全国高级英语试题.docx

1、全国高级英语试题全国2008年10月自学考试高级英语试题课程代码：00600请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上。全部题目用英文作答（英译汉题目除外）I. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet

2、. One word or expression for each blank only. (12 points, 0.5 point for each)Women have an average life 1 of seven years longer than men and tend to marry men older than themselves; so two-thirds (six million) of all older women are widows. 2 widowed they do not have the same social prerogatives as

3、older men to 3 and marry those who are younger. 4 , they are likely to end up alonean ironic 5 of events when one remembers that most of them were raised from childhood to consider 6 the only acceptable state.The sheriff follows the county attorney 7 the other room. Then Mrs. Hale rises, hands 8 _ t

4、ogether, 9 intensely at Mrs. Peters, whose eyes make a slow turn, finally 10 Mrs. Hales. A moment Mrs. Hale holds her, then her own eyes 11 the way to where the box is concealed. 12 Mrs. Peters throws back quilt pieces and tries to put the box in the bag she is wearing.A company that delivers value

5、13 customer intimacy builds 14 with customers like those between good neighbors. Customer-intimate companies dont deliver what the market wants 15 what a specific customer wants. The customer-intimate company 16 a business of knowing the people it sells to and the products and services they need. It

6、 continually 17 its products and services and does so at 18 prices.Childhoods 19 never asks to be proved (all conclusions are absolute). I didnt question why Mrs. Flowers had 20 me out for attention, nor did it 21 me that Momma might have asked her to give me a little talking to. All I 22 was that s

7、he had made tea cookies for me and read to me from her 23 book. It was 24 to prove that she liked me.II. In this section, there are fifteen sentences taken from the textbooks with a blank in each, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of th

8、e sentences and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. One word or expression for each blank only. (15 points, 1 point for each)25. The campaign for more physical beauty seems to be both a tremendous success and a _failure.26. When salesmen are doing well, there is pressure upon them t

9、o begin doing better, _ they may start doing worse.27. In its entertainment, television _ far too much to the lowest instincts of man, particularly the lust for violence.28. Modernity-snobs naturally tend to throw away their old _ and buy new ones at a greater rate than those who are not modernity-s

10、nobs.29. But far worse is the nightmare of travel in and around Los Angeles, where public transport does not exist and people are literally choking _ in their exhaust fumes.30. She felt her blood _ her temples and there was pressure in her chest below the hollow.31. We dont advertise openings and we

11、 dont solicit applications. We keep a low _, and we do things differently.32. She had hard work to see that the two young children who had been left to her _ went to school regularly and got their meals regularly.33. On the edge of a small cape that marked the side of the bay away from the promontor

12、y was a loose _ of rocks.34. She hurried on the almond Sundays and _ the match for the kettle in quite a dashing way.35. For all but the last six, I have done the workall the tedious details that _ between victory and defeat on election daywhile men reaped the rewards, which is almost invariably the

13、 lot of women in politics.36. The child strikes his head in the bath and falls unconscious. The man sits down and watches him _.37. Her tongue was cut and she was screaming in wild _ shrieks.38. I believe that TVs appeal to the short attention span is not only inefficient communication but deciviliz

14、ing _.39. Indeed from the first draw any mark of pleasure was taboo: one couldnt mock the _ man by any sign of relief.A. lamentable B. to death C. for fear D. unlessE. cares F. processes G. struck H. drownI. pricking along J. condemned K. painting L. in deathM. or N. possessions O. as well P. charge

15、Q. caters R. terrifying S. separate T. hystericalU. make the difference V. hold over W. scatter X. profileIII. Each of the following sentences is given two choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (15 poin

16、ts, 1 point for each)40. A fist fight followed, with much shouting and _, until the ragged man succeeded in driving up to the door. A. disputing B. squabbling41. Susie will examine our secondary school programs to insure that all students are prepared to be responsible, productive and technologicall

17、y _ citizens of the 21st century. A. literary B. literate42. Meanwhile Im just going to be hanging around _ my thumbs, so if youve got anything an idle detective can do, just say the word. A. twiddling B. twisting43. These tasks were repetitive, lengthy, and lacking in any _ interest. A. intrinsic B

18、. instinctive44. Louisa said she could not go on living with a man who had married her under false _. A. pretences B. preferences45. Deep at night, they could still hear gun-fire _ in the distance. A. rumbling B. rambling46. Her husband did not like her new interests and her _ added further strain t

19、o an already failing marriage. A. persistence B. obstinacy47. Political leaders have reached a _ agreement to hold a preparatory conference next month. A. hesitant B. tentative48. Initially this was _ at as farfetched conjecture, but gradually it has received grudging respect and empirical support.

20、A. scolded B. scoffed49. Gaining _ to the club was no easy matter. A. permission B. admittance50. Even though thousands of people die violently each year in Sri Lanka, the death of an important figure causes national _. A. anguish B. melancholy51. The rapid fire of questions was deliberate, she knew

21、, designed to scare her into _ out the truth. A. blurting B. blunting52. Small debts could rapidly mount up and begin to exert _ pressure on the relationship between husband and wife. A. intolerant B. intolerable53. This part of the story is perhaps the most exciting, since the company not only kept

22、 its head above water, but produced a series of plays which _ its reputation. A. increased B. enhanced54. He looked across the sea: a faint _ of pale light was rising in the midnight-blue sky. A. glimmer B. glamourRead the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding four items IV, V, VI

23、and VII.How America Lives(1) Americans still follow many of the old ways. In a time of rapid changes it is essential that we remember how much of the old we cling to. Young people still get married. Of course, many do get divorced, but they remarry at astonishing rates. They have children, but fewer

24、 than before. They belong to churches, even though they attend somewhat less frequently, and they want their children to have religious instruction. They are willing to pay taxes for education, and they generously support institutions like hospitals, museums and libraries. In fact, when you compare

25、the America of today with that of 1950, the similarities are far greater than the differences.(2) Americans seem to be growing conservative. The 1980 election, especially for the Senate and House of Representatives, signaled a decided turn to the right insofar as political and social attitudes were

26、concerned. It is as if our country spent the 1960s and 1970s jealously breaking out of old restraints and now wishes to put the brakes on. We should expect to see a reaffirmation of traditional family values, sharp restraints on pornography, a return to religion and a rejection of certain kinds of s

27、ocial legislation.(3) Patterns of courtship and marriage have changed radically. Where sex was concerned, I was raised in an atmosphere of suspicion, repression and Puritanism, and although husky young kids can survive almost anything, many in my generation suffered grievously. Without reservation,

28、I applaud the freer patterns of today, although I believe that its been difficult for some families to handle the changes.(4) American women are changing the rules. Thirty years ago I could not have imagined a group of women employees suing a major corporation for millions of dollars of salary which

29、, they alleged, had been denied them because they had been discriminated against. Nor could I imagine women in universities going up to the men who ran the athletic programs and demanding a just share of the physical education budget. At work, at play, at all levels of living women are suggesting ne

30、w rules.(5) America is worried about its schools. If I had a child today, I would send her or him to a private school for the sake of safety, for the discipline that would be enforced and for the rigorous academic requirements. But I would doubt that the child would get any better education than l d

31、id in my good public school. The problem is that good public schools are becoming pitifully rare, and I would not want to take the chance that the one I sent my children to was inadequate.(6) Some Americans must live on welfare. Since it seems obvious that our nation can produce all its needs with o

32、nly a part of the available work force, some kind of social welfare assistance must be doled out to those who cannot find jobs. When I think of a typical welfare recipient I think of a young neighbor woman whose husband was killed in a tragic accident, leaving her with three young children. In the bad old days she might have known destitution, but w