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1 The word sentimentality in the passage is closet in meaning to

A Confusion

B beauty

C feeling

D popularity

2 The word invoked in the passage is closet in meaning to

A voided

B called on

C criticized

D taken away

So much sentimentality is attached to the rose in popular culture that it is difficult to separate the original mythological and folkloric beliefs from the emotional excess that surrounds the flower. Y et if we look into the beliefs, we find that the rose is much more than the symbol of romantic love invoked by every minor poet and painter.

3 The word decked in the passage is closet in meaning to

A Painted

B separated

C decorated

D disguised

4 The word plucking in the passage is closet in meaning to

A Growing

B smelling

C wearing

D picking

One of the rose’s most common associations in folklore is with death. The Romans often decked the tombs of the dead with roses; in fact, Roman wills frequently specified that roses were to be planted on the grave. To this day, in Switzerland, cemeteries are known as rose gardens. The Saxons equated the rose with life, and they believed that when a child died, the figure of death could be seen plucking a rose outside the house.

5 The word token in the passage is closet in meaning to

A Symbol

B proof

C justification

D contradiction

The rose has a long association with female beauty. Shakespeare mentions the rose more frequently than any other flower, often using it as a token of all that is lovely and good.

6 The word sub rosa in the passage is closet in meaning to

romantically

intentionally

secretly

commonly

Later the rose became a sign of secrecy and silence. The expression sub rosa, “under the rose,” is traced to a Roman belief.

7 The word revolt in the passage is closet in meaning to

A style

B benefit

C break

D inspiration

8 The word primitive in the passage is closet in meaning to

A special

B beautiful

C innovative

D simple

Like the Arts and Crafts furniture in England, the Craftsman furniture in America represented a revolt from mass-produced furniture. Makers of Craftsman furniture sought inspiration in human necessity, basing their furniture on a respect for the sturdy and primitive forms that were meant for usefulness alone.

9 The word hallmarks in the passage is closet in meaning to

A features

B limits

C commands

D plans

Craftsman furniture was plain and unornamented—made to look as if the common man could built it himself in his own workshop. Locally obtained hardwoods and simple, straight lines were the hallmarks of its construction.

10 The word vitality in the passage is closet in meaning to

A politics

B energy

C disadvantages

D humor

Her ear for the rhythms of speech and her daring in seeking initiation into many voodoo cults resulted in ethnographic studies such as Mules and Men, which conveyed the vitality, movement, and color of rural black culture.

11 The word calling in the passage is closet in meaning to

A profession

B example

C character

D description

12 The word autonomy in the passage is closet in meaning to

A independence

B selfishness

C evil

D romance

Hurston continued her fieldwork in the Caribbean but eventually followed her most cherished calling, that of fiction writer. Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), a novel about a black woman finding happiness in simple farm life, is now her most famous book. In this novel, Hurston gives us a heroic female character, Janie Crawford, who portrays freedom, autonomy, and self-realization.

13 The phrase sparsely populated in the passage is closet in meaning to

A the area had many resources

B most of the people are young

C few people lived in the region

D the land was undeveloped

In 1801, a 26-year-old man named John Chapman wandered the sparsely populated “western country” that was still two years from becoming the state of Ohio.

14 The word pacifist in the passage is closet in meaning to

A citizen soldier

B peace advocate

C social scientist

D respected speaker

He was a pacifist in a time of Warfare and brutality against the Indians, treating Indians and settlers alike with respect.

15 The word marching in the passage is closet in meaning to

A Crawling

B advancing

C attacking

D declining

The agricultural development that Chapman anticipated was in fact marching across the eastern half of the continent at an ever-increasing peace.

16 The word primeval in the passage is closet in meaning to

A original

B important

C expanding

D beautiful

As the universe expanded, its light became dimmer, yet even now some of the primeval light may be present.

17 The word transition in the passage is closet in meaning to

A transaction

B struggle

C combination

D change

The original universe underwent a physical transition that gradually differentiate it into galaxies, stars, and planets.

18 The word uniform in the passage is closet in meaning to

A suitable

B unusual

C consistent

D filled

19 The word compact in the passage is closet in meaning to

A distinct

B dense

C disconnected

D distant

Scientists believe that the original mass of gas in the universe was not completely uniform, and there were some regions that were slightly denser and capable of generating stronger gravitationa l fields than others. Since gravity tends to pull matter together, the denser regions tended to become even more compact.

20 The word luminous in the passage is closet in meaning to

A light-emitting

B densely packed

C high-pressure

D very beautiful

The increase in pressure from this contraction caused the temperature to rise until the cloudlets

began to glow as individual, luminous stars.

21 The word the lifeblood in the passage is closet in meaning to

（A）a supervisor （B）an important part （C）an opponent （D）a serious threat

The growth of roads and the automobile industry made cars the lifeblood of petroleum industry and a major consumer of steel.

22 The word frenzied in the passage is closet in meaning to

A intense

B scientific

C disorganized

D wasteful

In 1956 Congress passed the Interstate Highway Act, the peak of a half-century of frenzied road building at government expense and largest public works program in history.

23 The word scant in the passage is closet in meaning to

A more important

B barely sufficient

C very generous

D privately funded

Between 1945 and 1980, 75 percent of federal funds for transportation were spent on highways, while a scant one percent went to buses, trains or subways.

24 The word range in the passage is closet in meaning to

A region

B memory

C variety

D system

Some species are restricted to a single song learned by all individuals, while other species have a range of songs and dialects, depending on environmental stimulation.

25 The word mimic in the passage is closet in meaning to

A imitate

B enjoy

C compose

D memorize

This process is similar to the steps through which young children as they first babble and then mimic pieces of the songs they hear around them, although the ultimate output of human singers is much caster and more varied.

26 The word lateralized in the passage is closet in meaning to

A linked to a specific area of the brain

B highly evolved

C shared by all species

D easily damaged or destroyed

Moreover, birdsong is one of the few instances in the animal kingdom of a skill that is lateralized: the song-control centers are located in the left side of avian brain.

27 The word illusions in the passage is closet in meaning to

A conclusions

B false beliefs

C limits

D good intentions

As a public servant and diplomat, Machiavelli came to understand power politics by observing the spectacles around him without illusions.

28The word pessimistic in the passage is closet in meaning to

A negative

B cautious

C religious

D emotional

Machiavelli’s philosophy arose more from a deeply pessimistic view of human nature than from a lack of moral sense, which many readers criticized in him.

29 The word lucidity in the passage is closet in meaning to

A distaste

B clarity

C respect

D concern

Machiavelli’s supporters saw him not as a cynic who gloried in evil but as a scientist of politics who saw the world more clearly than others and reported what he saw with lucidity and honesty.

30 The word monologues in the passage is closet in meaning to

A ) speeches

B )actions C) noises D )costumes

The Machiavel had a habit of using humorous monologues to comment on his own wickedness

and contempt for goodness.

二）短语句子解释：（20*2=40分）

sought inspiration in human necessity：

ornate and pretentious factory:

conservative view on race relations:

integration would determine the strength and values of American culture: intense light and much expanding motion:

federally subsidized highway:

justified as a national defense measure:

grantee the predominance of private transportation:

the most important auditory stimuli:

territorial rival:

ultimate output of human singers:

from the perspective of human intelligence:

be associated with:

observe spectacle without illusions:

an affair separate from religion and ethics:

promote atheism over religion and criminality:

negative interpretations have persisted:

villainous but humorous character type:

the delight in evil made all other motivation unnecessary:

had the habit of using humorous monologues to comment on his own wickedness and contempt for goodness:

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