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2008年10月全国高等教育自学考试高级英语真题.doc
2008 年 10 月全国高等教育自学考试高级英语真题
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I. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words
or expressions marked A to X. 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. （12 points, 0.5 point for each）
Women have an average life
of seven years longer than men and tend to
marry men older than themselves; so two-thirds （six million） of all older women
widowed they do not have the same social prerogatives as
are widows.
older men to
and marry those who are younger.
, they are likely
to end up alone—an ironic
of events when one remembers that most of them
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the only acceptable state.
were raised from childhood to consider
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the other room. Then Mrs. Hale
The sheriff follows the county attorney
intensely at Mrs. Peters, whose eyes
rises, hands
Mrs. Hale’s. A moment Mrs. Hale holds her, then
make a slow turn, finally
Mrs.
her own eyes
Peters throws back quilt pieces and tries to put the box in the bag she is wearing.
A
intimacy
with customers like those between good neighbors.
builds
Customer-intimate companies don’t deliver what the market wants
the way to where the box is concealed.
that
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together,
customer
delivers
company
value
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a
customer
customer-intimate
a business of knowing the people it sells to and the products
its products and services and does
wants.
The
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never asks to be proved （all conclusions are absolute）.
me out for attention, nor did
me that Momma might have asked her to give me a little talking to.
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was that she had made tea cookies for me
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what
specific
prices.
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company
and services they need. It continually
so at
Childhood’s
I didn’t question why Mrs. Flowers had
it
All I
A. via
enough
E. logic
tailors
I.
but
makes
M. expectancy
date
Q. meeting
When
U. Suddenly
marriage
X. looking
T. point
P tight
N. turn
B. reasonable
D. cared about
F. occur to
H. bonds
K. singled
R. As a result
V. favorite
C.
G.
J.
L. into
O.
S.
W.
and read to me from her
me.
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book. It was
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to prove that she liked
II. In this section, there are fifteen sentences taken from the textbooks with a
blank in each, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. 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. （15 points, 1
point for each）
25. The campaign for more physical beauty seems to be both a tremendous success and
a
______failure.
26. When salesmen are doing well, there is pressure upon them to begin doing better,
______ they may start doing worse.
27. In its entertainment, television ______ far too much to the lowest instincts
of man, particularly the lust for violence.
28. Modernity-snobs naturally tend to throw away their old ______ and buy new ones
at a greater rate than those who are not modernity-snobs.
29. But far worse is the nightmare of travel in and around Los Angeles, where public
transport does not exist and people are literally choking ______ in their exhaust
fumes.
30. She felt her blood ______ her temples and there was pressure in her chest below
the hollow.
31. We don’t advertise openings and we don’t solicit applications. We keep a low
______, and we do things differently.
32. She had hard work to see that the two young children who had been left to her
______ went to school regularly and got their meals regularly.
33. On the edge of a small cape that marked the side of the bay away from the promontory
was a loose ______ of rocks.
34. She hurried on the almond Sundays and ______ the match for the kettle in quite
a dashing way.
35. For all but the last six, I have done the work—all the tedious details that
______ between victory and defeat on election day—while men reaped the rewards,
which is almost invariably the lot of women in politics.
36. The child strikes his head in the bath and falls unconscious. The man sits down
and watches him ______.
37. Her tongue was cut and she was screaming in wild ______ shrieks.
38. I believe that TV’s appeal to the short attention span is not only inefficient
communication but decivilizing ______.
39. Indeed from the first draw any mark of pleasure was taboo: one couldn’t mock
the ______ man by any sign of relief.
III. Each of the following sentences is given two choices of words or expressions.
the right one to complete the sentence and write the corresponding letter
Choose
on your Answer Sheet. （15 points, 1 point for each）
40. A fist fight followed, with much shouting and ______, until the ragged man
succeeded in driving up to the door.
A. disputing
B. squabbling
41. Susie will examine our secondary school programs to insure that all students
are prepared to be responsible, productive and technologically ______ citizens of
the 21st century.
A. literary
B. literate
42. Meanwhile I’m just going to be hanging around ______ my thumbs, so if you’ve
got anything an idle detective can do, just say the word.
A. twiddling
B. twisting
43. These tasks were repetitive, lengthy, and lacking in any ______ interest.
A. intrinsic
B. instinctive
44. Louisa said she could not go on living with a man who had married her under false
______.
A. pretences
B. preferences
45. Deep at night, they could still hear gun-fire ______ in the distance.
A. rumbling
B. rambling
46. Her husband did not like her new interests and her ______ added further strain
to an already failing marriage.
A. persistence
B. obstinacy
47. Political leaders have reached a ______ agreement to hold a preparatory
conference next month.
A. hesitant
B. tentative
48. Initially this was ______ at as farfetched conjecture, but gradually it has
received grudging respect and empirical support.
A. scolded
B. scoffed
49. Gaining ______ to the club was no easy matter.
A. permission
B. admittance
50. Even though thousands of people die violently each year in Sri Lanka, the death
of an important figure causes national ______.
A. anguish
B. melancholy
51. The rapid fire of questions was deliberate, she knew, designed to scare her into
______ out the truth.
A. blurting
B. blunting
52. Small debts could rapidly mount up and begin to exert ______ pressure on the
relationship between husband and wife.
A. intolerant
B. intolerable
53. This part of the story is perhaps the most exciting, since the company not only
kept its head above water, but produced a series of plays which ______ its reputation.
A. increased
B. enhanced
54. He looked across the sea: a faint ______ of pale light was rising in the
midnight-blue sky.
A. glimmer
B. glamour
Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding four items IV, V,
VI and VII.
How America Lives
（1） Americans still follow many of the old ways. In a time of rapid changes it
is essential that we remember how much of the old we cling to. Young people still
get married. Of course, many do get divorced, but they remarry at astonishing rates.
They have children, but fewer than before. They belong to churches, even though they
attend somewhat less frequently, and they want their children to have religious
instruction. They are willing to pay taxes for education, and they generously support
institutions like hospitals, museums and libraries. In fact, when you compare the
America of today with that of 1950, the similarities are far greater than the
differences.
（2） Americans seem to be growing conservative. The 1980 election, especially for
the Senate and House of Representatives, signaled a decided turn to the right insofar
as political and social attitudes were concerned. It is as if our country spent the
1960s and 1970s jealously breaking out of old restraints and now wishes to put the
brakes on. We should expect to see a reaffirmation of traditional family values,
sharp restraints on pornography, a return to religion and a rejection of certain
kinds of social legislation.
（3） Patterns of courtship and marriage have changed radically. Where sex was
concerned, I was raised in an atmosphere of suspicion, repression and Puritanism,
and although husky young kids can survive almost anything, many in my generation
suffered grievously. Without reservation, I applaud the freer patterns of today,
although I believe that it’s been difficult for some families to handle the changes.
（4） American women are changing the rules. Thirty years ago I could not have
imagined a group of women employees suing a major corporation for millions of dollars
of salary which, they alleged, had been denied them because they had been
discriminated against. Nor could I imagine women in universities going up to the
men who ran the athletic programs and demanding a just share of the physical education
budget. At work, at play, at all levels of living women are suggesting new rules.
（5） America is worried about its schools. If I had a child today, I would send
her or him to a private school for the sake of safety, for the discipline that would
be enforced and for the rigorous academic requirements. But I would doubt that the
child would get any better education than l did in my good public school. The problem
is that good public schools are becoming pitifully rare, and I would not want to
take the chance that the one I sent my children to was inadequate.
（6） Some Americans must live on welfare. Since it seems obvious that our nation
can produce all its needs with only a part of the available work force, some kind
of social welfare assistance must be doled out to those who cannot find jobs. When
I think of a typical welfare recipient I think of a young neighbor woman whose husband
was killed in a tragic accident, leaving her with three young children. In the bad
old days she might have known destitution, but with family assistance she was able
to hold her children together and produced three fine, tax-paying citizens. America
is essentially a compassionate society.
（7） America cannot find housing for its young families. I consider this the most
serious danger confronting family life in America, and I am appalled that the
condition has been allowed to develop. For more than a decade, travelers like me
have been aware that in countries like Sweden, Denmark, Russia and India young people
have found it almost impossible to acquire homes. In Sweden the customary wait was
11 years of marriage, and we used to ask, “what went wrong?” It seemed to us that
a major responsibility of any nation would be to provide homes for its young people
starting their families. Well, this dreadful social sickness has now overtaken the
United States, and for the same reasons. The builders in our society find it
profitable to erect three-bathroom homes that sell for $220,000 with a mortgage at
19 percent but find it impossible to erect small homes for young marrieds. For a
major nation to show itself impotent to house its young people is admitting a failure
that must be corrected.
（8）Our prospects are still good. We have a physical setting of remarkable integrity,
the world’s best agriculture, a splendid wealth of minerals, great rivers for
irrigation and an unsurpassed system of roads for transportation. We also have a
magnificent mixture of people from all the continents with varied traditions and
strengths. But most of all, we have a unique and balanced system of government.
（9） I think of America as having the oldest form of government on earth, because
since we started our present democracy in 1789, every other nation has suffered
either parliamentary change or revolutionary change. It is our system that has
survived and should survive, giving the maximum number of people a maximum chance
for happiness.
IV. In this section, there are ten incomplete statements, followed by four choices
marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on
your Answer Sheet. （10 points, 1 point for each）
55. Which of the following is NOT a major aspect of the American life discussed by
the writer?
A. Family value and housing.
B. Social welfare and
education.
C. Agriculture and transportation.
D. Marriage and women’s
social status.
56. The author welcomes the freer patterns of today’s courtship and marriage ______.
A. since nobody can survive almost anything
B. because many young kids of his time suffered bitterly
C. although all the families find it difficult to deal with the changes
D. whether or not these changes have indicated a decided turn to the right
57. American public schools today are ______.
A. no better than those decades ago
B. no worse than those in the past
C. less desirable than they used to be
D. more desirable than private schools
58. Builders seem not willing to put up small homes for young married couples because
______.
A. there is no market demand for small houses
B. America is a nation impotent to house its young people
C. most young people would dream of having larger homes
D. it is not very lucrative for builders to put up small houses
59. The America of today is similar with that of 1950, a case in point is ______.
A. young people have more children than their parents did
B. young people do many things in the same ways as their parents did
C. American people are reluctant to donate money to public services
D. many young people are cautious about getting re-married after a divorce
60. Which of the following is a serious problem that exists in American society?
A. American women are changing the rules.
B. America cannot provide homes for its young people.
C. American public schools are as good as private schools.
D. None of the jobless can enjoy more welfare than before.
61. As the writer expects to see a reaffirmation of traditional family values, sharp
restraints on pornography, a return to religion and a rejection of certain kinds
of social legislation, he is somewhat ______.
A. radical
C. conservative
B. cynical
D. open-minded
62. Obviously, the writer is ______ the major changes that have taken place and that
are occurring in American life.
A. in favor of
C. critical of
B. enraged by
D. worried about
63. The American system of government has survived and should survive, because
______.
A. it is truly democratic
B. it is the oldest on earth
C. it has experienced numerous changes
D. it offers its people chances of happiness
64. This essay is ______.
A. narrative
C. descriptive
B. expository
D. argumentative
V. There is one underlined part in each of the following sentences, followed by
four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is closest in meaning to the
underlined part and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. （10 points,
2 points for each）
65. In a time of rapid changes it is essential that we remember how much of the old
we cling to.
A. adhere to
C. take pride in
B. put up with
D. agree upon
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