全国2003年4月高等教育自学考试综合英语（二）试题

全国2003年4月高等教育自学考试

综合英语（二）试题

课程代码：00795

全部题目用英文作答，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上，否则不计分。

PART　ONE

I. 语法、词汇。用适当的词填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母写在答题纸上。（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. The teacher explained the point a second time, but ________ everyone understand.

A. not even then does                                          B. even then not did

C. not even then did                                     D. not even then

2. All flights ________ because of the storm, they decided to go to Beijing by train.

A. having been canceled                                    B. had been canceled

C. having canceled                                          D. were canceled

3. We shall have completed the work by the time he ________ back next week.

A. will come                                                  B. comes

C. is coming                                                  D. will have come

4. The little girl ________ into the lake but her father caught her.

A. would have fallen                                          B. should have fallen

C. had probably fallen                                          D. has fallen

5. “Do you often swim now?”

“No, but I _______ when I was in my fifties.”

A. used to                                                       B. am used to it

C. used to do                                                         D. was used to doing

6. A new computer costs about _______ of this used one.

A. the three times price                                         B. three time the price

C. three times a price                                         D. three times the price

7. He deeply regretted _______ the only opportunity to go to college.

A. to have to miss                                                 B. that he will miss

C. to miss                                                        D. missing

8. Alice and Mary waited breathlessly for the announcement, _______ she had won the award.

A. each hoped                                                  B. each hoping

C. and each hopes                                                D. and each hoping

9. Statistics is a discipline _______ all the other sciences.

A. affected                                                      B. to affect

C. affecting                                                     D. being affected

10. It was not until she had arrived home _______ remembered her appointment with the doctor.

A. when she                                                    B. that she

C. and she                                                      D. she

11. He must have waited here for an hour, _______ ?

A. didn’t he                                                     B. mustn’t he

C. hasn’t he                                                    D. must he

12. We’ll have to go without him _______ he comes before our flight departs.

A. if                                                               B. providing

C. unless                                                        D. on condition that

13. A moment’s _______ is sometimes worth a lifetime’s experience.

A. realization                                                    B. insight

C. knowledge                                                     D. vision

14. Youth is not a time of life — it is a _______ of mind. You are as young as you feel, and as old as you doubt.

A. peace                                                          B. presence

C. ease                                                           D. state

15. Wisdom is knowing when to _______ your mind and when to mind your speech.

A. read                                                           B. go out of

C. make up                                                     D. change

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16. To _______ wages and salaries means increasing purchasing power.

A. raise                                                           B. rise

C. lift                                                              D. improve

17. Success is to be measured _______ by the position one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.

A. not so much                                                  B. just much

C. much less                                                    D. much more

18. The boy ran ________ from home to school and was just in time for class.

A. all the more                                                  B. all the way

C. all the same                                                        D. all the time

19. The man was sentenced to three years of imprisonment because he was ________ in car smuggling.

A. included                                                      B. connected

C. involved                                                      D. concerned

20. The Red Cross passed the money to the village school without ________ the donor’s name.

A. quoting                                                       B. calling

C. bringing up                                                  D. referring to

21. The Thinking Machine ________ in solving the mystery of the silver box.

A. persisted                                                     B. achieved

C. managed                                                     D. succeeded

22. Life is not merely ________, but the enjoyment of health.

A. living                                                          B. alive

C. lively                                                          D. liveable

23. Most of the men working in the factory were farmers ________.

A. formally                                                     B. formerly

C. early                                                           D. firstly

24. A successful man is ________ who has the opportunity and takes it.

A. person                                                        B. anyone

C. some                                                          D. one

25. Wise people believe only half of what they hear — wiser ones know ________ half to believe.

A. what                                                          B. which

C. that                                                            D. such

II. 完形填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母写在答题纸上。（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)

Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers compare and contrast various places on the earth. But they also      26     beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a     27     . The word geography     28     from two Greek words, ge , the Greek word for “earth” and graphein,     29     means “to write.” The English word geography means “to describe the earth.”     30     geography books focus on a small area like a town or a city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or an     31     continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another     32     to divide the study of geography is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the     33     starts with human beings and     34     how human beings and their environment act　　35    each other. But when geography is considered as a single subject,     36     branch can neglect each other.

A geographer might b