《高级英语一》复习题

一、翻译短语

1. face to face ________ 2. have mercy on sb. ___________ 3. head to _______

4. boast of sth. __________

5. be infected with ___________ 6. regardless of _________ 7. wipe out ___________ 8. distract sb. From sth. ____________ 9. sign up for _________

10. range from … to … ____________ 二、完型填空

（A）

A. response B. judgment C. literacy D. diagnosed E. resent F. combats G. infected H. represented I. accounted J. estimated K. illustrated L. epidemic M. access N. facilities O. Threatens

AIDS has emerged as the world’s biggest problem over the past 25 years. The ___1___ has touched the lives of people around the world, but no more place has been plagued like Africa. In Africa 20 million people were ___2____ with the disease in 1999. That number continues to grow. Africa has ___3___ for nearly four out of five AIDS related deaths in the world. It is ___4____ that as of 1999, 13 million children has lost their parents to AIDS. Although there is no cure, people in more developed countries can get medicine to help. In Africa though, most do not have ____5____ to new medicines. Most people neglect going to the doctor to find out if they have the disease. Because they have not been ___6____ with the illness, they continue to spread the disease without knowing it. Many men leave their rural homes to find work.

This ___7____ many people when the workers have AIDS and their behavior is not safe.

In ___8___ to this crisis, many groups have set up programs. The goal is to educate people about AIDS. It is difficult to implement such programs, though, because of poor ____9___ rates. Some education programs have worked, though. One such project ____10___ people’s fear of getting tested for AIDS. Other campaigns focus on schooling for the poor.

1.__________ 2.__________ 3.__________ 4._________ 5.__________ 6.__________ 7.__________ 8.__________ 9._________ 10._________

（B）

A. impression B. focused C. confidence D. exchange E. contact F. communicate G. committing H. interviewed I. persuade J. depressing K. interrupting L. enable M. squeezed N. extended O. relaxed

“So, how about your interview ?”

“The whole thing was bad from the beginning. I entered the room with ____11____ and gave the woman a strong handshake. She said I ____12____ too hard and hurt her. I had a real hard time ____13____ with her after that.” “What do you mean?”

“Well, it was pretty apparent that I failed to ____14____ her to hire me. I tried to make eye ____15_____ with her, but she kept looking away, which made me think she wasn’t very ___16____ or interested in what I was saying. ”

“I know what you mean. I can be so stressful being ___17_____ for a job. It’s very ____18___ when you don’t get any encouragement from the person who is asking you questions. But, don’t worry. I am sure you made a better ____19____ than what you think.”

“I don’t think I impressed her at all. I was really bothered that she kept looking away, only ____20____ me once in a while to throw a word or two. I had to get her

attention by making big gestures and changing the tone of my voice. I don’t think I have ever had such a horrible experience.”

11.__________ 12.__________ 13.__________ 14._________ 15.__________ 16.__________ 17.__________ 18.__________ 19._________ 20._______ __

三、阅读理解

（A）

War may be a natural expression of biological instincts and drives toward aggression in the human species. Natural impulses of anger, hostility, and territoriality (守卫地盘的天性) are expressed through acts of violence. These are all qualities that humans share with animals. Aggression is a kind of innate (天生的) survival mechanism, an instinct for self-preservation that allows animals to defend themselves from threats to their existences of human violence are always conditioned by social conventions that give shape to aggressive behavior. In human societies violence has a social function. It is a strategy for creating or destroying forms of social order. Religious traditions have taken a leading role in directing the powers of violence. We will look at the ritual and ethical (道德上的) patterns within which human violence has been directed.

The violence within a society is controlled through institutions of law. The more developed a legal system becomes, the more society takes responsibility for the discovery, control, and punishment of violent acts. In most tribal societies the only means to deal with an act of violence is revenge. Each family group may have the responsibility for personally carrying out judgment and punishment upon the person who committed the offense. But in legal systems, the responsibility for revenge becomes depersonalized and diffused. The society assumes the responsibility for protecting individuals from violence. In cases where they cannot be protected, the society is responsible for imposing punishment. In a state controlled legal system, individuals are removed from the cycle of revenge motivated by acts of violence, and the state assumes responsibility for their protection.

The other side of a state legal apparatus is a state military apparatus. While the