2011年4月综合英语（一）自考试题

全国2011年4月自考
综合英语（一）试题
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I．用适当语法形式或词汇填空。从A、B、C和D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将其代码填写在答题纸上。(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)
1. The general manager had his secretary ______ a joint conference yesterday.
A. arrange  B. arranging
C. to arrange  D. arranged
2. His brother doesn’t want ______ he’s going away from home.
A. to be known that  B. it that to be known
C. it to be known that  D. that it to be known
3. I didn’t know Jennie’s telephone number; otherwise I ______ her.
A. had telephoned  B. would have telephoned
C. telephoned  D. would telephone
4. The question ______ tomorrow is whether this highway should be built.
A. debated  B. to debate
C. debating  D. to be debated
5. Until then, Peter ______ from his family for more than six months.
A. didn’t hear  B. hadn’t heard
C. hasn’t heard  D. doesn’t hear
6. So much ______ about her future job that she can’t sleep at night.
A. she worries  B. that she worries
C. as does she worry  D. does she worry
7. He resented ______ the discussion that directly concerned his future.
A. to be excluded from  B. to exclude from
C. being excluded from  D. excluding from
8. ______ last week that they finished their report on the project.
A. Until  B. It was until
C. Not until  D. It was not until
9. Mary’s parents ______ to the movies without doing her homework.
A. objected to her going  B. objected her to go
C. were objected to her going  D. were objected her to go
10. It is recommended that the project ______ until all the preparations have been made.
A. will not be started  B. is not started
C. not be started  D. not to be started
11. It’s difficult to tell the twins ______ because they look exactly the same.
A. apart  B. alike
C. aside  D. across
12. The quality of life had improved ______ and there was a marked change in life style.
A. considerately  B. considerably
C. desperately  D. essentially
13. That Christmas Eve, he was too excited to sleep, and just pretended to, hoping to catch a ______ of Father Christmas.
A. sight  B. glimmer
C. glimpse  D. glare
14. She turned down the invitation to the party as she had a(n) ______ at the office with a new client.
A. appointment  B. arrangement
C. assignment  D. promise
15. Something in her had changed and this kept me from recognizing her ______ first glance.
A. through  B. at
C. with  D. in
16. This woman devotes herself ______ experimenting with new ways of teaching retarded children.
A. to  B. at
C. into  D. over
17. When she heard that her husband was killed in a gas explosion, she ______ tears.
A. broke out  B. ran into
C. burst into  D. came with
18. For your safety and the safety of others, always ______ the traffic signals.
A. take care of  B. pay attention to
C. be aware of  D. look out
19. The village head was criticized because he did not ______ immediate action to put the bird-flu under control.
A. find  B. produce
C. take  D. use
20. Resentment against your work seems to ______ from the fact that people don’t understand it.
A. rise  B. raise
C. arouse  D. arise

II．认真阅读下面两篇短文，每篇短文后有五个问题。根据短文的内容从四个选项中选择一个最佳答案，并将其代码填写在答题纸上。(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)
Passage 1
At Denver there was a flow of passengers into the coaches on the eastbound express. In one coach there sat a very pretty young woman dressed in elegant taste and surrounded by all the comforts of an experienced traveler. Among the newcomers were two young men, one of handsome look with a bold, frank expression; the other heavily built and roughly dressed. The two were handcuffed together.
As they passed down the aisle of the coach the only vacant seat offered was the one facing the attractive young woman. Here the linked couple seated themselves. When the young woman’s glance fell upon them, her face brightened with a lovely smile.
“Well, Mr. Easton, if you will make me speak first, I suppose I must. Don’t you ever recognize old friends when you meet them in the west?”
The young man roused himself sharply at the sound of her voice, seemed to struggle with a slight embarrassment which he threw off instantly, and then clasped her fingers with his left hand.
“It’s Miss Fairchild,” he said, with a smile. “I’ll ask you to excuse the other hand; it’s otherwise engaged just at present.”
He slightly raised his right hand, bound at the wrist by the shining “bracelet” to the left one of his companion. The glad look in the girl’s eyes slowly changed to a puzzled horror. The glow faded from her cheeks. Easton, with a little laugh, as if amused, was about to speak again when the other stopped him. The heavily-built man said, “You’ll excuse me for speaking, miss, but, I see you’re acquainted with the marshal here. If you’ll ask him to speak a word for me when we get to prison he’ll do it, and it’ll make things easier for me there. He’s taking me to Leavenworth prison. It’s seven years for making fake money.”
“Oh!” said the girl, with a deep breath and returning color. “So that is what you are doing out here? A marshal!”
The conversation between the girl and Easton carried on happily until the heavily-built man growled, “Say, Mr. Marshal, this isn’t quite fair. I’m needing a drink, and haven’t had a smoke all day. Haven’t you talked long enough? Take me in the smoker now, won’t you? I’m half dead for a pipe.”
When the two men left for the smoker, said one of the passengers near by: “That marshal’s a good sort of guy. Some of these Western fellows are all right.”
“Pretty young to hold an office like that, isn’t he?” asked the other.
“Young!” exclaimed the first speaker, “Why—Oh! didn’t you catch on? Say—did you ever know an officer to handcuff a prisoner to his right hand?”
21. The train set off from ______.
A. the east of the United States
B. the west of the United States
C. the south of the United States
D. the middle west of the Untied States
22. When the young woman saw the two men, she smiled at them because ______.
A. she wanted to be polite to the other passengers
B. she recognized Easton, who was a friend of hers
C. she was glad to have someone to talk to in the coach
D. she thought it was funny for two men to be linked together
23. When the heavily-built man asked the pretty woman to speak a word for him, he wanted to ______.
A. save Easton from embarrassment
B. reduce his own suffering in prison
C. strike up a conversation with the attractive woman
D. help Easton to carry on the conversation with the woman
24. What does the phrase “catch on” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Notice his face.  B. Understand.
C. Listen to the conversation.  D. Carry on.
25. The conversation between two other passengers at the end of the passage suggests that the heavy-built man is a ______.
A. prisoner  B. bad guy
C. friend of Easton  D. marshal
Passage 2
America has long been considered the land of opportunity by those from other countries. Americans, too, believe that the United States provides almost limitless opportunit