2011年7月综合英语(二)自考试题

全国2011年7月自考
综合英语（二）试题
课程代码：00795

请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上
Ⅰ. 语法、词汇。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母填写在答题纸相应位置上。(本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分)
Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer. (15 points)
1. ______ common in China even in very remote areas.
A. Woman doctors are  B. Woman doctor is
C. Women doctor is  D. Women doctors are
2. Let’s discuss this matter ______ a cup of tea.
A. over  B. with
C. at  D. on
3. The pen I bought yesterday ______.
A. writes well  B. is written well
C. can’t be written  D. can be writing
4. At the beginning, this sort of thing was fresh and exciting, and then it fell into ______ and became habitual.
A. custom  B. habit
C. method  D. routine
5. I’m afraid this shirt is too tight for me. May I have a ______ one?
A. large  B. larger
C. more large  D. very large
6. In the early morning my mother was in the kitchen ______ breakfast for us.
A. prepared  B. preparing
C. having prepared  D. to have prepared
7. New Zealand ______ the death penalty in 1961.
A. erased  B. released
C. abolished  D. negated
8. — Would you and your brother like to play bridge tonight?
— I don’t know how to play bridge and ______.
A. my brother either  B. my brother neither
C. neither does my brother  D. neither my brother
9. Don’t wave my hand ______; you need it.
A. off  B. away
C. down  D. up
10. I’d rather he ______ me the truth.
A. told  B. will tell
C. had told  D. tells
11. He was born ______ a teacher’s family.
A. in  B. off
C. at  D. of
12. Distance can help us rediscover ourselves, ______ we are able to meet each other in a new way.
A. that  B. so as to
C. so that  D. in order that
13. He ______ gardening and planted a lot of beautiful rose trees in his retirement.
A. took over  B. took out
C. took on  D. took to
14. A few minutes after the plane had taken off, it developed engine trouble and ______.
A. crashed  B. dashed
C. stopped  D. blushed
15. The conference ______ three days by the time it ends.
A. must have lasted  B. will have lasted
C. would last  D. has lasted

II．完形填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母
填写在答题纸相应位置上。(本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分)
Fill in each blank in the passage with the most likely answer. (15 points)
Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers compare and contrast   16    places on the earth. But they also go beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a    17   . The word geography comes from two Greek words, ge, the Greek word for “earth” and graphein,    18    means “to write.” The English word geography means “to describe the earth.”    19    geography books focus on a small area    20    a town or city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or an    21    continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another way to divide the study of   22   is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the    23    starts with human beings and    24    how human beings and their environment act    25    each other. But when geography is considered as a single subject,    26    branch can neglect the other. A geographer might be described as one who observes, records, and explains the    27    between places. If all places    28    alike, there would be little need for geographers. We know, however, that no two places are exactly the same. Geography,    29    , is a point of view, a special way of    30    at places.
16. A. similar  B. various  C. distant  D. famous
17. A. whole  B. unit  C. part  D. total
18. A. what  B. that  C. which  D. it
19. A. Some  B. Many  C. Most  D. Few
20. A. outside  B. except  C. as  D. like
21. A. extensive  B. entire  C. overall  D. enormous
22. A. world  B. earth  C. geography  D. globe
23. A. second  B. later  C. next  D. latter
24. A. learns  B. studies  C. realizes  D. understands
25. A. upon  B. for  C. as  D. to
26. A. neither  B. either  C. one  D. each
27. A. exceptions  B. sameness  C. differences  D. divisions
28. A. being  B. are  C. be  D. were
29. A. still  B. then  C. nevertheless  D. moreover
30. A. working  B. looking  C. arriving  D. getting

III．难句释义。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母
填写在答题纸相应位置上。(本大题共l0小题，每小题1分，共10分)
Choose the closest paraphrased version for each of the sentences or italicized parts. (10 points)
31. Some people say that ours is an age where true heroes and heroines are hard to come by.
A. Some people say that true heroes and heroines have disappeared in our age.
B. Some people say that true heroes and heroines are hard to find in our age.
C. Some people say that true heroes and heroines all died in our age.
D. Some people say that we are hard to say whether there are true heroes and heroines or not in our age.
32. We are slaves to nothing but the clock.
A. We are not important at all, for even the clock can be our master.
B. We are the most important except the clock.
C. We are only under the control of the clock.
D. We work hard only to produce clocks.
33. I looked at the men, and I thought my eyes were going.
A. I thought my eyes were moving out of me.
B. I thought I would fall asleep in a minute.
C. I thought I was dying of thirst.
D. I thought I was losing my sight.
34. Once you turn over a new leaf, you can’t expect to change completely right away.
A. You read a book from the first page. B. You change the ways for the better.
C. You pick a fresh leaf from a tree.  D. You start doing something new.
35. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed.
A. A rich person who doesn’t have a job can still have the right to fall in love.
B. Only rich people have the right to fall in love, while those who are poor and out of work
don’t have that right.
C. Rich as a person is, if he loses his job, he doesn’t have the right to fall in love.
D. Poor as a person is, if he is not out of work, he still has the right to fall in love.
36, Nowhere is thinking courtesy more important than in marriage.
A. People think courtesy is not important in marriage.
B. People think courtesy is important in marriage.
C. Thinking courtesy is less important in marriage than anywhere else.
D. Thinking courtesy is more important in marriage than anywhere else.
37. He realized that he had given himself