综合英语(一)试题_全国2009年1月自考试卷

全国2009年1月自考综合英语(一)试题

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Ⅰ．语法和词汇。从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。错选、多选或未选均无分。(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)
1. Darkness doesn’t trouble cats, for they can see______.
A. in dark                 B. in the dark
C. in a darkness         D. in darkness
2.______ work has been done to improve people’s living standard.
A. Many               B. A great many
C. A large number of        D. A great deal of
3. All the reference books should be made ______ to the teachers and students in our university.
A. concerned  B. available
C. related                  D. flexible
4. “Good-bye, Mr. Wang. I’m pleased ______ you.”
A. to meet                B. meeting
C. to have been meeting              D. to be met
5. We tried to _____ the nervous old lady that flying was safe.
A. secure              B. ensure
C. assure              D. certify
6. You can’t hear what I’m saying ______ you stop talking.
A. only if                 B. unless
C. lest                   D. except that
7. Mr. Holmes called at many schools ______ he lived to ask them to accept his son, but he was refused everywhere for being a black.
A. that                   B. around where
C. near which              D. which
8. My wallet is nowhere to be found. I _____ when I was on the bus.
A. must stop it             B. should have drooped it
C. must have dropped it              D. had dropped it
9. ______ , we should be glad.
A. They arrive tomorrow B. Were they arriving tomorrow
C. They were to arrive tomorrow D. Were they to arrive tomorrow
10. _____ the places I have been to, I enjoyed the restaurant here the most.
A. From all B. All of
C. Of all D. All
11. The quality of this kind of computer is _______ to that of imported computers.
A. worse            B. inferior
C. indifferent            D. much better
12. If you don’t go, I shall not ______.
A. either            B. too
C. also              D. yet
13. Before joining the army, he spent a lot of time in the village ______ he belonged.
A. to which               B. which
C. to where          D. at which
14. There was nothing they could do ______.
A. but to wait            B. only to wait
C. but wait              D. unless they waited
15. If Dorothy had not been badly hurt in a car accident, _______ in last month’s Olympic Games.
A. she would participate             B. she might participate
C. she would have participated        D. she must have participated
16. Not only ______ be interesting to us, but also its language will help us in composition.
A. the novel will            B. will the novel
C. is the novel             D. the novel is
17.The company is small but promising. ______, I’ll take the job.
A. In some cases                   B. In that case
C. In case            D. In any case
18, To make up an objective test, the teacher writes a series of questions, ______ has only one correct answer.
A. some of which           B. which
C. each of which           D. that
19. ______ as it was at such a time, his work attracted much attention.
A. Being published         B. Published
C. Publishing         D. To be published
20. The committee is totally opposed ______ any changes being made in the plans.
A. of                     B. on
C. to                D. against
II．阅读理解。根据短文的内容从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。错选、多选或未选均无分。(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)
Passage One
Russian tradition orders that men should kiss each other three times on the cheeks at official functions. Now, a new ruling in Moscow is calling for politicians in the capital to stick to the old handshake. According to Britain’s The Telegraph newspaper, politicians in Moscow have been told to stop kissing each other when they meet because the “kissing ceremony” takes so long.
Leonid Brezhnev, the general secretary of the Communist Party from 1964 to 1982, was famous for treating male colleagues to a full lip-lock. One photograph of him kissing Erich Honecker, the leader of the Democratic Republic of Germany, was used for a protest painting on the Berlin Wall with the caption: "Oh, God, help me survive this deadly love".
Kissing three times on the cheeks at official occasions is a Russian tradition. The practice has been revived among high-ranking officials in past years. In the distant past, a kiss from the tsar (emperor) was the highest sign of recognition. The Moscow ruling, however, has prompted authorities in other cities to consider banning the practice.
Alexei Kleshko, a parliament member in Siberia, said: “Single-sex kisses should be avoided, including at official meetings. It’s enough to shake hands. Of course, if one is talking about a long friendship or fatherly relations, it might be OK to embrace. But that’s the maximum that should be allowed.”
Another MP Vladimir Gorlov, said he only allowed himself to kiss the hand of a woman at work:"There are informal relations and there are meetings governed by protocol," he said. "When a man is kissing another man at an official event, I have a negative attitude towards it. There are rules of decency. "
21. Moscow is calling for politicians to stick to handshake because ______.
A. it is popular at home and abroad  B. it is their tradition
C. it saves time D. Russian women have a strong love of it
22. By mentioning Brezhnev, the author ______.
A. wants to show his respect to Brezhnev
B. admires Brezhnev for his skills at kissing
C. just shows the me