2012年1月自考英语一试题

2012年1月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试 英语(一) 试卷 (课程代码0363) PART ONE (50 POINTS) 1．Vocabulary and Structure(10 points，l point each) 从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。 1．Every month he sets_____a sum of money for old age． A．apart B．aside C．in D．up 2．We finally_____an agreement after a lot of hard bargaining． A．arrived B．decided C．observed D．reached 3．The factory has increased its_____by l2 percent this year． A．product B．output C．goods D．quantity 4．Charlie had his height and weight_____his favor in the boxing match． A．to B．for C．in D．as 5．If you don’t know how to spell a word，look it_____in the dictionary． A．after B．for C．out D.up 6．Jane doesn’t eat fish．_____． A．So doesn’t John B．John doesn’t，too C．Neither does John D．Nor doesn’t John 7．_____from your hometown to New York! A．How long there is B. What distance is there C．How long is it D．What a long way it is 8．She_____be American because she’s got a British passport． A．can’t B．mustn’t C．needn’t D．isn’t able to 9．Doctors recommend that fathers present at their baby’s birth． A．be B．ought to be C．might be D．have been 10．I'm sorry to_____you while you’re working，but I've got a question to ask you． · A．distress B．bother C．disrupt D．interfere Ⅱ．Cloze Test(10 points，1 point each) 下面的短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。 What do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation? In one sense，there are as many different kinds of English__11__there are speakers of it．No two speakers speak in exactly the same__12__. We hear different forms of English，and the pronunciation of English__13__a great deal in different geographical areas．How do we decide what sort of English to use as a model? This is not a question that can be__14__in the same way for all foreign learners of English. ___15__you live in a part of the world like India or West Africa，where there is a long___16__0f speaking English for general communication purposes，you may___17__a good variety of the pronunciation of this area．It would be a(n) ___18___in these circumstances to use BBC English as a model．However，if you live in a country___19__there is no tradition of using English，you should choose to learn some form of native English___20__．It does not matter very much which form you choose．The most effective way is to take as your model the sort of English you can hear most often． 11．A．than B．as C．before D．when 12．A．type B．form C．sort D．way 13．A．alters B．varies C．shifts D．distinguishes 14．A．given B．responded C．satisfied D．answered 15．A．Because B．Where C．If D．Whether 16．A．history B．habit C．custom D．hobby 17．A．inquire B．enquire C．acquire D．require 18．A．fashion B．manlier C．situation D．occasion。 19．A．where B．that C．which D．wherever 20．A．communication B．grammar C．pronunciation D．vocabulary Ⅲ．Reading Comprehension(30 points，2 points each) 从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。 Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage www.daxue52.com. After a long journey from Quebec，Canada in l896，1 was finally in a small office in Kingston，Jamaica．Behind a long table piled with books and papers sat an old man，Mr．Campbell，my new employer and the owner of The Lantern. He stared at me so long，and with such an expression of amazemem，that I became uneasy and embarrassed．And then at last a single sentence came from his lips, “My God!” It seems that he had expected a woman of the then approved type of bluestocking(女知识分子)，and now a baby had been dropped into his lap! I sat alone with that old man who stared at me as if l were some person of a strange nature．After he had almost stared me down，he began to ask me questlons. “How old are you?” “Seventeen．I mean—I’m going on eighteen．”Eighteen was，in fact，eleven months off． ‘‘Have you ever worked before?’’ “I’ ve written things．’’ After a silent moment，during which he glared at me more angrily than ever, he demanded： “What have you written?” “Potetry, ” I said, and stopped because he said again in that lost voice，‘‘My God!” “What else?” “I had a story published in The Star,” I said. “I’ve got it here, if you’d like to see it.” He made a motion of definite disagreement． “I taught myself shorthand，’’I said，‘‘and I can take dictation as fast as you can talk．” “Not a bad idea.” And then he added，“What do you think you are going to do here?” “Write for your paper，”I said． “What?”he inquired curiously． “Why-anything-poetry-” He waved his hand in such a dismissing manner that I got up, though it was my poetry, not I, he wished to be rid of just then. I went neaner to him and said, “I know you don’t want me an I don’t want to stay. I am dory I came.” “What about the money I paid for you to came here?”he shouted. “I’m going to lose that?” 21．Mr．Campbell had expected_____． A．an experienced nurse B．all experienced joumalist C．a iournalist with a baby D．a young female secretary 22．The girl tried to impress the owner of the paper with_____． A．her experience B．her innocence C．a younger age D．an older age 23．Mr．Campbell showed some interest in the girl’s ability to_____． A．compose poems B．write stories C．take dictation D．travel alone 24．Based on the information provided in the passage，Mr．Campbell would probably _____． A．give the girl the position B．send the girl back to America C．ask the girl to show him her poems D．publish the girl’s poems and stones 25．On the whole，Mr．Campbell was_____． A．pleased with his new employee B．amazed by the girl’S literary talent C．dissatisfied with the girl’S experience D．angry with the rude manner of the girl Passage Two Questions 26 t030 are based on the following passage． A gesture which means one thing in one country may well mean something quite different to those living in another．The ring gesture，where you form an “O” by holding me tip of your forefinger to the tip of your thumb，means in Britain that you think something is good．Take a trip to France，and you may fail to impress your French host when you use it to tell him your opinion of his new car， for in France it means zero or worthless．Travel further south and you are in even greater trouble，for in Tunisia it means “I’ll kill you!” Similar problems occur on the other side of the Atlantic．Although in the US the ring gesture has the same meaning as in Britain，it is used as an insult in Latin America．Unfortunately former US President Richard Nixon was unaware of this．Landing on a visit to one South American country he came out of the aircraft with both hands held high showing the ring gesture．Having just been told to go to hell by their visitor，his hosts gave the puzzled Preside