Loving and Hating New York 补充测试题

Loving and Hating New York 补充练习题/test Loving and Hating New York Ⅰ. Reading comprehension 1. Many Europeans take New York as their favorite city, because ________. A. They are reassured by the sight of the fashion avenues of Madison and Fifth.  B. There are many familiar international names in New York. C. New York’s charged nervous atmosphere and vulgar dynamism. D. New York city is a cosmopolitan city. 2. In author’s eyes, New York is ________. A. a sacred place B. a mongrel city C. a international metropolis D. a conventional city 3. The signs of how the New York fallen cannot be seen from ________. A. New York never boasted its greatness. B. Many advertising campaigns publicly praise New York.  C. Many New Yorkers wear T-shirts with a heart design and the word word文档格式规范word作业纸小票打印word模板word简历模板免费word简历 s: “ I love New York” printed on it. D. New York is trying desperately to regain her lost privileged status. 4. From where the author begins to give an actual description of New York itself. A. The last sentence of paragraph 5. B. The first sentence of paragraph 6. C. From paragraph 1-5.  D. The whole essay. 5. Which of the following cities is located in New York? A. Jersey B. Soho  C. Nashville D. Beverly Hills Ⅱ. Determine whether the following statements are true or false. Put “T”, if the statement is true and put an “F”, if false. 1. According to the author, New York is no longer the leading city is the United States.  2. New York is a city that resists the prevailing trends of America and it is a place where people can escape from uniformity and uncommonness.  3. Europeans take to New York because they feel reassured when they see so many jewelers, shoes stores and designer shops bearing familiar international names on Madison and Fifth avenues.  4. The rhetorical device employed in “ Nature constantly yields to man …” is personification.  5. It is the fascination charm of New York as well as the opportunity to be a journalist that attracts the author to New York.  6. It is the good living conditions that draw those young people to New York.  7. The sentence “ All have their sovereignties” means all the different ethnic groups have their own little areas which they control.  8. New York is not longer the banking and communications headquarters for America.  9. The newcomers to New York are never fully assimilated.  10. New York regards the United Nations as an unworkable, impractical and hypocritical institution.  Ⅲ. Point out what figure of speech is used in each of the following sentences: 1. While sitcoms cloned and canned in Hollywood, and the Johnny Carson show live, pre-empt the air waves form California 2. Tin Pan Alley has moved to Nashville and Hollywood. 3. New York was never Mecca to me. 4. Nature constantly yields to man in New York: witness those fragile sidewalk trees gamely struggling against encroaching cement and petrol fumes. 5. So much of well-to-do America now lives antiseptically in enclaves, tranquil and luxurious, that shut out the world. 6. “So what else is new?” 7. The defeated are not hidden away somewhere else on the wrong side of town. 8. Characteristically, the city swallows up the United Nations and refuses to take it seriously, regarding it as an unworkable mixture of the idealistic, the impractical, and the hypocritical. treaties forced upon her by foreign invaders. Ⅳ.Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. 1. He fought back at his tormentors with ________ of a corner red rat. A. dejection B. depression C. desperation D. despair 2. He monopolized the conversation by ________ of his own prowess at hunting and fishing. A. boasting B. bragging C. crowing D. vaunting 3. It was alleged that he was present at the scene of the crime, but he ________ that he was in Europe at the time. A. asserted B. maintained  C. affirmed D. testified 4. It has become the ________ for royalty to appears as democratic and “ folksy” as the average politician. A. fashion B. trend C. vogue D. style 5. The ________ between Guelphs and Ghibellines in medieval Italy passed from controversy over papal authority to petty was between city states. A. contention B. friction C. conflict D. strife 6. He was too nervous to speak and had to be ________ . A. prompted B. motivated C. stimulated D. propelled 7. A short cut through the mountain is extremely ________ in winter. A. distant B. inaccessible C. remote D. dessert 8. Australia ________ the Treaty of Peace with Japan on 10th April, 1952; New Zealand on 29th April, 1952. A. confirmed B. sanctioned C. ratified D. approved 9. He is a poet with ________ imagination. A. luxurious B. luxuriant C. luscious D. lustrous 10. ________ clod hoppers guffawed at seeing male ballet dancers wearing tights. A. naive B. unaffected  C. unsophisticated D. provincial 11. He felt listless until the sea breeze ________ him and steadied his nerves. A. cheered B. encouraged C. exhilarated D. excited 12. She endured her illness with great __________  A. fortitude B. forbearance C. persistence D. resolution 13. Mary is no long willing to meet her husband’s bullying with docile ________. A. patience B. sufferance C. tolerance D. forbearance 14. The actress was becoming extremely _________ with all the questions they were asking by the uncalled-for innuendo in the reporter’s question. A. outraged B. aggravated C. exasperated D. insulted 15. It would be ________ of me to have a church wedding when I don’t believe in God. A. hypocritical B. hypercritical  C. hysterical D. hypothetical 16. He balanced the glass ________ on the arm of the chair. A. precociously B. precariously C. precautionary D. precipitously 17. You can rest ______ that the talented young secretary has been able to confirm what he said in the original report. A. assured B. ensured C. insured D. reassured 18. The leader’s speech in defense of the policy didn’t carry much ________. A. conviction B. belief C. confidence D. concern 19. American revolutionaries who rejected England’s claim of ________ over the colonies. A. sovereignty B. authority C. power D. right 20. The public is very _____ about the governor's plans for a tax cut. A. susceptible B. dubious C. suspicious D. deliberate 21. The two countries will _____ full diplomatic relations now that they have settled their long standing border dispute. A. recove B. restore C. renovate D. replace 22. Everyone in the auditorium was weeping by the time he finished the _____ tale, though it was fabricated obviously. A. pessimistic B. pathetic C. patriotic D. melancholy Ⅴ.Put the following words and phrases into the appropriate blanks in the following sentences. measure up against   cut off … from   in terms of   be reckoned with   look up to   out of phase with   yield to   beckon to   out of step with   swallow up 1. They were already a political force to  . 2. The school is widely  for its excellent teaching. 3. The new building is  its surroundings. 4. I  temptation and had a chocolate bar. 5. The job is great  salary, but it has its disadvantages. 6. He ________ himself ________ all human and lived alone in a remote area.  7. The figures are not very good when  those of our competitors. 8. I watched her walk down the road until she was  by the darkness. 9. He  the waiter to bring the bill. 10. She was  her colleagues and regarded as an eccentric woman. Ⅵ.Fill in each blank with a suitable verb from the lists below in the proper form. decline 　decrease 　diminish 　drop 　dwindle 　lessen 　reduce 1. I hope to obtain your forgiveness, to  your ill opinion. 2. His sense of personal initiative is cultivated instead of being  . 3. The number of nations allied with Germany  as the war continued. 4. The incidence of malaria  dramatically because of the eradication of malarial mosquitoes. 5. Certain medicines are said to be effective in   people’s weight. 6. It is said that her vitality and creativity are  with age. 7. Classes  as more and more students played truant. 8. Owing to the strike, coal supplies are  quickly. 9. I hope the number of mistakes you make in the exercises will  as time goes on. 10. After years of illness he was  to a skeleton. 11. My aunt has decided to spend her   years in the suburbs of shanghai. 12. Mr. Smith’s hopes ____ as his fortune ____ away to nothing.  13. The price of the new products has been  owing to a twenty per cent rise in productivity. 14. Their funds  because of their extravagance and ill-management. border　 　edge   fringe  margin   rim   verge 15. The proposal was carried by a very narrow  . 16. Be careful! The  of your glass is cracked. 17. I hurt my knee against the  of the stove. 18. Don’t go near the  of the precipice; you may stumble and topple over. 19. The  between the two countries runs along the mountain ridge. 20. He pushed the leftovers of the food on the  of the plate. 21. When writing the composition, be sure to write in every other line and leave a  . 22. When the toy was taken away, the girl found herself on the  of tears. 23. Professor Hill always writes his comments in the  of his students’ papers. 24. Caracas, a modern city on the  of the Orinoco wilderness, is dominated by a profusion of motor traffic. 25. The bond issue, proposed as a way of financing a centennial celebration, failed by a narrow  . 26. The thin detective with the horn  glasses wandered through the garden. 27. Owing to the poor management, this firm was nearly on the  of bankruptcy. 28. At the wedding, though the in-laws on the outer  didn’t enjoy themselves as much as “the privileged group”, the atmosphere was, on the whole, genial and harmonious. 29. These recruits are going to be sent to guard the farm on the Chinese side of the  with Burma, 30. Many young graduates like to work in the publishing house now not because of the  benefits it offers, but because of the pleasant working environment it provides for all. Ⅶ.For each blank in the following passage, choose the most suitable word from the list of words provided below. Each work can be used once only. Write your choice of words in its proper form in the corresponding blanks in the passage. grudge 　 In the light of 　 willingly 　 freedom 　 knowledge 　 philosophers 　 spiritual comfort 　measure 　 passers-by 　 measure 　 the only exception 　 in terms of 　 is fully aware of 　 estimate 　 steal 　 occasionally 　 nothing 　 in the open 　 envious of 　 the world of 　 nature 　 beggars 　 sacrifice 　 is free from 　 be paid for 　 human dignity 　with ease Nothing to Sell and Nothing to Buy It has been said that everyone lives by selling something. ( 1 )  this statement, teachers live by selling ( 2 ) , ( 3 )  by selling wisdom and priests by selling ( 4 ) . Though it may be possible to ( 5 )  the value of material goods ( 6 ) money, it is extremely difficult to ( 7 )  the true value of the services which people perform for us. There are times when we would ( 8 )  give everything we possess to save our lives, yet we might ( 9 )  paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely this service. The conditions of society are such that skills have to ( 10 ) in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop. Everyone has something to sell. Tramps seem to be ( 11 )  to this general rule. Beggars almost sell themselves as human beings to arouse the pity of ( 12 ) . But real tramps are not ( 13 ) . They have nothing to sell and require ( 14 )  from others. In seeking independence, they do not sacrifice their ( 15 ) . A tramp may ask you for money, but he will never ask you to ( 16 )  him. He has deliberately chosen to lead the life he leads and ( 17 )  the consequences. He may never be sure where the next meal is coming from, but he ( 18 ) the thousands of anxieties which afflict other people. His few material possessions make it possible for him to move from place to place ( 19 ) . By having to sleep ( 20 ) , he gets far closer to ( 21 )  than most of us ever do. He may hunt, beg, or ( 22 )  to keep himself alive; he may even, in times real need, do a little work; but he will never ( 23 )  his freedom. We often speak of tramps with contempt and put them in the same class as beggars, but how many of us can honestly say that we have not felt a little ( 24 )  their simple way of life and their ( 25 ) from care? Ⅷ.Translation