0795综合英语（二）2008年10月份历年真题 - 图文

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全国2008年10月高等教育自学考试

综合英语(二)试题

课程代码：00795

I.语法、词汇。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并填在答题纸相应的位置上。(本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分)

1. I saw Bill sitting in a front seat ______ at the speaker with the strangest look. A. staring C. stared

B. stares D. stare

2. Arrive at the classroom well before the test ______ so you don’t feel rushed. A. beginning C. will begin

B. has begun D. begins

3. A series of attempts ______ made, he came to a successful solution to the problem. A. to be C. were

B. had been D. having been

4. Most people in the United States watch TV, ______ they complain a lot about the program. A. despite C. thus

B. except that D. even though

5. It is desirable that water used for drinking ______ pure. A. were C. is

B. should be D. ought to be

6. He was much more thorough in his studies than the rest of his class and it was for this reason ______ he made such great progress. A. why C. that

B. how D. for

7.Although he refused to act on my suggestion，he had to admit that ______ what I said. A. there was something in C. there was something as

B. it was something in D. it was something as

8. In order to search for the escaped prisoner, the police have decided to ______ whoever comes along the road. A. ask C. inquire

B. investigate D. question

9. The teacher took the ______ to learn the students’ names on the first day of school. A. difficulty C. problem

B. trouble D. hardship

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10. Animals become ______ to their young as soon as they can look after themselves. A. ignorant C. indifferent

B. careless D. cruel

11. ______ how much you practice the speech，the actual presentation will be different from your plan. A. Aware of C. Clear of

B. Convinced of D. Regardless of

12. I continued to ______ his progress against the charts provided by the doctor. A. count C. calculate

B. measure D. judge

13. The lab has recently been updated to ______ for more advanced courses. A. supply C. allow

B. provide D. support

14. No one knows whether a child’s ______ towards fatness is inherited or due to the food he eats. A. tendency C. intention

B. trend D. inclination

15. The police ____ Mr. Burger for the wanted suspect and informed the headquarters immediately. A. treated C. believed

B. took D. recognized

Ⅱ．完形填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并填在答题纸相应的位置上。(本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分)

Migration，in biology, is the movement of animals to a place that offers better living conditions．Many birds，fishes，insects，and mammals regularly migrate to 16 unfavorable changes in weather or food supply．

Migrations take place on land，in water, or in the air． Some animals migrate only short 17 ．Other migrations cover thousands of miles or kilometers．

Migration enables many animals to 18 favorable weather and abundant food supplies in areas with changing 19 ．In some parts of the world，for example，food is plentiful in summer but becomes 20 during the cold winter months．Many animals that live in these regions migrate to 21 climates in the fall．They return in the spring when the weather warms up．

Many migrations are 22 reproduction．Numerous animals migrate to breeding areas so that their young have the best chance for 23 ．Migratory birds breed in their summer homes，

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24 the food supply is most abundant．

Many animals begin their migrations after unfavorable environmental conditions 25 ．But among other species，the factors that trigger(引发)migrations are more difficult to explain．Experiments show that changes in day length 26 the migrations of many species of birds．In spring，the 27 hours of daylight trigger the release of certain hormones in the bodies of the birds．Hormones are chemical substances that regulate many body functions． 28 ，the hormones prepare the birds for the northward trip．

Besides using environmental 29 ，many seasonal migrators probably have an inborn “calendar” that tells them when to migrate．Some birds show seasonal migratory behavior even when kept 30 constant conditions in a laboratory．An inborn timing mechanism may trigger the migration of salmon and other animals that migrate at different stages of their life． 16. A．adapt to 17. A．periods

B. fight against B. spans

C. control

D. avoid D. 1engths

C. distances

18. A．make sense of

C．pay attention to 19. A．species 20. A．scarce 21. A．warmer

B. take advantage of D. give way to C. environments C. poisonous C. drier

B. chances B. frozen B. colder

D. factors D. tasteless D. wetter D. related to D. insistence D. where D. get in D. stimulate D. stretching D. In no sense D. clues D. on

22. A．taken for 23. A．survival 24. A．when 25. A．put in

B. caused by B. arrival B. which B. cut in

C. known as C. existence C. while C. set in

26. A．accumulate 27. A．decreasing 28. A．In any case 29. A．indexes 30. A．under

B. calculate B. increasing B. In this case B. symbols B. with

C. formulate C. shrinking C. In a sense C. signs C. to

Ⅲ．难句释义。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并填在答题纸相应的位置上。(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)

31. Yet，some people say that ours is an age where true heroes and heroines are hard to come by, where the very ideal of heroism is something beyond us — an artifact of the past. A. …it’s impossible for us to find a perfect hero in today’s society. B. …people today can’t possibly reach the highness of real heroes. C. ...heroes in the past had better quality than those today.

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D. …people fail to understand the history of heroism.

32. We began to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without some return - be this in terms of pleasure, work value, or rest. A. …this is only true with pleasure，work, or rest. B. …this helps us to understand pleasure，work，or rest. C. ...we behave in this way when we play, work, or rest. D.…we use these terms except when we play, work, or rest.

33. All of us depend on our peace of mind and our efficiency on hundreds of these cues，often without our conscious awareness.

A. We haven’t realized that these cues can help with our mind and our work. B. We need to deal with a large amount of cues quickly and unconsciously. C. We need mental peace and efficiency in order to understand these cues. D. We rely on these cues unconsciously to behave properly with ease.

34. Courtesy，politeness，good manners—call it what you will，the supply never seems to equal the demand.

A. …there is never enough politeness in real life. B.…the demand to supply equal names is never satisfied. C. …you can never have enough words to describe politeness. D. …it is difficult to find a balance between different manners.

35. She even felt a kind of distant kinship with the B-29s that flew regularly overhead，bound north for Tokyo and other targets.

A. She realized that the B-29s resembled her in a certain way… B. She believed that the B-29s were so far away from her… C. She identified the B-29s’direction from a distance… D. She somehow felt close to the B-29s…

36. It [having censors’ stamps of approval on each page] would give me prestige in his eyes，or at least make me less suspect，foreigner though I was.

A. He might treat me，a foreigner, with no respect，not to mention any trust. B. He might have a higher opinion of me，although he hated all foreigners. C. It might in some way reduce his suspicion on me，even a foreigner. D. It might offer a foreigner like me a good chance to win his favor. 37. How do you go about making a boy into a zero? A. How can people possibly turn a boy into nobody? B. How do you feel about 1eaving a boy in poverty?

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C. What about saving a boy from his failure? D. What can you do to help a boy start from scratch?

38. The scene is the bedroom in the home of a young Hollywood couple，…whose careers are still in the promising stage.

A. …whose careers have a good start but need careful planning. B. …whose careers have a bright future but are still developing. C. …who have been very successful in their careers. D. …who are facing a turning point of their careers.

39. A friend is someone who draws out your own best qualities，with whom you sparkle and become more of whatever the friendship draws upon. A. …and become better in the aspect the friendship bases on. B. …and become keener in the awareness of the friendship. C. …and benefit more from the friendship you cherish. D. …and show more devotion to the friendship.

40. At any rate, he hit upon a way of making a living, with no competitors. A. No matter how hard he worked，he failed to make a living… B. No matter what other people said，he succeeded in making a living…

C. Whatever the case might be，he happened to find a way of supporting himself. . . D. Whatever the result might be，he insisted on his own way of supporting himself…

Ⅳ. 阅读理解。阅读短文，根据短文的内容从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案， 并填在答题纸相应的位置上。(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)

Passage 1

Britain has always been a neighbor of France，separated only by the 20-mile seaway of the English Channel. And for most of the time that the two countries have existed，the French and the British have been rivals or even enemies. One conflict between the two countries lasted over 100 years，and the British and French were at war through the 18th century.

Those were not just local difficulties. When Americans rebelled against British rule，thousands of French soldiers fought alongside them，and paid by France. Without the conflict between Britain and France，there would probably have been no America.

There is no fighting now, of course. But there is still a strong sense of rivalry between the two nations. That’s why a recent survey in the UK caused a major shock.

It revealed that one third of the British people would like to live in France. It also showed that 21 per cent of British people would actually prefer to have been born in France.

Many reasons were given. France has a better climate and a more relaxed lifestyle，with some

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