全国2014年4月高等教育自学考试

　　高级英语试题

　　课程代码：00600

　　请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。

　　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。

　　本试卷共8页，满分100分;考试时间150分钟，全部题目用英文作答(英译汉题目外)，并将答案写在答题纸的相应位置上，否则不计分。

　　I. Each of the following sentences is given four choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (15 points, 1 point for each)

　　1. With his last ______ , he murmured the name of the person who murdered him.

　　A. gasp B. choke

　　C. exhale D. respiration

　　2. The teenager’s ______ of the pop star worried her parents.

　　A. applause B. compliment

　　C. adulation D. recommendation

　　3. The adventurous mission ______ his spirits.

　　A. exalted B. inspired

　　C. gladdened D. exhilarated

　　4. The girl made one last ______ to her father for permission to go to the party.

　　A. appeal B. pray

　　C. suggestion D. attraction

　　5. Working with one’s head causes a sensation of hunger quite as much as ______ work.

　　A. futile B. muscular

　　C. diligent D. aggressive

　　6. He asked how committed the leadership was to ______ its people from poverty.

　　A. delivering B. liberating

　　C. dismissing D. compelling

　　7. The judge told him to ______ from threatening his wife.

　　A. desist B. persist

　　C. denounce D. persevere

　　8. The conservation group was ______ in its opposition to the new airport.

　　A. rough B. troublesome

　　C. tenacious D. uninterrupted

　　9. The terrorists entered the building ______ as medical workers.

　　A. disguising B. distorting

　　C. disordering D. distinguishing

　　10. It seemed impossible that these ______ boats could survive in such a storm.

　　A. frail B. fragile

　　C. wailful D. delicate

　　11. His arrival ______ new life and energy into the team.

　　A. drenched B. animated

　　C. infused D. saturated

　　12. The government is ready to ______ houses to the homeless in that area.

　　A. locate B. allot

　　C. donate D. divide

　　13. He asked me to look at both sides of a case before making a(n) ______ decision.

　　A. brutal B. rational

　　C. absurd D. courteous

　　14. She ______ the mark on the wall for ages, but it wouldn’t come off.

　　A. scrubbed B. brushed

　　C. swept D. removed

　　15. Some fresh fruits are highly ______ and should be kept in cool places.

　　A. perishable B. eligible

　　C. permissible D. affordable