Question

A Double Misunderstanding Once before the Iranian revolution,the then President of the United States Jimmy Carter visited Iran. He held a formal talk with the Shah,Pahlevi. As the Shah had an excellent 1        of English,no 2       were needed for the 3       . However,the Shah spoke English with an accent which led to a 4       on a major question,but interestingly enough,Carter,being a southerner,also had his accent and so the misunderstanding turned into a 5       one. This is how it all happened. During their talk Carter 6       a certain African organization and asked the Shah to give an overall (總體的，全面考慮的) appraisal (估計(jì)，評(píng)估) of it. The Shah didn't have a very 7        opinion of the said organization 8        he found it beset (困擾) with many internal problems,so he used the word "impotent (無能力的) "to describe it. The trouble was in pronouncing the word he 9        the 10        on the second syllable and the word 11        like " important" to Carter. As it happened Carter himself thought the organization was a very important one and he felt most 12        that their opinions should " 13       " ，"Yes,I agree that the organization is indeed very important," he repeated to the Shah. Now in his southern accent,the word "important" sounded very much like the word " impotent"，and the Shah too felt most pleased that the President should agree with him. Now of all the people 14        on the occasion,only the then US ambassador 15        Iran,Mr. Sullivan,16       that it was a "double misunderstanding" as he knew the President's and the Shah's different opinions on that African organization and he was also familiar with both men's 17        accents. Naturally he didn't see 18        fit for him to put them 19        on the matter so he kept his mouth shut. He 20       a glance around the room to see if anyone else was enjoying the joke with him and so the matter was allowed to pass.

(   ) 1. A. head   B. master   C. command   D. grasp

(   ) 2. A. interpreter   B. attendant   C. staff   D. waiter

(   ) 3. A. affairs   B. situation   C. condition   D. occasion

(   ) 4. A. misconstruction   B. misunderstanding   C. misconception   D. mistake

(   ) 5. A. double   B. twin   C. two   D. both

(   ) 6. A. mentioned   B. indicated   C. referred   D. remarked

(   ) 7. A. sharp   B. great   C. high   D. influential

(   ) 8. A. though   B. for   C. since   D. as

(   ) 9. A. had   B. put   C. got   D. took

(   ) 10. A. accent   B. pressure   C. stress   D. emphasis

(   ) 11. A. looked   B. seemed   C. felt   D. sounded

(   ) 12. A. relaxed   B. contented   C. comfortable   D. pleased

(   ) 13. A. coincide   B. agree   C. conform   D. correspond

(   ) 14. A. accompany   B. participating   C. present   D. attended

(   ) 15. A. in   B. to   C. for   D. of

(   ) 16. A. recognized   B. realized   C. comprehended   D. conceive

(   ) 17. A. special   B. peculiar   C. particular   D. extraordinary

(   ) 18. A. the thing   B. the matter   C. that   D. it

(   ) 19. A. wise   B. bright   C. clever   D. smart

(   ) 20. A. had   B. gave   C. cast   D. took

Answer 1

 CADBA  ACDBC  DDACB  BBDAC

本文講述了美國前總統(tǒng)吉米•卡特與伊朗總統(tǒng)由于口音的差異造成了認(rèn)同上的誤解。

1. C have a master of不是固定搭配短語；grasp 意為領(lǐng)會(huì)，不符合題意。

2. A根據(jù)句意可知是不需要翻譯，而不是其他。

3. D這一題考查學(xué)生處理上下文的綜合能力，下文有該題的提示。

4. B本篇短文圍繞的主題即"誤解"。此處通過句意的理解可以正確判斷出答案。 miscon?struction是"曲解";misconception是"誤會(huì)"。

5. A從上下文可以看出這是一次雙重誤解。 A項(xiàng)可以較好地表達(dá)出這樣意思。

6. A談話中提及某一非洲組織。 refer要與to 連用;indicate是"指明";remark是"作評(píng)價(jià)"。

7. C have a high opinion of是一固定短語搭配。

8. D此處表示原因。 for只能連接并列關(guān)系的因果，其前常用逗號(hào)與另一句子分開，作為一種補(bǔ)充。 since表原因語氣較弱，常譯為"既然"，不符合此處題意。

9. B "說話時(shí)將重音放在哪一音節(jié)"我們常用put或lay表達(dá)，此處B項(xiàng)為正確答案。

10. C其他幾個(gè)選項(xiàng)不符合本處的短語搭配要求。

11. D此處意為"聽起來"，而ABC選項(xiàng)分別為"看起來"、"似乎是"和"想要"，均不符合題意。

12. D本題考查學(xué)生利用上下文的能力，本題答案下文有提示。

B項(xiàng)contented意思是"滿足的，心安的"。

13. A coincide多用于指觀點(diǎn)、判斷、愿望、利益或興趣的一致或相符。偶爾用于人,強(qiáng)調(diào)意見或觀點(diǎn)完全相同。

agree:側(cè)重指經(jīng)過比較后的所有主要部分均和諧一致，無沖突和矛盾。

conform:強(qiáng)調(diào)在形狀、性格以及主要特點(diǎn)等方面的相似或一致。

correspond:指在進(jìn)行比較時(shí)，兩個(gè)事物在某一個(gè)重要方面或細(xì)節(jié)上互相匹配、一致。

14. C accompany是"陪同、伴隨"；participating 是"參與、一起參加的"，但后面要與in連用;attended是"照料、伺候"。正確答案應(yīng)為C項(xiàng)。

15. B ambassador to a certain country是一個(gè)固定搭配。

16. B此題是意識(shí)到了差錯(cuò)，應(yīng)選用realize; recognize是"認(rèn)出、聽出"之意；comprehend 是"充分理解，領(lǐng)悟"；conceive是"設(shè)想，想出"。

17. B正是兩人奇特的口音而造成這一誤解，而不是其他。

special:是普通用詞，指不同于一般、與眾不同，著重事物的專門性，突出與一般不同。

peculiar:強(qiáng)調(diào)指與眾不同或獨(dú)特的意思。

particular:側(cè)重不同于普遍性的個(gè)性或特殊性。

extraordinary:指極大地超過一般或正常情況。

18. D此處是形式賓語+不定式的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)，即：…it +adj.+ for sb. to do sth.。不能選擇其他來表達(dá)此意。

19. A大使了解其間的奧妙，清楚兩位領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人對(duì)該非洲組織的真正觀點(diǎn)，同時(shí)也知道他們語言方面的欠缺和特點(diǎn)。當(dāng)然，在這樣的場(chǎng)合，大使是不便說什么的了。這是明智之舉。

20. C A項(xiàng)應(yīng)為have a glance at sb. /sth.;B項(xiàng)應(yīng)為give sb. a glance;D項(xiàng)應(yīng)為take a glance at/into/of/over/to等介詞連用。

C項(xiàng)cast a glance at/around是"掃了在場(chǎng)的人員一眼"，符合題意。