1、Unit 11. as Camille lashed northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico. A. strike violently B. pass by C. move slowly D. stride2. gray clouds scudded in from the Gulf on the rising wind. A. go smoothly B. go straight and fastC. go up and down D. go violently 3. lifted the entire roof off the house and s
2、kimmed it 40 feet through the air. A. hit violently B. move lightly overC. go fast and quietly D. move gradually away4. One wall began crumbling on the marooned group. A. stay brave and along B. leave hopefulC. stay helpless D. leave helpless and alone5. and 709 small businesses were demolished or s
3、everely damaged.A. destroy B. reduce C. increase D. beat6. Richelieu Apartments were smashed apart as if by a gigantic fist, and 26 people perished. A. incarnate B. die C. increase D. submit7. Debris flew as the living-room fireplace and its chimney collapsed. A. small individual parts B. completely
4、 good placesC. well preserved pieces D. scattered broken pieces8. With two walls in their bedroom sanctuary beginning to disintegrateA. a warm place B. shelter C. a clean place D. a harm place9. Pop Koshak raged silently, frustrated at not being able to do anything A. discourage B. bring about good
5、resultC. come out fruitfully D. worry about the result 10. We can prop it up with our heads and shoulders! A. support B. place C. suspend D. proposeUnit 31. However intricate the ways in which animals communicate with each other, they do not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation
6、. A. difficult B. complicated C. invalid D. simple2. Suddenly they see the moment for one of their best anecdotes, but in a flash the conversation has moved on and the opportunity is lost. A. short amusing story B. long tedious talk C. uninteresting writing D. exciting information3. The conversation
7、 had swung from Australian convicts of the 19th century to the English peasants of the 12th century. A. criminal B. aggressor C. captain D. captor4. Perhaps it is worth trying to speak it, but it should not be laid down as an edict, and made immune to change from below. A. secure B. impure C. odorou
8、s D. revival5. The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes. A. sharp B. distasteful C. contemptuous D. penetrating6. The Kings English is a modela rich and instructive one-but it ought not to be an ultimatum. A. the general opinion about the charac
9、ter, qualities, etc. B. state of being in demand C. something that provokes or annoys D. final statement of conditions to be accepted 7. It was an Australian who had given her such a definition of “the Kings English,” which produced some rather tart remarks about what one could expect from the desce
10、ndants of convicts. A. different B. sarcastic C. loaded D. special8. One could have expected that it would be about then that the phrase would be coined. A. happen B. coincide C. comfort D. invent9. After five centuries of growth, of tussling with the French of the Normans and the Angevins and the P
11、lantagenets and at last absorbing it, the conquered in the end conquering the conqueror. 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 of10. When E. M. Forster writes of “the sinister corridor of our age,” we sit up at
12、 the vividness of the phrase, the force and even terror in the image. A. not pretended B. suggesting evil C. happening in the same time D. giving ordersUnit 41. Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas. A. rebuilding B. succe
13、ssion C. destroying D. salvage2. Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. A. call forth B. take down C. put up D. take the form of3. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.
14、 A. order or direct B. produce C. protect D. agree4. We offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction. A. swallow up B. consider about C. clean
15、 up D. imprint on5. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths and encourage the arts and commerce. A. cut into many small parts B. go round in circle C. draw together into a small space D. put an end to; destroy6. We observe today not a victory o
16、f party but a celebration of freedom. A. celebrate B. preserve C. orate D. help7. and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of these human rights to which this nation has always been committed A. showing B. laziness C. cover D. destruction8. and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undo
17、ing of these human rights to which this nation has always been committed A. pledge B. omit C. refrain D. repeat9. each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. A. evidence B. witness C. liberation D. trial10. Let both sides, for the first time, formulate s
18、erious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms A. prediction B. warm speech C. expectation D. examinationUnit 51. “Can you mean,” I said incredulously, “that people are actually wearing raccoon coats again?” A. unbelieving B. increasingC. industriousD. unimproved2. She was not y
19、et of pin-up proportions but I felt sure that time would supply the lack she already had the makings.A. propertyB. portionsC. massagesD. dimensions3. I reeled back, overcome with the infamy of it.A. being famous forB. being shamefulC. being honestD. being refused4. “I11 never do that again,” she pro
20、mised contritely. “Are you mad at me?”A. sadB. honestC. penitentD. overjoyed5. “Right!” I cried exultantly, “One hundred percent right.”A. triumphantB. foreignC. exhaustedD. overflowing6. That Walter Pidgeon is so dreamy. I mean he fractures me. A. break.B. combineC. disagreeD. repeat7. I had long c
21、oveted Polly Espy. A. surroundB. coverC. avoidD. desire8. All right. Lets try Contradictory Premises.A. take out B. be contrary toC. withdrawD. be relevant to9. “Listen,” he said, clutching my arm eagerly.A. grasp tightlyB. hang looselyC. touch softlyD. hold lightly10. Raccoon coats are unsanitary.
22、They shed. They smell bad. They weight too much. Theyre unsightly.A. invisibleB. uglyC. precipitateD. provisionalUnit 61. Today Lysenkos theory is discredited, and there is now only one genetics. A. doubtB. disgrace C. believe D. disappear2. The world looks more homogenous because it is more homogen
23、eous. A. phonetic B. uniform C. unidentified D. linguistic3. It will reappear in different ways until it is not only accepted but universally regarded as an asset.A. storage B. price C. benefit D. approval4. But the idea of a world car was inevitable.A. preventable B. unavoidable C. unnecessary D. d
24、oubtful5. He is cosmopolitan.A. systematical B. political C. identical D. international6. machines soon generated propositions which evaded all tradition.A. explain B. exhaust C. avoid D. intrude7. It has thus undermined an article of faith: the thingliness of things. A. imply B. weaken C. emphasize
25、 D. minimize8. Reminiscing on the early work of Fancis Picabia and Marcel DuchampA. ReinforcingB. Recollecting C. Recovering D. Responding9. It was the automotive equivalent of the International Style.A. version B. equal C. variation D. variety10. The universalizing imperative of technology is irres
26、istible. A. command B. order C. tendency D. imperilUnit 81. The main features of craftsmanship have been very lucidly expressed.A. cleverly B. reliably C. obscurelyD. clearly2. Man, being afraid of his newly won freedom, was obsessed by the need to subdue his doubts and fears by developing a feveris
27、h activity.A. cruel B. savage C. excited D. rash3. No wonder that this puts a premium on slovenly work, on slowdowns, and on other tricks to get the same pay check with less work.A. clean and tidyB. careful and cleanC. careless and untidy D. slow and neat4. Most important of all, he hates himself, b
28、ecause he sees his life passing by, without making any sense beyond the momentary intoxication of success. A. exhilarationB. extricationC. extinctionD. extraction5. It is a hostility toward work which is much less conscious than our craving for laziness and inactivity. A. craftB. desireC. statueD. d
29、esign6. There are, of course, many useful and labor saving gadgets.A. applianceB. figureC. planD. handtool7. The craftsmans way of livelihood determines and infuses his entire mode of living.A. fillB. confuseC. containD. misuse8. Work became, in Max Webers terms, the chief factor in a system of “inner-worldly asceticism,” an answer to mans sense of aloneness and isolation.A. aestheticsB. self-denialC. self-criticismD. ascent9. Work appears as something unnatural, a disagreeable, meaningless and stultifying condition of getting the pay check, devoid of dignity as well as of importance.
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