乳牛2007年10月自考英语(一)试题

2021年1月13日发(作者：诸葛融)


2007年10月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试
00012英语（一）试卷
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 ONE（50 POINTS）
Ⅰ. 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。
1．To 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, we’ll have to ask you to leave.
A. insist B. resist C persist D. exist
3．He’ll＿his nervousness once he's on stage.
A. get over B．get off C．get out D. get through
4．At the age of fourteen, Maggie went to a＿girls' school along with her sister.
A. near B. nearby C. close D. neighbor
5．Miranda 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
7．Who was the first person＿today?
A. spoke to you B. with you spoke
C. you spoke to D. spoke with you
8．A person who talks to＿is not necessarily mad.
A. himself B. oneself C. yourself D. itself
9．Spanish people usually speak＿than English people.
A. quick B．quickly quick D. more quickly
10．Did 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 language．Besides, 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 B．movement 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 home．But 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.
man who plans to buy a luxury sports car. He sees an advertisement for a nearly new Porsche (保
时捷汽车）for＄29.95．He 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,
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.”
21．Urban legends are so called because they are＿．
A. folktales set in cities B. folklore of industrial times
C. loved by people in cities D．made up by people in cities
22. The two stories in the passage show that＿．
A. urban legends about cars are horrible
B．urban 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
23．It is implied in the first story that＿．
A. the boyfriend was the escaped murderer
B．the 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
B．the rope hanging down from the tree
C．the rope rubbing against the roof of the car
D．the boyfriend's ring rubbing against the car
25．In the second urban legend, the husband＿．
A. went to live with his secretary
B．moved into his secretary's office
C．needed 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 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 sense，land-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 Nottinghamshire．They were cruelly treated by the Church of England and in 1606 fled
to Holland, where，in 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 21，1620. They soon discovered Plymouth Harbor on the western
side of Cape Cod Bay, and made their historic landing on December 21．Other groups of settlers