全国2012年10月自考综合英语(一)试题(课程代码：00794)

 
全国2012年10月高等教育自学考试
综合英语(一)试题
课程代码：00794
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选择题部分
注意事项：
1. 答题前，考生务必将自己的考试课程名称、姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔填写在答题纸规定的位置上。
2. 每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试题卷上。
 
I．语法和词汇填空。阅读下面的句子或对话，从A、B、C和D四个选项中选出一个能
 填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项的字母涂黑。（本大题共20小题，每小
 题1分，共20分）
 1. There has been ____growth in industry this year than there should have been.
 A. much                                                       B. most
 C. little                                                         D. less
2. When you expect too much of others, you are ____ to become disappointed.
 A. timely                                                      B. probable
 C. likely                                                       D. possible
3. It is necessary ____ technical training for all the new employees.
 A. to provide                                                 B. to be provided
 C. providing                                                  D. being provided
4. The mass media keep us well ____ of what is happening in the world which
 would otherwise remain unknown.
 A. concerned                                                 B. exposed
 C. acquainted                                                D. informed
 5. She____ blame other people for her troubles than admit her own mistakes.
 A. would rather                                             B. had better
 C. prefers to                                                  D. has to
 6. Problems may come up when people have no ____of the law.
 A. message                                                    B. knowledge
 C. information                                               D. intelligence
 7. You have little chance of getting the job____ you have professional training.
 A. unless                                                       B. as if
 C. in case                                                      D. so that
 8. The Eight O’clock News will have a(n)____ report of the important meeting in Paris.
 A. live                                                          B. alive
 C. living                                                       D. lively
 9. Mary ran ____ one of her college teachers in the supermarket yesterday.
 A. out                                                           B. across
 C. over                                                         D. by
10. To everyone’s disappointment, his plan failed ____ all his efforts.
 A. in spite of                                                 B. as a result of
 C. for the sake of                                           D. in the interest of
11. She lost her job, and ____ made matters worse was that her husband became ill and bedridden.
 A. it                                                             B. that
 C. what                                                         D. which
12. His lecture helped us better understand the ____ of religion on society.
  A. contribution                                            B. influence
 C. connection                                                D. separation
13. The adult education center didn’t offer any art courses, and ____.
 A. so did the museum                                     B. the museum did so
 C. neither did the museum                              D. the museum did neither
14. They discussed the problem several times, but came to no ____.
 A. ending                                                      B. way
 C. judgment                                                  D. conclusion
15. The international language known as Esperanto ____ to be simple and logical, with a flexible vocabulary and an easy grammar.
 A. e designed                                                B. was designed
 C. designed                                                   D. to be designed
16. Some critics say that only wealthy people will ____ from the tax cuts.
 A. benefit                                                     B. obtain
 C. earn                                                         D. acquire
1 7. He looked so tired this morning. He____ late last night.
  A. must stay up                                            B. must have stayed up
 C. was staying up                                           D. has stayed up
18.____ peace finally came in 1945 was he able to go back to work.
 A. It was when                                              B. It was not until
 C. Only when                                                D. Only if
19. She told him how she managed to bring him food, without which he____ of hunger.
 A. died                                                         B. had died
 C. was dying                                                 D. would have died
  20. It is reported that the police have finally ___ in catching the murderer.
 AL. won                                                       B. completed
 C. managed                                                   D. succeeded
II．阅读理解。认真阅读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容从A、B、C和D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项的字母涂黑。（本大题共1 0小题，每小题2 分，共20分）
Passage 1
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非选择题部分
注意事项：
用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题纸上，不能答在试题卷上。
III．用国际音标标出下列单词中划线字母或字母组合的读音。
 （本大题共20小题，每小题0.5分，共1 0分）（注意：使用新式或老式音标均可）
31. project                                                      32. oxygen
33. avenue                                                      34. various
35. dishonest                                                   36. productive
3 7. wild                                                         38. surely
39. paragraph                                                  40. courtesy
41. creature                                                     42. wretched
43. route                                                         44. attach
45. suspicious                                                  46. behave
47. pharmacy                                                  48. scholar
49. fascinate                                                    50. enjoy
IV．完形填空。（本大题共20小题，每小题0.5分，共1 0分）
A．从下列单词中选择恰当的词填空，每个词只能用一次。
 

as           spent            divided                 taught that          over             courses                another are           it               elementary              usually

 Education is one of the biggest and most important jobs of government in the United States. However, it is a task   51   is carried out by local governments rather than the federal government. Help from Washington   52   comes in the form of money and research. There are no national educational standards or regulations,   53   . there are in many other countries. Local areas - states or cities or counties - have kept control   54   their own school systems. In spite of local control, school systems throughout the country   55   very similar. A child can transfer from a school in one state to a school in   56   . without meeting any serious difficulty. Different books may be required or different   57   may be offered, but the same basic subjects are   58   throughout the country.
 The normal school system in the United States consists of six years of   59   school and six years of high school. In many areas, high school is   60   into three years of junior high school and three of senior. Each school year is called a grade.
B. 根据课文的内容在每个空白处填入一个恰当的词。
 It must be realized that sport in its modern form is almost entirely a British invention. Boxing, rugby, football, hockey, tennis and cricket   61   all first organized and given rules in Britain. Rules are the essence of sport, and sportsmanship is the ability to practice a sport   62   to its rules, while also showing generosity to one’s opponent and   63   temper in defeat. The high pressure of modern international sport   64   these ideals difficult to keep, but  they are   65   least highly valued in Britain and are certainly achieved there   66   commonly than among more excitable peoples. Moreover, sportsmanship as an ideal is applied   67   life in general. This is proved by the number of sporting terms   68   in ordinary speech. Everybody talks of “fair play” and “playing the game” or “playing   69  ”. Borrowed from boxing, “straight from the shoulder” is used to describe a well-aimed, strong criticism and “below the   70   ” is used to describe an unfair one. One of the most elementary rules of life is “never hit a man when he’s down” - in other words, never take advantage of a person’s misfortune.
 
V.根据所学课文内容完成句子。（本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）
71. The three adjectives that the author of “The Time Message” uses to describe time are ____.
72. As the author of “Happiness” points out, long-term happiness is based on____ and self-esteem
73. In “The Day I Was Fat”, when she was rudely called fat, the woman made up her mind to lose weight. She regained not only her shape, but also her ____.
74. The text “Unreality of TV” describes Dr. Heinrich Applebaum’s study on____.
75. Samuel H. Scudder, the author of “In the Laboratory”, was told to____ for the first three days in Professor Agassiz’s laboratory.
76. In “The Great Idea of Mr. Budd”, William Strickland was arrested by the police because ____.
77. The young man in “The Outside Chance” bought ‘tomorrow’s paper”, which reported the results of ____ and the news about a factory disaster in his hometown.
78. Hans Christian Andersen finally realized that “it doesn’t matter if you are born in a duck-yard, as long as ____.”
79. In “Freedom in Dying”, Jim’s mother has been truly great. She has shown how much she loves Jim without depriving him of his ____.
 80. In “The Emotional Bank Account”, the author notes that, in relationships, the little things are the big things, and that they go a long way toward building ____.
VI．汉译英。（本大题共1 0小题，每小题2分，共20分）
81．他问我这本书是否已被译成英语。
82．他跟我讲话的方式我接受不了。
83．这个故事告诉我们一个道理：幸福不是终点，而是过程。
84．那位妇女在得知丈夫的死讯后放声大哭。
85．现在孩子们接触电脑游戏过多，这让家长们非常担心。
86．昨天晚上他赶上了末班公共汽车；不然的话，他就要走着回家了。
87．许多人没有意识到空气污染可能给人类带来巨大灾难。
88．正是因为他学习努力，他才通过了所有的考试。
89．作为一名律师，他应该为自己的所作所为感到羞耻。
90．人们普遍认为，因特网给我们的生活带来很大的便利。
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全国2012年10月高等教育自学考试综合英语(一)试题课程代码：00794