2004年7月全国高等教育自学考试综合英语一试题

　　Ⅰ。用适当的语法形式或词汇填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案。（每小题1分，共30分）

　　1. Yesterday we called at ______.

　　A. Mary‘s sister’s B. my aunts

　　C. a friend of my uncles D. my uncle

　　2. During the exam no one is allowed to ask ______ questions.

　　A. a few B. all

　　C. any D. some

　　3. Which of the following sentences is wrong

　　A. China will never be the first to use nucleur weapons.

　　B. The Ninth Lesson is hard to understand.

　　C. The Lesson Ten is easy to understand.

　　D. China belongs to the third world.

　　4. An assistant manager is ______ a manager in position.

　　A. inferior to B. inferior than

　　C. more inferior than D. more inferior to

　　5. The room was crowded ______ people ______ another village.

　　A. with， to B. with， from

　　C. of， in D. by， of

　　6. He promised us that he ______ early but he ______ yet.

　　A. would be， hasn‘t arrived B. is， hasn’t been arriving

　　C. should be， isn‘t arriving D. will be， hadn’t arrived

　　7. My friend kept on ______ me cigarettes and tea.

　　A. having offered B. being offered

　　C. to offer D. offering

　　8. If I had known that， I ______ so.

　　A. wouldn‘t have done B. didn’t do

　　C. won‘t do D. wouldn’t do

　　9. ______ the rain stop， the crops would be saved.

　　A. Will B. Would

　　C. Should D. Did

　　10. The police ______ a prisoner.

　　A. are searched for B. is searching

　　C. are searching for D. is searching for

　　11. I cannot understand ______ to go to the meeting.

　　A. them to forbid B. them to be forbidden

　　C. their being forbidden D. their forbidding

　　12. X-rays are able to pass through objects and thus make ______ details that are otherwise impossible to observe.

　　A. it visible B. visibly

　　C. visible D. they are visible 13. ______ at the spot， Tom found that the gypsies（吉普赛） had gone.

　　A. As his arriving B. As his reaching

　　C. On his arrival D. On his reaching

　　14. “Would you rather watch TV or go for a walk ” “______ the TV program is good this afternoon， I think I need the exercise more.”

　　A. Even though B. No matter how

　　C. Despite of D. In spite of 15. During their quarrel he didn‘t say anything. He knew there was ______ in giving the advice.

　　A. without B. of no use

　　C. not much point D. no usage

　　16. After a long discussion，they ______ an agreement.

　　A. came across B. came to

　　C. came up D. came into

　　17. He often goes to school by bike ______ it rains.

　　A. except when B. except that

　　C. except D. besides

　　18. Once formed， bad habits are hard to ______.

　　A. get rid of B. get along with

　　C. get used to D. get hold of 19. This problem will be ______ discussed in Chapter 2.

　　A. deep B. enough

　　C. further D. farther

　　20. ______ your courage in time of difficulties.

　　A. Keep down B. Keep out

　　C. Keep on D. Keep up

　　21. My old school friend had changed so much that I could hardly ______ him.

　　A. recognize B. remember

　　C. know D. make out

　　22. He went to the bookstore and ______ two books for his daughter as a birthday present.

　　A. took up B. picked off

　　C. picked up D. picked out

　　23. It is not easy to ______ oneself of a bad habit.

　　A. purify B. dismiss

　　C. release D. rid

　　24. The actors have to ______ before they appear in front of the strong lights on television.

　　A. cover up B. paint up

　　C. make up D. do up

　　25. The good service at the hotel ______ the poor food to some extent.

　　A. made up for B. made up

　　C. made for D. made out

　　26. He ［ruled］ his country for almost ten years ______. A. existed B. governed

　　C. made D. loved

　　27. In the past twenty years， Beijing has changed ［considerably］。

　　A. reportedly B. greatly

　　C. little D. theoretically

　　28. He is so ［absent-minded］ that he often forgets where he has left things.

　　A. habitually forgetful B. stupid

　　C. childish D. mad

　　29. The score is 2∶1 ［in our favour］，we are winning.

　　A. to our advantage B. in our mind

　　C. to our liking D. unfairyly

　　30. He always ［declares his opinion］ about everything.

　　A. speaks out B. speaks at

　　C. speaks to D. speaks for

　　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出一个最佳答案。（每小题1分，共10分）

　　Passage 1

　　Since the earliest times， trees have always been very useful and important to man who made use of them in many ways. Even today trees continue to serve man in so many ways.

　　Trees provide man with fruits and building materials in the form of wood. Without trees it would be impossible to build houses， boats and even bridges. Furniture such as tables， chairs and beds is made of wood.

　　In the tropics where it is very hot throughout the year， trees protect man from the terrible heat. They are also useful in preventing good and rich top soil from being washed away during heavy rains which are so common in the tropics.

　　If there were no trees or vegetation of some kind to hold back the soil with their roots， heavy rain would wash away the rich surface soil that is so important and necessary to agriculture. The result is that the land becomes a desert.

　　There are so many desert areas in the world. A long time ago these desert areas must have been very rich fertile areas， but since our ancestors in the distant past did not have enough knowledge about science of nature， they cut down all the trees in the areas where they lived and never planted new ones. By and by， the rich surface soil was blown away and washed away by strong winds and heavy rains. In the end the land was turned into useless deserts where nothing could grow.

　　31. According to the passage，______.

　　A. ancient man did not know how to make use of trees

　　B. trees are not as useful now as they were in the pas

　　C. trees are more useful in the past than they are now

　　D. men have always found trees very useful

　　32. According to the passage， some desert areas were once ______.

　　A. fertile lands B. covered by icebergs

　　C. very cold D. very dry and useless lands

　　33. If there were no trees，______.

　　A. the land would become more fertile

　　B. heavy rains would clean the tropics

　　C. the rich top soil couldn‘t be held back

　　D. the balance of nature is unimportant to man

　　34. From this passage， we know that ______.

　　A. man can do nothing to keep the balance of nature

　　B. man may take no notice of the balance of nature

　　C. man must do his best to keep the balance of nature

　　D. the balance of nature is unimportant to man

　　35. The best title of this passage is ______.

　　A. The Uses and Importance of Trees B. The Importance of Top Soil

　　C. How Are Rich Lands Turned into Deserts D. Keep the Balance of Nature

　　Passage 2

　　Among the most popular books being written today are those which are usually classified as sc