2014 年 4 月全国高等教育自学考试高级英语真题
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I. Each of the following sentences is given four choices of words or expressions.
Choose the right one to complete the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter
on your Answer Sheet. (15 points, 1 point for each)
1. With his last ______ , he murmured the name of the person who murdered him.
A. gasp B. choke
C. exhale D. respiration
2. The teenager’s ______ of the pop star worried her parents.
A. applause B. compliment
C. adulation D. recommendation
3. The adventurous mission ______ his spirits.
A. exalted B. inspired
C. gladdened D. exhilarated
4. The girl made one last ______ to her father for permission to go to the party.
A. appeal B. pray
C. suggestion D. attraction
5. Working with one’s head causes a sensation of hunger quite as much as ______
work.
A. futile B. muscular
C. diligent D. aggressive
6. He asked how committed the leadership was to ______ its people from poverty.
A. delivering B. liberating
C. dismissing D. compelling
7. The judge told him to ______ from threatening his wife.
A. desist B. persist
C. denounce D. persevere
8. The conservation group was ______ in its opposition to the new airport.
A. rough B. troublesome
C. tenacious D. uninterrupted
9. The terrorists entered the building ______ as medical workers.
A. disguising B. distorting
C. disordering D. distinguishing
10. It seemed impossible that these ______ boats could survive in such a storm.
A. frail B. fragile
C. wailful D. delicate
11. His arrival ______ new life and energy into the team.
A. drenched B. animated
C. infused D. saturated
12. The government is ready to ______ houses to the homeless in that area.
A. locate B. allot
C. donate D. divide
13. He asked me to look at both sides of a case before making a(n) ______ decision.
A. brutal B. rational
C. absurd D. courteous
14. She ______ the mark on the wall for ages, but it wouldn’t come off.
A. scrubbed B. brushed
C. swept D. removed
15. Some fresh fruits are highly ______ and should be kept in cool places.
A. perishable B. eligible
C. permissible D. affordable
Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding three items
II, IV, V.
(1) A rift is growing between government and higher education, with debates over
funding, missions and accountability.
(2) In that context, it is all the more worth watching Indiana Governor Mitch
Daniels, who assumes the presidency of Purdue University on January 14. Other
governors have become college presidents. Some, like Tom Kean, have been very
successful. However, Daniels—who brings to the job an unusual blend of leadership
experiences in government at the state and national level, public policy, business,
and now academe—is coming to office at a time of unusual tension.
(3) Governors increasingly characterize the rising costs of higher education
and its limited access as unsustainable. Many find it imperative that universities
increase their productivity, affordability, access, graduation rates, and
accountability. In contrast, university presidents say that quality, not cost, is
the real issue in an era in which excellence in higher education is more urgent than
ever before in history. The question, academic leaders say, should not be the price
of college, but who pays, criticizing government for disinvesting in higher
education. Bottom line: Between the governors and the presidents, there is
increasingly little if any common ground other than recognizing the importance of
higher education. They have entirely different views of the problem, no agreement
on responsibility, and nothing in the way of a shared solution.
(4) In his first public action as president of Purdue, Daniels has bridged the
chasm with a salary package that incorporates the goals of both the governors and
the presidents. He did this in two ways. The first was conciliatory, eliminating
the red flag that sets off both government and the academy: He rejected presidential
salary inflation. His salary package is smaller than his predecessor’s, placing
him tenth among the 12 Big Ten university presidents in terms of salary. There is
no deferred compensation.
(5) Second, and more importantly in terms of national models, is that Governor
Daniels asked for a salary based upon achieving his goals for the university. The
package is divided into two buckets—base salary and bonus. The bonus is tied to
graduation rates, affordability, student achievement, philanthropic support,
faculty excellence, and strategic program initiatives. In establishing this bonus
system, Daniels married traditional notions of academic quality—as measured by
excellence in faculty, programs and resources—with an equal emphasis on effective
outcomes and price controls: graduation rates, affordability, and student
achievement.
(6) In so doing, Daniels has demonstrated his belief that there is common ground
to be found between the university and government. The choice is not quality or
effectiveness, not excellence or affordability; the future of higher education is
not a zero-sum game in which one side wins and the other loses. Rather, he believes
it is possible to balance the seemingly conflicting goals of government and higher
education.
(7) Daniels is not the first president to have his salary tied to achieving
institutional goals, but he is probably the most visible. Moreover, although Daniels
is renouncing involvement in partisan politics as he enters the Purdue presidency,
he is a former Republican governor and party leader known as a frugal fiscal
conservative. Historically, the divisions have been greater between Republicans and
the academy than has been the case with Democrats. In a very real sense, what Daniels
has chosen to do is somewhat akin to Nixon going to China. He has undertaken an
experiment to be closely watched. If successful, he will have established a potential
model for the country.
(8) Typically, presidents reserve such powerful statements for their inaugural
addresses. Though such addresses are sincere in intent—I can vouch for that, as
someone who has given two and listened to many more—they are generally aspirational;
they articulate hopes and dreams for what an institution can become. Daniels has
already done something very different. He is putting himself on the line in a very
public fashion. Year after year his salary will be determined by his success. And
perhaps even more importantly, his success or failure will be public when his board
announces the size and rationale for his bonus.
(9) It’s a bold step—and Governor Daniels should be applauded for taking it.
II. In this section, there are ten incomplete statements or questions, followed
by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the
corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (20 points, 2 points for each)
16. The word “rift” in Paragraph 1 means ______
A. gap B. dilemma
C. pain D. headache
17. As to higher education, the government is more and more concerned about
______.
A. costs and productivity B. accountability
C. costs and access D. graduation rates
18. Which of the following statements is true about Daniels’ salary package?
A. He applies for salary inflation.
B. The salary should be more than bonus.
C. The salary should be based on his achievement.
D. His salary package is the smallest among university presidents.
19. The word “married” in Paragraph 5 means ______
A. melted B. combined
C. arranged D. acknowledged
20. According to the author, the future of higher education is not a zero-sum
game because______.
A. neither government nor higher education can win
B. higher education can achieve both quality and effectiveness
C. excellence can only be attained at the cost of affordability
D. government and higher education can never reach agreement
21. Nixon’s visit to China is mentioned______.
A. to highlight Daniels’ pioneering work
B. to extol Nixon’s contribution to the country
C. to point out the division between Republicans and Democrats
D. to show the importance of the relationship between the two nations
22. The word “articulate” in Paragraph 8 means ______.
A. design B. cultivate
C. foster D. express
23. It can be inferred from Paragraph 8 that the author is probably ______.
A. a farmer B. a freelancer
C. a company employee D. a president of an organization
24. The author’s attitude towards Daniels’ reformation is ______.
A. expectant B. indifferent
C. negative D. critical
25. Which of the following is most appropriate as a title for this passage?
A. A Hard Time B. A Loyal President
C. A Powerful Statement D. A Promising Industry
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III. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list
of words or expressions marked A to Y. Choose the one that best completes each of
the sentences
and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. One word or expression
for
each blank only. (25 points, 1 point for each)
Between Elvis and Alice, rock critics say, a number of rock stars have helped
our society 26 its beliefs and attitudes. Bob Dylan touched a 27 of disaffection.
He spoke of
28 rights, nuclear fallout, and loneliness. He spoke of change and of the
bewilderment of an
29 generation. “Something’s 30 here,” he sang. “You don’t know what it is,
do you, Mr. Jones?”
The figures are photocopied and distributed throughout the company to all the
people and departments whose work is related to selling. The result of this
photocopying and distributing is that there is almost continuous public 31 and
discussion 32 the company of how well or 33 the salesmen in each sales office of
each 34 of the company are doing at any
35 time.
We do not need a Freudian to tell us that this disharmony is often of a sexual
nature. So long as such disharmonies 36 to exist, so long as there is good reason
for sullen 37 ,so long as human beings allow 38 to be possessed and 39 by monomaniacal
40 , the cult of beauty is destined to be ineffectual.
She stood among the 41 crowd in the station at the North Wall. He held her hand
and she
42 that he was speaking to her, saying something about the passage over and over
again. The station was full of soldiers with brown 43 . Through the wide doors of
the sheds she caught a
44 of the black mass of the boat, lying in beside the quay wall, with 45 portholes.
She
answered nothing.
Discussing the question, some time ago, with an old friend, she gave me her
never-failing 46 for sleeplessness, which was to 47 herself performing some 48 action
over and over again, umil, her mind becoming 49 with the monotony of life, sleep
drew the 50 .
A.Continue
B.trivial
C.scrutiny
D.nerve
E.disgusted
F.glimpse
G civil
H.remedy
I.poorly
J.vices
K.throughout
L.knew
M.define
N.boredom
O.given
P.imagine
Q.happening
R.hagridden