积极英语4 测试(7-9)
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Test
Unit 7-9
Part I
Vocabulary and Structure (30%)
Section
1 (15%)
Match each one with a
definition on the right, and complete the
following sentences with appropriate
words.
1.
endeavor
a frightened
2.
reside
b
interactions
3.
converting
c
to dwell
4.
dismantled
d. a theory or idea based
on facts but not yet proven
5.
superscript
e. calm and controlled behavior
6.
watertight
f. changing the condition
7.
hypothesis
g. taken apart
8.
dynamics
h. without
flaws or loopholes
9.
restraint
i. attempt
10.
rattled
j.
a
small character or number written above and to one
side
1.
Do you think it is just a _______ that
UFOs exist, or do you thing that stories of
sightings can be taken as
fact?
2.
Police were
stunning by the skills the bank robbers used. They
believed the thieves masterminded a plan
that was completely ______.
3.
The main
attraction of Beijing ______ in its enchanting
scenery.
4.
Crossing the North Pole on foot was an
amazing feat of human _______.
5.
During the
recession, the government opted for a policy of
pay ________ rather than a reduction in public
investment.
Section 2 (15%)
Directions:
There are 15
incomplete sentences in this part. For each
sentence there are four choices marked
A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that
best completes the sentence.
1.
He
’
s color-blind and
can
’
t,
the difference
between red and green easily.
A. detect
B. discover
C. distinguish
D. determine
2.
As
many
as
100
species
of
fish,
some
to
these
waters,
may
have
been
affected
by
the
pollution.
A.
unusual
B. particular
C.
typical
D. unique
3. In her
bright yellow coat, she was easily
in the crowd.
A. accessible
B. identifiable
C. negligible
D. incredible
4. Some people find that certain foods
their headaches.
A. introduce
B. trigger
C. summon
D. create
5.
down than the telephone rang.
A. Not until I lay
B. No sooner had I lain
C. Hardly had I lain
D.
Scarcely did I lie
6.
Living
with
a
roommate
constraints
on
her
一一
she
couldn’t
play
her
trumpet
or
have
1
parties late at night.
A. imposed
B.
illustrated
C. impressed
D.
left
7. I don
’
t
know how to get there either
——
perhaps
we
’
d better
a map.
A. note
B. mark
C. consult
D. draft
8.
She
said
that
the
treatment
she
had
received
in
the
hospital
had
completely
her
of
her
dignity.
A. thrived
B.
suspended
C. deprived
D.
contrived
9. You could be
many dangers by
travelling alone in that area.
A. subject to
B. immune to
C. sensitive to
D. resistant to
10. The
programme aims to make the country
in food and to
cut energy imports.
A.
self-confident
B. self-
sufficient
C. self-
satisfied
D. self-
restrained
11. I think
I
’
d like to stay at home
this evening
going out as it is raining so heavily.
A. belter than
B. other than
C. rather than
D. sooner than
12.
Make sure you’re
him before you
start sharing a house.
A.
synonymous with
B. compatible with
C. subordinate
to
D. autonomous of
13. The
candidate has an impressively
range of
interests and experience.
A. diverse
B. vivid
C. mobile
D. alive
14. She chewed each delicious mouthful
as slowly as she could,
the pleasure.
A. delaying
B. prolonging
C. insisting
D. indulging
15.
I don’t kn
ow
what all the
was about
——
it was a dull sort of a film and there
was almost
no sex in it.
A. controversy
B. conversation
C. discussion
D.
illumination
Part II
reading comprehension (14*2.5=35%)
A.
Many procedures are available for obtaining data
about a language. They range from
a
carefully planned, intensive field investigation
in a foreign country to a casual
introspection about one’s mother tongue
carried out in an armchair at home.
B.
In all cases, someone
has to act as a source of language data
–
an
informant
.
Informants are (ideally) native
speakers of a language, who provide utterances for
analysis and other kinds of information
about the language (e.g. translations, comments
about correctness, or judgements on
usage). Often, when studying their mother tongue,
linguists act as their own informants,
judging the ambiguity, acceptability, or other
properties of utterances against their
own intuitions. The convenience of this approach
makes it widely used, and it is
considered the norm in the generative approach to
linguistics. But a linguist’s personal
judgements are often uncertain, or disagree with
the
judgements of other linguists, at
which point resource is needed to more object
methods
of enquiry, using non-linguists
as informants. The later procedure is unavoidable
when
working on foreign languages, or
child speech.
C.
Many factors must be considered when
selecting informants
–
whether one is
working with single
speakers (a common situation when languages have
not been
described before), two people
interacting, small groups or large-scale samples.
Age, sex,
social background and other
aspects of identity are important, as these
factors are known
to influence the kind
of language used. The topic of conversation and
the characteristics
of the social
setting (e.g. the level of formality) are also
highly relevant, as are the
personal
qualities of the informants (e.g. their fluency
and consistency). For larger
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