I). Choose the one which can fully express the meaning of the words given below:

1. Earlier she had dispatched her maid on an invented errand and…

A. creative                   B. innovative

C. false                      D. disclosed

2. The house detective’s piggy eyes surveyed her sardonically from his gross jowled face.

A. small and narrow       B. dirty        C. funny    D. wiggy

3. His gaze moved on to sweep the spacious, well-appointed room, encompassing the Duke who faced them uncertainly, his back to a window.

A. enchant          B. include        C. deride           D. avid

4. The words spat forth with sudden savagery, all pretense of blandness gone.

A. politeness       B. gentility       C. boldness      D. unscrupulousness

5. The Duke of Croydon — three centuries and a half of inbred arrogance behind her — did not yield easily.

A. innate              B. inhabited     C. inhibited       D. inbuilt

6. … Ogilvie, who had declared he would appear at the Croydons’ suite an hour after his cryptic telephone call…

A. hidden        B. strange     C. mysterious      D. sacred

7. On a hunch I went over the garage and took a quiet look-see at your car.

A. doubtB. doubleC. suspect D. intuitive feeling

8. Nor was either of them adept at using maps.

A. adapt B. adopt C. add D. expert

9. Her eyes were riveted on his face, her handsome, high-cheekboned features set in their most imperious mold.

A. imperial       B. impertinent C. impervious D. haughty

10. The important thing was to consider all eventualities.

A. causality B. casualty     C. possibility     D. peculiarity

II). Translate the following sentences into English:

1. 虽然成功的机会很小，我们仍然要竭尽全力去干，因为努力终究不会白费。

2. 公爵夫人知道只有设法让自己镇定下来，她才有时间与Ogilvie周旋并让他最终同意自己的想法。

3. 他们四目对视，都希望不要成为校长盘问的对象。

4. Jane站了起来，瞪着Rochester，怒气冲冲地说：“难道长相平平的女孩子就没有心，没有灵魂了？”

5. 妈妈生气地看了Tom一眼；凭直觉，Tom知道这次自己把宝押错了。

 

 

 

 

Key

 

I. 

1.C  2.A  3.B  4.B  5.A  6.C  7.D  8.D  9.B  10.C

 

II.

1. Our chance to succeed is very slim. Nevertheless we shall do our utmost, for it pays in the end to work hard.

2. The Duchess was well aware that, when she managed to keep a tight rein on her mind, she could get round to coping with Ogilvie and persuading him to comply with her requirement.

3. Their eyes bored into each other, both hoping they would not fall victim to the headmaster’s interrogation.

4. Jane sprang to her feet and faced Rochester squarely, spitting forth the words, “Is it that a plain girl will have no spirit and soul?”

5. Mum shot him a wrathful glance and Tom knew on a hunch that he had gambled on the wrong side this time.