自考高级英语试题_浙江省2009年4月自考试卷

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Part I. Vocabulary (20%)
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence. Then write the answer on the ANSWER SHEET.
1. If this method doesn’t ______, we’ll have to think of another way.
A. come down  B. come to
C. come across  D. come off
2. The patient ______ eating anything for five days.
A. went through  B. went without
C. went on  D. went in for
3. The plane ______ so smoothly that the passengers could hardly feel it.
A. took off  B. took on
C. took down  D. took up
4. ______ friends helped him to get appointed ambassador to France.
A. Efficient  B. Influential
C. Impressive  D. Effective
5. It’s a great pity that those fine old houses had to be ______ to make way for the new road.
A. pulled up  B. pulled together
C. pulled down  D. pulled on
6. He was on the point of slipping down the slope when he heard someone shouting to him to ______ the rope.
A. hang about  B. hang together
C. hang up  D. hang on to
7. Before he went to Europe on a business trip, Mr. Ford ______ the day-to-day management of his company to his brother.
A. turned over  B. turned out
C. turned in  D. turned up
8. It’s shameful to ______ in face of danger.
A. hold in  B. hold back
C. hold up  D. hold out
9. He ______ freedom of speech for everyone, regardless of color, race or creed.
A. stood for  B. stood up to
C. stood out  D. stood by
10. When Alfred Nobel died, an annual peace prize was established ______.
A. at his service  B. with his consent
C. in his memory  D. on his part
11. It’s hard to ______ the knowledge that he is a failure.
A. live up to  B. live by
C. live out  D. live with
12. She has such a distinctive appearance that I could ______ her ______ anywhere.
A. pick … up  B. pick … out
C. pick … at  D. pick … on
13. You have been ______ since the early hours of this morning, and I think you should stop for the good of your health.
A. working up  B. working on
C. working away  D. working off
14. Our representative, Mr. Brown, ______ an important customer on the West coast last week and renewed a contract.
A. called for  B. called forth
C. called on  D. called up
15. Mother hasn’t ______ you for quite some time. She is beginning to think you must be ill.
A. heard about  B. heard out
C. heard of  D. heard from
16. Examinations are not the only means of ______ a student’s ability.
A. assessing  B. assuming
C. asserting  D. assigning
17. Sam wanted to quit his job, but when he ______ the matter he decided not to.
A. thought ahead  B. thought out
C. thought about  D. thought back
18. The applause ______ and the actors were able to continue.
A. died down  B. died out
C. died off  D. died away
19. In evaluating applicants some colleges ______ heavily ______ interviews.
A. lean … to  B. lean … towards
C. lean … on  D. lean …over
20. Then Eisenhower retired from the United States Army; he had decided to ______ President.
A. run at  B. run for
C. run into  D. run after
Part II. Cloze (10%)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best fits into the passage and write it on the ANSWER SHEET.
    The world population is increasing  21   the rate of 139 people every minute, or more than seventy million more human beings every year. If the current rate of  22   continues, the present world population of four point two billion will double  23   the end of this century.
    Many demographers say that the world food supply cannot keep pace  24   the population. They are  25   “localized famines” in the developing countries, beginning in the next decade. Others are less  26   . They look  27   the sea to supply food for the  28   , or point out the successes of new high yield strains of wheat and rice.
    The world population  29   grow very slowly. For many  30   the birth rate held only a slim margin over the death rate. Then came the  31   of modern medicine. Medical science found cures for diseases that once held population  32   check. Babies  33   today have a greater chance of growing to maturity than ever before. People live  34   too. The death rate is down, and the birth rate, while declining in some countries, remains high, so population  35  .
    Technology has made significant gains, too, but in many developing countries these gains are wiped  36   because population grows  37  . Americans have usually thought of the population crisis  38   something that exists halfway around the world. It has long been popular belief that “people in poor countries have too many  39  ,” while the affluent US has no such worries  40  .
21. A. on  B. about  C. over  D. at
22. A. enlarge  B. expansion  C. growth  D. swell
23. A. by  B. before  C. to  D. after
24. A. along  B. with  C. to  D. between
25. A. profaned  B. predicted  C. predicting  D. profaning
26. A. pessimistic  B. optimistic  C. pessimist  D. optimist
27. A. to  B. at  C. up  D. over
28. A. old  B. young  C. rich  D. hungry
29. A. is used to  B. used to  C. get used to  D. being used to
30. A. ages  B. times  C. centuries  D. years
31. A. rise  B. jump  C. raise  D. appear
32. A. on  B. in  C. out  D. about
33. A. killed  B. born  C. died  D. disabled
34. A. taller  B. longer  C. older  D. fatter
35. A. soars  B. extends  C. flies  D. extend
36. A. up  B. through  C. under  D. across
37. A. swift  B. fast  C. quick  D. Hasty
38. A. like  B. of  C. as  D. to
39. A. taxes  B. children  C. debts  D. diseases
40. A. at last  B. on earth  C. yet  D. at all
Part III. Reading Comprehension (40%)
Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Read each passage carefully and decide on the best answer. Then write the answer on the ANSWER SHEET.
Passage One
    One of the good things for men in women’s liberation is that men no longer have to pay women the old-fashioned courtesies.
    In an article on the new manners, Ms. Holmes says that a perfectly able woman no longer has to act helplessly in public as if she were a model. For example, she doesn’t need help getting in and out of cars. “Women get in and out of cars twenty times a day with babies and dogs. Surely they can get out by themselves at night just as easily.”
    She also says there is no reason why a man should walk on the outside of a woman on the sidewalk. “Historically the man walked on the inside so he caught the garbage thrown out of a window. Today a man is supp