006001210全国高等教育自学考试 高级英语试题
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2012年10月高等教育自学考试《高级英语》试题
课程代码：00600
I. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or
expressions marked A to Y. 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. (25
points, 1 point for each)
When I was graduating from college, my generation also found the world in a 1 . The economic
machinery had broken 2 almost everywhere: In this country nearly a quarter of the 3 was
out of work. A major war seemed all 4 likely. As a college newspaper editor at that time, I
protested against this 5 as vehemently as student activists are protesting today.
I wonder if this blandness of our diet doesn't explain 6 so many of us are overweight and even
dangerously so. When things had flavor, we knew what we were eating all the 7 and it satisfied us.
A 8 of my mother-in-law's wild strawberry jam will entirely satisfy your jam desire. But, of the
9 tinned or glass-packed strawberry jam, you need half a cupful to get the 10 of what you're
eating.
Literacy may not be an inalienable human right, but it is 11 that the highly literate Founding
Fathers might not have found unreasonable or even 12 We are not only not attaining it 13 a
nation, statistically speaking, but we are falling further and further 14 of attaining it. And, while I
would not be so simplistic as to suggest that television is the cause, I believe it 15 and is an
influence.
To share a bedroom with one of these fellows is to lose one's 16 in human nature, for, even after
the 17 eventful day, there is no comparing notes with them, no midnight confidence, no casting
18 the balance of the day's pleasure and pain. They sink, 19 once, into stupid, heavy slumber,
leaving you to your own 20 devices. And they all snore abominably!
Downtown, she 21 her car in a garage. Everything was getting ready for this moment. She did not
carry the flowers in her 22 but she carried them in her heart. Now she was going to find out 23
it was death or life. Either 24 could tolerate. It did not 25 to her that the newsreel might not be there.
A. why B. unattainable C. down D. most E. faith
F. while Gat H. occur I. idea J. just
K. whether L. teaspoonful M. mess N. contributes O. she
P. too Q. parked R. average S. Car T. as
U. short V. up W. one X. mental
Y. population
1.M 2.C 3.Y 4.P 5.J 6.A 7.F 8.L
9.R 10.I 11.W
12.B 13.T 14.U 15.N 16.E 17.D 18.V 19.G 20.X 21.Q 22.S
23.K 24.O 25.H
II. Each of the following sentences is given four 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)
26. The presiding judge described the terrorist attack as an D crime.
A. alluring B. abusive
C. abnormal D. abominable
27. The billionaire D his only daughter his entire estate.
A. deprived
B. entrusted
C. presented D. bequeathed
28. Through B teeth she told her ex-supervisor to leave immediately.
A. sneezing
B. clenched
C. shivering D. drenched
29. Despite all the goodwill in the world, the Middle East peace process remains As A and
frustrating as ever.
A. elusive B. evasive
C. inclusive D. conducive
30. The two great tennis players together make a(n) D combination.
A. sizeable B. affordable C. perishable D. formidable
31. He lived quietly with a woman who was neither young nor old, neither C nor pretty.
A. sociable B. irritable
C. homely D. snobbish
32. These TV viewers show a(n) C lack of understanding.
A. generous B. irresistible
C. lamentable D. good-natured
33. He showed great C of character when he refused to accept the bribes.
A. force B. ability
C. strength D. potential
34. I will go back to my peaceful house although it is humble and D .
A. cozy B. mean
C. worn D. shabby
35. When the authority of fathers begins to A , political power generally collapses, as well.
A. falter B. filter
C. rumble D. ramble
