超星 - 1--Review test 4 NIGHT WATCH - 查题吧

单选题

In the sentence below, the word relayed means“Someone at the hospital called the Red Cross office in Brooklyn, and a request for the boy to rush to Brooklyn was relayed to the Red Cross director of the North Carolina Marine Corps camp.” (Paragraph 3)

A. hidden.
B. passed along.
C. made a gift.
D. ignored.

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In the sentence below, the words enable him mean“He was rushed to the airport in time to catch the one plane that might enable him to reach his dying father.” (Paragraph 3)

A. stop him.
B. encourage him.
C. know him.
D. make him able.

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In the excerpt below, the word sedated means“ ‘Your son is here,’ she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened. Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young man . . . ” (Paragraph 5)

A. spoken loudly.
B. wide awake.
C. armed.
D. drugged with a pain reliever.

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In the excerpt below, the word dimly means“She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened. Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young man . . . ” (Paragraph 5)

A. clearly.
B. unclearly.
C. rarely.
D. often.

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In the sentence below, the word limp means“The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man’s limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement.” (Paragraph 5)

A. lacking firmness and strength.
B. equally tough.
C. long.
D. bleeding.

单选题

A clue to the meaning of limp in the sentence above is the antonym

A. toughened.
B. old.
C. message.
D. love.

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In the excerpt below, the word oblivious means“Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was there. His full attention was on the dying man, and he was oblivious of her and of the night noises of the hospital…” (Paragraph 7)

A. mindful.
B. bothered.
C. unaware.
D. informed.

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In the excerpt below, the word condolence means“She started to offer words of condolence for his loss…”

A. excuse.
B. bitterness.
C. surprise.
D. sympathy.

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In the excerpt below, the word startled means“Who was that man?” he asked. “He was your father,” she answered, startled. (Paragraphs 9-10)

A. very pleased.
B. with admiration.
C. angry.
D. surprised.

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In the sentence below the words uniquely human means“And he proved, in a uniquely human way, that there are people who care what happens to their fellow human beings.” (Paragraph 15)

A. impossible for humans.
B. scary to humans.
C. done only by humans.
D. sudden by human standards.

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