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1997年全国高等教育自学考试公共英语试题
1997年全国高等教育自学考试公共英语试题
I.PHONETICS
Thereare10setsof4wordseachinthissection.The4wordsaremarkedA）,B）,C）andD）.Ineachsetofwords.3wordshavethesamevowelsoundbutonedoesnot.ChoosetheONEwordsthatdoesnotandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.
1.A）brouhgtB）roughC）sourceD）thought
2.A）bushB）cutC）pushD）but
3.A）boxB）folkC）godD）what
4.A）bookB）fruitC）gooseD）root
5.A）acheB）actC）addD）bag
6.A）fateB）hateC）lateD）gramme
7.A）heightB）lifeC）lightD）right
8.A）loseB）moveC）wroteD）whose
9.A）hardB）henC）hintD）honest
10.A）sweatB）swingC）switchD）sword
II.GRAMMAR
Thereare20incompletesentencesinthissection.Foreachsentencethereare4choicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.THenblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.
11.lookattheseclouds（）.
A）It’llrain
B）It’sgoingtorain
C）It’llberaining
D）Itistorain
12.Doyouknow（）?
A）howmuchcostthebooks
B）howmuchdothebookscost
C）thebookscosthowmuch
D）howmuchthebookscost
13.Thequestionisstill（）discussion.
A）in
B）by
C）for
D）under
14.”We’relate.Theplayhasstarted.”“Iwonderhowlongago（）.”
A）diditbegin
B）itbegan
C）wasitbeginning
D）ithasbegun
15.Johndidn’tknowhowtogettothestation,sohestopped（）.
A）toask
B）asking
C）forasking
D）toasking
16.Manyofthehamanproblemsassociatedwithlivingintheoceanare（）theproblemsoflivinginouterspace.
A）justas
B）suchas
C）suchthat
D）thesameas
17.Itisnogood（）remembergrammaticalrules.Youneedstopractisewhatyouhavelearned.
A）trying
B）tryto
C）totryto
D）triedto
18.Iwouldn’treadthatnovel,（）recommendsit.
A）nomatterwho
B）nomatterhow
C）nomatterwhen
D）nomatterwhat
19.Youmayborrowthebook（）youkeepitclean.
A）suchas
B）soasto
C）solongas
D）astor
20.Whatchancedoesa（）manwhoneverfinishedhighschoolhave?
A）forty-years-old
B）forty-year-old
C）forty-years-olds
D）forty-year-olds
21.（）weneedtocompletetheconstructionistwomilliondollars.
A）Allwhat
B）Thatall
C）That
D）What
22.Scarcelyhadwesettledourselvesinourseatsinthetheatre（）thecurtainwentup.
A）then
B）when
C）as
D）after
23.（）thatyouwereout,Iwouldn’thavebotteredtocomeallthewayatthattimeofnight.
A）IfIshouldknow
B）IfIknow
C）HadIknown
D）WereItoknow
24.Itwasin1928（）computerscameintobeing.
A）that
B）when
C）which
D）and
25.Wepassedtheexamination,（）.
A）andsohedid
B）andneitherdidhe
C）andsodidhe
D）buthedid
26.Sheaskedtheworkerhowlong（）tobuildthehouse.
A）ithadtaken
B）hadittaken
C）wouldittake
D）itwastaken
27.Billalwaysdoes（）hepleases,withoutregardtothefeelingsofothers.
A）however
B）that
C）whatever
D）which
28.Notonly（）ourmoney,butwewerealsoindangeroflosing
ourlives.
A）welost
B）lostwe
C）wedidlose
D）didwelose
29.Janewasadvidesthatshe（）singinglessons.
A）take
B）willtake
C）hadtaken
D）took
30.Theexamisnotdifficult,（）everyonewillpassit.
A）though
B）so
C）yet
D）but
III.VOCABULARY
Thereare30incompletesentencesinthissection.Foreachsentencethereare4choicesmarkedA）,B）,C）,andD）.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.ThenblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.
31.Hedrewapictureofa（）sunandapalemoon.
A）bright
B）light
C）clear
D）clean
32.Thetwofriendsshareda（）interestinstampcollecting.
A）common
B）general
C）popular
D）usual
33.Idon’tthinkthisroomwillbebigenoughto（）alltheguests.
A）contain
B）hold
C）keep
D）swallow
34.Ifyouwantthenailtogoin,you’llhavetohititvery（）.
A）hardly
B）hard
C）solidly
D）tightly
35.Upontherequestoftheaudience,thespeaker（）hisvoice.
A）raised
B）rose
C）arose
D）heightened
36.Afteramealinarestaurant,youaskthewaiterforthe（）.
A）bill
B）note
C）receipt
D）menu
37.Xiaoluwona（）atthetennismatch.
A）prize
B）price
C）praise
D）present
38.Nobody（）thatsomethingwaswrongatthattime.
A）commented
B）committed
C）noticed
D）expressed
39.Althoughthetownhadbeen（）bythestormseveraltimes,littledamagewasdone.
A）attacked
B）injured
C）harmed
D）struck
40.Scientistseverywherearetryingto（）acureforAIDS.
A）expect
B）invent
C）discover
D）make
41.ThePresidentmadehislastpublic（）beforehistermofofficeended.
A）appearance
B）engagement
C）gathering
D）meeting
42.Unlikehisbrother,whodoesnotlikepopularmusic,heisvery（）it.
A）pleasedwith
B）fondof
C）delightedwith
D）satisfiedwith
43.I’msorrytohavetakenuptoomuchofyour（）time.
A）worthy
B）valuable
C）valueless
D）priceless
44.Asthe（）ofworkingtoohard,themanbecameill.
A）end
B）reason
C）cause
D）result
45.Jack’suniversityeducationgavehim（）overboyswhohadnot
beentocollege.
A）abenefit
B）aprofit
C）aview
D）anadvantage
46.Whenthelittleboywalkedneartheedgeofthepond,hismother
becamevery（）.
A）eager
B）keen
C）anxious
D）frightening
47.Heusedexamplesto（）hisargument.
A）strengthen
B）increase
C）fix
D）underline
48.We（）hertocomewithus.
A）advanced
B）insisted
C）moved
D）persuaded
49.Weweresobusywehadto（）goingonholidayforamonth.
A）putout
B）putaway
C）putdown
D）putoff
50.Iaskedmyneighbourto（）mygardenwhenIwasaway.
A）lookafter
B）lookover
C）lookin
D）lookto
51.He（）thewholelistbutstilldidnotfindhisfriend’sname.
A）wentby
B）wenton
C）wentinto
D）wentover
52.You’vewastedalotoftimethisterm.Youmust（）it（）.
A）make...out
B）make...of
C）make...up
D）make...for
53.Aftercarefulplanning,John（）awayofsolvingtheproblem.
A）thoughtabout
B）thoughtof
C）thoughtover
D）thoughtout
54.Thereisalwaysa（）betweenwhatwesayandwhatwedo.
A）crack
B）room
C）gap
D）space
55.Inchemicalfactories,employeessometimesreceive（）payfordoingdangerouswork.
A）add
B）extre
C）expensive
D）rich
56.Wehavetodress（）fortheparty.
A）formally
B）former
C）formal
D）formerly
57.Underseascientistsarelearninghowtostayaliveandworkina（）environment.
A）death
B）dying
C）deadly
D）dead
58.Thebirds（）atthefiringofthegun.
A）scattered
B）moved
C）separated
D）acted
59.Imadealittlehouseformydogtogivehim（）.
A）shelter
B）home
C）shelf
D）room
60.Thecows（）overthefieldseatinggrass.
A）wander
B）wonder
C）move
D）remove
IV.CLOZE
Thereare20blanksinthefollowingpassage.Foreachblankthereare4choicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）ontherightsideofthepaper.YoushouldchooseONEanswerthatbestfitsintothepasssge.ThenblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.
Therearefivebasicfunctionsofanewspaper:
toinform,tocomment,topersuade,toinstructand（61）.Youmaywellthinkthislistoffunctions（62）inorderofimportancebut,ifso,youwouldnotbe（63）agreementwiththemajorityofthereadingpublic.（64）thetwobroadkindsofnewspaper,thepopularandquality,theformer（65）areadershipofmillions,
whilethelatter,onlyhundreds（66）thousands.Yetthepopularpapersseemlargely（67）forentertainment.Theirnewscoveragecontains（68）commentandpersuasivelanguage.Thequalitynewspapers（69）amuchhighervalueoninformationandamuch（70）oneonentertainment.Itisnotonlyincontent（71）thetwotypesofpaperdiffer.Thereisa（72）inthestyleinwhichthearticles（73）.Thepopularpapersgenerallyusemoredramatic（74）withalotofword-play.Theirreportersrend（75）shortersentencesandavoidlesswell-knownvocabulary.This（76）thatpopularnewspapersareeasierforanativespeaker（77）,thoughprobablynotforanon-nativespeaker.Inordertodecide（78）anewspaperisaqualityorpopularone,（79）isnotevennecessarytoreadit,sinceyoucantellsimplybythe（80）itlooks.Popularpaperaregenerallysmallerwithfewercolumnsperpage.Theyhavebiggerheadlinesandmorephotographs.Thearticlesareshorterandtherearefewer
perpage.
61.A）toentertain
B）entertaining
C）entertain
D）entertainment
62.A）are
B）is
C）has
D）have
63.A）at
B）for
C）in
D）on
64.A）For
B）By
C）With
D）Of
65.A）is
B）are
C）has
D）have
66.A）by
B）of
C）in
D）on
67.A）assigned
B）designed
C）proposed
D）proprammed
68.A）anumberof
B）manyof
C）alotof
D）afewof
69.A）settle
B）put
C）use
D）make
70.A）poorer
B）lower
C）greater
D）broader
71.A）as
B）how
C）that
D）which
72.A）difference
B）difficulty
C）dislike
D）discipline
73.A）havewritten
B）tobewritten
C）arewritten
D）write
74.A）things
B）way
C）pages
D）language
75.A）using
B）use
C）touse
D）theuseof
76.A）points
B）means
C）decides
D）tells
77.A）understands
B）understanding
C）understood
D）tounderstand
78.A）that
B）how
C）whether
D）when
79.A）this
B）it
C）that
D）you
80.A）appearance
B）fact
C）manner
D）way
V.READINGCOMPREHENSION
Thereare4readingpassagesinthissection.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestions.Foreachquestionthereare4suggestedanswersmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）.ChoosetheONEbestanswerandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.
Passage1
IwastellingmyboySonnythestoryofthehare（野兔）andthetortoise（乌龟）.AttheendIsaid.”Son,remember:
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