高级英语自考课后题答案大全

“那恐怕不容易吧?” “是不容易，夫人。邻近各州——得克萨斯、阿肯色、密西西比、亚拉巴马以及其余各州都会密切注意搜寻一辆损坏得像你们那辆一样的汽车。” 公爵夫人沉思起来。“有没有可能先修理一下呢?如果能把车子悄悄修理一下，我们会出大价钱。” 探长使劲摇着头。“那样的话，还不如现在就去警察局投案自首。路易斯安那州境内的每一家修车铺都已接到通知，一旦发现像你们那样需要修理的汽车送来修理，立即向警方报告。他们也都会照办的，你们的事谁都知道。” “你说警方拿到了我们车上掉下来的一件东西，它叫什么来着？” “框圈。” “它会成为追查的线索吗?” 欧吉维肯定地点了点头。“他们能查出它是从什么样的汽车上掉下来的——生产厂家，车型，也许还能查出出厂年份，或者是大致的出厂时间。那车灯玻璃碎片也可以起到同样作用。但由于你们的车子是外国的，查起来可能得花几天的工夫。” “几天过后，”她追问道，“警方就会知道他们要找的是一辆美洲虎吗?” “我想是这样。” 今天是星期二。从这家伙所讲的情况看来，他们最多只能拖到星期五或星期六。公爵夫人冷静地盘算了一番：现在需要解决的是一个关键的问题。假使买通了这个旅馆侦探，他们唯一的一个机会——一个渺茫的机会——就在于迅速将汽车弄走。若能弄到北方某个大城市里去，那儿人们不知道新奥尔良发生的这起车祸和警方的搜查行动，车子可以在那里悄悄修好，这样罪证也就消灭了。那么，即使以后再怀疑到克罗伊敦夫妇头上，也找不到什么真凭实据。但车子如何才能弄走呢? 毫无疑问，这个粗俗愚笨的侦探说的是真话：要想把车子开到北方，沿途所要经过的各州都会像路易斯安那州一样警惕和注意的，所有的公路巡警都会留心注意一辆前灯撞破、框圈掉落的车子，也许还会设有路障。要想不被某个目光锐利的警察抓到，谈何容易。 但这还是有可能做得到的，只要能够趁着黑夜行车，而白天里将汽车隐藏起来。有许多偏僻地方远离公路，不会受人注意。这样做可能要冒风险，但总比在这里坐等受擒要强些。也许有些乡间小路可走，为掩人耳目，他们可以选择一条不大会有人走的路线。 但还存在其他的一些复杂问题„„现在该对那些问题加以考虑了。走偏僻小路必须要熟悉地形才行，克罗伊敦夫妇可不熟悉地形，而且他们俩对地图都不怎么在行。另外，行车途中不能不停车加油，停车加油时他们的言谈举止都有可能暴露自己的身分而引起别人注意。不过„„这些险是非冒不可的。 真的非冒不可吗? 公爵夫人面对着欧吉维。“你要多少钱?” 这突如其来的问话把他吓了一跳。“唔„„我想你们家是非常有钱的。” 她冷冷地说：“我只问你要多少。” 那对猪眼睛眨巴了一下。“一万美元。” 尽管这数目比她所预料的多了一倍，她却不动声色。“倘若我们真付了这样一笔巨款，我们能得到什么样的回报呢?” 大胖子似乎被这话问糊涂了。“我已经说过，我可以对自己知道的一切守口2 如瓶。” “我们若是不付钱呢?” 他耸了耸肩。“我就下楼到门厅里去，拿起电话。” “不，”话说得斩钉截铁。“我们不会付钱给你。” 克罗伊敦公爵不安地移动着身子，探长那圆滚滚的肉脸涨得通红。“你听着，夫人„„” 她蛮横地打断他的话。“我不要听你的，你给我听着。”她目光紧紧盯住他的脸，同时她那漂亮、高颧骨的俏脸上展出一副霸道的神态。“我们即使付钱给你也得不到什么好处，顶多也只是拖延几天时间罢了。你把这一点已经讲得很清楚了。” “这对你们可是一个难得的机会„„” “住口!”她眼睛死死地盯住他，厉声呵斥道。他忍气吞声，满脸不高兴地住口了。 克罗伊敦公爵夫人知道，接下来的行动也许会是她一生中所作出的最重大的决定。决不能因自己的见识有限而出半点差错，决不能优柔寡断或举棋不定。要想赢大钱，就得下大注。她想利用这大肥佬的贪心大赌一场，而且恰到好处，使结果能保证万元一失。 她果断地宣布，“我们不会付给你一万美元，但我们会付给你二万五千美元。” 探长的眼珠子都鼓起来了。 “作为回报，”她不动声色地继续说道，“你得将我们的汽车开到北方。” 欧吉维依然是一副目瞪口呆的样子。 “二万五千美元，”她重复道。“现在先付一万，等你到芝加哥与我们碰面时再付一万五。” 大胖子舔了舔自己的嘴唇，依然一言未发，那双圆圆的小眼睛似乎不相信似的直盯住她的双眼。一阵沉默。 后来，在她目不转睛的逼视下，他微微点了一下头。 场面还是一片寂静。最后还是欧吉维开了腔：“这支雪茄让您讨厌了吧，公爵夫人?” 她点了点头，他随即将它掐灭了。习题全解 I . 1)Yes, he did, because he wanted to make them more anxious. 2)Because she didn't like her maid and secretary to know what they would talk to the detective. 3)Because he thought that he knew their secret and that he was in an advantageous position. 4)She found a note made but not destroyed by her husband. 5)He found that on the night the couple entered the hotel through the basement instead of the lobby, both very much shaken. 6)A brush trace is a mark left on something when lightly touched or rubbed. 7)Ogilvie came to talk with them rather than go to report to the police. 8)They had to spend one day or two investigating in the suburban areas. 9)Because every repair shop had been told to report to the police when a car needing fixing like theirs came in. 10)She thought that was safe for them by making use of the detective's avidity. 11)Originally, the detective asked for ten thousand only to keep silent and not to report to the police. But now the Duchess was asking him to drive their car north and she was ready to offer such a large sum. She knew the detective was greedy. Given so much money, he would do as she told him to. 12)Yes, Ogilvie accepted the Duchess' offer.Ⅱ . 1)The house detective's small narrow eyes looked her up and down scornfully from his fat face with a heavy jowl. 2)This is a pretty nice room that you have got. 3)The fat body shook in a chuckle because the man was enjoying the fact that he could afford to do whatever he liked and also he was appreciating the fact that the Duchess knew why he had come. 4)He had an unnaturally high-pitched voice. now, he lowered the pitch. When he spoke 5)Ogilvie spat out the words, throwing away his politeness. pretended 6)The Duchess was supported by her arrogance coming from parents of noble families with a history of three centuries and a half. She wouldn't give up easily. 7)It's no use. What you did just now was a good attempt at trying to save the situation. 8) "That's more acceptable," Ogilvie said. He lit another cigar, "Now we're making some progress. " 9)...he looked at the Duchess sardonically as if he wanted to see if she dared to object to his smoking. 10)The house detective made noises with his tongue to show his disapproval. Ⅲ. See the translation of the text.IV. 1)advertisement 2)brassiers 3)doctor 4)refrigerator 5)gymnasium 6)high fidelity(radio, photography, etc. ) 7) intercommunication system 8)liberation 9)memorandum 10)microphone 11)modern 12)permanent wave 13)poliomyelitis 14)popular-song 15)preparatory (school) 16)professor 17)sister 18)television 19)veterinarian 20)zoologicalV. 1)a half-finished letter 2)a half-closed window 3)a piece of half-baked bread 4) a half-turned body 5) a well-appointed hotel 6)well-behaved pupils 7)well-chosen words 8)well-fed children 9)well-informed sources (people) 10) high-flown languageVI. 1)sound (v.) His words sound lofty and pretentious. 2)figure (v.) Commerce figures largely in the prosperity of the city. 3)go (n.) He is always on the go from early morning till late at night. 4)try (n.) He didn't succeed in his first try, but he kept on jumping. 5)dust (v.) They are dusting 6)square(v. ) He squared his the crops with insecticide. shoulders to show his determination． 7)good(n．)Overworking yourself will do more harm than good． 8)head(v．)On hearing that，he headed straight for the gate without looking back． 9)make(n．)I don't like a bicycle of this make． 10)reason(v．)If you reason from false premises．how can you expect the conclusion to be sound?Ⅶ.1)real 2)of no use／useless 3)are making some progress／ are accomplishing something 4)explain it exactly and in detail 5)what happens 6)deduce/reason out 7)started for 8)upset 9)a quick examination or inspection 10)need／occasion 11)observes／notices 12)bribed 13)wealthy／well— to—doⅧ.1)surveyed 2)gaze 3)swept 4)flipped 5)chuckled 6) shot out 7)spat forth these words8)sprang to her feet 9)clasped lO)swung around 11)detect 12)staredⅨ. 1)sardonic重在嘲讽，sarcastic重在嘲笑。 2)self-confidence意为依靠自己的力量；self-assurance指过于相信自己的能力，带贬义，可指自负。 3)accuse可用于正式场合，也可用于非正式场合，可用于官方，也可用于私人;charge指正式控告，到法院控告某人。 4)tired指疲劳或疲倦；weary指厌倦，不能或不愿继续下去。 5)leisurely意为不紧不慢地或从容不迫地。 6)oblige指为……帮忙；help意义广泛得多。 7)discreetly意为保持沉默，不让别人知道。 8)racing指脑筋在飞快地转动，quick指的是反应快，聪明(quick—minded)。 9)tense和nervous都表示害怕、担心；tense还可指焦虑不安,神经上紧张。在这里，用tense暗示公爵不是一个生性紧张的人，而是当时焦虑不安和害怕。 10)eventuality指可能出现的结果，possibility指可能出现的事情。 11)respite指延期、推迟或短时间的休息；relief指解除痛苦、疲劳、忧虑等之后的轻松。 12)vacillate指思想一时动摇，拿不定主意；indecisiveness则指人优柔寡断的性格。Ⅹ． 1)sleep 2)work 3)the moment 4)thought 5)a doubt 6)time 7)labour 8)perspiration 9)music lO)mind 11) steel 12)events 13)laughter 14)refusalⅪ． 1)他从不会被出乎意料的问题难倒。 2)明年他们将生产更多的稻米。 3)这事真难办。(或：这事真糟。) 4)他跃跃欲试。 5)这位老人仍然精力充沛。 6)这个小店出售花哨的小商品。 7)你想喝点什么? 8)这个男孩正在猛长个儿。 9)这个女孩是个神枪手。 10)这两位大人物进行了私下会晤。 11)我们被安排在招待所里过夜。 12)他发现自己陷入了困境。 13)突然我想到了一个主意。 14)他的科学幻想小说在美国轰动一时。Ⅻ． 1)There is no call for hurry．Take your time． 2)Are you suggesting that I am telling a lie? 3)He tried every means to conceal the fact． 4)Our chance to succeed is very slim．Nevertheless we shall do our utmost． 5)We will have our meeting at 10 tomorrow morning unless notified otherwise． 6)Neither of us is adept at figures． 7)Would it be possible to reach that place before dark assuming we set out at 5 o'clock(in the morning)? 8)He was reluctant to comply with her request. 9)I know you are from the South. Your accent has betrayed you. 10)We have no alternative in this matter.XIII. Omitted. XIV. Summary The Duke and the Duchess occupy a luxurious suite in a large hotel in New Orleans. On Monday evening while driving with his wife from a gambling house, the Duke knocks down a woman and her child. Both are killed. The Duke and the Duchess, however, drive away. The hit-and-run becomes top sensational news in the city. The hotel's chief house detective Ogilvie notices the battered car when it comes back. He does not go to report this to the police, instead, he comes to the couple's suite and has a talk with them. He promises to keep quiet about what he knows and asks for a large sum of money in return for the favour. The Duke, now totally at a loss as to what to do, has to let his wife handle the problem. The Duchess, a clever woman, first pretends to know nothing about what the detective says and denies the fact that they have killed the woman and the girl, but later admits it after the detective has produced a lot of evidence. She understands that to get themselves out of this mess, the car has to be driven out of the south where people are alerted about the hit-and-run. So she offers to pay Ogilvie twice more than he has asked on condition that he drives the ear to Chicago up in th