全国2005年1月高等教育自学考试基础英语试题
课程代码：00088
一、词汇应用和语法结构(每小题1分，共30分)
(一)词汇应用(15分)
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1.Have you (    ) your shopping yet?
A. made      
B. done
C. got      
D. taken

2.The ability to (    ) a good account of oneself is very important for certain jobs.
A. give      
B. tell
C. describe     
D. say

3.The fax is perhaps the most useful machine to be (    ) since the telephone.
A. made      
B. discovered
C. created     
D. invented

4.It will (    ) time if we make the sandwiches the day before the picnic.
A. earn      
B. spare
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D. save

5.(    ) had we entered the room when the telephone rang.
A. Almost      
B. Nearly
C. Hardly      
D. Just

6.The damaged car is obviously (    ) repair.
A. beyond     
B. within
C. without     
D. against

7.You must obtain (    ) from the landowner to fish in this river.
A. permit      
B. freedom
C. permission     
D. allowance

8.The (    ) of ice-cream sold increases sharply in the summer months.
A. size      
B. amount
C. count      
D. number
9.When we’d made up our minds what to eat, the waiter came and took our (    )
A. list      
B. decision
C. order      
D. choice

10.I think there’s a train at 10∶40,but you’d better (    ) sure.
A. make      
B. get
C. take      
D. be

11.You must pay import (    ) on certain goods brought into this country.
A. fees      
B. tax
C. duties     
D. charge

12.Smoking (    ) you more harm than good.
A. finds     
B. makes
C. does     
D. takes

13.It doesn’t (    ) if you turn left or right —— both roads lead to the park.
A. matter     
B. miss
C. do     
D. go

14.(    ) of money prevented us from taking a holiday this year.
A. Limit     
B. Expense
C. Emptiness    
D. Lack

15.That shop doesn’t have any brown sugar in (    ) at the moment.
A. keep     
B. stock
C. sale     
D. demand

(二)语法结构(15分)
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16.In a shop (    ) customers.
A. it is important pleasing   
B. it is important to please
C. there is important pleasing   
D. there is important to please

17.Take it easy. You’ve been working too (    )
A. hardly       
B. harder
C. hard       
D. hardest

18.While I was standing in the bank, I met an old friend Sally, whom I (    ) for some time.
A. did not      
B. had not seen
C. have not seen     
D. has not seen

19.“I’d like to buy a video camera. ”
“Well, we have several models (    ).”
A. to be chosen     
B. for choosing
C. choose from     
D. to choose from

20.You’d better (    ) her the bad news.
A. not to tell       
B. not tell
C. not telling      
D. to choose from

21.She regretted paying (    ) for the bookcase.
A. as twice much     
B. much as twice
C. as much twice     
D. twice as much

22.His house, (    ) he bought for $10,000 ten years ago,is now worth $35,000.
A. which       
B. that
C. when       
D. to which

23.we can’t afford (    ) the chance.
A. losing       
B. to lose
C. to have lost      
D. having lost
24.I (    ) telephoned you if I had known your number.
A. had       
B. would have
C. would       
D. have

25.Phonetics (    ) the science of speech sounds.
A. is       
B. are
C. was      
D. were

26.I don’t know what made him (    ) his mind.
A. change     
B. changing
C. to change     
D. changed

27.“Which one would you choose?”
“(    ).They are both terrible.”
A. Neither     
B. Both
C. One of them    
D. None of them

28.It was (    ) that we had to ask for help.
A. so big a work    
B. so big job
C. such a big job    
D. such a big work

29.Tom was told not to eat too many sweets, because they were harmful (    ) his teeth.
A. at       
B. in
C. to     &nbs