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全国高等教育自学考试2005年4月英语阅读(一)试题 | |||||
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全国2005年4月高等教育自学考试 英语阅读(一)试题 课程代码:00595
A. in the presence of any person B. while working in a firm C. when interviewed by a corporation D. doing any business 2.According to The Wife of Bath's Tale, what women want most is ____. A. jewels and money B. happiness C. fine clothes D. leadership in the family 3.In The Fisherman and His Wife, the Fisherman was ____ when his wife wished for one thing after another. A. tolerant but not pleased B. bewildered but not mad C. anguished but not rebellious D. furious but not daring 4.In Little Match Girl, when her little hands were almost benumbed with cold, the little match girl ____. A. thought of the kindness of her grandmother B. thought of the pleasant smell of the roast goose C. went home but received a beating from her father D. rubbed the match against the wall and warmed her hands 5.The title of the story A Day's Wait most probably means that the boy ____. A. had been waiting all day to die B. had waited a whole day for his father to come back C. had been waiting all day to recover from his illness D. had waited a whole day before the drugs took effect 6.According to Bringing up Children,“upbringing” and “education” are ____. A. merely two different terms for the same process B. the same term for the different processes C. two utterly different but closely related processes because children are involved in different environments D. interdependent because both parents and teachers are responsible for the opportunities provided for children's development 7.The National Gallery in London overlooks ____. A. Parliament B. Trafalgar Square C. the National Gallery of British Art D. the National Portrait Gallery 8.According to How to Live like a Millionaire, most millionaires measure success by ____. A. income B. consumption C. investment D.net worth 9.Based on the passage United Nations, which of the following statements is NOT true?____. A. The U.N. has the right to intervene in the member states' internal affairs. B. All the member states, big or small, have the same rights and obligations. C. The day that United Nations came into existence is United Nations Day. D. Armed forces should not be used except in protecting the common interest. 10.According to Universities and Polytechnics, London University is similar to Oxford and Cambridge in that ____. A. they all consist of many constituent colleges B. they were all founded in the 13th century C. students all live outside the campus D. they set up a different pattern of university life 11.“Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, will sink into a Dark Age.”This quotation comes from the famous speech of ____ during the Second World War. A. Queen Victoria B. George V. C. Lloyd George D. Winston Churchill 12.The information from What Body Language Can Tell You That Words Cannot best supports which of the following statements? A. It is never too late to learn something new. B. Action speaks louder than words. C. Wisdom is born of experience. D. It is easier to preach than to practice. 13.Through the examples given in Nonverbal Communication, the writer tries to tell us that ____. A. the nonverbal behavior of animals is instinctive, but it is not the case with humans B. animals have more elaborate nonverbal behavior than humans C. nonverbal communication exists in both humans and animals naturally D. humans might imitate each other's nonverbal behavior whereas animals' are entirely inborn 14.The story The Girls in Their Summer Dresses deals with the subject of ____. A. the individual's lifestyle and outlook B. a person's imagination C. the fashion of a certain period D. the tradition of a society 15.In The Constitution of the United States, ____is considered a great turning point in American history. A. the revolt against British rule B. the Constitutional Convention C. the establishment of legislature in each colony D. the aid of France through independence 16.In Lady in the Dark, which of the following words best describes Mrs. Courtenay's behavior in the face of danger? A. Irribr. B. Scared. C. Calm. D. Watchful. 17.According to Helen Keller in Three Days to See, which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Darkness would make people more appreciative of sight. B. Silence would teach people the joys of sound. C. It would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. D. Court records reveal every day how accurately “eyewitnesses”see. 18.At the end of the story by Jerome K. Jerome, getting up too early had been a ____to George. A. routine B. necessity C. warning D. pleasure 19.According to some official records, the earliest Olympic Games took place ____. A. in the seventh century A.D. B. before 700 B.C. C. over three thousand years ago D. a thousand years ago 20.Which of the following novels is NOT written by Charlotte Bront? ? A. Pride and Prejudice B. The Professor C. Jane Eyre D. Shirley Ⅱ.READING COMPREHENSION In this part there are 4 reading passages followed by 20 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. You should decide on the best answer or the best choice to complete the statement and write the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points, 2 points each) Passage 1
21.It can be inferred from the first paragraph that in a large enterprise ____. A. new technology is employed quickly B. all people work efficiently C. one's effectiveness is felt very slowly D. one can get promotion easily 22.Generally speaking, the person working in a large enterprise ____. A. has to deal with a great many things B. knows how everything is going on around him C. acquires increasingly thorough knowledge within a limited field D. feels more secure than the one employed by a small enterprise 23.In the second paragraph, the writer mentions “your own small pond” to refer to ____. A. a top leader in a larger enterprise B. a manager of a small enterprise C. a large enterprise D. a small enterprise 24.According to the information provided in the passage, if you are interested in personal intimacy, you should work ____. A. for General Motors B. for the Bell Telephone System C. in a department in the government D. in a crossroads gas station 25.The writer of this passage ____. A. compares the large and the small enterprises objectively B. obviously prefers to work for a large enterprise C. intends to show the advantages of working in a small business D. explains the disadvantages of being a top leader in a large business Passage 2 Then came the First World War and the male secretaries were replaced by women. A man's secretary became his personal servant ,charged with remembering his wife's birthday and buying her presents; taking his suits to dry-cleaners; telling lies on the telephone to keep people he did not wish to speak to at bay; and of course, typing and filing and taking shorthand. Now all this may be changing again .The microchip (集成块) and high technology is sweeping the British office, taking with it much better of the routine clerical work that secretaries did. “Once office technology takes over generally, the status of the job will rise again because it will involve only the high-powered work—and then men will want to do it again.” That was said by one of the executives(male) of one of the biggest secretarial agencies in this country.What he has predicted is already under way in the U.S. Once high technology has made the job of secretary less routine, will there be a male takeover? Men should beware of thinking that they can walk right into better jobs. There are a lot of women
A. were less efficient than men B. were not as serious as men C. liked stockings D. would have disturbed other office workers 27.Besides fulfilling other duties, a female secretary was expected to _____. A. be her boss's memory B. clean her boss's clothes C. do what her boss asked her to D. telephone her boss's wife 28.Secrtaries,until recently, had to do a lot of work now done by _____. A. machines B. other staff C. servants D. wives 29.A secretary in the future will ______. A. be better paid B. have higher status C. have less work to do D. have more work to do 30.The writer believes that before long _____. A. both men and women will be qualified secretaries B. men will be better than machines C. men will take over women's jobs as secretaries D. women will operate most office machines Passage 3
48.In the passage, the writer elaborates on ______. A. the problems of telephone answering machines B. the beep of the telephone answering machines C. touch-tone phones D. how to use telephone answering machines 49.“Beep” is a brief, high-pitched tone used ______. A. to urge the caller to speak more quickly B. to urge the caller to respond quickly C. as a signal to remind the caller of the time left D. as a signal to remind the caller that he may leave a message 50.Which of the following would be the best title of this passage? A. Directions of Telephone Answering Machines B. Advantages of Telephone Answering Machines C. Know-how of Telephone Answering Machines D. Problems of Telephone Answering Machines PART TWO (30 POINTS) Ⅳ.WORD FORMATIONS Complete each of the following sentences with the proper form of the word in the brackets. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points, 1 point each) 51.(short) The drop in the birth rate 20 years ago has created a severe ______ of workers. 52.(strong) Fresh evidence has greatly ______ the case against him. 53.(grow) The US portion of the Internet is experiencing rapid ______ in the number of networks connected to it. 54.(courage) I want to thank everyone who has ______ and supported me. 55.(increase) As resources become______ scarce, choices have to be made and priorities set. 56.(memory) They listen to stories, ______ nursery rhymes, read picture books and gain other experiences that prepare them to read. 57.(fortunate) I would have been here an hour ago. but ______ I missed the train. 58.(accept) Smoking is no longer considered socially ______ by many people. 59.(addition) They appeared to be checking only if there were any ______ persons in it. 60.(approve) We need parental ______ before allowing students to go on field trips. Ⅴ.ANSWER THE QUESTIONS There are 4 groups of simple questions in this part, which are based on the texts you have learned. Give a brief answer to each of the questions. Your answers must be to the point and grammatically correct. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(20 points, 5 points each) 61.Who are the lovers in the selection from The Decameron? What are they like? What happens to them? (from The Decameron) 62.What is the king's semibarbaric method of administering justice in The Lady or the Tiger? What difficulty does the princess face in the case of her lover? (from The Lady or the Tiger) 63.What animals are mentioned in The Animals of Aesop? What is the moral of each of the fables? (from The Animals of Aesop) 64.According to The Story of the Bible, how were Adam and Eve created? Why were they driven out of Paradise? (from The Story of the Bible)
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