2014年高级英语第一册试题A+B参考资料.doc

高级英语第一册试题A Vocabulary: Choose the appropriate word to fill in the blank. You may have to change the form of the word in some sentences. (10%) 1. If the work were done ________ we could pay well. silent discreet careful secret 2. As the offender ________ his crime, he was dealt with leniently. admit confess 3. As a result, the nerves of the Duke and Duchess were frayed when the _______ buzzer of the outer door eventually sounded. silent mute 4. Several strong men were needed to open and close the _______ gates to the castle. massive huge great big gigantic 5. The house detective took his time, ________ puffing a cloud of blue cigar smoke. leisurely slowly unhurriedly 6. To ask what the _______ of computers are is like asking what are the applications of electricity. usage application practice 7. Most Americans remember Mark Twain as the father of Huck Finns idyllic cruise through _______ boyhood. endless permanent eternal 8. It would be ______, but no more than waiting here for certain detection perilous hazardous parlous chancy 9. It grows louder and more _____ until you round a corner and see a fairyland of dancing flashes, as the burnished copper catches the light of _____ lamps and braziers. distinct, innumerable clear, countless distinct, numerable 10. I was offered my teaching job back but I ________. Later I became a geologist for an oil company. refused rejected declined 11. I was again crushed by the rejected thought that I stood on the _______ of the first atomic bombardment. spot site place area 12. Just as the Industrial Revolution took over a(n) _________ range of tasks from men’s muscles and enormously expanded productivity, so the microcomputer is rapidly assuming huge burdens of drudgery from the human brain. immense enormous numerous huge 13. The poor old man died of _______ at the hand of the slave-owne