智慧树知到《高级英语》章节测试答案

第一章单元测试

1、However intricate the ways in which animals communicate with each other， they do not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation.

A.difficult

B.complicated

C.invalid

D.simple

正确答案：complicated

2、Perhaps it is worth trying to speak it， but it should not be laid down as an edict ， and made immune；to change from below.

A.secure

B.impure

C.odorous

D.revival

正确答案：secure

3、The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively；and even facetiously by the lower classes.

A.Sharp

B.distasteful

C.contemptuous

D.penetrating

正确答案：contemptuous

4、The King'；s English is a model（）a rich and instructive one--but it ought not to be an ultimatum.

A.the general opinion about the character， qualities， etc.

B.state of being in demand

C.something that provokes or annoys

D.final statement of conditions to be accepted

正确答案：final statement of conditions to be accepted

5、It was an Australian who had given her such a definition of "；the King'；s English，"； which produced some rather tart；remarks about what one could expect from the descendants of convicts.

A.different

B.sarcastic

C.loaded

D.special

正确答案：sarcastic

6、One could have expected that it would be about then that the phrase would be coineD.

A.happened

B.coincided

C.comforted

D.invented

正确答案：invented

7、After five centuries of growth， o1f tussling；with the French of the Normans and the Angevins and the Plantagenets and at last absorbing it， the conquered in the end conquered；the conqueror.

A.have a hard struggle or fight

B.raise to a higher grad

C.come to a lower level or state

D.make the greatest possible use of

正确答案：have a hard struggle or fight

8、When E.M.Forster writes of “the sinister；corridor of our age”， we sit up at the vividness of the phrase， the force and even terror in the image.

A.not pretended

B.suggesting evil

C.happening；in the same time

D.giving orders

正确答案：suggesting evil

9、Suddenly they see the moment for one of their best anecdotes， but in a flash the conversation has moved on and the opportunity is lost.

A.short amusing story

B.long tedious talk

C.uninteresting writing

D.exciting information