2020年1月全国自学考试试题及答案解析基础英语试卷及答案解析

全国2018年1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. Steel is widely used in different branches of engineering because it has a number of good ______.

A. possessions

B. features

C. properties

D. shapes

2. We tried to ______ our conversation to arguments relevant to the topic.

A. confine

B. confirm

C. confuse

D. confess

3. The school committee naturally hope that their choice of a play will be ______ with the school

and parents.

A. content

B. fortunate

C. popular

D. pleasing

4. It is ______ that over one million Americans now live below the poverty line.

A. judged

B. estimated

C. calculated

D. considered

5. She ______ the lamp so that the light fell directly on her book.

A. adapted

B. adopted

C. adjusted

D. replaced

6. I have heard many different ______ of the same story.

A. impressions

B. imaginations

C. sayings

D. descriptions

7. Each country has to ______ foreign exchange to pay for the articles and commodities imported.

A. hope

B. buy

C. earn

D. receive

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8. He was determined to do good, not to any ______ person but to a country.

A. general

B. respective

C. individual

D. common

9. Some men have made great ______ by developing oil businesses.

A. fortunes

B. earnings

C. expenses

D. properties

10. She had to ______ her dress because she had lost weight.

A. transform

B. alter

C. shift

D. cut

11. Instead of working, Jack was ______ away his time.

A. wasting

B. wandering

C. throwing

D. idling

12. The money collected for the celebrations ______ to $ 210.

A. became

B. counted

C. amounted

D. totaled

13. His son is a ______ electrician; he can repair all kinds of electric appliances.

A. competent

B. efficient

C. intelligent

D. careful

14. The book contained a large ______ of information.

A. much

B. number

C. amount

D. sum

15. The trial flight ______ a distance of 865 feet and lasted 56 seconds.

A. made

B. ran

C. kept

D. covered

（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. The children all had a good time on ______ Children’s Day.

A. /

B. a

C. their

D. the

17. Your usual teacher has lost his voice and ______ I am taking his place today.

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