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上半年高等教育自学考试全国考试英语一试题

2000年上半年高等教育自学考试全国考试英语

（一）试题

从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。

1.somepeoplewhoareveryin___igentandsuessfulintheirfieldsfind_________difficulttosueedinlanguagelearning.[a]them[b]themselves[c]it[d]itself

2.televisionadsareshort，buttheyarerepeatedoverandoveragain________theaudienceseesandhearsthemmanytimes.[a]inthat[b]sothat[c]asto[d]soas

3.theatlanticoceanisonlyhalfasbigasthepacific，_______itisstillverylarge.[a]but[b]and[c]so[d]therefore

4.noonehasbeenabletoprovethatfishis_____betterforthebrainthanmanyotherkindsoffood.[a]some[b]so[c]as[d]any

5.tomatoeswereoncecalledloveapplesandweresupposedtomakethosewhoatethem____inlove.[a]fell[b]feel[c]fall[d]felt

6.washingfooddownwithwaterasa________forchewingisnotagoodhabit.[a]direction[b]substitute[c]possibility[d]resource

7.itisimportanttorealizethatthesametechnology_______helpsusmayalsoharmus.[a]as[b]that[c]what[d]when

8.sciencebegantodeveloprapidlywhenmanlaid_______hiswrongbeliefsandbegantoseektrueexplanations.[a]out[b]down[c]aside[d]outside

9.remember，nothinghurtsconcentration__________readingtooslowly.[a]ratherthan[b]aswellas[c]morethan[d]insteadof

10.moreandmorepeoplearerealizingthatthereisa________betweenheartdiseaseandthewayonelives.[a]correspondence[b]parison[c]connection[d]consequence

ii.clozetest（10points，1pointforeach）

下列短文有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。

根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。

fearanditspanionpainaretwoofthemostusefulthingsthatmenandanimalspossess，iftheyareproperlyused.iffiredidnothurtwhenitburnt，childrenwouldplaywithit__11___theirhandswereburntaway，___12____，ifpainexistedbutfeardidnot，achildwouldburnitselfagainandagain，becausefearwouldnot__13___ittokeepawayfromthefirethathadburntitbefore.fearandpainarethereforetwoguards___14___whichmenandanimalsmightsoondieout.inthefirstsentencewesuggestthatfearoughttobeproperlyused.if，____15_______，younevergooutofyourhouse___16_____ofthedangerofbeingknockeddownandkilledinthestreetbyacar，youarelettingfearruleyoutoo___17____.eveninyourhouseyouarenotabsolutely___18____：

anairplanemaycrashonyourhouseoryoumaygetcancer！

theimportantthingisnottoletfearruleyou，but____19______tousefearasyourservantandguide.fearwillwarnyouofdangers；____20____youhavetodecidewhatactiontotake.

11.[a]because[b]if[c]though[d]until12.[a]generally[b]probably[c]similarly[d]consequently13.[a]warn[b]request[c]manage[d]protect14.[a]with[b]without[c]for[d]against15.[a]afterall[b]bychance[c]forexample[d]infact16.[a]regardless[b]because[c]interms[d]infront17.[a]little[b]more[c]many[d]much18.[a]firm[b]calm[c]safe[d]strong19.[a]instead[b]better[c]similarly[d]further20.[a]then[b]otherwise[c]likewise[d]even

iii.readingprehension（30points，2pointsforeach）

从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。

passageonequestions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

theproblemofleisureisnew.untilveryrecenttimespeopleworkedeachdaytothelimitoftheirstrength.ofcoursetherewerealwaysaprivileged（有特权的）fewwhohadleisure；butmostmenhadtowork12，14，oreven16hoursaday，sixdaysaweek.aslateas1840theaveragefactoryworkerlabored72hoursaweek.“sunuptosundown”wasthefarmer'sday，orasanotherphraseputsit，“fromcantocan't.”today，workinglessthana40-hourweek，peopleenjoymoreleisuretime.hence，thewiseuseofleisuretimehasbeeanimportantproblemforeveryone，youngorold.itisaparticularlydifficultproblemforthesick，theaged，andthosewhohaveretiredfromearningaliving.thosepeoplehavesomuchleisurethatitishardforthemtofindinterestingandworthwhilewaystouseit.howevershorttheworkweekbees，workisstillthemostimportantpartoflife.wedonotworktogetleisureandthepleasuresleisurebringsus；rather，weuseleisurewiselysothatworkitselfcanbeeawardingandenjoyable.thefeelingofsuessatdoingone'sdailywork-whetheritisajob，maintainingahome，orgoingtoschool-dependslargelyoningtoiteachdaywithfreshenergyandactiveinterest.leisureandrecreation（消遗）gotogether，thoughtheyarenotnecessarilythesamething.“recreation”hasandobviousmeaning.itisthekindofleisureactivitythatbrings“re-creation”ofstrengthandspirit.whenonespeaksofmakinggooduseofleisure，hemeanschoosingrecreationalactivitieswhichcontributetohealth，growth，andspirit.

21.thephrase“fromcantocan't”inparagraph1means________.[a]frombeginningtoend[b]frombirthtodeath[c]frommorningtonight[d]fromtimetotime

22.howtospendleisuretimewiselyisnotaparticularlydifficultproblemforpeople_______.[a]whoareverybusyeveryday[b]whoaresickinbed[c]whoareagedandingoodhealth[d]whohaveretiredfromwork

23.howdoestheauthorlookatworkandleisure？

[a]weworkhardsothatwecanenjoymoreleisure.[b]weenjoyleisuresothatwecanebacktoworkwithfreshenergy.[c]leisurecanbringusalotofpleasuresthatworkcannot.[d]thesuessofworkhaslittletodowithhowwespendourleisuretime.

24.whatistherelationshipbetweenleisureandrecreation，aordingtotheauthor？

[a]leisureandrecreationarecloselyrelated.[b]leisureandrecreationareidentical.[c]recreationcoversallkindsofleisureactivities.[d]recreationdoesnotbelongtoanyleisureactivity.

25.fromthepassageweknowthat__________.[a]leisurehasbeenanoldproblemsinceancienttimes[b]leisurecannotbereplacedasthemostimportantpartoflife[c]oursuessinworkismostlydeterminedbywhetherweuseleisurewisely[d]goodrecreationalactivitiescontributegreatlytohealth，growthandspirit

passagetwoquestions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

eachnationhasitsownpeculiarcharacterwhichdistinguishesitfromothers.butthepeoplesoftheworldhavemorepointsinmonthanpointsinwhichtheydiffer.onetypeofpersonthatismonineverycountryistheonewhoalwaystriestodoaslittleaspossibleandtogetasmuchaspossibleinreturn.hisopposite，themanwhoisinthehabitofdoingmorethanisstrictlynecessaryandwhoisreadytoaeptwhatisofferedinreturn，israreeverywhere.boththesetypesareusuallyunconsciousoftheircharacter.themanwhoavoidseffortisalwaystalkingabouthis“rights”：

heappearstothinkthatsocietyoweshimapleasant，easylife.themanwhoisalwaysdoingmorethanhissharetalksof“duties”：

hefeelsthattheindividualisindebttosociety，andnotsocietytotheindividual.asaresultoftheirviews，neitherofthesementhinksthathebehavesatallstrangely.themanwhotriestodoaslittleashecanisalwaysfullofexcuses：

ifhehasneglectedtodosomething，itwasbecausehehadaheadache，ortheweatherwastoohot-ortoocold-orbecausehewaspreventedbybadluck.atfirst，otherpeople，suchashisfriendsandhisemployer，generouslyaepthisstories；butsoontheyrealizewhatkindofpersonheis.inthelongrunhedeceivesonlyhimself.whenhisfriendsbeecooltowardshimandhefailstomakeprogressinhisjob，heissurprisedandhurt.heblameseveryoneandeverythingexcepthimself.hefeelsthatsocietyisfailinginitsdutiestowardshim，andthatheisbeingunjustlytreated.

26.thecentralideaofparagraph1isthat__________.[a]eachnationispeculiarenoughtoenableustodistinguishitfromothers[b]thepeoplesoftheworldareasalikeastheyaredifferent[c]thepeoplesoftheworldhavemoresimilaritiesthandifferences[d]thosewhodomorethanisstrictlynecessaryaremonineverycountry

27.aordingtoparagraph1，themanwhodoesmorethanisrequired__________.[a]isreadytoaeptwhatthesocietyoffershim[b]expectsnothinginreturnforhiswork[c]feelsthatheisunderheavydebt[d]thinksthismakeshislifeeasy

28.thosewhotrytodoaslittleaspossible__________.[a]envyothers'goodluck[b]aregoodstory-___ers[c]supplyfalsereasonsfortheirlackofresponsibility[d]thinkthattheiroppositesowethemapleasantlife

29.thephrase“inthelongrun”（paragraph3）isclosestinmeaningto“___________”。

[a]inpractice[b]intheend[c]ineffect[d]innotime

30.itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatpeoplewhocheat_________.[a]willbeunjustlytreated[b]willcheatonlythemselveseventually[c]willchangetheirbehavior[d]willgetsurprisedbytheirownstories

passagethreequestions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

thegovernmentmaycontrolpriceswhenwhereisaproblemsuchasrapidlyincreasingrentsorariseinthecostofliving.whenthegovernmentcontrolsprices，thereisnolongeranormalrelationshipbetweenthepriceofaproductandthequantityconsumerswillbuy.governmentcontrolsmayhelpinanemergency（紧急情况）。

however，someeconomistsbelievethatcontrolscanhavenegativeeffectsoveralongperiodoftime.incitieswithrentcontrol，thecitygovernmentsetsthemaximumrentthatalandlord（房主）canchargeforanapartment.supportersofrentcontrolarguethatitprotectspeoplewhoarelivinginapartments.theirrentcannotincrease；therefore，theyarenotindangeroflosingtheirhomes.however，thecritics（批评者）saythatafteralongtime，rentcontrolmayhavenegativeeffects.landlordsknowthattheycannotincreasetheirprofits.therefore，theyinvestinotherbusinesseswheretheycanincreasetheirprofits.theydonotinvestinnewbuilding