2011年10月基础英语自考试题

全国2011年10月自考
基础英语试题
课程代码：00088

一、词汇应用和语法结构（本大题共30小题，每小题1分，共30分）
（一）词汇应用（15分）
选择最佳答案完成句子，错选、多选或未选均无分。
1. National currencies always have a(n) ______ over private currencies.
A. interest  B. advantage
C. output  D. production
2. When a designer produces a new dress，he should always  ______ in mind his customer’s needs.
A. carry  B. take
C. put  D. bear
3. If the world population is increasing continuously，food supplies will not be  ______ to feed  them.
A. sufficient  B. efficient
C. equal  D. effective
4. They refused to sell their products at the low  ______ offered.
A. price  B. prize
C. expense  D. cost
5. “You should be  ______，”he said to the judge. “It’s not their fault.”
A. fair  B. unforgiving
C. rude  D. unkind
6. They all agreed that the first problem the new government would have to deal with was unemployment. In this sentence，“deal with” can be replaced by  ______.
A. do  B. grasp
C. cope  D. tackle
7. Although I spoke to him many times，he never pays  ______ to what I said.
A. notice  B. remark
C. warning  D. attention
8. We try to buy these goods at the lowest price  ______.
A. possible  B. possibly
C. possibility  D. probably
9. Our company is  ______ to that one in management.
A. better  B. superior
C. excellent  D. good
10. If banks  ______ higher interest on loans to builders，how will that affect the cost of a new home?
A. ask  B. charge
C. demand  D. beg
11. The government gave several good  ______ for increasing the tax on cars.
A. purposes  B. reasons
C. questions  D. problems
12. We’ll have to find a new  ______ of income.
A. source  B. means
C. way  D. method
13. The workers’ claim for a 10-percent pay rise has been under  ______ of the government.
A. idea  B. agreement
C. consideration  D. opinions
14. The company decided to  ______ the contract because a number of the conditions in it had not been met.
A. destroy  B. resist
C. deny  D. cancel
15. On the  ______ of our sales forecasts we may begin to make a profit next year.
A. basis  B. base
C. case  D. reason
（二）语法结构（15分）
选择最佳答案完成句子，错选、多选或未选均无分。
16. I didn’t mean  ______ anything but these apples looked so nice that I wouldn’t resist trying one.
A. to eat  B. eating
C. eat  D. having eating
17. It was not until she had arrived home  ______ she remembered her appointment with the doctor.
A. when  B. that
C. and  D. so
18. He has  ______ heavy a work load that it is difficult for him to find time to travel around.
A. such  B. too
C. so  D. much
19. Since she has very high blood pressure，her doctor recommends that she  ______.
A. not drink  B. will not drink
C. does not drink  D. not to drink
20. I didn’t pass the mid-term examination. What bad luck! But from now on，I will never forget  ______ my homework.
A. to do  B. do
C. done  D. doing
21. The lawyer questioned the witness about  ______.
A. what knew he  B. what did he know
C. he knew  D. what he knew
22. By 2003 my hometown had become  ______ industrial city in the province.
A. one of the three largest  B. a third largest
C. the third largest  D. the three largest
23. The concept  ______ to describe the way nations behave，but it is equally applicable to individuals.
A. is most often used  B. most often use
C. is often most used  D. is most used often
24. Japanese scientists do not know for sure  ______ Mount Fuji will erupt again.
A. where  B. that
C. when  D. which
25. It’s not good laughing  ______ other people’s shortcomings.
A. with  B. on
C. about  D. at
26. An object is said  ______ if its temperature is much higher than that of our bodies.
A. to be hot  B. as being hot
C. hot  D. as hot
27. After that quarrel，Sam didn’t talk to Paul  ______.
A. any more  B. no more
C. much longer  D. no longer
28. It allows advertisers to combine sight，sound and motion，thus  ______ to almost all the viewers’senses.
A. appeal  B. and appeals
C. appealing  D. appeals
29. If it  ______ tomorrow，we’ll have to stay indoors.
A. would rain  B. will rain
C. rained  D. rains
30. He  ______ the Chinese Volunteers Army in 1951.
A. joined  B. had joined
C. has joined  D. has been joined

二、改错 （本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
下面句子中有 A,B,C,D四个划底线部分，其中有一个是错误的，选出错误部分的字母，无需改正错误。
31.    speaking，tax returns   filed  ，but in some cases they must be  submitted  .
32. Britain was the first   industrialized country and   a long time   the world in  .
33. It is often   to   a particular tool   to use   correctly.
34. He   silent   how many times we   him about  .
35.   he   your money? I’ll make him   the money   you.
36. He     to anyone who   starting new  .
37.   many years have  ，I will always remember   you   the first time.
38. I always look   to   my aunt     weekend.
39. I can still     the accident happened   a   cold morning.
40.  ，Britain is almost always   “in the red”，that is，she    more goods   she exports.

三、完形填空（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
选择最佳答案完成句子，错选、多选或未选均无分。
My father waved me goodbye and the bus set off. The person sitting   41   to me was a government engineer going to Peshwar   42   inspect the roads. He said that traveling by bus was an excellent way to test the roads.
   We passed many villages   43   the way and stopped once or   44   to buy cold drinks,
  45   it was very hot and dusty. The countryside was brown and dry and there were long stretches with no people   46   villages in sight. We   47   to stop once at some road works，
   48   made my traveling companion very happy.
    Most of us were dozing   49   the afternoon heat when we were woken by a sudden noise，which   50   like a shot from a gun. As the bus swerved and then stopped at the side of the road, I remembered all the stories I had heard about herd of robbers who used to attack travelers on deserted roads like this. Many of the other passengers looked as bewildered and frightened as I   51   have looked
    My neighbor, however, reassured me,