Units 1-2
I. 将下列各句中画线部分单词与其英文释义相匹配。
1. Her interest in art was stimulated by her father. ________
2. We're looking for someone positive and dynamic. ________
3. Computers can be used to facilitate language learning. ________
4. He gave a great performance, but he was very humble. ________
5. The industry is dominated by five multinational companies. ________
6. The doors opened and people began to emerge into the street. ________
7. Williams skipped the game to be with his wife in the hospital. ________
8. He was criticised by the committee for failing to report the accident. ________
a. not proud or not thinking you are better than other people
b. to not do something that you usually do or that you should do
c. to control someone or something
d. to point out the faults of someone or something
e. to encourage someone by making them interested in something
f. to appear by coming out of something or out from behind something
g. very lively and enthusiastic, with a lot of energy and determination
h. to make it easier for a process or activity to happen
II. 用括号内单词的正确形式填空。
1. I've referred to a(n) ________ (special) about my back pain.
2. The company has looked at a number of ways of financing its ________ (expand).
3. I worry about this big ________ (invest) of time, money and effort not working.
4. Many people are now having trouble making their ________ (month) house payments.
5. When he returned to his home town after the war, he found it had changed beyond all ________
(recognize).
6. — You look tired. You should go home and rest.
— I'm going to do ________ (precise) that.
III. 选用方框内合适的短语并用其正确形式填空(每项限用一次)。
be fond of, rely on, straight away, decide on, stressed out, be worthy of, in response to, be composed of, in particular
1. Most people nowadays ________________ the Internet for news.
2. They said she ________________ the honour they had offered her.
3. We don't need to go ________________ — we can stay for a little while.
4. She's been feeling very ________________ since she started her new job.
5. ________________ complaints, the company reviewed its safety procedures.
6. Anita ________________ playing the piano and she plays for four hours every day.
7. The committee ________________ doctors, academics and members of the public.
8. I went along thinking of nothing ________________, only looking at things around me.
9. Having ________________ a career in journalism, I wrote to all the major newspapers asking
for an interview.
IV. 英汉互译。
1. Some children absorb knowledge easily.
_________________________________________________________
2. We invited her to the reception, but she declined.
_________________________________________________________
3. The children are happy at the school, but they lack discipline.
_________________________________________________________
4. Anyone providing information which leads to the recovery of the painting will be rewarded.
_________________________________________________________
5. 这是一个提升公司名气的机会。 (enhance)
_________________________________________________________
6. 他对光的使用在摄影师中别具一格。 (set apart from)
_________________________________________________________
7. 我能保证那是真的——我亲眼看见的。 (guarantee)
_________________________________________________________
8. 我们上个月从一对年老夫妇那里购买了这座房屋。 (purchase)
_________________________________________________________
V. 用括号内单词的正确形式完成下面短文。
The Danish-French artist Camille Pissarro is considered by many to have been the first
Impressionist artist and was the only painter 1. ________ (show) his work at all eight of the Paris
Impressionist exhibitions.
At the dawn of the Franco-Prussian war in 1870, Pissarro moved his family to London, where
he created some of his most 2. ________ (strike) works. Among them, this beautiful scene of
Charing Cross bridge is eye-catching. The painting captures the Houses of Parliament, Cleopatra's
Needle and other landmarks still present today.
Now 3. ________ (know) as Hungerford, the bridge looks very different, but the viewpoint is
the same, and it's a delight 4. ________ (see) the landscape and Pissarro's painting side by side,
and marvel (大为惊讶) at the change less than 150 years can bring — including the addition of
the London Eye to the skyline.
VI. 阅读下列短文,在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A
Raby Castle, the Seat of the Earl of Darlington by JMW Turner (1818)
Raby Castle, County Durham
This beautiful place inspired a piece of artwork made by one of 1. ________ world's greatest
artistic talents.
Turner painted this picture for the third Earl ( 伯 爵 ) of Darlington at a time when he
specialised in topographical (地形的) views. In 2. ________ (refer) to the Earl's love for hunting,
the 3. ________ (origin) piece included a fox huntsman in the foreground. However, after hearing
it described 4. ________ a “detestable (令人讨厌的) fox-hunting scene” 5. ________ (follow) its
first exhibition at the Royal Academy, Turner proceeded to paint over the figure 6. ________
(complete).
First built for the Viking King Cnut in the 11th century, the castle in its current form 7.
________ (build) in the 14th century. 8. ________ (visitor) to the castle today can enjoy its
thousand-year history through tours of the castle and grounds.
9. ________ (see) the castle as Turner saw it, you need to head to nearby Staindrop, 10.
________ you can take in the wider grounds and woodland beyond.
B
Coffee may help reduce the risk of heart failure, but only if it's black.
Researchers 1. ________ (examine) data from three major long-term health and diet studies
involving 2. ________ total of 21,000 Americans last year. Across two of the studies, people 3.
________ drank at least one cup of black coffee a day had a 5 percent to 12 percent 4. ________
(low) risk of suffering heart failure than those who didn't drink coffee at all. The other study found
no differences among those drinking one cup a day, but a(n) 5. ________ (rough) 30 percent
decreased risk for those drinking two or more. The apparent 6. ________ (benefit) were not seen
among those who drank decaffeinated coffee; 7. ________ fact, they had a higher risk of heart
failure. The studies 8. ________ (do) only for black coffee — adding dairy, sugar, flavors, or
non-dairy creamer might remove any possible heart benefits.
“Coffee and caffeine are often considered 9. ________ (be) ‘bad' for the heart,” senior author
David Kao, from the University of Colorado, tells CNN.com. “The consistent relationship between
increasing caffeine 10. ________ (consume) and decreasing heart failure risk turns that
assumption on its head.”
答案
I.
1. e 2. g
3. h 4. a
5. c 6. f
7. b 8. d
II.
1. specialist 2. expansion
3. investment 4. monthly
5. recognition 6. precisely
III.
1. rely on 2. was worthy of
3. straight away 4. stressed out
5. In response to 6. is fond of
7. is composed of 8. in particular
9. decided on
IV.
1. 有些孩子容易吸收知识。
2. 我们邀请她去招待会,但是她谢绝了。
3. 孩子们在学校里很快乐,但很散漫。
4. 凡提供线索有助于寻回该画者可获报酬。
5. This is an opportunity to enhance the reputation of the company.
6. His use of light sets him apart from most other photographers.
7. I can guarantee it's true — I saw it myself.
8. We purchased this house from an elderly couple last month.
V.
1. to show 2. striking
3. known 4. to see
VI.
A.
1. the 2. reference
3. original 4. as
5. following 6. completely
7. was built 8. Visitors
9. To see 10. where
B.
1. examined 2. a
3. who / that 4. lower
5. roughly 6. benefits
7. in 8. were done
9. to be 10. consumption