10月自考高级英语试题(1)

2011年10月自考高级英语试题

2011年10月（全国）自考高级英语试题

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Ⅰ. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to 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) One of the best current examples of what Horowitz is talking 1 is John Denver. His most 2 songs—“Sunshine on My Shoulders”, “Rocky Mountain High”, and “Country Road”— 3 the musical drive and power of 4 rock, while the lyrics celebrate the simple 5 of“the good old days”.

It is all symbolized in my mind by the hugely successful art 6 that television has made 7 to the culture, the 30-second commercial: the tiny drama of the 8 housewife who finds happiness 9 choosing the right toothpaste. When before in human history has so much humanity 10 surrendered so much of its leisure to one toy, one mass diversion?

They had no 11 of comparison and assumed that this was a 12

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of his class, just as a traveler stepping off the liner at a foreign 13 for luncheon sums up a nation’s character forever in the 14 businessman who happens to 15 the table with him.

Each week, for example, a record of the sales results of the 16 week for each sales office and for Sales Department as a 17 for each division of the company is kept and 18 to the sales results for the 19 week of the year 20 .

But by and large the news reports and commentaries on CBS and NBC and ABC make every 21 to present viewers with more than one 22 of an issue， either by letting 23 spokesmen have their 24 or by outlining the positions held by both major parties on the subject 25 .

A．folkB．meansC．formD．combineE．before F．precedingG．joysH．inI．correspondingJ．central K．comparedL．shareM．characteristicN．notableO．opposing P．effortQ．collectivelyR．aboutS．involvedT．port U．sayV．aspectW．wholeX．earnestY．wily

II. Each of the following sentences is given four choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (15 points, 1 point for each)

26. New books were displayed in a ______ position on tables at

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the front of the shop. A. prominent B. preeminent C. dominant D. relevant

27. The government is trying to ______ the people into thinking that a war is necessary. A. inspire B. poison C. adopt D. brainwash

28. You need to demonstrate to the examiners that you have more than a(n) ______ understanding of the text. A. actual B. factual C. literal D. literary

29. Such ______ of the facts cannot be allowed to go unchallenged.

A. distortion B. disturbance C. distraction D. distribution

30. Cutting the bush back in the autumn will help promote ______ growth in the spring. A. violent B. virtual C. vigorous D. visual

31. In this story, the clever little fox ______ the hunters and escapes from the trap they set. A. outweighs B. outwits

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C. outnumbers D. outgrows

32. The British ______ time, effort and huge sums of money on pets.

A. lavish B. grant C. provide D. supply

33. The fortunes of the major political parties tend to ______ and flow over time. A. halt B. fall C. ebb D. fly

34. I’m tired of listening to her ______ the virtues of her children.

A. exposing B. explaining C. extending D. extolling

35. There will be a mass ______ to the seaside, the countryside and foreign holiday destinations during summer vacation. A. departure B. inflow C. evasion D. exodus

36. John was angry when the boss said that his proposal was completely ______. A. disposable B. dismissible C. unapproachable D. unavoidable

37. Lack of sleep has ______ her concentration.

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A. deconstructed B. impaired C. demonstrated D. repaired

38. He had long held a(n) ______ fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare. A. arbitrary B. mortal C. morbid D. courteous

39. The government replaced the narrow street with a wide ______ with the funds raised. A. lane B. path C. boulevard D. trail

40. Like so many politicians, he had an ______ appetite for power.

A. innumerable B. inseparable C. insufferable D. insatiable

Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding three items III, IV, V.

ANC Reform: Alaska Natives Battle for Change

(1) They gathered in an office building behind closed doors, a dozen executives of Alaska native corporations (ANCs) considering how to proceed in the face of threats to a government program that had given them a shortcut to billions in income from federal contracts. For years, the leaders of ANCs

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