全国2012年1月高等教育自学考试
基础英语试题
课程代码:00088
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一、词汇应用和语法结构(本大题共30小题,每小题1分,共30分)
(一)词汇应用(15分)
选择最佳答案完成句子,错选、多选或未选均无分。
1. As long as you’ve paid in advance, we won’t ______ you for delivery.
A. spend B. take
C. charge D. cost
2. If this project fails, it will not only ______ our department, but also the whole organization.
A. affect B. effect
C. affect on D. influence on
3. You should never ______ anyone about their deal, because they will finally pay for what they have done.
A. argue B. criticize
C. complain D. sympathize
4. You can use this ability to make more ______ choices in your life.
A. beneficiary B. profit
C. benefit D. beneficial
5. It was a bad year for films, in ______ of both quantity and quality.
A. ways B. means
C. terms D. conditions
6. We all know air is ______ of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
A. made B. included
C. consisted D. composed
7. Papermaking began in China and from there it ______ to North Africa and Europe.
A. sprang B. flowed
C. spread D. carried
8. The little boy escaped by the ______ of his teeth, but his parents died in the fire.
A. peel B. tail
C. skin D. head
9. The soup tastes ______.
A. badly B. good
C. goodly D. well
10. Now he is earning money, and he feels more ______.
A. independent B. independently
C. dependent D. dependently
11. We ______ him to arrive early.
A. suspected B. hoped
C. explained D. promised
12. I get up early ______ catch the first bus to work.
A. in order that B. in order to
C. in order D. so that
13. ______ means extreme unwillingness to spend money.
A. Opulence B. Prescription
C. Parsimony D. Prodigality
14. I am not invited to family reunions any more, as I’m considered ______ because of my political convictions.
A. a black sheep B. a wild goose
C. a lame duck D. a dogs body
15. Saying goodbye is as ______ a part of life as saying hello.
A. far B. so
C. many D. much
(二)语法结构(15分)
选择最佳答案完成句子,错选、多选或未选均无分。
16. The red color is characteristic ______ rust, the combination of iron and oxygen.
A. of B. by
C. in D. with
17. I held ______ from telling him what I thought of him.
A. at B. back
C. on D. in
18. ______ was not the way the story happened.
A. What reported B. What reported the internet
C. What the internet reported D. The internet reported
19. I had eaten all her chocolates ______ she came back from the concert.
A. by the time B. at the time
C. for the time being D. after
20. He asked me ______ stay.
A. how long time was I going to B. how long was I going to
C. how long time I was going to D. how long I was going to
21. ______ beautiful flowers!
A. What a B. So
C. What D. How
22. Scientists have more to do than to allow their imaginations to wander ______ large.
A. in B. by
C. with D. at
23. The prisoner ______ by this way, for there his footprints were found.
A. needn’t have escaped B. must have escaped
C. should have escaped D. might have escaped
24. My elder brother asks me to buy ______ newspaper for him.
A. a B. a piece of
C. an item of D. some
25. It is no use ______ about your past mistakes.
A. to regret B. to have regretting
C. to have regretted D. regretting
26. ______ you come, you will find him busy with his study.
A. However B. Whenever
C. Wherever D. Whatever
27. ______ passed than another hit the city.
A. No sooner had one typhoon B. No sooner one typhoon had
C. Hardly had one typhoon D. Hardly one typhoon had
28. Marriage is alliance of two people, one ______ never remembers birthday and the other never forgets them.
A. of who B. of whom
C. of which D. of them
29. If you ______ hard before, you would be a college student now.
A. study B. were studying
C. studied D. had studied
30. The peaceful use of atomic energy will do ______ to human beings.
A. good B. well
C. nicely D. better
二、改错 (本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
下面句子中有A、B、C、D四个划底线部分,其中有一个是错误的,选出错误部分的字母,无需改正错误。
31. As far as marketing is concerning, I think the best thing to do at present is to have a meeting
A B C
with the Sales Manager and his advertising people.
D
32. The tasks related to reform, development and stability for 2006, the first year in the Eleventh
A B
Five-Years Plan, are huge.
C D
33. It wasn’t my idea to change the brand name in the first place. It was her.
A B C D
34. After the message is sent, the computer then finds the information about the product and sends
A B
it instant back to the terminal at the checkout counter.
C D
35. After about 30 minutes, the train entered into a dark tunnel under the city streets, and shortly
A B C
afterwards it stopped at the railway station.
D
36. On general, the author says we should try to appear friendly and self-confident, since “People
A B C
like people who like themselves.”
D
37. This is the worst weather which I’ve experienced in Shanghai.
A B C D
38. He went beside only selling products of poor quality at a high price. He also paid less tax.
A B C D
39. When we had calculated the cost on the project, it was clear it would not be economic to go
A B C
ahead with it.
D
40. In the past, industrially goods were made to last for ever.
A B C D
三、完形填空(本大题共15小题,每小题1分,共15分)
选择最佳答案完成句子,错选、多选或未选均无分。
The western world is filled with advertisements. Different 41 are used in advertising. For example, radio commercials get millions of teenagers to 42 for products made exclusively for them. Then, magazine ads showing models 43 in the latest style 44 women and men to buy new clothes in order to remain fashionable. Newspapers, too, are filled with ads 45 the need to buy everything from pills to major household 46 at bargain prices. In addition, TV programs are interrupted 47 five minutes with commercials telling people to try a new detergent(清洁剂)or drink a different kind of beer. Short cinema films are also used for advertising 48 . Finally, advertisements in the form of posters appear almost everywhere, on walls and buildings.
Companies advertise their products to make people buy. 49 , most companies 50 their products as the best you can buy. Of course, advertisers never talk about the 51 of their products.
Although many people and companies can do their own advertising, most 52 advertising is done by agencies. The 53 , usually a company, goes to an advertising agency with a product it wishes to advertise. The company has probably already 54 which medium they want for their advertisement. The job of the agency is to suggest ideas and to produce a finished advertisement from the idea that the client likes 55 .
41. A. media B. relations C. functions D. operations
42. A. lure B. shop C. buy D. sell
43. A. dressing B. wearing C. putting D. dressed
44. A. dissuade B. persuading C. persuade D. dissuading
45. A. paying B. realizing C. ignoring D. stressing
46. A. appliances B. performances C. equipments D. applications
47. A. almost B. every C. nearly D. both
48. A. basis B. habit C. purpose D. technique
49. A. Therefore B. Later C. Although D. However
50. A. maintain B. present C. find D. want
51. A. dislocations B. advantages C. demerits D. merits
52. A. favorite B. public C. non-commercial D. commercial
53. A. client B. owner C. donator D. agent
54. A. worked B. thought C. decided D. explained
55. A. better B. best C. well D. worst