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2007年10月自考英语(一)试题

发布时间:2007-11-08 11:12:40

    本试卷分为两部分,满分100分,考试时间150分钟。

    第一部分为选择题,1页至7页,共7页。应考者必须在“答题卡”上按要求

填涂,不能答在试卷上。

    第二部分为非选择题,8页至9页,共2页。应考者必须在“答题纸”上答题。

PART ONE50 POINTS

. Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point each)

  从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。

1To some extent the good service at the hotel_the poor food.

    A. brought out  B. came about  C. got down to  D. made up for

2 If you_in taking this attitude, well have to ask you to leave.

    A. insist  B. resist  C persist  D. exist

3Hell_his nervousness once he's on stage.

    A. get over  Bget off  Cget out  D. get through

4At the age of fourteen, Maggie went to a_girls' school along with her sister.

    A. near  B. nearby  C. close  D. neighbor

5Miranda happily accepted an invitation to lunch at Rules, her_restaurant.

    A. popular  B. preferred  C. favored  D. favorite

6 We request that all cell phones_for the duration of the performance.

    A. be turned off         B. should turn off

    C. ought to be turned off  D. to be turned off

7Who was the first person_today?

    A. spoke to you   B. with you spoke

    C. you spoke to   D. spoke with you

8A person who talks to_is not necessarily mad.

    A. himself  B. oneself  C. yourself  D. itself

9Spanish people usually speak_than English people.

    A. quick  Bquickly  C.more quick  D. more quickly

10Did you hear__Mary said?

    A. that  B. what  C. which  D. that what

Ⅱ.Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point each)

    下列短文中有+个空白,每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文要求选出最佳答案,

    并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。

    People work, play and share ideas with one another. To live together, they must understand one another. Not only are there many ways for them 11 others know what they think or want, there are also ways in 12 they can find out what others think or want. These ways of knowing about others or letting others know your ideas are called communication, 13 of which is done by language, whether spoken or written. To have communication, there must be people who listen to and understand 14 languageBesides, there must be people to read and understand written

language 15 there is communication.

    There are ways of communicating without language, too. A smile is understood everywhere; 16 is laughing or crying. Pointing to something directs 17 to the object. 18 a glance can be used to communicate. Some movements of the 19 also have special meanings. For example, we nod to say “Yes” and shake our heads to mean No.” Sometimes pictures are used to explain a thought or to 20 a story. At other times, a simple sound or even a color is used to give information. Red, for example, is often a sign of danger.

  11. A. let     B. to let    C. letting    D. having let

  12. A. that    B. what    C. which     D. how

13. A. many   B. few     C. a few     D. most

14. A. spoken  B. written  C. foreign   D. native

  15. A. before   B. after    C. as       D. for

  16. A. as      B. so       C. either    D. neither

  17. A. subject  Bmovement  C. attention  D. care

  18. A. However B. Even        C. So        D. And

  19. A. language B. eyes        C. body      D. matter

20. A. speak   B. say         C. talk        D. tell

III Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points each)

    从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,并在答题卡

    上将相应的字母涂黑。

                                Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

    Urban legends are similar to modern folklore(民间传说) consisting of stories often thought to be facts by those spreading them. The term is often used to mean something like a false story, though they are not necessarily untrue. Despite the name, a typical urban legend does not necessarily originate(起源于)in an urban setting, because the term is designed to set them apart from traditional folklore in pre-industrial times.

    As Americans love their automobiles, some of the most familiar urban legends involve cars. One of the best known is the classic story of two teenagers in a car parked late at night in a quiet lover's corner. The couple is listening to music when the car radio announces the escape of a dangerous murderer. Frightened, the girl demands to be taken homeBut when the boy tries to start the car, it won't run. He gets out to look for help. As time goes by and there is no sign of her boyfriend, the girl becomes more and more frightened. Her fright turns to terror when she hears a soft “click, click” noise on the roof of the car. Finally, she is rescued by the police, who tell her not to look back. Naturally, though, she does look back. Her boyfriend's body is hanging upside down from a tree by a rope. As his body moves in the soft wind, his ring rubs-“click, click”-against the roof of the car.

    But not all urban legends associated with cars are so horrible. "The Playboy's Car" tells of a man who plans to buy a luxury sports car. He sees an advertisement for a nearly new Porsche (保时捷汽车)for29.95He figures the price is a mistake but goes to check it out anyway. A woman at the house assures him that the price is correct and invites him to test drive the Porsche. He drives a few miles and hurries back to the house to close the deal. As the ownership papers are changing hands, he suddenly says, "But why are you selling this car so cheap?" The woman smiles and answers, “My husband left me and moved in with his secretary last week. He asked me to sell his Porsche and send him the money.”

21Urban legends are so called because they are_.

    A. folktales set in cities     B. folklore of industrial times

    C. loved by people in cities  Dmade up by people in cities

22. The two stories in the passage show that_.

    A. urban legends about cars are horrible

    Burban legends are usually stories about lovers

    C. some popular urban legends have to do with cars

    D. most urban legends are unbelievable stories about cars

23It is implied in the first story that_.

    A. the boyfriend was the escaped murderer

    Bthe boyfriend was murdered by his rival

    C. the police were in search of the boyfriend

    D. the escaped murderer killed the boyfriend

24. The soft noise that frightened the girl came from_.

    A. the tree in the wind above the car

    Bthe rope hanging down from the tree

    Cthe rope rubbing against the roof of the car

    Dthe boyfriend's ring rubbing against the car

25In the second urban legend, the husband_.

    A. went to live with his secretary

    Bmoved into his secretary's office

    Cneeded the money to hire a new secretary

    D. planned to set up an office with the money

                                Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

    The English settlement in America followed two different paths represented by settlements at Jamestown in Virginia and Plymouth in Massachusetts.

    The first permanent English colonists in America settled at Jamestown in 1607.The Virginia Company of London, which organized the settlement, certainly expected profit. The Queen, permitting the settlement, hoped for greater empire, power, and profit. The individuals who sailed to Virginia wanted glory and gold. Thus, the major reason for the settlement of Virginia was to make money. In the beginning, the Virginia Company found that people would not go to America despite glowing descriptions. In 1618, when the Virginia Company began giving fifty acres of land to each individual who came to America, the future of American colonization was finally secured. Later colonies all had to compete with Virginia's freehold system of grants of land. In this senseland-which meant wealth and status-attracted colonists.

    In contrast, the first permanent European settlement in New England was founded at Plymouth by the Pilgrims for religious purposes. These settlers, later known as the Pilgrim Fathers, came from NottinghamshireThey were cruelly treated by the Church of England and in 1606 fled to Holland, wherein Leiden, they found the religious freedom they were looking for. Although they remained there for some eleven years, they realized that their children were growing up to be Dutch rather than English. In the end, they decided, with the backing of London merchants, to leave for the English colonies in North America. After a sixty-five-day journey, the Pilgrims arrived at Provincetown on November 211620. They soon discovered Plymouth Harbor on the western side of Cape Cod Bay, and made their historic landing on December 21Other groups of settlers followed the example of the Pilgrims: the Catholic settlement of Maryland in 1633Roger Williams's Rhode Island refuge in 1636, and William Penn's settlement of a Quaker colony in Pennsylvania in 1681

26The English settlement at Jamestown mainly resulted from the desire for

A. glory  B. power  C. wealth  D. fame

27The freehold system of grants of land was introduced in_.

A. 1606  B. 1607  C. 1618  D. 1620

28On November 211620 the Pilgrim Fathers arrived at_.

    A. Provincetown  B. Plymouth  C. Rhode Island  D. Massachusetts Bay

29The Pilgrim Fathers were originally from_.

    A. Plymouth  B. London  C. Leiden  D. Nottinghamshire

30The English settlements at Jamestown and Plymouth were respectively due to reasons of_.

    A. wealth and religion   B. wealth and fame

    C. politics and religion   D. politics and fame

                                Passage Three

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

    At the end of the nineteenth century, a rising interest in Native American customs and an increasing desire to understand Native American cultures prompted(促使)researchers to begin recording life stories of Native Americans. They had a distinct reason for wanting to hear the stories: they were after data on language and culture that would add to their own field observations, and they believed that the personal stories, even of a single individual, could increase their understanding of the cultures that they had been observing from without. In addition, many researchers at the, turn of the century believed that Native American manners and customs were rapidly disappearing, and that it was important to preserve for people in the future as much information as could be adequately recorded before the cultures disappeared forever.

    There were, however, arguments against this method as a way of acquiring accurate information. Franz Boas, for example, described autobiographies as being of limited value, useful chiefly for the study of how memory distorts(歪曲)truth. Paul Radin, another scholar, argued that investigators rarely spent enough time with the tribes they were observing, and inevitably derived results too much influenced by their own emotions to be reliable.

    Even more importantly, as these life stories transformed from the traditional oral form to the written form, much was lost. Editors often decided what elements were significant to the field research on a given tribe. In addition, Native Americans themselves recognized that the essence of their lives could not be communicated in English and that events they thought significant were often considered unimportant by their interviewers. Indeed, as mentioning the names of dead relatives broke with Native American tradition, the very act of telling their stories could force Native American narrators to distort their cultures.

31In the late 19th century, researchers were mainly interested in_.

    A. protecting Native American tribes

    B. recording Native American cultures

    C. changing Native American customs

    D. learning Native American languages

32The researchers studied Native American cultures mainly by means of_

    A. field observations Bcomparisons of cultures

    C. Native American life stories D. Native American languages

33Franz Boas believed that life stories are of limited value because

    A. memory departs from truth

    Bfield observations are inadequate

    C. researchers cannot remember everything

    D. researchers' emotions affect observations

34The third paragraph discusses_.

    A. how Native Americans misled researchers

    Bhow editors misread the research of scholars

    C. how researchers misunderstood Native American life

    Dhow published life stories distort Native American life

35Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage?

    A. Two different research methods in cultural study are compared.

    BA research method is described and then its limitations discussed.

    CThe historical backgrounds of two research methods are described.

    DA research method is questioned and then a new method proposed.

PART TWO50 POINTS

Ⅳ.Word Spelling (10 points, 1 point for two words)

    将下列汉语单词译成英语。每个单词的词类、首字母及字母数目均已给出。

    请将完整的单词写在答题纸上。

36.海湾n. g_ _ _                   37.命运n. f_ _ _

38.提醒v.r_ _ _ _ _                 39.业余爱好n. h_ _ _ _

40.比,比率n. r_ _ _ _              41.浪费;糟蹋v.w_ _ _ _

42.正式的,正规的a. f_ _ _ _ _       43.哑的,无言的a. d_ _ _

44.独立的a. i_ _ _ _ _               45.巨大的;大量的a. v_ _ _

46.评论,评注v. n.c_ _ _ _ _ _        47.实施;强制v.e_ _ _ _ _ _

48.快速的;敏捷的a. s_ _ _ _         49.戳,刺,挤n.v.t_ _ _ _ _

50.相应地ad. a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _       51.空白;空白的n. a. b_ _ _ _

52.潜在的;潜力a. n. p_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   53.忽略;俯瞰v.0_ _ _ _ _ _ _

54.意大利人,意大利语n. I _ _ _ _ _ _  55.无论在哪里conj. w_ _ _ _ _ _ _

Word Form (10 points, 1 point each)

    将括号中的各词变为适当的形式填入空白。答案写在答题纸上。

56 Things started to go_(bad) wrong for Eric after he lost his job.

57There have been questions about the_(accurate) of the report.

58 Water had got into the radio, and now it was completely_(use).

59Any policy that creates unemployment will meet with strong_(resist).

60 The test measures language learners'_(achieve) in reading English novels.

61Her topic was complex, but she_(simple) it in a way that we could all understand.

62Using a seatbelt will reduce the_(likely) of serious injury in a car accident.

63He spent much of his spare time making small_(wood) toys for his children.

64His body ached all over and the_(wound) arm felt as if it were dropping off.

65When people are famous and wealthy, they tend to search for something else to_(rich) their lives.

Ⅵ.C-E Translation (15 points, 3 points each)

    将下列各句译成英语并将答案写在答题纸上。

66.我不记得在什么地方见过这辆车。

67.还没有决定由谁来主持明天的会议。

68.如果不辞职的话,他现在会过得更好。

69.这个房间不够大,容纳不了这么多人。

70.回到家她才发现把手表忘在办公室里了。

Ⅶ.E-C Translation15 points)

      将下列短文译成汉语并将答案写在答题纸上。

    The relationship between nature and culture is of basic interest to scholars in their study of people's behavior and thinking. Nature determines that in all cultures, people eat, drink and sleep to stay alive. Beyond this, we cannot predict how, when, or where these, functions are fulfilled because culture plays a part in defining them. Nor can we say much about the meanings that they all have in various cultures without in-depth study. Culture shapes what one eats, how one eats, and when one eats, and influences ideas about eating. The human body requires certain nutrients for survival, but they can be provided in many ways. For example, eating meat is not a necessity for survival; people in many cultures have avoided meat of any sort for centuries.