1、1高级英语第一册练习Lesson 1The Middle Eastern Bazaar. Word explanation1. conceivableA. reasonableB. imaginableC. considerableD. credible2. din A. muted noiseB. loud distinct noiseC. tinkling soundD. continuous, confusing noise3. penetrateA. make a round about way intoB. force a way intoC. get into easilyD. d
2、ash into4. deadenA. to dieB. of, or related to deathC. to lessenD. no longer alive5. sepulchralA. overwhelmedB. pleasantC. picturesqueD. grave-like6. persecutionA. cruel treatmentB. bringing a case to the law court2C. violation of ones rightD. unfairness7. preliminaryA. previousB. prospectiveC. woul
3、d-beD. preparatory8. burnishedA. polishB. smooth and shinyC. having been burnedD. something made of copper9. delicateA. complicatedB. fine and fragileC. beautiful and intricateD. tiny and easily broken10. girderA. an I-shaped iron beamB. closely organized associationC. ancient trade unionD. a tree t
4、runk11. particularA. partlyB. generallyC. specialD. participant12. extendA. stretch outB. intentC. intendD. trend13. purchaseA. perchB. chase3C. buyD. pay14. bargainA. negotiateB. bargeC. boatD. gain15. peculiarityA. particularB. characteristicC. specificD. species16. customerA. customB. traditionC.
5、 conventionD. purchaser17. depriveA. depictB. take awayC. rubD. rob18. distinctA. distinguishB. distanceC. clearD. distract19. engraveA. cutB. tombC. gloomD. grave20. humbleA. hunchB. hump4C. respectD. lowly. Replace each underlined part with one word learnt in the text, the first letter of which is
6、 given:1. Stepping out of the dark room, I felt the strong bright light of the sun hurting my eyes. g 2. Watching the ballet-dancer spinning on her toes, I felt everything turning around me. d 3. The sharp, biting smell of the food makes you sneeze time and again. p 4. The pressing of the linseed pu
7、lp to get out the oil is done by a vast machine operated by one man. e 5. The Chinese people will never be forced to yield to foreign economic blockade. o by6. The busiest men have the most free time. l 7. A mother will give up her life for her children. s 8. She fastened a chain to the dogs collar.
8、 a 9. The earth goes around the sun. r . Fill in each of the blanks with one of the following words or expressions in its proper form. Each word or expression is to be used only once.order of the day, at intervals, glimpse, tower, approach, beaten, makes a point of, credible, take a hand, deal in, f
9、ade away, attached to, deprive.of, live 1. We followed the well path through the forest.2. Most foreign trading companies in West Africa rubber, cocoa and vegetable oils.3. The young couple disciplining their only son.4. The troubles him his sleep5. After the latest affair he hardly seems as a polit
10、ician.6. They gave broadcast while the performance was in process on the stage.7. As dusk fell, daylight .58. The huntsman caught only a of the deer before it ran into the woods.9. He is so intelligent that he above all the others in his class.10. Complaints about the new regulations have become the
11、 on the campus. Reading comprehension.1. The sentence “The Middle Eastern bazaar takes you back hundreds - even thousands - of years” means:A. The bazaar was built hundreds or even thousands of years ago.B. The market reminds you people and their life of the middle eastern countries centuries ago.C.
12、 For hundreds or thousands of years, the middle eastern bazaar has not changedD. The Middle eastern bazaar brings you back from hundreds or even thousands of years ago.2. The striking characteristic of the middle eastern bazaar is:A. its noiseB. its brightnessC. its ancientnessD. crowdedness3.“Barga
13、ining is the order of the day” means:A. Every customer tries to beat down the price of the item he wants to buy.B. Every customer knows that the seller cheats all the time.C. An order was issued that everyone should bargain.D. During daytime everyone bargains.4. From the phrase “the maze of vaulted
14、streets which honeycomb this bazaar” we can infer know that:A. the streets were vaulted so as to make the bazaar a maze.B. the streets crisscrossed the bazaar, cutting the bazaar into lots of small sections.C. the maze was full of beesD. shops, stores and houses together made the bazaar into a big h
15、oneycomb.5. From the sentence “in the background, a tiny apprentice blows a big charcoal fire with a huge leather bellows” we can well infer thatA. the bellows is larger than the charcoal fire.B. the charcoal fire is larger than the apprenticeC. Both the charcoal fire and the leather bellows are bigger than the apprenticeD. The apprentice must be young and small in stature.
