全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试 综合英语〔二〕试题 课程代码：00795

全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试

综合英语(二)试题

课程代码：00795

Ⅰ.语法、词汇。用适当的词填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将正确选项的字母写在答题纸的相应位置上。(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 burnt

B. to have been burnt

C. to burn

D. burning

2. This is the first time I ______ on an English-speaking soil.

A. set my foot

B. have set foot

C. set my feet

D. have set feet

3. Hardly ______ any training in spoken English, he felt nervous when he was asked to interpret for the speaker.

A. having had

B. did he have

C. has he had

D. had he had

4. ______ in a traffic jam, the newspaper reporter got to the murder scene only an hour later.

A. To catch

B. Caught

C. Catching

D. Having caught

5. I like living in this city even if ______ else does.

A. anyone

B. somebody

C. someone

D. nobody

6. The job ______ by the time he comes back.

A. will have been done

B. will have done

C. is being done

D. has been done

7. The old man was often seen sitting in the small bar drinking more than ______.

A. is good for his health

B. his good health is

C. was good for his health

D. his good health was

8. I would say it is a point of style rather than ______ of grammar.

A. that

B. this

C. a one

D. one

9.“Y ou cannot answer this question?”

“______. I know very little about the subject.”

A. Yes

B. No

C. All right

D. Never

10. Jane walked out of the house without ______ a word to her mother.

A. as little as

B. so much as

C. less than

D. more than

11. Physics is the present-day equivalent of what used to be called natural philosophy, from ______ most of present-day

sciences arose.

A. that

B. what

C. all

D. which

12. ______ you decide to take up, you should do your best to make it a success.

A. Whatever

B. If only

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C. Whenever

D. Unless

13. She is not ______ a musician than her brother.

A. more as

B. more of

C. much as

D. much of

14. In Washington, D.C. Philips ______ important information about atomic fission from the Library of Congress.

A. exchanged

B. possessed

C. maintained

D. obtained

15. Her friends liked her ______ for not pretending what she is not.

A. all the way

B. all over

C. all the better

D. all the less

16. Three days of investigation threw no ______ on the mysterious death of the pop star.

A. indication

B. solution

C. clue

D. light

17. At parties John doesn't mind making a ______ of himself as long as it brings about joy and laughter.

A. fool

B. hero

C. coward

D. man

18. The university ______ great importance to the all-round development of the students.

A. adds

B. attaches

C. confers

D. assign

19. What I want to do ______ at the moment is to have a good night's sleep.

A. most

B. mostly

C. most all

D. at most

20. Lose an hour in the morning ______ you will be looking for it the rest of the day.

A. so that

B. now that

C. and

D. but

21. The man finally realized that his wife ______ her career than about her family.

A. more concerned about

B. cared more for

C. more concerned with

D. cared more about

22. Having ______ his disease, ALS, and found someone in Jane with whom he could share his life, Stephen Hawking

began to blossom.

A. come up with

B. come to terms with

C. come down to

D. come into contact with

23. Grandma never grew tired of hearing about college or anything I was ______ in.

A. contained

B. connected

C. involved

D. included

24. Always keep in ______ that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.

A. heart

B. hand

C. mouth

D. mind

25. If we all did the things we are ______ of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.

A. able

B. capable

C. skilled

D. competent

Ⅱ.完形填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择一个正确答案，并将正确选项的字母写在答题纸的相应位置上。(本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分)

Fill in each blank in the passage with the most likely answer. (15 points)

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