2012年7月综合英语（一）自考试题

2012年7月（全国）综合英语（一）自考试题

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填写在答题纸上。(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)
　　1. Do you have any clothes ______ today?
　　A. to wash
　　B.be washing
　　C. for to wash
　　D. washing
　　2. To answer correctly is more important than ______.
　　A. answered quickly
　　B.a quick answer
　　C. quickly answered
　　D. to answer quickly
　　3. Young ______ he was, he was the best candidate for the job.
　　A. although
　　B.as
　　C. if
　　D. since
　　4. ______ I said this, I felt sorry.
　　A. While
　　B.At the moment
　　C. The moment
　　D. The moment as
　　5. Don’t tell the boss about it, ______?
　　A. will you
　　B.won’t you
　　C. do you
　　D. don't you
　　6. I passed the exam with luck, but it was a long time ______ I told my friends about it.
　　A. before
　　B.since
　　C. after
　　D. as
　　7. It ______ until dusk that he realized that it was too late to return home.
　　A. was
　　B.wasn’t
　　C. weren’t
　　D. were
　　8. Do you remember ______ Tom about this before?
　　A. to tell
　　B.to have told
　　C. telling
　　D. tell
　　9. I don’t mind _______ by bus, but I hate standing in queues.
　　A. to travel
　　B.traveled
　　C. traveling
　　D. having traveled
　　10. Look, ______.
　　A. there he goes
　　B.there goes he
　　C. he goes there
　　D. he there goes
　　11. Mr. Smith didn’t know ______.
　　A. where his wife was
　　B.where was his wife
　　C. where went his wife
　　D. where his wife go
　　12. As ______ matter of fact, there was ______ exploration in ______ last house I visited.
　　A. a, an, the
　　B.the, an, a
　　C. a, the, the
　　D. the, an, the
　　13. The Yangtze River is not ______ than the Yellow River.
　　A. much longer
　　B.more longer
　　C. longest
　　D. less longer
　　14. Physics ______ a useful subject.
　　A. is
　　B.are
　　C. was
　　D. were
　　15. The manager ______ him with responsibility for running the shop.
　　A. made
　　B.left
　　C. told
　　D. let
　　16. When the man ______ to now and again, he repeatedly called for his son.
　　A. woke
　　B.recovered
　　C. went
　　D. came
　　17. It’s no use ______ to him again. He won’t agree.
　　A. talking
　　B.to talk
　　C. talk
　　D. to have talked
　　18. ______ to remind him, the church clock struck seven.
　　A. As if
　　B.Even though
　　C. Only if
　　D. So that
　　19. He stayed in the countryside for quite ______.
　　A. some time
　　B.sometime
　　C. sometimes
　　D. some times
　　20. They have arranged ______ the writer to meet a number of his readers.
　　A. at
　　B.in
　　C. to
　　D. for

Ⅱ．阅读理解。认真阅读下列两篇短文，每篇短文后有5个问题，根据短文的内容从A、B、 C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案．并将所选答案的字母填写在答题纸上。(本大题 共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)
　　
Passage One
　　In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 p.m. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it’s a matter of life and death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.
　　In social life, time plays a very important part. In the U. S. A. guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended (发送) only three or four days before the party date.
　　 But it is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world.
　　 Thus, misunderstandings arise between people from cultures that treat time differently; promptness (准时) is valued highly in American life, for example. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the U. S. no one would think of keeping a business friend waiting for an hour; it would be too impolite. A person who is 5 minutes late is expected to make a short apology.
　　21. “The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00p.m.” Here “attached” means ______.
　　A. taken
　　B.told
　　C. given
　　D. bought
　　22. Supposing one wants to make a telephone call at midnight, this would mean ______.
　　A. the matter is less important
　　B.the matter is somewhat important
　　C. the matter is not important
　　D. it is a matter of life and death
　　23. According to this passage, time plays an important role in ______.
　　A. social life
　　B.private life
　　C. communications
　　D. transmission
　　24. The best title for this passage is ______．
　　A．“The Voices of Time”
　　B．“The Saving of Time”
　　C．“The Importance of an Announcement”
　　D．“Time and Tide Wait for No Man”
　　25．According to the passage，the author of the article may agree with which of the follow statements?
　　A．It is appropriate to send your invitation cards three or four days before the party date in the U．S．
　　B．It may be appropriate to send your invitation cards three or four days before the party date in some cultures．
　　C．It is best for one to make telephone calls at night because it costs much less．
　　D．If one is less than 5 minutes late，he has to make a short apology．
　　
Passage Two
　　How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life．Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are，and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion．
　　Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner．If we do，they tell us，we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment (窘迫)．
　　Changing fashion，of course，does not apply just to dress．A barber today does not cut a boy’s hair in the same way as he used to，and girls do not make up in the same way as their mothers and grandmothers did．The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull．
　　What causes fashions to change? Sometimes convenience or practical necessity(需求)or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion．Take hats for example．In cold climates，early buildings were cold inside，so people wore hats indoors as well as outside．In recent times，the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats：more American men followed his example．
　　There is also a cyclical(周期循