《高级英语》课程教学资源（试卷习题）第六册 Unit 1 习题（试题）

Language work I.Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words. 1.It has made waste respectable,elaborate,alluring and even fun. 2.Just the other week,Newsweek reported a boom in electronic books. 3.Losing it is not a traumatizing event. 4.A school library with 2,000 books can theoretically serve 2,000 readers simultaneously. 5.Finally,there's common sense:do most people really need access to,say,the entire collection of the New York Public Library. 6.In my business,we're bombarded with press releases for products,politicians and policies. 7.Ours is an era of conspicuous technological upheaval. 8.But the purported gains of new technology-rising incomes,great productivity-seem to elude us. 9.A corollary is that techno-dopes like me are holding back progress 10.This is routinely denied,because people won't admit they're frivolous or wasteful. II.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. 1.The company specializes in_ (custom)computer systems. 2.The whole experience left him (traumatize). 3.The writer recently went on_ (promotion)tour of his homeland 4.It seems_ (paradox)to me,but if you drink a cup of hot tea it seems it cool you down. 5.You shouldn't tear such a serious subject with (frivolous). 6.Cable television companies have launched major campaigns to increase their number of (subscribe). 7.This range of computers is very fast,but their_ _(success）will be even faster. 8.His speech was full of (insane)that were meant to be funny. 9.What was once informal event has now become (institution). 10.The school received a substantial government_ (subsidize). III.Fill in each of the blanks with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form. make a comeback purport to be eliminated find sth.Alluring exult over toss into scribble all over be clogged with a vista of call up bombarded with compress into 1.The roads holiday traffic. 2.This study show an increase in the incidence of the disease. 3.After a hard climb,we were rewarded by rolling hills under a deep blue summer sky 4.The children her. questions. 5.They their victory

Language work I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words. 1. It has made waste respectable, elaborate, alluring and even fun. 2. Just the other week, Newsweek reported a boom in electronic books. 3. Losing it is not a traumatizing event. 4. A school library with 2,000 books can theoretically serve 2,000 readers simultaneously. 5. Finally, there’s common sense: do most people really need access to, say, the entire collection of the New York Public Library. 6. In my business, we’re bombarded with press releases for products, politicians and policies. 7. Ours is an era of conspicuous technological upheaval. 8. But the purported gains of new technology-rising incomes, great productivity-seem to elude us. 9. A corollary is that techno-dopes like me are holding back progress. 10. This is routinely denied, because people won’t admit they’re frivolous or wasteful. II. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. 1. The company specializes in (custom) computer systems. 2. The whole experience left him (traumatize). 3. The writer recently went on (promotion) tour of his homeland. 4. It seems (paradox) to me, but if you drink a cup of hot tea it seems it cool you down. 5. You shouldn’t tear such a serious subject with (frivolous). 6. Cable television companies have launched major campaigns to increase their number of (subscribe). 7. This range of computers is very fast, but their (success) will be even faster. 8. His speech was full of (insane) that were meant to be funny. 9. What was once informal event has now become (institution). 10. The school received a substantial government (subsidize). III. Fill in each of the blanks with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form. make a comeback purport to be eliminated find sth. Alluring exult over toss into scribble all over be clogged with a vista of call up bombarded with compress into 1. The roads holiday traffic. 2. This study show an increase in the incidence of the disease. 3. After a hard climb, we were rewarded by rolling hills under a deep blue summer sky. 4. The children her questions. 5. They their victory

6.The baby's just my new dictionary! 7.I didn't _the prospect of a house with no electricity very_ 8.She's trying to with her first album in nearly 20 years. 9.You can use the search facility to_ all the occurrences of a particular word in a document. 10.He glanced at the letter and then it the bin. 11.He in the third round of the competition. 12.I managed to _ten pages of notes four paragraphs. IV.Explain the meaning of the underlined word or phrase in each sentence. 1.I felt rather fragile for a few days after the operation. 2.The main access to the building is at the side. 3.I knew they were bursting with curiosity but I said nothing. 4.He keeps his petrol receipts because petrol is one of the expenses that he can offset against tax. 5.This explosion bears all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack. 6.The video shows the thrills and spills of motor racing. 7.He gave over the afternoon to a discussion of the new project. 8.I'm glad she got the job-she needed something to boost her ego. 9.Health and safety rules are routinely ignored on the building site 10.I really enjoyed my plunge in the pool Translation I.Translate the following sentences into English,using the words or phrases given in the brackets. l.这项计划为智力迟钝者提供长期的照顾。(retarded) 2.他有一台又粗笨又庞大的1旧电脑，速度慢，使用麻烦。(cumbersome, bulky) 3.他沿着房间后部慢慢移动，尽量不引别人的注意。(conspicuous) 4. 安装一个不同的计算机系统将会导致巨大的变化。(upheaval) 5.她再次与金牌失之交臂。(elude) 6.你真是个傻瓜，竟然没抓住那么好的机会。(embrace) 7. 她的薪水将猛涨10%。(hefty) 8. 我草草地留了张纸条给希拉里，塞在门缝底下(scrawl) 9.她的办公室视野极佳。(smashing) 10.去那儿旅行很愉快，只是旅馆有些脏兮兮的。(swell) II.Translate the following passage into Chinese. In the house where I grew up,we had a room we called the library.It wasn't a real library,of course,it was just a small den dominated by a television set.But there were bookshelves built into all four walls,and hundreds of books-hardback books with spines of many colors-surrounded us in that room.The books,collected by my parents and grandparents throughout their lifetimes,were a part of my childhood My generation-the generation that came of age in the 1950s and 1960s-may be the last one to know that feeling,the feeling of being surrounded by millions of words;those words were the products of years of work by authors famous and obscure.From now in the midst of the 1970s,we are seeing a subtle but unmistakable

6. The baby’s just my new dictionary! 7. I didn’t the prospect of a house with no electricity very . 8. She’s trying to with her first album in nearly 20 years. 9. You can use the search facility to all the occurrences of a particular word in a document. 10. He glanced at the letter and then it the bin. 11. He in the third round of the competition. 12. I managed to ten pages of notes four paragraphs. IV. Explain the meaning of the underlined word or phrase in each sentence. 1. I felt rather fragile for a few days after the operation. 2. The main access to the building is at the side. 3. I knew they were bursting with curiosity but I said nothing. 4. He keeps his petrol receipts because petrol is one of the expenses that he can offset against tax. 5. This explosion bears all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack. 6. The video shows the thrills and spills of motor racing. 7. He gave over the afternoon to a discussion of the new project. 8. I’m glad she got the job-she needed something to boost her ego. 9. Health and safety rules are routinely ignored on the building site. 10. I really enjoyed my plunge in the pool. Translation I. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases given in the brackets. 1. 这项计划为智力迟钝者提供长期的照顾。（retarded） 2. 他有一台又粗笨又庞大的旧电脑，速度慢，使用麻烦。（cumbersome， bulky） 3. 他沿着房间后部慢慢移动，尽量不引别人的注意。（conspicuous） 4. 安装一个不同的计算机系统将会导致巨大的变化。（upheaval） 5. 她再次与金牌失之交臂。（elude） 6. 你真是个傻瓜，竟然没抓住那么好的机会。（embrace） 7. 她的薪水将猛涨 10%。（hefty） 8. 我草草地留了张纸条给希拉里，塞在门缝底下（scrawl） 9. 她的办公室视野极佳。（smashing） 10. 去那儿旅行很愉快，只是旅馆有些脏兮兮的。（swell） II. Translate the following passage into Chinese. In the house where I grew up, we had a room we called the library. It wasn’t a real library, of course, it was just a small den dominated by a television set. But there were bookshelves built into all four walls, and hundreds of books—hardback books with spines of many colors—surrounded us in that room. The books, collected by my parents and grandparents throughout their lifetimes, were a part of my childhood. My generation—the generation that came of age in the 1950s and 1960s—may be the last one to know that feeling, the feeling of being surrounded by millions of words; those words were the products of years of work by authors famous and obscure. From now in the midst of the 1970s, we are seeing a subtle but unmistakable

turning away from such things.The houses of America,I fear,may soon include no room for libraries.The hardcover book-that symbol of the permanence of thought, the handing down of wisdom from one age to the next-may be a new addition to our list of endangered species

turning away from such things. The houses of America, I fear, may soon include no room for libraries. The hardcover book—that symbol of the permanence of thought, the handing down of wisdom from one age to the next—may be a new addition to our list of endangered species