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第1学期 高级英语（第一册）A卷 ? Directions: 1.?? Write all your answers on the Answer Sheet. 2.?? You must hand in both your test book and your Answer Sheet. ? I. Vocabulary: Choose the appropriate word to fill in the blank. You may have to change the form of the word in some sentences. (10%) 1.?? If the work were done ________ we could pay well.silent discreet careful secret 2. As the offender ________ his crime, he was dealt with leniently.admit confess 3.? As a result, the nerves of the Duke and Duchess were frayed when the _______ buzzer of the outer door eventually sounded.silent mute 4.?? Several strong men were needed to open and close the _______ gates to the castle.massive huge great big gigantic 5. The house detective took his time, ________ puffing a cloud of blue cigar smoke.leisurely slowly unhurriedly 6.?? To ask what the _______ of computers are is like asking what are the applications of electricity.usage application practice 7. Most Americans remember Mark Twain as the father of Huck Finns idyllic cruise through _______ boyhood.endless permanent eternal 8.? It would be ______, but no more than waiting here for certain detectionperilous hazardous parlous chancy 9.?? It grows louder and more _____ until you round a corner and see a fairyland of dancing flashes, as the burnished copper catches the light of _____ lamps and braziers.distinct, innumerable clear, countless distinct, numerable 10.???I was offered my teaching job back but I ________. Later I became a geologist for an oil company.refused rejected declined 11.? I was again crushed by the thought that I stood on the _______ of the first atomic bombardment.spot site place area 12.?? Just as the Industrial Revolution took over a(n) _________ range of tasks from men’s muscles and enormously expanded productivity, so the microcomputer is rapidly assuming huge burdens of drudgery