2014年四川省自学考试学位英语考试试题

2014学位英语考试

PartⅠ Vocabulary and Structure (25 points, 30 minutes)

Directions: There are 50 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

1．By 1929, Mickey Mouse was as popular __B_ children as Coca Cola.

A) for B) with C) to D) in

2．When you buy anything expensive, never forget to ask for the __A__ from the shop.

A) receipt B) trust C) render D) tale

3．The financial support is decided not only according to your GRE score, but also according to your __C__ in college.

A) intelligence B) policy C) performance D) statement

4．Professor Smith is also the __D__ of the international program office. If you have any problem when you study here, you may go to him for help.

A) detective B) president C) manager D) director

5．We do not have a __A__ school in our institute. The highest degree we provide for the students is a B. A. and a B. S. .

A) graduate B) high C) grade D) continue

6．Paper clips, drawing pins and safety-pins were ___D_ all over the floor.

A) separated B) sprayed C) spilled D) scattered

7．I am writing _B___ my mother to express her thanks for your gift.

A) in memory of B) on behalf of

C) with respect to D) on account of

8．In considering men for jobs in our firm, we give __C__ to those with some experience.

A) privilege B) advice C) prize D) preference

9．She is __D__ a musician than her brother.

A) much of B) much as C) more of D) more as

10．The assignments are too hard. I can't ___A_ the work.

A) keep up with B) catch up with

C) come up with D) put up with

11．Robert Spring, a 19th century forger, was so good at his profession that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling ___C_ signatures of famous Americans.

A) Artificial B) genuine C) false D) natural

12．In 1890 there were many American cities and towns where part of a day's school instruction was conducted in language __B__ English.

A) more than B) other than C) except that D) except for

13．The problem will be discussed at length in the ___D_ Chapter.

A) consequent B) latter C) late D) subsequent

14．They are members of the club by ___A_ of their great wealth.

A) virtue B) way C) means D) word

15．The value of the industrial __C__ dropped from about 70 billion dollars to slightly more than 31 billion.

A) outcome B) outlook C) output D) outset

16．Scientists believe that color blindness is a(n) _B_ defect, and there is no cure for it.

A) retained B) inherited C) received D) infected

17．She was glad that her success would __D_ for the women who would follow.

A) be easier to make B) make it easier

C) be easier D) make things easier

18．Fred says that his present job does not provide him with enough A___ for his organizing ability.

A) scope B) space C) capacity D) extent

19．San Francisco is usually cool in the summer, but Los Angeles _D__.

A) is rarely B) hardly is C) rarely is D) is scarcelly

20．You've been overworking recently, and would find a holiday