2011年1月综合英语(二)自考试题

全国2011年1自考
综合英语（二）试题
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I．语法、词汇。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择一个正确答案，并填在答题纸相应的位置上。(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. China is _______ old country with _______ long history.
A. an, a B. an, the
C. the, a  D. the,/
2. We could not see the moon, for a cloud came _______.
A. at between B. in between
C. for between  D. on between
3. We all think of you as the most suitable one to _______ the work.
A. take advantage of B. take care of
C. take charge of  D. take in
4. Some of the hotels in our district are too expensive for ordinary people to _______ for a night.
A. stay at B. stay up
C. stay of  D. stay away
5. It must be John. Who else would _____ he does?
A. work hard as  B. be working as hard as
C. do harder work than  D. work harder than
6. His health has begun to ______ now that he is old.
A. decline  B. decrease
C. declare  D. defeat
7. Leave at once _______ I’ll beat you.
A. and  B. or
C. however D. but
8. “Why didn’t you tell me this before？”“I _______ but I didn’t have the chance.”
A. would  B. would have
C. would rather D. could
9. The line was busy. Someone _______ the telephone.
 A. must be using  B. must use
 C. must have been using  D. should have been using
10. The boss urged his workers _______.
 A. away  B. off
 C. up  D. on
11. I know you will not let me _______.
 A. in B. up
 C. down D. out
12. Occasionally she and her husband _______ ride into the country for a picnic.
 A. could  B. must
 C. would D. should
13. If you buy two books, you’ll get another one _______
 A. thrown away B. thrown off
 C. thrown up D. thrown in
14. As _______ health, I have nothing useful to say as I have little experience of illness.
 A. regards B. regard
 C. regardless D. regarding
15. The total effect of Edison’s career _____ the sum of all of his inventions.
 A. excels B. succeeds
 C. affects  D. surpasses

II．完形填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择一个正确答案，并填在答题纸相应的位置上。(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)
 Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new   16   in high school. However, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛)for cheerleaders(拉拉队队员). She was competing against very  talented girls, and she knew it would be   17   for her to be selected. Two hours later, the  18   read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart   19   as the list ended without her name. Feeling   20   , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.
Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was   21   . She moved on to English and history, and was relieved to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to   22   math for the time being.
The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school   23    . Mrs. Biden
wasn’t as   24   as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough writers for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled   25   and left. “Why is high school so  26   ?” she sighed.
 Later in   27   class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much   28   . By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to fit in at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to   29    . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond   30   a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the best fish you can be.”
16. A. processes  B. decision  C. challenges  D. exercises
17. A. difficult B. easy C. boring D. interesting
18. A. editor B. boss  C. candidate D. judge
19. A. jumped  B. sank C. stopped D. raced
20. A. strange  B. happy  C. awful  D. lonely
21. A. struggling  B. improving C. working  D. complaining
22. A. put up B. prepare for  C. worry about D. give up
23. A. committee B. newspaper  C. radio D. team
24. A. enthusiastic  B. artistic  C. sympathetic D. realistic
25. A. widely  B. weakly C. excitedly D. brightly
26. A. similar  B. ordinary  C. different  D. familiar
27. A. physics  B. history C. English  D. math
28. A. pleasure B. hope C. trouble D. sorrow
29. A. swim  B. try C. ask  D. escape
30. A. in return for  B. in case of C. in terms of  D. instead of

III．难句释义。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择一个正确答案，并填在答题纸相应的位置上。(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. (10points)
31. Our passion to understand the universe and our compassion for others jointly provide the chief hope for the human race.
A. People’s enthusiasm about the universe and their profound sympathy for others are considered the two major hopes of the human race.
B. The hope for the human race lies mainly in our enthusiasm about the universe and our profound sympathy for others.
C. The hope of the human race refers to either people’s enthusiasm about the universe or people’s profound sympathy for others.
D. The hope for the human race lies mainly in either our enthusiasm about the universe or our profound sympathy for others.
32. Once you turn over a new leaf, you can’t expect to change completely right away.
A. You read a book from the first page.
B. You change your ways for the better.
C. You pick a fresh leaf from the tree.
D. You start doing something new.
33. You no longer need to make mental conversions of the country’s money.
A. You needn’t change the country’s money to your country’s money in mind because you have adjusted to live in that country.
B. You needn’t change the country’s money to your country’s money in mind because you no longer return it.
C. You needn’t change the country’s money to your country’s money in mind because you can’t calculate it.
D. You needn’t change the country’s money to your country’s money in mind because you have tried to do that.
34. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed.
A. A rich person who doesn’t have a job can still have the right to fall in love.
B. Only rich people have the right to fall in love, while those who are poor and out of work don’t have that right.
C. Rich as a person is, if he loses his job, he doesn’t ha