I） Multiple Choices

1．The stream is so __ that it is impossible to see the bottom even when it is shallow.

A．turbidB．turgid C．torpidD．turbulent
2．There has been a __ of gambling in this neighborhood recently.
A．rectitudeB．recrudescenceC．retrospectD．revenant
3．The patient's health failed to such an extent that he was put into __ care.
A．tenseB．rigidC．intensiveD．tight
4．We started dating regularly and soon developed an easy __.
A．ecstasyB．rapportC．fantasyD．apprehension
5．Failures and frustrations in our life and work will gradually __ our pride.
A．chastenB．chaseC．chicaneD．chine
6．Paradoxically, these children, products and victims of the automatic era, were also its__.
A．auditorsB．beneficiariesC．alumniD．spouses
7．Most of the students in the class took an active part in __ activities.
A．excessiveB．exanimateC．extrasensoryD．extracurricular
8．After a day’s travel, they finally came to a __ area. 
A．quiescentB．quietC．quincuncialD．quinquennial
9． The new edition of the encyclopedia __ many improvements, which is the result of the

persistent effort of all the compilers.
A．embeddedB．embodiedC．enchantedD．enclosed
10．It is well accepted that a highly competitive society in any part of the world is tough maily for       the __. A．mediterranean B．medullaryC．mediocreD．mediator

II) Paraphrase: explain the following sentences in your own words, bringing out any implied meanings. （本题弄清楚每句话的实际意思，可以不写）

1. …below the noisy arguments, the abuse and the quarrels, there is a reservoir of instinctive fellow-feeling… (Para. 2)

2. …at heart they would like to take a whip to the whole idle troublesome mob of them. (Para. 2)

3. …there are not many of these men, either on the board or the shop floor… (Para. 2)

4. It demands bigness, and they are suspicious of bigness. (Para. 3)

5. Against this, at least superficially, Englishness seems a poor shadowy show… (Para. 4)

6. …while Englishness is not hostile to change, it is deeply suspicious of change for change’s sake… (Para. 5)

7. To put cars and motorways before houses seems to Englishness a communal imbecility. (Para. 5)

8. I must add that while Englishness can still fight on, Admass could be winning. (Para. 6)

9.  It must have some moral capital to draw upon, and soon it may be asking for an overdraft.(Para. 6)

10. They probably believe, as I do, that the Admass “Good Life” is a fraud on all counts.(Para. 9)

III) Fill in each of the blanks with one of the given words or expressions in its proper form. Each word or expression is to be used only once.

impoverished	draw on	play the ape	shrug off
out of scale	get hitched	anomalous	apathy
have more than one’s share		fall between two stools

1. The report shows that fewer couples are______.

2. This would be _____since it recognizes neither the effect of deferred shares, nor the Investor Protection scheme.

3. That was a bad time for her because she _______in a way.

4. We are still so backward as to condone, by our_______, animal cruelty.

5. These little woody plants are often killed to the ground in the winter and are never supposed to grow ______with the perennials - or so I've read.

6. She learned it from _______people who had come to her in desperation.

7. He'd__________ of adventure.

8. Modeling yourself on someone you admire is not the same as _____of all they say or do.

9. I offered my thanks to Oliver, and even suggested some debt restructuring by way of gratitude, but he just ____it _____.

10. As a teacher, she ______her knowledge of her own children.

IV) Translate the following into English. （请找到课文中的原文表达，尝试记忆）

1. 他们甚至比他们想象中的英国人还要不同，倒是同他们感觉中的英国人差不多。 

2. 说到英国人的特性，因其与潜意识相关，又依赖于本能和直觉而存在，故不能割断与过去的联系：它根深蒂固，源远流长。

3. 此外，尽管英国人并不反对变革，但对于为变革而变革的做法却深怀疑虑，也拒不接受那种认为我们现在必须无条件地欢迎机械化的进步的观点。

4. 他们迟早要解决这种商业广告推销和他们残存的一些英国人特性之间的矛盾，下决心站到这一边或那一边，因为他们不能二者同享。

5. 所有高度工业化的社会都在制造乏味无聊。

V) Writing （此题平台作业已发布，作文可以不写）

Write an essay titled “The future of the Chinese” with 300 words in English.

You can approach the essay from the following perspectives.

Whether there is a conflict between Admass and the traditional Chinese character?

How do the Chinese behave amidst the Admass?

Will the Chinese win and how?