全国2005年10月高等教育自学考试综合英语（二）试题

drive the sharks toward you. Then all you have to do is shoot.”I didn’t have the courage to object. They helped me over the side.
At the bottom the first thing I saw was a big fish. I screamed.
I can’t quite remember what followed. All I know is that, contrary to what I had said in my lecture, at the moment of danger the hero does not discover the great values of life. When I opened my eyes again, the big fish was gone.
I tried to return to the surface. Then I saw a huge form above my head. I seized my gun, I closed my eyes and I pressed the trigger.
The gun was torn from me.
In seconds I was at the surface. Luckily, the boat was near. I was on board in an instant.
“Where’s your gun?”asked the doctor.
I explained that I had hit a shark. The beast had torn the weapon from my hands.
The black swimmers were climbing back into the boat now. One of them had my gun. He spoke to the doctor in Creole.
“It seems,”the doctor said to me, “that yon shot at the hull of the boat.”
He was trying to suggest that I had mistaken the boat passing over my head for a shark. The very idea!
When I stepped onto the platform that afternoon, Doctor Bonbon was sitting in the front row. But I didn’t let his mocking stare disturb me. I was determined to rise once more to the level of my subject.
“Ladies and gentlemen,”I began,“when the hero finds himself facing danger, the first thing he discovers…”
56．This story is told in a _____ tone.
A．sad
B．serious
C．humorous
D．critical
57．When told to go down into the water, the writer had to sit down probably because _____ .
A．he had more questions to ask Doctor Bonbon
B．he wanted to discuss the arrangement in detail
C．he was greatly inspired
D．he was trembling with fear
58．To save his face, the writer had no way out but to _____.
A．go down into the water
B．lecture on heroism again
C．shoot at the hull of the boat
D．protest against the invitation
59．When the writer was told that he had actually shot at the boat, _____.
A．he did not believe it
B．he felt annoyed
C．he was ashamed of his stupid mistake
D．he was relieved that nobody was hurt
60．When he stood on the platform that afternoon, the writer probably began his speech with this remark：“When the hero finds himself facing danger, the first thing he discovers _____.”
A．is his true self
B．is the great values of life
C．is the challenge from other people
D．is his strong desire to save his face转贴于：自学考试_博学在线

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