自考综合英语（一）试题_全国2008年7月自考试卷

全国2008年7月高等教育自学考试综合英语(一)试题

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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最佳答案，并将其代码填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 planned（    ）the task before last Sunday, but failed because of a bad cold.
A. to finish B. to have finished
C. finishing D. having finished
2. Tom has been writing letters all morning, but he should finish them by now,（    ）?
A. has he B. hasn’t he 
C. should he D. shouldn’t he 
3. We can make some changes in the plan（    ）you find anything improper.
A. in case B. unless
C. so that D. even though
4. The manner in which he talked reminded me（    ）his grandfather.
A. in B. by
C. of  D. towards
5. He has made another wonderful discovery,（    ）of great importance to science.
A. I think which it B. which I think is
C. that I think is D. which I think it is
6. It’s 10∶00 a.m. Mr. Johnson（    ）home now, for he told me that he would meet me in his office at this time.
A. must be B. mustn’t be
C. can be D. can’t be
7. If only we（    ）as we were told! This would never have happened.
A. did B. had done
C. would do D. would have done
8. The key（    ）success is hardworking and persistence.
A. on B. for
C. to D. of
9. For nearly three hours we waited for the decision, only（    ）to come again the next day.
A. to tell B. to be told
C. being told D. telling
10. In our opinion, there is much（    ）in their proposal.
A. to improve B. improving
C. to be improved D. to have been improved
11. Hardly had he rushed out of the gate（    ）the whole building collapsed right behind him.
A. when B. than
C. then D. that
12. His report is（    ）it gives a quite clear idea of every fact.
A. written as well that B. written too well that
C. written so well that D. written well so as
13. The book is much too difficult for me; most of it is quite（    ）my understanding.
A. over B. behind
C. against D. beyond
14. She will have some visitors tomorrow, so the has to have somebody（    ）her six-bedroom house today.
A. cleaned B. cleaning
C. clean D. to be cleaned
15. The wife blamed the husband for not having told her that they were（    ）short of money.
A. turning B. running
C. going D. proving
16. It is hardly（    ）that I shall be able to present on the occasion.
A. possibly B. feasible
C. incredible D. likely
17. John won’t go hunting tomorrow, and（    ）.
A. won’t his brother neither B. won’t his brother either
C. neither his brother will D. neither will his brother
18. However hard I tried, I could not（    ）him that he was wrong.
A. believe B. ensure
C. convince D. persuade
19. After three days, he came（    ）. But staring at his wife and children, he could recognize none of them.
A. out B. up
C. across D. to
20.（    ）to our disappointment, all our efforts were proved useless.
A. Many B. Much
C. More D. Such

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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将其代码填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
 It would be interesting to discover how many young people go to universities without any clear idea of what they are going to do afterwards. If one considers the enormous variety of courses offered, it is not hard to see how difficult it is for a student to select the course most suited to his interests and abilities. If a student goes to a university to acquire a broader perspective of life, to enlarge his ideas and to learn to think for himself, he will undoubtedly benefit. Schools often have too restricting an atmosphere, with its timetable and disciplines, to allow him much time for independent assessment of the work he is asked to do. Most students would, I believe, profit by a year or so’ s exploration of different academic studies, especially those “ all-rounders ” with no particular interest. They should have a longer time to decide in what subject they want to take their degrees, so that in later life, they do not look back and say, “I should like to have been an archaeologist. If I hadn’t taken a degree in Modern Languages, I wouldn’t have ended up as an interpreter, but it’s too late now. I couldn’t go back and begin all over again.”
 There is, of course, another side to the question of how to make the best use of one’s time at a university. This is the case of the student who excels in a particular branch of learning. He is immediately accepted by the university of his choice, and spends his three or four years becoming a specialist, emerging with a first-class Honor Degree and very little knowledge of what the rest of the world is all about. It therefore becomes important that, if students are not to waste their opportunities, there will have to be much more detailed information about courses and more advice. Only in this way can we be sure that we are not to have, on the one hand, a band of specialists ignorant of anything outside of their own subject, and on the other hand, an ever-increasing number of graduates qualified in subjects for which there is little or no demand in the working world.
21. The main idea of the first paragraph is that（    ）.
A. a student should not select his speciality in a hurry
B. “all-rounders” are the treasure of a university
C. every student should study for a degree
D. if a student is not satisfied with what he is studying, he can go back and begin all over again
22. The quotation at the end of the first paragraph means that （    ）.
A. the student is happy with his work being an interpreter
B. the student complains about being an interpreter
C. the student is asking to start other courses
D. it is too late for the student to become an interpreter
23. Based on the second paragraph, which of the following statements is TRUE? （    ）
A. A student should not be limited to book knowledge only.
B. Every student should strive for a first-class Honor Degree.
C. Many specialists are ignorant of what is going on around them.
D. The working world rejects unqualified specialists.
24. The main idea of the passage probably is that （    ）.
A. if a student goes to a university to acquire a broader perspective of life, he will undoubtedly benefit
B. only in this way can we be sure that we are not to have a band of specialists ignorant of anything outside.
C. it would be interesting to discover how many young people go to universities without any clear idea of what they are going to do in the future
D. college students should realize the importance of having much more detailed information and more advice without wasting their opportunities
25. The word “all-rounders” in the first paragraph probably means a person who （    ）.
A. is good at all subjects
B. is not sure of whatever he is doing
C. takes no interest in doing anything
D. does not know how to make best use of his time
Passage 2
One day Mr. Kerry was walking along the Strand in London, killing time, when his eye was caught by a huge picture displayed upon the wall of a house. It represented a hu