全国2003年10月自学考试高级英语试题
全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试综合英语(二)试题
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(本大题共25小题，每小题1分，共25分) Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer. (25 points)1. Things are known ______ when they unite with the oxygen of the air.A. to have burntB. to have been burntC. to burnD. burning2. This is the first time I ______ on an English-speaking soil.A. set my footB. have set footC. set my feetD. have set feet3. Hardly ______ any training in spoken English, he felt nervous when he was asked to interpret forthe speaker.A. having hadB. did he haveC. has he hadD. had he had4. ______ in a traffic jam, the newspaper reporter got to the murder scene only an hour later.A. To catchB. CaughtC. CatchingD. Having caught5. I like living in this city even if ______ else does.A. anyoneB. somebodyC. someoneD. nobody6. The job ______ by the time he comes back.A. will have been doneB. will have doneC. is being doneD. has been done7. The old man was often seen sitting in the small bar drinking more than ______.A. is good for his healthB. his good health isC. was good for his healthD. his good health was8. I would say it is a point of style rather than ______ of grammar.A. thatB. thisC. a oneD. one9.“You cannot answer this question?”“______. I know very little about the subject.”A. YesB. NoC. All rightD. Never10. Jane walked out of the house without ______ a word to her mother.A. as little asB. so much asC. less thanD. more than11. Physics is the present-day equivalent of what used to be called natural philosophy, from ______1most of present-day sciences arose.A. thatB. whatC. allD. which12. ______ you decide to take up, you should do your best to make it a success.A. WhateverB. If onlyC. WheneverD. Unless13. She is not ______ a musician than her brother.A. more asB. more ofC. much asD. much of14. In Washington, D.C. Philips ______ important information about atomic fission from theLibrary of Congress.A. exchangedB. possessedC. maintainedD. obtained15. Her friends liked her ______ for not pretending what she is not.A. all the wayB. all overC. all the betterD. all the less16. Three days of investigation threw no ______ on the mysterious death of the pop star.A. indicationB. solutionC. clueD. light17. At parties John doesn't mind making a ______ of himself as long as it brings about joy andlaughter.A. foolB. heroC. cowardD. man18. The university ______ great importance to the all-round development of the students.A. addsB. attachesC. confersD. assign19. What I want to do ______ at the moment is to have a good night's sleep.A. mostB. mostlyC. most allD. at most20. Lose an hour in the morning ______ you will be looking for it the rest of the day.A. so thatB. now thatC. andD. but21. The man finally realized that his wife ______ her career than about her family.A. more concerned aboutB. cared more forC. more concerned withD. cared more about22. Having ______ his disease, ALS, and found someone in Jane with whom he could share his life,Stephen Hawking began to blossom.A. come up withB. come to terms withC. come down toD. come into contact with23. Grandma never grew tired of hearing about college or anything I was ______ in.A. containedB. connectedC. involvedD. included224. Always keep in ______ that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any otherone thing.A. heartB. handC. mouthD. mind25. If we all did the things we are ______ of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.A. ableB. capableC. skilledD. competentⅡ.完形填空。
10月全国高等教育自学考题高级英语试卷
10月全国高等教育自学考题高级英语试卷全部题目用英文作答(翻译题除外)，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上I. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to Y. 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. (25 points, 1 point for each)Today’s heroes—some of them, anyway—tell us they enjoy their 1 . “And I 2 to myself at the men and the ladies. Who never 3 of us billion-dollar babies.”The 4“culture hero” who 5 that is Alice Cooper.If I said that being black is a greater 6 than being a woman, probably no one would 7me. Why? Because “we all know” there is 8 against black people in America. That there is prejudice against women is an idea that still 9 nearly all men—and, I am afraid, most women—as 10 .There is, however, another 11 possessed by the best work, which is even more important as a 12 of happiness than is the exercise of 13 . This is the element of constructiveness. In some work, though by no 14 in most, something is built up which remains as a 15 whenthe work is completed.My own state of mind, when I left Watts eight years ago to take up the 16 year at Whittier College, was 17 . It was to me less of a 18 ; it was the stepping off point of an Odyssey that was to take me through Whittier College and Oxford University, to Yale Law School, and back to Watts. I had 19 then, as now, to make Watts my 20 .Well, it’s a good life and a good 21 , all said and 22 , if you don’t 23 , and if you know that the big wide world hasn’t 24 from you yet, no, not by a long way, though it won’t be long now. The float bobbed more violently than before and, with a 25 on his face, he began to wind in the reel.II. Each of the following sentences is given four 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)26. The citizens are grateful to the government for the ______ environment.A. wholesomeB. wholesaleC. noisomeD. tiresome27. The farmers’ ______ from the contest aroused heated debates.A. omissionB. exclusionC. inclusionD. emission28. He owed his victory to endurance and ______.A. instanceB. existenceC. subsistenceD. perseverance29. He killed his enemy and received a ______ wound himself.A. moralB. fatefulC. mortalD. factual30. To remove the paint, he had to apply a knife to ______ the table.A. scrapeB. rubC. dabD. peel31. The local government decided to ______ money for the building of a new post office.A. distributeB. divideC. contributeD. allot32. She was ______ of her notorious family scandal.A. shamefulB. shamelessC. ashamedD. shamed33. Since then, the contrast between his two careers has become even more ______.A. symbolizedB. distinguishedC. predominatedD. pronounced34. I recall how ______ it was years ago when people littered everywhere in our city.A. annoyingB. scaringC. frighteningD. humiliating35. I don’t complain about the smoking ______ because I hate watching people smoking in hospitals.A. programsB. restrictionsC. argumentsD. advertisements36. His muscles are firmest and his ______ colds and infections is highest.A. ignorance ofB. independence ofC. resistance toD. attribution to37. Regardless of ______ poll results, a number of objections have been published in newspapers.A. practicalB. sensibleC. favorableD. outstanding38. At British universities, it is ______ to cease work and spend a half-hour or so sipping tea and eating cookies with the members of one’s department.A. satisfactoryB. extraordinaryC. contemporaryD. customary39. The concentration of populations in cities has given ______ to many problems of housing, education, and medical services.A. riseB. reasonC. resultD. response40. This discovery is highly ______ in the circle of science.A. measuredB. appreciatedC. calculatedD. experimentedRead the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding three items III, IV, V.A Wrong Man in Workers’ Paradise(1) The man had never believed in mere utility.(2) Having had no useful work, he indulged in mad whims. He made little pieces of sculpture—men, women and castle, quaint earthen things dotted over with sea-shells. He painted. Thus he wasted his time on all that was useless, needless. People laughed at him. At times he vowed to shake off his whims, but they lingered in his mind.(3) Some boys seldom ply their books and yet pass their tests. A similar thing happened to this man. He spent his earth life in useless work and yet after his death the gates of Heaven opened wide for him.(4) But mistakes are unavoidable even in Heaven. So it came to pass that the aerialmessenger who took charge of the man made a mistake and found him a place in Workers’ Paradise.(5) In this Paradise you find everything except leisure.(6) Here men say: “God! We haven’t a moment to spare.” Women whisper: “Let’s move on, time’s a-flying.” All exclaim: “Time is precious.” “We have our hands full, we make use of every single minute,” they sigh complainingly, and yet those words make them happy and exalted.(7) But this newcomer, who had passed all his life on Earth without doing a scrap of useful work, did not fit in with the scheme of things in Workers’ Paradise. He lounged in the streets absently and jostled the hurrying men. He lay down in green meadows, or close to the fast flowing streams, and was taken to task by busy farmers. He was always in the way of others.(8) A hustling girl went every day to a silent torrent (silent, since in the Workers’ Paradise even a torrent would not waste its energy singing) to fill her pitcher.(9) The girl’s movement on the road was like the rapid movement of a skilled hand on the strings of a guitar. Her hair was carelessly done; inquisitive wisps stooped often over her forehead to peer at the dark wonder of her eye.(10) The idler was standing by the stream. As a princess sees a lonely beggar and is filled with pity, so the busy girl of Heaven saw this one and was filled with pity.(11 ) “A—ha !” she cried with concern. “You have no work in hand, have you?”(12) The man sighed, “Work! I have not a moment to spare for work.”(13) The girl did not understand his words, and said: “I shall spare some work for you to do, if you like.”(14) The man replied: “Girl of the silent torrent, all this time I have been waiting to take some work from your hands.”(15) “What kind of work would you like?”(16) “Will you give me one of your pitchers, one that you can spare?”(17) She asked: “A pitcher? You want to draw water from the torrent?”(18) “No, I shall draw pictures on your pitcher.”(19) The girl was annoyed.(20) “Pictures, indeed! I have no time to waste on such as you. I am going.” And she walked away.(21) But how could a busy person get the better of one who had nothing to do? Every day they met, and every day he said to her: “Girl of the silent torrent, give me one of your clay pitchers. I shall draw pictures on it.”(22) She yielded at last. She gave him one of her pitchers. The man started painting. He drew line after line; he put color after color.(23) When he had completed his work, the girl held up the pitcher and stared at its sides, her eyes puzzled. Brows drawn, she asked: “Wha t do they mean, all those lines and colors? What is their purpose?”(24) The man laughed.(25) “Nothing. A picture may have no meaning and may serve no purpose.”(26) The girl went away with her pitcher. At home, away from prying eyes, she heldit in the light, turned it round and round and scanned the painting from all angles. At night she moved out of bed, lighted a lamp and scanned it again in silence. For the first time in her life she had seen something that had no meaning and no purpose at all.(27) When she set out for the torrent the next day, her hurrying feet were a little less hurried than before. For a new sense seemed to have wakened in her, a sense that seemed to have no meaning and no purpose at all.(28) She saw the painter standing by the t orrent and asked in confusion: “What do you want of me?”(29) “Only some more work from your hands.”(30) “What kind of work would you like?”(31) “Let me make a colored ribbon for your hair,” he answered.(32) “And what for?”(33) “Nothing.”(34) Ribbons were made, bright with colors. The busy girl of Workers’ Paradise had now to spend a lot of time every day tying the colored ribbon around her hair. The minutes slipped by, unutilized. Much work was left unfinished.(35) In Workers’ Paradise w ork had of late begun to suffer. Many persons who had been active before were now idle, wasting their precious time on useless things such as painting and sculpture. The elders became anxious. A meeting was called. All agreed that such a state of affairs h ad so far been unknown in the history of Workers’ Paradise.(36) The aerial messenger hurried in, bowing before the elders and made a confession.(37) “I brought a wrong man into this Paradise,” he said. “It is all due to him.”(38) The man was summoned. As he came the elders saw his fantastic dress, his quaint brushes, his paints, and they knew at once that he was not the right sort for Workers’ Paradise.(39) Stiffly the President said: “This is no place for the like of you. You must leave.”(40) The man sighed in relief and gathered up his brush and paint. But as he was about to go, the girl of the silent torrent came up tripping and cried: “Wait a moment. I shall go with you.”(41) The elders gasped in surprise. Never before had a thing like this happened in Workers’ Paradise—a thing that had no meaning and no purpose at all.III. In this section, there are ten incomplete statements or questions, followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (20 points, 2 points for each).41. What do you think is the main point of the story?A. The love of a painter for a pretty girl.B. The opposition between beauty and utility.C. The change of heart in a girl who used to believe in mere utility.D. The ideal society where no time is wasted and no idler is tolerated.42. What is the author’s attitude in this story?A. He is indifferent to the artist.B. He is in sympathy with the artist.C. He is absolutely objective in telling the story.D. He makes fun of those who believe in Paradise.43. In the sentence “...but they lingered in his mind” in Paragraph 2, “they” refers to ______.A. his whimsB. his vowsC. the things he madeD. the people he met44. What is the proper meaning of the phra se “a scrap of” in Paragraph 7?A. a lot ofB. a load ofC. a bit ofD. a pile of45. In Paragraph 8, with the sentence “...in the Workers’ Paradise even a torrent would not waste its energy singing”, the author intends to ______.A. state a factB. laugh at the manC. praise the Workers’ ParadiseD. scoff at the Workers’ Paradise46. What is the meaning of the phrase “get the better of” in Paragraph 21 ?A. pickB. make use ofC. defeatD. make fun of47. What is the meaning of the word “quaint” in Par agraph 38?A. disgustingB. strangeC. uglyD. disturbing48. Based on the author’s description of the girl, we know that ______.A. she was curiousB. she was not very attractiveC. she was much busier than the othersD. she was the princess of the Workers’ Paradise49. When the elders asked the man to leave the Workers’ Paradise, the man was ______.A. disappointedB. worriedC. pleasedD. surprised50. From the end of the story we can infer that ______.A. the girl won against the eldersB. the elders won against the girlC. the elders won against the manD. the man won against the eldersIV. Translate the following sentences into Chinese and write the translation on your Answer Sheet. (10 points, 2 points for each)51. Having had no useful work, he indulged in mad whims.52. So it came to pass that the aerial messenger who took charge of the man madea mistake and found him a place in Workers’ Paradise.53. Here men say: “God! We haven’t a moment to spare.” Women whisper: “Let’s move on, time’s a-flying.”54. The girl’s movement on the road was like the rapid movement of a skilled hand on the strings of a guitar.55. As a princess sees a lonely beggar and is filled with pity, so the busy girl of Heaven saw this one and was filled with pity.V. Answer the following essay question in English within 80-100 words. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (10 points)56. Do you think art is something that has no meaning and no purpose at all? Why or why not?VI. Translate the following sentences into English and write the translation on your Answer Sheet. (20 points, 2 points each for 57-60, 4 points for 61, 8 points for 62)57．心情好时，我可以谱写出恢弘的交响乐，绘制出壮丽的画卷。
2003年10月全国英语写作基础试题及答案
1 全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试月高等教育自学考试英语写作基础试题课程代码：00597 全部题目用英文作答。
I.重写句子(15 points,1.5points each) Revise the following sentences according to the requirement. Example: The history of English words in the history of our civilization in many ways.(periodic sentence) In many ways, the history of English words is the history of our civilization. 1.I like roller-skating. I like ice-skating better.(compound sentence) 2.If you sit by the window facing the sun on a sunny winter day, you may feel nice and warm.(loose sentence) 3.Mary put the steak on the grill. The charcoal was burning evenly.(complex sentence) 4.His 4.His valuable valuable valuable papers papers papers were were were destroyed destroyed destroyed in in in the the the fire. fire. fire. Tom Tom Tom called called called the the the insurance insurance insurance company.(complex company.(complex sentence) 5.I asked my friend if we should tip the driver when the bus tour ended.(periodic sentence) 6.Your uncle married my aunt. He is rich. She is poor.(simple sentence) 7.Jerry is smart. He should be able to handle eighteen credits this semester.(compound sentence) 8.I returned to school following a long illness. The math teacher gave me make-up work to do, but the history teacher made me drop her course.(compound-complex sentence) 9.Jack applied for a job. He went for an interview. He was hired.(parallel structure) 10.Meet me in the courtyard for dessert when you finish doing the dishes.(periodic sentence) II.改写病句(15 points,3 points each) Correct the errors in the following sentences. 11.The rain might last for a while, clouds covered the entire sky. 12.In the evening we would swim in the lake and dancing afterward. 13.That woman just bought her dog a milk shake in a red skirt. 14.To pass the course, your term paper must be handed in on time. 15.Harry wouldn ’t make a good negotiator he doesn ’t have the patience. III.标出主题句(15 points,5 points each) 16.Choose the best topic sentence from the group below. Write the choice in the blank. A.I eat a lot of homemade ice cream. B. Homemade ice cream is my favorite. C.I have a homemade ice cream maker. D.I miss homemade ice cream a lot. Answer:______________________________________ 17.Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence. Tornados Tornados form form form under under under very very very special special special weather weather weather conditions, conditions, conditions, and and and these these these special special special weather weather weather conditions conditions 20 25 233 masks masks for for for fun; fun; fun; they they they may, may, may, of of of course, course, course, also also also think think think they they they are are are disguising disguising disguising themselves, themselves, themselves, but but but chiefly chiefly chiefly their their motive is to experience the joy of saying “boo ” to someone. Soldiers wore masks for protection, in in ancient ancient ancient times times times against against against swords swords swords and and and battle-axes, battle-axes, battle-axes, in in in more more more recent recent recent times times times against against against poison poison poison gas. gas. gas. Bank Bank robbers robbers wear wear wear masks masks masks to to to disguise disguise disguise themselves, themselves, themselves, and and and though though though of of of course course course this this this disguise disguise disguise is is is a a a sort sort sort of of protection, protection, a a a robber robber robber’’s s reason reason reason for for for wearing wearing wearing a a a mask mask mask is is is fairly fairly fairly distinct distinct distinct from from from a a a soldier’s. soldier’s. soldier’s. All All of of these these reasons reasons so so so far far far are are are easily easily easily understood, understood, understood, but but but we we we may may may have have have more more more trouble trouble trouble grasping grasping grasping the the the reason reason reason that that primitive people use masks in religious rituals. Some ritual masks seem merely to be attempts to frighten frighten away away away evil evil evil spirits, spirits, spirits, and and and some some some seem seem seem merely merely merely to to to be be be disguises disguises disguises so so so that that that the the the evil evil evil spirits spirits spirits will will will not not know who the wearer is. The masks are usually made of paper. But most religious masks are worn with the idea that the wearer acquires, through a union with supernatural powers, a new identity, and thus in effect becomes —really becomes, not merely pretends to be —a new person. VI.写信(40 points)Write a letter to your friend accordingto the following situation: Y ou(Weiping) haven ’t heard from your friend(Zhijie) since the SARS outbreak. You tell him or her about yourself and the general situation in Beijing during that period. Since Beijing was taken off the list of SARS-infected areas, things have gradually come back to normal. You would encourage him or her to come for a visit in autumn, as it is the best season of the year.(150-200 words)______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 2003年10月英语写作基础试题答案4 5 。
2003年10月自考英语二试题及答案
2003年10月全国高等教育自学考试试题英语(二)Ⅰ．Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point for each item)从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。
1．We feel it a pity that he didn’t live up to _____________had been expected of him.A．which B．all what C．what D．that2．As a painter, Ted was very ___________ about the colors he used.A．specific B．special C．peculiar D．particular3．A major-party nominee has the critical advantage in the campaign for the presidential election _____________ he has the support from the party-faithful.A．in that B．in which C．for which D．for that4．The doctors are ___________ about the guidelines under which they can carry out euthanasia.A．at a stretch B．at a loss C．at random D．at length5．Workers seldom commit acts of violence, because they can put their aggression into their work, ___________it physical like the work of a smith, or mental like the work of a scientist.A．were B．was C．being D．be6．Some persons gain goal and direction from their tensions; others ___________ under pressure.A．fall out B．fall apart C．fall back on D．fall in with 7．I have no idea what’s standing ___________ accomplishing our goals and objectives.A．in the way of B．on the way toC．by way of D．in one’s way of8．He will not make a ___________ on LaSane’s side of the conversation.A．statement B．reference C．comment D．note9．Never before ___________ so rapidly developing as it is today.A．has our country been B．our country has beenC．has been our country D．our country hasn’t been10．In some big cities in America, there are three or four elementary schools and secondaryschools, ___________.A．with each within one’s walking or cycling distanceB．each within one’s walking or cycling distanceC．it is within one’s walking or cycling distanceD．with each that is within one’s walking or cycling distanceⅡ．Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point for each item)下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。
全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试
全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试英语阅读（二）试题课程代码：00596Ⅰ. Directions: Match the words in Column A with their definitions in Column B. Write the letter of the answer to each word in Column A on your ANSWER SHEET. (10 points, 1 point for each)A B1. accrue A. using force, threats of punishment2. intensive B. lasting for only a period of time3. erase C. continuous, without break4. constant D. to rub or scrape out5. coercion E. to pass, flow or spread into every part of6. vulnerable F. that is liable to be damaged7. permeate G. to speak or argue in support of8. contemporary H. to become larger or more by addition9. plead I. the quality of keeping secret10. confidentiality J. growing too much in a limited piece of landⅡ. Directions: Read each of the following sentences carefully, and choose A, B, C or D that has the closest meaning to the underlined word or phrase. Write the corresponding letter of the answer on your ANSWER SHEET. (10 points, 1 point for each)11. What breathtaking impertinence to advertise 1p OFF your soap or washing powder or dog food or whatever.A. transmissionB. rudenessC. distractionD. politeness12. A few years ago, our group at Saclay, in collaboration with a number of other European Laboratories, orbited a telescope.A. along withB. in the light ofC. in agreement withD. regardless of13. If they fall behind too far on these obligations, they run the risk of having their houses, cars or other items taken over or repossessed by the lenders.A. homogeneityB. appropriatenessC. responsibilitiesD. probabilities14. As a source of power, water is virtually inexhaustible.A. inaccessibleB. insufficient浙00596# 英语阅读（二）试卷第1 页共12 页C. abundantD. extinguishable15. Astrid and I kept talking and the man continued to swing and lurch over us, thanking us profusely.A. increasinglyB. confidentiallyC. attributablyD. repeatedly16. If the greenhouse effect produces lasting climatic change, national color preferences could radically reorientate.A. changeB. come to an endC. renewD. start again17. If you are animated, you are more likely to see animated listeners.A. dull and stupidB. active and livelyC. annoyedD. respected18. These countries fear that their industries will not be able to survive such drastic cuts and that their national economies will suffer as a result.A. sudden and severeB. slow and continuousC. clear and simpleD. far and wide19. More p eople report they “feel” on the verge of a nervous breakdown.A. on top ofB. instead ofC. on the point ofD. on behalf of20. She was taken aback at the news that her brother had a car accident.A. overjoyedB. happyC. sadD. greatly surprisedⅢ. Directions: Scan Passage 1 and find the words which have roughly the meanings given below. Write the word you choose in the corresponding space on your ANSWER SHEET. (10 points, 1 point for each)Note: The numbers in the brackets refer to the numbers of paragraphs in the passage.21. exact; accurate (1)22. statement explaining the meaning of a word or expression (1)23. general (1)24. to provide more details about something in order to make it clearer (1)25. to have or use something together with someone else (2)26. being everywhere at the same time (2)27. information, usually in the from of facts or statistics that one can analyze (2)28. to join or bring something or people together so that they become one (3)29. to plan, prepare, decide on all the details of something (3)30. to change something into a different form (3)浙00596# 英语阅读（二）试卷第2 页共12 页Passage 11. Communication networks are arrangements of hardware and software that allow users to exchange information. This very broad definition will help you begin learning about one of the fastest-growing areas in electrical engineering and computer science. Once we examine some common communication networks, we will develop a more precise definition. We will elaborate on the importance of this field.2. The telephone network is the most familiar and ubiquitous communication network. It is designed for voice transmission. An office computer network is a communication network used by organizations to connect personal computers and workstations so they may share programs and data and to link those computers to printers and, possibly, to some other peripherals(e.g., file servers that provide mass storage or plotters). Computer networks also are used in manufacturing plants to connect machine tools, robots, and sensors. The Internet is a network of computer networks that covers most of the world and allows millions of users to exchange messages and computer files and some limited video and audio signals.3.Although all these systems are communication networks, they are quite different in the information that they transmit and in the way they are used. Nevertheless, they operate on similar principles. The unifying characteristics of all networks help us develop a definition of communication networks that describes the arrangements of hardware and software that we study in this text. Each system described is designed to exchange information, which may be voice, sounds, graphics, pictures, video, text, or data, among users. Most often the users are humans, but they also can be computer programs or devices. Before the information is transmitted, it is converted into bits(zeros or ones). Then the bits are sent to a receiver as electrical or optical signals (electromagnetic waves, to be more precise). Finally, the information is reconstructed from the received bits. This transmission method, called digital transmission, reduced the transmission errors.SECTION 2 READING COMPREHENSION(40 points)IV. Directions: Skim Passage 2 and read the statements given right after the passage and judge whether they are True or False. Write the corresponding answer you choose on your ANSWER SHEET.(10 points, 1 point for each)Passage 21.Everybody feels pain sometimes: the pain in the head that comes after eating ice cream or drinking cold water; the sudden muscular pain; the “stitch”that attacks long-distance runners or others whose activities have put great demands on the oxygen supply of the body.浙00596# 英语阅读（二）试卷第3 页共12 页These transient pains are not cause for alarm; they usually disappear quickly, return rarely and signify very little.2.In contrast are the unusual, chronic, or exceptionally severe pains that require attention from a doctor, who can determine whether or not they require special care. Angina pectoris(pain of the chest) is a heart pain that lasts from two or three minutes to ten or fifteen. Identification is extremely important, because special drugs are needed for relief and the doctor’s understanding and advice may prevent recurrence of the condition.3.Only a doctor can recognize what are called referred pains. These originate at one point, but are felt at another to which they have been carried by the nerves. A person with continuous pain becomes irritated, tired easily, has difficulty in sleeping, loses appetite, and may even become the victim of what has been called an anxiety state or nervous breakdown. Few diseases develop without pain at some state, and many involve so characteristic a pain as to make diagnosis certain. Whenever a pain is so severe, so prolonged, and so unusual as to arouse alarm, a doctor should be consulted.31.Transient pains should usually be investigated.32.All chronic pains require special care.33.Angina pectoris would probably be classified as unusual.34.Chronic and referred pains are alike in that both last for a long time.35.Pains can be useful as a signal of the presence of disease.36.Transient pains are different from referred pains.37.Pains can serve as an aid in the diagnosis of disease.38.A person with continuous pains is usually good-tempered.39.Chronic pains are felt some distance from their source.40.All chronic pains can be identified and treated.V. Directions: Read Passages 3 and 4 and choose the correct answer. Write the corresponding letter of the answer on your ANSWER SHEET.(20 points, 1 point for each)Passage 31.Every year a great number of babies and young children die or are injured in fires. One out of every five fires is caused by careless smoking or by children playing with matches and lighters. Don’t tempt children by leaving matches or lighters a round a room.2.Never leave a child alone in a house. In just a few seconds they could start a fire. Or a fire could start and trap them. A child will panic in a fire and will not know what to do. Unless a parent is around to help, a child may try to hide under a bed or in a closet. Home浙00596# 英语阅读（二）试卷第4 页共12 页fire drills are a sound idea. The best way to stop panic in case of fire is to know what to do before a fire breaks out.3.Your first thought in a fire should always be escape. Far too many people become victims because they do not know the killing power and speed of fire. If a fire is very small and has just started, you can put it out yourself. Do this if you have the proper tools on hand. In any case always send the children outside first. Smoke, not fire, is the real killer in a blaze. According to studies, as many as eight out of ten deaths in fires are due to inhaling fumes long before the flames ever came near the person.4.Burns are another hazard to tots. Fireplaces, space heaters, floor furnaces, and radiators have all caused horrible burns to babies. Since you cannot watch your child all the time, you must screen fireplaces. Put guards around heaters and radiators.5.Some people use a vaporizer or portable heater in a child’s room. If you do, be sure you place it out of reach. Be sure, too, that it is not placed too close to blankets or bedclothes.e care in the kitchen. It is not safe to let an infant crawl or a small child walk around the kitchen while you are preparing meals. There is danger of your tripping and spilling something hot on the child. There is even danger of a child pulling in a hot pot off the stove on to herself. Also, do not use tablecloths that hang over the table edge. Children can easily pull the cloth and whatever is on the table down. Be aware of these dangers and protect your child.41. The best title of the passage can be ________.A. Better Safe Than SorryB. How to Protect ChildrenC. Escape From FireD. Be Careful in the Kitchen42. Careless smoking or children playing with matches and lighters causes ______.A. most deaths of childrenB. one out of five firesC. eight out of ten deaths in firesD. five out of ten fires43. A child will probably do the following in a fire EXCEPT ______.A. panickingB. not knowing what to doC. trying to hide under a bed or in a closetD. calling for help44. In paragraph 2, the word “sound” is closest in meaning to ________.A. healthyB. safeC. sensibleD. thorough45. The best way to stop panic in the case of fire is to ________.A. call a neighborB. be preparedC. call a policemanD. run away浙00596# 英语阅读（二）试卷第5 页共12 页46. When caught in a fire, a person’s first thought should always be ________.A. panicB. preventionC. escapeD. putting out the fire47. The real killer in a fire is _________.A. smokeB. flamesC. fuelD. blaze48. Burns can be caused by _______.A. harmful toysB. bedclothesC. blanketsD. space heaters49. Which statement is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Never leave a young child alone at home.B. Burns can be very dangerous to children.C. Place heaters out of the reach of children.D. Do not work in a kitchen when a child is in it.50. From the passage, we can infer that _______.A. adults know how to handle firesB. many children start fires in a houseC. some fire fighters are not well trainedD. adults are always very careful about fire.Passage 41. When Jules Verne wrote Journey to the Center of the Earth in 1864, there were many conflicting theories about the natur e of the earth’s interior. Some geologists though that it contained a highly compressed ball of incandescent gas, while others suspected that it consisted of separate graphite shells, each made of a different material. Today well over a century later, there is still little direct evidence of what lies beneath our feet. Most of our knowledge of the earth’s interior comes not from mines or bore holes, but from the study of seismic waves—powerful pulses of energy released by earthquakes.2. The way that seismi c waves travel shows that the earth’s interior is far from uniform. The continents and the seabed are formed by the crust—a thin sphere of relatively light, solid rock. Beneath the crust lies the mantle, a very different layer that extends approximately ha lfway to the earth’s center. There the rock is the subject of a battle between increasing heat and growing pressure.3. In its high levels, the mantle is relatively cool; at greater depths, high temperatures make the rock behave more like a liquid than a solid. Deeper still, the pressure is even more intense, preventing the rock from melting in spite of a higher temperature.4. Beyond a depth of around 2,900 kilometers, a great change takes place and the浙00596# 英语阅读（二）试卷第6 页共12 页mantle gives way to the core. Some seismic waves cannot pass through the core and others are bent by it.From this and other evidence, geologists conclude that the outer core is probably liquid, with a solid center. It is almost certainly made of iron, mixed with smaller amount of other elements such as nickel.5. The conditions in the earth’s core make it a far more alien world than space. Its solid iron heart is subjected to unimaginable pressure and has a temperature of about 9,000° F. Although scientists can speculate about its nature, neither humans nor machines will ever be able to visit it.51. The word “conflicting” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________.A. controllingB. outdatedC. importantD. opposing52. The geologists _________ about the nature of the earth’s interior.A. agree with each otherB. disagree with each otherC. are sureD. have found enough evidence53. Seismic waves are _________ .A. pulses of energyB. sound wavesC. electromagnetic wavesD. radio waves54. The way that seismic waves travel shows that ________.A. the interior of the earth is rockB. the interior of the earth is divided into different layersC. the interior of the earth is metalD. the crust and the mantle are composed of exactly the same substance55. The word “there” at th e end of Paragraph 2 refers to the ________.A. seabedB. crustC. mantleD. earth’s center56. What is true about the mantle?A. It is similar to the crust.B. It is a very thin layer of the earth.C. It is cooler as it goes deeper.D. It is a completely different layer from the crust.57. The phrase “gives way to” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ________.A. runs alongB. rubs againstC. turns intoD. floats on58. The word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to the _________.A. mantleB. coreC. changeD. depth59. The inner core of the earth is NOT __________.浙00596# 英语阅读（二）试卷第7 页共12 页A. liquidB. made of ironC. solidD. mixed with nickel60. Why does the author state that the earth’s core is “more alien” than space?A. Because government funds are not interested in the characteristics of the earth’s core.B. Because scientists are not interested in the characteristics of the earth’s core.C. Because the pressure and high temperature there prevent scientists from doing research.D. Because the earth’s core is made of elements that are dangerous to humans.Ⅵ. Directions: Passage 5 is taken from the TEXTBOOK. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer. Write the corresponding letter of the answer on your ANSWER SHEET. (10 points, 1 points for each)Passage 51. In spite of the difficulties of predicting future trends in world trade, we can specify factors that will be important. Some of these are: population growth; possible scarcity of commodities, the food and energy situation, relations with the Third World (developing nations), pressures to preserve the environment, and international cooperation on political, social, economic, and monetary problems.2. If population growth continues at its present pace, the future balance between food demand and supply may become dependent on new dietary patterns. Reduced consumption of meat, increased use of new high protein food made from soybeans, and development of ocean resources for food are some alternatives that must be considered.3. As the population grows, prices of commodities will fluctuate. As countries endeavor to increase yields on existing croplands through intensified use of water, energy, and fertilizers, the cost of commodities will rise.4. Growth of trade will depend greatly on availability of energy sources. There may still be a trillion barrels of recoverable oil in the Middle East. But the oil crisis of 1974 has led to renewed interest in coal and to a search for alternative sources of energy. Solar, geothermal, and nuclear energy will play a large role in the years to come.5. Solar energy is available in various forms. Buildings can be heated and cooled by direct use of solar radiation, crops and trees, which are the most efficient converters of sunlight into energy, can be grown for their energy potential, wastes can be burned as fuel, sunlight can be converted into DC (direct current) electricity, electric power can be derived from the sun-warmed surface waters of the ocean (ocean thermal power), lastly, solar radiation can be converted to heat that will drive electric power generators (solar thermal power). Serious problems still remain as to transportation and storage of solar energy.6. Geothermal energy is the energy contained within the earth. Heat is abundantly浙00596# 英语阅读（二）试卷第8 页共12 页available deep in the earth’s core and is constantly being produced. How ever, this heat is usually located at too deep a level for commercial exploitation. Sometimes heat comes to the surface in the form of lava and geysers. In short, very little is know on the use of geothermal energy, and it has barely been exploited.7. Nuclear energy is produced in nuclear power plants. At these plants atoms of uranium are split, thus releasing masses of energy. Another source of energy under development is the nuclear fusion of certain atoms of hydrogen. This could eventually replace natural gas as a source of energy.8. In future trade the key development to watch is the relationship between the industrialized and the developing nations. Third World countries export their mineral deposits and tropical agricultural products, which bring them desired foreign exchange. Tourism has also been greatly responsible for the rapid development of some developing nations. Many Third World nations with high unemployment and low wages have seen an emigration of workers to the developed nations. Western Europe has received millions of such workers from Mediterranean countries.9. The developing nations profit when these workers bring their savings and their acquired technical skills back home. Many developing nations benefit when Western nations establish manufacturing in their countries to take advantage of cheap labor.10. As economies mature, economic growth rates tend to level off. The rate of population growth is leveling off today in Western nations. This leveling-off eventually leads to static non-growth markets. A point of saturation sets in—technology and innovation have seemed to achieve the impossible, but then how much further can it go? Herman Kahn, in his book The Next 200 Years, says that a shift in priorities will have to occur for industrialized nations. No longer is the creation of money and jobs essential, it is rather the improvement of the quality of life that must be our concern. Today pollution is of major concern for industrialized nations. Environmentalists are worried about the relationship between industrial objectives and preserving the environment. In developing nations, however, the problem of pollution is ignored for the sake of development.11. The Western World will eventually move to a period of relatively low economic growth, coupled with a high rate of unemployment. A so-called welfare society will emerge. The unemployed in the new welfare society will be taken care of by the employed through generous contributions to the social welfare system.12. Political questions remain as to the world’s future. We can only speculate as to whether organized markets such as the Common Market and COMECON could eventually merge. In the present political climate, this would seem impossible, although some cooperation agreements are already in effect. Obviously a merger between the Western and Eastern European markets would greatly enhance world trade.13. International monetary cooperation will have a significant impact on future trade.浙00596# 英语阅读（二）试卷第9 页共12 页If the IMF countries are not able to agree upon a new international monetary order in the years to come, international trade may become too risky for some companies to get involved in . If the IMF is unable to create sufficient international liquidity reserves in the future, there may not be enough liquidity to sustain growth in trade.14. However, growing international consultation and cooperation in economic, monetary, and political matters will certainly contribute to the flourishing of world trade for years to come.61. If population growth continues at its present pace, how can people keep the balance between food demand and supply?A. People should increase the consumption of meat.B. People should increase the consumption of low protein food.C. People should turn to new dietary patterns.D. People should produce more crops.62. Trade growth will depend greatly on ___________.A. energy sourcesB. dietary patternsC. increased consumption of soybeansD. increased yields on existing croplands63. The oil crisis of 1974 caused ___________.A. countries to depend more on oilB. countries to find other energy sources to replace oilC. coal and nuclear energy to become less popularD. countries to become more and more indifferent to coal64. The problem with solar energy is that _________.A. sunlight cannot be used directly for heating buildingsB. sunlight cannot be used to drive electric power generatorsC. it is difficult to transport and store solar energyD. it is difficult to convert sunlight into DC electricity65. Geothermal energy has not been exploited because ____________.A. it is located too deep in earth’s core for commercial useB. it is not sufficient enoughC. little is known about exploratory technologyD. it often comes to the surface in the form of lava and geysers66. Which of the following is NOT true according to paragraph 8?A. Third World countries export their mineral deposits so as to get foreign exchange.B. Workers in Third World countries emigrate to developed countries.C. Tourism will contribute much to the development of Third World countries.浙00596# 英语阅读（二）试卷第10 页共12 页D. Some developing countries will absorb large numbers of foreign workers to work in theircountries.67. Industrial nations show great concern for ____________.A. creation of new jobsB. pollution and environmental preservationC. high unemployment and low wagesD. the decreasing economic growth rate68. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 10?A. Western nations are facing economic saturation.B. Developing countries pay much attention to the problem of pollution.C. As economies mature, economic growth rates tend to speed up.D. A welfare society will emerge in developing nations.69. In a welfare society ______________.A. people don’t need to work but can enjoy the welfare provided by their countriesB. more people will be laid off with the rapid growth of the economyC. rate of unemployment is very low due to low economic growthD. people who are out of work will be taken care of economically by their countries70. We can conclude from Paragraphs 12,13 and 14 that _________.A. the Common Market and COMECON would eventually mergeB. the future of the international trade will depend on international consultation andcooperationC. there would be monetary cooperation between Western and Eastern European countriesD. future international liquidity reserves would influence growth in tradeSECTION 3 QUESTIONS AND TRANSLATION (30 points)Ⅶ. Directions: The following questions are closely related to Passage 5. Write a brief answer (one to three complete sentences) to each of the questions on your ANSWER SHEET. Pay attention to the words, grammar and sentence structure in your answers.(15 points, 3 points for each)71. What energies will play a large role in the future?72. Which energy could eventually replace natural gas as a source of energy?What energy is it classified as?73. Why is it the key point in future trade to develop the relationship between the industrialized and the developing nations?74. Herman Kahn says in his book The Next 200 Years that a shift will occur for industrialized nations. What is the shift?75. What will happen if the IMF countries are not able to agree upon a new international浙00596# 英语阅读（二）试卷第11 页共12 页monetary order in the future?Ⅷ.Directions: Translate the following sentences (taken from passage 5) in to Chinese and write the Chinese version in the corresponding space on your ANSWER SHEET.(15 points, 3 points for each)76. Reduced consumption of meat, increased used of new high protein food made from soybeans, and development of ocean resources for food are some alternatives that must be considered.77. As countries endeavor to increase yields on existing croplands through intensified use of water, energy, and fertilizers, the cost of commodities will rise.78. Many Third World nations with high unemployment and low wages have seen an emigration of workers to the developed nations.79. A point of saturation sets in—technology and innovation have seemed to achieve the impossible, but then how much further can it go ?80. In the present political climate, this would seem impossible, although some cooperation agreements are already in effect.浙00596# 英语阅读（二）试卷第12 页共12 页。
2003年10月高级英语试题高级英语
2003年10月高级英语试题高级英语课程代码：0600Ⅰ. 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,0.5point each)●Rumors 1 quickly that I was a FBI agent. I was 2 because I was not 3 to return. Some people said I was either a federal agent or a 4 , for no 5 man, they said, returns to Watts by 6 .●Television 7 on advertising to an even greater 8 than newspapers, and since advertising is big business, advertising is by 9 Republican. Yet nowhere in network newscasts in network commentaries on current events have I 10 the intense partisanship, the often rabid 11 that colors the editorial 12 of the majority of newspapers in this country.●The chances had 13 to one in eight when the 14 clerk drew the second slip. He 15 his throat and 16 his pince-nez as though he had to make sure he was not 17 . “Ah, Monsieur Voisin,” he said with a 18 undecided smile, “May I join you?”●Some people believe that the time of death is 19 by God and that no man should 20 the clock back on another. 21 if a patient’s philosophical views embrace 22 , it is not clear why the religious 23 of others should intrude 24 his death. A. reasonable B. put C. bias D. choice E. nature F. yet G. mistaken H. lives I.thin J. encountered K. euthanasia L. fool M. spread N. objections O. pages P.extent Q. elderly R. suspect S. cleared T. narrowed U. put on V. on W. supposedX. appointedⅡ. There are 15 sentences from the textbooks, with a blank in each, followed bya list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completeseach of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.One word or expression for each blank only. (15 points, 1point each) 25. Fromthe start of that campaign, I faced ________ hostility because of my sex. 26. Abeautiful woman came along and ________ her bunch of violets, and a little boyran after to hand them to her, and she took them and threw them away as ifthey’d been poisoned. 27. Words mean more than what is set down on paper. Ittakes the human voice to ________ them with the shades of deeper meaning. 28. Ifit be true that our thoughts and mental images are perfectly ________ things,like our books and pictures, to the inhabitants of the next world, then I ammaking for myself a better reputation there than I am in this place. 29.Although I had to search, and did search, for the right words, I seemed to bemaking this descriptive effort almost against my will, under a kind of ________from outside. 30. ________ a man does not have to work so hard as to impair hisvigor he is likely to find more zest in his free time than an idle man couldpossibly find. 31. And so we are suddenly ________ a sickening situation in thiscountry. 32. With three job ________ from three of the most prestigious firms inthe country, he did not need this interview, this firm. 33. Disease-snobbery isonly one out of a great multitude of ________, of which now some, now otherstake pride of place in general esteem. 34. I once befriended two little girlsfrom Esthonia, who had narrowly escaped death from ________ in a famine. 35.There’s bound to be trouble ________ me eve ry day of my life, because troubleit’s always been and always will be. 36. It has been assumed that the youth of America has been in the ________ of the discovery of both the disease and the cure. 37. Somehow we just don’t see how it is with other folk s until —something________. 38. The figures are photocopied and distributed throughout the company to all the people and departments whose work is ________ selling. 39. Her hands and her neck began to sweat. But she knew that no emotion was ________.A. come acrossB. undisguisedC. recognizedD. in store forE. cascadeF. oppressionG. vanguardH. faced withI. fellJ. snobberiesK. pioneerL.starvation M. dropped N. tangible O. compulsion P. provided Q. even if R.relative S. comes up T. offers U. related to V. pertinent W. correct X. infuseⅢ. 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 letteron your answer sheet. (15 points, 1 point each) 40. As the living standard improves, the (A. span, B. length) of life is getting longer and longer. 41. Thepoor emperor was forced by the usurper to (A. abandon, B. abdicate). 42. I findit difficult to operate this computer. Can you (A. demonstrate, B. exemplify) itfor me? 43. The formal declaration of the news went four (A. documents, B. drafts) before it was submitted to the conference. 44. I had a fantastic (A.stretch, B. stroke) of luck last weekend. I picked up a genuine Stradivariusviolin for only $20. 45. In the A-series football match, AC-Milan (A. beat, B. defended) all the other teams and became the champion as expected. 46. The accountant (A. specializes, B. scrutinizes) the figures very carefully before commenting on them. 47. On hearing that her best friend bought a fur coat, Susan felt (A. tempted, B. coaxed) to buy one, too. 48. When the rescue party foundthe wounded young man, he was (A. keeping, B. clinging) on to the side of the broken boat. 49. He (A. resigned, B. relinquished) all control over the company business to his son. 50. The witness refused to (A. disclose, B. enclose) theidentity of the man who supplied the information. 51. Usually my brother israther (A. reserved, B. conservative), but if you pick up a topic he isinterested in, he will talk freely about it. 52. The common (A. custom, B. practice) in English law is to consider someone innocent unless he is proved guilty. 53. He was a highly (A. conscientious, B. conscious) teacher who tookhis duties seriously but he seemed to have neither the personality nor theability to achieve further success. 54. This group of young men felt a greatsense of (A. inspiration, B. achievement) when they finally reached the top ofthe mountain.Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding four items: Ⅳ, Ⅴ, Ⅵand Ⅶ. Our Greedy Colleges 1) Many of our colleges are at it again. As they have done annually for the past six years, they have begun to unveil tuition increases that far outstrip the inflation rate. Next year, tuition is expectedto rise 6 percent to 8 percent – even though inflation during 1986 was about 1.8 percent. Yale’s president, Benno C. Schmidt Jr., attributes his university’stuition hike in part to “continuing cutbacks of governmental support for studentaid. ” This assertion flie s in the face of the facts. Since 1982, moneyavailable through Federal student aid programs has increased every single year. Overall, Federal outlays for student aid are up 57 percent since 1980. Since 1980, inflation has been just 26 percent. That is why the former chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Pete V. Domenici, Republican of New Mexico, recently dismissed the claim of huge cuts in student aid programs as a “myth.”2) If anything, increases in financial aid in recent years have enabled collegesand universities blithely to raise their tuitions, confident that Federal loan subsidies would help cushion the increase. In 1978, subsidies became availableto a greatly expanded number of students. In 1980, college tuitions began rising year after year at a rate that exceeded inflation. Federal student aid policiesdo not cause college price inflation, but there is little doubt that they helpmake it possible.3) At the same time that higher education has been cutting a bigger piece of the Federal pie, it has also received huge infusions of cash from state governments, from corporations, from foundations and from loyal alumni. The total increase in higher education spending from all these non-Federal sources is staggering. Spending for higher education now consumes about 40 percent of all money spent in America for education.4) It is by no means clear that the performance of many of our colleges and universities justifies this level of expenditure. As I said on the occasion of Harvard’s 350th anniversary, too many students fail to receive the educationthey deserve at our nation’s universities. The real problem is not lack of money but failure of vision.5) Unfortunately, when it comes to higher education, this distinction isfrequentl y lost Stanford University’s vague justification for increased charges–“new knowledge is inherently more expensive” – only underscores the lack of focus and purpose at some of our nation’s most prestigious universities.6) Higher education is not underfunded. It is under-accountable and underproductive. Our students deserve better than this. They deserve an education commensurate with the large sums paid by parents and taxpayers and donors.7) That our universities are places where students can receive a good education,or at least learn a lot, I have no doubt. But too often our universities leave education to chance – a good professor here and a great course there. There istoo little real and sustained attention to education in the broader sense, tomaking sure that when our students leave after four years they leave as educated men and women.8) It is also false to assert, as some have, that the Reagan Administration’s student aid policies deprive disadvantaged students of the opportunity to attend college. In fact, the Administration has consistently sought to redirect aid tothe neediest students.9) Under the Administration’s fiscal 1988 budget proposal, all students presently receiving aid would continue to be eligible for the same dollar amountof aid. One in six of all college students would still be eligible to receiveFederal grants. Those less needy would still have access to aid in the form of loans.10) One particular Administration proposal, Income Contingent Loans, represents the most serious attempt to improve student aid in 15 years. The loans would permit repayment schedules to be tailored to a student’s income. A graduate’s payments would never have to exceed 15 percent of his adjusted gross income, and he could have as long as necessary to repay.11) An advantage of the Administration’s proposals is that they would help make colleges and universities accountable to the prime beneficiaries of theirservices – the students.12) Because students would pay a market-based interest rate, they would bear the true cost of borrowing the additional capital needed to finance tuition increases. Instead of insulating colleges and universities form such market forces, the Administration’s policies would make colleges and universi ties more readily accountable to them.13) Higher education clearly provides benefits to society in general. Recognizing this, the American people have generously provided the tax dollars, grants and highly subsidized loans necessary to support higher education. Butthe chief beneficiaries of a college education are the students. On average, college graduates earn $640,000 more over their lifetimes than nongraduates do.It is simply not fair to ask taxpayers, many of whom do not go to college, topay more than their fair share of the tuition burden.Ⅳ. There are 10 incomplete statements, followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. (10 points, 1 point each) 55. The author intends to _________. A. compare the inflation rate and tuition increases B. criticize the federal government in cutting the financial aid in education C. defend the federal government and accuse colleges of unnecessary and excessive tuition increases D. criticize thelow quality of higher education in the United States 56. The author thinks thatthe colleges and universities can raise the tuition because they believe that_________. A. there are Federal loan subsidies B. every student can get Federal loan subsidies easily C. governmental support for student aid becomes less D. higher quality education needs more money 57. According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements is true? A. Higher education gets all its financialsupport from the federal government. B. Higher education gets all its financial support from nonfederal sources. C. Higher education gets its financial support from various sources. D. Higher education gets most of its financial supportfrom student tuition. 58. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A.C olleges and universities in America can’t provide justifiable education. B. Colleges and universities can get enough financial support. C. Students should learn a lot more at colleges and universities. D. Students don’t learn what they deserve at colleges and universities. 59. According to the author, the government has consistently ________. A. helped the disadvantaged students B.tried to re-distribute the financial aid to the students who need it most C.offered financial aid to most students who need it D. spent enough money for the students who need it most 60. From this article, we know that a graduate_________. A. is allowed enough time to repay the borrowed money B. has to take more than 15 percent of his gross income to repay the loan C. d oesn’t have topay an interest D. can put off the repayment as long as he/she likes 61. In Paragraph 11, which of the following is the best to substitute for “accountable to”? A. devoted to B. responsible for C. suitable for D. desirable 62. American people support higher education because _________. A. they can reduce the burden of colleges and universities B. they want to improve it C. the students can get benefits from it D. they can get benefits from it 63. What is implied by the author? A. It is not fair to ask those who do not go to college to pay more than they should for higher education. B. College graduates earn more than nongraduates do. C. A person’s income is closely related to his or her education. D. Some nongraduates do not mind paying for higher education. 64. The tone of this article is ________. A. informative B. ironic C. persuasive D. narrativeⅤ. There is one underlined part in each of the following sentences, followed by four choices A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is the closest in meaning to the underlined part. (10 points, 2 points each) 65. …they have begun to unveiltuition increases that far outstrip the inflation rate. A. that surpass B. thatare much more than C. that can compete with D. that are beyond 66. This assertion flies in the face of the facts. A. agrees with the facts B. fails toface the facts C. finds its base in the facts D. is contrary to the facts 67.They deserve an education commensurate with the large sums paid by parents and taxpayers and donors. A. an education which concentrates on B. an appropriate education designed according to C. an education in right proportion to D. afrist class education because of 68. … that the Reagan Administration’s studentaid policies deprive disadvantaged students of the opportunity to attend college. A. make it impossible for disadvantaged students to get college education B. deny that disadvantaged students should have a chance to go to college C. offer unequal opportunities for disadvantaged students to gaincollege education D. offer more opportunities for the advantaged students to attend college 69. The loans would permit repayment schedules to be tailored toa student’s income. A. to be made in consideration of a student’s income B. tobe cha nged by a student’s income C. to be adaptable to a student’s income D. to match a student’s incomeⅥ. Translate the following sentences into Chinese and write your translation on your answer sheet. (10 points, 2 points each) 70.Federal student aid policies donot cause college price inflation, but there is little doubt that they help makeit possible. 71. Spending for higher education now consumes about 40 percent of all money spent in America for education. 72. Stanford University’s vaguer justification for increased charges –“new knowledge is inherently more expensive”- only underscores the lack of focus and purpose at some of ournation’s most prestigious universities. 73. But too often our universities leaveeducation to chance – a good professor here and a great course there. 74. Underthe Administration’s fiscal 1988 budget proposal, all s tudents presentlyreceiving aid would continue to be eligible for the same dollar amount of aid.Ⅶ. Answer the following essay question in English within 80-100 words. Writeyour answer on your answer sheet. (10 points) Do you agree with the author thatthe American colleges are greedy and unaccountable? Why or Why not?Ⅷ. Translate the following into English and write your translation on youranswer sheet. (18 points, 2 points each from 75 to 79, 8 points for 80)75．前事不忘，后事之师。
全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试
全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试综合英语(一)试题课程代码：00794Ⅰ.用适当的语法形式或词汇填空。
从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将最佳答案前选项字母写在答题纸上。
(本大题共30小题，每小题1分，共30分)1. For our English homework we have to write a ______ paper.A. three-thousand-wordB. three-thousands-wordC. three-thousand-wordsD. three-thousands-words2. Jack ______ English in the university for 30 years by the end of next month.A. will teachB. had taughtC. will have taughtD. has taught3. You’d better not disturb Jack, ______?A. had youB. hadn’t youC. should youD. didn’t you4. I didn’t hear ______ because there was too much noise where I was sitting.A. what the teacher saidB. what did the teacher sayC. that the teacher saidD. that did the teacher say5. I had scarcely left the house ______ it began to rain.A. thanB. whenC. thatD. then6. The boy must have gone this way, ______ there are his footprints here.A. forB. orC. yetD. then7. The doctor suggested that my brother ______ sit up so late.A. not doB. notC. don’tD. won’t8. Jane has a very good collection of books, ______ are written in foreign languages.A. many of thoseB. thoseC. many of whichD. many9. We should keep ourselves ______ of the fresh developments.A. informingB. informedC. to informD. inform10. You would expect there ______ strong disagreement about this.A. having beenB. beingC. has beenD. to be00794# 综合英语(一)试题第1 页共8 页11. Only by working very hard ______ a good mark in the exam.A. you have gottenB. you may getC. can you getD. can get you12. After the accident, he seemed ______ everything.A. to have forgottenB. forgettingC. to forgetD. having forgotten13. I ______ to go on a holiday but wasn’t able to get away.A. hopedB. have hopedC. hopeD. had hoped14. Eighty-two people were reported ______ in the plane crash.A. to have injuredB. to have been injuredC. injuredD. injuring15. ______ proper preparation John thought it better to postpone the lecture tour till next week.A. Having madeB. To makeC. Not having madeD. Not to have made16. The driver was asked to given a(an) ______ of the accident.A. statementB. accountC. situationD. amount17. He was left in ______ of the store when the manager was away.A. chargeB. careC. responsibilityD. management18. Accidents are quite ______ on this part of the highway.A. ordinaryB. popularC. commonD. regular19. When the boy was only four, his father decided to ______ a musician of him.A. developB. buildC. makeD. do20. ______ medical science, we can expect to live to a good old age.A. As forB. According toC. Instead ofD. But for21. Suddenly the chair caught fire. The boys quickly ______ the fire with water and an old coat.A. suppressedB. wiped outC. destroyedD. put out22. Our plan ______ unexpected opposition from the retired workers.A. came toB. came byC. ran overD. ran into00794# 综合英语(一)试题第2 页共8 页23. The small family business ______ a company of international importance.A. grew intoB. broke intoC. ran intoD. made into24. Professor Wang is a person you can ______ for advice.A. turn upB. turn intoC. turn toD. turn down25. Standing up to empty your basket gives you a chance not only to ______ your back, but to lookat the scenery.A. stretchB. raiseC. liftD. move26. A great deal of communicating is performed on a person-to-person ______ by the simple meansof speech.A. baseB. foundationC. groundD. basis27. Take the money with you ______ something unexpected happens.A. now thatB. in caseC. unlessD. if28. One of the reasons we get along so well is that we both say what’s ______ our minds.A. ofB. atC. onD. within29. ______ automobile pollution, the air quality in most major cities has been lowered.A. As a result ofB. In spite ofC. But forD. As for30. Let’s see what types of classes the school ______ for undergraduate students.A. bringsB. offersC. presentsD. suppliesⅡ.认真阅读下面两篇短文，每篇短文后有五个问题。
2003年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语试卷
2003年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）1．What is the man going to do?A．Open the window. B．Find another room. C．Go out with the woman.2．What do we know about Peter Schmidt?A．He has lost his ticket. B．He is expecting a ticket. C．He went out to buy a ticket. 3．What do we know about mother and son?A．She wants to tell him the result of the game.B．She doesn’t like him to watch TV.C．She knows which team he supports.4．What are the speakers talking about?A．Exam results. B．Time for the exam. C．Change of class hours.5．What will the woman tell the man?A．Her company’s name.B．Her new address. C．Her phone number.第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）6．What is the possible relationship between the woman and the man?A．Wife and husband. B．Doctor and patient. C．Boss and secretary7．What does the woman think about the man?A．He is not good to the children.B．He is not telling the truth.C．He sleeps too much.8．Where does the woman want to go?A．An office. B．A fruit shop. C．A police station.9．What does the woman have to do now?A．Wait for Mark at the crossroads.B．Walk ahead and turn right.C．Walk a little way back.10．What exactly does the man want to find out?A．What people think of the bus service.B．How many people are using the bus service.C．Which group of people use the bus service most often.11．What does the woman say about the bus service?A．The distance between bus stops is too long.B．The bus timetables are full of mistakes.C．Buses are often not on time.12．Why does the woman say her husband is fortunate?A．He often goes to work in a friend’s car.B．He doesn’t need to go shopping by bus.C．He lives close to the bus station.13．What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A．Salesperson and customerB．Old school friendsC．Fellow workers14．What do we know about the woman?A．She is fond of her work. B．She is tired of traveling. C．She is interested in law. 15．What is the man?A．A company manager. B．A salesperson. C．A lawyer.16．Why does the woman ask for the man’s address?A．To send him a book.B．To get together with him.C．To repair something at his home.17．What is the aim of the program?A．To keep trainees in shape.B．To improve public relations.C．To develop leadership skills.18．Which of the following will the trainess be doing during the program?A．Attenling lectures on managementB．Preparing reports for the company.C．Making plans for a journey.19．How long will the program last?A．8 days B．12 days C．20 days.20．If people want to join the program, what should they do after the meeting?A．Take a pre-test B．Pay for the program. C．Sign on a piece of paper.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）GO TOP第一节：单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）21．Don’t be afraid of asking for help it is needed.A．unless B．since C．although D．when22．A cook will be immediately fired if he is found in the kitchen.A．smoke B．smoking C．to smoke D．smoked23．Allen had to call a taxi because the box was to carry all the way home.A．much too heavy B．too much heavy C．heavy too much D．too heavy much24．—Sorry, Joe, I didn’t mean to…—Don’t call me “Joe”. I’m Mr Parker to you, and you forget it!A．do B．didn’t C．did D．don’t25．If anybody calls, tell them I’m out, and ask them to their name and address.A．pass B．write C．take D．leave26．The sign reads “In case of fire, break the glass and push red button.”A．不填；a B．不填；the C．the; the D．a;a27．All morning as she waited for the medical report from the doctor, her nervouseness .A．has grown B．is growing C．grew D．had grown28．A left luggage office is a place where bags be left for a short time, especially at a railway station.A．should B．can C．must D．will29．We’re going to the bookstore in John’s car. You can come with us you can meet us there later.A．but B．and C．or D．then30．Why don’t you put the meat in the fridge? It will fresh for se veral days.A．be stayed B．stay C．be staying D．have stayed31．News reports say peace talks between the two countries with no agreement reached.A．have broken down B．have broken out C．have broken in D．have broken up 32．—There’s coffee and tea: you can have .—Thanks.A．eitherB．each C．one D．it33．—Susan, go and join your sister cleaning the yard.—Why ? John is sitting there doing nothing.A．him B．he C．I D．me34．The old couple have been married for 40 years and never once with each other.A．they had quarreled B．they have quarreledC．have they quarreled D．had they quarreled35．—I think you should phone Jenny and say sorry to her.—.It was her fault.A．No way B．Not possible C．No chance D．Not at all第二节：完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
2003年10月自考英语(二)试题及答案范文
2003年10月英语(二)试题一、从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
(每小题1分，共10分)1. I'm wondering why he hasn't turned _____ at the meeting.A. downB. upC. outD. over2. _____, I couldn't get a job in this company.A. Try as I mightB. As I might tryC. Try though I mightD. I might try3. It is a well-known fact ______ a person will move in a circle when he cannot use his eyes to control his direction.A. thatB. ifC. whenD. whether4. _____, Mary went out with delight.A. With her homework doingB. With her homework doneC. Her homework was doneD. Done her homework5. Contrary ______ popular belief, moderate exercise actually decreases your appetite.A. onB. atC. againstD. to6. ______ the storm, we have to postpone the flight.A. Owing toB. Thanks toC. BecauseD. As7. By using both ears one can tell the direction _____ a sound comes.A. in whichB. from whichC. over whichD. with which8. When she worked with the government, she _____ the difficult task of monitoring elections.A. overworkedB. overtookC. underwentD. undertook9. Apparently, it wasn't an accident. Someone must have done it on ______.A. intentionB. determinationC. purposeD. reason10. The young doctor could not sleep at night, the worsening condition of a patient _____ him.A. disturbingB. disturbedC. being disturbedD. to disturb二、下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。
2023年10月自考00600高级英语试题及答案含评分标准
绝密★启用前2023年10月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试高级英语试题答案及评分参考（课程代码00600）I. Choose the right one to complete the sentence. （15 points, 1 point for each）1. D2. A3. B4. C5. D6. B7. C8. D9. B 10. C11. A 12. C 13. D 14. B 15. AII. Choose the best answer.（20 points, 2 points for each）16. B 17. D 18. C 19. B 20. D21. A 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. AIII. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.（10 points, 2 points for each）26. 汽车电影院是一个文化象征，是二十世纪生活方式的典型产物。
27. 那时，人们去城里看电影都要精心打扮一番，去汽车电影院则不需要。
28. 如果蚊子太多，你甚至可以把扬声器拉进车子里，再把车窗摇上去。
29. 然而，有些电影院却增设了新屏——尤其是在那些郊区地产价值还没有大幅飙升的地区。
30. 现在，影院停车场白天不再闲置，而是用于跳蚤市场、露天售卖以及其他活动。
【评分说明】（1）译文准确，句子连贯，无重大理解错误，不扣分。
（2）虽然译文与答案不完全相符，但能够正确表达原意，不扣分。
（3）译文不准确，内容不连贯，出现一个重大理解错误，该小题扣1分。
（4）关键内容上的漏译，每出现一个，该小题扣1分；关键词汇的漏译，每出现两个，该小题扣1分；但不出现负分。
IV. Answer the following essay question in English within 80-100 words.（10 points）31.【评分说明】（1）内容占6分，语言占4分。
2003年10月份甘肃省高等教育自学考试英语阅读(二)试题
2003年10月份甘肃省高等教育自学考试英语阅读（二）试题考生注意：本试题的所有答案一律写在答题纸上，否则不计分。
一、词汇（V ocabulary）（30 points， 1 point for each）I. Match the words from Column A with the definitions from Column BA B1. effective a. see clearly，prove something true2. counter b. a machine that carries people or things from place to place3. inattentiveness c. change of voice in level4. product d. an out-dated idea or expression5. identify e. a table where people are served in a shop，bank，hotel，etc.6. vehicle f. something Produced in a factory or on a farm7. cliché g. in a pleasant or encouraging way8. strengthen h. having a noticeable effect9. inflection i. giving no attention10. favorably j. make something strong or strongerII. Study each sentence carefully and choose A，B，C or D that has the closest meaning to the underlined word or phrase.1. …but suspicion fell on Islamic militants who have been waging violent campaign to overthrow the secular Egyptian Government.A. continuing inB. beginning inC. engaging inD. struggling in2. Harry Paulinanas，23，also from Sydney，said he was still stunned hours afterthe attack.A. surprisedB. shockedC. worriedD. unconscious3. The windscreen and five of its windows had been shattered by the gunfire.A. brokenB. scatteredC. shotD. blown away4. Inside，scores of Egyptian officials shouted orders and questions as they herded a crowd of frightened tourists into the restaurant.A. looked afterB. feededC. droveD. took5. As they filed by，they passed a bottle of water still intact that lay in a pool ofblood.A. untouchedB. completeC. brokenD. undamaged6. Her frail legs were covered with shrapnel and glass wounds.A. injuredB. frontC. brokenD. weak7. Radical groups have in the past targeted foreign tourists in an effort to cripple the country…s tourist industry.A. aimed atB. directed towardsC. shot atD. made a goal of8. The spate of shootings had appeared to be easing recently…A. relaxingB. weakeningC. feeling at homeD. becoming less tight9 … however，with attacks mainly confined to tourists visiting the south of the country.A. limited toB. connected withC. held ontoD. shut up10. The pilgrims caught up in yesterday…s attack had started their journey in Athens and continued to Jerusalem before arriving in Cairo.A. captured byB. stopped byC. held up withD. involved inIII. Scan through Reading Passage 1 and find the words which have the same or similar meanings to the definitions below.Note：The numbers in the brackets refer to the numbers of paragraphs inthe Reading Passage.1.- （1）something that can not be explained or understood2.- （1）power and skill，esp. to do，think，make etc.3.- （2）send over some distance4.- （3）direct the course of5.- （4）an instrument for showing direction6.- （5）exactly correct7.- （6）find the size，length，amount，etc.8.- （7）change in position or direction9.- （8）trust10.- （8）beyond what is usual or necessaryReading Passage 11. Science seems to be getting closer to answering a very old mystery. Homing pigeons can be taken hundred of miles from their home. When they are let go to fly again，they find their way home. Because of this special ability to find home，pigeons have been used as messengers for hundreds of years.2. Today people even keep homing pigeons for racing as a sport. The birds are shipped to some chosen place a few hundred miles away. Then all of them are let go together. The winner is the bird that goes home first. A good racer can make it home 500 miles away in a single day.3. The mystery of the homing pigeon is in how it navigates and how it finds home. It may be taken away in a covered-up cage，even a cage that is turned round and round to purposely mix up any sense of direction. To get home，it must fly over the country that it has never seen before.4. Suppose this were to happen to you What would you need to find your way home （besides a good pair of legs）I think I would ask for a compass，which always points north，to help find direction. I would want a map. If a map shows where my home is，then I can use the compass to point me in the direction toward home. What we are talking about shows the two parts of the problem of the homing pigeon. Much of the study of homing pigeons leads to the idea that pigeons need the same kinds of information. They need to know how to tell direction and they need something like a map to tell which direction is toward home.5. The first part seems to be pretty well answered，and we know of two ways that pigeons tell direction. First，they use the sun. Just getting rough direction from the sun is easy. It rises somewhere toward the east and sets somewhere toward the west. Getting accurate directions from the sun take more care. Y ou need to pay attention to the time of the year. Then you need to watch the path of the sun closely at each hour of the day. To tell direction accurately from the sun，a person need to know the exact time.6. All plants and animals that have been studied carefully （including the human ）seem to have built-in clocks. These biological clocks，as they are called，usually are not quite exact in measuring time. However，they work pretty well because they are reset each day，maybe when the sun comes up.7. Do pigeons use their biological clocks to help them find direction from the sun We can keep pigeons in a room lighted only by lamps. And we can time the lighting to make their artificial days start at some different time form the real outside day. After a while we have shifted their clocks. Now we take them far away from home and let them go on a sunny day. Most of them start out as if they know just which way to go，but choose a wrong direction. They have picked a direction that would be correct for the position of the sun and the time of day according to their shifted clocks.8. We have talked about one of the more complex experiments that leads to the belief that homing pigeons can tell directions by the sun. What happens when the sky is darkly overcast by clouds and no one can see where the sun is Then the pigeons still find their way home. The same experiment we talked about has been repeated many times on sunny days and the result was always the same. But on very overcast days those clock-shifted pigeons are just as good as normal pigeons in starting out in the right directions. So it seems that pigeons also have some extra sense of directions to use when they cannot see the sun.二、阅读理解（Reading comprehension）（30 points， 1 point for each）I. All the statements are closely related to Reading Passage 2. Skim over this passage and decide whether they are True or False. Write a “T” before true statements and an “F” before false ones.1. The first American astronaut to walk in space must have performed this feat in 1965.2. Before walking in outer space，astronauts have to learn how to control the movements of their bodies in an environment completely different form that on earth.3. Sputnik is the name of the first man-made satellite launched in space in 1858.4. According to the article，one of the reasons that a satellite can make a complete revolution round the earth in a much shorter period of time than the moon is that a satellite travels closer to the earth.5. It was probably in 1960 that the first spaceship containing a man was launched into space and made a short but successful flight.Reading Passage 21. The whole world seemed to be black，black nothingness. The sky was black with bright，shining stars that never twinkled. The sun，a white，burning disk，seemed to hang in the black velvet of the surrounding heavens. This was the scene that spread before the eyes of the first astronaut who left his spaceship to walk in outer space. The name of the Russian astronaut who performed this feat was Leonov，and the date of his walk in space was March 18，1965. Several months later a similar feat was performed by the first American astronaut to walk in space. Both of these space walkers had spent months previous to their flight learning how to control their movements under the strange conditions which exist in space. Wearing their thick space suits，they learned to deal with an environment where there is neither weight or gravity，neither up nor down.2. We do not realize how much we depend on the earth…s gravity until we are deprived of it. Then our feet no longer stay on the ground，we float around in the air，and the slightest touch may send us drifting off in the opposite direction.3. In the laboratories where astronauts are trained for their journey，they are subjected toconditions that resemble those of flight. It takes time for them to prepare for the great changes that occur in space. When the spaceship leaves the earth at tremendous speed，the astronauts feel as if they are being crushed against the spaceship floor. Later，when they leave the zone of the earth…s gravitation，they are unable to stay in one place. Simple actions，such as eating and drinking，become very difficult to perform. Y ou may get an inkling of what the astronauts have to deal with if you try to drink a glass of water while standing on your head or while just lying down.4. The beginnings of man…s conquest of space took place in 1958，seven years before Leonov‟s trip. The first successful launching of Sputnik demonstrated that it was indeed possible to send objects far enough out of range of earth…s gravity so that they would not fall back to earth. Rather，such objects could be forced to revolve about the earth，just as the moon does. However，while the moon is so far from earth that it takes it a month to revolve around the earth，man-made satellites，which are closer to earth，can make a complete revolution in a few hours.5. It was three years after the first satellite launching that a spaceship containing a man madea successful flight. The flight lasted less than two hours，but it pointed the way to future developments.II. Read Reading Passages 3 and 4. Read the two passages fast and answer questions 1—10 （Reading Passage 3）and questions 11-20 （Reading Passage 4）1. What is the primary purpose of the IWCA. To protect their whaling industry.B. To protect whales from extinction.C. To limit the number of whales that may be killed per year.2. Paragraph 2 implies that a large number of bowhead whales were killed in the nineteenth century because ______.A. they are slow swimmersB. they were abundant in the Bering SeaC. they are bigger and，therefore，better targets3. Why c an…t the IWC enforce its regulationsA. Because countries interested in commercial whaling founded theorganization themselves.B. Because it is only a conservationist group，which has no laws or armies.C. Because it is not so strong as those countries such as the United States，Japan and the Soviet Union.4. According to Paragraph 3 ______.A. the number of countries involved in commercial whaling had decreasedB. the IWC has been steadily increasing its quotasC. Japan and the Soviet Union support large cuts in whale quotas5. Japan and the Soviet Union hesitate to disregard the IWC regulations because ______.A. they want to preserve endangered speciesB. public pressure in the United States has had serious consequencesC. their national economies are dependent upon whaling.6. Which of the following statements is trueA. The bowhead whale is a new source of food for Eskimos.B. It took many years before the bowhead whale completely recoveredform its initial slaughter.C. Even minimal hunting may be devastating for the bowhead whale.7. The IWC failed to ban hunting of the bowhead whale mostly for the reasonthat ______.A. the United States government protested it loudlyB. the United States laws already limit the number of bowhead whales that may be killed per yearC. Alaskan Eskimos are strongly opposed to the ban8. The Pribilof Islands ______.A. are the year-round home of the northern fur sealB. were previously owned by RussiaC. were discovered by a Russian whaling ship9. The treaty signed in 1911 regarding the northern fur seal ______.A. restrict seal huntingB. bans female seal huntingC. resulted in the near extinction of the fur seal10. In this article，the author tells the reader ______.A. the consequences of whaling in AlaskaB. seal hunting on the Pribilof IslandsC. how man has endangered seals and whales11. In Paragraph 1，the author uses the term Bayesian analysis ______.A. to explain the complication of informationB. to state the importance of informationC. to show the difficulties to calculate information12. The best information given in Paragraph 3 is that ______.A. strategic planning is a less direct use of information，but is the mostimportant application in the business worldB. not used in the strategic sense，the information is often called intelligenceC. intelligence enables the researcher to recognize potential threats and opportunities.13. From the information given in Paragraph 4，decide which statements isNOT true.A. Information can help the researcher to recognize potential threats.B. Information can help the managers in decision making.C. Information can prevent the managers from breaking the law.14. The best information Paragraphs 1，2，3 and 4 give the readers is ______.A. about the advantages of informationB. about the two valuable applications of informationC. about the value and importance of information15. Which paragraphs discusses the essential application of informationA. Paragraphs 1 and 2B. Paragraphs 2 and 3C. Paragraphs 3 and 416. “ The sheer mass of available data makes research a frustrating task.” This statement ______.A. proves that too many data make research a hard jobB. implies that too many cooks spoil the soupC. show that too many data frustrate the research17. In Paragraph 8，the first sentence means that ______.A. the hardest thing is on what standard to assess the cost and benefits ofinformationB. the hardest thing is using what measurement to evaluate the benefits and costC. the hardest thing is how to make the benefits of the information worth their cost.18. “Another consideration is whether the information addresses a recurring problem or can be applied to other situations in the future.” This statements means that ______.A. people have to see if the information can speak to another problem in future.B. people have to think if the information can set itself to work at repeated problem and be used for future.C. people have to see if the information can arouse a repeated problem and be used for future.19. “Each researcher constantly weighs the costs and benefits of information，if only on an unconscious level.” The underlined part mean s that ______.A. the researcher often calculate the costs and benefits of informationB. the researcher often puts costs and benefits on informationC. the researcher often puts more emphases on information20. Paragraph 5，6，7 and 8 mainly discuss ______.A. the associated costs of informationB. the fragment and boundless resource of informationC. the costs and problems of informationReading Passage 31. As spring comes to the rough Bering Sea and the gigantic ice floes begin to melt，the water becomes alive with migrating animals. Both whales，the graceful giants of the deep，and sleek，gray seals can be seen swimming northward through narrow channels in the shifting ice. These animals，which have long been threatened by encroaching civilizations，may soon disappear from the Bering and other seas around the world unless protective measures are taken.2. For centuries whales，intelligent，air-breathing mammals，were abundant in the waters off the Alaskan coast；however，their isolated sanctuary was invaded by hunters in 1848 when an American whaling ship discovered the rich whaling area. During the next 60 years，whalers，in search of bone and oil，almost destroyed the entire whale population of the Bering Sea.Particularly harmed by the unrestricted commercial whaling were the slow-moving bowhead whales；so many of them were killed that the species never recovered. At present，the population of the bowhead is estimated at less than 3，000. According to many conservationists，it is the most endangered whale on earth.3. In an attempt to avoid the eradication of other whale species，countries interested in commercial whaling established the International Whaling Commission（IWC）in 1946. The IWC limits the number of whales that may be killed per year，and since 1973 the Commission has been steadily reducing its quotas. Today，only about seven countries still engage in commercial whaling. The reductions recommended by the IWC have brought loud cries of protest from countries with large whaling industries，especially Japan and the Soviet Union. These countries fear that their industries will not be able to survive such drastic cuts and that their national economies will suffer as a result. Although the IWC has no means of enforcing its regulations，since most whaling takes place in international water，the Japanese and the Soviets are reluctant to ignore them. Previous decisions to disregard whale quotas resulted in costly boycotts of Japanese and Russian products by American conservationists. The IWC would like to ban hunting of the endangered bowhead；however，this proposal has created a great deal of controversy in the United States due to strong protests from Alaskan Eskimos. The natives of Alaska resent the attempt to take away their hunting rights. For over 1，000 years，they have depended upon whales for the meat and raw materials necessary for survival in the Arctic. Present United States laws already strictly limit the number of whales that may be killed by each village；nevertheless，the population of the bowhead whale is critically low ― perhaps too low to survive even minimal hunting by the Eskimos4. Another animal of the Bering Sea that is faced with possible extinction is the northern fur seal，valued highly by hunters for its soft and durable fur. The Pribilof Islands，200 miles north of the Aleutian Islands off the Alaskan coast，are the seal…s summer breeding grounds. For centuries the isolated islands have been the annual goal for thousands of migrating fur seals，some coming from as far south as the waters off southern California. The seals were undisturbed by humans until 1786 when the islands were discovered by Gerasim Pribilof，a Russian fur trader. Recognizing the potential profit，Pribilof immediately sent his men ashore with orders to kill as many seals as they could skin during the summer. Over the next fifty years，Russian hunters proceeded to kill an estimated 80 percent of the northern fur seal population，reducing to about 600，000 a head that had probably numbered close to 3 million. This mass slaughter did not stop until the herd had decreased to the point where commercial hunting was no longer profitable.5. During the subsequent lull in hunting the seal population made a good，although temporary，recovery. By the time the United States bought Alaska，including the Pribilof Islands，from Russian in 1867，the seal herd had increased to around 2.5 million. This recovery resulted in a revival of hunting on the islands and at sea；however，fur hunters from around the world shot at the animals indiscriminately，killing even pregnant and nursing females，and onceagain the species neared extinction.6. In 1911，only 200，000 seals remained when the United States，Japan，Russian，and Canada signed a treaty that forbade the killing of female seals. The agreement，which is still being followed today，saved the northern fur seal from immediate extinction.7. In the United States， a growing public awareness of these endangered specieshas caused a drop in the demand for seal fur and a ban on the importation of whale products；nevertheless，this spring hunters around the world will kill thousands of seals and whales. The furs of the seals will appear in stores as sealskin coats and gloves，and the whales will be transformed into such diverse products as steaks，soap，pet food，glue，crayons，and suntan lotion. Concerned individuals and conservationist groups，such as Greenpeace，continue to argue that it is absurd to use endangered species for such products，especially when suitable alternatives exist. Consequently，they are demanding that further restrictions be imposed on whale and seal hunting in the hopes that the 200-year exploitation of these animals by civilization will come to an end and that seals and whales will once again be allowed to roam the seas undisturbed.Reading Passage 41. Information is generally esteemed as a valuable commodity ― knowing something is usually preferable to not knowing it. But beyond contributing to the individual…s fund of knowledge，why does information have such instinct worth Simply stated，information has the power to deduce uncertainty. The more we know about a situation，the more certain we are about possible outcomes. The more certainty we possess，the less risk we face in making decisions and planning for the future. Economists have even applied a technique known as Bayesian analysis to information problems，enabling them to assess the dollar value of knowledge in a given setting.2. Information essentially has two valuable applications：problem solving and strategic planning. Problem solving is the more obvious use ― applying information to specific decision-making situations. Research can unearth potential problems which might otherwise go undetected and help define their full scope. Information can reveal possible solutions to the problem，suggest variations to more obvious alternatives，determine what is physically possible，and discover what other people have done in similar situations. Furthermore，information help the decision-maker assess the probable outcomes of various alternatives，the advantages and disadvantages to each，and even whether the proposed solution has worked in the past. In summary，information can provide new ideas，verify what the researcher believes to be true，prevent costly mistake，and in the very best case，actually solve the problem at hand.3. Strategic planning is a less direct use of information，but is possibly the most important application in the business world. Information is an essential component of sound long-range planning. When used in this strategic sense，information is often called intelligence. Intelligence is gathered by collecting individual bits of data and piecing them together to form clear patterns.By its very nature，intelligence relies on sources outside the organization；it is generated by scanning the environment for useful information. Intelligence enables the researcher to recognize potential threats and opportunities before it is too late to do something about them. Change，whether political，social，economic，or technological，poses the greatest challenge to management…s ability to plan for the future. The use of information for strategic purposes largely determines whether the firm anticipates change，or is controlled by it.4. Scanning the environment supports strategic planning activities in many ways. Information can be used to evaluate the marketplace by surveying changing tastes and needs，monitoring buyers… intentions and attitudes，and assessing the characteristics of the market. Information is critical in keeping tabs on the competition by watching new product developments，shifts in market share，individual company performance，and overall industry trends. Intelligence helps managers anticipate changes in the legal and political environment，including the impact of proposed regulations，tax laws；and import restrictions. Business firms also need to scan the environment for economic conditions in the United States and abroad，including interest rates，foreign exchange rates，and economic growth. In short，intelligence can provide answers to two key business questions：how am I doing And where am I headed Information thus reduces uncertainty in both its applications. In decision making，information prevents the uncertainty of indecision. In strategic planning，it reduces the uncertainty of an unknown future.5. For all its value，information carries with it numerous problems and costs. To begin with，information is a boundless resource，and no one can acquire all the information needed. The sheer mass of available data makes research a frustrating task. Most information unearthed in a search is irrelevant to the user…s needs，as anyone who has ever researched a college term paper can testify. Furthermore，information is usually fragmented published piecemeal in a variety of sources and seldom found in precisely the required form.6. These difficulties are compounded by the time research can take. Few researchers have the luxury of unlimited time；the scope of a search is almost always determined by the deadline established for the project. Another frustrating problem is deciding how to begin. The less we know about a topic，the harder it is to proceed. A central paradox of information gathering is how to determine what is needed when the researcher has no clear understanding of what is available. Similarly，one often doesn…t know what information is lacking until it‟s actually needed，at which point it may be too late.7. These concerns are important，because information always has a cost associated with it. Whether the user hires a consultant，purchases expensive publications，or merely uses his or her own time to track down the answer，each method has a direct cost. Information also has such indirect costs as delayed decisions，wrong divisions，and foregone opportunities. Estimated cost can often be misleading；people frequently believe that insignificant questions will be simple to research，when the exact opposite is usually true. “Big questions” are often e asiest to answer because someone else has already taken the time to research them.8. The hardest question in business research is determining at what point the benefits of the information justify their cost. Benefits may be hard to assess，or may accrue long after the information is first obtained. Perfect information is preferable to imperfect；yet in real world settings，perfect information does not exist. Researchers must assess the reliability and accuracy of what they uncover and decide whether to accept it or pursue additional facts. At what point is continued searching no longer prudent As already suggested，time constraints canmake this a moot point. When time is not a factor，however，the most appropriate indicator is the magnitude of the consequences. The potential profit or loss to the organization is an excellent gauge of the information…s importance. Another consideration is whether the information addresses a recurring problem or can be applied to other situations in the future. In the real world，two other matters must be kept in mind. First，the problem at hand is usually not the only task vying for the researcher‟s attention；and second，the knowledge，skills and interests of the researcher also determine the path an investigation will take. In the final analysis，all these factors help determine how much research will be done. Each researcher constantly weighs the costs and benefits of information，if only on a unconscious level.III. Read Reading Passage 5 carefully and answer the following questions by choosing the best alternative （A，B，or C）under each. Think carefully and，if necessary，refer back to Reading passage 5 before you make your choice.1. In ancient caves we can expect to find _____.A. maps of battlesB. telegraphC. carrier pigeons2. Computer have greatly extended _____.A. the range of our sensesB. the power of our mindC. both a and b3. Computers are mainly used _____.A. to proceeds informationB. to accept informationC. to distribute information4. Computers can be divided into two general groups according _____.A. the types of information they acceptB. the types of information they can processC. the way in which they proceed information5. Hourglass is mentioned to illustrate the working mechanism of _____.A. digital computersB. analog computersC. neither A nor BReading Passage 5。
2003年10月全国高等教育自学考试英语二试题
2003年10月全国高等教育自学考试英语二试题I. Vocabulary and Structure (10points , 1 point for each item)1. I'm wondering why he hasn't turned _____ at the meeting.A. downB. upC. outD. over2. _____, I couldn't get a job in this company.A. Try as I mightB. As I might tryC. Try though I mightD. I might try3. It is a well-known fact ______ a person will move in a circle when he cannot use his eyes to control his direction.A. thatB. ifC. whenD. whether4. _____, Mary went out with delight.A. With her homework doingB. With her homework doneC. Her homework was doneD. Done her homework5. Contrary ______ popular belief, moderate exercise actually decreases your appetite.A. onB. atC. againstD. to6. ______ the storm, we have to postpone the flight.A. Owing toB. Thanks toC. BecauseD. As7. By using both ears one can tell the direction _____ a sound comes.A. in whichB. from whichC. over whichD. with which8. When she worked with the government, she _____ the difficult task of monitoring elections.A. overworkedB. overtookC. underwentD. undertook9. Apparently, it wasn't an accident. Someone must have done it on ______.A. intentionB. determinationC. purposeD. reason10. The young doctor could not sleep at night, the worsening condition of a patient _____ him.A. disturbingB. disturbedC. being disturbedD. to disturbII. Cloze Test (10points, 1 point for each item)Sometimes people find really wonderful things when they are not looking _11__ them. One example was John Colter. Colter was a mountain man who lived 12 in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. He loved to walk in the mountains, but one day in 1803 he saw a strange __13__. Water was shooting high into the air and _14 _ into a green pool. It was a natural water fountain. Colter found other pools of blue water. Some of the pools were hot. The chemicals in the water made a beautiful color, _15 _ they also made it smell bad. 16 there were large, clear lakes and spectacular waterfalls on cold, clear mountain rivers. Colter was excited, so he told 17_ about the place. __18_, the other people did not believe him. They thought that he was a dreamer, a fool. 19 they saw these wonders, they too were excited. Today the place Colter 20 is known as Yellowstone Park.11. A. forward B. for C. upon D. into12. A. along B. alive C. alone D. lonely13. A. sight B. site C. glimpse D. glance14. A. fall B. falling C. to fall D. falls15.A. but B. and C. thus D. so16. A. Nearly B. Near C. Next to D. Nearby17. A. the other B. others C. another D. each other18. A. Then B. However C. Therefore D. Consequently19. A. Since B. Before C. After D. While20. A. initiated B. invented C. created D. discoveredIII. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points for each item)Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history. An American university president once commented that Einstein had created a new outlook, a new view of the universe. It may be some time before the average mind understands fully the identity (特性) of time and space and so on —but even ordinary men understand now that the universe is something larger than ever thought before.By 1914 the young Einstein had gained world fame. He accepted the offer to becomea professor at the Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. He had few duties, little teaching and unlimited opportunities for study, but soon his peace and quiet were broken by the First World War.Einstein hated violence. The misery of war affected him deeply, and he sat unhappily in his office doing little. He lost interest in his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work,In the years following the First World War, honors were increasingly heaped on him. He became the head of the Kaiser Whilhem Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921 he won the Nobel Prize for Physics, and he was highly honored in Germany until the rise of Nazism (纳粹主义) when he was driven from Germany because he was a Jew.21. The first paragraph is mainly about _____.A. a new outlook of the universeB. the feelings of an American college presidentC. the change in human thought caused by EinsteinD. the difficulty in teaching Einstein's theory22. From the second paragraph, we know Albert Einstein ____.A. enjoyed world popularityB. was the head of an academyC. was a famous teacherD. enjoyed studying wars23. Which of the following statements about Einstein is true?A. He achieved more than any other scientists in history.B. Our ideas about the universe differ from one another because of him.C. He kept working until peace came in 1918.D. His research practically stopped during the First World War.24. In the years following the First World War, _____.A. Einstein began to be accepted even by ordinary menB. more and more honors were granted to EinsteinC. Einstein became the head of the Prussian Academy of ScienceD. Einstein was not honored in Germany until the rise of Nazism25. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that _____.A. Albert Einstein was interested in nothing but scienceB. Einstein was forced to serve in the German armyC. Einstein made a lot more breakthroughs in his research after the First World WarD. his reputation was ruined because of NazismPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Could you imagine your parents choosing your husband or wife for you? And can you imagine not setting eyes on him or her until your wedding day? This situation is common in India, the Middle East and many parts of Africa. Marriage customs around the world often differ from our own. We don't realize that people in other places often get married in very different ways — and with different motives.In many countries, marriage is a practical matter. A marriage provides a safe and stable home for the husband and wife. It also joins two families, which benefits the couple's parents and makes them happy. Marriage also brings children, making sure the couple will be taken care of in old age. Because a marriage is important for the whole family, some cultures don't let young people choose whom to marry. Just as there are many different reasons for marriage, there are also many different wedding rituals. Every culture has its own ways of bringing good luck to the happy couple. In a typical Western wedding, the bride seeks good luck by wearing "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue." Something old represents the past. Something new represents success in the future. Something borrowed reminds the bride she can get help from her friends and family. And something blue reminds her to be true to her husband.In Poland, one wedding tradition is not only lucky, but also very practical. The wedding guests pin money to the bride's dress while she is dancing. The money is meant to bring kick and to help the young couple build their new life. In Bermuda, the young couple plants a tree in the yard of their new home. Once they move in, they take good care of the tree and make it grow. The planting of the tree is a good metaphor (比喻) for marriage. A truly good marriage is something that grows with care.26. Which of the following statements DOES NOT support the idea that marriage isa practical matter?A. The couple may have a safe and stable home through their marriage.B. The parents had better help their children choose whom to marry.C. A marriage benefits the couple's parents and makes them happy.D. A marriage brings children who will take care of the couple when they are old.27. The word "rituals" (para.3, line 2) means _____.A. formsB. customsC. traditionsD. ceremonies28. In a typical Western wedding, the bride wears something blue to ________.A. seek good luckB. represent the pastC. represent success in the futureD. remind her to be true to her husband29. Although cultures differ in different countries, one thing in common when a young couple gets married is that _____.A, people wish them to take care of each otherB. people wish them to get practical benefits from the marriageC. people wish them to have good luck in their new lifeD. people wish them to make money at the wedding ceremony30. Which of the following statements best summarizes the subject of this passage?A. People across the world get married in different ways and for different reasons.B. Every culture has its own ways of bringing good luck to the young couple.C. A truly good marriage is something that grows with care.D. In many countries, marriage is a practical matter.Passage ThreeQuestion 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.While popular in the U.S., the April Fool's Day tradition is even more prevalent in European countries, such as France and Great Britain. Although the roots of the traditional tricking are unclear, the French and the British both have claims onthe origin of the celebration.One theory holds that the first April Fool's Day was on April 1 of the year when King of France instituted (设立) the new calendar. This new system placed the day that had formerly been the first day of a new year on April 1. Many people were reluctant to adjust to the new calendar and continued to celebrate New Year's Day on what had become the first day of April. Thus, they became the first April fools. An English story about the day, however, holds that it began sometime during the 1200s. At the time, King John of England was in the habit of making a road out of nearly every path he walked regularly. The citizens of one particular farm village were aware of this. To avoid having their green pastures (牧场)disturbed with one of king's roads, they built a fence that prevented the king from walking through their countryside. The king sent a group of messengers (信使) to inform the villagers that they must remove the barrier. Upon hearing that the king was planning to do this, however, the villagers developed a plan of their own. When the messengers arrived, they found what appeared to be a community of mad people, with people behaving in a strange manner, throwing things and running around wildly. The messengers, alarmed at what they found, reported to King John that these people were so mad as to be beyond punishment. So, the villagers saved their farmland by tricking the King. In Great Britain, tradition only allows April Fool's tricks from midnight to noon on April 1. Those who try to play tricks in the afternoon become the fools themselves.31. Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph?A. April Fool's Day is more popular in the U.S.B. April Fool's Day is more popular in France and Great Britain.C. No one is sure where the tradition of celebrating April Fool's Day originated.D. The celebration of April Fool's Day originated from both France and Great Britain.32. According to the second paragraph, many people continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1, because _____.A. they knew nothing about the new calendarB. they didn't want to accept the new calendarC. they wanted to receive gifts from their friendsD. they wanted to become the first April fools33. The word "holds" (para.3, line 1) means "_____",A. supportsB. conductsC. containsD. believes34. The third paragraph tells how the citizens of one particular farm village in England saved their farmland by ______,.A, building a fence B. throwing things to the messengersC. tricking the kingD. lighting with the messengers35. What is the main idea of paragraph three?A. How the tradition of celebrating April Fool's Day originated in Great Britain.B. How the citizens of one particular farm village saved their land from the king.C. King John of England wanted to make a road through one particular farm village.D. In Great Britain, tradition allows April Fool's tricks from midnight to noon. PART TWO (50 points)IV. Word Spelling (10 points , 1 point for two items)36. 分析v. a_ _ _ _ _ _ 37. 简历；摘要n. r_ _ _ _ _38. 私有的，私立的 a. p_ _ _ _ _ _ 39. 转移；替换n./v. s_ _ _ _40. 担保；保证 v. e_ _ _ _ _ 41. 追赶；寻求v. p_ _ _ _ _42. 坦率地；直率地 ad. f_ _ _ _ _ _ 43. 相当地；公正地 ad. f_ _ _ _ _ 44. 误导；带错路 v. m_ _ _ _ _ _ 45. 主题；主旋律n. t_ _ _ _46. 网状物；网络 n. n_ _ _ _ _ _ 47. 联合；工会n. u_ _ _ _48. 功能；作用n. f_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 49. 雇佣；使用v. e_ _ _ _ _50. 伤残的 a. d_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 51. 目标；进球n. g_ _ _52. 永恒地；经常地ad. c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 53. 鼓舞v. i_ _ _ _ _ _ 54. 无价值的；无用的 a. w_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 55. 自由（权） n. l_ _ _ _ _ _V. Word Form (10 points, 1 point for each item)56. It was imperative that students ______ (finish) their papers before July 1st.57. So far, Irving ____ (live) in New York City for ten years.58. The patient _____ (send) to another hospital before we got there.59. The __________ (far) away we get from the earth, the thinner the air becomes.60. With apples at 25 cents a pound, we couldn't resist ____ (take) four pounds.61. Coffee delays the body clock in the morning, and _____ (advance) it at night.62. When ________ (give) the chance, it is quite possible for him to fulfill the task withinten days.63. I'll be only too pleased _ ___ (help) out those who are in difficulty.64. Television is another major instrument of communication, ____ (permit) us to see as well as to hear the performer.65. It is high time that we _____ (take) firm measures to protect our environment. VI. Translation from Chinese into English (15 points, 3 points for each item)66. 我工作了一整天，所以你来看我时，我很疲倦。
2003高级英语二试题
2003年上半年广东省高等教育自学考试高级英语(二)(B)问卷(课程代号: 8470)考生注意: 1.答案必须写在答卷上,写在问卷上无效.2.考试时间150分钟.Ⅰ.Reading Comprehension(20%):(1).Read the following passage carefully and then choose one from the given choices to answer each question.THE LADY, OR THE TIGER?1. This semi-barbaric king had a daughter as blooming as his most floridfancies.and with a soul as fervent and imperious his own.As is usual in such cases, she was the apple of his eye, and was loved by him above all humanity.Among his courtiers was a young man of that fineness of blood and lowness of station common to the conventional heroes of romance who love royal maidens .This royal maiden was well satisfied with her lover,for he was handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom; and she loved him with an ardor that had enough of barbarism in it to make it exceedingly warm and strong. This love affair moved on happily for many months , until one day the king happened to discover its existence. He did not hesitate nor waver in regard to his duty in the premises.The youth was immediately cast into prison.and a day was appointed for his trial in the king’s arena.This , of course ,was an especially important occasion; and his majesty as well as all the people, was greatly interested in the workings and development of this trial.Never before had sucha case occurred;never before had a subject dared to love the daughter of a king.Inafter-years such things became commonplace enough;but then they were,in no slight degree,novel and startling.2. The tiger cages of the kingdom were searched for the most savage andrelentless beasts, from which the fiercest monster might be selected for the arena; and the ranks of maiden youth and beauty throughout the land were carefully surveyed by competent judges, in order that the young man might have a fitting bride in case fate did not determine for him a different destiny.Of course ,everybody knew that the deed with which the accused was charged had been done.He had loved the princess, and neither he ,she ,nor any one else thought of denying the fact;but the king would not think of allowing any fact of this kind to interfere with the workings of the tribunal,in which he took such great delight and satisfaction. No matter how the affair turned out, the youth would be disposed of ;and the king would take an aesthetic pleasure in watching the course of events,which would determine whether or not the young man had done wrong in allowing himself to love the princess.3. The appointed day arrived.From far and near the people gathered, and througedthe great galleries of the arena; and crowds,unable to gain admittance,massedthemselves against its outside walls.The king and his court were in their places, opposite the twin doors—those fateful portals, so terrible in their similarity.4. All was ready.The signal was given. A door beneath the royal party opened,and the lover of the princess walked into the arena.Tall, beautyful, fair.his appearance was greeted with a low hum of admiration and anxiety. Half the audience had not known so grand a youth had lived among them.No wonder the princess loved him! What a terrible thing for him to be there!5. As the youth advanced into the arena, he turned,as the custom was ,to bowto the king:but he did not think at all of that royal personage;his eyes were fixed upon the princess,who sat to the right of her father.Had it not been for the moiety of barbarism in her nature, it is probable that lady would not have been there;her intense and fervid soul would not allow her to be absent on an occasion in she was so terribly interested. From the moment that the decree had gone forth.that her lover should decide his fate in the king’s arena,she had thought of nothing, night or day,but this great event and the various subjects connected with it. Possessed of more power, influence, and force of character than any one who had ever before been interested in such a case, she had done what no other person had done—she had possessed herself of the secret of the doors. She knew in which of the two rooms, that lay behind those doors,stood the cage of the tiger,with its open front, and in which waited the lady.Through these thick doors. Heavily curtained with skins on the inside, it was impossible that any noise or suggestion should come from within to the person who should approach to raise the latch of one of them; but gold,and the power of a woman’s will,had brought the secret to the princess.6.And not only did she know in which room stood the lady ready to emerge,all blushingand radiant,should her door be opened, but she knew who the lady was.It was one of the fairest and loveliest of the damsels of the court who had been selected as the reward of the accused youth,should he be proved innocent of the crime of aspiring to one so far above him;and the princess hated her.Often had she seen,or imagined that she had seen,this fair creature throwing glances of admiration upon the person of her lover,and somethings she thought these glances were perceived and even returned.Now and then she had seen them talking together;it was but for a moment or two,but much can be said in a brief space;it may have been on most unimportant topics,but how could she know that?The girl was lovely,but she had dared to raise her eyes to the loved one of the princess;and with all the intensity of the savage blood transmitted to her through long lines of wholly barbaric ancestors, she hated the woman who blushed and trembled behind that silent door.7.When her lover turned ad looked at her,and his eye met hers as she sat therepaler and whiter than any one in the vast ocean of anxious faces about her, he saw,by that power of quick perception which is given to those whose souls are one.that the knew behind which door crouched the tiger, and behind which stood the lady.He had expected her to know it .He understood her nature, and his soul was assured that she would never rest until she had made plain to herself thisthing,hidden to all other lookers-on.even to the king. The only hope for the youth in which there was any element of certainty was based upon the success of the princess in discovering this mystery; and the moment he looked upon her, he saw she had succeeded,as in his soul he knew she would succeed.8.Then it was that his quick and anxious glance asked the question:”Which?”Itwas as plain to her as if he shouted in from where he stood.There was not an instant to be lost.The question was asked in a flash; It must be answered in another.9.Her right arm lay on the cushioned parapet before her.She raised her hand. Andmade a slight, quick movement toward the right. No one but her lover saw her.Every eye but his was fixed on the man in the arena.10.he turned, and with a firm and rapid step he walked across the empty space. Everyheart stopped beating.every breath was held,every eye was fixed immovably upon that man.without the slightest hesitation, he went to the door on the right , and opened it.11.Now ,ehe point of the story is this:Did the tiger come out of that door,or didthe lady?12.The more we reflect upon this question, the harder it is to answer.it involvesa study of the human heart which leads us through devious mazes of passion, outof which it is difficult to find our way. Think of it ,fair reader, not as if the decision of the question depended upon yourself, but upon that hot-blooded, semi-barbaric princess, her soul at a white white heat beneath the combined fires of despair and jealousy.She had lost him, but who should have him?13.How often, in her waking hours and in her dreams , had she started in wild horror,and covered her face with her hands as she thought of her lover opening the door on the other side of which waited the cruel fangs of the tiger!14.But how much oftener had she seen him at the other door!How in her grievousreveries had she gnashed her teeth, and torn her hair, when she saw his start of rapturous delight as he opened the door of the lady!How her soul had burned in agony when she had seen him rush to meet that woman, with her flushing cheek and sparkling eye of triumph;when she had seen him lead her forth, his whole frame kindled with the joy of recovered life;when she had heard the glad shouts from the multitude, and the wild ringing of the happy bells;when she had seen the priest, with his joyous followers , advance to the couple, and make them man and wife before her very eyes;and when she had seen them walk away together upon their path of flowers, followed by the tremendous shouts of the hilarious multitude,in which her one despairing shriek was lost and drowned!15.Would it not be better for him to die at once, and go to wait for her in theblessed regious of semi-barbaric futurity?16.And yet, that awful tiger, those shrieks, that blood!17.Her decision had been indicated in an instant, but it had been made after daysand nights of anguished deliberation. She had known she would be asked, she bad decided what she would answer, and , without the slightest hesitation, she moved her hand to the right.18.The question of her decision is one not to be lightly considered, and it is notfor me to presume to set myself up as the one person able to answer it .And soI leave it with all of you:which came out of the opened door---the lady,or thetiger?1.Which of the following best explains how the author concludes the story?A.He has to leave the question with his readers as he himself is not surewhat the answer should be .B.He wants to emphasize the difficulty of choice when a person is tornbetween despair and jealousy.C.He assumes that an element of uncertainty always appeals to people.D.He feels that he can not surmise the thoughts of a semi-barbaric princesswho lived in the distant past.2.It is implied in the story that the trial of the young courtier was ______.A. romanticB. despoticC. superfluousD. conspicuous3. The princess attended the trial__________.A. owing to the resemblance she bore to her father in natureB. owing to the unusual position the thought she was inC. as she was impulsively driven by despairD. as she was instinctively driven by jealousy4. The princess bought the secret of the doors entirely_________.A. out of her concern about the fate of her loverB. out of fanatic love the possessed for her loverC. out of her wealth and persistence as a womanD. out of her great interest in the uncertain occasion5. The princess and the courtier could communicate without language_______.A.because they were mad in love with each otherB. because they were well attracted by each otherC. because they knew each other very wellD. because they fell in love at the first sight6. The author made brief the love story between the princess and the courtier because_________.A. it was a quite stereotyped love storyB. it was already familiar to the readersC. the author wanted to save some spaceD. the author meant to produce uncertainty7. What made the trial of the young courtier a special occasion?A. The uncertainty.B. The first of its kind.C. The attendance by the king.D. The curiosity of the masses.8. The story reaches its climax in paragraph_________.A. 9B. 8C. 11D. 109. The expression “an aesthetic pleasure ”in paragraph 2 tells that ______.A. the king took the pleasure as if in watching a performance of danceB. the king could hardly tear himself away from the legal proceduresC. the king would keep giving remarks to the steps of trialD. the king would appreciate the working of the judge10. Elaborations of the combined fires and jealousy, and the mazes of passion are done in paragraph _________.A. 12 and 13B. 12, 13 and 14C. 12, 13, 14 and 15D. 13,14,15,and 16(2) Read the following passage carefully and then judge whether the statements are true or false by writing T or F.Straight—A Illiteracy1.Despite all the current fuss and bother about the extraordinary number ofordinary illiterates who overpopulate our schools, small attention has heen given to another king of illiterate, an illiterate whose plight is .in many ways, more important, because he is more influential.This illiterate may, as often as not,be a university president, but he is typically a Ph.D., a successful professor and textbook author. The person to whom I refer is the straight-A illiterate, and the following is written in an attempt to give him equal time with his widely publicized counterpart.2.The scene is my office, and I am at work, doing what must be done if one is toassist in the cure of a disease that ,over the years, I have come to call straight-A illiteracy. I am interrogating, I am cross-examining, I am prying and probing for the meaning of a student’s paper.The student is a college senior with a straight-A average, an extremely bright, highly articulate student who has just been awarded a coveted fellowship to one of the nation’s outstanding graduate schools. He and I have been at this, have been going over his paper sentence by sentence, word by word , for an hour.”The choice of exogenous variables in relation to multi-colinearity,”I hear myself reading from his paper , “is contingent upon the derivations of certain multiple correlation coefficients.”I pause to catch my breath. “Now that statement, I address the student ---whom I shall call,allegorically, Mr. Bright—“that statement, Mr.Bright, what on earth does is mean?”Mr.Bright, his brow furrowed, tries mightily.Finally,with both of us combining our linguistic and imaginative resources, finally ,after what seems another hour, we decode it . We decide exactly what it is that Mr.Bright is trying hi say, what he really wants to say,”which is :”Supply determines demand.”3.Over the past decade or so ,I have known many students like him, many collegeseniors suffering from Bright’s disease.it attacks the best minds, and gradually destroys the critical faculties, making it impossible for the sufferer to detect gibberish in his own writing or in that of others.During the years of higher education it grows worse, reaching its terminal stage, typically, when its victim receives his Ph.D.Obviously, the victim of Bright’s desease is no ordinary illiterate.He would mever turn in a paper with misspellings or errors in punctuation;he would never sue a double negative or the word “irregardless.”Nevertheless, he is illiterate, in the worst way:he isincapable of saying, in writing, simply and clearly, what he means. The ordinary illiterate---perhaps providentially protected from college and graduate school---might say:”Them people down at the shop better stock up on what our customers need, or we ain’t gonna be in business long.”Not our man.Taking his cue from years of higher education,years of reading the textbooks and professional journals that are the major sources of his affliction, he writes:”the focus of concentration must rest upon objectives centered around the knowledge of customer areas so that a sophisticated awareness of those areas can serve as an entrepreneurial filter to screen what is relevant from what is irrelevant to future commitments.”For writing such gibberish he is awarded straight As on his papers (both samples quoted above were taken from papers that received As),and the opportunity to move, inexorably,toward his fellowship and eventual Ph.D.4.As I have suggested the major cause of such illiteracy is the stuff---thetextbooks and professional journals---the straight –A illiterate is forced to read during his years of higher education. He learns to write gibberish by reading it , and by being taught to admire it as profundity.If he is majoring in sociology, he must grapple with such journals as the American Sociological Review,journals bulging with barbarous jargon, such as “ego-integrative action orientation”and “orientation toward improvement of the gratificational deprivation balance of the actor”(the latter of which monstrous phrases represents , to quote Malcolm Cowley, the sociologist’s way of saying “the peasure principle”).In such journals, Mr.Cowley reminds, two things are never described as being “alike.”They are “homologous”or “isomorphic. Nor are things simply “different.”They are “allotropic.”In such journals writers never “divide anything.”They “dichotomize”or “bifurcate”things.1.According to the author, it has already become a grave social concern that ofall those at university many are not able to read or write properly.2.The author argues that a straight-A illiterate is an intelligent college studentwho can write without grammatical errors, but without a fair degree of intelligibility either.3.The sort of writing the straight-A illiterates produce is hardly intelligibleto other, but crystally comprehensible to themselves.4.The university professors to straight-A illiteracy are as virus to adisease,according to the author.5.University authorities regard straight-A illiteracy as a key qualification forPh.D.degrees and fellowships.6.Straight-A illiteracy affects fewer people than ordinary illiteracy.7.The author argues that ordinary illiteracy is not as harmful as straight-Ailliteracy.8.The author has failed to find out the cause of straight-A illiteracy.9.Mr.Bright is a symbol of straight-A illiteracy grammatically.10.Highly professional jargons are used in the last paragraph to highlight theunintelligence of the straight-A illiterates.Ⅱ.Multiple Choice (10%)Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.1.I had to pay _______________on a carpet I brought through the Customs today.a. taxesb. ratesc. costsd. duty2. The trees round the house _________ it of light.a. robbedb. strippedc. deprivedd. gotten3. The fastest runner took the _______ just ten meters before the finishing line .a. headb. leadc. advanced. place4. Bright colors don’t _________ her pale skin.a. agreeb. matchc. suitd.fit5. The cloth _________ when I washed it .a. shrankb. shortenedc. contractedd. condensed6. The doctors have developed a new _________ in heart surgery.a. skillb. technologyc. techniqued.craft7. The policemen went into action ________ they heard the alarm.a. presentlyb. promptlyc. directlyd. quickly8. The United Sates has greatly ________ its influence into the world affairs.a. spreadb. scatteredc. distributedd. extended9. Many people stood outside the church during the funeral all to pay their last ________ to the late president.a. attentionb. regardsc. respectsd. visit10. The most familiar _________ signs of aging may be seen in old age,such as the greying of the hair and the wrinkling of the skin.a. exteriorb. outsidec. externald. outwardⅢ. Cloze(10%)Complete each of the words with initial letters given in the brackets on the Answer sheet by referring to the missing parts of the following passage with corresponding number.It may be true that work on the assembly line dulls the faculties and empties the mind, the cure only being (1)f______ hours of work at higher pay. But (2)d______ fifty years as a workingman, I have found dull routine (3) c_____ with an active mind. I can still savor the joy I used to (4)d_______ from the fact that (5)w_____ doing dull, repetitive work on the waterfront, I could talk with my partners and (6)c________ sentences in the back of my mind. All at the same time. Life seemed glorious. (7)C____ are that had my work (8)b________ of absorbing interest I could not have done any thinking and composing (9)0_______ the company’s time or even on my own time after (10) r_______ from work.Ⅳ. Proofreading (10%)The following passage on the ANSWER SHEET contains several errors, each line with a maximum of one error. And ATTENTION, some lines might be free from error. In each case only one word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct the errors in the following way:For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blankprovided at the end of the line.For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “∧” sign and writethe word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the endof the line.For an unnecessary word, cross out the unnecessary word with a slash “\” and put the wordin the blank provided at the end of the line.For a correct line, place a tick “√” in the blank provided at the end of the line .Ⅴ. Rewrite the following (10%)For each of the sentences below, write a new sentences as close in meaning as possible to theoriginal sentence by using the given words as the beginning..1.Manuscripts, those vital records of an author’s creative process, are an endangered species. Like an endangered species, manuscripts as vital records of an author’s creative process are being threatened and ______________2.Edna St. Vincent Millay may be have burned the candle at both ends and wondered at itslovely light , but her first drafts are treasures for future generations.It is probable that Edna St.. Vincent Millay had worked ___________3.Almost a century later his manuscripts in the National Library in Dublin still glow with thepower of his passion.By reading his manuscripts almost a century later, in the National Library in Dublin, people can still _____________.4.How appropriate, even ironic, it might have been had his various drafts gone the way of theburning books that he deplores and disappeared into a memory bank.Like the disappearance of the burning books that he deplores, his various drafts may _______ 5.Manuscripts are our gift to our heritage, and we have no right to deprive future generations oflearning how we think and feel, simply because we find word processing more convenient.The convenience of word processing should not be a reason ____________6.These men were bringing the Civil War to its virtual finish.Due to these men’s act, the Civil War ___________7.The little room where they wrote out the terms was the scene of one of the poignant, dramaticcontrasts in American history.One of the poignat, dramatic contrasts in American history_______8.In such a land Lee stood for the feeling that it was somehow of advantage to human society tohave a pronounced inequality in the social structure.A pronounced inequality in the social structure was __________9. No part of either man’s life became him more than the part he played in this brief meeting inthe McLean house at Appomattox.Nothing in the life of either of the two men could show_____________10.Their behavior there put all succeeding generations of Americans in their debt.All succeeding generations of Americans owe ______________Ⅵ. Translate the following underlined parts into English (40%)1) 1. 斋戒是对胃口的威严表示高度尊重的行为。
全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试
全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试基础英语试题课程代码：00088一、单词或短语的英汉互译（共10分）（一）将下列词语译成中文（5分）1.foreign-trade zones2.cost effectiveness3.investment demand4.capital-output ratio5.the cost of production(二)将下列词语译成英文（5分）6.关税壁垒7.供求机制8.存货占用成本9.营销商10.无形贸易二、词汇应用和语法结构（共30分）（一）语汇应用（15分）选择最佳答案完成句子11.The flight to Paris was（）because of fog .A. delayedB. deposedC. divertedD. rejected12.He（）our returning home as soon as possible.A. advisedB. interestedC. persuadedD. suggested13.Only hotel guests have the（）of using the private beach.A. occasionB. possibilityC. privilegeD. habit14.Nobody can explain the（）of this commonly-used expression.A. beginningB. starting-pointC. causeD. origin15.Your usual teacher has lost his voice and （）I am taking his place today.A. besidesB. neverthelessC. howeverD. therefore16.The old lady doesn’t like any visitors. Yesterday she was annoyed by the（）of a stranger.A. intrusionB. instructionC. inferenceD. inflation17.He didn’t go into detail on the subject. He spoke in（）A. commonB. regularC. generalD. ordinary18.The social security system provides（）for retired citizens.A. wagesB. profitsC. rewardsD. pensions19.When they asked me to make a speech, I was at a（）for words.A. lackB. desireC. failureD. loss20.As he had no friends or relatives in the town, the traveler tried to find a（）somewhere.A. lodgeB. landingC. lodgingD. stay21.My sister（）her shorthand ability by taking notes in shorthand during lectures.A. keeps upB. keeps inC. keeps onD. keeps with22.A（）fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.A. pensionB. publicC. welfareD. relief23.The man’s（）was described as impatient in contrast to his wife’s.A. featureB. personalityC. markD. property24.This newspaper provides more foreign news than（）news.A. presentB. practicalC. domesticD. native25.I like this classical music, but I can’t remember who（）it.A. composedB. designedC. inventedD. created(二)语法结构（15分）选择最佳答案完成句子26.（）is of no consequence to me.A. He goes or staysB. Whether he goes or staysC. Whether he go or staysD. He goes whether he stays27.The lawyer questioned the witness about（）A. what knew heB. What did he knowC. he knewD. what he knew28.He（）on this essay for twenty minutes, but he has written only a hundred words.A. workedB. will be workingC. has been workingD. would have workednny had an advantage（）his mother in that he was well-educated.A. forB. onC. overD. toward30.The present population of this city is three times（）it was ten years ago.A. whatB. sinceC. thatD. as31.（）the land is fertile, there is usually a large population.A. AlthoughB. WhereC. WhetherD. There32.You don’t need（）for his permission every time you want to leave the room.A. to askB. askC. askingD. being asked33.So badly（）in the car accident that he had to stay in the hospital for treatment.A. did Peter injureB. Peter injuredC. Peter was injuredD. was Peter injured34.He congratulated them（）what they had achieved.A. onB. atC. forD. about35.I should say Henry is not（）much a writer as a reporter.A. thatB. soC. thisD. as36.（）in this business, you have to be adaptable.A. SucceedingB. Having succeededC. To succeedD. To have succeeded37.I would have come sooner but I（）that you were waiting.A. didn’t knowB. haven’t knownC. hadn’t knownD. knew38.He came to me last night to apologize for not doing what he（）A. ought to doB. should doC. ought to be doingD. ought to have done39.To our great disappointment, neither of the toys（）to the children.A. appealB. appealsC. are appealingD. is appealed40.The particles in the atom are too small（）A. seeingB. seenC. to be seenD. for seeing三、改错（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。
2003年10月高级英语试题
全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试高级英语试题课程代码：00600Ⅰ. 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, 0.5point each)●Rumors 1 quickly that I was a FBI agent. I was 2 because I was not 3___ to return. Some people said I was either a federal agent or a 4 , for no 5 man, they said, returns to Watts by 6 .●Television 7 on advertising to an even greater 8 than newspapers, and since advertising is big business, advertising is by 9 Republican. Yet nowhere in network newscasts in network commentaries on current events have I 10 the intense partisanship, the often rabid 11 that colors the editorial 12 of the majority of newspapers in this country.●The chances had 13 to one in eight when the 14 clerk drew the second slip. He 15 his throat and 16 his pince-nez as though he had to make sure he was not 17 . “Ah, Monsieur Voisin,” he said with a 18 undecided smile, “May I join you?”●Some people believe that the time of death is 19 by God and that no man should ___20 the clock back on another. 21 if a patient’s philosophical views embrace __ 22 , it is not clear why the religious 23 of others should intrude 24___ his death.Ⅱ. There are 15 sentences 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, 1point each)25. From the start of that campaign, I faced ________ hostility because of my sex.26. A beautiful woman came along and ________ her bunch of violets, and a little boy ran after tohand them to her, and she took them and threw them away as if they’d been poisoned.27. Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to ________ them with the shades of deeper meaning.28. If it be true that our thoughts and mental images are perfectly ________ things, like our books and pictures, to the inhabitants of the next world, then I am making for myself a better reputation there than I am in this place.29. Although I had to search, and did search, for the right words, I seemed to be making this descriptive effort almost against my will, under a kind of ________ from outside.30. ________ a man does not have to work so hard as to impair his vigor he is likely to find more zest in his free time than an idle man could possibly find.31. And so we are suddenly ________ a sickening situation in this country.32. With three job ________ from three of the most prestigious firms in the country, he did not need this interview, this firm.33. Disease-snobbery is only one out of a great multitude of ________, of which now some, now others take pride of place in general esteem.34. I once befriended two little girls from Esthonia, who had narrowly escaped death from ________ in a famine.35. There’s bound to be trouble ________ me every day of my life, because trouble it’s always been and always will be.36. It has been assumed that the youth of America has been in the ________ of the discovery of both the disease and the cure.37. Somehow we just don’t see how it is with other folks until —something ________.38. The figures are photocopied and distributed throughout the company to all the people and departments whose work is ________ selling.39. Her hands and her neck began to sweat. But she knew that no emotion was ________.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 each)40. As the living standard improves, the (A. span, B. length) of life is getting longer and longer.41. The poor emperor was forced by the usurper to (A. abandon, B. abdicate).42. I find it difficult to operate this computer. Can you (A. demonstrate, B. exemplify) it for me?43. The formal declaration of the news went four (A. documents, B. drafts) before it was submitted to the conference.44. I had a fantastic (A. stretch, B. stroke) of luck last weekend. I picked up a genuine Stradivarius violin for only $20.45. In the A-series football match, AC-Milan (A. beat, B. defended) all the other teams and became the champion as expected.46. The accountant (A. specializes, B. scrutinizes) the figures very carefully before commenting on them.47. On hearing that her best friend bought a fur coat, Susan felt (A. tempted, B. coaxed) to buy one, too.48. When the rescue party found the wounded young man, he was (A. keeping, B. clinging) on to the side of the broken boat.49. He (A. resigned, B. relinquished) all control over the company business to his son.50. The witness refused to (A. disclose, B. enclose) the identity of the man who supplied the information.51. Usually my brother is rather (A. reserved, B. conservative), but if you pick up a topic he is interested in, he will talk freely about it.52. The common (A. custom, B. practice) in English law is to consider someone innocent unless he is proved guilty.53. He was a highly (A. conscientious, B. conscious) teacher who took his duties seriously but he seemed to have neither the personality nor the ability to achieve further success.54. This group of young men felt a great sense of (A. inspiration, B. achievement) when they finally reached the top of the mountain.Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding four items: Ⅳ, Ⅴ, Ⅵand Ⅶ.Our Greedy Colleges1) Many of our colleges are at it again. As they have done annually for the past six years, they have begun to unveil tuition increases that far outstrip the inflation rate. Next year, tuition is expected to rise 6 percent to 8 percent –even though inflation during 1986 was about 1.8 percent. Yale’s president, Benno C. Schmidt Jr., attributes his university’s tuition hike in part to “continuing cutbacks of governmental support for student aid. ” This assertion flies in the face of the facts. Since 1982, money available through Federal student aid programs has increased every single year. Overall, Federal outlays for student aid are up 57 percent since 1980. Since 1980, inflation has been just 26 percent. That is why the former chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Pete V. Domenici, Republican of New Mexico, recently dismissed the claim of hugecuts in student aid programs as a “myth.”2) If anything, increases in financial aid in recent years have enabled colleges and universities blithely to raise their tuitions, confident that Federal loan subsidies would help cushion the increase. In 1978, subsidies became available to a greatly expanded number of students. In 1980, college tuitions began rising year after year at a rate that exceeded inflation. Federal student aid policies do not cause college price inflation, but there is little doubt that they help make it possible.3) At the same time that higher education has been cutting a bigger piece of the Federal pie, it has also received huge infusions of cash from state governments, from corporations, from foundations and from loyal alumni. The total increase in higher education spending from all these non-Federal sources is staggering. Spending for higher education now consumes about 40 percent of all money spent in America for education.4) It is by no means clear that the performance of many of our colleges and universities justifies this level of expenditure. As I said on the occasion of Harvard’s 350th anniversary, too many stude nts fail to receive the education they deserve at our nation’s universities. The real problem is not lack of money but failure of vision.5) Unfortunately, when it comes to higher education, this distinction is frequently lost Stanford University’s vague justification for increased charges –“new knowledge is inherently more expensive” –only underscores the lack of focus and purpose at some of our nation’s most prestigious universities.6) Higher education is not underfunded. It is under-accountable and underproductive. Our students deserve better than this. They deserve an education commensurate with the large sums paid by parents and taxpayers and donors.7) That our universities are places where students can receive a good education, or at least learn a lot, I have no doubt. But too often our universities leave education to chance – a good professor here and a great course there. There is too little real and sustained attention to education in the broader sense, to making sure that when our students leave after four years they leave as educated men and women.8) It is also false to assert, as some have, that the Reagan Administration’s student aid policies deprive disadvantaged students of the opportunity to attend college. In fact, the Administration has consistently sought to redirect aid to the neediest students.9) Under the Administration’s fiscal 1988 budget proposal, all students presently receiving aid would continue to be eligible for the same dollar amount of aid. One in six of all college students would still be eligible to receive Federal grants. Those less needy would still have access to aid in the form of loans.10) One particular Administration proposal, Income Contingent Loans, represents the most serious attempt to improve student aid in 15 years. The loans would permit repayment schedules to be tailored to a student’s income. A graduate’s payments would never have to exceed 15 percent of his adjusted gross income, and he could have as long as necessary to repay.11) An advantage of t he Administration’s proposals is that they would help make colleges and universities accountable to the prime beneficiaries of their services – the students.12) Because students would pay a market-based interest rate, they would bear the true cost of borrowing the additional capital needed to finance tuition increases. Instead of insulating colleges and universities form such market forces, the Administration’s policies would make colleges and universities more readily accountable to them.13) Higher education clearly provides benefits to society in general. Recognizing this, the American people have generously provided the tax dollars, grants and highly subsidized loans necessary to support higher education. But the chief beneficiaries of a college education are the students. On average, college graduates earn $640,000 more over their lifetimes than nongraduates do. It is simply not fair to ask taxpayers, many of whom do not go to college, to pay more than their fair share of the tuition burden.Ⅳ. There are 10 incomplete statements, followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. (10 points, 1 point each)55. The author intends to _________.A. compare the inflation rate and tuition increasesB. criticize the federal government in cutting the financial aid in educationC. defend the federal government and accuse colleges of unnecessary and excessive tuitionincreasesD. criticize the low quality of higher education in the United States56. The author thinks that the colleges and universities can raise the tuition because they believe that _________.A. there are Federal loan subsidiesB. every student can get Federal loan subsidies easilyC. governmental support for student aid becomes lessD. higher quality education needs more money57. According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements is true?A. Higher education gets all its financial support from the federal government.B. Higher education gets all its financial support from nonfederal sources.C. Higher education gets its financial support from various sources.D. Higher education gets most of its financial support from student tuition.58. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Colleges and universitie s in America can’t provide justifiable education.B. Colleges and universities can get enough financial support.C. Students should learn a lot more at colleges and universities.D. Students don’t learn what they deserve at colleges and universities.59. According to the author, the government has consistently ________.A. helped the disadvantaged studentsB. tried to re-distribute the financial aid to the students who need it mostC. offered financial aid to most students who need itD. spent enough money for the students who need it most60. From this article, we know that a graduate _________.A. is allowed enough time to repay the borrowed moneyB. has to take more than 15 percent of his gross income to repay the loanC. doesn’t have to pay an interestD. can put off the repayment as long as he/she likes61. In Paragraph 11, which of the following is the best to substitute for “accountable to”?A.devoted toB.responsible forC.suitable forD.desirable62. American people support higher education because _________.A.they can reduce the burden of colleges and universitiesB.they want to improve itC.the students can get benefits from itD.they can get benefits from it63. What is implied by the author?A.It is not fair to ask those who do not go to college to pay more than they should for highereducation.B.College graduates earn more than nongraduates do.C. A person’s income is closely related to his or her education.D.Some nongraduates do not mind paying for higher education.64. The tone of this article is ________.rmativeB.ironicC.persuasiveD.narrativeⅤ. There is one underlined part in each of the following sentences, followed by four choices A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is the closest in meaning to the underlined part. (10 points, 2 points each)65. …they have begun to unveil tuition increases that far outstrip the inflation rate.A.that surpassB.that are much more thanC.that can compete withD.that are beyond66. This assertion flies in the face of the facts.A.agrees with the factsB.fails to face the factsC.finds its base in the factsD.is contrary to the facts67. They deserve an education commensurate with the large sums paid by parents and taxpayers and donors.A.an education which concentrates onB.an appropriate education designed according toC.an education in right proportion toD. a frist class education because of68. … that the Reagan Administration’s student aid policies deprive disadvantaged students of the opportunity to attend college.A.make it impossible for disadvantaged students to get college educationB.deny that disadvantaged students should have a chance to go to collegeC.offer unequal opportunities for disadvantaged students to gain college educationD.offer more opportunities for the advantaged students to attend college69. The loans would permit repayment schedules to be tailored to a student’s income.A.to be made in consideration of a student’s incomeB.to be changed by a student’s incomeC.to be adaptable to a student’s incomeD.to match a student’s incomeⅥ. Translate the following sentences into Chinese and write your translation on your answer sheet. (10 points, 2 points each)70. Federal student aid policies do not cause college price inflation, but there is little doubt that they help make it possible.71. Spending for higher education now consumes about 40 percent of all money spent in America for education.72. Stanford University’s vaguer justification for increased charges –“new knowledge is inherently more expensive”- only underscores the lack of focus and purpose at some of our nation’s most prestigious universities.73. But too often our universities leave education to chance – a good professor here and a great course there.74. Under the Administration’s fiscal 1988 budget proposal, all students presently receiving aid would continue to be eligible for the same dollar amount of aid.Ⅶ. Answer the following essay question in English within 80-100 words. Write your answer on your answer sheet. (10 points)Do you agree with the author that the American colleges are greedy and unaccountable? Why or Why not?Ⅷ. Translate the following into English and write your translation on your answer sheet. (18 points, 2 points each from 75 to 79, 8 points for 80)75．前事不忘，后事之师。
全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试 英语写作基础试题 课程代码00597
全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试英语写作基础试题课程代码：00597全部题目用英文作答。
I.重写句子(15 points,1.5points each)Revise the following sentences according to the requirement.Example: The history of English words in the history of our civilization in many ways.(periodic sentence)In many ways, the history of English words is the history of our civilization.1.I like roller-skating. I like ice-skating better.(compound sentence)2.If you sit by the window facing the sun on a sunny winter day, you may feel nice and warm.(loose sentence)3.Mary put the steak on the grill. The charcoal was burning evenly.(complex sentence)4.His valuable papers were destroyed in the fire. Tom called the insurance company.(complex sentence)5.I asked my friend if we should tip the driver when the bus tour ended.(periodic sentence)6.Y our uncle married my aunt. He is rich. She is poor.(simple sentence)7.Jerry is smart. He should be able to handle eighteen credits this semester.(compound sentence)8.I returned to school following a long illness. The math teacher gave me make-up work to do, but the history teacher made me drop her course.(compound-complex sentence)9.Jack applied for a job. He went for an interview. He was hired.(parallel structure)10.Meet me in the courtyard for dessert when you finish doing the dishes.(periodic sentence)II.改写病句(15 points,3 points each)Correct the errors in the following sentences.11.The rain might last for a while, clouds covered the entire sky.12.In the evening we would swim in the lake and dancing afterward.13.That woman just bought her dog a milk shake in a red skirt.14.To pass the course, your term paper must be handed in on time.15.Harry wouldn’t make a good negotiator he doesn’t have the patience.III.标出主题句(15 points,5 points each)16.Choose the best topic sentence from the group below. Write the choice in the blank.A.I eat a lot of homemade ice cream.B. Homemade ice cream is my favorite.C.I have a homemade ice cream maker.D.I miss homemade ice cream a lot.Answer:______________________________________浙00597# 英语写作基础试题第 1 页共3页17.Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence.Tornados form under very special weather conditions, and these special weather conditions occur most often in inland areas, such as the central United States. A tornado forms when a layer of warm, dry air is on top of a layer of cooler, moist air. This combination of dry, warm air above wet, cool air creates a condition that causes the lower layer of air to lift up. As the lower air rises, both layers of air begin to rotate, to turn around and around. The air begins to rotate faster and faster because of centrifugal(离心的) force. The tornado has a center called an “eye”and the air rotates quickly around this eye.18.Read the following paragraph carefully and select the best topic sentence from the four possibleanswers that follow the paragraph.Topic Sentence:____________________________________First, I have the whole week off from the stationery store because it’s going to be closed. My friends are all staying in town, so there will be plenty to do. We’ll go to Central Park during the day and rent movies or go downtown in the evenings. I’ve also saved enough money to visit my cousin in Buffalo for a couple of days, and we always have a good time together. This could be the best Easter week I would have had in a long time, especially because I don’t have to work.A. I am going to have a very long vacation.B. Easter is a very important holiday.C. Easter week is going to be terrific.D. I like wonderful holidays.IV.重新组合段落(5 points,1 point each)Rearrange the following numbered sentences so that they will read logically.Put the numbers in proper sequence in the boxes provided below.19.Wines must be drunk quickly once they are opened, otherwise bacteria will use the air to convertthe alcohol to vinegar.20.Red wine is made from dark grapes, and white wine from whiter grapes or from dark grapeswhose skins have been removed from the wine press at an early stage.21.Wine is the fermented juice of fresh grapes.22.The bacteria are killed by a higher alcohol content than is found in wine and that is why sherryand port, the specialties of Spain and Portugal, are fortified by the addition of spirits to make them last longer.23.Wine was made in England in the Middle Ages, but the climate is not really suitable forgrapevines.24.In wine-making, the grapes are crushed in a wine press and the yeast converts the sugar toalcohol, when there is no air present, by a process called fermentation.25.The most famous wine-making countries are France, Germany and Italy.26.The juice of the wine grape contains sugar, and growths of yeast form on the outside of thegrape skins.浙00597# 英语写作基础试题第 2 页共3页V.标出与段落内容无关的句子(10 points)Read the following paragraph and cross out irrelevant sentences.The chief reasons people wear masks are these: to have fun, to protect themselves, to disguise themselves, and to acquire a new identity. Masks are very useful. At Halloween, children wear masks for fun; they may, of course, also think they are disguising themselves, but chiefly their motive is to experience the joy of saying “boo”to someone. Soldiers wore masks for protection, in ancient times against swords and battle-axes, in more recent times against poison gas. Bank robbers wear masks to disguise themselves, and though of course this disguise is a sort of protection, a robber’s reason for wearing a mask is fairly distinct from a soldier’s. All of these reasons so far are easily understood, but we may have more trouble grasping the reason that primitive people use masks in religious rituals. Some ritual masks seem merely to be attempts to frighten away evil spirits, and some seem merely to be disguises so that the evil spirits will not know who the wearer is. The masks are usually made of paper. But most religious masks are worn with the idea that the wearer acquires, through a union with supernatural powers, a new identity, and thus in effect becomes—really becomes, not merely pretends to be—a new person.VI.写信(40 points)Write a letter to your friend according to the following situation: Y ou(W eiping) haven’t heard from your friend(Zhijie) since the SARS outbreak. Y ou tell him or her about yourself and the general situation in Beijing during that period. Since Beijing was taken off the list of SARS-infected areas, things have gradually come back to normal. Y ou would encourage him or her to come for a visit in autumn, as it is the best season of the year.(150-200 words)__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________浙00597# 英语写作基础试题第 3 页共3页。
2003高级英语二试题
2003⾼级英语⼆试题2003年上半年⼴东省⾼等教育⾃学考试⾼级英语(⼆)(B)问卷(课程代号: 8470)考⽣注意: 1.答案必须写在答卷上,写在问卷上⽆效.2.考试时间150分钟.Ⅰ.Reading Comprehension(20%):(1).Read the following passage carefully and then choose one from the given choices to answer each question.THE LADY, OR THE TIGER?1. This semi-barbaric king had a daughter as blooming as his most floridfancies.and with a soul as fervent and imperious his own.As is usual in such cases, she was the apple of his eye, and was loved by him above all humanity.Among his courtiers was a young man of that fineness of blood and lowness of station common to the conventional heroes of romance who love royal maidens .This royal maiden was well satisfied with her lover,for he was handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom; and she loved him with an ardor that had enough of barbarism in it to make it exceedingly warm and strong. This love affair moved on happily for many months , until one day the king happened to discover its existence. He did not hesitate nor waver in regard to his duty in the premises.The youth was immediately cast into prison.and a day was appointed for his trial in the king’s arena.This , of course ,was an especially important occasion; and his majesty as well as all the people, was greatly interested in the workings and development of this trial.Never before had sucha case occurred;never before had a subject dared to love the daughter of a king.Inafter-years such things became commonplace enough;but then they were,in no slight degree,novel and startling.2. The tiger cages of the kingdom were searched for the most savage andrelentless beasts, from which the fiercest monster might be selected for the arena; and the ranks of maiden youth and beauty throughout the land were carefully surveyed by competent judges, in order that the young man might have a fitting bride in case fate did not determine for him a different destiny.Of course ,everybody knew that the deed with which the accused was charged had been done.He had loved the princess, and neither he ,she ,nor any one else thought of denying the fact;but the king would not think of allowing any fact of this kind to interfere with the workings of the tribunal,in which he took such great delight and satisfaction. No matter how the affair turned out, the youth would be disposed of ;and the king would take an aesthetic pleasure in watching the course of events,which would determine whether or not the young man had done wrong in allowing himself to love the princess.3. The appointed day arrived.From far and near the people gathered, and througedthe great galleries of the arena; and crowds,unable to gain admittance,massedthemselves against its outside walls.The king and his court were in their places, opposite the twin doors—those fateful portals, so terrible in their similarity.4. All was ready.The signal was given. A door beneath the royal party opened,and the lover of the princess walked into the arena.Tall, beautyful, fair.his appearance was greeted with a low hum of admiration and anxiety. Half the audience had not known so grand a youth had lived among them.No wonder the princess loved him! What a terrible thing for him to be there!5. As the youth advanced into the arena, he turned,as the custom was ,to bowto the king:but he did not think at all of that royal personage;his eyes were fixed upon the princess,who sat to the right of her father.Had it not been for the moiety of barbarism in her nature, it is probable that lady would not have been there;her intense and fervid soul would not allow her to be absent on an occasion in she was so terribly interested. From the moment that the decree had gone forth.that her lover should decide his fate in the king’s arena,she had thought of nothing, night or day,butthis great event and the various subjects connected with it. Possessed of more power, influence, and force of character than any one who had ever before been interested in such a case, she had done what no other person had done—she had possessed herself of the secret of the doors. She knew in which of the two rooms, that lay behind those doors,stood the cage of the tiger,with its open front, and in which waited the lady.Through these thick doors. Heavily curtained with skins on the inside, it was impossible that any noise or suggestion should come from within to the person who should approach to raise the latch of one of them; but gold,and the power of a woman’s will,had brought the secret to the princess.6.And not only did she know in which room stood the lady ready to emerge,all blushingand radiant,should her door be opened, but she knew who the lady was.It was one of the fairest and loveliest of the damsels of the court who had been selected as the reward of the accused youth,should he be proved innocent of the crime of aspiring to one so far above him;and the princess hated her.Often had she seen,or imagined that she had seen,this fair creature throwing glances of admiration upon the person of her lover,and somethings she thought these glances were perceived and even returned.Now and then she had seen them talking together;it was but for a moment or two,but much can be said in a brief space;it may have been on most unimportant topics,but how could she know that?The girl was lovely,but she had dared to raise her eyes to the loved one of the princess;and with all the intensity of the savage blood transmitted to her through long lines of wholly barbaric ancestors, she hated the woman who blushed and trembled behind that silent door.7.When her lover turned ad looked at her,and his eye met hers as she sat therepaler and whiter than any one in the vast ocean of anxious faces about her, he saw,by that power of quick perception which is given to those whose souls are one.that the knew behind which door crouched the tiger, and behind which stood the lady.He had expected her to know it .He understood her nature, and his soul was assured that she would never rest until she had made plain to herself thisthing,hidden to all other lookers-on.even to the king. The only hope for the youth in which there was any element of certainty was based upon the success of the princess in discovering this mystery; and the moment he looked upon her, he saw she had succeeded,as in his soul he knew she would succeed.8.Then it was that his quick and anxious glance asked the question:”Which?”Itwas as plain to her as if he shouted in from where he stood.There was not an instant to be lost.The question was asked in a flash; It must be answered in another.9.Her right arm lay on the cushioned parapet before her.She raised her hand. Andmade a slight, quick movement toward the right. No one but her lover saw her.Every eye but his was fixed on the man in the arena.10.he turned, and with a firm and rapid step he walked across the empty space. Everyheart stopped beating.every breath was held,every eye was fixed immovably upon that man.without the slightest hesitation, he went to the door on the right , and opened it.11.Now ,ehe point of the story is this:Did the tiger come out of that door,or didthe lady?12.The more we reflect upon this question, the harder it is to answer.it involvesa study of the human heart which leads us through devious mazes of passion, outof which it is difficult to find our way. Think of it ,fair reader, not as if the decision of the question depended upon yourself, but upon that hot-blooded, semi-barbaric princess, her soul at a white white heat beneath the combined fires of despair and jealousy.She had lost him, but who should have him?13.How often, in her waking hours and in her dreams , had she started in wild horror,and covered her face with her hands as she thought of her lover opening the door on the other side of which waited the cruel fangs of the tiger!14.But how much oftener had she seen him at the other door!How in her grievousreveries had she gnashed her teeth, and torn her hair, when she saw his start of rapturous delight as he opened the door of the lady!How her soul had burned in agony when she had seen him rush to meet that woman, with her flushing cheek and sparkling eye of triumph;when she had seen him lead her forth, his whole frame kindled with the joy of recovered life;whenshe had heard the glad shouts from the multitude, and the wild ringing of the happy bells;when she had seen the priest, with his joyous followers , advance to the couple, and make them man and wife before her very eyes;and when she had seen them walk away together upon their path of flowers, followed by the tremendous shouts of the hilarious multitude,in which her one despairing shriek was lost and drowned!15.Would it not be better for him to die at once, and go to wait for her in theblessed regious of semi-barbaric futurity?16.And yet, that awful tiger, those shrieks, that blood!17.Her decision had been indicated in an instant, but it had been made after daysand nights of anguished deliberation. She had known she would be asked, she bad decided what she would answer, and , without the slightest hesitation, she moved her hand to the right.18.The question of her decision is one not to be lightly considered, and it is notfor me to presume to set myself up as the one person able to answer it .And soI leave it with all of you:which came out of the opened door---the lady,or thetiger?1.Which of the following best explains how the author concludes the story?A.He has to leave the question with his readers as he himself is not surewhat the answer should be .B.He wants to emphasize the difficulty of choice when a person is tornbetween despair and jealousy.C.He assumes that an element of uncertainty always appeals to people.D.He feels that he can not surmise the thoughts of a semi-barbaric princesswho lived in the distant past.2.It is implied in the story that the trial of the young courtier was ______.A. romanticB. despoticC. superfluousD. conspicuous3. The princess attended the trial__________.A. owing to the resemblance she bore to her father in natureB. owing to the unusual position the thought she was inC. as she was impulsively driven by despairD. as she was instinctively driven by jealousy4. The princess bought the secret of the doors entirely_________.A. out of her concern about the fate of her loverB. out of fanatic love the possessed for her loverC. out of her wealth and persistence as a womanD. out of her great interest in the uncertain occasion5. The princess and the courtier could communicate without language_______.A.because they were mad in love with each otherB. because they were well attracted by each otherC. because they knew each other very wellD. because they fell in love at the first sight6. The author made brief the love story between the princess and the courtier because_________.A. it was a quite stereotyped love storyB. it was already familiar to the readersC. the author wanted to save some spaceD. the author meant to produce uncertainty7. What made the trial of the young courtier a special occasion?A. The uncertainty.B. The first of its kind.C. The attendance by the king.D. The curiosity of the masses.8. The story reaches its climax in paragraph_________.A. 9B. 8C. 11D. 109. The expression “an aesthetic pleasure ”in paragraph 2 tells that ______.A. the king took the pleasure as if in watching a performance of danceB. the king could hardly tear himself away from the legal proceduresC. the king would keep giving remarks to the steps of trialD. the king would appreciate the working of the judge10. Elaborations of the combined fires and jealousy, and the mazes of passion are done in paragraph _________.A. 12 and 13B. 12, 13 and 14C. 12, 13, 14 and 15D. 13,14,15,and 16(2) Read the following passage carefully and then judge whether the statements are true or false by writing T or F. Straight—A Illiteracy1.Despite all the current fuss and bother about the extraordinary number ofordinary illiterates who overpopulate our schools, small attention has heen given to another king of illiterate, an illiterate whose plight is .in many ways, more important, because he is more influential.This illiterate may, as often as not,be a university president, but he is typically a Ph.D., a successful professor and textbook author. The person to whom I refer is the straight-A illiterate, and the following is written in an attempt to give him equal time with his widely publicized counterpart.2.The scene is my office, and I am at work, doing what must be done if one is toassist in the cure of a disease that ,over the years, I have come to call straight-A illiteracy. I am interrogating, I am cross-examining, I am prying and probing for the meaning of a student’s paper.The student is a college senior with a straight-A average, an extremely bright, highly articulate student who has just been awarded a coveted fellowship to one of the nation’s outstanding graduate schools. He and I have been at this, have been going over his paper sentence by sentence, word by word , for an hour.”The choice of exogenous variables in relation to multi-colinearity,”I hear myself reading from his paper , “is contingent upon the derivations of certain multiple correlation coefficients.”I pause to catch my breath. “Now that statement, I address the student ---whom I shall call,allegorically, Mr. Bright—“that statement, Mr.Bright, what on earth does is mean?”Mr.Bright, his brow furrowed, tries mightily.Finally,with both of us combining our linguistic and imaginative resources, finally ,after what seems another hour, we decode it . We decide exactly what it is that Mr.Bright is trying hi say, what he really wants to say,”which is :”Supply determines demand.”3.Over the past decade or so ,I have known many students like him, many collegeseniors suffering from Bright’s disease.it attacks the best minds, and gradually destroys the critical faculties, making it impossible for the sufferer to detect gibberish in his own writing or in that of others.During the years of higher education it grows worse, reaching its terminal stage, typically, when its victim receives his Ph.D.Obviously, the victim of Bright’s desease is no ordinary illiterate.He would mever turn in a paper with misspellings or errors in punctuation;he would never sue a double negative or the word “irregardless.”Nevertheless, he is illiterate, in the worst way:he isincapable of saying, in writing, simply and clearly, what he means. The ordinary illiterate---perhaps providentially protected from college and graduate school---might say:”Them people down at the shop better stock up on what our customers need, or we ain’t gonna be in business long.”Not our man.Taking his cue from years of higher education,years of reading the textbooks and professional journals that are the major sources of his affliction, he writes:”the focus of concentration must rest upon objectives centered around the knowledge of customer areas so that a sophisticated awareness of those areas can serve as an entrepreneurial filter to screen what is relevant from what is irrelevant to future commitments.”For writing such gibberish he is awarded straight As on his papers (both samples quoted above were taken from papers that received As),and the opportunity to move, inexorably,toward his fellowship and eventual Ph.D.4.As I have suggested the major cause of such illiteracy is the stuff---thetextbooks and professional journals---the straight –A illiterate is forced to read during his years of higher education. He learns to write gibberish by reading it , and by being taught to admire it as profundity.If he is majoring in sociology, he must grapple with such journals as the American Sociological Review,journals bulging with barbarous jargon, such as “ego-integrative action orientation”and “orientation toward improvement of the gratificational deprivation balance of the actor”(the latter of which monstrous phrases represents , to quote Malcolm Cowley, the sociologist’s way of saying “the peasure principle”).In such journals, Mr.Cowley reminds, two things are never described as being “alike.”They are “homologous”or “isomorphic. Nor are things simply “different.”They are “allotropic.”In such journals writers never “divide anything.”They “dichotomize”or “bifurcate”things.1.According to the author, it has already become a grave social concern that ofall those at university many are not able to read or write properly.2.The author argues that a straight-A illiterate is an intelligent college studentwho can write without grammatical errors, but without a fair degree of intelligibility either.3.The sort of writing the straight-A illiterates produce is hardly intelligibleto other, but crystally comprehensible to themselves.4.The university professors to straight-A illiteracy are as virus to adisease,according to the author.5.University authorities regard straight-A illiteracy as a key qualification forPh.D.degrees and fellowships.6.Straight-A illiteracy affects fewer people than ordinary illiteracy.7.The author argues that ordinary illiteracy is not as harmful as straight-Ailliteracy.8.The author has failed to find out the cause of straight-A illiteracy.9.Mr.Bright is a symbol of straight-A illiteracy grammatically.10.Highly professional jargons are used in the last paragraph to highlight the unintelligence of the straight-A illiterates.Ⅱ.Multiple Choice (10%)Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.1.I had to pay _______________on a carpet I brought through the Customs today.a. taxesb. ratesc. costsd. duty2. The trees round the house _________ it of light.a. robbedb. strippedc. deprivedd. gotten3. The fastest runner took the _______ just ten meters before the finishing line .a. headb. leadc. advanced. place4. Bright colors don’t _________ her pale skin.a. agreeb. matchc. suitd.fit5. The cloth _________ when I washed it .a. shrankb. shortenedc. contractedd. condensed6. The doctors have developed a new _________ in heart surgery.a. skillb. technologyc. techniqued.craft7. The policemen went into action ________ they heard the alarm.a. presentlyb. promptlyc. directlyd. quickly8. The United Sates has greatly ________ its influence into the world affairs.a. spreadb. scatteredc. distributedd. extended9. Many people stood outside the church during the funeral all to pay their last ________ to the late president.a. attentionb. regardsc. respectsd. visit10. The most familiar _________ signs of aging may be seen in old age,such as the greying of the hair and the wrinkling of the skin.a. exteriorb. outsidec. externald. outwardⅢ. Cloze(10%)Complete each of the words with initial letters given in the brackets on the Answer sheet by referring to the missing parts of the following passage with corresponding number.It may be true that work on the assembly line dulls the faculties and empties the mind, the cure only being (1)f______ hours of work at higher pay. But (2)d______ fifty years as a workingman, I have found dull routine (3) c_____ with an active mind. I can still savor the joy I used to (4)d_______ from the fact that (5)w_____ doing dull, repetitive work on the waterfront, I could talk with my partners and (6)c________ sentences in the back of my mind. All at the same time. Life seemed glorious. (7)C____ are that had my work (8)b________ of absorbing interest I could not have done any thinking and composing (9)0_______ the company’s time or even on my own time after (10) r_______ from work.Ⅳ. Proofreading (10%)The following passage on the ANSWER SHEET contains several errors, each line with a maximum of one error. And ATTENTION, some lines might be free from error. In each case only one word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct the errors in the following way:For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blankprovided at the end of the line.For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “∧” sign and writethe word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the endof the line.For an unnecessary word, cross out the unnecessary word with a slash “\” and put the wordin the blank provided at the end of the line.For a correct line, place a tick “√” in the blank provided at the end of the line .Ⅴ. Rewrite the following (10%)For each of the sentences below, write a new sentences as close in meaning as possible to theoriginal sentence by using the given words as the beginning..1.Manuscripts, those vital records of an author’s creative process, are an endangered species. Like an endangered species, manuscripts as vital records of an author’s creative process are being threatened and ______________2.Edna St. Vincent Millay may be have burned the candle at both ends and wondered at itslovely light , but her first drafts are treasures for future generations.It is probable that Edna St.. Vincent Millay had worked ___________3.Almost a century later his manuscripts in the National Library in Dublin still glow with thepower of his passion.By reading his manuscripts almost a century later, in the National Library in Dublin, people can still _____________.4.How appropriate, even ironic, it might have been had his various drafts gone the way of theburning books that he deplores and disappeared into a memory bank.Like the disappearance of the burning books that he deplores, his various drafts may _______ 5.Manuscripts are our gift to our heritage, and we have no right to deprive future generations oflearning how we think and feel, simply because we find word processing more convenient.The convenience of word processing should not be a reason ____________6.These men were bringing the Civil War to its virtual finish.Due to these men’s act, the Civil War ___________7.The little room where they wrote out the terms was the scene of one of the poignant, dramaticcontrasts in American history.One of the poignat, dramatic contrasts in American history_______8.In such a land Lee stood for the feeling that it was somehow of advantage to human society tohave a pronounced inequality in the social structure.A pronounced inequality in the social structure was __________9. No part of either man’s life became him more than the part he played in this brief meeting inthe McLean house at Appomattox.Nothing in the life of either of the two men could show_____________10.Their behavior there put all succeeding generations of Americans in their debt.All succeeding generations of Americans owe ______________Ⅵ. Translate the following underlined parts into English (40%)1) 1. 斋戒是对胃⼝的威严表⽰⾼度尊重的⾏为。
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全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试高级英语试题课程代码：00600Ⅰ. 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, 0.5point each)● Rumors 1 quickly that I was a FBI agent. I was 2 because I was not 3___ to return. Some people said I was either a federal agent or a 4 , for no 5 man, they said, returns to Watts by 6 .● Television 7 on advertising to an even greater 8 than newspapers, and since advertising is big business, advertising is by 9 Republican. Yet nowhere in network newscasts in network commentaries on current events have I 10 the intense partisanship, the often rabid 11 that colors the editorial 12 of the majority of newspapers in this country.● The chances had 13 to one in eight when the 14 clerk drew the second slip. He 15 his throat and 16 his pince-nez as though he had to make sure he was not 17 . ―Ah, Monsieur Voisin,‖ he said with a 18 undecided smile, ―May I join you?‖● Some people believe that the time of death is 19 by God and that no man should ___20 the clock back on another.21 if a patient’s philosophical views embrace __ 22 , it is not clear why the religious 23 of others should intrude 24___ his death.Ⅱ. There are 15 sentences 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, 1point each)25. From the start of that campaign, I faced ________ hostility because of my sex.26. A beautiful woman came along and ________ her bunch of violets, and a little boy ran after to hand them to her, and she took them and threw them away as if they’d been poisoned.27. Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to ________ them with the shades of deeper meaning.28. If it be true that our thoughts and mental images are perfectly ________ things, like our books and pictures, to the inhabitants of the next world, then I am making for myself a better reputation there than I am in this place.29. Although I had to search, and did search, for the right words, I seemed to be making this descriptive effort almost against my will, under a kind of ________ from outside.30. ________ a man does not have to work so hard as to impair his vigor he is likely to find more zest in his free time than an idle man could possibly find.31. And so we are suddenly ________ a sickening situation in this country.32. With three job ________ from three of the most prestigious firms in the country, he did not need this interview, this firm.33. Disease-snobbery is only one out of a great multitude of ________, of which now some, now others take pride of place in general esteem.34. I once befriended two little girls from Esthonia, who had narrowly escaped death from ________ in a famine.35. There’s bound to be trouble ________ me every day of my life, because trouble it’s always been and always will be.36. It has been assumed that the youth of America has been in the ________ of the discovery of both the disease and the cure.37. Somehow we just don’t see how it is with other folks until —something ________.38. The figures are photocopied and distributed throughout the company to all the people and departments whose work is ________ selling.39. Her hands and her neck began to sweat. But she knew that no emotion was ________.我要自考网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 each)40. As the living standard improves, the (A. span, B. length) of life is getting longer and longer.41. The poor emperor was forced by the usurper to (A. abandon, B. abdicate).42. I find it difficult to operate this computer. Can you (A. demonstrate, B. exemplify) it for me?43. The formal declaration of the news went four (A. documents, B. drafts) before it was submitted to the conference.44. I had a fantastic (A. stretch, B. stroke) of luck last weekend. I picked up a genuine Stradivarius violin for only $20.45. In the A-series football match, AC-Milan (A. beat, B. defended) all the other teams and became the champion as expected.46. The accountant (A. specializes, B. scrutinizes) the figures very carefully before commenting on them.47. On hearing that her best friend bought a fur coat, Susan felt (A. tempted, B. coaxed) to buy one, too.48. When the rescue party found the wounded young man, he was (A. keeping, B. clinging) on to the side of the broken boat.49. He (A. resigned, B. relinquished) all control over the company business to his son.50. The witness refused to (A. disclose, B. enclose) the identity of the man who supplied the information.51. Usually my brother is rather (A. reserved, B. conservative), but if you pick up a topic he is interested in, he will talk freely about it.52. The common (A. custom, B. practice) in English law is to consider someone innocent unless he is proved guilty.53. He was a highly (A. conscientious, B. conscious) teacher who took his duties seriously but he seemed to have neither the personality nor the ability to achieve further success.54. This group of young men felt a great sense of (A. inspiration, B. achievement) when they finally reached the top of the mountain.Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding four items: Ⅳ, Ⅴ, Ⅵ and Ⅶ.Our Greedy Colleges1) Many of our colleges are at it again. As they have done annually for the past six years, they have begun to unveil tuition increases that far outstrip the inflation rate. Next year, tuition is expected to rise 6 percent to 8 percent – even though inflation during 1986 was about 1.8 percent. Yale’s president, Benno C. Schmidt Jr., attributes his university’s tuition hike in part t o ―continuing cutbacks of governmental support for student aid. ‖ This assertion flies in the face of th e facts. Since 1982, money available through Federal student aid programs has increased every single year. Overall, Federal outlays for student aid are up 57 percent since 1980. Since 1980, inflation has been just 26 percent. That is why the former chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Pete V. Domenici, Republican of New Mexico, recently dismissed the claim of huge cuts in student aid programs asa ―myth.‖2) If anything, increases in financial aid in recent years have enabled colleges and universities blithely to raise their tuitions, confident that Federal loan subsidies would help cushion the increase. In 1978, subsidies became available to a greatly expanded number of students. In 1980, college tuitions began rising year after year at a rate that exceeded inflation. Federal student aid policies do not cause college price inflation, but there is little doubt that they help make it possible.3) At the same time that higher education has been cutting a bigger piece of the Federal pie, it has also received huge infusions of cash from state governments, from corporations, from foundations and from loyal alumni. The total increase in higher education spending from all these non-Federal sources is staggering. Spending for higher education now consumes about 40 percent of all money spent in America for education.4) It is by no means clear that the performance of many of our colleges and universities justifies this level of expenditure. As I said on the occasion of Harvard’s 350th anniversary, too many stude nts fail to receive the education they deserve at our nation’s universities. The real problem is not lack of money but failure of vision.5) Unfortunately, when it comes to higher education, this distinction is frequently lost Stanford University’s vague justification for increased charges –―new knowledge is inherently more expensive‖ –only underscores the lack of focus and purpose at some of our nation’s most prestigious universities.6) Higher education is not underfunded. It is under-accountable and underproductive. Our students deserve better than this. They deserve an education commensurate with the large sums paid by parents and taxpayers and donors.我要自考网7) That our universities are places where students can receive a good education, or at least learn a lot, I have no doubt. But too often our universities leave education to chance – a good professor here and a great course there. There is too little real and sustained attention to education in the broader sense, to making sure that when our students leave after four years they leave as educated men and women.8) It is also false to assert, as some have, that the Reagan Administration’s student aid policies deprive disadvantaged stud ents of the opportunity to attend college. In fact, the Administration has consistently sought to redirect aid to the neediest students.9) Under the Administration’s fiscal 1988 budget proposal, all students presently receiving aid would continue to be eligible for the same dollar amount of aid. One in six of all college students would still be eligible to receive Federal grants. Those less needy would still have access to aid in the form of loans.10) One particular Administration proposal, Income Contingent Loans, represents the most serious attempt to improve student aid in 15 years. The loans would permit repayment schedules to be tailored to a student’s income. A graduate’s payments would never have to exceed 15 percent of his adjusted gross income, and he could have as long as necessary to repay.11) An advantage of t he Administration’s proposals is that they would help make colleges and universities accountable to the prime beneficiaries of their services – the students.12) Because students would pay a market-based interest rate, they would bear the true cost of borrowing the additional capital needed to finance tuition increases. Instead of insulating colleges and universities form such market forces, the Administration’s policies would make colleges and universities more readily accountable to them.13) Higher education clearly provides benefits to society in general. Recognizing this, the American people have generously provided the tax dollars, grants and highly subsidized loans necessary to support higher education. But the chief beneficiaries of a college education are the students. On average, college graduates earn $640,000 more over their lifetimes than nongraduates do. It is simply not fair to ask taxpayers, many of whom do not go to college, to pay more than their fair share of the tuition burden.Ⅳ. There are 10 incomplete statements, followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. (10 points, 1 point each)55. The author intends to _________.A. compare the inflation rate and tuition increasesB. criticize the federal government in cutting the financial aid in educationC. defend the federal government and accuse colleges of unnecessary and excessive tuition increasesD. criticize the low quality of higher education in the United States56. The author thinks that the colleges and universities can raise the tuition because they believe that _________.A. there are Federal loan subsidiesB. every student can get Federal loan subsidies easilyC. governmental support for student aid becomes lessD. higher quality education needs more money57. According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements is true?A. Higher education gets all its financial support from the federal government.B. Higher education gets all its financial support from nonfederal sources.C. Higher education gets its financial support from various sources.D. Higher education gets most of its financial support from student tuition.58. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Colleges and universitie s in America can’t provide justifiable education.B. Colleges and universities can get enough financial support.C. Students should learn a lot more at colleges and universities.D. Students don’t learn what they deserve at colleges and universities.59. According to the author, the government has consistently ________.A. helped the disadvantaged studentsB. tried to re-distribute the financial aid to the students who need it mostC. offered financial aid to most students who need itD. spent enough money for the students who need it most我要自考网60. From this article, we know that a graduate _________.A. is allowed enough time to repay the borrowed moneyB. has to take more than 15 percent of his gross income to repay the loanC. doesn’t have to pay an interestD. can put off the repayment as long as he/she likes61. In Paragraph 11, which of the following is the best to substitute for ―accountable to‖?A.devoted toB.responsible forC.suitable forD.desirable62. American people support higher education because _________.A.they can reduce the burden of colleges and universitiesB.they want to improve itC.the students can get benefits from itD.they can get benefits from it63. What is implied by the author?A.It is not fair to ask those who do not go to college to pay more than they should for higher education.B.College graduates earn more than nongraduates do.C. A person’s income is closely related to his or her education.D.Some nongraduates do not mind paying for higher education.64. The tone of this article is ________.rmativeB.ironicC.persuasiveD.narrativeⅤ. There is one underlined part in each of the following sentences, followed by four choices A, B, C and D.Choose the one that is the closest in meaning to the underlined part. (10 points, 2 points each)65. …they have begun to unveil tuition increases that far outstrip the inflation rate.A.that surpassB.that are much more thanC.that can compete withD.that are beyond66. This assertion flies in the face of the facts.A.agrees with the factsB.fails to face the factsC.finds its base in the factsD.is contrary to the facts67. They deserve an education commensurate with the large sums paid by parents and taxpayers and donors.A.an education which concentrates onB.an appropriate education designed according toC.an education in right proportion toD. a frist class education because of68. … that the Reagan Administration’s student aid policies deprive disadvantaged students of the opportunity to attend college.A.make it impossible for disadvantaged students to get college educationB.deny that disadvantaged students should have a chance to go to collegeC.offer unequal opportunities for disadvantaged students to gain college educationD.offer more opportunities for the advantaged students to attend college69. The loans would permit repayment schedules to be tailored to a student’s income.A.to be made in consideration of a student’s incomeB.to be changed by a student’s incomeC.to be adaptable to a student’s incomeD.to match a student’s incomeⅥ. Translate the following sentences into Chinese and write your translation on your answer sheet. (10 points,2 points each)我要自考网70.Federal student aid policies do not cause college price inflation, but there is little doubt that they help make it possible.71. Spending for higher education now consumes about 40 percent of all money spent in America for education.72. Stanford University’s vaguer justification for increased charges –―new knowledge is inherently more expensive‖- only underscores the lack of focus and purpose at some of our nation’s most prestigious universities.73. But too often our universities leave education to chance – a good professor here and a great course there.74. Under the Administration’s fiscal 1988 budget proposal, all students presently receiving aid would continue to be eligibl e for the same dollar amount of aid.Ⅶ. Answer the following essay question in English within 80-100 words. Write your answer on your answer sheet. (10 points)Do you agree with the author that the American colleges are greedy and unaccountable? Why or Why not?Ⅷ. Translate the following into English and write your translation on your answer sheet. (18 points, 2 points each from 75 to 79, 8 points for 80)75．前事不忘，后事之师。