2000年上半年全国高等教育自学考试综合英语（一）试卷

PART ONE
I. Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point for each)
从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。
1.Some people who are very intelligent and successful in their fields find
______________difficult to succeed in
language learning.
[A]them
[B]themselves
[C]it
[D]itself
2.Television ads are short, but they are repeated over and over again ________the audience sees
and hears them
many times.
[A]in that
[B]so that
[C]as to
[D]so as
3. The Atlantic Ocean is only half as big as the Pacific, _______it is still very large.
[A]but
[B]and
[C]so
[D]therefore
4.No one has been able to prove that fish is _____ better for the brain than many other kinds
of food.
[A]some
[B]so
[C]as
[D]any
5. Tomatoes were once called love apples and were supposed to make those who ate them ____in
love.
[A]fell
[B]feel
[C]fall
[D]felt
6.Washing food down with water as a ________for chewing is not a good habit.
[A]direction
[B]substitute
[C]possibility
[D]resource
7. It is important to realize that the same technology _______helps us may also harm us.
[A]as
[B]that
[C]what
[D]when
8.Science began to develop rapidly when man laid _______his wrong beliefs and began to seek true
explanations.
[A]out
[B]down
[C]aside
[D]outside
9.Remember,nothing hurts concentration __________reading too slowly.
[A]rather than
[B]as well as
[c]more than
[D]instead of
10. More and more people are realizing that there is a ________between heart disease and the
way one lives.
[A]correspondence
[B]comparison
[C]connection
[D]consequence
II. Cloze Test (10 points,1point for each)
下列短文有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母
涂黑。
Fear and its companion pain are two of the most useful things that men and animals possess, if
they are properly
used.
If fire did not hurt when it burnt, children would play with it __11___their hands were burnt
away, ___12____,if
pain existed but fear did not, a child would burn itself again and again, because fear would
not __13___it to keep
away from the fire that had burnt it before. Fear and pain are there fore two guards ___14___which
men and animals
might soon die out.
In the first sentence we suggest that fear ought to be properly used. If ,____15_______,you never
go out of your
house ___16_____of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you are
letting fear rule
you too ___17____.
Even in your house you are not absolutely ___18____:an airplane may crash on your house or you
may get cancer!
The important thing is not to let fear rule you, but ____19______to use fear as your servant
and guide. Fear
will warn you of dangers; ____20____you have to decide what action to take.
11.[a]because
[b]if
[c]though
[d]until
12.[a]Generally
[b]Probably
[c]Similarly
[d]Consequently
13.[a]warn
[b]request
[c]manage
[d]protect
14.[a]with
[b]without
[c]for
[d]against
15.[a]after all
[b]by chance
[c]for example
[d]in fact
16.[a]regardless
[b]because
[c]in terms
[d]in front
17.[a]little
[b]more
[c]many
[d]much
18.[a]firm
[b]calm
[c]safe
[d]strong
19.[a]instead
[b]better
[c]similarly
[d]further
20.[a]then
[b]otherwise
[c]likewise
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obvious meaning. It is the kind of leisure activity that brings "re-creation" of strength and
spirit. |When one
speaks of making good use of leisure, he means choosing recreational activities which contribute
to health,
growth, and spirit.
21. The phrase "from can to can't" in Paragraph 1 means ________.
[a]from beginning to end
[b]from birth to death
[c]from morning to night
[d]from time to time
22.How to spend leisure time wisely is not a particularly difficult problem for people _______.
[a]who are very busy everyday
[b]who are sick in bed
[c]who are aged and in good health
[d]who have retired from work
23.How does the author look at work and leisure?
[a]We work hard so that we can enjoy more leisure.
[b]We enjoy leisure so that we can come back to work with fresh energy.
[c]Leisure can bring us a lot of pleasures that work can not.
[d]The success of work has little to do with how we spend our leisure time.
24. What is the relationship between leisure and recreation, according to the author?
[a]Leisure and recreation are closely related.
[b]Leisure and recreation are identical.
[c]Recreation covers all kinds of leisure activities.
[d]Recreation does not belong to any leisure activity.
25. From the passage we know that __________.
[a]leisure has been an old problem since ancient times
[b]leisure can not be replaced as the most important part of life
[c]our success in work is mostly determined by whether we use leisure wisely
[d]good recreational activities contribute greatly to health, growth and spirit

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Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
Each nation has its own peculiar character which distinguishes it from others. But the peoples
of the world have
more points in common than points in which they differ. One type of person that is common in
every country is the
one who always tries to do as little as possible and to