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全国
2014
年
4
月高等教育自学考试
综合英语
(
二
)
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课程代码：
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I. GRAMMARAND VOCABULARY
Complete each of the following 15
sentences with the most likely answer. Blacken the
letter corresponding to your choice
on
the answer sheet. (1 point each, 15 points in all)
1. Mr. Johnson ______ rather not invest
that money in the stock market.
A.
should
B. could
C. would
D. must
2. Americans eat ______ vegetables per
person today as they did in 1910.
A.
more than twice many
B. as
twice as many
C. as many as twice
D. twice as many
3. In 1900, the energy derived from
burning petroleum was only four percent ______ of
coal.
A. that
B.
this
C. what
D.
which
4. Many patients insist on having
watches with them in hospital, ______ they have no
schedules to keep.
A. since
B. even though
C. so
D. as if
5. In
summer, she would sit in the garden enjoying the
fresh air and the smell of the things she ______.
A. was planting
B. had planted
C. has
planted
D. would plant
6. There ______ nothing more for
discussion, the meeting ended earlier than
expected.
A. to be
B. to have been
C. being
D. be
7. ______
we can hope for is to avoid complete failure in
the coming game with that strong team.
A. For the best
B. With the best
C. At best
D. The best
8.
While crossing the mountain area, all the men
carried guns lest they ______ by wild animals.
A. should be attacked
B. must be attacked
C. could
be attacked
D. would be
attacked
9. Her talent and experience
______ her to the respect of her colleagues.
A. authorized
B.
qualified
C.
deserved
D.
entitled
10. Those who change mobile
phones too frequently will have to pay for being
______.
A. graceful
B. fashionable
C. popular
D. perfect
11.
We hoped to be able to move into our new house at
the end of the month, but things
didn
’
t ______ as we
expected.
A. work out
B. move out
C. get out
D. carry out
12.
On arriving home, the boy told his parents about
all the ______ which occurred in his dormitory.
A. occasions
B.
affairs
C. incidents
D. issues
13. He complained
to the bookseller that there were several pages
______ in the book.
A. losing
B. missing
C.
dropping
D. lacking
14. Jeans are so hot these days that
big name stars appear on TV advertising for their
______ brands.
A. favorite
B. unique
C. permanent
D. intimate
15.
In order to buy a new car, you should at least
______ one hundred dollars a week.
A.
put out
B. put forward
C. put up
D. put aside
II. CLOZE
Fill in each of the 15 blanks in the
passage with the most likely answer. Blacken the
letter corresponding to your choice
on
the answer sheet. (1 point each, 15 points in all)
Without transportation, there could be
no trade. Without trade, there could be no towns
and cities. Towns and cities
are
traditionally the
16
centers
of
civilization. Therefore, transportation helps make
civilization
17
practical
.
Throughout
most of the prehistoric period, people lived by
hunting, fishing, and
18
growing
wild plants. They
had
no
beasts
of
burden,
wheeled
vehicles,
or
roads.
People
traveled
19
on
foot
and
carried
their
infants
and
belongings strapped to their backs or
heads. Loads too heavy for one person to carry
were strapped to a pole and carried by
two people.
20
All the while
, people learned that they could drag loads along
the ground on sledges. During late prehistoric
times, people began to build sledges
with runners.
When
people
developed
agriculture
and
began
to
establish
21.
permanent
settlements,
trade
between
settlements
started to develop, which created a
need for better
22
means
of transportation. The donkey and the
ox, which had
been tamed for food
products and farm work, helped
23
meet
this need. The use of
donkeys and oxen as beasts of
burden
enabled people to
24
move
heavier loads than they
could before.
People also began to
develop water transportation during prehistoric
times. They built rafts of such
25
materials
as logs
or reeds. Later,
people learned
26
how
to make dugouts and canoes. People
paddled these early craft with their hands
or propelled them with paddles or
27
poles
.
The wheel was invented about 3500 B.C.
and sailboat about 3200 B.C. Wheeled vehicles and
sailing vessels
28
initiated
transportation. But the
speed of transportation improved only
29
slightly
over the centuries.
Inventors
produced
the
first
engine-
30
powered
vehicles
during
the
late
1700
’
s
and
the
early
1800
’
s.
This
development marked the
beginning of a revolution in transportation that
has continued to the present.
16. A.
highlights
B. pinpoints
C. headquarters
D. centers
17. A.
possible
B. acceptable
C. practical
D. typical
18.
A. growing
B. gathering
C.
watering
D. moving
19. A. in turn
B. at ease
C. on foot
D. for fun
20
. A. All the
while
B. For a
while
C. In time
D. On time
21.
A. temporary
B. permanent
C. regular
D. steady
22 A. knowledge
B. judgment
C.
standards
D. means
23. A. recognize
B. develop
C.
meet
D. reduce
24. A. bear
B.
move
C. share
D. lift
25.
A. materials
B. styles
C. items
D.
types
26. A. where
B. when
C.
how
D. as
27.
A.
poles
B. sails
C. currents
D. winds
28. A. demonstrated
B. revolutionized
C. witnessed
D. initiated
29.
A. considerably
B. continuously
C. swiftly
D.
slightly
30. A. powered
B. controlled
C.
oriented
D. related
III. PARAPHRASING
Choose the
closest paraphrased version after each of the
following sentences or the italicized part.
Blacken the letter
corresponding to
your choice on the answer sheet. (1 point each, 10
points in all)
31.
This
is
a
deflation
of
our
pretensions
,
to
be
sure,
but
it
is
also
the
opening
up
to
our
view
of
a
vast
and
awesome
universe.
A. This makes us
feel flattered, ...
B. This makes us
feel less arrogant, ...
C. This is a
lack of trust in our honesty, ...
D.
This is a lack of respect for our dignity, ...
32. When you stay in a new environment
for a while, you move to stage
two
—
the crisis
stage
—
in which
the shine wears off
and day-
to-day realities sink in
.
A.
...your interest begins to disappear and you find
life dull.
B. ...the brilliant light
goes off and you have nothing to hope for in life.
C. ...the bright color fades and life
changes too quickly for you to adapt to.
D. ...your excitement dies out and you
have to face unpleasant aspects of life.
33. The old woman did not want to
become a burden, and so bore her burden.
A. The old woman took the
responsibility to support herself, for she hated
to bother and depend on others.
B.
Being tired of being a burden on others, the old
woman started to take care of herself.
C. Instead of becoming a burden on
others, the old woman had to take care of others.
D. Despite her will not to bother
others, the old woman became their burden.
34. How do you go about making a boy
into a zero?
A. How can you make a boy
interested in nothing?
B. What do you
do if a boy gets a zero in his exam?
C.
How is it possible to turn a boy into a total
failure?
D. What does it mean to a boy
if he is nobody in school?
35. Now, I
didn
’
t have to say that ...
if you ask me,
it showed a lot of
humility on my part to say a thing like
that
when, after
all, I have
got a career of my own to consider...
A. ...I said that at the cost of my own
reputation...
B. ...I wouldn’t
have
said that if I had thought for
myself...
C. ...only a modest person
like me could say something like that...
D. ...as a person with self-respect, I
wouldn
’
t say that kind of
thing...
36.
“
It
’
s
not so much what my husband
says,
”
a tearful wife
confides,
“
as the way he
says it
. Why does he have to yell at
me?
”
A. The way he says it is as important
as what he says.
B. What he says
matters more than the way he says it.
C. It is the way he says it rather than
what he says that hurts me.
D. It is
what he says rather than the way he says it that
hurts me.
37. But try to break it [the
difficult situation the family had to face] gently
to Laura.