth er by the Germans.
B. The Germans came into Russia like hordes of beasts, surrounding and capturing many citie s.
C. The Russian army would line up to form a circle so as to surround the Germans
D. The German army would line up to form a circle so as to surround the Russians.
3. The sentence “it is devoid of all theme and principle except appetite and racial domination” can be understood as:
A. Hitler and his regime were greedy and wanted to surpass other nations.
B. For Hitler and his gang, nothing could be considered as ideal or guiding principle. The conq uest of and rule over other nations was the strongest desire in them.
C. The only thing that Hitler and his gang wanted was to be better than other nations.
D. Hitler and his regime had conquered many other nations and this was very bad.
4. According to the speech, Hitler had believed that his attack on the USSR would:
A. cause conflicts between the United States and Great Britain.
B. ignite sympathy from the right wing of the western countries.
C. make the United States retreat from the war.
D. lead to a conclusion of the war.
5. According to the text, the final act of Hitler’s aggression was to:
A. defeat his enemy one by one.
B. make the whole western hemisphere subject to his rule.
C. completely destroy the USSR.
D. free the Russians from communist rule.
第一册第5课练习答案
1-1: /答案:B
1-2: /答案:C
1-3: /答案:B
1-4: /答案:D
1-5: /答案:D
1-6: /答案:D
1-7: /答案:C
1-8: /答案:B
1-9: /答案:A
1-10: /答案:A
1-11: /答案:B
1-12: /答案:C
1-13: /答案:A
1-14: /答案:D
1-15: /答案:A
1-16: /答案:A
1-17: /答案:B
1-18: /答案:D
1-19: /答案:C
1-20: /答案:A
1-21: /答案:A
1-22: /答案:D
1-23: /答案:B
1-24: /答案:C
1-25: /答案:D 2-1: /
答案: revert
2-2: /
答案: comment
2-3: /
答案:postponed
2-4: /
答案:smarted
2-5: /
答案: hurled
2-6: /
答案: concur
2-7: /
答案:crafty
2-8: /
答案:prospered
2-9: /
答案:subjugate
2-10: /
答案:penalty
3-1: /
答案: issue
3-2: /
答案:rounded up 3-3: /
答案: counting on 3-4: /
答案: is true of
3-5: /
答案:thereby
3-6: /
答案: to that effect 3-7: /
答案: devoid of
3-8: /
答案: fresh from
3-9: /
答案:in due course 3-10: /
答案:appeal to
4-1: /答案:D 4-2: /答案:A 4-3: /答案:B 4-4: /答案:B 4-5: /答案:B
Unit 5 Big Business Listening Audio Track 4-5-1 Talk 1 Our company employs 100 people from the local area. It develops and produces wooden artware which it sells in one of its five city stores. Even without advertisement, the products are very popular and the stores are always busy. Customers often come directly to the stores to make purchases. *Talk 2 I’m the Product Marketing Manager of our company. We are working on a marketing plan at the moment. Before any contracts are signed, there are a lot of things we have to take into careful consideration. We should know, for instance, the needs and preferences of consumers, the best distribution channel, the governing rules and regulations concerning the distribution of products, and the price at which products can be sold. **Talk 3 My employer is a world-leading information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. The company supplies networking and telecommunications equipment to 45 of the world’s 50 largest telecom operators. In such a compet itive market, the company has to innovate to stay ahead. That’s why it invests heavily in research and development, the department I work in. I’m a senior analyst in the R&D division. Audio Track 4-5-2/Audio Track 4-5-3 He may have been your typical teenager in most ways. But he was different in one particular way: he started his own magazine. At the age of 15 he managed the magazine called Student. It was written for and about young people in school. He was very busy, but it was a satisfying job. His next business venture was completely different. He and some friends started a mail order record company. It was also the same year, 1970, when his music discount store was opened in England. It made a lot of money. In the early 1990s, he sold his successful music business and used the money for another business idea: an airline company. And so, Virgin Airways Ltd. was born. To compete with other airlines, his company offered good prices to customers. Today Virgin is known for its excellent service. Richard Branson now runs the Virgin Group, Ltd. He employs 50,000 people and in many different fields, such as book publishing, financial services, modeling, and even bridal services! Not bad for a teenager from the UK who dreamed of editing his own magazine! Audio Track 4-5-4/Audio Track 4-5-5
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Unit Five Love Is a Fallacy ---by Max Shulman ?Love Is a Fallacy is taken from "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” published in 1951 and brings to light issues of the day including the stereotyping of women. In it, Max Shulman demonstrates a wit and clarity of language. Max Shulman(1919-1988) ?One of America’s best known humorists, a writer of many talents. ?First delved into the world of writing as a journalism student at the University of Minnesota. ?Max was also the world's most underrated romantic poet. He loved to include poetry in his novels, usually to hilarious effect. Max Shulman(1919-1988) ?He began writing Dobie Gillis stories in 1945 for various humor magazines. ?In 1951, these were collected and published as a book entitled "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”, from which our text is taken. Max Shulman(1919-1988) ?In 1959, Shulman published another volume of Dobie stories, "I Was A Teenage Dwarf". ?That same year, Shulman created and produced "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" TV series for CBS. The show had a run of 147 episodes between 1959 and 1963. Shulman’s other works Before his two Dobie books, Shulman had already written four other successful novels: ?“Barefoot Boy With Cheek“《无礼的赤脚少年》, ?“The Feather Merchants“《衣冠楚楚的商人》, ?"The Zebra Derby" ?"Sleep Till Noon". ?After the Dobie books he wrote ?“Rally Round The Flag Boys“《孩子们，团结在旗帜周围吧》, which became a best-seller and then a movie starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins, Max Shulman's last novels ?Max Shulman's last novels were "Anyone Got A Match?", a biting satire about cigarette advertising on television, "Tatums Smoke Mild Like an Innocent Child!" and then finally his semi-autobiographical "Potatoes Are Cheaper". Quotations from Dobie Gillis (1) ?"My name is Dobie Gillis and I like girls. What am I saying? I love girls! Love 'em! Beautiful, gorgeous, soft, round, creamy girls. Now, I'm not a wolf, mind you. No, you see a wolf wants lots of girls, but me? Well, I just want one. One beautiful, gorgeous, soft, round, creamy girl for my very own. That's all I want! One lousy girl!""But I'll tell you a sad, hard fact. I'm never gonna get a girl. Never. Why? Because to get a girl you need money . And standing between me and money is a powerful obstacle: a POWERFUL obstacle!" Quotations from Dobie Gillis (2) ?Dobie, wants a little cutie, ?Dobie, wants a little beauty, ?Dobie want a gal to call his own ?Any size, any style, any eyes, any smile, any Jean, any Jane, nay Joan. ?Oh Dobie, wants a girl who is dreamy, ?Dobie, wants a girl who's creamy, ?Dobie, wants a girl to call his own. ?Is she blond, is she tall, is she dark, is she small, Is she any kinda dreamboat at all ?No matter, he's hers and hers alone. Definition of love
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第五单元课文翻译 爱情就是谬误 马克斯·舒尔曼 1）．查尔斯·兰姆是一个世所罕见的性情欢快、富有进取心的人，他那笔下的散文《古瓷器》和《梦中的孩子)无拘无束、自由奔放，实在令人难忘。下面这篇文章比兰姆的作品更加自由奔放。实际上，用“自由奔放”的字眼来形容这篇文章并不十分确切， 或许用“柔软”、“轻松”或“轻软而富有弹性”更为恰如其分。 2）．尽管很难说清这篇文章是属于哪一类，但可以肯定它是一篇散文小品文。它提出了论点，引用了许多例证，并得出了结论。卡莱尔能写得更好吗? 罗斯金呢? 3）．这篇文章意在论证逻辑学非但不枯燥乏味，而且活泼、清新、富于美感和激情，并给人以启迪。诸位不妨一读o ——作者注 1．我这个人头脑冷静，逻辑思维能力强。敏锐、慎重、聪慧、深刻、机智——这些就是我的特点。我的大脑像发电机一样发达，像化学家的天平一样精确，像手术刀一样锋利。——你知道吗?我才十八岁呀。 2．年纪这么轻而智力又如此非凡的人并不常有。就拿在明尼苏达大学跟我同住一个房间的皮蒂·伯奇来说吧，他跟我年龄相仿，经历一样，可他笨得像头驴。小伙子长得年轻漂亮，可惜脑子里却空空如也。他易于激动，情绪反复无常，容易受别人的影响。最糟的是他爱赶时髦。我认为，赶时髦就是最缺乏理智的表现。见到一种新鲜的东西就跟着学，以为别人都在那么干，自己也就卷进去傻干——这在我看来，简直愚蠢至极，但皮蒂却不以为然。 3．一天下午，我看见皮蒂躺在床上，脸上显露出一种痛苦不堪的表情，我立刻断定他是得了阑尾炎。“别动,”我说，“别吃泻药，我就请医生来。” 4．“浣熊，”他咕哝着说。 5．“浣熊?”我停下来问道。 6．“我要一件浣熊皮大衣，”他痛苦地哭叫着。 7．我明白了，他不是身体不舒服，而是精神上不太正常。“你为什么要浣熊皮大衣?” 8．“我本早该知道，”他哭叫着，用拳头捶打着太阳穴，“我早该知道查尔斯登舞再度流行时，浣熊皮大衣也会时兴起来的。我真傻，钱都买了课本，可现在不能买浣熊皮大衣了。” 9．我带着怀疑的眼神问道：“你是说人们真的又要穿浣熊皮大衣吗?” 10．“校园里有身分的人哪个不穿?你刚从哪儿来?” 11．“图书馆，”我说了一个有身分的人不常去的地方。 12．他从床上一跃而起，在房间里踱来踱去。“我一定要弄到一件浣熊皮大衣，”他激动地说，“非弄到不可!” 13．“皮蒂，你怎么啦?冷静地想一想吧，浣熊皮大衣不卫生， 掉毛，味道难闻，既笨重又不好看，而且…… 14．“你不懂，”他不耐烦地打断我的话。“这就叫时髦。难道你 不想赶时髦吗?” 15．“不想，”我坦率地回答。 16．“好啦，我可想着呢!”他肯定地说。“只要有浣熊皮大衣， 要我什么我都给，什么都行!”
Unit 1 I. Background to Text 1 The Natural Trust: A UK charity (i.e. a non-profit organization) founded in 1895 with the full name of Places of Historical Interest and Natural Beauty. The Trust owns historic buildings, gardens and land, which it opens to the public. Text I is taken from the Trust’s own magazine, issued to its members. The writers are 17-18-year-old students. Environment:The combination of external conditions that surround and influence a living organism, including light, temperature, availability of food and water, climatic conditions, geographical area, pollution by chemicals, radiation, noise, etc., the presence of other organisms possibly competing for the same resources, and the physical and chemical nature of the immediate surroundings, e.g. soil, sea water. The environment of human beings also includes social, cultural, economic and political factors, and the room, building, town, region, or country in which a person lives. II. Detailed study of the text 1. As young people we have a vested interest in…(L.1) vested interest: (often derog.) a share or right already held in something that is of advantage to the holder; used to show a good reason for someone to act in a particular way 2. …all the complexities of the issues involved…(L.3) 1) complexity: used both countably and uncountably to show (an example of) the state of being complex, e.g. the complexities of tax law; a diplomatic problem of great complexity 2) issue: an important subject to be discussed, argued about or determined …the issues are very complex, involving many different factors… 3. ...it is vital to conserve the countryside… conserve: preserve; keep from being wasted, damaged, or destroyed 4. Although we often take the beautiful rural scenery of North Devon for grant ed, we want to maintain the kind of diversity of landscapes…(L.6) 1) take sth. /sb. for granted: accept a fact or situation without questioning its rightness or thinking much about 2) maintain:continue to have, do etc. as before; keep something in good condition by making repairs or taking good care of it 3) diversity: variety; the condition of being different 5. …at the invitation of the National Trust. (L.9) …invited by the National Trust 6. The patchwork quilt of fields…(L.9) The fields of different s izes and colours looking like a patchwork quilt… 7. …probably at the expense of some of the least productive farmland. (L.14)
高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲 为了规范全国高等学校英语专业的英语教学，特制订本教学大纲。本大纲所作的各项规定，对全国各类高等学校的英语专业均有指导作用，也是组织教学、编写教材和检查与评估教学质量的依据。 一、培养目标 高等学校英语专业培养具有扎实的英语语言基础和广博的文化知识并能熟练地运用英语在外事、教育、经贸、文化、科技、军事等部门从事翻译、教学、管理、研究等工作的复合型英语人才。 21世纪是一个国际化的知识经济时代。我们所面临的挑战决定了21世纪我国高等学校英语专业人才的培养目标和规格：这些人才应具有扎实的基本功、宽广的知识面、一定的相关专业知识、较强的能力和较高的素质。也就是要在打好扎实的英语语言基本功和牢固掌握英语专业知识的前提下，拓宽人文学科知识和科技知识，掌握与毕业后所从事的工作有关的专业基础知识，注重培养获取知识的能力、独立思考的能力的创新的能力，提高思想道德素质、文化素质和心理素质。 二、课程设置 英语本科专业学制为4年。根据英语专业教学规律，一般将4年的教学过程分为两个阶段，即：基础阶段（一年级和二年级）和高年级阶段（三年级和四年级）。基础阶段的主要教学任务是传授英语基础知识，对学生进行全面的、严格的基本技能训练，培养学生实际运用语言的能力、良好的学风和正确的学习方法，为进入高年级打下扎实的专业基础。高年级阶段的主要教学任务是继续打好语言基本功，学习英语专业知识和相关心业知识，进一步扩大知识面，增强对文化差异的敏感性，提高综合运用英语进行交际的能力。在两个教学阶段中课程的安排可以有所侧重，但应将4年的教学过程视为一个整体，自始至终注意打好英语语言基本功。 英语专业课程分为英语专业技能、英语专业知识和相关专业知识三种类型，一般均应以英语为教学语言。三种类型的课程如下： （1）英语专业技能课程：指综合训练课程和各种英语技能的单项训练课程，如：基础英语、听力、口语、阅读、写作、口译、笔译等课程。 （2）英语专业知识课程：指英语语言、文学、文化方面的课程，如：英语语言学、英语词汇学、英语语法学、英语
高级英语1-5单元课后句子翻译题参考答案 第一单元 1、我自己还没有看过，不过大家都认为这是一部好片子。（suppose） I haven’t seen it myself,but it is supposed to be a really good movie. 2、女主人把奶酪切成一口一块的大小，客人们吃起来就方便了。（bite-size） The hostess cut the cheese into bite-size pieces so that it would be more convenient for the guests to eat it. 3、睡眠不足的话，很少有人能够正常生活。（deprive） Few people can function properly if they are deprived of adequate sleep. 4、他细心地学我的样子，装作什么怪事都没有发生。（copy） He carefully copied my pretense that nothing unusual had occurred. 5、他上台后发布的第一项法令就是禁止私人拥有枪支。（decree）The first decree he issued after he came into office was that private ownership of guns (should) be banned. 6、我就是来看他那被说得神乎其神的脚法的。（fabled） I’ve come to see his fabled footwork that people talk so mush about. 7、我不是一个严格意义上的教师，因为我没有接受过训练，但是我有丰富的教学经验。（proper） I’m not a teacher proper,since I haven’t been trained, but I’ve had a lot of teaching experience. 8.学生通常都会在考试之前猜考试题目。(anticipate)
U7 He put all his heart into his research; money made no difference to him. 他一心一意做他的研究，钱对他不起作用。 One should not see himself as the savior of the whole team. 一个人不应该把自己当成全队的救世主。 Although he was fifty, he often passed himself off as forty. 虽然他已经50岁了，但他经常妄称自己40岁。 She joined a sorority shortly after her arrival at the Chicago University, not because she had a liking for social activities, but because she could have more opportunities of practicing English. 她到芝加哥大学不久就加入了一个大学生姊妹会组织，不是因为她喜欢社交活动，而是因为有更多的练习英语的机会。 Along with three colleagues, Professor Li worked day and night in hopes of a solution to the crux. 李教授同他的三位同事一道，夜以继日，希望能找到解决难题的办法。 U6 Somewhat to his own surprise, he ended up designing the whole car and putting it into production. 连他自己也有点惊讶，他最终竟设计了整辆汽车并把它投入生产。 Before long her white sails were little more than a speck upon the waters. 不久，她的白色蓬帆已只是海上的一个小点而已。 In spite of others' discouragement, he saved his daughter from the fire at the cost of his own life.他不顾其他人的劝阻，舍身把女儿从火中救出。 On a more practical level, we should consider how we are going to find the money. 从更实际的角度来说，我们应当考虑该如何找到这笔钱。 If you buy six bars of soap, you get another one thrown in. 如果你买六条肥皂的话，再奉送一条。 U5 If the Americans are not the most well-dressed people in the world, they are the most comfortably dressed. 美国人可能算不上是世界上穿的最漂亮的，但却是穿的最舒服的民族。 America is the noisiest country that ever existed. 美国是世界上最嘈杂的国家。 The line of strength and the line of beauty are one. 力的线条也是美的线条。 They will have nothing about them that is not beautiful. 他们身边不能有任何不美的东西。 Every American girl is entitled to have twelve young men devoted to her. 每个美国姑娘都配有12个年轻男子迷恋她。 U4 Each of us has a stake in the outcome of the conference. 会议结果对我们每个人都有厉害关系。 The black market sales were choked off according to the local government’s decree. 依据当地政府法令，黑市买卖被取缔。 The country has made great strides towards self-sufficiency and its achievements in economic development have captured world attention.
Unit 2 I. Background to Text 1 biography: an account of a person’s life, usually written by someone else and published or intended for publication. As a literary form it has become increasingly popular since the second half of the 17th century. It was rare before. The origins of biography are to be found in the early accounts of monarchs and heroes, for example in the Greek, Celtic and Scandinavian epics and sagas. During the Middle Ages there little biography. But at the renaissance biography, like autobiography—written by oneself acquired considerable interest. The 17th century was the most important period for the development of English biography. Since the 1950s the art of biography has burgeoned, and biography has become a major publishing industry. Scores of new biographies have been written each year. There is a vast quantity of historical and political biography, and majority of those have become prominent in the performing arts and in sports. Literary biography has become immensely popular. Literary biography is usually long and reads like novels. Most of the biographies such as we see in encyclopedia are condensed, recording only the most important events or achievements which the subject is remembered for. II. Detailed study of the text 1. …“one of the great names in the history of human thought,”… (L.4) one of the great thinkers in human history… 2. grammar school (L.12): formerly a English secondary school emphasizing the study of academic rather than technical subjects 3. He was considered a poor student (L.13). He was thought of as a student who did badly in his study. This implies that it was not true since he turned out to be a great scientist. 4. sundial (L.16): an instrument that uses sunlight to tell the time, by the changing position of the shadow that a vertical arm that casts on a horizontal plate with graded markings 5. He showed no exceptional ability during his college career, and was graduated in 1665 without any particular distinction. (L.19) As a college student he did not show any special ability and graduated like anybody else without special honours. 1) exceptional: (adj) unusually good; outstanding 2) distinction: special consideration or honour 6.…as a fellow of Trinity College…