2009年7月综合英语（一）自考试题

全国2009年7月自考
综合英语（一）试题
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请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上

I．语法和词汇。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. Experienced teachers make ______ mistakes than beginners.
 A. lesser  B． fewer
 C. not many  D． very few
2. There were 30 students and ______ of them passed the exam.
 A. every  B． every one
 C. everyone  D． everybody
3.The last half of the nineteenth century ______ the steady improvement in the means of travel.
 A. has witnessed  B． was witnessed
 C. witnessed  D． is witnessed
4. The fifth generation computers, with artificial intelligence, ______ and perfected now.
 A. developed  B． have developed
 C. are being developed  D． will have been developed
5. It's reported that by the end of this month the output of cement in the factory ______ by about 10%.
 A. will have risen  B． has risen
 C. will be rising  D． has been rising
6. I'd rather read than watch television; the programs seem ______ all the time.
 A. to get worse  B． to be getting worse
 C. to have got worse  D． getting worse
7. ______ seeing the damage he had done, the child felt frightened.
 A. By  B． On
 C. At  D． For
8. By the time the war ______, most of the people had already left.
 A. broke out  B． broke up
 C. intervened  D． happen
9．He studied hard at school when he was young，______contributes to his success in later life．
 A．which  B．that
 C．what  D．each of which
 10. A judge must be ______ when weighing evidence．
 A．disinterested  B．interested
 C．separated  D．disconnected
 11. She ______ and fell from the top of the stairs to the bottom．
 A．slipped  B．sloped
 C．split  D．spilt
 12. I could have done better if I ______ more time．
 A．have had  B．had
 C．had had  D．will have had
 13．Wood does not conduct electricity, ______．
 A．nor rubber does  B．nor does rubber
 C．also doesn’t rubber  D．so doesn’t rubber
 14．Not always ______ they want．
 A．people can do what  B．people cannot do what
 C．can people do what  D．can’t people do what
 15．I didn’t go to the party, but I do wish I ______ there．
 A．were  B．would be
 C．had been  D．will be
 16．He was______ enough to understand my question from the gestures I made．
 A．intelligent  B．efficient
 C．proficient  D．diligent
 17．Neither of the young men who had applied for the position in the university ______．
 A．has been accepted  B．have been accepted
 C．was accepted  D．were accepted
 1 8．Until then, his family ______ from him for six months．
 A．didn’t hear  B．hasn’t been hearing
 C．hasn’t heard  D．hadn’t heard
 19．If she doesn’t tell him the truth now, he’ll simply keep on asking her until she ______．
 A．does  B．has done
 C．will do  D．would do
20．Tony is very disappointed ______ the results of the exam．
 A．for  B．to
 C．with  D．toward

II．阅读理解。认真阅读下面两篇短文，每篇短文后有5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 One
 Have you ever dreamed of visiting a planet in the Milk Way? While the trip sounds exciting, it would take years and years to reach your destination. So in the future, bedtime for astronauts may be more than a few hours of regular shut-eye. They would have to sleep for years.
European researchers are now conducting hibernation experiments. The study may help them understand whether humans could ever sleep through the years it would take for a space flight to distant planets. “If there was an effective technology, it could make deep-space travel a reality,” said Mark Ayre of the European Space Agency last month.
    What seems like science fiction is not completely unlikely. Researchers have been able to use chemicals to put living cells into a sleep-like state where they don't age. They have now moved on to small, non-hibernating mammals like rats. The results will be out by the end of 2009.
    A major challenge is the fact that cells can be very simple systems, whereas body organs are far more complex.
   "It's like moving from a simple Apple computer to a supercomputer," said Marco Biggiogera, a hibernation researcher at Italy's University of Pavia.
   Just like bears and frogs, the hibernation of human beings would cause a person's metabolism (新陈代谢) to lower so they would need less energy.
    Medical research, however, is just half of a space flight hibernation system.
    There is the challenge of designing a suitable protective shelter. Such a shelter would provide the proper environment for hibernation, such as the proper temperature. It would also have to monitor (监控) life functions and serve the physiological needs of the hibernator.
    According to Ayre, the six-person Human Outer Planets Exploration Mission to Jupiter's moon (木星的卫星) Callisto, could be an opportunity to use human hibernation. The mission aims to send six humans on a five-year flight to Callisto, where they will spend 30 days, in 2045.
 21. European researchers are conducting hibernation experiments to ______.
 A. ensure astronauts to get a complete sleep
 B． find the secret of some creatures
 C. make preparations for the journey to Jupiter's moon Callisto
 D． know if man can sleep for years
22．The sentence “What seems like science fiction is not completely unlikely” means ______．
 A．Science fiction is people’s imagination．
 B．Science fiction is imaginative，but it can be realized．
 C．Things seem impossible may come true．
 D．Things described in science fiction are sure to become true．
23．The passage implies but doesn’t states that ______．
 A．putting living cells into a sleep-like state is full of failure
 B．Biggiogera is not confident enough with the experiment
 C．human’s hibernmation needs no energy
 D．medical research is the key to space flight hibernation system
 24．By designing a suitable protective shelter，astronauts can______．
 A．have a good hibernation
 B．1essen the pressure of traveling in space
 C．feed themselves in spaceship
 D．monitor their body changes
 25．What’s the best title for the passage?
 A．Six humans to fly to Callisto
 B．Human hibernation improves health
 C．Space travel attracts people
 D．Deep sleep for deep space travel
Passage Two
     Maggie was very glad that James was not a frequent visitor to the house．So far as the children were concerned，they had a mystery about him that stirred their imagination．He stirred Maggie’s anger，however，So that she often said to her husband，