Unit 7 Test Paper
?I. Spelling (10%)
?Complete the following words according to the Chinese corresponds ?1. abandon ?2. ancient
?3. available ?4. behavior ?5. budget ?6. casualty ?7. conceivable ?8. convenience ?9. dangle ?10. echo
?11. gesture ?12. glimpse ?13. glisten ?14. intolerable ?15. peculiar ?16. racist
?17. refrigerator ?18. subtle ?19. survivor ?20. symphony
?II. Word-Formation (10%) ?1. qualifications ?2. intelligence ?3. fact-finding ?4. historic
?5. inseparable ?6. breadwinner ?7. superhighway ?8. takeoff
?9. delivering
?10. hardware, software
?Ill Cloze (10%) ?(I) enable
?(2) specific ?(3) missed ?(4) training ?(5) develop ?(6) on ?(7) be
?(8) process ?(9) philosophers ?(10) rural
?IV. Translation (30%) Chinese-- English (20%)
?Translate the sentences using the word or grammar item in brackets.
?1. As a child, he was exposed to great works of literature, for both his parents were well read in classics.
?2. The military announced that they had succeeded in developing a new stealth fighter.
?3. They're trying to come up with practical ways to reduce production costs for this township factory.
?4. Most people think that all things considered, life is much better today than it was 30 years ago.
?5. Success doesn't only depend on what you do. What you don't do is equally important.
?6. How do you account for the company's high staff turnover?
?7. Most of the buildings in the town were reduced to rubble in the earthquake.
?8. How can I concentrate on my work with my roommates talking and laughing?
?9. We admire the way he answered awkward questions at the press conference with wit and facts.
?10. The moment he entered the conference room, he had a feeling that something had gone wrong.
?English-- Chinese (20%)
?那时我还是个小女孩，脑子里充满童话般的梦想，什么彩虹呀，一碰触就会带
来幸福的 神奇的银雨点呀。父亲使我又想唱歌又想跳舞，我常常为他表演，为只有一个人的观众 独唱，他不断地鼓掌，我是公主，他是国王。不过那都是很久以前的事情了。岁月催人 老，我见得多了，但懂得少了。难过之余，我发现自己比以往明事理些了。
?我曾经以为岁月不会在父亲或者是我身上留下痕迹，他会一直是那个我深爱着的坚强、 快乐的人。然而岁月却带走了我眼睛里的光釆，我看到他的眼睛也不再是奇妙的淡蓝色，而是褪成了疲惫的灰白。他说的笑话，他过去一直说的那些笑话，不再有趣，不再 使我哈哈大笑。现在听来，这些笑话是对人们、对生活的嘲弄，令人感伤。他搂着我的 时候，我感到我肩上的手十分沉重；他拉起我的手时，他抓得太紧，握得太牢。
?V. Proofreading (10%)
?Identify and correct the mistake(s) in each of the sentences.
?1. And not having a book of his own to point to, he pointed to mine which was lying on the desk.
?2. Our colleges inevitably graduate a number of such life forms, but it cannot be said that they went to college; rather the college went through them—without making contact.
?3. \didn't imply anything,\she said, \just don't see what's wrong with a white person marrying a black person, that's all.“
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?5. He squeezed it to see how deep the wound was. \shallow,\he said. \you won't even know it's there.\He hoped that she appreciated how quickly he had come to her aid.
?6. There was no possible way of arguing with the fact that she would not be herself if she were black.
?7. Since it was he who lost the fight, we ought to come again to the conclusion that people are powerless in the world.
?8. Still, there was nothing very special in any of it, except death, which, while always special, does not necessarily bring the nation to tears or to attention.
?9. That somebody actually did so is part of the reason this particular tragedy sticks in the mind.