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沈阳师范大学渤海学院09—10学年度第1学期试卷I. Choose one of the best explanation for the underlined words, phrases or the whole sentences. (20 %, 1 point each) 1. In each shop sit the apprentices …hammering away at copper vessels A. at a distance B. gradually C. continuously D. at once 2. overwhelmed by the sepulchral atmosphereA. impressive B. pleasant C. picturesque D. dismal 3. They would also like to demolish the atomic museum. A. decrease B. erect C. tear down D. set aside4. because I had a lump in my throat A. a sore throat B. a feeling of pressure in my throat C. a shapeless mass in my throat D. a swelling in my throat 5. a dress so loud it hurts my eyes.A. unpleasantly colorful B. easily heard C. large D. beautiful 6. After I tripped over it two or three times he told me to just call him Hakim-a-barber. A. passed it by B. failed to pronounce it C. stumbled over it D. stepped on 7. I see the Russian soldiers standing on the threshold of their native land. A. doorsill B. beginning C. limit D. frontier 8. had surprised a large portion of the Soviet Air Force grounded on the airfieldsA. attacked suddenly and without warning B. given unexpected feeling C. come upon suddenly D. shocked 9. You people are hot. A. having a fever B. having a temper C. wanted by the police D. strong and fresh 10. They do the same for me, like letting me know what gives an’ where. A. what happens B. what provides C. what causes D. what hands over11. and took unholy verbal shots at the Holy Land A. tiny balls of lead B. ridicules C. killers D. photographs12. that gave to California a name for getting up astounding enterprises A. beginning to be violent B. organizing C. rising D. dressing up13. The modernist accepted the theory advanced by Charles Darwin.A. engaged in B. made progress C. raised in price D. put forward14. Resolutely he strode to the stand.A. stall B. step C. the witness box D. position 15. Modern linguistics gets its charter from Leonard Bloomfield’s Languag