全国2013年10月高等教育自学考试高级英语试题

全国2013年10月高等教育自学考试

高级英语试题

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I. Each of the following sentences is given four choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.

(15 points, 1 point for each)

1．Dorothy accepted the news of war with ______ and sadness.

A． excitement

B． commitment

C． bewilderment

D． embarrassment

2． The government could face defeat if it tries to push through the ______ proposals.

A． doubtful

B． conspicuous

C． questionable

D． controversial

3． This single market is designed to ______ barriers to the free movement of goods, services and people.

A． terminate

B． abolish

C． eliminate

D． exclude

4． He has emerged from being a(n) ______ and unsure candidate into a fluent debater.

A． hesitant

B． indifferent

C． pleasant

D． considerate

5．Large paintings can ______ the feeling of space in small rooms.

A． endear

B． enhance

C． enlarge

D． encourage

6． The employees’main ______ was that they had not received their pitiably low pay.

A． distrust

B． grievance

C． suspicion

D． comprehension

7． I’m ______ sorry for what I said. I really am.

A． certainly

B． generally

C． particularly

D． genuinely

8． Photographs taken by roadside cameras will soon be enough to ______ drivers for speeding. A． dismiss

B． persecute

C． execute

D． prosecute

9． I was delighted to be a nominee and to receive such a ______ award in recognition of our company’s achievements.

A． precious

B． vigorous

C． prestigious

D． glamorous

10． Thousands of soldiers are working to ______ food and blankets to the refugees.

A． contribute

B． deliver

C． transfer

D． distribute

11． He is an outstanding goalscorer who doesn’t get the ______ he deserves.

A． recognition

B． affection

C． identification

D． realization

12． Calmly and ______, she poured petrol over the car and set it a light.

A． deliberately

B． passionately

C． desperately

D． fantastically

13． Are you looking for a temporary or a(n) ______ job?

A． ideal

B． valuable

C． decent

D． permanent

14． It is a pity that Christmas has become so ______.

A． monetized

B． economized

C． commercialized

D． materialized

15． I was determined to take the news in a calm and ______ manner.

A． surprised

B． astonishing

C． dignified

D． aggressive

Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding three items Ⅱ,Ⅲ, Ⅳ.

（1） The car pulled up and its driver glared at us with such sullen intensity, such hatred, that I was truly afraid for our lives. He looked like the sort of young man who might kill a president. （2） He was glaring because we had passed him and for that offensive action he pursued us to the next stoplight so as to express his indignation and affirm his masculinity. I was with two women and was afraid for all three of us. It was nearly midnight and we were in a small, sleeping town with no other cars on the road.

（3） When the light turned green I raced ahead. He didn’t merely follow, he chased and with his headlights turned off. No matter what sudden turn I took, he followed. My passengers were silent. I knew they were alarmed, and I prayed that I wouldn’t be called upon to protect them. In that cheerful frame of mind, I turned off my own lights so I couldn’t be followed. It was madness. I was responding to a crazy as a crazy.

（4）“I’ll just drive to the police station,” I finally said, and as if those were the magic words, he disappeared.

（5） It seems to me that there has recently been an epidemic of auto macho—a competition perceived and expressed in driving. People fight it out over parking spaces. A toll booth becomes a signal for elbowing fenders. And beetle-eyed drivers hunch over their steering wheels, squeezing the rims, glowering, preparing the excuse of not having seen you as they muscle you off the road. Approaching a highway on an entrance ramp recently, I was strong-armed by a trailer truck so immense that its driver all but blew me away by blasting his horn. Thebehemoth was just inches from my hopelessly mismatched vehicle when I fled for the safety of the shoulder.

（6） The odd thing is that long before I was even able to drive, it seemed to me that people were at their finest and most civilized when in their cars. They seemed so orderly and considerate, so reasonable, staying in the right-hand lane unless passing, signaling all intentions. In those days you really eased into highway traffic, and the long, neat rows of cars seemed mobile testimony to the sanity of most people. Perhaps memory fails, perhaps there were always testy drivers, perhaps—but everyone didn’t give you the finger.

（7） A most amazing example of driver rage occurred recently in Manhattan. We were four cars abreast, stopped at a traffic light. And there was no moving even when the light had changed.

A bus had stopped in the cross traffic, blocking our paths: it was normal-for-New-York-City gridlock. Perhaps impatient, perhaps late for important appointments, three of us nonetheless accepted what, after all, we could not alter. One, however, would not. He would not be helpless. He would go where he was going even if he couldn’t get there. He got out of his car and strode toward the bus, rapping smartly on its doors. When they opened, he exchanged words with the driver.