全国2004年4月高等教育自学考试综合英语（二）试题

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Ⅰ.语法、词汇。用适当的词填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出一个正确答案,并在答题纸上写上所选答案的字母。(本大题共25小题,每小题1分,共25分)
Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer.(25 points)
1.I should say confidence comes not ______from how other people look at us as from how we look at ourselves.
A. so much          B. as much
C. this much         D. that much
2.The George Washington Bridge is a double-deck bridge across ______Hudson River.
A. a           B. an
C. the           D. /
3. “Which books are yours?”
“Oh, ______over there, of course.”
A. this          B. that
C. these         D. those
4. Television, ______ came into being in 1939, did not become common until the early 1950s.
A. that          B. what
C. which         D. it
5. Many car accidents occur _______ drunk driving.
A. due to         B. thanks to
C. because         D. for
6. Finally after working hard for five years Jane ______ able to save her fare to Europe.
A. is          B. was
C. will be          D. would be
7.when we reached the cinema, the film _____ started, for there were no people at the entrance.
A. should have         B. ought to have
C. had to have         D. must have
8. The doctor suggested that the patient ________on a diet but he couldn’t resist the temptation of rich food.
A. goes          B. go  
C. went          D. gone
9. You’d better leave _____usual. The heavy traffic on Monday mornings may hold you up.
A. early than         B. early then
C. earlier than         D. earlier then
10. No sooner _______home than he was asked to go on another business trip.
A. had he arrived        B. he had arrived
C. has he arrived        D. he has arrived
11. The teacher emphasized that ______of us should read the essay three times.
A. each everyone        B. all and every one
C. each and every one       D. each someone
12. _____the false banknote looked genuine, it did not stand up to close examination.
A. Since          B. As
C. Even as          D. Even though
13.If you don’t hurry up, the train _______by the time we get to the station.
A. has left          B. will have left
C. will leave         D. would have left
14. When I ran into Mary at the supermarket yesterday, I smiled at her, but she ______me and walked on.
A. missed          B. overlooked
C. ignored          D. neglected
15. If you fail to adapt ______the quickly changing society, you will be behind the times.
A. with          B. against
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16.My father is deeply concerned with the government’s ______policies.
A. economical         B. economy
C. economic         D. economics
17. In his 27-year imprisonment, Mandela, a South African leader, was ______his political rights.
A. deprived of         B. deprived off
C. deprived from        D. deprived with
18.Scientists have spent years researching into the ______of sleeping pills on the human brain.
A. affect          B. effect
C. impact          D. influence
19. Only a few people have ______to the confidential energy data.
A. access          B. admission
C. permission        D. entrance
20. CCTV reported that ______the snowstorm, at least five houses collapsed and three people were killed.
A. on any account of        B. on every account of
C. on account of         D. on this account of
21. The government is _______ every effort to reduce the accident rate in coal mines.
A. taking          B. making
C. catching          D. putting
22. The three sales representatives of this company will be ______with a trip to France.
A. offered          B. awarded
C. rewarded         D. given
23. Contrary ________popular opinion, eating less does not help you lose weight.
A. to          B. with
C. against         D. into
24. An inventor needs to have a creative and _____mind.
A. imaginable         B. imaginative
C. imaginary         D. imaging
25.The law protects equal rights for all citizens, _____race, religion or sex.
A. without regard to        B. with regard of
C. regardless to         D. regardless of
Ⅱ.完形填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择一个正确答案，并在答题纸上写上所选答案的字母。（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
Fill in each blank in the passage with the most likely answer .(15 points)
A famous scientist who had made an important medical breakthrough was being interviewed. A newspaper reporter asked him why he thought he was able to be 26   more creative than the average person.
He said that it all came from a(n)  27  that occurred when he was about two years old . He was trying to  28  a bottle of milk from the refrigerator  29  he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling the milk all   30   the floor.
His mother came into the kitchen.  31  yelling at him, giving him a lecture or  32  him, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have  33  ! I have rarely seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the  34   has already been done. Would you like to get   35  and play in the sea of milk for a few minutes before we clean it up ?”
This scientist then remarked that it was at that moment   36   he knew he didn’t need to be 37  to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just  38  for learning something new, which is, after all, what  39  experiments are all about. Even if the experiment doesn’t 40 , we usually learn something from it.
26.  A. still     B. ever    C. so much   D. ever much
27.  A. event    B. incident   C. story     D. legend
28.  A. take     B. gain    C. place     D. return
29.  A. where    B. while   C. which    D. when
30.  A. o