自考综合英语（一）试题_全国2008年10月自考试卷

全国2008年10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. My brother was told that he _______ go to meet them at the airport.
 A. need not to  B. needed not to
 C. need not  D. didn’t need
2. The monitor has made _______ the class meeting will not be postponed.
 A. clear  B. clear that
 C. it clear that  D. that clear
3. Bob was fully occupied yesterday, otherwise he _______ to the meeting.
 A. would come  B. had come
 C. must have come  D. would have come
4. The new multipurpose gymnasium is reported to _______ within two years.
 A. have completed  B. have been completed
 C. having completed  D. having been completed
5. _______ another three weeks, I would have been able to finish the experiment.
 A. Given  B. Giving
 C. To give  D. Having given
6. My sister wanted to look for a job here _______ her abilities.
 A. suited to  B. suiting to
 C. suited  D. and to suit
7. Young____ , Daniel Hellberg was the best candidate for the job.
 A. as was he  B. as he was
 C. although he was  D. although was he
8. _______ got to the hotel yesterday evening when it began to rain heavily.
 A. No sooner I had  B. No sooner had I
 C. Hardly I had  D. Hardly had I
9. She failed in the exam, ____proves that she wasn’t working hard enough at school.
 A. this  B. it
 C. that  D. which
10. _______ the game had begun that Jim and Tony arrived at the sports ground.
 A. It was not until  B. It was until
 C. Not until  D. Until
11. I like the arguments she _______. They sound very convincing.
 A. composed  B. said
 C. presented  D. offered
12. The driver ____at the crossroads as the traffic lights flashed red.
 A. pulled off  B. pulled up
 C. pulled round  D. pulled over
13. The fire _______ a lot of smoke but little damage was done.
 A. gave away  B. sent off
 C. sent up  D. gave off
14. The governor had to _______ from office because of the scandal.
 A. resign  B. remove
 C. retreat  D. retire
15. There is less crime than there used to be. It seems that there is a____ in the crime rate.
 A. defect  B. decline
 C. descent  D. delay
16. She decided to go back to her home village _______ stay on in that strange city.
 A. than  B. instead
 C. rather than  D. other than
17. Although she has not appeared in a movie for over twenty years, her name is still familiar to her fans, old and young _______.
 A. together  B. alike
 C. like  D. all
18. I think a new era in the relationships between our two countries has _______.
 A. set about  B. set out
 C. set up  D. set in
19. It is difficult to maintain our present rate of increase and in the meantime keep inflation
____control..
 A. under  B. beneath
 C. within  D. below
20. When she heard the shot, she dashed there at once _______ to find a baby elephant shot dead.
 A. just  B. only
 C. then  D. about
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
Once an honored man was having a birthday party. His sons and servants were busy welcoming guests. A thief slipped into the house. He hid himself by lying face down on a beam in the ceiling of the hall where the birthday banquet was to be held. From there, the thief could look down upon the guests and see all the gifts of silks, jade, and jewels brought in. He tried to remember where these were put so that he could steal them after the party was over.
Later that evening, the host was looking at all his presents happily. He leaned over them with his back turned to the thief hiding on the beam. The thief was looking around the room so that he would be able to move quietly when the lights were off. As the thief hung his head over the beam it made a shadow on the floor.
The host did not show that he had seen the shadow. He called for his servant to set a table for one guest with the best food and drink. Turning towards the beam on which the thief lay, he bowed low and said, “Will the gentleman on the roof-beam now come down to have some refreshments?”
There was nothing else the thief could do but climb down. His host fed him well. After the thief had eaten his fill, the host gave him a bag of silver coins and begged him to make good use of them. Then the host saw the thief to the door and bid him good night.
Ten years passed, and again the honored man held a birthday party. Many visitors came to bring him presents. The man was very old by now and could not greet all the
guests. His grandson met the visitors at the door and invited them to dine with his grandfather in the evening. He then took the gifts in for the old man to see.
Towards the end of the day a stranger came, bringing gifts of gold and jewels. He would not give his name, but asked to see the honored old man.
The stranger was led to the old man’s room. The old man did not know this guest and asked for his name.
The stranger smiled, “I am an honest man. I have learned to live a good life. But it was not always so. Do you remember how you once asked me to come down from the roof-beam and eat your food?”
The host was amazed. He was even more surprised when he heard how his kindness had changed the thief into an honest man.
21. How did the thief get into the house?
 A. He carefully disguised himself as a guest.
 B. He followed the servants, carrying dishes.
 C. He broke into the house through a window.
 D. He went into the house without being noticed.
22. How did the host find out there was a thief in the house?
 A. He heard someone breathing.
 B. He heard footsteps in the hall.
 C. He noticed a shadow on the floor.
 D. He noticed that his gifts were gone.
23. What did the host do to the thief?
 A. He cursed him very loudly.
 B. He gave him food and money.
 C. He drove him out of the house.
 D. He called the police immediately.
24. How did the thief repay the host ten years later?
 A. He sent him a thankyou note.
 B. He invited him to a nice dinner.
 C. He brought gold and jewels stolen from others.
 D. He brought gold and jewels he had earned honestly.
25. What is the moral lesson of the story?
 A. An act of kindness may help develop honesty in a person.
 B. An act of kindness may turn all thieves into honest people.
 C. People are honest because they have all been treated kindly.
 D. People are dishonest because they have been treated unkindly.
Passage 2
It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems—and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships.
I think it is true that parents often misunderstand their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.
Young people often anger their parents with their c