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1．第4题

Cloze (10%)

Complete each of the words with initial letters given in the brackets by referring to the missing

parts of the following passage with corresponding numbers.

We must keep in 1. m that things do not have “real” names, 2. a many people believe

that they do. A garbage man is not “really” a “garbage man,” more than he is a “sanitation

engineer.” And a pig is not called a “pig” 3. b it is so dirty, 4. n a shrimp a “shrimp”

because it is so small. There are things, and then there are the names of things, and it is considered

a fundamental error in all branches of semantics to 5 a that a name and a thing are one and

the same. It is true, of course, that a name is usually so firmly associated with the thing it denotes

that it is extremely difficult to 6. s one from the other.

It would appear that human beings almost naturally come to identify 7. n with things, 8. w

is one of our more fascinating illusions. But there is some 9. s to this illusion. For if you

change the names of things, you change how people will regard them, and that is as good as

changing the nature of the thing 10. i .

Cloze (10%)

1. m

2. a

3. b

4. n

5. a

6. s

7. n

8. w

9. s

10. i

答案:

Cloze (10%)

1. mind 2. although

3. because

4. nor

5. assume

6. separate

7. names

8. which

9. substance

10. itself

标准答案：

Cloze (10%)

1. mind

2. although

3. because

4. nor

5. assume

6. separate

7. names

8. which

9. substance

10. itself

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2．第3题

Paraphrase in English the parts underlined in the following (20%):

Just recently a committee meeting at the University of Colora5do was interrupted by the spectacle

of a young man 1scaling the wall of the library just outside the window. Discussion of new

interdisciplinary courses halted as we silently hoped he had discipline enough to return safely to

the earth. Hope was all we could offer 2from our vantage point in Ketchum Hall, the impulse to

rush out and catch him being 3checked by the realization of futility.

The incident reinforced my sense that mountaineering serves as an 4apt analogy for the art of

teaching. The excitement, the risk, the need for 5rigorous discipline all correspond, though the

image I have in mind is not that of the solitary adventurer rappelling off a wall, but that of a Swiss

guide leading an expedition.

I remember a mountaineer named Fritz who once led a group up the Jungfrau at the same time a

party was climbing the north face of the Eiger. My own mountaineering skill was 6slender, and

my enthusiasm would have 7faltered had I not felt Fritz was capable of hauling not only me but all

the rest of us off that mountain. Strong, self-assured, calm, he radiated that solid authority that

encouraged me to tie on to his rope. But I soon realized that my presence on his line constituted a

risk for Fritz. Had I been so 8foolhardy as to try to retrieve my glove which went tumbling off a

precipice, or had I slipped into one of those 9inexplicably opening crevasses, I might well have

pulled the noble Fritz down with me. It was a sobering realization. I, the novice, and he, the expert,

were connected by the same lifeline in an experience of mutual interdependence. To give me that

top of the world 10exaltation he, too, was taking a risk.

Paraphrase in English the parts underlined in the following (20%):

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

答案:

Paraphrase the p in English arts underlined in the following (20%):

1. a young man scaling the wall of the library: climbing up

2. Hope was all we could offer from our vantage point: in view of our position

3. the impulse to rush out and catch him being checked by the realization of futility: prevented

4. mountaineering serves as an apt analogy for the art of teaching: exactly suitable

5. The excitement, the risk, the need for rigorous discipline all correspond: strict way of training

all match closely

6. My own mountaineering skill was slender: hardly enough

7. my enthusiasm would have faltered: hesitated

8. Had I been so foolhardy as to try to retrieve my glove: unwisely bold as to try to regain

9. those inexplicably opening crevasses: unaccountably opening deep cracks

10.To give me that top-of-the-world exaltation he, too, was taking a risk: joy of success

标准答案：

Paraphrase the p in English arts underlined in the following (20%):

1. a young man scaling the wall of the library: climbing up

2. Hope was all we could offer from our vantage point: in view of our position