高级英语9 Mark Twain--课外练习.doc

Mark Twain --- Mirror of America Ⅰ. Word explanation1. range?? A. to launch?? B. to wander?? C. to seek?? D. to wonder2. cruise?? A. voyage?? B. crowd?? C. cloud?? D. boat3. profound?? A. perfect?? B. deep?? C. proud?? D. desirable4. frailty?? A. weakness?? B. stiffness?? C. frugality?? D. fracture5. core?? A. centre?? B. thread?? C. edge?? D. front6. obsess?? A. to process?? B. to observe?? C. to preoccupy?? D. to absorb7. attest?? A. to prove?? B. to arrest?? C. to attend?? D. to progress8. cosmos?? A. custom?? B. system?? C. universe?? D. course 9. slum?? A. a piece of ground going up or down?? B. a city area of dirty, poor living condition?? C. an area of soft wet land?? D. the entire tract of country drained by a river10. perception?? A. understanding?? B. conception?? C. entrance?? D. percentage11. rebuff?? A. to puff?? B. to oppose?? C. to refuse?? D. to reprove12. debunk?? A. to retell?? B. to expose?? C. to impress?? D. to describe13. flirt?? A. to fling over?? B. to play with?? C. to throw away?? D. to point at14. ingenuity?? A. stupidity?? B. reality?? C. cleverness?? D. truth15. deplore?? A. to look for?? B. to ask for?? C. to be in lack of?? D. to be sorry about16. long and tiring?? A. scathing?? B. cynical?? C. tedious?? D. abundant 17. good, strong, quick at understanding?? A. keen?? B. revered?? C. earnest?? D. puritanical18. the state of intellectually deceived or misled?? A. vanish?? B. ambition?? C. illusion?? D. dreary19. importance with respect to power to produce an effect（having important effects or influence）?? A. consequence?? B. sultan?? C. clamour?? D. providence20. a prevailing tendency or inclination?? A. epidemic?? B. trend?? C. gratitude?? D. climaxⅡ.Replace each underlined part with one word learnt in the text, the first letter of which is given:1. You cant expect him too much. He is just a teenager.　　　j 2. The naughty boy of ten got