2004年10月全国高等教育自学考试高级英语试题

　　PART ONE（62 POINTS）

　　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 each）

　　● We parked the car， Elgie came over and 1 himself in the back seat of the car. A police car moved slowly to the corner where we were 2 and the patrolmen looked at the three of us 3 and we pretended not to 4 . The patrol car 5 down the empty street and I turned 6 toward Elgie.

　　● She 7 to me because she was like people I had never met 8 . Like women in English novels who walked the moors with their 9 dogs racing at a 10 distance. Like the women who sat in front of roaring 11 ， drinking tea 12 from silver trays.

　　● Actually， I enjoy my work when the 13 are large and 14 and somewhat frightening and will 15 the attention of many people. I get scared， and am unable to 16 at night， but I usually 17 at my best under this stimulating kind of 18 and enjoy my job the most.

　　● And Americans ought to note that， 19 things may seem to be 20 apart， arts and the humane scholarship are 21 here. I‘m not suggesting that writers and artists have the task of finding a 22 to the American 23 ， but they can at least clarify its 24 and show how it relates to the human condition in general.

　　Ⅱ。 There are 15 sentences 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 each）

　　25.The senior partner studied the resume for the hundredth time and again found nothing he

　　disliked about Mitchell Y.Mcdeere， at least not ______.

　　26.For this and other reasons I was somewhat lonely， and I soon developed disagreeable

　　mannerisms which made me ______ throughout my schooldays.

　　27.On three pieces he made a cross in pencil， and then ______ each piece.

　　28.But the press isn‘t the only party in this country that’s guilty of this ______ insensitivity.

　　29.Most of the idle rich suffer unspeakable boredom as the price of their freedom from ______.

　　30.The modern ______ of beauty is not exclusively a function （in the mathematical sense） of

　　wealth.

　　31.The Beatles showed there was a ______ of emotions between love and hate.

　　32.Our generation views the adult world with great ______ … there is also an increased tendency

　　to reject completely that world.

　　33.She just nodded her head， not getting a bit ______， but rocking back and forth.

　　34.I have met several adolescent consumption-snobs， who thought that it would be romantic to

　　______ in the flower of youth.

　　35.For that matter she would drive herself and keep the whole event within her ______.

　　36.Undoubtedly the desire for food has been， and still is， one of the main ______ of great political

　　events.

　　37.Companies that pursue this are not primarily product or service innovators， ______ cultivate

　　deep， one-to-one relationships with customers.

　　38.Such as it is， the ______ is regarded as no place to make a career for those who have a future.

　　39.I agree that our food is nutritious and that the ______ of most of us is well-balanced.

　　Ⅲ。 Each of the following sentences is given two choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and mark the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. （15 points， 1 point each）

　　40.As a businessman， he would often stay away from the city for three or four weeks at a （an） （A.

　　extent， B. stretch）。

　　41.He can only have （A. caught up， B. picked up） such excellent English by living in the English-speaking

　　country for some years.

　　42.To be a writer， you need among other things a （an） （A. vivid， B. acute） imagination.

　　43.Although there were several witnesses who had seen him at the spot， he still （A. declined， B. denied） it.

　　44.It is most （A. regretful， B. regrettable） that Mr. Smith has decided to resign.

　　45.During this season， the weather often （A. alters， B. alternates） between heavy rains and bursts

　　of sunshine.

　　46.A newspaper （A. supplement， B. complement） will sometimes be distributed free with the

　　newspaper.

　　47.My father was （A. sensitive， B. allergic） to this kind of medicine， so we decided to try another

　　kind.

　　48.The painter was （A. inspired， B. initiated） to paint by the grandeur of the sunrise.

　　49.The theater in this small town has a seating （A. capability， B. capacity） of 1000.

　　50.We could all see clearly that this newcomer had （A. fake， B. false） teeth.

　　51.Before going to the party， she had to iron out the （A. creases， B. creaks） in her dress.

　　52.The patient （A. replied， B. responded） quickly to the medicine and was well in a few days.

　　53.Although my father has （A. detective， B. defective） hearing， he still refuses to wear a hearing

　　aid.

　　54.During their teaching practice， the students had to visit some local schools for the （A. observation，

　　B. operation） of lessons in progress.

　　Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding four items：

　　Ⅳ，Ⅴ，Ⅵ and Ⅶ。

　　Success

　　1） A young man of humble origins came to New York from the Midwest to seek his fortune. He dreamed， in the American way， of becoming a millionaire. He tried his luck on Wall Street. He was diligent and shrewd and， when he had to be， devious. He put together the deal and he did some things with an electronics acquisition that wouldn‘t bear explaining. He succeeded even beyond his dream： he made twelve million dollars.

　　2） At first the young man assumed that everything was working out splendidly. “Isn‘t it grand ” he said to his wife， once it was apparent that he had made twelve million dollars. His wife told him that it wasn’t grand， and he was a nobody.

　　3） “But that‘s impossible，” the young man said. “I’m a rich person. We live in an era that celebrates rich people. Rich people are shown in the newspapers in the company of movie stars and famous

　　novelists and distinguished dress designers. The names of the richest corporate raiders are known to every schoolboy. There are rich real estate sharks whose faces appear on the covers of glossy magazines.“ But his wife said that his face would not， because he was a nobody. When he stressed the fact that he had twelve million dollars， his wife retorted that a lot of people did， but they were still nobodies.

　　4） “I could buy our way onto the committees of important charity balls，” the young man said， “then we‘d be mentioned in the columns.” “Don’t kid yourself，” his wife said. “The important committees are already filled up with people who are really rich. People like us would end up working on something like a dinner-dance to benefit the American Psoriasis （牛皮癣） Foundation.” The young man mentioned that he owned a co-op apartment on Fifth Avenue that was worth two million dollars. His wife argued that， to a certain extent， two million-dollar co-ops were a dime a dozen. Then the young man boasted of owning a stretch lim