【正文】 《高級(jí)英語》考試試卷（ B） 考試時(shí)間： 120 分鐘 I. Fill in the blank in each sentence with the appropriate form of the given words or phrases: (10%) dispose of be subject to devoid of exert fortify fresh from subversion engulf convert at odds 1. Security experts agree that certain documents should be shredded before managerial departments _____________them. 2. The sudden ___________ of the parliamentary candidate to antinuclear movement has invoked deep suspicions among his voters. 3. With the government’s help, the ___________of the coastal area was acplished before spring set in. 4. Unfortunately, the small village was___________ in the floods overnight. 5. How successful they will _______________ the speed with which the product can be distributed to the shops. 6. The child seems to be quite _________ any sense of right or wrong. Not surprising really when you think what his parents are like. 7. The investigation of the presidential scandal may likely ____________ the new cabi. 8. Modern liberalism is fundamentally _________ with democratic government because it demands results that ordinary people would not freely choose. 9. The _________ to raise agricultural productivity should involve reforming incentives in agriculture, allowing markets to function efficiently, and promoting institutional arrangements conducive to longterm growth and rural development. 10. He exposes greatly energy to his work, _________ his threemonth holiday. II. Paraphrase the following sentences, especially paying attention to the underlined part. （ 20%） 1. NASA weighted exploration now against the chances for disaster and opted to take the risk. (Jenny Clanton) 2. Allow him to walk into the House with mailbag after mailbag of letters in opposition to NASA’s unbridled desire to go to Jupiter. (Jenny Clanton) 3. I will unsay no words that I have spoken about it. (Winston Churchill) 4. ...with God’s help we have rid the earth of his shadow and liberate its people from his yoke. (Winston Churchill) 5. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot bee the prey of hostile powers. (John F. Kennedy) 6. … remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. (John F. Kennedy) 7. …for we not meet powerful challenge at odds and split us asunder. (John F. Kennedy) 8. For those who make themselves the slaves of unvarying routine are generally actuated by fear of a cold outer world, …( Bertrand Russell) 9. The affection given must be itself robust rather than timid, desiring excellence even more than safety on the part of its object, …. ( Bertrand Russell) 10. Evidently this springs from some defect in their nature, but it is one not altogether easy either to diagnose or to cure. (Bertrand Russell) III. Point out the rhetorical device in the underlined part of each sentence and write your answer on the answer sheet. Only one item can be chosen for each sentence. (10%) personification metonymy rhetoric question metaphor onomatopoeia antithesis synecdoche parallelism alliteration simile 1. I see advancing upon all his in hideous onslaught the Nazi war machine with its clanking, heelclicking, dandified Prussian officers, ... 2. Then e the twilight colors of sea and heaven, the winepink width of water merging into lawns of aquamarine, and the sky a tender palette of pink and blue. 3. Gone was the fierce fervor of the days when Bryan had swept the political arena like a prairie fire. 4. But for making money, his pen would prove mightier than his pickax. 5. Bitterness had fed on the man who had made the world laugh. 6. For countless ages the sun rose and set, the moon waxed and waned, the stars shone in the night, but it was only with the ing of Man that these things were understood. 7. Mr. Adams, how can a nation of only two million souls stand up to an empire of ten million? 8. If you can do so, the way lies open to a new Paradise。 if you cannot, nothing lies before you but universal death. 9. I now stood on the site of the first atomic bombardment, where thousands upon thousands of people had been slain in one second, where thousands upon thousands of others had lingered on to die in slow agony. 10. There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge, and wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot fet our quarrels? IV. Proofreading (10%) (see “Answer Sheet”) V. Reading prehension (25%) In this section there are five reading passages. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your Answer Sheet. Passage 1 Let39。s Help Eliminate Workplace Anger How many of you have been angry at least once today？ asked the conductor of an angermanagement seminar. According to an article The New York Times, most of those in the room raised their hands. The fact is, the seminar leader continued, people get angry an average of 10 to 14 times a day. But anger is especially endemic to work. If you have a jib, you39。re guaranteed to get angry. Up would have gone my hand, had I been in the room and heard that last mark. And I would have respectfully disagreed. Although some statistics indicate that the number of onthejob flareups has increased in recent years, to hold onto the nation that workplace anger is therefore guaranteed is counterproductive. It leaves one with the impression that any efforts to remain eventempered at work are, at best, only a bandit. Angermanagement experts do offer a few monsense guidelines to minimize work related anger: don39。t let it fester。 don39。t look for snubs in what are purely innocent incidents。 don39。t get caught up in other people39。s gripes。 if you start to lose control, take a break. I would add, pray. Instead of sitting there fuming over some encounter, why not use the