高教版大学英语泛读教程2(第三版)自测 Reading Master 2_Test Ba

Unit 2 Child’s Play

A. Vocabulary

Directions:Pick the most appropriate synonym for each word from the box below.

1.sins

2. bid

3.frightening

4.ridicule

5. dim-witted

6. eccentric

Directions: Choose the best answer to the following questions.

7. During the play, Susan had forgotten some her lines so she just made most of them up as she went

along. The use of made up is closest in meaning to which of the following?

a. create

b. apply cosmetics

c. decide

d. put in order

8. Five fantastic fairies fished for frogs is an example of which literary device?

a. onomatopoeia

b. alliteration

c. hyperbole

d. simile

9.The an onomatopoeic word to describe a baseball that has just missed you head is which of the following?

a. boom

b. buzz

c. swish

d. whiz

B. Grammar

10.My dad was an break dancer when he was a teenager; he even won a

competition.

a. amazed

b. amazingly

c. amazing

d. amazes

11.It was that even though Gus had not studied, he received an A- on the midterm

exam.

a. ironic

b. irony

c. ironically

d. ironies

12.Sherlock Holmes knew that there was something evil about the man dressed in a

smoky dark hat and suit.

a. instincts

b. instinct

c. instinctive

d. instinctively

13. Santa Claus laughed out loud with a Ho HoHo as he flew away in his sleigh.

a. hearts

b. heart

c. heartily

d. hearty

14. David thought the smell of stinky tofu was so that he decided to decline the free

sample.

a. repulses

b. repulsive

c. repulsively

d. repulsed

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C. Reading Comprehension

Directions: Read the excerpt from, Roald Dahl: The Author Who Understood Children inUnit 2. The excerpt mentions several books by Roald Dahl. Match the book titles (A-D) to the statements (15-16) that someone might make about the characters or content in them.

15. It’s not really possible to do that just by thinking.

16. If I ate that, I’d get really sick!

17. She wasn’t really getting smaller.

18. They aren’t actually human.

19. What awful parents!

20. They have no right to make fun of a child.

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