高级英语期末考试试题

高级英语期末考试试题

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本试卷共8页，满分100分；考试时间150分钟，全部题目用英文作答（英译汉题目外），并将答案写在答题纸的相应位置上，否则不计分。

I. Each of the following sentences is given four choices of words or

expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (15 points, 1 point for each)

1. With his last ______ , he murmured the name of the person who murdered him.

A. gasp B. choke

C. exhale D. respiration

2. The teenager’s ______ of the pop star worried her parents.

A. applause B. compliment

C. adulation D. recommendation

3. The adventurous mission ______ his spirits.

A. exalted B. inspired

C. gladdened D. exhilarated

4. The girl made one last ______ to her father for permission to go to the party.

A. appeal B. pray

C. suggestion D. attraction

5. Working with one’s head causes a sensation of hunger quite as much as ______ work.

A. futile B. muscular

C. diligent D. aggressive

6. He asked how committed the leadership was to ______ its people from poverty.

A. delivering B. liberating

C. dismissing D. compelling

7. The judge told him to ______ from threatening his wife.

A. desist B. persist

C. denounce D. persevere

8. The conservation group was ______ in its opposition to the new airport.

A. rough B. troublesome

C. tenacious D. uninterrupted

9. The terrorists entered the building ______ as medical workers.

A. disguising B. distorting

C. disordering D. distinguishing

10. It seemed impossible that these ______ boats could survive in such a storm.

A. frail B. fragile

C. wailful D. delicate

11. His arrival ______ new life and energy into the team.

A. drenched B. animated

C. infused D. saturated

12. The government is ready to ______ houses to the homeless in that area.

A. locate B. allot

C. donate D. divide

13. He asked me to look at both sides of a case before making a(n) ______ decision.

A. brutal B. rational

C. absurd D. courteous

14. She ______ the mark on the wall for ages, but it wouldn’t come off.

A. scrubbed B. brushed

C. swept D. removed

15. Some fresh fruits are highly ______ and should be kept in cool places.

A. perishable B. eligible

C. permissible D. affordable

Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding three items II, IV, V.

(1) A rift is growing between government and higher education, with debates over funding, missions and accountability.

(2) In that context, it is all the more worth watching Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, who assumes the presidency of Purdue University on January 14. Other

governors have become college presidents. Some, like Tom Kean, have been very successful. However, Daniels—who brings to the job an unusual blend of leadership experiences in government at the state and national level, public policy, business, and now academe—is coming to office at a time of unusual tension.

(3) Governors increasingly characterize the rising costs of higher education and its limited access as unsustainable. Many find it imperative that universities increase their productivity, affordability, access, graduation rates, and accountability. In contrast, university presidents say that quality, not cost, is the real issue in an era in which excellence in higher education is more urgent than ever before in history. The question, academic leaders say, should not be the price of college, but who pays, criticizing government for disinvesting in higher education. Bottom line: Between the governors and the presidents, there is increasingly little if any common ground other than recognizing the importance of higher education. They have entirely different views of the problem, no agreement on responsibility, and nothing in the way of a shared solution.

(4) In his first public action as president of Purdue, Daniels has bridged the chasm with a salary package that incorporates the goals of both the governors and the presidents. He did this in two ways. The first was

conciliatory, eliminating the red flag that sets off both government and the academy: He rejected presidential salary inflation. His salary package is smaller than his predecessor’s, placing him tenth among the 12 Big Ten university presidents in terms of salary. There is no deferred compensation.

(5) Second, and more importantly in terms of national models, is that Governor Daniels asked for a salary based upon achieving his goals for the university. The package is divided into two buckets—base salary and bonus. The bonus is tied to graduation rates, affordability, student achievement, philanthropic support, faculty excellence, and strategic program

initiatives. In establishing this bonus system, Daniels married traditional notions of academic quality—as measured by excellence in faculty, programs and resources—with an equal emphasis on effective outcomes and price controls: graduation rates, affordability, and student achievement.

(6) In so doing, Daniels has demonstrated his belief that there is common ground to be found between the university and government. The choice is not quality or effectiveness, not excellence or affordability; the future of higher education is not a zero-sum game in which one side wins and the other loses. Ra …… 此处隐藏：5183字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……