2014年4月00600高级英语真题及答案

2014年4月高等教育自学考试

高级英语试题

课程代码：00600

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本试卷共8页，满分100分；考试时间150分钟，全部题目用英文作答（英译汉题目外），并将答案写在答题纸的相应位置上，否则不计分。

I. Each of the following sentences is given four choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (15 points, 1 point for each)

1. With his last ______ , he murmured the name of the person who murdered him.

A. gasp

B. choke

C. exhale

D. respiration

2. The teenager’s ______ of the pop star worried her parents.

A. applause

B. compliment

C. adulation

D. recommendation

3. The adventurous mission ______ his spirits.

A. exalted

B. inspired

C. gladdened

D. exhilarated

4. The girl made one last ______ to her father for permission to go to the party.

A. appeal

B. pray

C. suggestion

D. attraction

5. Working with one’s head causes a sensation of hunger quite as much as ______ work.

A. futile

B. muscular

C. diligent

D. aggressive

6. He asked how committed the leadership was to ______ its people from poverty.

A. delivering

B. liberating

C. dismissing

D. compelling

7. The judge told him to ______ from threatening his wife.

A. desist

B. persist

C. denounce

D. persevere

8. The conservation group was ______ in its opposition to the new airport.

A. rough

B. troublesome

C. tenacious

D. uninterrupted

9. The terrorists entered the building ______ as medical workers.

A. disguising

B. distorting

C. disordering

D. distinguishing

10. It seemed impossible that these ______ boats could survive in such a storm.

A. frail

B. fragile

C. wailful

D. delicate

11. His arrival ______ new life and energy into the team.

A. drenched

B. animated

C. infused

D. saturated

12. The government is ready to ______ houses to the homeless in that area.

A. locate

B. allot

C. donate

D. divide

13. He asked me to look at both sides of a case before making a(n) ______ decision.

A. brutal

B. rational

C. absurd

D. courteous

14. She ______ the mark on the wall for ages, but it wouldn’t come off.

A. scrubbed

B. brushed

C. swept

D. removed

15. Some fresh fruits are highly ______ and should be kept in cool places.

A. perishable

B. eligible

C. permissible

D. affordable

Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding three items II, IV, V.

(1) A rift is growing between government and higher education, with debates over funding, missions and accountability.

(2) In that context, it is all the more worth watching Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, who assumes the presidency of Purdue University on January 14. Other governors have become college presidents. Some, like Tom Kean, have been very successful. However, Daniels—who brings to the job an unusual blend of leadership experiences in government at the state and national level, public policy, business, and now academe—is coming to office at a time of unusual tension.

(3) Governors increasingly characterize the rising costs of higher education and its limited access as unsustainable. Many find it imperative that universities increase their productivity, affordability, access, graduation rates, and accountability. In