自考综合英语（一）试题_全国2010年4月自考试卷

全国2010年4月高等教育自学考试综合英语（一）试题

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I．用适当语法形式或词汇填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将所选答案的字母写在答题纸相应的位置上。(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)
1. I didn’t see Jack at the meeting yesterday afternoon. He ______ it.
 A. mustn’t attend  B. can’t attend
 C. mustn’t have attended  D. can’t have attended
2. It is essential that this application form ______ as soon as possible.
 A. being returned  B. be returned
 C. to be returned  D. will be returned
3. You ______ quit your job until you find another one.
 A. had better not  B. had better not to
 C. had not better  D. had not better to
4. There are more than sixty proposals ______ at the conference.
 A. discussing  B. been discussed
 C. to discuss  D. to be discussed
5. ______ for their help, we couldn’t have finished the task ahead of time.
 A. If it were not  B. Hadn’t it been
 C. Had it not been  D. If it was not
6. The room needs _____, but it will have to wait until Tuesday.
 A. cleaning  B. cleaned
 C. to clean  D. being cleaned
7. Thank you, Mr. President. I’m very happy to ______ a chance to visit your college.
 A. being given  B. be given
 C. give  D. have given
8. Two days ago he came back from the village ______ his father had lived.
 A. there  B. that
 C. where  D. which
9. Scarcely ______ the house ______ it began to rain heavily.
 A. did he leave, than  B. he left, than
 C. had he left, when  D. he had left, when
10. I didn’t go to our class get-together last weekend, but I do wish I ______ there.
 A. was  B. will be
 C. were  D. had been
11. His visit to London last spring is ______ as a great success.
 A. looked into  B. looked to
 C. looked over  D. looked upon
12. You will complete your project more easily if you take ______ of all the facilities here.
 A. privilege  B. advantage
 C. chance  D. care
13. Seventy guests had been invited to the party, but only fifty ______.
 A. turned around  B. showed up
 C. turned out  D. showed off
14. All we can do is to hope this chemical plant will take ______ to reduce air pollution.
 A. measures  B. ways
 C. positions  D. methods
15. She was just too busy yesterday, ______ she would surely have gone there with you.
 A. however  B. for
 C. therefore  D. otherwise
16. He found it hard to concentrate on his writing ______ so many people around.
 A. when  B. during
 C. because  D. with
17. When she was five, the girl’s father decided to ______ a pianist of her.
 A. develop  B. build
 C. make  D. do
18. ______ automobile pollution, the air quality in this city has become worse.
 A. As a result of  B. In spite of
 C. But for  D. As for
19. Her friends did not expect her to ______ all their suggestions.
 A. turn down  B. turn over
 C. take off  D. take away
20. The motor isn’t ______ enough to push the car up the hill.
 A. tough  B. powerful
 C. strong  D. big

II．阅读理解。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A、B、
 C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案，并将所选答案的字母写在答题纸相应的位置上。
 (本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)
Passage 1
     Nikolai arrived in the United States from Eastern Europe with his wife and two small children. Despite the fact that Nikolai spoke three languages (Russian, German, and Polish), neither he nor his wife spoke any English. They came to the United States as refugees. Nikolai thought he was fortunate to have located a distant cousin, who sponsored him and his family and offered them temporary housing in the apartment building that he owned. Very soon Nikolai began picking up English words. He needed a job to support his family, but because of his poor English and lack of formal education, he worried about his job prospects in the United States.
    A neighbor in the apartment building told him that job advertisements were frequently posted on a nearby bulletin board (公告牌). Nikolai went to the bulletin board together with an acquaintance, who read and spoke both Russian and English, to see what jobs were available. Nikolai listened intently as the acquaintance read several job announcements to him. One particular job listed on the board caught his attention. A nearby military base was advertising for barbers. What made the announcement most attractive to Nikolai was the fact that the announcement included the words “license not required”. Nikolai had never cut anyone’s hair, but he remembered watching sailors give each other haircuts. It seemed pretty easy since the haircuts all looked about the same — just cutting off all the hair. He spent the evening practicing short sentences that he had learned from his cousin that afternoon, including “Hello, it’s nice to meet you” and “Yes, I can!”
    The next day Nikolai took the first bus out to the base．After showing the ad to an MP at the front gate，he received a map of directions to the barber shop．After an exchange of greetings，the barber shop manager asked Nikolai，“Can you give someone a haircut?”
     “Yes，” Nikolai answered，“I can．Cut it all off!”
     Not only did Nikolai get the j ob，but within just two years，he had learned to do the job so well that he became the manager of the barber shop．He was the one who now did all of the hiring．His English language skills had improved immensely, and he was often invited over to the top officers’ homes for dinner．He also fell in love with country music，since many of the base personnel were from  southern states，and this type of music was constantly played in the shop．
21．When Nikolai first came to America he felt fortunate for the following reasons EXCEPT  ______．
 A．he had a distant cousin to help him
 B．he found temporary housing
 C．he could support his family
 D．he spoke three languages
 22．Nikolai went to the bulletin board in order to ______．
 A．look for job information
 B．post notices on the board
 C．read job announcements
 D．list job opportunities
 23．Why did Nikolai decide to apply for the job at the barber shop?
 A．He had a barber’s license．
 B．He thought it easy to get the job．
 C．He had watched barbers cut sailors’ hair．
 D．He had given other people haircuts before．
24．Nikolai came to love country music because ______．
 A．the music was popular in southern states
 B．the music reminded him of his hometown
 C．he often heard the music in the barber shop
 D．he wanted to improve his English language skills
 25．Which of the following possible titles best expresses the main idea of this passage?
 A．“Can You Give Someone A Haircut?’’
 B．“License Not Required’’
 C．“Cut It All Off”
 D．“Yes，I Can!”
Passage 2
    There are several places in the world that are famous for people who live a very long time．These places are usually in mountainous areas，far away from modern cities．
    Hunza is high in the Himalayan Mountains of Asia．There，many people over one hundred years of age are still in good physical health．Men of