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1、高级英语考试试卷（B）考试时间： 120 分钟 I. Fill in the blank in each sentence with the appropriate form of the given words or phrases: (10%)dispose of be subject to devoid of exert fortify fresh from subversion engulf convert at odds1. Security experts agree that certain documents should be shredded before manageri
2、al departments _them.2. The sudden _ of the parliamentary candidate to anti-nuclear movement has invoked deep suspicions among his voters.3. With the governments help, the _of the coastal area was accomplished before spring set in.4. Unfortunately, the small village was_ in the floods overnight.5. H
3、ow successful they will _ the speed with which the product can be distributed to the shops.6. The child seems to be quite _ any sense of right or wrong. Not surprising really when you think what his parents are like.7. The investigation of the presidential scandal may likely _ the new cabinet.8. Mod
4、ern liberalism is fundamentally _ with democratic government because it demands results that ordinary people would not freely choose.9. The _ to raise agricultural productivity should involve reforming incentives in agriculture, allowing markets to function efficiently, and promoting institutional a
5、rrangements conducive to long-term growth and rural development.10. He exposes greatly energy to his work, _ his three-month holiday. II. Paraphrase the following sentences, especially paying attention to the underlined part. （20%）1. NASA weighted exploration now against the chances for disaster and
6、 opted to take the risk. (Jenny Clanton)2. Allow him to walk into the House with mailbag after mailbag of letters in opposition to NASAs unbridled desire to go to Jupiter. (Jenny Clanton)3. I will unsay no words that I have spoken about it. (Winston Churchill)4. .with Gods help we have rid the earth
7、 of his shadow and liberate its people from his yoke. (Winston Churchill)5. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. (John F. Kennedy) 6. remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. (John F. Kenned
8、y)7. for we not meet powerful challenge at odds and split us asunder. (John F. Kennedy)8. For those who make themselves the slaves of unvarying routine are generally actuated by fear of a cold outer world, (Bertrand Russell)9. The affection given must be itself robust rather than timid, desiring exc
9、ellence even more than safety on the part of its object, . (Bertrand Russell)10. Evidently this springs from some defect in their nature, but it is one not altogether easy either to diagnose or to cure. (Bertrand Russell)III. Point out the rhetorical device in the underlined part of each sentence an
10、d write your answer on the answer sheet. Only one item can be chosen for each sentence. (10%)personification metonymy rhetoric question metaphor onomatopoeiaantithesis synecdoche parallelism alliteration simile1. I see advancing upon all his in hideous onslaught the Nazi war machine with its clankin
11、g, heel-clicking, dandified Prussian officers, . 2. Then come the twilight colors of sea and heaven, the wine-pink width of water merging into lawns of aquamarine, and the sky a tender palette of pink and blue. 3. Gone was the fierce fervor of the days when Bryan had swept the political arena like a
12、 prairie fire. 4. But for making money, his pen would prove mightier than his pickax. 5. Bitterness had fed on the man who had made the world laugh. 6. For countless ages the sun rose and set, the moon waxed and waned, the stars shone in the night, but it was only with the coming of Man that these t
13、hings were understood. 7. Mr. Adams, how can a nation of only two million souls stand up to an empire of ten million?8. If you can do so, the way lies open to a new Paradise; if you cannot, nothing lies before you but universal death.9. I now stood on the site of the first atomic bombardment, where
14、thousands upon thousands of people had been slain in one second, where thousands upon thousands of others had lingered on to die in slow agony.10. There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge, and wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot forget our
15、 quarrels?IV. Proofreading (10%) (see “Answer Sheet”)V. Reading comprehension (25%)In this section there are five reading passages. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your Answer Sheet.Passage 1Lets Help Eliminate Workplace AngerHow many of you have been angry at least once today？ asked the conductor of an anger-management seminar. According to an article The New York Times, most of those in the room raised their hands. The fact is, the seminar leader continued, people get angry an average of 10 to 14 times a day. But
