高级英语book1-Unit 11补充练习及答案

Unit 11

But what’s a Dictionary for?

I. VOCABULARY

Directions: Complete the following sentences with the best expression from the four choices.

1. The newspaper received a deluge of letters about the article.

A. scarcity B. flood C. overload D. moderation

2. The committee is reportedly unhappy about the discrepancy in numbers.

A. inconsistency B. unpredictability C. dissimilarity D. disparity

3. She resigned when she was relegated to a desk job.

A. resided B. postponed C. suspended D quit

4. The teacher interposed herself between the two snarling boys.

A. introduced B. interfered C. impeded D. obstructed

5. This century has witnessed environmental destruction on an unprecedented scale.

A. unparalleled B. unremarkable C. unexceptional D. inconspicuous

6. Reforms are being undermined by the all-pervasive corruption in the country.

A. intensified B. consolidated C. sustained D. destabilized

7. King Edward VIII abdicated the British throne in 1936 so that he could marry Mrs. Simpson,

a divorced woman.

A. resigned B. took up C. undertook D. recognized

8. His change of mind was recent and sudden, the inference being that someone had persuaded

him.

A. postulation B. deduction C. association D. supposition

9. Small businesses have proliferated in the last ten years.

A. multiplied B. declined C. shrank D. developed

10. He was probably the most prolific songwriter of his generation.

A. productive B. destructive C. critical D. essential

11. The government claims to be doing all it can to eradicate corruption.

A. eliminate B. fight against C. tackle D challenge 12. She is continually abusing her authority by getting other people to do things for her.

A. maltreating B. neglecting C. insulting D. misusing

13. High winds significantly hampered the plane's acceleration.

A. speeding up B. motivation C. cruise D. balance

14. If the team loses again they may be relegated from the Premier League to the First Division.

A. transferred B. assigned C. promoted D. demoted

15. We need a dynamic expansion of trade with other countries.

A. apathetic B. droopy C. forceful D. moving

16. Many software companies have popular programs to the new operating system.

A adapted B. excerpted C. produced D. programmed

17. Over the years her work has compelled universal admiration and trust.

A. required B. obliged C. constrained D. produced

18. He was eliminated in the third round of the competition.

A. reduced B. removed C. abolished D. promoted

19. The translator has obviously adhered very strictly to the original text.

A. stuck B. bounded C. associated D. adjourned

20. Membership to this club is restricted chief executive officers.

A. to B. for C. with D. upon

II. CONTENTS AND FIGURES OF SPEECH

Directions: Complete the following sentences with the best one from the four choices according to

what you’ve learnt this term.

1. What does “gentlemen from Springfield” in the text refer to? .

A. Noah Webster B. Editors of Times

C, Editors of Washington Post

D. Makers of Webster’s third international Dictionary

2. Gettysburg Address was delivered by _______.

A. Abraham Lincoln B. Martin Luther

C. J. F. Kennedy D. W. Churchill

3. Between the appearance of these two editions of dictionary, the science of _______, has come into being.

A. prescriptive linguistics B. Descriptive Linguistics

C. Comparative Linguistics D. Historical Linguistics

4. Modern linguistics gets its charter from ______.

A. Language by Sapir B. Language by Bloomfield

C. Linguistics by F.D Saussure D. Semiotics by Pierce

5. Even in so settled matters as spelling and pronunciation, a dictionary cannot always be absolute

because____.

A. it has to record language facts

B. it can establish principles for language using

C. all languages are static

D. it should stick to words

6. Which of the following are the broad general findings of descriptive linguistics except_____.

A. Languages are sets of natural laws.

B. Each language is specific in pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary.

C. all languages are in constant changes.

D. Languages are systems of human conventions.

7. A dictionary is good only when _____.

A. it establishes new standards for language users to follow

B. it is unique in pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary.

C. it describes exactly and accurately the current usage of a certain language.

D. it prescribes exactly and accurately the current usage of a certain language.

8. “a concept of how things get written that throws very little light on Lincoln but a great deal on