I.
Synonyms (10points, 1point each)
Find the words in Column B which are close in meaning to the
words in Column A.
A B
( )1. dilemma a. respect
( )2. bucolic b. emptiness
( )3. reprisal c. combativeness
( )4. reverence d. quandary
( )5. misgiving e. obvious
( )6. belligerence f. skepticism
( )7. palpable g. pastoral
( )8. void h. insistent
( )9. piety i. retaliation
( )10. intrepid j. loyalty
II. Antonyms (10 points, 1point each)
Find the words in Column B which are opposite in meaning to
the words in Column A.
A B
( )1. stale a. steadily
( )2. parasitic b. conscious
( )3. adulation c. unconventional
( )4. soporific d. spoiled
( )5. groggily e. fresh
( )6. anesthetic f. conclude
( )7. stereotyped g. freezing
( )8. sweltering h. independent
( )9. unsullied i. condemnation
( )10. inaugurate j. lively
III. Definition (20 points, 2 points each)
Explain the following words in English.
1. rambler
2. pilgrimage
3. subsidize
4. affluent
5. formidable
6. disarming
7. elusive
8. holocaust
9. intrinsically
10. safari
IV. Figurative speech (16 points,
2 points each)
1. Our planet, unfortunately, is running out of noble savages
and unsullied landscapes. ____________
2. Alice Cooper, America’s singing ghoul, was ending his act.
___________
3. At the same time, my generation was discovering that reforming
the world is a little like fighting a military campaign in
the Apennines, as soon as you capture one mountain range,
another one looms ahead. ____________
4. A vast cloud, shot through with sunlight, was tearing off
the crest of Muhavura
____________
5. Horowita sees the rock music arena as a sort of debating
forum, a place where ideas clash and crash. ____________
6. We came over the crest of the mountains and followed the
sweep of the eagles far down into the valley below, to the
little village of Kisoro at the foot of Muhavura and its neighboring
cone, Mount Mgahinga. ____________
7. Approaching it from the Uganda side you emerge quite suddenly
on to the crest of a mountain pass, and there, all at once,
the scene breaks out before you with the theatricality of
a curtain lifted from a stage. ____________
8. He was the most distinguished and splendid animal I ever
saw and I had only one desire at that moment: to go forward
towards him, to meet him and to know him: to communicate.
_____________
V. Explanation (16 points, 2 points each)
1. A few gentleman farmers with plenty of money can still
escape to the bucolic life—but in general the stream of migration
is flowing the other way.
2. Horowitz sees the rock music arena as a sort of debating
forum, a place where ideas clash and crash.
3. But then fatigue created a kind of mental anesthetic.
4. His bones have been mounted in natural history museums
everywhere, and he has always exerted a strong fascination
upon scientists and romantics alike.
5. It demands patience,
always in short supply.
6. The Beatles showed there was a range of emotions between
love and hate.
7. In extremity he will charge.
8. … but already I was getting beyond caring.
VI. True of
False Questions (16 points, 2 points each)
( )1. The author presented four alternatives for young people
and remained neutral in the argument. (L.2)
( )2. The author’s (the author of Four Choices for Young People)
attitude towards the revolutionists is sarcastic and ironic.
( )3. In the end of Rock Superstars, the author has got all
the complete and satisfactory answers to the questions he
raises in the text.
( )4. The author of A most forgiving ape is eager to see the
gorilla at the very beginning of his journey in Africa.
( )5. Lesson Five, A Most Forgiving Ape (Part Two) is mainly
a description of his fatigue and fear which shows his strong
will.
( )6. Unlike with the other wild beasts, humans feel, when
they see a gorilla, the urge to recognize and communicate
with it. (L.5)
( )7. Nowadays the gorillas are cautiously protected and no
one may legally shoot or capture them. (L.4)
( )8. According to one rock music critic, the teenagers express
their rebellious attitudes through rock music. (L.3)
VII.
Write a brief summary for Lesson 4 and 5 (The Most Forgiving
Ape) in 100 words. (12 Points)
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