高等教育自学考试高级英语试题
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I. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to Y. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. One word or expression for each blank only. (25 points, 1 point for each)
West Germany, by contrast, will not be able to 1 any form of euthanasia for a long time to come. Opposition is 2 fierce, because of the shadow of the past. Countries 3 an uninterrupted recent libertarian tradition have less to fear from setting some 4 rules for voluntary euthanasia. By 5 to discuss it, they usher in something worse.
We watched while pride allowed unimportant battles to be 6 into the most important stands of the war-because we couldn’t 7 and we couldn’t retreat and because it didn’t matter how many American 8 were provided to prove that point. Now we are told that we have to 9 quietly while the American lives are lost so that we can exercise the 10 arrogance of Vietnamizing the Vietnamese.
Newspapers have two great advantages 11 television. They can be used by men as barriers
12 their wives. It is still the only effective screen against the morning features of the loved one, and, as such, performs a unique human 13 . The second advantage is that you can’t line a
14 pail with a television set—it’s usually the other way 15 .
It is only lately that I have found how much science of genetics is 16 . Agronomists and the like have taken to 17 all sorts of vegetables and fruits-changing their 18 nature. This sounds wonderful and often is 19 . For the scientists have not as a rule taken any 20 whatsoever in the taste of the things they’ve tampered with!
My own lack of shame in the rioting then taking place in America 21 me. In one sense, I was the 22 of the ghetto child who through hard work and initiative was 23 himself toward a better life. I was the 24 , the exception. It was my life that was held up to Watts youth to 25 .
II. Each of the following sentences is given four choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (15 points, 1 point for each)
26. These arguments have never been _________ accepted.
A. amply
B. drastically
C. perpetually
D. universally
27. It takes the most cool-headed and good-tempered of drivers to resist the temptation to revenge when subjected to _________ behavior.
A. unfamiliar
B. uncivilized
C. unsatisfied
D. uncommon
28. The emergency services said it was _________ that no one was seriously injured in the air crash.
A. miraculous
B. mysterious
C. ridiculous
D. relentless
29. Banks _________ receive money from their customers in two distinct forms: on current account, and on deposit account.
A. formally
B. narrowly
C. normally
D. particularly
30. The recession has _________ so many firms that many can no longer survive.
A. lessened
B. weakened
C. decreased
D. reduced
31. In science, a theory is a reasonable __________ of observed events.
A. explanation
B. excavation
C. expression
D. evaluation
32. Children do not learn what it is to lose and will __________ violence to release their
disappointment.
A. refer to
B. attribute to
C. point to
D. resort to
33.A sincere __________ is like the sunshine which can boost our morale.
A. compliment
B. supplement
C. accomplishment
D. complement
34. He was arrested when his __________ scheme to evade taxes came to light.
A. fake
B. fraudulent
C. false
D. foreign
35. This old room has not been much in use of late. No wonder it has such a_______ appearance.
A. vulgar
B. fancy
C. shabby
D. cheap
36. That little boy was so naughty that he tried to _________ feathers from a chicken.
A. flick
B. twist
C. pluck
D. toss
37. The task of a teacher _________ patience and conscientiousness.
A. commands
B. demands
C. amends
D. mends
38. She gave us unfailing _________ and became an essential part of our family.
A. devotion
B. inspection
C. exploration
D. indication
39. As we were saying goodbye, the train started with a_________.
A. shake
B. shiver
C. tremble
D. jerk
40. Parents should attach importance to their children’s _________ from adolescence to adulthood.
A. permission
B. position
C. transmission
D. transition
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