2009年1月全国自学考试00600高级英语试题
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全国2009年1月高等教育自学考试
高级英语试题
课程代码：00600
请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上。全部题目用英文作答(英译汉题目除外)
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 )
Work therefore is desirable, first and foremost, as a 1 of boredom, for the boredom that a man feels when he is doing necessary though uninteresting work is as nothing in 2 with the boredom that he feels when he has nothing to do with his days. With this advantage of work another is 3 , namely that it makes holidays much more delicious 4 they come. Provided a man does not have to work so hard as to 5 his vigor, he is likely to find far more zest in his free time 6 an idle man could possibly find.
Discussing the question, some time 7 , with an old friend, she gave me her never-failing 8 for sleeplessness, which was to imagine 9 performing some trivial 10 over and over again, until, her mind becoming disgusted with the monotony of life, 11 drew the curtain. Her favourite device was to imagine a picture not 12 quite plumb upon the wall, and then to proceed to straighten it.
I believe that over a period of decades newspapers have become a 13 rather than a function. They have held their 14 so long that change has become 15 . I do not know, in fact, of any 16 that has changed as little in the last twenty years as the 17 press. And this resistance to change is the end of 18 —which, in turn, marks the end of usefulness.
The key is to segment the market 19 . This enables the company to pitch 20 customers with specialized 21 that no other company can begin to 22 . Example: One customer segment is the 23 profession. Cable & Wireless is developing features and functions that 24 tremendous appeal to lawyers.
.......
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. He sees it as a place where American society ______ to define and redefine its feelings and beliefs.
26. Choosing a ______ to cope with it, then, is the first decision young adults have to make, and usually the most important decision of their lifetime.
27. But I have seen at least two children lying dead in bed of ______ in such cases, and feeling that I must get a diagnosis now or never I went at it again.
28. Similarly, suppose that a doctor does no wrong by withholding some treatment in order that ______should come sooner rather than later.
29. Part of the problem is that women in America are much more brainwashed and ______ with their roles as second-class citizens than blacks ever were.
30. I have tried often to search ______ the sophistication of years for the enchantment I so easily found in those gifts.
31. He thrust his hand into the shoe and made careful excavations as though he had one ______ scrap of paper in mind.
32. I rank pretty high when the company is ______ this way, because I’m not envious or disappointed, and I have no expectations.
33. Of course, her father had found out the ______ and had forbidden her to have anything to say to him.
34. There is prejudice against the old by doctors and other medical ______ who don’t like to bother with them.
35. I suppose she felt she couldn’t do her ______, and then you don’t enjoy things when you feel shabby.
36. He ran the comb straight back on both sides of his head, then ______ the hair in front enough for one little lock to droop over his forehead.
37. Representatives of the factories had particular customers, and cheese was prepared by hand to suit the grocers, who ______ precisely what their patrons wanted.
38. Some people said I was either a federal agent or a fool, for no reasonable man, they said, ______ to Watts by choice.
39. We have identified three distinct value ______, so called because each produces a different kind of customer value.
........
III. Each of the following sentences is given two 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 )
40. It is a challenge to tell these separate stories without losing overall ______.
A. convenience B. coherence
41. Eva was ______ grateful for his expertise.
A. exceedingly B. successfully
42. The crowded room was filled with lights, cameras, and ______ reporters.
A. acquisitive B. inquisitive
43. After his ______ became widely known, he decided not to run for re-election.
A. hypocrisies B. stories
44. Feminist campaigns around the state effectively unmasked the unofficial ______ culture of politicians, experts and administrators.
A. feminine B. masculine
45. When it feeds, its huge tongue ______ in and out of its tiny mouth.
A. flicks B. plucks
46. It became clear that a good manager in today’s world must have courage and a strong sense of ______.
A. integrity B. activity
47. From this revival came black and white abstract nature forms in all shapes and sizes, the beginning of her highly ______ style.
A. personal B. individualistic
48. Those who ______ a national culture respond that immigrant groups traditionally came to America precisely to put ethnic and religious strife behind them and to become Americans.
A. advocate B. advertise
49. In this complex process, those charged with drawing districts use ______ computer technologies to come up with the most favorable district boundaries.
A. sophisticated B. superficial
50. They searched for the most savage and ______ beasts to put into the cages, from which the fiercest monster might be selected for the arena.
A. restless B. relentless
51. Nothing pleased him so much as to make the ______ straight, and crush down uneven places.
A. crooked B. troubled
52. In 1908, perhaps disappointed with the rigidity of American art education at the time, she gave up painting and became a(n) ______ artist, drawing advertising illustrations in Chicago.
A. economical B. commercial
53. A research indicates that the highest current ______ levels are now found not in the South but in older northern smokestack cities.
A. disposition B. segregation
54. The ______ headlights of the cars could be seen through the fog.
A. gleaming B. shinning
Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding four items IV, V, VI and VII.
Fear of Dearth (缺乏)
.........
76．她的脸色通红、呼吸急促，我意识到她发高烧了。
77．我怀疑晚间电视新闻中的内容有多少是真正可吸收和可理解的。
78．与过去相比，现在更多的女人更长久地保持年轻的外貌。从这一点看，这是一个成 功。
79．她以前从未这样想过，然而这解释了她为什么每周都要特意在同一时间离家的原 因。
80．我们的调查表明，当今没有哪家公司会通过面面俱到来取胜。
81．新潮势利虽不是我们这个时代独有，却已经变得空前重要。理由很简单，完全是经 济原因。由于有了现代化机器，生产超过了消费。消费者有组织的浪费是我们工业繁荣的先决条件。对生产者来说，消费者扔得越快越好、买得越快越好。当然，与此同时，生产者必须做出自己的贡献——只生产最容易用坏的东西。
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高级英语试题
课程代码：00600
请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上。全部题目用英文作答(英译汉题目除外)
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 )
Work therefore is desirable, first and foremost, as a 1 of boredom, for the boredom that a man feels when he is doing necessary though uninteresting work is as nothing in 2 with the boredom that he feels when he has nothing to do with his days. With this advantage of work another is 3 , namely that it makes holidays much more delicious 4 they come. Provided a man does not have to work so hard as to 5 his vigor, he is likely to find far more zest in his free time 6 an idle man could possibly find.
Discussing the question, some time 7 , with an old friend, she gave me her never-failing 8 for sleeplessness, which was to imagine 9 performing some trivial 10 over and over again, until, her mind becoming disgusted with the monotony of life, 11 drew the curtain. Her favourite device was to imagine a picture not 12 quite plumb upon the wall, and then to proceed to straighten it.
I believe that over a period of decades newspapers have become a 13 rather than a function. They have held their 14 so long that change has become 15 . I do not know, in fact, of any 16 that has changed as little in the last twenty years as the 17 press. And this resistance to change is the end of 18 —which, in turn, marks the end of usefulness.
The key is to segment the market 19 . This enables the company to pitch 20 customers with specialized 21 that no other company can begin to 22 . Example: One customer segment is the 23 profession. Cable & Wireless is developing features and functions that 24 tremendous appeal to lawyers.
.......
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. He sees it as a place where American society ______ to define and redefine its feelings and beliefs.
26. Choosing a ______ to cope with it, then, is the first decision young adults have to make, and usually the most important decision of their lifetime.
27. But I have seen at least two children lying dead in bed of ______ in such cases, and feeling that I must get a diagnosis now or never I went at it again.
28. Similarly, suppose that a doctor does no wrong by withholding some treatment in order that ______should come sooner rather than later.
29. Part of the problem is that women in America are much more brainwashed and ______ with their roles as second-class citizens than blacks ever were.
30. I have tried often to search ______ the sophistication of years for the enchantment I so easily found in those gifts.
31. He thrust his hand into the shoe and made careful excavations as though he had one ______ scrap of paper in mind.
32. I rank pretty high when the company is ______ this way, because I’m not envious or disappointed, and I have no expectations.
33. Of course, her father had found out the ______ and had forbidden her to have anything to say to him.
34. There is prejudice against the old by doctors and other medical ______ who don’t like to bother with them.
35. I suppose she felt she couldn’t do her ______, and then you don’t enjoy things when you feel shabby.
36. He ran the comb straight back on both sides of his head, then ______ the hair in front enough for one little lock to droop over his forehead.
37. Representatives of the factories had particular customers, and cheese was prepared by hand to suit the grocers, who ______ precisely what their patrons wanted.
38. Some people said I was either a federal agent or a fool, for no reasonable man, they said, ______ to Watts by choice.
39. We have identified three distinct value ______, so called because each produces a different kind of customer value.
........
III. Each of the following sentences is given two 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 )
40. It is a challenge to tell these separate stories without losing overall ______.
A. convenience B. coherence
41. Eva was ______ grateful for his expertise.
A. exceedingly B. successfully
42. The crowded room was filled with lights, cameras, and ______ reporters.
A. acquisitive B. inquisitive
43. After his ______ became widely known, he decided not to run for re-election.
A. hypocrisies B. stories
44. Feminist campaigns around the state effectively unmasked the unofficial ______ culture of politicians, experts and administrators.
A. feminine B. masculine
45. When it feeds, its huge tongue ______ in and out of its tiny mouth.
A. flicks B. plucks
46. It became clear that a good manager in today’s world must have courage and a strong sense of ______.
A. integrity B. activity
47. From this revival came black and white abstract nature forms in all shapes and sizes, the beginning of her highly ______ style.
A. personal B. individualistic
48. Those who ______ a national culture respond that immigrant groups traditionally came to America precisely to put ethnic and religious strife behind them and to become Americans.
A. advocate B. advertise
49. In this complex process, those charged with drawing districts use ______ computer technologies to come up with the most favorable district boundaries.
A. sophisticated B. superficial
50. They searched for the most savage and ______ beasts to put into the cages, from which the fiercest monster might be selected for the arena.
A. restless B. relentless
51. Nothing pleased him so much as to make the ______ straight, and crush down uneven places.
A. crooked B. troubled
52. In 1908, perhaps disappointed with the rigidity of American art education at the time, she gave up painting and became a(n) ______ artist, drawing advertising illustrations in Chicago.
A. economical B. commercial
53. A research indicates that the highest current ______ levels are now found not in the South but in older northern smokestack cities.
A. disposition B. segregation
54. The ______ headlights of the cars could be seen through the fog.
A. gleaming B. shinning
Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding four items IV, V, VI and VII.
Fear of Dearth (缺乏)
.........
76．她的脸色通红、呼吸急促，我意识到她发高烧了。
77．我怀疑晚间电视新闻中的内容有多少是真正可吸收和可理解的。
78．与过去相比，现在更多的女人更长久地保持年轻的外貌。从这一点看，这是一个成 功。
79．她以前从未这样想过，然而这解释了她为什么每周都要特意在同一时间离家的原 因。
80．我们的调查表明，当今没有哪家公司会通过面面俱到来取胜。
81．新潮势利虽不是我们这个时代独有，却已经变得空前重要。理由很简单，完全是经 济原因。由于有了现代化机器，生产超过了消费。消费者有组织的浪费是我们工业繁荣的先决条件。对生产者来说，消费者扔得越快越好、买得越快越好。当然，与此同时，生产者必须做出自己的贡献——只生产最容易用坏的东西。
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