全国2009年7月高等教育自学考试

　　综合英语(二)试题

　　课程代码：00795

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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在 答题纸相应的位置上。错选、多选或未选均无分。(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. Einstein’s special theory of ______ , far from being obscure and difficult, can be understood in

　　its basics with no more than first-year algebra.

　　A. relative B. relativeness

　　C. relativity D. relatively

　　2. They are still not fully able to distinguish right ______ wrong.

　　A. between B. from

　　C. for D. against

　　3. The moment when she knew that her boyfriend was going to break up with her, her eyes ______ a hurt look.

　　A. took out B. took over

　　C. took to D. took on

　　4. At parties Jack doesn’t mind making a ______ of himself as long as it brings about joy and

　　laughter.

　　A. fool B. hero

　　C. coward D. man

　　5. She turned down the request because it was __ the limits of his power.

　　A. above B. over

　　C. off D. beyond

　　6. They ______ in going in spite of the awful weather.

　　A. insisted B. existed

　　C. persisted D. consisted

　　7. You will succeed in the end ______ you give up halfway.

　　A. even if B. as though

　　C. as long as D. unless

　　8. It’s very ______ of you to water my garden while I was away.

　　A. considered B. considerate

　　C. considering D. considerable

　　9. Helen probably ______ her rapid recovery to her husband’s devoted care.

　　A. obliged B. contributed

　　C. belonged D. owned

　　10. ______ the plan carefully, he decided to take it.

　　A. To have judged B. To judge

　　C. Having judged D. Judging

　　11. I would like to attend the dancing class, but I was ______ the chances at school.

　　A. lost B. denied

　　C. missed D. dismissed

　　12. Widespread corruption ______ serious problems to the government.

　　A. poses B. has

　　C. affects D. results

　　13. She seemed ______ all her passion after she failed the Entrance Exam for University.

　　A. to have lost B. having lost

　　C. to lose D. losing

　　14. I consider his suggestion the most ______ that has so far been offered.

　　A. sensible B. sensitive

　　C. sentimental D．strenuous

　　15. The prize will go to ______ of them writes the best article.

　　A. whoever B. whomever

　　C. whichever D．whatever

　　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在答题纸相应的位置上。错选、多选或未选均无分。(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)

　　Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps illustrating the talk with slides, writing up important information on the blackboard, 16 reading material and giving out

　　17 . The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and 18 what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture with notes which do not catch the main points and 19 become hard even for the students to understand.

　　Most institutions provide courses which 20 new students to develop the skills they need to be 21 listeners and note-takers. 22 these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which 23 learners to practise these skills 24. In all cases it is important to 25 the problem 26 actually starting your studies.

　　It is important to 27 that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills 28 in college study. One way of 29 these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the academic year. Another basic strategy is to find a study partner 30 it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas and provide support.

　　16. A.attributing B. contributing C. distributing D. explaining

　　17. A. assignments B. information C. content D. definition

　　18. A. suspects B. understands C. wonders . D. convinces

　　19. A. what B. those C. as D. which

　　20. A. prevent B. require C. assist D. forbid

　　21. A. effective B. passive C. relative D. expressive

　　22. A. Because B. Though C. Whether D. If

　　23. A. enable B. stimulate C. advocate D. prevent

　　24. A. independently B. repeatedly C. logically D. generally

　　25. A. eva luate B. acquaint C. tackle D. formulate

　　26. A. before B. after C. while D. for

　　27. A. predict B. acknowledge C. argue D. ignore

　　28. A. to require B. required C. requiring D. are required

　　29. A. preventing B. withstanding C. sustaining D. overcoming

　　30. A. in that B. for which C. with whom D. such as

　　III. 难句释义。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在答题纸相应的位置上。错选、多选或未选均无分。(本大题共10小题，每小题1分,共10分)

　　Choose the closest paraphrased version for each of the sentences or italicized parts.

　　(10 points)

　　31. Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they can’t be replaced.

　　A. The sands that a person has in his hourglass can never be replaced.

　　B. If a person’s watch goes wrong, it can never be repaired.

　　C. If a person has got no sense of time, he will never be successful.

　　D. Once a day in our life is gone, it will never come back again.

　　32. But overindulging children with material things does little to lessen parental guilt.

　　A. But overindulging children with material things can really help parents to lessen their guilt.

　　B. But overindulging children with material things can’t release parents from feeling guilty.

　　C. Parents really want to use the material things to content their children and get rid of their guilt.

　　D. If the parents overindulge children with few material things, parents can not lessen their guilt

　　at all.

　　33. Our business is to show the world as we see it, not to make it better.

　　A. Our business is to paint the world and make it look better than the real world.

　　B. Our work is to reflect the real world, not to beautify it.

　　C. Our work is to show the world to others to make it better.

　　D. We should make the world a better place to live.

　　34. “A great army it was, and a great story for me. It will go down in history.”

　　A. The story will be included in the history book.

　　B. The story is so interesting that in history classes, the teacher will tell it to the students.

　　C. This army is worth being remembered.

　　D. This army is a glorious army. It is a story that can be put into history book.

　　35. It was in her mind to share their refuge.

　　A. She is really willing to share their shelter with neighbors.

　　B. She really wanted to allow her neighbors to share their shelter, and she has made up her mind

　　to do so.

　　C. She didn’t want their neighbors to share their shelter.

　　D. She was thinking of sharing their shelter with their neighbors, but she didn’t make up her

　　mind yet.

　　36. I attended the funeral with them and sat through it with a lump of cold lead in my chest.

　　A. Throughout the funeral, I was filled with sadness.

　　B. The sad atmosphere of the funeral almost choked me.

　　C. At the funeral I felt as cold as lead from beginning to end.

　　D. All the time I sat at the funeral with a heart as heavy as lead.

　　37. The subsequent conversation threw no light on the matter.

　　A. The following conversation didn’t make things clearer.

　　B. The following conversation made things clearer.

　　C. The following conversation made people understand this trick.

　　D. The following conversation was full of complain.

　　38. In time the visible wounds healed.

　　A. Sooner or later people could see the wounds clearly.

　　B. Sooner or later the wounds would disappear.

　　C. Sooner or later people wilt see the trace of wounds.

　　D. There were no wounds at all.

　　39. Besides they do not have access to the knowledge.

　　A. Besides the first problem, they don’t have the key to knowledge.

　　B. In addition, they can’t get the needed information.

　　C. In addition, they don’t need to know the information.

　　D. Besides, they don’t have confidence to get the needed information.

　　40. Americans view friendship more tentatively, subject to changes in intensity as people move, change their jobs, marry, or discover new interests.

　　A. Americans don’t think that friendship can and should remain unchanged.

　　B. Americans think that in this changing world no friendship can stay stable.

　　C. Americans prefer anything new and they are constantly looking for new things including friends.

　　D. Americans look upon friendship as temporary; they don’t believe there can be true friends.