全国2009年10月高等教育自学考试高级英语试题

全国2009年10月高等教育自学考试高级英语试题
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I. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. One word or expression for each blank only. (12 points, 0.5 point for each)
So at least the historical evidence seems to suggest. When I was graduating from college, my
1 also found the world in a mess. The economic machinery had 2 down almost everywhere: In this country 3 a quarter of the population was out of work. A major war seemed all too 4 . As a college newspaper editor at that time, I protested 5 this just as vehemently as student 6 are protesting today.
But today she passed the baker’s by, climbed the 7 , went into the little dark room—her room like a cupboard—and sat down on the red eiderdown. She sat 8 for a long time. The box 9 the fur came out of was 10 the bed. She unclasped the necklet quickly; quickly, 11 looking, laid it inside. But when she put the 12 on she thought she heard something crying.
The Watts-as-a-way-station mentality has a firm hold on 13 those who remain and those who leave. Such as 14 is, the ghetto is regarded as 15 place to make a career for those who have a future. Without 16 , the prime American values underscore the 17 . Negroes, inside it or out, and whites too, behave toward the 18 like travelers.
I know that American technical genius, and 19 of all the moon landing, seems to give the 20 to too summary a condemnation of the 21 system, but there is more to education 22 the segmental equipping of the mind. There is that transmission of the value of the 23 as a force still miraculously fertile and moving—mostly 24 from American education at all levels.

II. In this section, there are fifteen sentences taken from the textbooks with a blank in each, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. One word or expression for each blank only. (15 points, 1 point for each)
25. Like all artists, these rock musicians _____ feelings and beliefs that help us see and form our own.
26. If you don’t do what the doctor says you’ll have to go to the hospital, the mother admonished her _____.
27. I hope that the example of my _____ will convince other women to get into politics—and not just to stuff envelopes, but to run for office.
28. There was a little path beside the rocky road, and Mrs. Flowers walked _____ swinging her arms and picking her way over the stones.
29. It has become _____ to think that, like fast food, fast ideas are the way to get to a fast-moving, impatient public.
30. All skilled work can be pleasurable, provided the skill _____ is either variable or capable of indefinite improvement.
31. She frowned, conscientiously worrying over what _____ he might secretly be longing for which she had been too busy or too careless to imagine.
32. When salesmen are doing well, there is pressure upon them to begin _____ better, for fear they may start doing worse.
33. Television also provides a wide _____ of opinion by setting up four or five experts and letting them knock each other down.
34. I guess before we’re _____ she may have something more serious than preserves to worry about.
35. She brought a cigarette out of her apron pocket and tucked it deep into one _____ of her mouth, the way she did when something pleased her.
36. Except for some exclusive clubs in London, there were _____ occasions where racial lines were drawn.
37. Undoubtedly the desire for food has been, and still is, one of the main causes of great _____ events.
38. At the same time, of course, the producer must do his bit by producing nothing but the most perishable _____.
39. The northern wind blows viciously today, and there’s no _____ heating to turn on, but it will be pleasant when the wind drops.

III. Each of the following sentences is given two choices of words or expressions. Choose the
right one to complete the sentence and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (15 points, 1 point for each)
40. His _____ and unwillingness to learn from others prevent him from being an effective member of the team.
A. arrogance
B. advantage
41. We must try to creat

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