Section A

Comprehension of the Jext II

1. They are the Statue of Liberty, Barbie dolls, American Gothic, the Buffalo nickel, and Uncle Sam.

2. To celebrate the US independence and France –American alliance.

3. Since her introduction in 1959, Barbie has become the universally recognized Queen of the Dolls. The

average American girl owns ten Barbie dolls, and two are sold somewhere in the world every second.

4. He was inspired by the Gothic window of an old farmhouse.

5. It honored a pair of connected tragedies from the settlement of the American frontier –the destruction of

the buffalo herds and the American Indians.

6. Because buffalo no longer wandered about the great grasslands. 7. He said ―US‖was short for ―Uncle Sam‖Wilson 8. It was a self-portrait of Flagg. (It looked like him.) Vocabulary III.

1. Inspected2. Assembled3. Exaggerated4. Versions5. universal 6. Approved7. Recruit8. Evolved9. Dedicated10. solemn IV.

1. worked on2. approve of3. went ahead4. for sale5. come up with

6. refashioned into7. rise to fame8. captures my attention9. evolved from 10. named after V.

1. C 2. E 3. F 4. N 5. O 6. K 7. A 8. H 9. L 10. I Collocation VI.

1. respect 2. influence 3. credit 4. confidence 5. support 6. acceptance 7. fame 8. insight 9. recognition 10. Experience Word Building VII.

1. Intelligence2. Consequence3. Significance4. Ignorance5. indifference 6. Excellence7. Brilliance8. magnificence VIII.

1. Coexists2. co-director3. Cooperate4. Copilot5. co-author Sentence Structure IX.

1. Jimmy walked slowly to the corner of the playground, his face covered with tears. 2. The hotel taxi sped away, the taillights disappearing into the distance.

3. Their stomachs crying for food, their backs burning from too much sun, both boys gathered their things and headed for home.

4. Barbara just lay there, her mouth trembling, her eyes unfocused, unable to say a

word.

5. Then the two players let him fall to the track, his chest landing first, his head following, bouncing, and finally lying still. X.

1. Most snakes, although with a threatening appearance, aren’t really dangerous if you leave them alone.

2. Women, even though with the same abilities, have failed to approach the income of men. 3. Though with a severe shortage of coal supply, the governor was not forced to close all the schools.

4. She is capable of making complete French meals even though with no cheese between salad and dessert.

5. When in doubt about the result of your test, call the test office. Translation XI.

1. Everything considered, this city is the world’s most exciting city.

2. Though with no approval from his parents , he went ahead with his plan to study abroad. 3. The bridge was named after the hero who gave his life for the cause of people. 4. It is said that the painter used his mother as the model in the painting whose face represented suffering yet strength.

5. The writer instantly rose to fame in 1950 with the publication of a novel inspired by his experience with a girl on a farm.

6. One story says that ―US‖was short for ―Uncle Sam‖whose real name was Sam Wilson, who had once

worked with a man who had signed a contract with the government to provide meat to the US Army. X

1.这幅画上一个神色严肃的男子，身旁站着一位女子，身后是所农舍。他们的原型分别是画家的牙医和姐姐。

2.公司的申请书，不管是代表自己还是代表他人，都应该有官员的签名。

3.做了脱口秀之后，约翰和妻子在广播和电视节目上出了名，这些节目给普通民众以启迪，而不只是向他们提 供信息。

4.尽管有些人不赞同，可市领导还是决定实施这个计划，在湖边建造两个五星级宾馆，经吸引更多的游客。

5.那位著名画家去世了，曾经给他当模特的妻子立即担任了他装潢公司的总经理职务。 6.宴会上，他们的衣着都很华丽，但吸引我注意力的却是他们的交谈方式，使得我很想和他们交谈。 Cloze XIII.

1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. B

11. A 12. C 13. A 14. C 15. C 16. A 17. D 18. D 19. A 20. D Section B Reading Skills I.

1. To crush is press something so hard that it is damaged or destroyed. Here Mary compares herself to a

thing that is too weak to resist the pressure ,i.e., the harsh words from publishers. Mary admits that she is extremely upset.

2. At the very beginning Engelbreit did not expect to draw greeting cards; she aimed high. Now that she was

told her style was better suited for drawing greeting cards, she felt it was a comedown from high

expectation. To her , drawing greeting cards was a fall from her life’s goal. 3. The card is personified. As we know , a card is communicating a proud message. 4. Acid means having a sour or bitter taste. When one has an acid tongue , he or she is very bitter to others,

that is , he or she is very critical of others.

5. A trademark is a special name , sign, word, etc. marked on a product; it is a special sign or a distinctive

characteristic. Now being cute is Mary’s distinctive feature.

6. A core is the central part of certain fruit . A core of one’s life is the most important part of one’s life. The

whole sentence means Engelbreit treasures old-fashioned art and values most.

7. When one puts his or her feet firmly on the ground, he or she is down-to-earth, In other words, he or she is very realistic and practical.

8. When you say an artistic work takes off, you mean it begins to be successful.