全国2002年4月高等教育自学考试
高级英语试题
课程代码：10005
Part Ⅰ Vocabulary(20%)
Section A
Directions:There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section.For each sentence there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.Then write the answer on the Answer Sheet.
1.As soon as he was ____ the evidence he admitted his guilt.
A.confronted with B.frustrated by C.defeated D.attacked by
2.The husband can't stand any more of his wife's ____ nagging.
A.eternal B.external C.internal D.central
3.Choose furniture that's consistent ____ the modern style of the house.
A.to B.in C.for D.with
4.When the building was completed,the boss ____the laborers.
A.paid off B.paid for C.paid back D.paid up
5.These excursions will give you an even deeper ____ into our language and culture.
A.investigation B.input C.insight D.ingenuity
6.Harry takes a great delight ____ his little sister.
A.teasing B.in teasing C.to tease D.with teasing
7.The two things are the same in outward form but diferent in ____.
A.essence B.estate C.segment D.qualification
8.Although her marriage was very unhappy,Mrs. Stephens remained with her husband for the ____ of the children.
A.care B.benefit C.reason D.convenience
9.You can't vote until you have ____ all the formal conditions.
A.confronted B.satisfied C.scolded D.attacked
10.The disaster of flood has ____ the country's economy.
A.increased B.engulfed C.revealed D.crippled
11.All the members received ____ notices to the meeting.
A.alternated B.duplicated C.selected D.expanded
12.The teacher thought the gabby girl wouldn't talk in class again.The suggestion and the blame seem to ____.
A.take out B.get in C.get with D.sink in
13.The boy sought ____ his mother in the crowd.
A.for B.after C.on D.out
14.The old woman ____ curses on those hooligans.
A.called off B.called down C.imposed D.mocked
15.The job is not inviting ____ money,but I can experience.
A.on terms of B.in term of C.in terms of D.on terms with
16.I don't like to feel ____ to a person I regard with contempt.
A.under an obligation B.beyond an obligation
C.by an obligation D.with an obligation
17.Justice has ____,the guilty man has been punished.
A.prevailed B.practiced C.performed D.overcome
18.Through the glass paneling I caught a glimpse of a large and ____ room.
A.genuine B.magnificent C.luxurious D.considerate
19.Everyone believes that oil and water do not ____ together.And why not stop it?
A.blench B.blend C.blank D.bleed
20.The vivid green of the fields ____ all the emotions in her.
A.called up B.stirred up C.mixed up D.occurred to
Section B
There are 20 sentences in this section.In each sentence there is a word or a phrase underlined.Below each sentence there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the ONE that can best replace the underlined part of each sentence without changing its original meaning.Then write the answer on the Answer Sheet.
21.Sam's employer countered his request for more money by threatening to dismiss him.
A.calculated B.valued C.opposed D.acknowledged
22.An Oscar represents the ultimate accolade for a movie actor's performance.
A.affirmative B.negative C.greatest D.successful
23.The machine is unsafe because of the defects in it.
A.mistakes B.follies C.errors D.faults
24.The road sign is easy to read:the words stand out well
A.come out B.go out C.are vague D.are notable
25.The two partners will never reach an agreement if one or the other does not modify its demands.A.overlook B.identify C.change D.negotiate
26.The clumsy waiter spilt the soup while he was trying to pass the swinging door.
A.unskillful B.stupid C.busy D.anxious
27.A rational woman wouldn't weep just because her husband had forgotten her birthday.
A.proper B.sensitive C.sensible D.emotional
28.Once he is crowned,the king will reign until he dies.
A.inherit B.continue C.advocate D.exercise power
29.I never thought she could come down to asking my advice about her affairs.
A.decline B.go down hill C.leave behind D.be reduced30.The boy stripped himself to go swimming in the river. A.slipped B.removed C.strolled D.undressed
31.To our relief that our lives have taken on a certain regularity.
A.threatened B.acquired C.suffered D.adopted
32.He is the kind of architect who assimilates his building to its environment.
A.associates B.assigns C.imitates D.absorbs
33.This is Tom's exquisite miniature showing the greatest delicacy in their use of color.
A.extend B.explode C.elegant D.expose
34.The old man has been supervising the students for 20 years.
A.keeping watch B.taking care C.getting over D.seeing through
35.She cleaned a small segment of the painting.
A.corner B.part C.stain D.spot
36.When we do the arithmetic,the sorts of numbers we come up with are around a million technical civilizations.
A.run into B.carry out
C.claim D.give
37.Of primary interest in business and technical research reports is the validity of the results as the bases for company decisions.
A.clearness B.hypothesis
C.soundness D.volition
38.Scientists are a minority group,and like most minorities they're largely hidden from the public's sight,tucked away in ghettos…
A.exhausted B.hidden
C.mustered D.dedicated
39.You've posed an awkward question.
A.raised B.imposed C.answered D.told
40.He has an array of information to support his claims. A.order B.data C.collection D.astray
Part Ⅱ. Cloze(10%)
Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage.For each blank there are four choices marked A. B.C.and D.Choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.Then write the answer on the Answer Sheet.
The magician usually depends on his skill(41)____ his hands,on his knowledge of psychology,and, sometimes, on mechanical(42)____.Since magic tricks are meant to (43)____people,the use of psychology is important.The magician must(44)____ people from noticing all the movements of his hands and from(45)____about the secret parts of his equipment.He must also lead the audience to(46) ____false conclusions.The magician's success depends on the fact(47) ____many things seen by the eye do not register on the mind.
(48)____ basic magic tricks are making objects seem to appear and making objects seem to disappear.A(49) ____of these two tricks makes for some interesting effects.For example,the magician puts a small ball(50)____ one of several cups.The ball(51)____ seems to jump from one cup to another or to(52)____color.What actually happens is that the magician,(53)____quick hand movements or a mechanical device,hides one ball.(54)____doing this he talks to the audience and waves a brightly colored cloth(55)____ one hand.The audience is too busy(56)____the cloth and listening to the magician's words to(57)____ that his other hand is hiding the ball.
Another(58)____ trick is to cut or burn something,and then make it appear whole again.What actually happens is that the magician makes the cup or(59)____ object disappear by quickly hiding it while the audience watches something else.(60)____he ‘magically’makes it appear whole again by displaying another object that has been cut or burned.
41. A.by B.with C.at D.in
42. A.devices B.equipment C.machines D.facilities
43. A.funny B.stupid C.laugh D.fool
44. A.hide B.protect C.keep D.prevent
45. A.knowing B.seeing C.noticing D.thinking
46. A.make B.get C.draw D.have
47. A.that B.which C.about D.of
48. A.One B.Two C.Three D.Four
49. A.connection B.combination C.mixture D.join
50. A.in B.under C.below D.on
51. A.so B.also C.then D.than
52. A.alter B.turn C.vary D.change
53. A.employing B.doing C.applying D.having
54. A.For B.By C.On D.While
55. A.in B.with C.by D.at
56. A.looking B.seeing C.watching D.glaring
57. A.know B.notice C.care D.think
58. A.favor B.favorable C.favored D.favorite
59. A.burned B.burning C.fired D.firing
60. A.So B.Then C.And D.But
Part Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension(40%)
Directions:There are THREE passages in this part.Each passsage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Read the passages carefully and decide on the best choice.Then write the corresponding answer on the Answer Sheet.
(1)
From good reading we can derive pleasure,companionship,experience,and instruction.A good book may absorb our attention so completely that for the time being we forget our surroundings and even our identity.Reading good books is one of the greatest pleasures in life.It increases our contentment when we are cheerful,and lessons our troubles when we are sad.Whatever may be our main purpose in reading,our contact with good books should never fail to give us enjoyment and satisfaction.
With a good book in our hands we need never be lonely.Whenever the characters portrayed are taken from real life or are purely imaginary,they may become our companions and friends.In the pages of books we can walk with the wise and the good of all lands and all times.The people we meet in books may delight us either because they resemble human friends whom we hold dear or because they present unfamiliar types whom we are glad to welcome as new acquaintances.Our human friends sometimes may bore us,but the friends we make in books need never weary us with their company.By turning the page we can dismiss them without any fear of hurting their feelings.When human friends desert us,good books are always ready to give us friendship, sympathy,and encouragement.
One of the most valuable gifts bestowed by books is experience.Few of us can travel far from home or have a wide range of experiences,but all of us can lead varied lives through the pages of books.Whether we wish to escape from the seemingly dull realities of everyday life or whether we long to visit some far-off place,a book will help us when nothing else can.(81)To travel by books we need no bank account to pay our way,no airship or ocean liner or streamlined train to transport us;no passport to enter the land of our heart's desire.Through books we may get the thrill of hazardous adventure without danger.We can climb lofty mountains,brave the perils of an Antarctic winter,or cross the scorching sands of the desert,all without hardship.In books we may visit the students of Hollywood;we may mingle with the gay throngs of the Paris boulevards;we may join the picturesque peasants in an Alpine village or the kindly natives on a South Sea island.Indeed,through books the whole world is ours for the asking.The possibilities of our literary experiences are almost unlimited.The beauties of nature,the enjoyment of music,the treasures of art,the triumphs of architecture,the marvels of engineering,are all open to the worker and enjoyment of those who read.
61.In the first Paragraph,we are told that ____.
A.we should always read good books,not bad ones
B.happiness can be derived only from reading
C.enjoyment and satisfaction can be achieved by reading good books
D.reading good books is very important in human life
62.Why is that we sometimes forget our surroundings and even our identity while reading?
A.No one has come to disturb you.
B.Everything is so quiet and calm around you.
C.The book you are reading is so interesting and attractive.
D.Your book is overdue;you are finishing it at a very fast speed.
63.According to the writer,____ portrayed in books may become our companions and friends.
A.all characters,real and imaginary
B.only real characters
C.only imaginary characters
D.none of the characters
64.How would you account for the fact that people like their acquaintances in books even more?
A.They resemble human types we like.
B.They are unfamiliar types we like.
C.They never desert us.
D.They never hurt our feelings.
65.Which of the following is true?
A.Your wish to visit some far——off place can be realized through the pages of the books.
B.To escape from the dull realities of everyday life you should take up reading.
C.Books can always help you to live a colorful life.
D.You may obtain valuable experience from reading good books.
66.The phrase “to travel by book”means____.
A.“to take books with you when you are going on a journey”
B.“books will help you avoid accidents in travelling”
C.“to take imaginary journey to the places mentioned in the book”
D.“books will save you a lot of money on travelling”
67.“…the whole world is ours for the asking” implies that ____.
A.in books the world is more accessible to us
B.we can ask to go anywhere in the world
C.we can make a claim to everything in this world
D. we can make a roundtheworld trip free of charge
(2)
The television camera is rather like the human eye.Both the eye and the camera have a lens, and both produces a picture on a screen.In each case the picture is made up of millions of spots of light.
Let us see how the eye works.When we look at an object-a person,a house, or whatever it may be-we do not see all the details of the object in one piece.We imagine that we do,but this is not the case.In fact,the eye builds up the pictures for us in our brain,which controls our sight,in millions of separate parts,and although we do not realise it,all these details are seen separately.
This is what happens when we look at something.Beams of light of different degrees of intensity,reflected from all parts of the object,strike the lens of the eye.The lens then gathers together the spots of light from these beams and focuses them on to a light——sensitive plate-the retina-at the back of the eyeball.In this way an image of the object is produced on the retina in the form of a pattern of lights.
The retina contains millions of minute lightsensitive elements,each of which is separately connected to the brain by a tiny fibre in the optic nerve.These nerve fibres,working independently, pick out minute details from the image on the retina and turn the small spots of light into nerve impulses of different strengths. They then transmit these impulses to the brain.They do this all at the same time.
All the details of the image are fed to the brain,and,as we have taught our brain to add them together correctly,we see a clear pictures of the object as a whole.
Television,which means vision at a distance,operates on a similar principle.A television picture is built up in thousands of separate parts. Beams of light reflected from the subject being televised strike the lens of the television camera,which corresponds to the lens of the eye.The camera lens gathers together the spots of light from these beams and focuses an image on to plate,the surface of which is coated with millions of photo——electric sensitive to light.
68.Which of the following is NOT true according to the writer?
A.The eye produces a picture on a screen.
B.We see all the details of an object in one piece.
C.Our sight is controlled by our brain.
D.The picture is made up of millions of spots of light.
69.All of rays of light reflected from objects are ____.
A.of the same intensity B.of varying intensities
C.to some degree intenseD.not at all intense
70.The retina is ____.
A.a lens B.a beam of light
C.a part of the brain D.a lightsensitive plate
71.The nerve fibres connecting these light-sensitive elements to the brain____.
A.all work togetherB.help each other
C.work independentlyD.work in small groups
72.A camera lens focuses an image on to ____.
A.the subject
B.a surface made up of millions of light-sensitive elements
C.a television set
D.millions of photoelectric beams of light
(3)
Blind people usually possess one advantage over other people who can see:their sense of hearing is far more acute.Sounds which most others would miss can carry a great deal of information to a sightless person.For instance,teams of blind children can enjoy fastmoving games of soccer with a bell inside the ball and a new hand——held ultrasonic device to guide them.And that sound——location systm could help to build up an even more complete sound picture of a blind person's surroundings.
Bats,whose sight is poor,use a soundlocation system to help them avoid obstacles in the dark.(82) They send out pulses of sound waves,pitched at 50,000 cycles per second,far above the limits of the human ear,which can hear sounds up to frequencies of about 20,000 cycles per second.As the echoes bounce back off obstacles such as trees and walls,the bats are able to take appropriate action.
The first steps to help blind people to see with sound are based on exactly the same principle.The sound is emitted by an ultrasonic torch,shaped like a doublebarreled version of a normal electric torch.It works in a similar way to a sonar unit on a warship or submarine.
The unit's transmitter sends out pulses of ultrasonic waves at the same frequency as the bat,and the receiver picks up the returning echoes.Because these are still above the frequency at which the human ear can pick them up,the echoes are filtered through circuits which turn them into clearly audible “bleeps” before passing them into headphones
This means that a person holding the torch can point it ahead of him and “scan” the area for obstacles over a range of about 25 ft.If there are no return echoes coming through the headphones,then there is nothing in the way.
If echoes do come back,then the closer the obstruction the faster the succession of bleeps and the deeper the pitch of each bleep.With practice the torch could help a blind person to lead a more normal life-without needing a constant companion to guide him.Experienced operators of the torch system claim they can distinguish grass from bushes,trees,posts and kerbstones.
But before blind people can be helped to feel really independent ,the system needs to be more streamlined.At present,the experimental ultrasonic torch requires a shoulder bag to carry the batteries,cables for the power supplies and earphones,in addition to the torch itself.But miniaturisation of electronic equipment is making such rapid progress that it should not be long before the whole set up can be reproduced in a form small enough to fit into a pair of spectacles. The transmitter and power supplies,with all the circuitry,would be packed into the bridgepiece above the nose.The sending and receiving sensors would be in the “lenses”. And the filtered bleeps would be passed on to the wearer through the earpieces,as with presentday hearingaid spectacles.
This would mean that scanning one's surroundings would become instinctive.The wearer would face in the direction he wanted to check,and lift or lower his head just as a sighted person would.
73.Compared with those with normal vision,blind people possess____.
A.a greater sensitivity to sound
B.a more vivid imagination
C.a greater sense of smell
D.an ability to distinguish every tiny sound
74.How do blind children play soccer?
A.They listen to the sound of the ball bouncing.
B.They ask an adult to guide them.
C.They hold a bell in their hands.
D.They put a bell inside the ball.
75.Bats need a soundlocation system ____.
A.because they fly at night
B.because they have poor eyesight
C.to help them avoid obstacles such as trees and walls
D.both B and C
76.The attempt to help blind people to see with sound ____.
A.was similar to the sound location system of the bats
B.led to a product that sent out sound waves of about 20,000 cycles per second
C.was experimented on a submarine
D.turned out to be a failure
77.The returning echoes the receiver picks up are ____. A.clearly audible bleeps
B.inaudible to human ears
C.immediately passed on to headphones
D.filtered through the transmitter
78.Experienced operators of the torch system claim that ____.
A.they are able to distinguish an object's color
B.they can visualize an entire 25foot area
C.they can function as effectively as if they had normal vision
D.they can distinguish grass from bushes,trees,posts and kerbstones
79.Which of the following is NOT true about the ultrasonic torch?
A.Its sound can warn other people of the blind man's approach.
B.It is mainly used to scan the area in front of the operator for obstacles.
C.Fast succession of bleeps indicates that the obstacle is near.
D.It enables the blind to live a more normal life.
80.The author predicts that in the future ultrasonic devices could be ___ .
A.worn as an earpiece
B.worn as eyeglasses
C.carried in one's pocket
D.strong enough to detect frequencies above 50,000 cycles per second
Part Ⅳ.Translation(15%)
Section A.Translate the two underlined sentences in the previous passages into Chinese.
81.
82.
Section B.Translate the following sentences into English.
83.不断困扰第三世界的一个问题是如何快速发展经济而不损害环境。
84.今天下午一枚定时炸弹在伦敦最大的超市之一爆炸，在人们中间引起极大恐慌。
85.他妻子把他们所处的窘境跟他说了，然后让他仔细想想他们剩下的可能有的几种选择。
Part V.Writing(15%)
Directions:Write a composition of about 150 words on the following topic.Your composition should be based on the outline given below.Computer
1.近年来，电脑已进入千家万户。
2.同时，电脑的普及也带来了一些问题。
3.个人电脑的未来。
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