Lesson 9 Paraphrase
1. …with a face that seem totally unfamiliar with laughter…
...with a face that was dead serious, never laughed.
2. Sometimes old Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get mixed up in a Saturday-night brawl…
Sometimes old Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get involved in a rough, noisy quarrel or fight on a Saturday night after much drinks of liquor.
3. … her attendance had always been sporadic and her interest in schoolwork negligible.
She often missed her classes and had little interest in schoolwork.
4. …she existed for me only as a vaguely embarrassing presence…
I only knew her as someone who would make other people feel ill at ease because of the way she looked, spoke and behaved.
5. She dwelt and moved somewhere within my scope of vision.
She lived and moved somewhere within my range of sight. But I paid little attention to her: she was almost invisible for me.
6. Grandmother Macleod and Piquette, Piquette would win hands down, nits or not.
If my mother had to make a choice between Grandmother Macleod Piquette, she would certainly choose the latter without hesitation, no matter whether the latter had the nits or not.
7. My acquaintance with Indians was not extensive.
I didn’t know many Indians.
8. …she remained both a reproach and a mystery to me.
I blame myself ( for being unable to make Piquette’s response warmer) and the same time found her mysterious
9. Her defiant face, momentarily, became unguarded and unmasked, and in her eyes there was a terrifying hope. Normally, she was defensive and sensitive as if her face were guarded and marked. But in a brief moment when she was saying this, there was an expression of defiance on her face, which was her true emotion. In her eyes there was a kind of hope which was so intense and violent that it stuck people as terrifying.
10. …she looked a mess, to tell you the truth, a real slattern, dress any old how…
She looked very messy, dirty and untidy, dressed in a very careless way.
11. She was up in court a couple of times --- drunk and disorderly, of course.
She was taken to court a couple of times because she was drunk and disorderly as one could expect.
12. The one store had become several dozen, and the settlement had all the attributes of a flourishing resort --- hotels, a dance-hall, cafés with noen signs, the penetrating odours of potato chips and hot dogs.
There had been only one store in the past, but now there were several dozen stores. The settlement had all the characteristics of a flourishing resort such as hotels, a dance-hall, cafes lighted by neon signs, the strong smells of potato chips and hot dogs.
13. Perhaps they had been unable to find such a place, and had simply died out, having ceased to care any longer whether they lived or not.
Perhaps they had failed to find a suitable habitat where they could belong and had simply died out, having lost any interest in life and ceased to care any longer whether they lived or not.
Lesson 9 Translation
1.Just below Manawaka, where the Wachakwa River ran brown and noisy over the pebbles, the scrub oak and gray-green willow and chokecherry bushes grew in a dense thicket.
马纳瓦卡山下有一条名叫瓦恰科瓦的小河，浑浊的河水咆哮着，冲打着河边的鹅卵石。矮小的橡树、灰绿的柳树、北美稠李从，密集的生长在山脚下，形成一片林地。
2.“She’s not contagious,” my father said. “And it would be company for Vanessa.”
“她的病不传染，”父亲说，“再说她还可以跟婉妮纱做个伴儿呢。”
3.I had trouble in stifling my urge to laugh, for my mother brightened visibly and quickly tried to hide it.
我几乎忍不住要笑起来，母亲面露喜色，但马上又极力掩饰自己的喜悦之情。
4.You could look out the windows and see, through the filigree of the spruce trees, the water glistening greenly as the sun caught it.
从窗口向外望去，透过装饰的别致的云杉树，可以看到在阳光照耀下的碧波粼粼的湖水。
5.It seemed to me that Piquette must be in some way a daughter of the forest, a kind of junior prophetess of the wilds, who might impact to me, if I took the right approach, some of the secrets which she undoubtedly knew.
在我看来，皮盖特一定有些像是森林之女，像是荒野中某种小预言家。只要我用恰当的方法向她请教，她就会向我透露一些秘密。
6.For the merest instant, then I saw her. I really did see her, for the first and only time in all the years we had both lived in the same town.
在那一瞬间，我看清了她。我们虽然在一个镇子上同住了多年，我这是头一次，也是唯一的一次真正看清了她。
7.The small pier which my father had built was gone, and in its place there was a large and solid pier built by the government, for Galloping Mountain was now a national park, and Diamond Lake had been renamed Lake Wapakata, for it was felt that an Indian name would have a greater appeal to tourists.
父亲修造的小防波堤已经荡然无存了。取而代之的是一个由政府建造的宽阔而坚固的船埠。盖拉坪山现在已经成了国家公园，钻石湖也改名为挖怕卡塔湖，人们认为取个印第安式的名字会对游客更具魅力。
8.I listened for some time, to make sure, but never once did I hear that long-drawn call, half mocking and half plaintive, spearing through the stillness across the lake.
我聆听了好一会儿，想确认一下，但到底还是没能再听到那划过寂静的湖面传来的、拖长尾音的、半是凄厉半是冷嘲的鸟叫声。
9.It seemed to me now that in some unconscious and totally unrecognized way, Piquette might have been the only one, after all, who had heard the crying of the loons.
现在我倒觉得，皮盖特可能以一种无意识的、别人无法了解的方式成为唯一听懂了潜水鸟哀叫声的人。
Lesson 6 Paraphrase
1.Nowadays New is out of phase with American taste...
Nowadays New York cannot understand nor follow the state of the American people and is often in disagreement with American people.
2.New York even prides itself on being a holdout from prevailing American trends...
New York now boasts that it is a city that resists the prevailing trends (styles, fashion) of American and that it is a place where people can escape from uniformity and commonness.
3....sitcoms cloned and canned in Hollywood, and the Johnny Carson show live, preempt the airways from California... Situation comedies made in Hollywood and the live talk show by Johnny Carson are on all channels, filling the airwaves.
4....it is making something of a comeback as tourist attraction...
New York is regaining somewhat its status as a city that attracts tourist.
5.To win in New York is to be uneasy...
A person who wins in New York is constantly disturbed by fear and anxiety (because he is afraid of losing what he has won in the fierce competition).
6.Nature’ pleasure are much qualified in New York.
Being a large and crowded city with many tall buildings, etc., the chance to enjoy the pleasure of nature is very limited in New York.
7....the city’s bright glow arrogantly obscures the heavens.
At night the city of New York is aglow with lights and seems haughtily to dim the light of the stars.
8.But the purity of a bohemian dedication can be exaggerated.
But a pure and wholehearted devotion to a Bohemian life style can be exaggerated.
9.In both these roles it ratifies more than it creates.
In both these roles of banking and communications headquarters, New York starts or originated very few things but gives its stamp of approval to many things created by people in other parts of the country.
10.The television generation grew up in the insistent presence of hype...
The television generation was constantly and strongly influenced by extravagant promotional advertising.
11....those who are writing ambitious novels sustain themselves on the magazines.
Author writing long serious novels earn their living in the meantime by also writing articles for popular magazines.
12.Broadway, which seemed to be succumbing to the tawdriness of its environment, is astir again.
Broadway, which seemed unable to resist the cheap, gaudy shows put on in the surrounding areas, is once again busy and active.
13.The defeated are not hidden away somewhere else on the wrong side of town.
Those who failed in the struggle of life, the down-and-outs, are not hidden away in slums or ghettoes where other people can't see them.
14.The place constantly exasperates, at times exhilarates.
New York constantly irritates and annoys very much but at times it also invigorates and stimulates.
Lesson 6 Translation
1.Those ad. Campaigns celebrating the Big Apple, those T-shirts with a heart design proclaiming “I love New York,” are signs, pathetic in their desperation, of how the mighty has fallen.
那些歌颂“大苹果”的广告活动，那些印有心形图案“我爱纽约”字样的T恤衫，都是可怜的、铤而走险的信号，也显示出强者是如何衰败的。
2.Nowadays New York is out of phase with American taste as often as it is out of step with American politics.
目前，纽约往往同美国人的情趣不同步调，就像它往往跟不上美国政治前进的步伐一样。
3.A dozen other cities have buildings more inspired architecturally than any built in New York City in the past twenty years.
在过去20年里，有十多做其他城市都建有比纽约的建筑更有艺术灵感的建筑物。
4.New York was never a good convention city --- being regarded as unfriendly, unsafe, overcrowded, and expensive --- but it is making something of a comeback as a tourist attraction.
由于往往被公认为不友善、不安全、过于拥挤、物价昂贵，纽约从来都被看好为会议城市。但现在它似乎正回归为旅游胜地。
5.They take more readily than do most Americans to its cosmopolitan complexities, its surviving, aloof, European standards, its alien mixtures.
同大多数美国人相比，他们更喜欢纽约这个国际大都市的光怪陆离、喜欢它依然存在的欧洲准则、以及外来民族的多元文化。
6.But all in all, I can’t think of many places in the world I’d rather live.
但总的来说，在这个世界我也想不出还有多少地方我更愿意定居。
7.It has become less a tranquil park than an untidy carnival.
这里已经不是一个宁静的公园了，倒更像是一个杂乱的狂欢之地。
8.A testing of oneself, a fear of giving in to the most banal and marketable of one’s talents, still draws many of the young to New York.
考验自己，害怕自己陷入平庸、才华停滞不前仍然是吸引着许多年轻人来到纽约的原因。
9.In time the newcomers find or form their own worlds; Manhattan is many such worlds, huddled together but rarely interacting.
那些新来者迟早会找到或者形成他们自己的小圈子；曼哈顿就是由许多这样的小圈子混杂在一起组合而成，但彼此之间缺乏沟通交流。
10.The newcomers are never fully absorbed, but are added precariously to the undigested many.
新加入的永远不会被完全同化，而是不稳定的增加到了未被同化的行列中。
1.And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe...
Our ancestors fought a revolutionary war to maintain that all men were created equal and God had given them certain unalienable rights which no state or ruler could take away from them. But today this issue has not yet been settled in many countries around the world.
2.This much we pledge ---and more.
We promise to do this and we promise to do more.
3.United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures.
United and working together we can accomplish a lot of things in a great number of joint bold undertakings.
4....our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace...
The United Nations is our last and best hope of survival in an age where the tools to wage war have far surpassed and exceeded the tools to keep peace.
5....to enlarge the area in which its writ may run.
We pledge to help the United Nations enlarge the area in which its authority and mandate could continue to be in effect or in force.
6....before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.
Before the terrible forces of destruction, which atomic bombs can now release, wipe out mankind, which may be planned or brought about by an accident.
7....yet both racing to alter that certain balance of terror that stays the sign of weakness...
Yet both groups of nations are trying to change as quickly as possible this uncertain balance of terrible military power which restrains each power from launching mankind's final war.
8.So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness...
Let us start over again. We must bear in mind that being polite does not mean one is weak.
9.Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.
Let both sides try to use science to produce good and beneficial things for man instead of employing it to bring frightful destruction.
10....each generations of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty.
Americans of every generation have been called upon to prove their loyalty to their country (by fighting and dying for their country's cause).
11.With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love...
We will lead the country we love, knowing our sure reward will be a good conscience, and history will finally judge whether we have done our task well or not.
1.We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change.
今天我们庆祝的不是政党的胜利，而是自由的胜利。这象征着一个结束，也象征着一个开端；意味着延续也意味着变革。
2.Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of these human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.
让我们的朋友和敌人同样听见我此时此地的讲话：火炬已经传给新一代美国人。这一代人在本世纪诞生，在战争中受过锻炼，在艰难困苦的和平时期受过陶冶，他们为我国悠久的传统感到自豪——他们不愿目睹或听任我国一向保证的、今天仍在国内外作出保证的人权渐趋毁灭。
3.Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
让每个国家都知道——不论它希望我们繁荣还是希望我们衰落——为确保自由的存在和自由的胜利，我们将付出代价，承受任何负担，应付任何困难，支持任何朋友，反抗任何敌人。
4.United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures.
只要团结，则在许多合作事业中没有什么事办不到的。
5.Divided, there is little we can do, for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.
倘若分裂，我们则无可作为，因为我们不敢在争吵不休、四分五裂时迎接强大的挑战。
6.If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
自由社会如果不能诚信帮助众多的穷人，也就无法彻底保全少数的富人。
7.We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.
我们不敢以怯弱来引诱他们。因为只有当我们毫无疑问的拥有足够的军备，我们才能毫无疑问的确信永远不会使用这些军备。
8.In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course.
公民们，我们方针的最终成败与其说掌握在我手中，不如说掌握在你们手中。
9.Now the trumpet summons us again --- not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are; but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out. “rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation,” a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.
现在，号角已再次吹响——不是召唤我们拿起武器，虽然我们需要武器；不是号召我们去作战，虽然我们严阵以待。它召唤我们为迎接黎明而肩负起漫长斗争的重任，年复一年，从希望中得到快乐，在磨难中保持耐性，对付人类共同的敌人——专制、贫穷、疾病和战争本身。
10.With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our needs, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God’s work mist truly be our own.
问心无愧是我们唯一可靠的奖赏，历史是我们行动的最终裁判，让我们走向前去，引导我们所热爱的国家。我们祈求上帝的福佑和帮助，但我们知道，确切的说，上帝在尘世的工作必定是我们自己的工作。
1.The burying-ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot.
The burying-ground is nothing more than a huge piece of wasteland full of mounds of earth looking like
a deserted and abandoned piece of land on which a building was going to be put up.
2.All colonial empires are in reality founded upon this fact.
All the imperialists build up their empires by treating the people in the colonies like animals (by not treating the people in the colonies as human beings.)
3.They rise out of the earth, they sweat and starve for a few years, and then they sink back into the nameless mounds of the graveyard...
They are born. Then for a few years they work, toil and starve. Finally they died and are buried in graves without a name, and nobody notices that they are dead.
4.A carpenter sits cross-legged at a prehistoric lathe, turning chair-legs at lightning speed.
Sitting with his legs crossed and using a very old-fashioned lathe, a carpenter quickly gives a round shape to the chair-legs he is making.
5.Instantly, from the dark holes all around, there was a frenzied rush of Jews...
Immediately from their dark hole-like cells everywhere, a great number of Jews rushed out wildly excited, all loudly demanding a cigarette.
6....every one of them looks on a cigarette as a more or less impossible luxury.
Every one of these poor Jews looks on the cigarette as a piece of luxury which they could not possible afford.
7.Still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuous.
However, people always notice anyone with a white skin.
8.In a tropical landscape one’s eye takes in everything except the human beings.
If you take a look at the natural scenery in a tropical region, you see everything but the human beings.
9.No one would think of running cheap trips to the Distressed Areas.
No one would think of organizing cheap trips for tourists to visit the poor slum areas.
10....for nine-tenths of the people the reality of life is an endless, backbreaking struggle to wring a little food out of an eroded soil.
Life is very hard for ninety percent of the people. They can produce a little food on the poor soil with hard backbreaking toil.
11.She accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say, as a beast of burden.
She took it for granted that as an old woman she was the lowest in the community, that she was only fit for doing heavy work like an animal.
12.People with brown skins are next door to invisible.
People with brown skins are almost invisible.
13.Their splendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms... well-built bodies.
14.How long before they turn their guns in the other direction
How much longer before they turn their guns around and attack the colonialist rulers?
15.Every white man there had this thought stowed somewhere or other in his mind.
Every white man there had this thought hidden somewhere in his mind.
Lesson 2 Translation
1.When you walk through a town like this --- two hundred thousand inhabitants of whom at least twenty thousand own literally nothing except the rags they stand up in --- when you see how the people live, and still more how easily they die, it is always difficult to believe that you are walking among human beings.
当你走过这样一个镇子——一共20万居民，至少有2万人基本上是一无所有，只有罩着的一身破布，——当你目睹到这些人是怎么活着，又怎样瞬间死去时，你可能永远都无法接受你是在人类中经过这样的现实。
2.When you go through the Jewish quarters you gather some idea of what the medieval ghettoes were probably like.
当你经过这儿的犹太人区时，你可能就会大致明白中世纪的犹太人区究竟是怎样的。
3.Many of the streets are a good deal less than six feet wide, the houses are completely windowless, and sore-eyed children cluster everywhere in unbelievable numbers, like clouds of flies.
这里的许多街道的宽度还不及6英尺；而房子则完全没有窗户；眼睛红肿的孩子像一群群的苍蝇那样随处可见，数量多的令人难以置信。
4.Even a blind man somewhere at the back of one of the booths heard a rumor of cigarettes and came crawling out, grouping in the air with his hand.
甚至有一位盲人竟从摊子后面爬了出来，手在空中胡乱摸索着，就因为听到了要烟的嚷嚷声。
5.Ah, that’s only for show! They’re all money lenders really.
“啊，那只不过是装样子的。其实他们都是靠放债赚钱的。”
6.In just the same way, a couple of hundred years ago, poor old women used to be burned for witchcraft when could not even work enough magic to get themselves a square meal.
想想与这颇为相似的一幕吧，几百年前，常有一些可怜的老妇人被活活烧死，就因为她们被认为拥有巫术，但是实际上她们的巫术还不能让自己美美吃一餐。
7.It takes in the dried-up soil, the prickly pear, the palm tree and the distant mountain, but it always misses the peasant hoeing at his patch.
人们的目光可以略过干涸的土地、仙人掌、棕榈树以及远处连绵的山岭，但就是没人能看见耕田的农民。
8.Most of Morocco is so desolate that no wild animal bigger than a hare can live on it.
大部分摩洛哥的国土都是荒芜冷清的，在这里侥幸存活下来的最大的野生动物九十野兔了。
9.Except for a day or two after the rare rainstorms there is never enough water.
这里总是缺水的，除非是难得的的暴雨过后紧挨着的一两天。
10.It seems to be generally the case in primitive communities that the women, when they get beyond a certain age, shrink to the size of children.
高级英语复习资料 一, 单词 preoccupation ( n.) :a matter which takes up an one's attention令人全神贯注的事物 oblivious ( adj.) :forgetful or unmindful(usually with of or to)忘却的；健忘的(常与of或to连用) gigantic ( adj.) :very big；huge；colossal；immense巨大的，庞大的，其大无比的 heave (v．) :utter(a sign，groan，etc．)with great effort or pain(费劲或痛苦地)发出(叹息、呻吟声等) arresting (adj.) :attracting attention；interesting；striking引人注目的；有趣的 slay ( v.) :(slew或slayed, slain，slaying)kill or destroy in a violent way杀害；毁掉 linger ( v．) :continue to live or exist although very close to death or the end苟延；历久犹存 agony ( n.) :very great mental or physical pain(精神上或肉体上的)极度痛苦 demolish ( v．) :pull down，tear down，or smash to pieces拆毁，拆除；破坏，毁坏 humiliate ( v．) :hurt the pride or dignity of by causing to be or seem foolish or contemptible使受辱，使丢脸 totter ( v.) :be unsteady on one's feet；stagger蹒跚而行 lame (adj. ) :crippled；disabled；esp. having an injured leg or foot that makes one limp瘸的；残废的 shuffle ( n.) :a slow dragging walk拖着脚走 flicker ( v．) :move with a quick，light，wavering motion摇曳，摇动；晃动 recompose ( v. ) : restore to composure使恢复镇静 hug ( v．) :hold(someone)tightly in the arms搂抱；紧抱 peek ( v．) :glance or look quickly and furtively，esp. through an opening or from behind something(尤指从缝隙或隐蔽处)偷看；窥视 stoop ( v．) :bend(the head and shoulders)forwards and down屈身；弯腰 scrap ( n.) :a small piece；bit；fragment；shred小片；碎片 slam ( v．) :shut or allow to shut with force and noise使劲关(门等)；砰地(把门等)关上 scrape ( v．) :(cause to)rub roughly(使)磨擦 indistinguishable ( adj. ) : that cannot be distinguished as being different or separate不能区别的，不能辨别的，难区分的 devoid ( adj.) :completely without；empty or destitute(of)完全没有的，缺乏的(后接of) ferocious ( adj.) :fierce；savage；violently cruel凶猛的，残忍的；凶恶的 hideous ( adj.) :horrible to see，hear etc．；very ugly or revolting；dreadful骇人听闻的；非常丑陋的；可怕的swarm ( n.) :a moving mass，crowd，or throng(移动的)大群，大堆
2000年10月高级英语试题及答案 课程代码：0600 本试题分两部分，第一部分考核课程内容，1页至4页；选择题42分，非选择题18分。 第二部分考核水平，4页至8页；选择题20分，非选择题20分。本试题共8页，满分100分。考试时间150分钟。全部题目用英语作答（英语汉题目除外），并将答案写在答题纸的相应位置上，否则不记分。 Part One 1.The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. One word or expression for each blank only. (0.5 point each, 12 points) . Programmers live in (1) fear of losing anyone's attention -anyone's. The (2) way to avoid doing so is to (3) everything brief, not to (4) the attention of anyone but instead to provide constant (5) through variety, novelty, action and (6). .But before he ever begins to write he will have (7) an emotional attitude from which he will never completely (8). It is his job, no doubt, to (9) his temperament and (10) getting stuck at some (11) stage, or in some (12) mood. .His car needs mechanics, and mechanics grow more expensive and less (13). The gadgets in the home are cheaper to (14) than repair. The more efficiently (15) the home seems to be, the more dependent it is on the great (16) corporations, as well as a diminishing army of servitors. Skills at the lowest level have to be (17) slavishly and exorbitantly (18). .It is only lately that I have (19) how much science of genetics is (20). Agronomists have taken to (21) all sorts of vegetables and fruits (22) their original nature. This sounds wonderful and often is insane. For the scientists have not as a rule (23) any interest whatsoever in the taste of the things they have (24) with! A.acquired B.avoid C.breeding D.changing E.constant F.discipline G.efficient H.escape I.found J.impersonal K.involved L.keep M.movement N.perverse O.premature P.replace Q.rewarded R.self-contained S.stimulation T.strain U.surest V.taken W.tempered X.wooed II. There are 15 sentences with a blank in each, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. One word or expression for each blank only. (1 point each, 15 points) 25.In a hot summer day you would find the village children () in the small pond behind the woods. 26. I don't like the dishes in some Chinese restaurants abroad; for they () the local taste too much and the result is that the food is neither Chinese nor foreign. 27.Two pupils from the "Hope Schools" were () to represent Chinese children in the Euro 2000 ceremonies. 28. I think there is too much ( ) made by all people concerned, the parents, the media, and the authorities, about the university entrance examinations. 29. Suddenly the lights went out. She () in the dark for the matches. 30.He was very sad because he had tried very hard in the last three years but ()very little.
高级英语期末考试题型： Lexical work: Unit 1 1.ego: self, especially as contrast with another self or the world 2.disparity: a noticeable difference 3.prestigious: having prestige,i.e. general respect or admiration felt for someone or something, because they have high quality, social influence, success, etc. 4.allot: give as a share or set apart for a purpose 5.typify: be a typical example of, show all the most usual characteristics of something Unit 2 1.minute: very small 2.chartered: hired for use by a particular group or person 3.a standing order: a permanent request(for something by a customer) 4.extract: obtain by much effort 5.trinket: a small ornament(as a jewel or ring)of little value 6.flapping: swaying loosely, and making a noise, especially when moved by wind Unit 3 1.disorientation: confusion, loss of one's bearings 2.vistas: sweeping views 3.eerie: frightening because of strangeness or gloominess 4.tactile: relating to the sense of touch 5.redemption: forgiveness from the consequences of sin and evil which Christians believe was made possible by Jesus Christ's death on the cross赎罪. This is a religious term. 6.congealed: stiffened 7.wino: one who is chronically addicted to drinking wine Unit 4 1.constraints: restrictions, limitations 2.scale: a graded series/scheme/system of rank of order; something graded especially when used as a measure or rule尺度 3.norm: a standard, e.g. of behaviour or ability, that is regarded as average or generally accepted 4.formalities: a way of writing letters in accordance with accepted rules for official occasion 5.tautologous:unnecessarily repetitive, obvious 6.veribage:too many unnecessary words in speech or writing Unit 5 1.sulk: be silently bad-tempered 2.surreal: having a strange dreamlike unreal quality 3.malevolent: having a wish to harm others, showing intense ill will; here, strong, adverse, harmful 4.torrential:(rain)pouring down rapidly and in great quantities 5.radically: drastically: severely 6.accentuate: make(something)more noticeable Unit 6
Lesson 9 Paraphrase 1. …with a face that seem totally unfamiliar with laughter… ...with a face that was dead serious, never laughed. 2. Sometimes old Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get mixed up in a Saturday-night brawl… Sometimes old Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get involved in a rough, noisy quarrel or fight on a Saturday night after much drinks of liquor. 3. … her attendance had always been sporadic and her interest in schoolwork negligible. She often missed her classes and had little interest in schoolwork. 4. …she existed for me only as a vaguely embarrassing presence… I only knew her as someone who would make other people feel ill at ease because of the way she looked, spoke and behaved. 5. She dwelt and moved somewhere within my scope of vision. She lived and moved somewhere within my range of sight. But I paid little attention to her: she was almost invisible for me. 6. Grandmother Macleod and Piquette, Piquette would win hands down, nits or not. If my mother had to make a choice between Grandmother Macleod Piquette, she would certainly choose the latter without hesitation, no matter whether the latter had the nits or not. 7. My acquaintance with Indians was not extensive. I didn’t know many Indians. 8. …she remained both a reproach and a mystery to me. I blame myself ( for being unable to make Piquette’s response warmer) and the same time found her mysterious 9. Her defiant face, momentarily, became unguarded and unmasked, and in her eyes there was a terrifying hope. Normally, she was defensive and sensitive as if her face were guarded and marked. But in a brief moment when she was saying this, there was an expression of defiance on her face, which was her true emotion. In her eyes there was a kind of hope which was so intense and violent that it stuck people as terrifying. 10. …she looked a mess, to tell you the truth, a real slattern, dress any old how… She looked very messy, dirty and untidy, dressed in a very careless way. 11. She was up in court a couple of times --- drunk and disorderly, of course. She was taken to court a couple of times because she was drunk and disorderly as one could expect. 12. The one store had become several dozen, and the settlement had all the attributes of a flourishing resort --- hotels, a dance-hall, cafés with noen signs, the penetrating odours of potato chips and hot dogs. There had been only one store in the past, but now there were several dozen stores. The settlement had all the characteristics of a flourishing resort such as hotels, a dance-hall, cafes lighted by neon signs, the strong smells of potato chips and hot dogs.
00600《高级英语》复习资料 重要词组总汇 In return 作为（对某物）的付款或回报What do we give them in return. Conceive of 想像、认为 I laughed to myself at the men and the ladies. Who never conceived of us billion-dollar Babies（俚语：人）。 对于那些认为我们从不会成为腰缠万贯的巨富的先生和女士们，我们总是暗自嘲笑他们。 Scores of 很多Scores of young people. Strike sb. as … 给某人留下印象make an impression on sb These conclusion strike me as reasonable.我认为他们的话是合情合理的 Drop out 脱离传统社会 Ever since 自从 In hopes of 怀着…希望 Ever since civilization began，certain individuals（人）have tried to run away from it in hopes of finding a simpler，more pastoral田园的，and more peaceful life Support oneself 自食其力 Run out of 没有，用完，耗尽 Our planet is running out of noble savages and unsullied landscapes. 我们地球上高尚的野蛮人和未玷污的地方越来越少 the other way （round）相反 come off 成功These are the ones whose revolutions did not come off. In need of 需要 It dawns on a familiar, workaday place,still in need of groceries and sewage disposal. 它洒在一个司空见惯，平凡庸 碌的地方，一个仍然无法摆脱食品 杂货，污水处理的地方。 In short supply 供应不足，短缺 Break down 瓦解，崩溃Broke down our resolve. 丧失了我们的决 心 Out of work 失业 dawn on sb. 逐渐明白It dawned on us rather suddenly that the number of passengers on the small spaceship we inhabit is doubling about every forty years. Come down （from…）（to…） 从一处来到另一处 Eat sth. up 吃光 In profusion 大量地 She had magnificent高尚的华 丽的blonde hair，in profusion. Take a shot 猜测 As a point of departure 起点As doctors often do I take a trial shot at it as a point of departure.作为医生我 经常根据猜测可能出现的总是进行 提问 as yet 到现在为止As yet，no man has set foot on Mars.到目前为 止还没有人登上火星。 Get somewhere 有进展，取得 一些成就 If only 只要If only they wouldn‘t use the word “hurt” I might be able to get somewhere. Up to sb. 取决于某人 So long as 只要 Fall in love with 爱上 After all，I had already fallen in love with the savage brat野蛮的乳臭 未干是小孩，the parents were contemptible to me. Let out 发出（叫喊） She let out a scream of terror.她 发出恐怖的叫喊。 Hold sb. down 控制住某人，压 制某人I tried to hold myself down but I couldn‘t. Open up 张开 She open up for an instant but before I could see anything she came down again and gripped the wooden blade between her molars.臼齿 Reduce sth. to 将…化为（变成） She reduced spatula压舌板to splinters碎片before I could get it out Through with. 结束We are going to through with this. Go at sth. 努力做某事 He went at the job with a lot of energy. 他工作卖力 Tear sb/sth apart 严厉地批 评…，彻底毁灭… I could have torn the child apart in my own fury 狂怒暴怒and enjoyed it. Bred of … 由…造成 But a blind fury不顾一切的狂 怒，a feeling of adult shame，bred of a longing for muscular release are the operative.由于渴望释放男人的 体力而产生的不理智的愤怒，和成 年人的羞辱而使我继续下去，坚持 到底。 On the defensive 采取守势She had been on the defensive before but now she attacked. Fly at 冲上去攻击某人Tried to get off her father‘s lap and fly at me while tears of defeat blinded her eyes. Come to light 为人所知New evidence has recently come to light At one‘s request 应某人之请求 An anonymous 匿名的doctor claimed to have killed a 20-year-old cancer patient at her own request. Rumble隆隆声，抱怨声on 继 续下去
2005 －2006 学年第二学期 《高级英语》期末考试试卷（A）参考答案 I.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words and phrases. (15%) 1. speaks volumes 2. in the vicinity of 3. at his disposal 4. acted as 5. oblivious 不知道的of 6. look up to 7. to no avail 8. follow suit 9. a battery of 10. in lieu of场所 11. unparalleled 12. reassuring 13. circulation 14. significance 15. engulfed II.Paraphrase the following sentences, especially paying attention to the underlined part. （20%）看要求评分 III.Proofreading (10%) The Great Depression first started in the New York Stork Exchange. In the 1920s, there were fatal flaws on the prosperity 1. in of the economy. Overproduction of crops depresses food prices, 2. depressed and farmers suffered. Industrial workers were earning better wages, but they still did not have enough purchased power to continue buying 3.purchasing the flood of goods that poured out of their factories. With profits soar and interest rates low, a great deal of money was available 4.soaring for investment, and much of tha t capital wen t into reckless 5. but speculation. Billions of dollars \that poured into the stock market, and 6 that frantic bidding boosted the price of share far above their real value. 7.shares As long as the market prospered, speculators could make fortunes overnight, but they could be ruined just as quick if stock 8.quickly prices fell. On October 24, 1929 –“Black Thursday” -- a wave of panic selling of stocks swept the New York Stock Exchange. Once started, the collapse of shares and other security prices could not be halted. By 1932, thousands of banks and over 100,000 businesses had been failed. Industrial 9. been production was cut in half, farm income had fallen by more than half, wages had increased 60%, new investment was 10. decreased down 90%, and one out of every four was unemployed in the USA. IV．Reading comprehension (25%) 1-5 BCADB 6-10 BCBCA 11-15 CCBCA 16-20 DDCCB 21-25 BAACA V. Text analysis (30%) 看要求评分。
滨州学院2007－2008学年第一学期期末考试 英语专业（本）2005级《高级英语》试卷（B） （答案一律写在答题纸上，在本试卷上做答无效） I. Multiple Choice: (30%) Section 1: Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined part (20%). 1. The US launched military attacks on Iraq for the purpose of establishing its possession of weapons of mass destruction. A setting up B building C constructing D ascertaining 2. Artificial diamond is indistinguishable from genuine one, but much cheaper. A differential in B indifferent to C differentiable from D identical to 3. I was offered my teaching job back but I declined. Later I became a geologist for an oil company. A received B accepted C hesitated D refused 4. The glaring of the sun makes all stars invisible. A coldness B darkness C brightness D hotness 5. Tony became disdainful of his friends when he succeeded in the attempt. A scornful B proud C thankful D grateful 6. Motors and bicycles threaded their way among the throngs of people entering and leaving the market. A swarm B crowds C flock D herd 7. Police followed the would-be thieves and caught them red-handed. A enraged B likely C attempted D timid 8. The news was such a shock that it still hasn’t really sunk in yet. A collapsed B been comprehended C been soaked D been leaked 9. Shakespeare was one of the most prolific writers in England. A creative B productive C ingenious D inventive 10. The hypothesis proposed for the origin of the solar system was to be discussed this week. A protected B provoked C stated D approved 11. The buildings collapsed in the earthquake. A broke down B turned down C put down D kept down 12. Tom’s answer was equivocal whenever the teacher asked the same question of him. A identical B different C ambiguous D difficult 13. There were incessant demands for the resignation of the Georgian president from the office for his inefficient running of state affairs.
Final Test for English Majors of 2002 (Advanced English) I. Choose the best answer: 25% 1. She gave thanks for our contribution. A. procure B. profuse C. profound D. prodigious 2. and conspiracy will not succeed; the government will not be defeated. A. Subscription B. Subsidence C. Submission D. Subversion 3. A good friend will not desert one in time of . A. adversary B. adverse C. adversity D. advent 4. The psychiatrist gave that the man was insane at that time. A. evidence B. argument C. witness D. testimony 5. She is a woman of erect and handsome . A. carriage B. figure C. personage D. appearance 6. His with everything we suggest makes it hard to know what he really feels. A. alliance B. compliment C. compliance D. compassion 7. Diligent police work will help crime. A. endorse B. eradicate C. fluctuate D. radiate 8. Nutritionists food into seven basic groups. A. categorize B. clarify C. ratify D. separate 9. Only states are able to make treaties. A. sovereignty B. sovereign C. democratic D. democracy 10. diseases may be spread by viruses and bacteria. A. Deadly B. Mortal C. Fatal D. Infectious 11. His only is an occasional game of golf. A. diversification B. diversion C. diversity D. divergence 12. One of California?s most problems is an inadequate water supply. A. acute B. unusual C. persistent D. unexpected 13. Large areas of Alaskan land remain due to harsh climate. A. inaccessible B. immature C. desolate D. parched 14. Constant interruption of his work him. A. threshed B. tormented C. exasperated D. evaporated
2013-14（1）高级英语一复习材料 考试题型： 1. 阅读理解20% 2. 词汇选择20% 3. 句型短语（中翻英）20% 4. 句子翻译（英翻中）20% 5. 复合句应用20% 一、翻译练习： Unit 1 1.Does it feel like you're being torn in all directions? Like you're getting stressed out? Like every teacher thinks his or her class is the only one you're taking? Like everything is coming down on you all at once, and you're not sure you can, or even want to, withstand the pressure? Do things feel like they are out of control? （para.1） 你是不是感觉正被往四处拉扯？压力重重？感觉每位老师都认为你仅修他这门课？感觉顷刻之间所有的事情向你压过来，而你却拿不定你能不能，甚至想不想承受这种压力？一切似乎不可驾驭？ 27 / 1
2.The useful part of this understanding is that if we determine it, then we can control it. We determine meaning! We are in control!（para.5）这个认识的有用之处在于：如果我们决定压力，我们就可控制它。是我们确定意义的！我们处在控制这方! 3.What if you're having trouble at home, then you're having some relationship problems, and maybe some small problems with a roommate and then a couple of exams on top of that?(para.9) 如果你在家里麻烦不断；有一些人际问题，或许是与室友的小问题；除此之外，还有几场考试等着你，你该怎么办呢？ 4.We all have to get old, but how we decide to approach getting old makes all the difference. It's not the destination; it's the ride! (para.15) 我们都会衰老，可决定如何走向衰老却大不相同。衰老不是目的，而是过程。 5.For your own sake, and for the sake of finding renewed motivation, end unpleasant relationships, and don't wallow in feelings of hostility, antagonism, or revenge.(para.22) 为了你自己，也为了找回新的推动力，了断不愉快的人际关系，不要沉浸在敌意、对抗或复仇的情绪之中。 6. But in every situation, you have options. That is, you have opportunities to bring to bear your own unique personality. You have 27 / 2