高级英语2-lesson 1课外练习及答案

Pub Talk and the King’s English

I. Choose the one which is equal to the word given blow:

1. intricate

A. difficult

B. complicated

C. invalid

D. simple

2. anecdote

A. short amusing story

B. long tedious talk

C. uninteresting writing

D. exciting information

3. affirmation

A. negative conversation

B. possibility

C. positive statement

D. affection

4. churl

A. soldier

B. bishop

C. naturalist

D. peasant

5. convict

A. criminal

B. aggressor

C. captain

D. captor

6. intercept

A. stop between starting-point and destination

B. arrive at the conclusion

C. write words expressing respect

D. prevent from being seen

7. denial

A. piece of open land

B. accepting an invitation

C. refusing a request

D. teaching good behaviour

8. delve

A. give oneself up

B. clasp carefully

C. search carefully and deeply

D. look down upon

9. immune

A. not affected

B. impure

C. odorous

D. revival

10. facetious

A. unimportant

B. very superficial

C. hideous

D. not serious

11. sinister

A. not pretended

B. suggesting evil

C. happening in the same time

D. giving orders

12. pejorative

A. sharp

B. distasteful

C. contemptuous

D. penetrating

13. ultimatum

A. the general opinion about the character, qualities etc

B. state of being in demand

C. sth. that provokes or annoys

D. final statement of conditions to be accepted

14. tussle

A. have a hard struggle or fight

B. raise to a higher grade

C. come to a lower level or state

D. make the greatest possible use of

15. scamper

A. move onward smoothly

B. drop down directly

C. run quickly and playfully

D. walk forward and backward

16. edict

A. order

B. article

C. painting

D. newspaper

17. tart

A. different

B. sarcastic

C. loaded

D. special

18. coin

A. happen

B. coincide

C. comfort

D. invent

19. dominance

A. ruling class

B. manageable domain

C. controlling power

D. religious establishment

20. salon

A. a regular held fashionable gathering

B. a big luxurious car

C. a grand comfortable hotel

D. a large public drinking place

21.

22. deserve

A. to take away

B. to last long

C. to help with

D. to be worthy of

II. Complete the words according to the definitions, the first letter of the word is given:

1. ordinary c 2. jumping from one thing to another d 3. soldier armed with a musket

m 4. very close friend or associate

i 5. flow slowly, turning here and there m

6. using or involving two languages b 7. farmyard birds of any kind, such as hens, ducks, etc. p 8. person in an unimportant position working for sb. else

u 9. magical or mysterious power or process of transforming one thing into another a

10. state, quality of being snobbish s 11. person with the legal right to receive a title, property, when the owner dies h

12. mocking remark j 13. greatest in power, authority, or rank; paramount or dominant

s 14. to object to, especially in a formal statement p 15. a person, an animal, or a plant whose descent can be traced to a particular individual or group.

d 16. a force that tends to oppose or retard motion r 17. an enclosure for swine s 18. the meat of a calf v 19. a narrow fissure in rock or a break in friendly relations r 20. something that separates or holds apart b 21. to attempt to overthrow the authority of the state or rebel

r 22. to use wrongly or improperly; misuse a 23. treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice d

24. physical or mental strength, energy, or force v 25. to declare free of blame; absolve. j III. Put the following words and phrases into the appropriate blanks in the

following sentences. (Filling in the grid is optional.)

in a flash upbringing be in one’s shoes indulge in come in one’s own bind on the rocks get out of bed on the wrong side confirmation recesses turn up one’s nose at out of snobbery accept concept deceptive exception inception intercept misconception perceptive receptive susceptible

1. He said he loved her in the inner most

of his heart.

2. They eating and drinking in the party the other evening.

3. One's largely determines success in life.

4. he realized that they were presents from his patients.

5. By the time I’ve paid all the bills I owe I shall b 6. What’s wrong with him? He is in such a bad temper. He must 7. I wish my students wouldn’t doing their schoolwork.

8. I wouldn’t for all the wealth in the world.

9. We are waiting for of the news.

10. You must escape

the gangster to the seat with rope lest he should

11. He was always trying to get to know members of the nobility 12. it was not until he mid-twentieth century that psychology really

13. Because Matt is him to get a flu shot.

to bronchial infections, his mother badgered 14. Laura agreed to treat him to a movie.

Tom's gift on condition that he allow here to 15. A upset.

child knows immediately when a parent is distraught or 16. Hank has no of how difficult it is to operate a farm these days. 17. The actress was the role of Lady Macbeth.

to the director's suggestions for portraying

18. The performances in this production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard are first-rate, with only one

19. Macbeth's expression was Duncan's death.

, for as he smiled, he plotted King 20. This antiballistic missile is designed to locate and ballistic missiles.

enemy 21. Since its success.

eight years ago, the program has been a huge 22. Alex claims he got a poor grade in English because his teacher doesn't like him, but that is a

on his part. IV. Reading Comprehension:

1. The real thesis of this piece of exposition is _______

A. Pub talk and the King’s English

B. Conversation is the most sociable of all human activities

C. Bar conversation has a charm of its own

D. The King’s English

2. This piece of exposition is _____ in style.

A. formal

B. informal

C. sarcastic

D. serious

3. One of the reasons for him to like bar conversation is that _____.

A. He was a sociable person and enjoyed talking with others.

B. he was brought up in the English pubs.

C. He was deeply involved in bar-goers’ lives.

D. He was a frequenter of the English pubs

4. “The King’s English ” came into being in ______.

A. 16th century

B. 17th century

C. 15th century

D. 18th century

5. The worst conversationalist is the person who _____.

A. is not making a point

B. is prepared to loose

C. is trying to talk sense

D. slips and slides in conversation

VI. Determine whether the following statements are true or false. Put a “T”, if the statement is true and put a “F”, if the statement is false.

1. The Norman lords turned up their noses at rabbit, because the rabbit was not changed into lapin.

2. A good conversation has no focus at all. 3. The rulers of the Angevins and the Plantagenets spoke French.

4. The author agrees to what Auden said that all a writer needs is a pen, plenty of paper and “the best dictionaries he can afford.”

5. Even the most educated and the most literate people do not use the King’s English all the time in conversation.

6.

7. There exists in the working people, different from the Saxon peasants, a spirit of opposition to the cultural authority of the ruling class.

8. Looking up the dictionary in the middle of a conversation will settle the argument in the conversation, which will make the conversation goes freely.

9. People who ruin the conversation by talking sense are just like chimpanzees, who are not able to have conversation.

10. The language of Dr. Caius should be more vigorous, direct and straightforward.

VII. Translation:

1.给我1000元钱，我也不愿处于你的地位。

I wouldn't be in your shoes for a thousand yuan.

2.随着T型福特汽车的成功，汽车工业得到了应有的地位。

With the success of the Model T Ford, the automobile industry came into its own.

3.我们把访问时间缩短了一周。

4.他把他的成功归功于父母在早年给他的良好教育。

5.我讨厌人们那种对爵士乐不屑一顾的文人般的势利作风。

I'm bored with the intellectual snobbery of people who turn up their noses at jazz.

6.我们应该鼓励大学生服务于农业，能源，水利，交通，电力，通讯，教育和国防等重要行业和部门。 7.国家教育部敦促：各部门，研究机构，企业及其他单位尽可能为求职的大学生创造更多的就业机会和更好的工作条件。

8.关于祖国统一，和平回归的八点提议体现了同志“一国两制”的思想。而且提议还体现了中国党和中国对解决问题，以及实现祖国统一所作的努力。

9.我国在揭露和驳斥当局主义言行的同时继续保持和促进海峡两岸的经济，贸易和文化交流。在促进海峡两岸的交流中起了积极作用。

10.近几年来，粮食丰收及农村经济的全面发展在保证农业产品的充分供给，控制通货膨胀，改善经济条件以及促进国民经济的顺利发展等方面起了重要作用。

第二册第1课练习答案

1-1: / 答案:B

1-2: / 1-3: / 1-4: / 1-5: / 1-6: / 1-7: / 1-8: / 1-9: / 1-10: / 1-11: / 答案:A

答案:C

答案:D

答案:A

答案:A

答案:C

答案:C

答案:A

答案:D

答案:B

1-12: / 答案:C

1-13: / 答案:D

1-14: / 答案:A

1-15: / 答案:C

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

2-1: /

答案:ommonplace

2-2: /

答案:esultory

2-3: /

答案:usketeer

2-4: /

答案:ntimate

2-5: /

答案:eander

2-6: /

答案:ilingual

2-7: /

答案:oultry

2-8: /

答案:nderlings

2-9: /

答案:lchemy

2-10: /

答案:nobbery

2-11: /

答案:eir

2-12: /

答案:eer

2-13: /

答案:upreme

2-14: /

答案:rotest

2-15: /

答案:escendant

2-16: /

答案:esistance

2-17: /

答案:ty

2-18: /

答案:eal

2-19: /

答案:ift

2-20: /

答案:arrier

2-21: /

答案:evolt

2-22: /

答案:buse

2-23: /

答案:iscrimination

2-24: /

答案:igor

2-25: /

答案:ustify

3-1: /

答案:is wailing

3-2: /

答案:wound up

3-3: /

答案:appeals to

3-4: /

答案:were infested with

3-5: /

答案:to wring

3-6: /

答案:has lowered

3-7: /

答案:splendid

3-8: /

答案:warped

3-9: /

答案:frenzied

3-10: /

答案:invisible

3-11: /

答案:out of snobbery

3-12: /

答案:came into its own

3-13: /

答案:susceptible

3-14: /

答案:accept

3-15: /

答案:perceptive

3-16: /

答案:concept

3-17: /

答案:receptive

3-18: /

答案:exception

3-19: /

答案:deceptive

3-20: /

答案:intercept

3-21: /

答案:inception

3-22: /

答案:misconception

4-1: / 答案:C

4-2: / 答案:B

4-3: / 4-4: / 4-5: / 5-1: /

答案:F

5-2: /

答案:F

5-3: /

答案:T

5-4: /

答案:D

答案:A

答案:C

答案:F

5-5: /

答案:T

5-6: /

答案:T

5-7: /

答案:F

5-8: /

答案:F

5-9: /

答案:T

5-10: /

答案:F

6-1:I wouldn't be in your shoes for a thousand yuan.

6-2:With the success of the Model T Ford, the automobile industry came into its own.

6-3:We clipped our visit by a week.

6-4:He owed his success to the good upbringing his parents had given him.

6-5:I'm bored with the intellectual snobbery of people who turn up their noses at jazz.

6-6:We must encourage university students to serve in important sectors and departments: agriculture, energy, water conservancy, transportation, electric power, telecommunication, education and national defence.

6-7:The MOE urged government departments, institutes, enterprises and other units to try in every possible means to create more job opportunities and better conditions for job-hunting students.

6-8:Jiang Zemin's eight propositions on the reunification of China and peaceful return of Taiwan to the motherland embodied Deng Xiaoping's concept of 'One country, two systems' and also embodied the effort made by the Chinese Communist Party and the government in solving the issue of

Taiwan for the reunification of the country.

6-9:Our government will continue to expose and refute the separatist words and actions of Taiwan authorities while actually maintaining and putting forward across straits economic, trade and cultural exchanges. Hong Kong has played a positive role in promoting exchanges between the two sides across the straits.

6-10:Good grain harvests in recent years, and the all-round development of the rural economy have played a vital role in ensuring adequate supplies of farm products, reining inflation, improving economic conditions, and promoting sound growth of the national economy as a whole.