2004年4月全国高等教育自学考试综合英语一试题

　　I.用适当语法形式或词汇填空。从A、B、C和D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。（本大题共30小题，每小题1分，共30分）

　　1.It （ ） a lot so far this month.

　　A.is raining B.rains

　　C.rained D.has bee raining

　　2.Jim had been studying very hard， and （ ） he failed the exam.

　　A.thus B.so

　　C.yet D.hence

　　3.If you don‘t want to go to the party， you （ ） stay at home.

　　A.might well as B.might just as

　　C.might as just well D.might just as well

　　4.I have taken quite a few courses this term， （ ） turn out to be not as interesting as I expected.

　　A.some B.some of which

　　C.those D.some of them

　　5.The coat I bought for my brother cost me （ ） the one for myself.

　　A.three times as much as B.three times as many as

　　C.as three times many as D.as three times as

　　6.Bob feels that his composition is better than （ ） in his class.

　　A.the other‘s B.any other’s

　　C.the other student D.any other student

　　7.I had meant （ ） you about it ， but I forgot to do so.

　　A.telling B.to tell

　　C.to have told D.having told

　　8.（ ） for their help， we would not have succeeded.

　　A.Hadn‘t been B.Had it not been

　　C.It hadn‘t been D.Had been not

　　9.Not only （ ） a promise， but he also kept it.

　　A.has he made B.he made

　　C.had he made D.he had made

　　10.More and more adults in the rural areas （ ） in self-study programs.

　　A.were believed to be enrolled

　　B.believed to be enrolled

　　C.were believed to enroll

　　D.believed to enroll

　　11.（ ） an answer， John decided to write another letter to them.

　　A.Having not received B.Not having received

　　C.Not to receive D.To receive not

　　12.There was so much noise that the teacher couldn‘t make （ ）

　　A.himself to hear B.to hear himself

　　C.himself hear D.himself heard

　　13.We‘d better not go until your brother arrives， （ ）

　　A.had we B.did we

　　C.wouldn‘t we D.shouldn’t we

　　14.We had these photos （ ） when we were working in the fields.

　　A.taking B.to be taken

　　C.taken D.to take

　　15.All flights （ ） because of the heavy fog， we decided to take the train.

　　A.have canceled B.have been canceled

　　C.having canceled D.having been canceled

　　16.His experience in the army will have a profound （ ） on his life.

　　A.effort B.impression

　　C.effect D.result

　　17.As we get to know people， we take into （ ） things like age， race， physical attractiveness and economic and social status.

　　A.account B.concern

　　C.advantage D.charge

　　18.How much do you think a pearl of this size will be （ ）

　　A.worthwhile B.worthy

　　C.worth it D.worth

　　19.Fire （ ） from the hospital last Saturday evening. Unfortunately， two patients died in the fire.

　　A.broke away B.broke out

　　C.broke off D.broke through

　　20.These animals with long necks （ ） the leaves of tall trees.

　　A.live on B.live by

　　C.go by D.go on

　　21.He was just too busy yesterday， （ ）， he certainly would have gone with you.

　　A.however B.spontaneously

　　C.almost D.otherwise

　　22.These European countries were afraid of being dragged into this dispute. It might （ ） them in a war.

　　A.urge B.involve

　　C.head D.lead

　　23.（ ） the beautiful weather there， he felt he had overcome his depression and tiredness.

　　A.Thanks to B.But for

　　C.Instead of D.Apart from

　　24.I found it hard to concentrate on my work （ ） so many people around.

　　A.during B.when

　　C.because D.with

　　25.One of the hardest parts of traveling in general is to （ ） a list of what you‘ll need to bring with you.

　　A.come along with B.come up with

　　C.come across D.come about

　　26.The number of car-owners is on the increase. Some young people （ ） the car as a status symbol.

　　A.look upon B.look to

　　C.look up D.look at

　　27.The organization has been （ ） the protection of environment since its founding.

　　A.committed to B.loyal to

　　C.given to D.appointed to

　　28.He worked in a small village in Heilongjiang province ten years ago. But all these years he has stayed in （ ） with some villagers there.

　　A.conversation B.connection

　　C.touch D.communication

　　29.It was not the best result. But he was quite content （ ） the improvement.

　　A.with B.at

　　C.on D.in

　　30.After a long discussion they decided to （ ） those unreasonable and outdated rules.

　　A.break down B.get away from

　　C.do away with D.turn down

　　II.认真阅读下面两篇短文，每篇短文后有五个问题。根据短文的内容从四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

　　Passage 1

　　A linguist is always listening， never off-duty. I invited a group of friends round to my house， telling them that I was going to record their speech. I said I was interested in their regional accents， and that it would take only a few minutes. Thus one evening， three people turned up at my house and were shown into my front room. When they saw the room they were a bit alarmed， for it was laid out as a studio.（工作室） In front of each easy chair， there was a microphone at head height， with wires leading to a tape recorder in the middle of the floor. They sat down， and I explained that all I wanted was for them to count from 1 to 20. Then we could relax and have a drink.

　　I turned on the tape-recorder and each in turn counted from 1 to 20 in their best accents. When it was over， I turned the tape-recorder off and brought round the drinks. For the rest of the evening there was general jolly conversation—spoilt only by the fact that I had to take a telephone call in another room， which unfortunately lasted some time.

　　As a matter of fact， the microphones were not connected to the tape-recorder in the middle of the room at all but to another one in the kitchen. The participants， having seen the visible tape-recorder turned off， paid no more attention to the microphone which stayed in front of their chairs， only a few inches from their mouths， thus giving excellent sound quality. And my lengthy absence meant that I was able to obtain as natural a piece of conversation as it would be possible to find.

　　Of course， I did tell my friends what had happened to them after the event was over and gave them the option of destroying the tape. But none of them wanted to.

　　31.The linguist asked his friends to count from one to twenty because .

　　A.he wanted to record the numbers for his research

　　B.he wanted to find out whether the tape recorder was working

　　C.he wanted to make his friends relax before real recording started

　　D.he wanted his friends to think that was all he wanted to record

　　32.The linguist turned off the tape-recorder because .

　　A.he had to answer a phone call

　　B.he wanted his friends to enjoy some drinks

　　C.he thought the tape-recorder might bother his friends

　　D.he wanted to make his friends believe he had finished the recording

　　33.The linguist went into another room to .

　　A.get a natural recording of his friends‘ conversation

　　B.stay away from too much drinking with his friends