2020年10月全国自考基础英语试题及答案解析

全国2018年10月高等教育自学考试

基础英语试题

课程代码：00088

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一、词汇应用和语法结构（本大题共30小题，每小题1分，共30分）

（一）词汇应用（15分）

选择最佳答案完成句子，错选、多选或未选均无分。

1. Everyone must ________ for what he eats and drinks.

A. give

B. own

C. pay

D. get

2. In order to make greater ________, you have to lower the cost of production.

A. money

B. benefits

C. profits

D. prices

3. Stress can cause car accidents and heart attacks and may even ________ people to suicide.

A. let

B. make

C. drive

D. get

4. The Universal Product Code is ________ to add speed and efficiency to stores by using computers.

A. designed

B. drawn

C. pictured

D. planned

5. Different people have different ________ about how taxation should be arranged.

A. ways

B. means

C. ideas

D. methods

6. When you are introduced to new people, you should try to ________ friendly and self.confident.

A. stare

B. appear

C. see

D. gaze

7. Steel is ________ to iron in strength, hardness, and elasticity.

A. stronger

B. harder

C. superior

D. better

8. In the old days women’s activities were ________ to the household.

A. restricted

B. confined

C. limited

D. restrained

9. Nations have tariffs to ________ their own merchants and manufacturers from foreign competition.

A. prevent

B. shelter

C. ensure

D. protect

10. The shoes you want are not ________ in this shop.

A. approachable

B. available

C. attainable

D. applicable

11. The little town ________ a lot from its tourism.

A. contributes

B. benefits

C. supports

D. gains

12. The customer ________ whether the articles exhibited in the shop were for sale.

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A. inquired

B. required

C. acquired

D. informed

13. The rent is reasonable; ________, the location is perfect.

A. moreover

B. otherwise

C. however

D. therefore

14. He decided to ________ $ 200 in the bank each month.

A. develop

B. benefit

C. expand

D. deposit

15. He took up painting in his________ time.

A. empty

B. blank

C. free

D. spare

（二）语法结构（15分）

选择最佳答案完成句子，错选、多选或未选均无分。

16. It is cheaper to throw them away than ________.

A. repair them

B. reparing them

C. to repair them

D. repairs them

17. I am not going to buy it because I don’t have ________ money on me.

A. any

B. some

C. no

D. a little

18. When he came in, his mother ________ television.

A. watched

B. was watching

C. had watched

D. watches

19. Computers are so wonderful ________ they are known as thinking machines.

A. as

B. that

C. which

D. for which

20. The doctor told me to take the pill ________.

A. every four hour

B. four every hour

C. every four hours

D. four every hours

21. It’s ________ my power to make a final decision on this important matter.

A. off

B. beyond

C. above

D. outside

22. A cut in your prices is exactly ________ our customers wish that you should do.

A. as

B. that

C. which

D. what

23. We shall cancel the contract ________ you fail to open the L/C before the end of this month.

A. unless

B. since

C. if

D. although

24. A policeman approached Timmy and told him that he ________ along the sidewalk.

A. ought to go

B. should go

C. had gone

D. ought to have gone

25. I knew ________ men.

A. many distinguished American literary

B. American many distinguished literary

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