大学英语精读第二册(修订本)练习试卷2含答案及讲解

华东理工大学继续教育学院成人教育

《基础英语》（二级）模拟试卷二

I.Vocabulary and structure (30%)

1.Water is _______ hydrogen and oxygen.

A) composing of B) composed of C) made of D) consisted of

2.Generally speaking, all kinds of materials will expand when heated, but will _______ when

cooled.

A) contract B) compress C) reduce D) contrast

3.No matter how frequently _______, the works of Beethoven always attract large audience.

A) performing B) performed C) to be performed D) being performed

4.Ten years had passed, but mention of the air crash would still _______ her sometimes.

A) unfasten B) open C) disturb D) undo

5.Having lived under the same shelter for more than thirty years, his tastes and habits _______

completely with those of his wife.

A) correspond B) exchange C) consistent D) coincide

6.An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of _______.

A) crisis B) urgency C) emergency D) emergence

7.My trousers _______ when I crouched down to help the old lady.

A) broke B) cracked C) separated D) split

8.The patient is still highly _______, so you had better keep away from the ward.

A) spreading B) contagious C) passing D) catching

9.They have developed techniques which are ______ to those used in most factories.

A) more talented B) better C) greater D) superior

10.Unfortunately, very few sheep _______ the severe winter last year.

A) survived B) endured C) spent D) remained alive

11.They discussed the problem three or four times, but could come to no _______.

A) end B) conclusion C) result D) judgment

12.I suddenly realized that he was trying to _______ quarrelling with me.

A) consider B) enjoy C) avoid D) prevent

13.Thousands of people _______ to see the parade (游行).

A) turned off B) turned out C) turned up D) turned over

14.Excuse me, but it is time to have your temperature _______.

A) taken B) to take C) take D) taking

15.When he was very young, Joe often wondered why his mother wouldn’t _______ a penny on

herself.

A) spend B) take C) cost D) pay

16.The doctor’s report _______ that her death was due to heart disease.

A) indicated B) investigated C) influenced D) informed

17.The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 was a(n) _______ event which brought

America into World War II.

A) ambitious B) unexpected C) delicate D) feasible

18.By careful examination, the doctors hope to _______ the source of the infection.

A) track down B) light up C) ring out D) set back

19.Once he realizes that it is his mistake, Jim never _______ to admit and correct it.

A) hesitates B) intends C) resists D) postpones

20.History shows that the United States as a nation _______ a great deal to the

Afro-Americans(美国黑人).

A) influences B) obtains C) owes D) prefers

21.All the local farmers _______ against the building of a new airport on their rich farmland.

A) proceeded B) protested C) protected D) promoted

22.It was a long drive to get to the beach and we three took the wheel (驾驶) _______.

A) by return B) on turn C) in return D) in turn

23.He was a(n) _______ person in spite of his great success.

A ) modest B) ambitious C) profound D) incompetent

24.The patient was so seriously ill that he was _______ the possibility of recovery.

A) above B) under C) beyond D) against

25.After a whole day’s discussion, the doctors _______ that the patient was too weak to be

operated on.

A) concluded B) debated C) suggested D) added

26.Help arrived at the _______ moment when the flood was about to drown the houses.

A) constant B) critical C) contagious D) current

27. A visit to the places where he had lived and worked during his youth _______ many fond

memories.

A) brought back B) brought about C) brought up D) brought forth

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/b64081534.html,st month a city-wide campaign was _______ to dissuade people from smoking.

A) reinforced B) identified C) launched D) revealed

29.Social sciences such as psychology and sociology are concerned with the study of human

_______.

A) incident B) evidence C) indication D) behavior

30.The new buildings were all _______ with steel, for the sake of safety in case of an

earthquake.

A) attached B) linked C) preserved D) reinforced

II.Reading comprehension (30%)

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

There are some steps you can take yourself to avoid catching a cold. Contrary to popular belief, colds are not caused by exposure to severe weather. Colds are caused by viruses (病毒) harbored in the body, and you’re better off out on the ski slopes or even waiting for the bus on a snowy day than you are in a toast warm room, surrounded by friends, co-workers, or fellow students, who just may be passing the virus around. If you feel a chill when you’re coming down with a cold, you’re already sick. A chill (寒冷) is an early symptom: it’s the cold that caused the chill, not the other way around.

While the virus can spread through droplets (飞沫)propelled into the air when a cold-sufferer coughs or sneezes, surprisingly, this is not the most common route of transmission. Numerous studies have now shown that the overwhelming majority of colds are “caught” by hand

contact. A cold-sufferer rubs her nose, thereby transferring the virus to her hand. Then a friend comes to visit. “Don’t kiss me,” she cautions, so the friend steps back and presses her hand. The friend then wipes her own nose or eye — and several days later is stricken with a cold. Or parents pick up their child’s discarded tissues and carefully throw them away but fail to wash their hands afterward.

Cold virus also can be transferred to objects —telephones, towels, plate —and remain infectious for up to three hours. Frequent hand washing — on the part of the cold-sufferer as well as other members of the household — will minimize the spread of viruses in this way.

31. According to the first paragraph, you’re most likely to catch a cold if ________.

A) you expose yourself to severe weather

B) you play outdoors long when it is snowing

C) you stay in a very warm room with a lot of people

D) you wait for a bus on a cold and windy day

32. If you feel a chill, it means ________.

A) you’ll catch a cold sooner or later

B) you’ve already come down with a cold

C) there are viruses hidden in your body

D) the room is not warm enough for your health

33. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A) It is generally believed that colds are caused by exposure to cold weather.

B) Most colds are “caught” by hand contact.

C) Cold virus will keep alive for several hours once it leaves human body.

D) Cold virus can spread around only through the air.

34. According to the author, the best way of avoiding catching a cold is ________.

A) washing your hands frequently

B) never rubbing your nose or eyes

C) throwing away tissues immediately after use

D) shaking hands with your friends instead of kissing them

35. The best title for this passage might be ________.

A) Colds and Viruses B) Colds and Temperature

C) Ways of Avoiding Colds D) The Spread of Viruses

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

Computer programmer David Jones earns $35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.

The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm releases two new games for the expanding home computer market each month.

But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money, Despite his salary, earned by inventing new programs within tight schedules, with bonus payments(红利) and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage (抵押), or obtain credit cards.

He lives with his parents in their council house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver.

His computer has to pay $150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.

David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-le vels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said.

“I suppose $35,000 sounds a lot but actually that’s being pessimistic. I hope it will come to more than t hat this year.” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother $20 a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.

“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.”

David added: “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”

36. Why is David different from other young people of his age?

A) He earns an extremely high salary.

B) He is not unemployed.

C) He does not go out much.

D) He lives at home with his parent.

37. David’s greatest problems is _______.

A) making the banks treat him as an adult

B) inventing computer games

C) spending his salary

D) learning to drive

38. He was employed by the company because _______.

A) he had worked in a computer shop

B) he had written some computer programs

C) he works very hard

D) he had learnt to use computers at school

39. He left school after taking O-level because _______.

A) he did not enjoy school

B) he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him

C) he was afraid of getting too old to start computing

D) he wanted to earn a lot of money

40. Why does David think he might retire early?

A) You have to be young to write computer programs.

B) He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.

C) He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.

D) He thinks his firm might go bankrupt.

Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:

The journey two naval officers made some time ago to the very deepest point on the earth makes us realize how much of the world still remains to be explored. The two men went down seven miles to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean inside a small steel ball called a "bathyscaphe" to

find out if there are any ocean currents or signs of life.

It was necessary to set out early, so that the bathyscaphe would come to the surface in daylight, and so he easily found by the mother ship which would be waiting for it. The divers began preparations at dawn and soon afterwards, when all was ready, the steel ball disappeared under the surface of the water.

In time, the temperature dropped to freezing-point and the men shivered inside the ball. They kept in touch with the mother ship by telephone describing how they felt. Then, at a depth of 3000 feet, the telephone stopped working and they were quite cut off from the outside world. At 30,000 feet, the men were startled by a loud, cracking noise; though, it was only one of the outer windows that had broken. Soon afterwards, the bathyscaphe touched the soft ocean floor raising a big cloud of "dust" made up of small, dead sea-creatures. Here, powerful lights lit up the dark water and the men were surprised to see fish swimming just above them quite untroubled by the enormous water-pressure. But they did not dare leave the lights on for long, as the heat from them made the water boil. Quite unexpectedly, the telephone began working again and the faint but clear voices of the officers were heard on the mother ship. After a stay of thirty minutes the men began their journey up, arriving three hours later, cold and wet through, but none the worse for their experience.

41. The officers started their journey at dawn _____.

A) with the intention of returning to the mother ship in twenty-four hours

B) because the sea then was calm

C) when the sun was not too strong

D) so that they could return before dark

42. What did the officers find out at the bottom of the sea?

A) They only found dead sea creatures.

B) They did find signs of life.

C) There was no evidence of any life.

D) There was only dust.

43. The journey to the bottom of the sea helped us to realize that _____.

A) much of the world hasn't yet been explored

B) there are not any signs of life at the bottom of the sea

C) enormous water-pressure has great effect on fish

D) powerful lights can not be turned on at the ocean floor without killing fish

44. "They kept in touch with the mother ship" in Paragraph 3 means _____.

A) they touched the mother ship

B) they maintained contact with the mother ship

C) they stayed with the mother ship

D) they were connected t o the mother ship

45. Which of the following is closest in meaning to "They were cold and wet through, but none the worse for their experience."?

A) They were cold and wet through, which was the worst thing of all.

B) They were even worse than cold and wet through at the bottom of the sea.

C) Considering what they had just experienced, being cold and wet through was not too bad.

D) For such an experience, being cold and wet through was not bad for them at all.

III.Cloze (10%)

A few months ago the __46__ cat gave birth to __47__. There were six, and were very small. In fact, each was so __48__ that it could fit into a man’s coat pocket. The Anderson’s little boy, Jimmy, was very excited and wanted to feed them __49__. However, he had to wait. It was __50__ they were a month old that they were able to take anything __51__ their mother’s milk. When they did get bigger, Jimmy was allowed to feed them a __52__ of fish and cereal.

A few weeks later Jimmy’s father told him that he could keep only one of the young cats and he would have to give the others away. Jimmy tried to decide which one to keep. He noticed that a small black one was almost __53__ a dog in its responsiveness to human beings and seemed to have much less __54__ to people than cats ordinarily are supposed to have. Jimmy decided to keep that one, and when he picked it up, it began to lick his hand. The little cat seemed to want to show him how __55__ it felt. Soon, the other five had been given away, and the little black one remained with the Anderson.

One night, when Jimmy was __56__ in bed with his door partially shut and the windows wide open, he suddenly heard the door move with its characteristic __57__ noise. At the same time he felt a rush of cold air over him. The open window and the opening door were creating a __58__. He was very frightened and sat up. He tried to see by the __59__ moonlight streaming faintly into the room. At first, he could see __60__. Then, looking toward the floor, he saw __61__ trying to push the door open with its __62__. Jimmy, who had been very tense with fear, felt a wave of emotion rising up in him and was soon __63__ by immense relief. He laughed and decided right __64__ what he would name the cat, which until then had been without a name. He decided to name him Explorer because he was __65__ enough to open doors.

46. A) Andersons’B) Anderson’s C) Andersons D) Anderson

47. A) potions B) kittens C) puppies D) ponies

48. A) huge B) tasteless C) tiny D) motionless

49. A) in a right way B) in a while C) a right way D) right away

50. A) until B) then C) not then D) not until

51. A) besides B) except that C) other than D) but for

52. A) portion B) mixture C) combination D) shelf

53. A) like B) alike C) as D) as if

54. A) different B) indifference C) indifferent D) difference

55. A) detached B) uneasy C) grateful D) thoughtful

56. A) laying B) lie C) laid D) lying

57. A) creak B) gay C) creaky D) costly

58. A) hole B) slip C) gap D) draught

59. A) dim B) light C) bright D) dark

60. A) anything B) nothing C) everything D) something

61. A) a little cat B) little cat C) the little cat D) little cats

62. A) claw B) hand C) foot D) paw

63. A) realized B) overcome C) overwhelmed D) mentioned

64. A) here and there B) then and there C) why and how D) whether or not

65. A) A timid B) proud C) curious D) strong

IV.Translation from English into Chinese (15%)

66. I first heard this tale in India, where it is told as if true---though any naturalist would know it

couldn’t be. Later someone told me that the story appeared in a magazine shortly before the First World War. That magazine story, and the person who wrote it, I have never been able to track down.

67. No matter how many hours of my life I may spend reliving it, I know there is no way to

prepare for the next time — no intelligent response to a gun. The fat cop was right: There is only luck. The next time I might end up dead.

68. Although signs of dishonesty in school, business, and government seem much more numerous

in recent years than in the past, could it be that we are getting better at revealing such dishonesty?

V.Translation from Chinese into English (15%)

69. 那位工业管理工程师的来信表明，他对该项计划是否可行有怀疑。(doubt, feasibility)

70. 吉姆本想按照自己的判断行事，但他没有这样做，因为作为军人他得服从命令。(act on)

71. 比尔已向哈佛大学申请助教职位(teaching assistantship)，但他得到它的可能性很小。(apply…for)

72. 那小女孩跑得太快，身体一下失去平衡，跌倒了。(so…that, be thrown off balance)

73. 迪克以为，如果他拆不开那台机器，那么很可能厂里别的工人也拆不开。（take...apart,

chances were…）

《基础英语》（二级）模拟试卷二

答案及详解

I. Vocabulary and structure

1. B。be composed of，be made up of, consist of都表示“由…组成，构成”。

2. A。contract表示“缩小; 收缩”；compress表示“压缩，浓缩，压迫”；reduce表示“减少; 缩小;降低”；contrast表示“形成对照”。

3. B。状语从句中的主语和主句的主语相同时，可用省略形式，谓语动词perform与主语the works of Beethoven是被动关系，完整的形式为“no matter how frequently the works of Beethoven are performed”。

4. D。unfasten表示“解开; 脱开”；open表示“打开”；disturb表示“打扰”；undo表示“扰乱, 使不安”。

5. D。correspond表示“通信”；exchange表示“交换; 调换; 兑换”；consistent表示“与...一致的; 符合的”；coincide表示“相符合，相一致”。

6. C。crisis表示“危机; 紧急关头; 转折点”；urgency表示“紧急;迫切”；emergency表示“紧急情况; 突然事件; 非常时刻”；emergence表示“出现; 浮现; 露头”。

7. D。break表示“打破; 折断; 使碎裂”；crack表示“爆裂; 断裂”；separate表示“分开; 脱离; 分手; 分散”；split表示“被撕裂; 破裂”。

8. B。spread表示“撒; 散布, 传播; 普及”；contagious表示“接触传染性的”；passing表示“偶然的, 不经意的; 附带的”；catching表示“迷人的”。

9. D。superior表示“较好的, 优秀的, 上等的”, superior to表示“优于…，比…好”。

10. A。survive表示“在...之后仍然生存, 从...中逃生”；endure表示“忍耐, 忍受”；spend

表示“花费”；remain alive表示“仍然活着”，是系表结构，作不及物动词词组用。

11. B。come to no conclusion表示“没有得出结论”。

12. C。consider表示“考虑”；enjoy表示“欣赏, 喜爱; 享受…乐趣”；avoid表示“避免”；

prevent表示“防止, 预防”。

13. B。turn off表示“关掉”；turn out表示“生产, 关闭, 出动, 证明是”；turn up表示“出

现; 发生”；turn over表示“翻过来，翻倒；移交，交；仔细考虑”。

14. A。have sth. done表示“让别人做某事”。

15. A。spend表示“花(钱),花费[(+on/for)]”, 主语为人；take表示“需要; 花费; 占用”，主

语为物；cost表示“花费”, 主语为物；pay表示“付, 支付; 付款给”。

16. A。indicate表示“指示；表明，示意”；investigate表示“调查，调查研究”；influence

表示“影响, 感化”；inform表示“通知, 告知, 报告”。

17. B。ambitious表示“有雄心的; 野心勃勃的”；unexpected表示“想不到的; 意外的; 突

如其来的”；delicate表示“精巧的，脆弱的”；feasible表示“可实行的，合理的”。18. A。track down表示“找到，发现；查出”；light up表示“照亮；（脸上）呈现高兴的情

绪”；ring out表示“响起”；set back表示“耽搁，延缓；推迟；使退步；阻碍；(把钟)往回拨”。

19. A。hesitate表示“踌躇; 犹豫”；intend表示“想要;打算”；resist表示“抵抗, 反抗; 抗

拒”；postpone表示“使延期,延迟,延缓”。

20. C。influence表示“影响”；obtain表示“获得”；owe表示“欠，应向…付出，得感激”；

prefer表示“宁可,宁愿(选择);更喜欢”。

21. B。proceed表示“继续进行; 继续做(或讲)下去”；protest表示“抗议,反对

[(+about/against/at)]”；protect表示“保护”；promote表示“促进；促销；提升”。

22. D。in return表示“作为报答/回报/交换”；in turn表示“依次地，轮流的；转而，反过来”。

23. A。modest表示“谦虚的；审慎的”；ambitious表示“有雄心的；野心勃勃的”；profound

表示“渊博的, 造诣深的; 深奥的”；incompetent表示“无能力的;不能胜任的;不合适的”。

24. C。beyond表示“（指程度)深于; (指范围)越出”；beyond the possibility of recovery表示“不

可能病愈”。

25. A。conclude表示“推断出, 断定”；debate表示“辩论, 讨论, 争论”；suggest表示“建

议, 提议”；add表示“增加”。

26. B。constant表示“经常的，不断的”；critical表示“关键性的；危急的”；contagious表

示“传染的”；current表示“目前的”。

27. A。bring back表示“使回忆起来”；bring about表示“带来，造成”；bring up表示“教

育，培养；提出”；bring forth表示“使产生；结果”。

28. C。reinforce表示“增援，支援”；identify表示“认出，识别”；launch表示“开展（运

动、斗争等）；发射”；reveal表示“揭露；(事物)展现，显示”。

29. D。incident表示“事件; 事变”；evidence表示“根据,证据,形迹,迹象”；indication表示

“指示，显示，指征”；behavior表示“行为, 举止; 态度”。

30. D。attach表示“系,贴；使附属”；link表示“连接, 结合; 联系”；preserve表示“保存, 保

藏; 防腐”；reinforce表示“加强，加固”。

II.Reading comprehension

31.C。根据文章第一段第三句，感冒是由体内的病毒引起的，你最好外出到滑雪坡上或者

在下雪天等公交车而不要和朋友、同事或同学一起呆在温暖的室内，他们有可能会把病

毒传给你。

32.B。根据文章第一段第四句，当你感到身上发冷时，你已经感冒了。

33.D。根据文章第一段第二句，大家普遍认为，感冒是由遇冷引起的，因此A项表述正确；

根据文章第二段第二句，大量的研究表明大多数感冒是由手的接触引起的，因此B项表述正确；根据文章第三段第一句，感冒病毒可以传播到物体上，并且在三小时内还有传染性，因此C项表述正确；根据文章第二段第一、二句，感冒病毒可通过空气传播，但这不是最主要的传播途径，绝大多数是通过接触传播的。所以D项表述错误。

34.A。根据文章第三段第二句，经常洗手可以使病毒传播的危害降到最低。

35.C。文章主要讲述了感冒产生的原因和防止感冒的方法。

36.A。根据文章第一、二段，16岁的David Jones 设计新电脑游戏每年收入35000美元，

而他的同龄人的问题是找不到工作。

37.C。根据文章第三段第一句，David最头痛的问题是无法处理自己的钱。

38.B。根据文章第五段第二句，David找到工作是因为公司经营人知道他编写过程序。

39.B。根据文章第七段，学校的课程中没有计算机信息处理，David是在业余时间从书本

和杂志上自学的，所以他知道自己的目标，不想呆在学校里。

40.C。根据文章最后一段，David想挣上一百万然后早点退休，因为无人知道游戏编程这

个市场何时会消失。

41.D。根据文章第二段，探险活动要早点出发，这样深海生物甸用潜水艇才能在白天返回

海面，找到等待的母舰。

42.B。根据文章最后一段第四、五句，潜水艇在三万英尺深的洋底着陆了，扬起一股“烟

尘”。这些“烟尘”是由小型的已经死亡的海底生物组成的。当强光把海水照亮后，研究人员惊奇地发现在他们上方有鱼儿在游泳，一点也没有受到巨大水压的影响。因此他们在海底发现了生命的迹象。

43.A。根据文章第一段第一句，两位海军官员到地球最深处的探险使我们意识到世界上还

有很多地方未被我们开发。

44.B。keep in touch with意为“与…保持联系”。根据文章第三段第二句，潜水艇里的研究

人员与海面母舰上的人员一直靠电话联系，因此选B。

45.D。none the worse表示“并不因 ... 而坏”，句意为“虽然他们浑身又冷又湿，但对他

们的这次经历来说并不是一件糟糕的事情。”

III.Cloze

46.A。the Andersons表示Anderson一家人，the Andersons’是所有格，表示“Anderson家

的”。

47.B。potion表示“药剂”；kitten表示“小猫”；puppy表示“小狗”；pony表示“小马”。

48.C。huge表示“巨大的，庞大的”；tasteless表示“没味道的;味道差的;乏味的”；tiny

表示“极小的；微小的”；motionless表示“不动的,静止的”。

49.D。right away表示“立刻，马上”。

50.D。it was not until…that…表示“直到…才…”。

51.C。besides表示“此外, 而且, 加之”；except that表示“除……之外”，后跟从句；other

than表示“除…之外”；but for表示“要不是”。

52.B。portion表示“(一)部分[(+of)]”；mixture表示“拌合物；混合物”；combination表示

“结合；化合；组合”；shelf表示“(书橱等的)架子;搁板”。

53.A。like表示“像, 如”, 作介词用；alike表示“相同的, 相像的”, 作形容词用；as表

示“作为”；as if表示“好像”。

54.B。此处需要填入名词。indifference表示“漠不关心;冷淡;不感兴趣”；difference表示

“区别，差异”。

55.C。detached表示“分离的,不连接的”；uneasy表示“心神不安的; 担心的”；grateful

表示“感谢的,感激的”；thoughtful表示“考虑周到的，体贴人的”。

56.D。此处需要填入现在分词。lay表示“放, 搁”；lie表示“躺，位于”。

57.C。creak表示“发出咯吱咯吱声”；gay表示“鲜艳的;艳丽的;衣着华丽的”；creaky表

示“叽叽嘎嘎的”；costly表示“昂贵的;代价高的”。

58.D。hole表示“窟窿”；slip表示“滑动; 滑跤; 失足”；gap表示“间断; 间隔; (知识

等的)空白”；draught表示“穿堂风”。

59.A。dim表示“微暗的; 暗淡的”；light表示“明亮的”；bright表示“明亮的; 发亮的; 晴

朗的”；dark表示“阴暗的,阴郁的”。

60.B。根据句意，“一开始，他什么也没看到。然后他朝地板上看去，看到…”, 选B。

61.C。紧承上句，“他看到那只小猫正试图…”, 加定冠词the表示上文已提到的事物。

62.D。claw表示“鸟的爪子”；hand表示“手”；foot表示“脚”；paw表示“猫狗的爪子”。

63.C。realize表示“意识到”；overcome表示“克服”；overwhelm表示“使受不了;使不知

所措[H][(+by/with)]”；mention表示“提及”。

64.B。here and there表示“到处，四处”；then and there表示“当时当地; 当场”；whether

or not 表示“是否”。

65.C。timid表示“胆小的, 易受惊的”；proud表示“骄傲的”；curious表示“好奇的”；

strong表示“强壮的”。

IV. Translation from English into Chinese

66. 我最初听到这个故事是在印度，那儿的人们今天讲起它来仍好像实有其事似的---尽管任

何一个博学家都知道这不可能是真的。后来有人告诉我，在第一次世界大战之前不久，一家杂志曾刊登过这个故事。但登在杂志上的那篇故事以及写那篇故事的人，我却一直未能找到。

67. 我知道不管我一生中花多少小时来重温此事，我都不可能为下一次做好准备——绝不可

能对一支手枪作出明智的反应。胖警察说得对：全靠运气。下一次再碰到这种事我也许会一命呜呼。

68. 虽然学校、商界和政府中的作弊和欺诈行为近年来似乎比过去多了许多，但这会不会是

由于我们越来越善于揭露这类不诚实行为的缘故呢？

V. Translation from Chinese into English

69. The industrial engineer’s letter indicates that he doubts the feasibility of the plan.

70. Jim would have preferred to act on his own judgment, but he didn’t because as a soldier he had

to obey the order.

71. Bill has applied to Harvard University for a teaching assistantship, but his chances of getting it

are slim.

72.The little girl ran so fast that she was thrown off balance and fell over / down.

73.Dick thought that if he wasn’t able to take the machine apart, chances were that no other

worker in the plant could, either.

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