全国2002年10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，并将正确选项的字母写在答题纸的相应位置上。(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 platform would collapse if all of you _______on it.
A. stand       B. stood       C. would stand    D. had stood
2. The old lady who saw the bus _______into the river phoned the police instantly.
A. plunged     B. to plunge    C. was plunging     D. plunge
3. Mary had to wait outside her house for her husband's return because she _______her key in the office.
A. has left     B. leaves     C. had left      D. left
4. I suggest that each of you_______ a plan for the overall revision.
A. make       B. makes         C. would make      D. made
5. It was _______ work of art that everyone was eager to have a look at it at the exhibition.
A. such a rare    B. a such rare    C. a so rare    D. so a rare
6. You may come with us to Florida for the winter _______ you don't mind the cost.
A. unless      B. on condition     C. except   D. if
7. The boat drifted along on the sea for a good hour _______ it was safely  anchored at the dock.
A. before     B. when    C. after     D. while
8. I find _______ that with the development of science and technology the price of such gadgets as computers and mobile phones continues to drop.
A. be reasonable      B. it to be reasonable
C. reasonable         D. it reasonable
9. There is something wrong with my watch. It_______.
A. need repairing        B. needs repairing
C. need to be repaired    D. needs to repair
10. English is more extensively used now than any other language_______.
A. ever was        B. had ever been
C. ever is         D. has ever been
11.Some companies have introduced flexible working hours with less emphasis on pressure_______.
A. than more on efficiency       B. than on efficiency
C. and more than efficiency      D. and more efficiency
12. Some people find that after their dieting is over they eat twice_______ they did before they went on a diet.
A. as much as       B. much than
C. as many as       D. more than
13. Helen was much kinder to her youngest child than she was to her other children ,_______naturally made them jealous.
A. what            B. who
C. that            D. which
14. Books require hard work and practice and, like sports, they can be both a _______ and a delight.
A. encouragement       B. dare
C. challenge           D. prodding
15. The weather is something that no one can control. It _______everyone in every part of the world.
A. effects             B. affects
C. influences          D. impacts

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16. The law _______ a citizen's obligations and rights.
A. decides             B. designs
C. defines             D. determines
17. The bus driver warned passengers to _______ pickpockets.
A. fight with          B. guard against
C. break down          D. keep an eye on
18. Poverty _______ children living in slums of the joys of childhood.
A. deprives           B. denies
C. disposes           D. dismisses
19. After the little boy recited a poem, his mother _______ him with a kiss.
A. blessed            B. rewarded
C. awarded            D. satisfied
20. The girl did some housekeeping for Mrs. Johnson _______ her room and board.
A. for want of        B. for the sake of
C. in exchange for    D. in change for
21. _______ on the sand, I watched the clouds and listened to the singing of the birds.
A. Lying              B. Laying
C. Lie                D. Lay
22. The professor uses_______ words and expressions in his lectures.
A. every day         B. every day's
C. everyday           D. everday’s
23. A brother _______ not be a friend, but a friend will always treat you like a brother.
A. must        B. should      C. may       D. would
24. We do not need many researchers today;_______ we need are searchers.
A. that       B. what        C. how      D. which
25. At nightfall we stopped at a village, which _______ a small store and a few houses scattered here and there.
A. made up of          B. filled with
C. formed by           D. consisted of转贴于：自学考试_博学在线

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Ⅱ. 完形填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择一个正确答案，并将正确选项的字母写在答题纸的相应位置上。(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)
In 1963 the leader of the Labor Party made a speech explaining plans for a “university on the air”—an educational system which would 26  television, radio and correspondence courses (函授课程). Many people laughed at the 27 , but it became part of the Labor Party's program to provide educational opportunity for those people who , for 28 reason or another, had not had a chance to receive 29 education.. By 1969 the plans were well advanced and by August 1970 the Open University, 30 it was now called, had received 400,000 applicants. Only 25,000 could be 31 for the four foundation” courses 32 :social sciences, arts, science, and mathematics. Unsuccessful candidates were encouraged to 33 again the following year, when a foundation 34 in technology would also be offered.
The first teaching programs appeared 35 the air and screen in January 1971, with clerks, farm workers, housewives and many others as students. 36 units had been carefully prepaired 37 science students were given apparatus for a “mini” home laboratory. Study cente