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I .

1)The Tonnerres were poor The basis of their dwelling was a small square cabin made of poles and mud, which had been built some fifty years before. As the Tonnerres had increased in number, their settlement had been added, until thc clearing at the foot of the town hill was a chaos of lean-tos, wooden packing cases, warped lumber, discarded car tyres, ramshackle chicken coops, tangled strands of barbed wire and rusty tin cans.

2)Sometimes, one of them would get involved in a fight on Main Street and be put for the night in the barred cell underneath the Court House.

3)Because she had had tuberculosis of the bone, and should have a couple of months rest to get better.

4)Her mother first objected to take Piquette along because she was afraid that the girl would spread the disease to her children and she believed that the girl was not hygienic. She then agreed to do so because she preferred Piquette to the narrator's grandmother, who promised not to go along with the family and decided to stay in the city if the girl was taken along.

5)The cottage was called Macleod, their family name. The scenery there was quite beautiful with all kinds of plants and animals at the lakeside.

6)The narrator knew that maybe Piquette was an Indian descendant who knew the woods quite well, so she tried to ask Piquette to go and play in the wood and tell her stories about woods.

7)Because Piquette thought the narrator was scorning and showing contempt for her Indian ancestors, which was just opposite to her original intention.

8)Because the narrator felt somewhat guilty. Piquette stayed most of the time in the cottage and hardly played with the narrator. At the same time, she felt there was in Piquette something strange and unknown and unfathomable.

9)That was the very rare chance she was unguarded and unmasked, so that the author could perceive her inner world.

10)Her full name is Vanessa Macleod.

11)Just as the narrator's father predicted, the loons would go away when more cottages were built at the lake with more people moving in. The loons disappeared as nature was ruined by civilization. In a similar way, Piquette and her people failed to find their position in modern society.

Ⅱ.

1)who looked deadly serious, never laughed

2)Sometimes old Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get involved in a rough, noisy quarrel or fight on a Saturday night after much drinking of liquor.

3)She often missed her classes and had little interest in schoolwork.

4)I only knew her as a person who would make other people feel ill at ease.

5)She lived and moved somewhere within my range of sight (Although I saw her,

I paid little attention to her).

6)If my mother had to make a choice between Grandmother Macleod and

Piquette, she would certainly choose the latter without hesitation, no matter whether the latter had nits or not.

7)Normally, she was a defensive person, and her face was guarded as if it was wearing a mask. But when she was saying this, there was an expression of challenge on her face, which, for a brief moment, became unguarded and unmasked. And in her eyes there was a kind of hope which was so intense that it filled people with terror.

8)She looked a mess, to tell you the truth; she was a dirty, untidy woman, dressed in a very careless way.

9)She was brought in court several times, because she was drunk and disorderly as one could expect.

III. See the translation of the text.

IV.

1)-ious: religious, rebellious, furious, obvious, conscientious

2)-ible: edible, eligible, visible, resistible, sensible

3)-able：separable，passable，standable manageable，readable，under-

4)-1y：manly，godly，deadly，motherly，monthly

5)-ive：sensitive，objective，decisive，aggressive，retrospective

6)-ul：beautiful，careful，lawful，handful，joyful

7)-less：soundless，meaningless，merciless，restless powerless

8)-y：dirty，healthy，sticky，showy，cloudy

9)-al：personal，national，conventional，traditional，hysterical

10)-ar：singular，polar，circular，similar，familiar．

Ⅴ.

1)walk in limping manner一瘸一拐地走路

2)presence that causes embarrassment令人尴尬的人(或事)

3)eyes that do not smile不会笑的眼睛

4)a sound that ululates哀鸣

5)mockery that chills令人发冷的嘲笑

6)a birch log that is burning还在燃烧的白桦圆木

7)hope that terrifies令人生畏的希望

8)a resort that flourishes繁华的度假胜地

9)odours that penetrate强烈的气味

10)lumber that is warped弯曲的木材

11)car tyres that are discarded被人扔掉的汽车轮胎

12)strands of barbed wire that are tangled together，wire that are barbed搅成一团团的铁丝网

13)wild strawberries that are bruised表皮被擦伤的野草莓

14)a tree trunk that has been fallen伐倒的树干

15)shoppers who are offended被得罪的顾客

16)call that is drawn out for a long time拖长音的呜叫声

Ⅵ．

the water glistening greenly as the sun caught it；

All around the cottage were ferns…on the thin hairy stems；

two grey squirrels gossiping from the tall spruce beside the cottage，beach；

icy water；

at night the lake was like black glass with a streak of amber which was the path of the moon…：

and flew out onto the dark still surface of the water：

there was no wind that evening…spearing through the stillness across the lake；

etc．

Ⅶ．

1)a rough and noisy quarrel or fight

2)very much

3)I'm absolutely sure

4)Why is that important? Why should I care?

5)1 am not supposed to walk unless it is necessary．

6)things like that

7)what exactly

8)Are you crazy or what? My father and I and the others

9)first—class，fine name

lO)excellent

Ⅷ．

1)grabbed 2)lure 3)stifled 4)howling 5)swung 6) thrashed 7)teetered 8)squawking even once 9)squashed

lO)scrambled 11)flickered

Ⅸ．

1)shack指胡乱搭盖的、简陋的小屋；home尤其指一个或长或短的住处，并与此地有着感情和忠诚的紧密个人联系。

2)bad words指有教养的人不讲的话；obscenities指令人讨厌的脏话。

3)miraculously意为“神奇地”，“奇迹般地”；strangely enough 意为“特别奇怪地”，强

调了“奇怪”的程度。

4)cottage指乡村或旅游胜地的小屋；villa指用于避暑消闲的阔气的乡间别墅。

5)meticulously指过于细心，太拘小节；carefully有精细彻底或辛勤努力地的意思，表示以小心谨慎陶行为来避免错误的出现；curious hands为转换修辞用法，实际上不指手，而指那个小孩好奇；strange—looking意为“奇怪的样子”，指人的表情、外表看上去奇特或奇怪。

6)sullen意为“愠怒的”、“赌气的”；unhappy是常用词，表示“不高兴的”。

7)respectfully指满怀敬意地；respectably指值得尊敬地。

8)rebuff表示断然拒绝；refusal意为不能照办或不能做某事，其“拒绝”的语气强，常强调态度坚决，有时甚至是粗鲁无礼。

9)path这里是指一长道反射的月光；reflection意为“反射”或“被反射”，尤指镜中或静水

中之映像。

10)suspect意指认为某事可能存在或发生，近于猜想；doubt 则指怀疑，不相信。

11)respond意为“反应”，不仅表现在语言上，还指作出积极的行动；reply指对提出的问题或要求，经过认真考虑后，通过书面、口头或某种行动的方式作正式的答复或回答。

12)astounded指非常惊讶；surprised语气稍轻一些。

13)conventional指与正式的标准或原则相符或被其接受；traditional指跟传统一致的；reject表示拒绝同意、承认或相信；resent指对人或事感到不快或气愤。

14)settlement指一小块或孤立的居住区；smell是常用词，指气味，香臭不论；odour 常指较浓的、易察觉或辨别的气味，如chemical odours。

X．

1)What about cycling to the Fragrant Hills?

2)Only after her mother's death did the daughter realize that she was beginning to understand her mother．

3)She is a quiet person who does not enjoy other's company．

4)Seeing the funny look on his face．she could not help bursting into laughter．

5)The money does not belong to him．He borrowed it from a friend．

6)The second generation of immigrants are stiIl marginalized，belonging neither among the white society，nor among the Chinese Amarican community．

7)The Amarican couple put him up on the sofa in the living room for the night．

8)She opened her mouth but said nothing．Her mouth was round as though she wanted to sing a song．

9)He asked me how to set about learning a second foreign language．

10)This decree ceased to be effective last year．

11)This important news failed to find its way into the news paper．

12)I had trouble in making him change his mind．

Ⅺ．

occupants，annihilated，from，year，massacre，place，great，assassinated，pay，remaining，refuge，children，cavalry，overlooking，turn，fired，loose，tepees，over，original，children，who，hit，since，few

XII．Omitted．

ⅩⅢ．

My Childhood

I was born in a small village and my whole childhood was spent there．At that time, the countryside was poor and few families could afford a black—and—white television，let alone a colour TV．Fortunately，there was a film projection team in our people’s commune and it added to the happiness of my child—hood．

I became fascinated with films without my knowing it，and seeing a film became one of my major funs after schoo1．There was not a film On every day．Generally I would feel satisfied with one film every two or three weeks，though it was often reprojected in different villages．1 was happiest when my own village

had a film on. Once the news came to me，I got excited，my spirits raised．Surely I would go to the place where the film was to be on after school in the afternoon．1 was very pleased when l saw two deep holes dug，two long poles erected，and the screen hung high between the poles．After an early supper，I would carry along bench and occupy a better position，usually near the place in which the projector was to be，because it was also fun watching how the machine and tape worked．1 was not always SO lucky to get an ideal place，particularly when I toured with my elders to see a film in villages far away，as far as four or five Li on occasions．If I had classmates there，1 would be a little luckier since I had asked them to get a bench ready for me．Otherwise，I had to sit right under the screen，or if I chose，see the firm behind the screen．However，no matter where I found myself；I enjoyed seeing a film．

Seeing a film in the open air was one of the major means of entertainment during my childhood．An old story as it is，I keep a place for it in my heart all the time．

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绍兴文理学院元培学院学年学期 英语专业____级《高级英语（上）》试卷（D） I. Matching (10%) Directions: Match the phrases in Column A with the appropriate Chinese explanations in Column B. Write down the letters with corresponding numbers on your ANSWER SHEET. Column A Column B 1 attribute to A 实行，实现，使生效 2 fall into B 一事无成，无进展 3 put … into effect C 恰当的例子 4 meddle in D 插手，干涉 5 pass for E 归因于 6 a case in point F 落入，陷入，分为 7 get nowhere G 误认为 8 in proper perspective H 强加于 9 let down I 用恰当的观点 10 impose on J 放下，降低，使失望 II. Paraphrase (20%) Directions: Explain in English the meaning of the underlined words or expressions in each of the following sentences and then write your answers on your ANSWER SHEET. 11. Unfortunately, acceptance, the imprecise response packing the least educational punch, gets the most equitable sex distribution in classrooms. 12. Classroom chivalry is not only misplaced; it is detrimental. 13. In a railroad accident a menagerie-tiger, whose cage had broken open, is said to have emerged, but presently crept back again. 14. A practical joker saw a discharged veteran carrying home his dinner. 15. The tiger is said to have emerged, but presently crept back again, as if too much bewildered by his new responsibilities. 16. The relationship is a formal and formalized one for which conventionalities suffice. 17. The construction of our vehicle presupposes a design. 18. This confident attitude, so essential to development of future speaking skill, is very fragile and can be stifled quite early. 19. The lion’s share of the damage is man’s doing. 20. I can guess that you are living on a devastated Earth. 21. Government is supposed to be the way we human beings handle our collective affairs, but we just can’t seem to get the hang of it. 22. As a model of lucid scrutiny of a life’s experience, Maugham’s The Summing-Up is unsurpassed. 23. I have never had to put wet towels round an aching brain in order to excavate the meanings from a poem of Tennyson. 24. Religious groups and those who elevate the status of poverty as they equate money with evil exhort us to live simply. 25. Some, on the other hand, determine to break out of their fettered status and relentlessly strive for their share of the gold. 26. Many fine business ideas go down the drain in this way. 27. They develop skills, become knowledgeable, develop expertise, and work very hard. 28. Jukes had been somewhat taken aback by the startling viciousness of the first squall. 29. Such is the prestige, the privilege, and the burden of command. 30. It unveiled the black figures of men caught on the bridge, heads forward, as if petrified in the act of butting. III. Reading Comprehension (30%) Directions: In this section there are four passages followed by a total of 15 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages carefully and then write your answers on your ANSWER SHEET. Passage One You may not have thought of it just this way, but the letter you write is part of you, and expression of your personality. Therefore to write letters that are mere patterns of form is to present a colorless personality. Letters, by their very nature, are too individual to be standardized. A letter may be absolutely perfect according to the standards of good taste and good form; but unless it also expresses something of the writer’s personality, it is not a good letter. In other words, don't be satisfied to write letters that are just correct and nothing more. Try to write letters that are correct for you... letters that are warm and alive with reflections of your own personality. And if this sounds like a platitude (陈词滥调), stop for a moment and think back over your recent correspondence. What was the most interesting letter you received? Was it a letter anyone could have written? Or was it a letter that instantly “came alive”as you read it—that brought the personality of the sender right into the room with you.