quiz14

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

1.…we shall be fortifi ed and encouraged in our efforts to rescue mankind from his

tyranny.

A. multiply by forty B. strengthen C. a stronghold D. fortress

2.…if Hitler imagines that his attack on Soviet Russia will cause the slightest

divergence of aims or slackening of effort in the great democracies who are

resolved upon his doom… A. grave B. sepulchral C. terrible fate D. barge

3.His invasion of Russia is no more than a prelude to an attempted invasion of the

British Isles.

A. introductory movement B. advance C. tyranny D. end

4.…and that he can overwhelm Great Britain before the Fleet and airport of the

United States may intervene.

A. invade B. aggression C. intermezzo D. interfere

5.It excels all forms of human wickedness in the efficiency of its cruelty and

ferocious aggression. A. brutish B. malicious C. benign D. obedient

6.We are resolve d to destroy Hitler and every vestige of the Nazi regime.

A. solve B. settle C. revolve D. determine

7.He hopes, no doubt, that all this may be accomplish ed before the winter comes…

A. accompany B. achieve C. compliment D. complement

8.…without distinction of race, creed, or party. A. distinct B. distinguished C. difference D. instinct

II. Translate the following sentences into English:

1.邱吉尔说：“告诉斯大林，英国只有一个愿望——击败希特

勒。”

_____________________________________________________________________ 2.在那个国家只有百分之九的人是文盲。

_____________________________________________________________________ 3.他们别无选择，只好依靠他的努力了。

_____________________________________________________________________ 4.很明显，日本侵略者企图使那个地区的人民屈服于他们的统治。

_____________________________________________________________________ 5.劳动力市场的发展也是这样：即使萧条期结束，失业率还是不断攀升。

_____________________________________________________________________ 6.总统本人也知道，他可以依靠该地区大多数非洲及阿拉伯领袖的支持来同国

际刑事法庭相抗衡。

_____________________________________________________________________ 7.他当时谈到了通过降息来实现这一目标。

_____________________________________________________________________ 8.他陷入了对过去的渴望而不能自拔。

_____________________________________________________________________ 9.作为，我们就像一个家庭一样，对于该把钱花在哪里，该在哪方面节省

开支，不得不做出艰难的抉择。

_____________________________________________________________________ 10.你得设法让他俯首帖耳，否则的话你就完了。

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Key I. 1. B 2. C

3. A 4. D 5. A 6. D 7.B 8.C II.

1.Churchill said, “Tell Stalin that Britain has but one desire —to crush Hitler”.

2.Only 9% of the population in that country remains illiterate. 3.This leaves them no choice but to rely on his efforts. 4.It is clear that the Japanese invaders were trying to put the people in that region

under their domination.

5.The same is true of labor-market developments: even once the recession ends,

unemployment continues to rise .

6.The President himself knows that he can count on the support of most African

and Arab leaders in the region in resisting the ICC. 7.He spoke then of cutting rates to achieve this goal. 8.He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past.

9.Just as a family has to make hard choices about where to spend and where to save,

so do we as a government.

10.You’d better manage to subjugate him. Otherwise it will be all over with you.