第十二章单元测试
What is the meaning of “kneel down” in the sentence: “Looking back, we may literally kneel down in front of the wisdom of our ancestors.”
“Taking the basic need of our lives, the fire, for example, people used to grind wood to get fire before they had the idea of using this device—火折子.” This is a structure of______________ .
In this part, there are sentences like: “To survive, we innovate”, “To improve convenience, we innovate”, “To be more efficient, we innovate”. What kind of figure of speech is this kind of structure?
What is the meaning of “serve its purpose” and “every step of the way” in the sentence “From animal skin to linen, from cambric (麻布) to silk and cotton and to the various kinds of materials today, innovation served its purpose every step of the way.”
What is the meaning of “put one’s foot down” in the sentence “The same thing also happened to Guo Degang(郭德纲), a famous cross-talk performer who really put his foot down and innovated the way cross-talk performs.”
The examples of Wang Peiyu (王珮瑜) and Guo Degang (郭德纲) are used to ___________ with each other.
What is the meaning of “jump in with both feet” in the sentence: “The successful reality TV show programs The King of Comedy and The King of Crossover Singer state the fact that even the entertainment industry is glad to jump into the 'Crossover' trend with both feet.”
What is the meaning of “think outside the box” in the sentence: “Remember, always be curious, always think outside the box, always look for opportunities, always be prepared and look to the future.”
Which of the following sentences shows the same meaning of “manifest” as in the sentence: “The concept is manifesting itself through all the developments in our daily life: big data, quantum computing, robotics, artificial intelligence, 3-D printing, nanotechnology, biotechnology, new energies…”?
Which of the following sentences shows the same meaning of “come down to” as in the sentence: “It all comes down to material initiation and spiritual motivation.”?
A:be on one’s knees B:be subdued and overpowered C:take a bow D:show respect and admiration
答案:show respect and admiration
A:
compare and contrast (比较与对比)
B:parallelism (平行结构) C:quotation (引用) D:exemplification (举例)A:parallelism B:exemplification C:compare and contrast D:quotation
A:provide service / in somebody’s way B:provide people with something they need / with all the sequences of foot movements C:perform a particular function / along the flat surfaces in one's way
D:play its role / throughout the process
A:to make a car go faster B:
say very firmly/be very firm that someone must do something
C:be low profile D:putting one’s feet on the ground
A:compare B:debate C:compete D:contrast
A:
put oneself in someone's shoes
B:plummet from the sky C:put one’s heart and soul into doing something D:do things recklesslyA:be casted aside B:miss home C:contemplate outside a confined room D:break free from convention
A:Everyone can see the manifest failure of the policies. B:The virus needs two weeks to manifest itself. C:Each passenger must be manifested correctly D:There may be unrecognized cases of manifest injustice of which we are unaware.
A:What I want now is two volunteers to come down to the front. B:He had come down to begging when his father found him. C:Walter Crowley says the problem comes down to money. D:“Why not come down to The Fair,” he suggested, “next Tuesday?”
