全国2012年7月高等教育自学考试 
综合英语（二）试题 
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　　 Ⅰ．语法、词汇。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母填写在答题纸上。（本大题共15小题，每小题1分,共15分） 
　　 Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer. (15 points) 
　　 1. She was invited to go to the ball but she did not even have_______ to go with her dress. 
　　 A. a piece of jewelry 
　　 B. piece of jewelry 
　　 C. a jewelry 
　　 D. one jewelry 
　　 2. Few people are still alive who have_____the scene of fighting. 
　　 A. noticed B．visited 
　　 C. witnessed 
　　 D. watched 
　　 3. The world’s supplies of petroleum ______． 
　　 A. have gradually exhausted 
　　 B. are being gradually exhausted 
　　 C. are gradually exhausting 
　　 D. are gradually exhausted 
　　 4. He is determined to get ______ of the profit than he has been offered. 
　　 A. ten percent more 
　　 B.ten more percent 
　　 C. more ten percent 
　　 D. as much as ten percent 
　　 5. At the beginning this sort of thing was fresh and exciting, and then it fell into ______ and became habitual. 
　　 A. custom 
　　 B. habit 
　　 C. method 
　　 D. routine 
　　 6.I didn’t know your telephone number; otherwise I______. 
　　 A. would have called 
　　 B. would call 
　　 C. called 
　　 D. should call 
　　 7. In the early morning my mother was in the kitchen ______breakfast for us. 
　　 A. prepared 
　　 B. preparing 
　　 C. having prepared 
　　 D. to have prepared 
　　 8.1 would have told him the answer had it been possible, but I ______ so busy then.
　　 A. had been 
　　 B．have been 
　　 C. was 
　　 D. would be 
　　 9. Our company will _____ all the costs of the repairs. 
　　 A. spend 
　　 B．take 
　　 C. bear 
　　 D. make 
　　 10. A few minutes after the plane had taken off, it developed engine trouble and______. 
　　 A. crashed 
　　 B. dashed 
　　 C. stopped 
　　 D. blushed 
　　 11.The boss urged his workers______． 
　　 A. on 
　　 B. off 
　　 C. upon 
　　 D. down 
　　 12. She did not hear what you said because she ______ in her reading. 
　　 A. was absorbed 
　　 B. absorbed 
　　 C. is absorbed 
　　 D. has been absorbed 
　　 13. A fever ______ the famous short-distance runner ______ the opportunity to participate in the competition. 
　　 A. got rid, of 
　　 B. deprived, of 
　　 C. took, off 
　　 D. drove off 
　　 14. The story is not real; it is only______． 
　　 A. imaginary 
　　 B. imaginative 
　　 C. imaginable 
　　 D. imagined 
　　 15.______ contrast ______ her sister, she was an angel. 
　　 A. In, to 
　　 B. On, to 
　　 C. On, with 
　　 D. In, for 
　　 Ⅱ．完形填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母填写在答题纸上。（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分） 
　　 Fill in each blank in the passage with the most likely answer. (15 points)
　　 The United States is well-known for its network of major highways designed to help a driver get from one place to another in the shortest possible time. 16 these wide modem roads are generally smooth and well maintained, with 17 sharp curves and many straight sections ,a direct route is not always the most 18 one. Large highways often pass 19 scenic areas and interesting small towns. Furthermore ,these highways generally 20 large urban centers, which means that they become crowded with 21 traffic during rush hours, when the “fast, direct” way becomes a very slow route. 
　　 However, there is almost always another route to take 22 you are not in a hurry. Not far from the 23 .new “superhighways”, there are often older, 24 heavily traveled roads which go through the countryside