自学考试高级英语练习题一

2011年10⽉⾃学考试⾼级英语练习题⼀Part IVocabulary (40% )

Directions A: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, Cand D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence.Section A

Directions:There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section.For each sentence there are four choices marked A,B,C andD.Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.Then write the answer on the Answer Sheet.1.As soon as he was ____ the evidence he admitted his guilt.A.confronted withB.frustrated byC.defeatedD.attacked by

2.The husband can't stand any more of his wife's ____ nagging.A.eternalB.externalC.internalD.central

3.Choose furniture that's consistent ____ the modern style of the house.A.toB.inC.forD.with

4.When the building was completed,the boss ____the laborers.A.paid offB.paid forC.paid backD.paid up

5.These excursions will give you an even deeper ____ into our language and culture.A.investigationB.inputC.insightD.ingenuity

6.Harry takes a great delight ____ his little sister.A.teasing

B.in teasingC.to teaseD.with teasing

7.The two things are the same in outward form but diferent in ____.A.essenceB.estateC.segmentD.qualification

8.Although her marriage was very unhappy,Mrs. Stephens remained with her husband for the ____ of the children.A.careB.benefitC.reasonD.convenience

9.You can't vote until you have ____ all the formal conditions.A.confrontedB.satisfiedC.scoldedD.attacked

10.The disaster of flood has ____ the country's economy.A.increasedB.engulfedC.revealedD.crippled

11.All the members received ____ notices to the meeting.A.alternatedB.duplicatedC.selectedD.expanded

12.The teacher thought the gabby girl wouldn't talk in class again.The suggestion and the blame seem to ____.A.take outB.get inC.get withD.sink in

13.The boy sought ____ his mother in the crowd.A.for

B.afterC.onD.out

14.The old woman ____ curses on those hooligans.A.called offB.called downC.imposedD.mocked

15.The job is not inviting ____ money,but I can experience.A.on terms ofB.in term ofC.in terms ofD.on terms with

16.I don't like to feel ____ to a person I regard with contempt.A.under an obligationB.beyond an obligationC.by an obligationD.with an obligation

17.Justice has ____,the guilty man has been punished.A.prevailedB.practicedC.performedD.overcome

18.Through the glass paneling I caught a glimpse of a large and ____ room.A.genuineB.magnificentC.luxuriousD.considerate

19.Everyone believes that oil and water do not ____ together.And why not stop it?A.blenchB.blendC.blankD.bleed

20.The vivid green of the fields ____ all the emotions in her.A.called up

B.stirred upC.mixed up

D.occurred to Section B

There are 20 sentences in this section.In each sentence there is a word or a phrase underlined.Below each sentence thereare four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the ONE that can best replace the underlined part of each sentence withoutchanging its original meaning.Then write the answer on the Answer Sheet.

21.Sam's employer countered his request for more money by threatening to dismiss him.A.calculatedB.valuedC.opposedD.acknowledged

22.An Oscar represents the ultimate accolade for a movie actor's performance.A.affirmativeB.negativeC.greatestD.successful

23.The machine is unsafe because of the defects in it.A.mistakesB.folliesC.errorsD.faults

24.The road sign is easy to read:the words stand out wellhttp://www.doczj.com/doc/52e27edd7f1922791688e8f8.html e outB.go outC.are vagueD.are notable

25.The two partners will never reach an agreement if one or the other does not modify its demands.A.overlookB.identifyC.changeD.negotiate

26.The clumsy waiter spilt the soup while he was trying to pass the swinging door.A.unskillfulB.stupidC.busyD.anxious

27.A rational woman wouldn't weep just because her husband had forgotten her birthday.A.properB.sensitiveC.sensibleD.emotional

28.Once he is crowned,the king will reign until he dies.A.inheritB.continueC.advocateD.exercise power

29.I never thought she could come down to asking my advice about her affairs.A.declineB.go down hillC.leave behindD.be reduced

30.The boy stripped himself to go swimming in the river.A.slippedB.removedC.strolledD.undressed

31.To our relief that our lives have taken on a certain regularity.A.threatenedB.acquiredC.sufferedD.adopted

32.He is the kind of architect who assimilates his building to its environment.A.associatesB.assignsC.imitatesD.absorbs

33.This is Tom's exquisite miniature showing the greatest delicacy in their use of color.A.extendB.explodeC.elegantD.expose

34.The old man has been supervising the students for 20 years.A.keeping watchB.taking careC.getting overD.seeing through

35.She cleaned a small segment of the painting.A.cornerB.partC.stainD.spot

36.When we do the arithmetic,the sorts of numbers we come up with are around a million technical civilizations.A.run intoB.carry outC.claimD.give

37.Of primary interest in business and technical research reports is the validity of the results as the bases for companydecisions.A.clearnessB.hypothesisC.soundnessD.volition

38.Scientists are a minority group,and like most minorities they're largely hidden from the public's sight,tucked away inghettos…A.exhaustedB.hiddenC.musteredD.dedicated

39.You've posed an awkward question.A.raisedB.imposedC.answeredD.told

40.He has an array of information to support his claims.A.orderB.data

C.collectionD.astray

Part II Cloze (10%)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blanks there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.

●Rumors 41 quickly that I was a FBI agent. I was 42 because I was not 43___ to return. Some people said I was either afederal agent or a 44 , for no 45 man, they said, returns to Watts by 46 .

●Television 47 on advertising to an even greater 48 than newspapers, and since advertising is big business, advertising isby 49 Republican. Yet nowhere in network newscasts in network commentaries on current events have I 50 the intensepartisanship, the often rabid 51 that colors the editorial 52 of the majority of newspapers in this country.

●The chances had 53 to one in eight when the 54 clerk drew the second slip. He 55 his throat and 56 his pince-nez asthough he had to make sure he was not

57 . “Ah, Monsieur V oisin,” he said with a 58 undecided smile, “May I join you?”

●Some people believe that the time of death is 59 by God and that no man should ___60 the clock back on another. Yet if apatient’s philosophical views embrace euthanasia, it is not clear why the religious objections of others should intrude on hisdeath.

Part III Reading Comprehension (40%)

Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. Foreach of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Read each passage carefully and decide on the best answer.(1)

From good reading we can derive pleasure,companionship,experience,and instruction.A good book may absorb our

attention so completely that for the time being we forget our surroundings and even our identity.Reading good books is one ofthe greatest pleasures in life.It increases our contentment when we are cheerful,and lessons our troubles when we aresad.Whatever may be our main purpose in reading,our contact with good books should never fail to give us enjoyment andsatisfaction.

With a good book in our hands we need never be lonely.Whenever the characters portrayed are taken from real life or arepurely imaginary,they may become our companions and friends.In the pages of books we can walk with the wise and thegood of all lands and all times.The people we meet in books may delight us either because they resemble human friendswhom we hold dear or because they present unfamiliar types whom we are glad to welcome as new acquaintances.Our

human friends sometimes may bore us,but the friends we make in books need never weary us with their company.By turningthe page we can dismiss them without any fear of hurting their feelings.When human friends desert us,good books arealways ready to give us friendship, sympathy,and encouragement.

One of the most valuable gifts bestowed by books is experience.Few of us can travel far from home or have a wide range ofexperiences,but all of us can lead varied lives through the pages of books.Whether we wish to escape from the seeminglydull realities of everyday life or whether we long to visit some far-off place,a book will help us when nothing else can.(81)Totravel by books we need no bank account to pay our way,no airship or ocean liner or stream lined train to transport us;nopassport to enter the land of our heart's desire.Throug h books we may get the thrill of hazardous adventure withoutdanger.We can climb lofty mountains,brave the perils of an

Antarctic winter,or cross the scorching sands of the desert,all without hardship.In books we may visit the students of

Hollywood;we may mingle with the gay throngs of the Paris boulevards;we may join the picturesque peasants in an Alpinevillage or the kindly natives on a South Sea island.Indeed,through books the whole world is ours for the asking.The

possibilities of our literary experiences are almost unlimited.The beauties of nature,the enjoyment of music,the treasures ofart,the triumphs of architecture,the marvels of engineering,are all open to the worker and enjoyment of those who read.61.In the first Paragraph,we are told that ____.A.we should always read good books,not bad onesB.happiness can be derived only from reading

C.enjoyment and satisfaction can be achieved by reading good booksD.reading good books is very important in human life

62.Why is that we sometimes forget our surroundings and even our identity while reading?A.No one has come to disturb you.

B.Everything is so quiet and calm around you.

C.The book you are reading is so interesting and attractive.D.Your book is overdue;you are finishing it at a very fast speed.

63.According to the writer,____ portrayed in books may become our companions and friends.A.all characters,real and imaginaryB.only real charactersC.only imaginary charactersD.none of the characters

.How would you account for the fact that people like their acquaintances in books even more?A.They resemble human types we like.B.They are unfamiliar types we like.C.They never desert us.D.They never hurt our feelings.65.Which of the following is true?

A.Your wish to visit some far--off place can be realized through the pages of the books.B.To escape from the dull realities of everyday life you should take up reading.C.Books can always help you to live a colorful life.

D.You may obtain valuable experience from reading good books.66.The phrase \"to travel by book\"means____.

A.\"to take books with you when you are going on a journey\"B.\"books will help you avoid accidents in travelling\"

C.\"to take imaginary journey to the places mentioned in the book\"D.\"books will save you a lot of money on travelling\"

67.\"…the whole world is ours for the asking\" implies that ____.A.in books the world is more accessible to usB.we can ask to go anywhere in the worldC.we can make a claim to everything in this world

D. we can make a round the world trip free of charge(2)

The television camera is rather like the human eye.Both the eye and the camera have a lens, and both produces a picture ona screen.In each case the picture is made up of millions of spots of light.

Let us see how the eye works.When we look at an object-a person,a house, or whatever it may be-we do not see all the

details of the object in one piece.We imagine that we do,but this is not the case.In fact,the eye builds up the pictures for us inour brain,which controls our sight,in millions of separate parts,and although we do not realise it,all these details are seenseparately.

This is what happens when we look at something.Beams of light of different degrees of intensity,reflected from all parts of theobject,strike the lens of the eye.The lens then gathers together the spots of light from these beams and focuses them on to alight--sensitive plate-the retina-at the back of the eyeball.In this way an image of the object is produced on the retina in theform of a pattern of lights.

The retina contains millions of minute light sensitive elements,each of which is separately connected to the brain by a tinyfibre in the optic nerve.These nerve fibres,working independently, pick out minute details from the image on the retina andturn the small spots of light into nerve impulses of different strengths. They then transmit these impulses to the brain.They dothis all at the same time.

All the details of the image are fed to the brain,and,as we have taught our brain to add them together correctly,we see a clearpictures of the object as a whole.

Television,which means vision at a distance,operates on a similar principle.A television picture is built up in thousands ofseparate parts. Beams of light reflected from the subject being televised strike the lens of the television camera,whichcorresponds to the lens of the eye.The camera lens gathers together the spots of light from these beams and focuses animage on to plate,the surface of which is coated with millions of photo--electric sensitive to light.68.Which of the following is NOT true according to the writer?A.The eye produces a picture on a screen.B.We see all the details of an object in one piece.C.Our sight is controlled by our brain.

D.The picture is made up of millions of spots of light.69.All of rays of light reflected from objects are ____.A.of the same intensityB.of varying intensitiesC.to some degree intenseD.not at all intense70.The retina is ____.A.a lensB.a beam of lightC.a part of the brainD.a light sensitive plate

71.The nerve fibres connecting these light-sensitive elements to the brain____.A.all work togetherB.help each otherC.work independently

D.work in small groups

72.A camera lens focuses an image on to ____.A.the subject

B.a surface made up of millions of light-sensitive elementsC.a television set

http://www.doczj.com/doc/52e27edd7f1922791688e8f8.html lions of photo electric beams of light(3)

Blind people usually possess one advantage over other people who can see:their sense of hearing is far more acute.Soundswhich most others would miss can carry a great deal of information to a sightless person.For instance,teams of blind childrencan enjoy fast moving games of soccer with a bell inside the ball and a new hand--held ultrasonic device to guide them.Andthat sound--location systm could help to build up an even more complete sound picture of a blind person's surroundings.Bats,whose sight is poor,use a sound location system to help them avoid obstacles in the dark.(82) They send out pulses ofsound waves,pitched at 50,000 cycles per second,far above the limits of the human ear,which can hear sounds up to

frequencies of about 20,000 cycles per second.As the echoes bounce back off obstacles such as trees and walls,the bats areable to take appropriate action.

The first steps to help blind people to see with sound are based on exactly the same principle.The sound is emitted by anultrasonic torch,shaped like a double barreled version of a normal electric torch.It works in a similar way to a sonar unit on awarship or submarine.

The unit's transmitter sends out pulses of ultrasonic waves at the same frequency as the bat,and

the receiver picks up the returning echoes.Because these are still above the frequency at which the human ear can pick themup,the echoes are filtered through circuits which turn them into clearly audible \"bleeps\" before passing them into headphonesThis means that a person holding the torch can point it ahead of him and \"scan\" the area for obstacles over a range of about25 ft.If there are no return echoes coming through the headphones,then there is nothing in the way.

If echoes do come back,then the closer the obstruction the faster the succession of bleeps and the deeper the pitch of eachbleep.With practice the torch could help a blind person to lead a more normal life-without needing a constant companion toguide him.Experienced operators of the torch system claim they can distinguish grass from bushes,trees,posts andkerbstones.

But before blind people can be helped to feel really independent ,the system needs to be more streamlined.At present,theexperimental ultrasonic torch requires a shoulder bag to carry the batteries,cables for the power supplies and earphones,inaddition to the torch itself.But miniaturisation of electronic equipment is making such rapid progress that it should not be longbefore the whole set up can be reproduced in a form small enough to fit into a pair of spectacles. The transmitter and powersupplies,with all the circuitry,would be packed into the bridge piece above the nose.The sending and receiving sensors

would be in the \"lenses\". And the filtered bleeps would be passed on to the wearer through the earpieces,as with present dayhearing aid spectacles.

This would mean that scanning one's surroundings would become instinctive.The wearer would face in the direction hewanted to check,and lift or lower his head just as a sighted person would.

http://www.doczj.com/doc/52e27edd7f1922791688e8f8.html pared with those with normal vision,blind people possess____.A.a greater sensitivity to soundB.a more vivid imaginationC.a greater sense of smell

D.an ability to distinguish every tiny sound74.How do blind children play soccer?A.They listen to the sound of the ball bouncing.B.They ask an adult to guide them.

C.They hold a bell in their hands.D.They put a bell inside the ball.

75.Bats need a sound location system ____.A.because they fly at nightB.because they have poor eyesight

C.to help them avoid obstacles such as trees and wallsD.both B and C

76.The attempt to help blind people to see with sound ____.A.was similar to the sound location system of the bats

B.led to a product that sent out sound waves of about 20,000 cycles per secondC.was experimented on a submarineD.turned out to be a failure

77.The returning echoes the receiver picks up are ____. A.clearly audible bleepsB.inaudible to human ears

C.immediately passed on to headphonesD.filtered through the transmitter

78.Experienced operators of the torch system claim that ____.A.they are able to distinguish an object's colorB.they can visualize an entire 25 foot area

C.they can function as effectively as if they had normal visionD.they can distinguish grass from bushes,trees,posts and kerbstones79.Which of the following is NOT true about the ultrasonic torch?A.Its sound can warn other people of the blind man's approach.B.It is mainly used to scan the area in front of the operator for obstacles.C.Fast succession of bleeps indicates that the obstacle is near.D.It enables the blind to live a more normal life.

80.The author predicts that in the future ultrasonic devices could be ___ .A.worn as an earpieceB.worn as eyeglassesC.carried in one's pocket

D.strong enough to detect frequencies above 50,000 cycles per secondPartⅣTranslation (10%)

Section A Direction: Translate the following sentences into Chinese and write the translation on your Answer sheet.81. About all that can be said for it is that it sometimes works-that in this particular time and place it offers a better chance forremedying some of the world’s ooutrages than any other available strategy.

82.It is woman who can bring empathy, tolerance, insight, patience, and persistence to

government- the qualities we naturally have or have to develop because of our suppression by men.83.It takes the human voice to infuse words with the shades of deeper meaning.84.What a bundle of contradictions is a man!

85.It may be old-fashioned, but I was taught that thought is words, arranged in grammaticallyprecise ways.

Section B Direction: Translate the following sentences into English and write the translation on your Answer Sheet.86．不幸的是，我们地球上⾼尚的野蛮⼈和未被玷污的地⽅越来越少，除了北极和南极，yo 边疆地区已⽆处可觅。87．美国唯⼀没有受到经济萧条影响的产业就是美容业。

88．在消费者中有组织的浪费是我们⼯业繁荣的先决条件。消费者将买来的东西越快扔掉并购买新的，对⽣产者就越好。．这⼀切⾄关重要且相互关联的因素共同决定⼀个⼈晚年⽣活的质量。

90．对于这些产品领导者，竞争的不是价格或顾客服务(尽管那些不容忽视)，⽽是产品的性能。练习⼀答案

PartⅠVocabulary (每⼩题1分，共40分)1.A2.A3.D4.A5.C6.B7.A8.B

9.B 10.D 11.B 12.D 13.D 14.B 15.C 16.A 17.A 18.C 19.B 20.B 21.C 22.C 23.D 24.D 25.C 26.A 27.C 28.D 29.D 30.D 31.B32.D 33.C 34.A 35.B 36.A 37.C 38.B 39.A 40.C PartⅡ(每⼩题0.5分，共10分)

41.M 42.R 43.W 44.L 45.A 46.D 47.H 48.P 49.E 50.J 51.C 52.O 53.T 54.Q 55.S 56.U 57.G 58.I 59.X 60.B Part ⅢReadingComprehension(每⼩题2分，共40分) 61.C 62.C 63.A .C 65.D 66.C 67.A 68.B 69.B 70.D 71.C 72.B 73.A 74.D 75.D 76.A77.B 78.D 79.D 80.B PartⅣ (略)参照课后练习