
全国2002年7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 answer 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 by D.attacked by
2.The husband can't stand any more of his wife's _____ nagging.
A.external B.internal C.eternal D.central
3.If the evidence _____ the charge,the man will be convicted.
A.puts forward B.brings out C.come up with D.bears out
4.The lawyer feels it still too early to predict the _____ of the case.
A.outbreak B.outcome C.output D.outlook
5.The child was abandoned in the forest,where he was _____ wild beasts.
A.at the mercy of B.at the mercies of
C.in the mercy of D.in the mercies of
6.The two things are the same in outward form but different in ____.
A.estate B.segment C.essence D.qualification
7.He didn't behave as a _____ being but acted on emotion alone.
A.radical B.radiant C.racial D.rational
8.The modern child finds it difficult to_____ of a time when there was no radio or TV.
A.devise B.conceive C.deceive D.constraint
9.The disaster of flood has _____ the country's economy.
A.increased B.crippled C.revealed D.engulfed
10.The lawyer questioned the _____ of the contract.
A.falsity B.deviation C.confirmation D.validity
11.A dark suit is _____ to a light one for evening wear.
A.compatible B.agreeable C.preferable D.comparable
12.That was a wonderful experience;I didn't anticipate it to ____.
A.come me down B.come my way C.come me over D.come in
13.The traffic problem in that big city _____ immediate solution.
A.came up with B.asked for C.cried out for D.conceive of
14.If I hadn't slipped _____ on that matter,I would have been successful.
A.away B.down C.over D.up
15.There is a high _____ of disease there.
A.happening B.incidence C.influence D.frequency
16.He had in the preceding three years _____debts totaling more than $2,000.
A.run to B.run out C.run over D.run up
17.When the flames _____ we may be able to see the extent of the damage.
A.dies off B.dies out C.dies down D.dies from
18.An argument is _____ because they dislike each other so much.
A.inevitable B.inefficient C.sufficient D.efficient
19.Worldly wealth is _____;heavenly wealth lasts for ever.
A.transitional B.transient C.transparent D.triumphant
20.The house is not comfortable tonight because of the high ______.
A.humid B.humiliation C.humidity D.humanity
Section B
Directions: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 answer that can replace the underlined part of each sentence without changing the original meaning.Then write the answer on the Answer Sheet.
21.It is man's intellect that distinguishes him from lower animals.
A.selfishness B.integrity
C.high mental ability D.cleverness
22.Professor Wu's dedication to teaching earned him the respect of both his colleagues and students.
A.experience in B.determination of C.devotion to D.contribution to
23.Before the arrival of the white men, Australia was inhabited solely by Aborigines.
A.exhibited B.prohibited C.persisted in D.lived in
24.According to Maxwell Maltz,our successes and failures depend largely on our own conception of ourselves, namely, how we see ourselves.
A.invention B.apprehension C.imagination D.opinion
25.Supported by sufficient evidence,his argument seems to have a great deal of validity.
A.vividness B.truth C.value D.contradictions
26.I know when to hold my tongue, thank you.
A.keep silent B.withdraw C.keep promise D.surrender
27.In our culture,honesty has always been considered an important ingredient of a person's character.
A.share B.role C.element D.practice
28.It was a matter of course that Charley should be asked to the party.
A.important B.natural C.urgent D.polite
29.The foreign minister tried his best to bring about a reconciliation between the two countries.
A.friendly relationship B.misunderstanding
C.recognition D.perseverance
30.The boxer was a formidable opponent.
A.competitive B.former C.frightening D.powerful
31.The union has been offered 10 percent,but the leader is deliberately holding out for 12 percent.
A.catching hold of B.demanding strongly for
C.preventing from D.reaching out for
32.The girl fell heir to a large sum of money when her father died.
A.heralded B.hibernated C.belonged to D.inherited
33.Names, ages,and other data about the class are written in the teacher's notebook.
A.birthdays B.facts C.birthplaces D.columns
34.This exquisite violin was made with superb workmanship.
A.rather strange B.pretty cheap
C.utterly worthless D.very lovely
35.What the students requested most often was variety within the lesson hour.
A.diversity B.similarity C.value D.triviality
36.Because of his injury Jones was just a liability to the team.
A.liaison B.substitute C.handicap D.player
37.Tom enrolled himself in a commercial school in Canada.
A.television B.common C.special D.business
38.He is the kind of architect who assimilates his building to its environment.
A.associates B.absorbs C.assigns D.imitates
39.With the introduction of advanced technology,our company is now able to build ships of majestic proportions.
A.sizes B.heights C.speeds D.quantities
40.How to evaluate the performance of students is still a problem that troubles many professors.
A.assist in B.account for C.enhance D.examine and judge
Part Ⅲ: Cloze(10%)
Directions:In the following passage there are 20 blanks .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 corresponding answer on the Answer Sheet.
There was a time when parents who wanted an educational present for their children would buy a typewriter,a globe or an encyclopedia set.Now those (41) seem hopelessly oldfashioned;this Christmas,there were a lot of (42) computers under the tree. (43) that co
mputers are the key to success,parents are also frantically insisting that children
(44) taught to use them in school as early as possible.
The problem for school is that when it (45) computers, parents don't always know best.
Many schools are (46) parental impatience and are purchasing hardware (47) sound educational planning so they can say:“OK,we've moved into the computer age.”Teachers (48) themselves caught in the middle of the problem between parent pressure and (49) educational decisions.
Education does not even agree (50) how computers should be used.A lot of money is going (51) computerized educational materials that research has shown can be taught (52) with pencil and paper.Even those who believe that all children should (53) to computers, warn of potential (54) to the very young.
The computation remains strong largely because young children (55) so well to computers.First graders have been (56) willing to work for two hours on math skills.Some have an attention span of 20 minutes. (57) school can afford to go into computing,and that creates (58) another problem:a division between the haves and have-nots.Very few parents are agitating (59) computer instruction in poor school districts, (60) there may be barely enough money to pay the reading teacher.
41. A.items B.toys C.sets D.series
42. A.private B.children C.school D.personal
43. A.Given B.Provided C.Convinced D.Believed
44. A.are B.be C.are being D.were
45. A.talks about B.comes to C.turns to D.mentions
46. A.ignorant of B.blaming C.yielding to D.turning a deaf ear to
47. A.without B.with C.through D.for
48. A.relied on B.relaxed C.freed D.found
49. A.wise B.clever C.slow D.enough
50. A.on B.with C.to D.about
51. A.upon B.with C.to D.for
52. A.equally B.in the same way C.just as well D.not as well
53. A.be open B.have access C.look D.turn
54. A.approaches B.exposures C.dangers D.harmful
55. A.adopt B.keep C.adapt D.devote
56. A.watched B.seen C.told D.taught
57. A.High B.Not every C.No D.Any
58. A.already B.of course C.in action D.yet
59. A.for B.against C.to buy D.use
60. A.for B.in any case C.although D.where