全国2005年4月高等教育自学考试

　　综合英语(二)试题

　　课程代码：00795

　　全部题目用英文作答，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上，否则不计分。

　　Ⅰ. 语法、词汇。用适当的词填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并填入答题纸相应位置。(本大题共25小题，每小题1分，共25分)

　　Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer. (25 points)

　　1. I don't think ______ possible to master a foreign language without much hard work.

　　A. this B. that

　　C. its D. it

　　2. Tuition in some western universities runs ______ twenty thousand dollars a year.

　　A. so high as B. as high as

　　C. so high to D. as high to

　　3. The beauty of the Yellow Mountains is ______ I can describe in words.

　　A. more than B. not any more than

　　C. no more than D. more rather than

　　4. Since Jack ______ take up the job, we might as well ask Richard to do it.

　　A. shouldn't B. mustn't

　　C. wouldn't D. needn't

　　5. The streets are all wet. It ______ during the night.

　　A. must rain B. must have rained

　　C. must be raining D. must have been raining

　　6. The tennis finals will be put off if it ______ tomorrow afternoon.

　　A. rains B. will rain

　　C. were to rain D. was to rain

　　7. My house is full of dust because the old house just opposite ______.

　　A. will be pulled down B. has to be pulled down

　　C. has pulled down D. is being pulled down

　　8. The audience stared open-mouthed as the acrobat walked on the steel wire ______ high above the ground.

　　A. being fixed B. has fixed

　　C. fixed D. having fixed

　　9. The workers on the construction site downed tools, demanding that they ______ medical care and social security insurance.

　　A. provide for B. provided with

　　C. should provide with D. be provided with

　　10. “The market isn't open tonight. ”

　　“If I had known, I ______ to drive over here. ”

　　A. wouldn't bother B. wouldn't have bothered

　　C. didn't bother D. shouldn't have bothered

　　11. Not only ______ well told, but the characters are vividly drawn.

　　A. is the story B. has been the story

　　C. the story is D. the story has been

　　12. Anyone ______ has something interesting to concentrate on won't find life boring.

　　A. whoever B. whomever

　　C. who D. which

　　13. “Do you want to see my driver's license or my passport?”

　　“Oh, ______. ”

　　A. each one is good B. each will be fine

　　C. either does well D. either will do

　　14. When the patient was rushed to hospital, his pulse and other vital ______ were weakening.

　　A. symptoms B. signs

　　C. evidences D. proofs

　　15. Jane takes delight ______ reading novels and watching TV when she stays at home.

　　A. in B. into

　　C. from D. by

　　16. I know you will try your best in the contest — you won't let me ______.

　　A. in B. up

　　C. down D. out

　　17. The weather forecast says it is most ______ to rain tomorrow.

　　A. possibly B. probably

　　C. reasonably D. likely

　　18. He felt guilty ______ a serious error in his Chinese translation of Hamlet.

　　A. of B. about

　　C. with D. against

　　19. They promised to release the hostage in exchange ______ fifty thousand dollars.

　　A. with B. of

　　C. for D. between

　　20. This fashion magazine is intended to ______ t o white-collar women in their 20s and 30s.

　　A. fascinate B. attract

　　C. draw D. appeal