潮汕话翻译10月-高级英语试题及答案

2021年1月13日发(作者：宫本言)
全国2009年10月高等教育自学考试
高级英语试题
课程代码：00600
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I. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or
expressions marked A to X. 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. (12 points, point for each)
So at least the historical evidence seems to suggest. When I was graduating from college, my
1 also found the world in a mess. The economic machinery had 2 down almost
everywhere: In this country 3 a quarter of the population was out of work. A major war
seemed all too 4 . As a college newspaper editor at that time, I protested 5 this just as
vehemently as student 6 are protesting today.
But today she passed the baker’s by, climbed the 7 , went into the little dark room—her
room like a cupboard—and sat down on the red eiderdown. She sat 8 for a long time. The
box 9 the fur came out of was 10 the bed. She unclasped the necklet quickly; quickly,
11 looking, laid it inside. But when she put the 12 on she thought she heard something
crying.
The Watts-as-a-way-station mentality has a firm hold on 13 those who remain and those
who leave. Such as 14 is, the ghetto is regarded as 15 place to make a career for those
who have a future. Without 16 , the prime American values underscore the 17 . Negroes,
inside it or out, and whites too, behave toward the 18 like travelers.
I know that American technical genius, and 19 of all the moon landing, seems to give the
20 to too summary a condemnation of the 21 system, but there is more to education
22 the segmental equipping of the mind. There is that transmission of the value of the 23
as a force still miraculously fertile and moving—mostly 24 from American education at all
levels.

II. In this section, there are fifteen sentences taken from the textbooks with a blank in each,
followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. 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. (15 points, 1 point for each)
25. Like all artists, these rock musicians _____ feelings and beliefs that help us see and form our
own.
26. If you don’t do what the doctor says you’ll have to go to the hospital, the mother admonished
her _____.
27. I hope that the example of my _____ will convince other women to get into politics—and not
just to stuff envelopes, but to run for office.
28. There was a little path beside the rocky road, and Mrs. Flowers walked _____ swinging her
arms and picking her way over the stones.
29. It has become _____ to think that, like fast food, fast ideas are the way to get to a fast-moving,
impatient public.
30. All skilled work can be pleasurable, provided the skill _____ is either variable or capable of
indefinite improvement.
31. She frowned, conscientiously worrying over what _____ he might secretly be longing for
which she had been too busy or too careless to imagine.
32. When salesmen are doing well, there is pressure upon them to begin _____ better, for fear
they may start doing worse.
33. Television also provides a wide _____ of opinion by setting up four or five experts and letting
them knock each other down.
34. I guess before we’re _____ she may have something more serious than preserves to worry
about.
35. She brought a cigarette out of her apron pocket and tucked it deep into one _____ of her
mouth, the way she did when something pleased her.
36. Except for some exclusive clubs in London, there were _____ occasions where racial lines
were drawn.
37. Undoubtedly the desire for food has been, and still is, one of the main causes of great _____
events.
38. At the same time, of course, the producer must do his bit by producing nothing but the most
perishable _____.
39. The northern wind blows viciously today, and there’s no _____ heating to turn on, but it will
be pleasant when the wind drops.
III. Each of the following sentences is given two 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)
40. His _____ and unwillingness to learn from others prevent him from being an effective
member of the team.
A. arrogance B. advantage
41. We must try to create a more caring, more _____ society.
A. compassionate B. competitive
42. It was _____ and she did not know enough to analyze each problem properly.
A. encouraging B. exhausting
43. Although each TV series will be rated on the basis of its usual content, the ratings can
_____ from week to week.
A. flow B. fluctuate
44. This _____ factor means that there is often a connection in appearance and temperament
between parents and children.
A. historical B. hereditary
45. Though she _____ and pleaded, he refused to go to the dance.
A. coaxed B. admonished
46. Jack managed to get 147 tapes and 100 books plus lots of magazines through customs in a(n)
_____ way.
A. incredulous B. miraculous
47. These days people are becoming more and more _____ about the food they eat.
A. sophisticated B. selective
48. The question of going to the United States for a doctor’s degree _____ his mind.
A. preoccupied B. intruded
49. In the last twenty years, breakthroughs in technology have _____ advanced the way we
communicate, bringing us computers, cell phones and the Internet.
A. profoundly B. deeply
50. In our culture, we are accustomed to sophisticated prescription drugs containing a _____ of
chemical ingredients.
A. plenty B. variety
51. We cannot _____ the country’s telecommunications to unqualified people.
A. trust B. entrust
52. Imagine how many times restaurants and merchants had to change their posted prices during
the _____ 1970s, when prices almost doubled.
A. inflationary B. extraordinary
53. Compared with the _____ period last year, average temperatures have been low.
A. corresponding B. related
54. In the middle of these otherwise _____ plains is a striking range of mountains.
A. featureless B. pointless
Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding three items IV, V and VI.
Bright Sparks
(1) By the time Laszlo Polagar’s first baby was born in 1969 he already had firm views on
child-rearing. An eccentric citizen of communist Hungary, he had written a book called “Bring
up Genius!” and one of his favorite sayings was “Geniuses are made, not born”.
(2) An expert on the theory of chess, he proceeded to teach little Zsuzsa at home, spending up to
ten hours a day on the game. Two more daughters were similarly hot-housed. All three
obliged their father by becoming world-class players. The youngest, Judit, is currently ranked
13
th
in the world, and is by far the best female chess player of all time.
(3) Would the experiment have succeeded with a different trio of children If any child can be
turned into a star, then a lot of time and money are being wasted worldwide on trying to pick
winners.
(4) America has long held “talent searches”, using test results and teacher recommendations to
select children for advanced school courses, summer schools and other extra tuition. This
provision is set to grow. In his state-of-the-union address in 2006, President George Bush
announced the “American Competitiveness Initiative”, which, among much else, would
train 70,000 high-school teachers to lead advanced courses for selected pupils in
mathematics and science. Just as the super powers’ space race made Congress put money
into science education, the thought of China and India turning out hundreds of thousands of
engineers and scientists is scaring America into stimulating its brightest to do their best.
(5) The philosophy behind this talent search is that ability is innate; that it can be diagnosed with
considerable accuracy; and that it is worth cultivating.
(6) In America, bright children are ranked as “moderately”, “highly”, “exceptionally” and
“profoundly” gifted. The only chance to influence innate ability is thought to be in the womb
or the first couple of years of life. Hence the craze for “teaching aids” such as videos and
flashcards for newborns, and “whale sounds” on tape which a pregnant mother can strap to
her belly.
(7) In Britain, there is a broadly similar belief in the existence of innate talent, but also an
egalitarian (平等主义的) sentiment which makes people queasy about the idea of investing
resources in grooming intelligence.
(8) Teachers are often opposed to separate provision for the best-performing children, saying any
extra help should go to stragglers. In 2002, in a bid to help the able while leaving intact the
ban on most selection by ability in state schools, the government set up the National
Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth. This outfit runs summer schools and master classes
for children nominated by their schools. To date, though, only seven in ten secondary
schools have nominated even a single child. Last year all schools were told they must supply
the names of their top 10%.
(9) Picking winners is also the order of the day in excommunist states, a hangover from the times
when talented individuals were plucked from their homes and ruthlessly trained for the glory
of the nation. But in many other countries, opposition to the idea of singling out talent and
grooming it runs deep. In Scandinavia, a belief in virtues like modesty and social solidarity
makes people flinch from the idea of treating brainy children differently.
(10) And in Japan there is a widespread belief that all children are born with the same innate
abilities - and should therefore be treated alike. All are taught together, covering the same
syllabus at the same rate until they finish compulsory schooling. Those who learn quickest
are expected then to teach their classmates.
(11) Statistics give little clue as to which system is best. The performance of the most able is
heavily affected by factors other than state provision. Most state education in Britain is
nominally non-selective, but middle-class parents try to live near the best schools.
Ambitious Japanese parents have made private, out-of-school tuition a thriving business.
And Scandinavia’s egalitarianism might work less well in places with more diverse
populations and less competent teachers. For what it’s worth, the statistical data suggest