2011年10月自考高级英语试题

2011年10月（全国）自考高级英语试题

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Ⅰ. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to Y. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. One word or expression for each blank only. (25 points，1 point for each)
One of the best current examples of what Horowitz is talking    1    is John Denver. His most    2    songs—“Sunshine on My Shoulders”, “Rocky Mountain High”, and “Country Road”—   3    the musical drive and power of    4    rock, while the lyrics celebrate the simple    5    of“the good old days”.
It is all symbolized in my mind by the hugely successful art    6    that television has made    7    to the culture, the 30-second commercial: the tiny drama of the    8    housewife who finds happiness    9    choosing the right toothpaste. When before in human history has so much humanity    10    surrendered so much of its leisure to one toy, one mass diversion?
They had no    11    of comparison and assumed that this was a    12    of his class, just as a traveler stepping off the liner at a foreign    13    for luncheon sums up a nation’s character forever in the    14    businessman who happens to    15    the table with him.
Each week, for example, a record of the sales results of the    16    week for each sales office and for Sales Department as a    17    for each division of the company is kept and    18    to the sales results for the    19    week of the year    20   .
But by and large the news reports and commentaries on CBS and NBC and ABC make every   21   to present viewers with more than one   22   of an issue， either by letting   23   spokesmen have their   24   or by outlining the positions held by both major parties on the subject   25  .

A．folk B．means C．form D．combine E．before
F．preceding G．joys H．in I．corresponding J．central
K．compared L．share M．characteristic N．notable O．opposing
P．effort Q．collectively R．about S．involved T．port
U．say V．aspect W．whole X．earnest Y．wily
II. Each of the following sentences is given four choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (15 points, 1 point for each)
26. New books were displayed in a ______ position on tables at the front of the shop.
A. prominent  B. preeminent
C. dominant  D. relevant
27. The government is trying to ______ the people into thinking that a war is necessary.
A. inspire  B. poison
C. adopt  D. brainwash
28. You need to demonstrate to the examiners that you have more than a(n) ______ understanding of the text.
A. actual  B. factual
C. literal  D. literary
29. Such ______ of the facts cannot be allowed to go unchallenged.
A. distortion  B. disturbance
C. distraction  D. distribution
30. Cutting the bush back in the autumn will help promote ______ growth in the spring.
A. violent  B. virtual
C. vigorous  D. visual
31. In this story, the clever little fox ______ the hunters and escapes from the trap they set.
A. outweighs  B. outwits
C. outnumbers  D. outgrows
32. The British ______ time, effort and huge sums of money on pets.
A. lavish  B. grant
C. provide  D. supply
33. The fortunes of the major political parties tend to ______ and flow over time.
A. halt  B. fall
C. ebb  D. fly
34. I’m tired of listening to her ______ the virtues of her children.
A. exposing  B. explaining
C. extending  D. extolling
35. There will be a mass ______ to the seaside, the countryside and foreign holiday destinations during summer vacation.
A. departure  B. inflow
C. evasion  D. exodus
36. John was angry when the boss said that his proposal was completely ______.
A. disposable  B. dismissible
C. unapproachable  D. unavoidable
37. Lack of sleep has ______ her concentration.
A. deconstructed  B. impaired
C. demonstrated  D. repaired
38. He had long held a(n) ______ fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare.
A. arbitrary  B. mortal
C. morbid  D. courteous
39. The government replaced the narrow street with a wide ______ with the funds raised.
A. lane  B. path
C. boulevard  D. trail
40. Like so many politicians, he had an ______ appetite for power.
A. innumerable  B. inseparable
C. insufferable  D. insatiable
Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding three items III, IV, V.
ANC Reform: Alaska Natives Battle for Change
(1) They gathered in an office building behind closed doors, a dozen executives of Alaska native corporations (ANCs) considering how to proceed in the face of threats to a government program that had given them a shortcut to billions in income from federal contracts. For years, the leaders of ANCs had maintained a united front of support for the ANC program, despite news accounts and audits that turned up allegations of abuses.
(2) In August 2009, just weeks after an especially critical congressional hearing，officials from three of the ANCs proposed a major break in the long-held habit of keeping native problems to themselves. They wanted the group to acknowledge the problems and adopt radical reforms. The room went silent when the officials announced their key proposal: a cap on contracts that would end their ability to get deals of any size without competition.
(3) “The reaction was surprisingly muted，” said a person who was there that day who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the nature of the meeting. “It was obvious there was discomfort, but no one raised their voices or pounded the table.”
(4) One of the reformers, Tara Sweeney, a vice president at Arctic Slope based in Barrow, said in a recent interview that advocating a position with implied criticism of Alaska natives was “not an easy path to take.” But she said that she and others could not stand by and do nothing. “We need to do the right thing，” she said.
(5) Executives at Doyon Limited and Cook Inlet Region Inc. joined those at Arctic Slope in calling for fundamental changes in the program, which has opened the way for $29 billion to Alaska native corporations over the past decade, most of it through set-aside deals or contracts awarded without competition.
(6) In a proposal handed over to the Small Business Administration (SBA) last month, the three companies called for better tracking and reporting of benefits to Alaska native shareholders and their communities. They reiterated their call for limits