自考学位英语真题

Paper One

Part I Vocabulary and structure (20 points)

Direction: There are twenty incomplete sentences in this section. 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 in the Answer Sheet One with a single line through the center.

21．The editorial—now will appear in tomorrow’S newspaper·

A．writing B．to write C．being written D．write

2．Though he is_________worker，he works very hard．

A．a common B．an ordinary C．a usual D．a general

3．I’m looking after Tom today．He’S been at my house 8：00 this morning．A．since B．for C．at D．till

4．When he retired，his son_________ the business．

A．took over B．took off C．took in D．took up

5．Please call again．Jim a bath Just now·

A．had B．having C．is having D. has

6．On no condition with him．

A．we cannot agree B．would we agree C．can we agree D. we can agree 7．once environmental damage ，it takes many years for the system to recover·

A．has done B．it to do C．does D. is done

8．we are doing has never been done before.

A．That B. What C．Which D．Whether

9．They at least ten minutes ago．

A．are leave B．must have left C．were left D．1eave

10．There is more land in Australia than the government knows .

A．what to do with B．to do with it C．how to do D．to do it

11．While people may refer to television for Up—to—the—minute news，it is unlikely that television the newspaper completely．

A．replace B．Was replaced C．replaced D．will replace 12．Because the first pair of trousers did not fit properly，he asked for

A．another trousers B．others trousers C．the others ones D．another pair 13．In Britain today women 44％of the workforce，and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work．

A．build up B．make up C．stand for D．send up

14．This is the place I want to go to.

A．mostly B．the mostly C．most D．much

15．The hours the children spend in their one-way relationship with television people undoubtedly affect their relationship with real—life people.

A．that B．when C．in which D．on which

16．Whether he can pass the examination is thought to be for his going abroad．A．personal B．special C．conventional D．crucial

17．I do wish you could these sheets of paper together．

A．mend B．repair C．paste D．patch

18．In Britain，the Prince of Wales is to the throne．

A．advisor B．heir C．owner D．protector

19．She is now in of happiness with her family members．

A．closure B．pursuit C．credibility D．phenomenon

20．The government has decided to reduce a(n) on all imports．

A．exposure B．tariff C．fee D．service

Part III Reading Comprehension (40 points)

Direction: There are twenty incomplete sentences in this section. 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 in the Answer Sheet One with a single line through the center.

Passage 1

Ants are great athletes in proportion to their size．They can lilt a weight four hundred times their own weight．Theoretically a five-pound ant could easily lilt a ton．

The most skillful farmers in the insect world are the small，heavily armored parasol ants．They work at night and it is nothing for them to strip a large tree at a time，marching off with bits Of leaf held over them like parasols．

Surprisingly enough，these ants do not eat the vegetation they got．Rather they use it as raw material for their remarkable underground gardens，which they tend themselves．The shreds of the

leaves are literally chewed into a rich compost which is used to strengthen the garden where a thread-like fungus is cultivated．This species of fungus is their only source of food．

Included in the extraordinary parasol ant society are tiny garden workers，and slightly bigger workers who dig the interconnecting chambers of the hive．The parasol queen ant, more than one

hundred times me size of the garden workers，is waited upon hand and foot by hundreds of her citizens．

21．An ant is very strong in proportion to its weight．Ants call lift a weight .

A．300 times their own weight

B．600 times their own weight

C．five-pound more than their own weight

D．400 times their own weight

22．In a short time，they call strip a tree of all its leaves in order to make a

A．home for the queen ant

B．compost for their gardens

C．species of fungus

D．kind of food

23．When did the armored parasol ants work?

A．At daytime．

B．At night．

C．In the morning．

D．At noon．

24．What’S the usage of fungus?