全国2011年10月自学考试基础英语真题

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一、词汇应用和语法结构（本大题共30小题，每小题1分，共30分）

（一）词汇应用（15分）

选择最佳答案完成句子，错选、多选或未选均无分。

1. National currencies always have a(n) ______ over private currencies.

A. interest  B. advantage

C. output  D. production

2. When a designer produces a new dress，he should always  ______ in mind his customer’s needs.

A. carry  B. take

C. put  D. bear

3. If the world population is increasing continuously，food supplies will not be  ______ to feed  them.

A. sufficient  B. efficient

C. equal  D. effective

4. They refused to sell their products at the low  ______ offered.

A. price  B. prize

C. expense  D. cost

5. “You should be  ______，”he said to the judge. “It’s not their fault.”

A. fair  B. unforgiving

C. rude  D. unkind

6. They all agreed that the first problem the new government would have to deal with was unemployment. In this sentence，“deal with” can be replaced by  ______.

A. do  B. grasp

C. cope  D. tackle

7. Although I spoke to him many times，he never pays  ______ to what I said.

A. notice  B. remark

C. warning  D. attention

8. We try to buy these goods at the lowest price  ______.

A. possible  B. possibly

C. possibility  D. probably

9. Our company is  ______ to that one in management.

A. better  B. superior

C. excellent  D. good

10. If banks  ______ higher interest on loans to builders，how will that affect the cost of a new home?

A. ask  B. charge

C. demand  D. beg

11. The government gave several good  ______ for increasing the tax on cars.

A. purposes  B. reasons

C. questions  D. problems

12. We’ll have to find a new  ______ of income.

A. source  B. means

C. way  D. method

13. The workers’ claim for a 10-percent pay rise has been under  ______ of the government.

A. idea  B. agreement

C. consideration  D. opinions

14. The company decided to  ______ the contract because a number of the conditions in it had not been met.

A. destroy  B. resist

C. deny  D. cancel

15. On the  ______ of our sales forecasts we may begin to make a profit next year.

A. basis  B. base

C. case  D. reason

（二）语法结构（15分）

选择最佳答案完成句子，错选、多选或未选均无分。

16. I didn’t mean  ______ anything but these apples looked so nice that I wouldn’t resist trying one.

A. to eat  B. eating

C. eat  D. having eating

17. It was not until she had arrived home  ______ she remembered her appointment with the doctor.

A. when  B. that

C. and  D. so

18. He has  ______ heavy a work load that it is difficult for him to find time to travel around.

A. such  B. too

C. so  D. much

19. Since she has very high blood pressure，her doctor recommends that she  ______.

A. not drink  B. will not drink

C. does not drink  D. not to drink

20. I didn’t pass the mid-term examination. What bad luck! But from now on，I will never forget  ______ my homework.

A. to do  B. do

C. done  D. doing

21. The lawyer questioned the witness about  ______.

A. what knew he  B. what did he know

C. he knew  D. what he knew

22. By 2003 my hometown had become  ______ industrial city in the province.

A. one of the three largest  B. a third largest

C. the third largest  D. the three largest

23. The concept  ______ to describe the way nations behave，but it is equally applicable to individuals.

A. is most often used  B. most often use

C. is often most used  D. is most used often

24. Japanese scientists do not know for sure  ______ Mount Fuji will erupt again.

A. where  B. that

C. when  D. which

25. It’s not good laughing  ______ other people’s shortcomings.

A. with  B. on

C. about  D. at

26. An object is said  ______ if its temperature is much higher than that of our bodies.

A. to be hot  B. as being hot

C. hot  D. as hot

27. After that quarrel，Sam didn’t talk to Paul  ______.

A. any more  B. no more

C. much longer  D. no longer

28. It allows advertisers to combine sight，sound and motion，thus  ______ to almost all the viewers’senses.

A. appeal  B. and appeals

C. appealing  D. appeals

29. If it  ______ tomorrow，we’ll have to stay indoors.

A. would rain  B. will rain

C. rained  D. rains

30. He  ______ the Chinese Volunteers Army in 1951.

A. joined  B. had joined

C. has joined  D. has been joined

二、改错 （本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

下面句子中有 A,B,C,D四个划底线部分，其中有一个是错误的，选出错误部分的字母，无需改正错误。

三、完形填空（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

选择最佳答案完成句子，错选、多选或未选均无分。

My father waved me goodbye and the bus set off. The person sitting   41   to me was a government engineer going to Peshwar   42   inspect the roads. He said that traveling by bus was an excellent way to test the roads.

   We passed many villages   43   the way and stopped once or   44   to buy cold drinks,

  45   it was very hot and dusty. The countryside was brown and dry and there were long stretches with no people   46   villages in sight. We   47   to stop once at some road works，

   48   made my traveling companion very happy.

    Most of us were dozing   49   the afternoon heat when we were woken by a sudden noise，which   50   like a shot from a gun. As the bus swerved and then stopped at the side of the road, I remembered all the stories I had heard about herd of robbers who used to attack travelers on deserted roads like this. Many of the other passengers looked as bewildered and frightened as I   51   have looked

    My neighbor, however, reassured me, “Nothing to worry   52  . Only a burst tyre”. We didn’t leave   53   he changed the wheel.

    My cousin Anwar met me at the bus station. “Well, there you   54  ，” he said.  “I was beginning to   55   what had happened to you.”

41.A. next B. beside C. besides D. near

42.A. to B. for C. at D. about to

43.A. by B. on C. in D. all

44.A. two times B. twice C. many times D. thrice

45.A. though B. while C. as D. when

46.A. and B. or C. but D. except

47.A. had B. have C. were D. had had

48.A. which B. that C. it D. this

49.A. below B. by C. under D. in

50.A. noised B. sounded C. was made D. came

51.A. might B. ought to C. must D. may

52.A. for B. on C. with D. about

53.A. as B. until C. while D. when

54.A. have come B. come C. aren’t D. are

55.A. suspect B. decide C. conclude D. wonder

四、阅读理解（本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）

本部分有两篇短文，每篇短文后有五个问题,每个问题有四个选项,请选择一个最佳答案。错选、多选或未选均无分。

Passage 1

Some kind of planning is important. For one thing it shows whether you really have enough to say on the topic while there is still time to change to another topic. It is also important because it stimulates your ideas and helps to fix them in your mind. Without some notes helping you，you may find that you begin writing with several ideas in your head but you forget some of them as you are writing.

When you have chosen your topic，and perhaps have a general idea of your theme，make quick short notes of all the ideas that come into your head. As you do this you will find that new ideas will come to you, for one idea leads to another.

It’s for you to decide how detailed your plan should be. If you are good at writing, and have had plenty of practice，probably only a few brief notes will be necessary. Remember that even the  best writers need to make some notes if they are going to produce a well-organized piece of writing.

With your plan in front of you，you should be able to write your composition. There should be no need to write a rough version first，then correct it and make a final copy. This is a waste of time.

56. This article is most probably taken from  ______.

A. a textbook   B. a newspaper 

C. a book review   D. a case report

57. According to the passage，______  is(are)very important before you start writing a composition.

A. planning   B. a topic 

C. an idea   D. notes

58. It is implied in the passage that making notes can bring you some new ideas because _____.

A. you have enough time to think about them

B.  ideas have interrelationship between themselves

C. you can rearrange your ideas on your own

D. ideas can come to you more quickly

59. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. The more detailed notes you make，the better your plan will be.

B. Everyone should make a few brief notes.

C. Making notes is helpful for a well-organized piece of writing.

D. Making notes is more important for the arrangement of your ideas.

60. According to the passage，making a draft is ______.

A. always necessary  B. a waste of time

C. helpful to correct mistakes  D. up to you

Passage 2

One of the most difficult questions to answer is how much a job is worth. We naturally expect that a doctor’s salary will be higher than a bus conductor’s wages. But the question becomes much more difficult to answer when we compare，say，a miner with an engineer，or an unskilled man working on an oil-rig(钻油机)in the North Sea with a teacher in a secondary school. What the doctor，the engineer and the teacher have in common is that they have devoted several years of their lives to studying in order to obtain the necessary qualifications for their professions. We feel instinctively(本能地)that these skills and these years，when they were studying instead of earning money，should be rewarded. At the same time we recognize that the work of the miner and the oil-rig laborer is both hard and dangerous，and that they must be highly paid for the risks they take.

Another factor we must take into consideration is how socially useful a man’s work is，regardless of the talents he may bring to it. Most people would agree that looking after the sick or teaching children is more important than，say selling second-hand cars or improving the taste of toothpaste. Yet it is almost certain that the used-car salesman earns more than the nurse and the research chemist earns more than the school teacher.

Indeed，this whole question of just rewards can be turned on its head. You can argue that a man who does a job which brings him personal satisfaction is already receiving part of his reward in the form of a so-called “psychic wage”，and that it is the man with the boring，repetitive job who needs more money to make up for the soul-destroying monotony(单调)of his work.

61. The professional man，such as the doctor，should be well-paid because ______.

A. he has spent several years learning how to do his job

B. his work involves much greater intelligence than, say, a bus conductor’s

C. he has to work much harder than most other people

D. he knows more than other people about his subject

62. It is difficult to compare a doctor and a miner because ______.

A. a miner’s work is not as useful as a doctor’s

B. each is a specialist in his own field

C. a miner has to learn just as many skills to be able to do his job well

D. a miner’s job is less skilled but on the other hand it is more dangerous

63. You can compare an engineer with a teacher because ______.

A. they both do useful work

B. they both earn the same kind of salary

C. one does socially important work and the other does dangerous work

D. they have both spent several years in training

64. As far as rewarding people for their work is concerned，the writer thinks that ______.

A. people doing manual work should be double paid

B. we should pay people according to their talents

C. we should pay for socially-useful work，regardless of the person’s talent

D. qualified people should be the highest paid

65. We learn from the passage that a man who does a boring，repetitive job ______.

A. receives less money than he deserves

B. should receive more money as a compensation for the drudgery of his work

C. can only expect more money if his job is a highly-skilled one

D. has no interest in his work apart from the money he receives for doing it

五、单词或短语的英汉互译（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

(一) 将下列词语译成中文 （5分）

66. inferior products

67. places of historical interest

68. tariff barriers

69. hypothetical economy

70. interpersonal relations

（二）将下列词语译成英文 （5分）

71.黑白相间的条纹

72.成本效益

73.社会总需求

74.归类程序

75.短途送货

六、英汉句子互译 (本大题共4小题，共15分）

（一）将下列句子译成中文（8分）

76. The time lag alone will assure a large and growing pool of savings. (4分)

77. If the most necessary things are taxed, a lot of money is collected, but the poor people suffer the most. (4分)

（二）将下列句子译成英文 （7分）

78.地铁的一个缺点就是它经常既拥挤又嘈杂。(4分)

79.这种计算机化了的UPC系统大约可以节省收款员45％的时间。(3分)