全国2011年1月高等教育自学考试

　　综合英语（二）试题

　　课程代码：00795

　　请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上

　　I．语法、词汇。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择一个正确答案，并填在答题纸相应的位置上。(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. China is _______ old country with _______ long history.

　　A. an, a B. an, the

　　C. the, a D. the,/

　　2. We could not see the moon, for a cloud came _______.

　　A. at between B. in between

　　C. for between D. on between

　　3. We all think of you as the most suitable one to _______ the work.

　　A. take advantage of B. take care of

　　C. take charge of D. take in

　　4. Some of the hotels in our district are too expensive for ordinary people to _______ for a night.

　　A. stay at B. stay up

　　C. stay of D. stay away

　　5. It must be John. Who else would _____ he does?

　　A. work hard as B. be working as hard as

　　C. do harder work than D. work harder than

　　6. His health has begun to ______ now that he is old.

　　A. decline B. decrease

　　C. declare D. defeat

　　7. Leave at once _______ I’ll beat you.

　　A. and B. or

　　C. however D. but

　　8. “Why didn’t you tell me this before？”“I _______ but I didn’t have the chance.”

　　A. would B. would have

　　C. would rather D. could

　　9. The line was busy. Someone _______ the telephone.

　　A. must be using B. must use

　　C. must have been using D. should have been using

　　10. The boss urged his workers _______.

　　A. away B. off

　　C. up D. on

　　11. I know you will not let me _______.

　　A. in B. up

　　C. down D. out

　　12. Occasionally she and her husband _______ ride into the country for a picnic.

　　A. could B. must

　　C. would D. should

　　13. If you buy two books, you’ll get another one _______

　　A. thrown away B. thrown off

　　C. thrown up D. thrown in

　　14. As _______ health, I have nothing useful to say as I have little experience of illness.

　　A. regards B. regard

　　C. regardless D. regarding

　　15. The total effect of Edison’s career _____ the sum of all of his inventions.

　　A. excels B. succeeds

　　C. affects D. surpasses

　　II．完形填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择一个正确答案，并填在答题纸相应的位置上。(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)

　　Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new 16 in high school. However, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛)for cheerleaders(拉拉队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be 17 for her to be selected. Two hours later, the 18 read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart 19 as the list ended without her name. Feeling 20 , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

　　Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was 21 . She moved on to English and history, and was relieved to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to 22 math for the time being.

　　The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school 23 . Mrs. Biden

　　wasn’t as 24 as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough writers for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled 25 and left. “Why is high school so 26 ?” she sighed.

　　Later in 27 class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much 28 . By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to fit in at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to 29 . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond 30 a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the best fish you can be.”

　　16. A. processes B. decision C. challenges D. exercises

　　17. A. difficult B. easy C. boring D. interesting

　　18. A. editor B. boss C. candidate D. judge

　　19. A. jumped B. sank C. stopped D. raced

　　20. A. strange B. happy C. awful D. lonely

　　21. A. struggling B. improving C. working D. complaining

　　22. A. put up B. prepare for C. worry about D. give up

　　23. A. committee B. newspaper C. radio D. team

　　24. A. enthusiastic B. artistic C. sympathetic D. realistic

　　25. A. widely B. weakly C. excitedly D. brightly

　　26. A. similar B. ordinary C. different D. familiar

　　27. A. physics B. history C. English D. math

　　28. A. pleasure B. hope C. trouble D. sorrow

　　29. A. swim B. try C. ask D. escape

　　30. A. in return for B. in case of C. in terms of D. instead of