2007年10月高教自學考試自考英語一歷年真題

本試卷共9頁，滿分100分,考試時間150分鐘。
I．用適當語法形式或詞匯填空。從A、B、C和D四個選項中選出一個最佳答案，并填入答題紙相應位置。(本大題共30小題，每小題1分，共30分)
1. When I arrived at the hospital, he       in the emergency room.
A. was being treated B. was treated
C. had been treating D. had been being treated
2. They have just bought a new villa       sitting room, you can see a huge garden.
A. from the B. whose
C. from whose D. with a
3. After he regained consciousness, he seemed       about the car crash.
A. to forget completely B. to have completely forgotten
C. forgetting completely D. having completely forgotten
4. The father thought it worthwhile to invest in their daughter’s education      the mother considered it a waste of money.
A. however B. yet
C. if D. while
5. I don’t think complaining can solve the problem,        ?
A. can it B. can’t it
C. do I D. don’t I
6.       any foreign language and having no special skills, he finds it hard to get a job in this very competitive world.
A. Knowing not B. Knowing no
C. Not knowing D. Having known no
7. Up to now, he has taken part in five English contests, in       he was the winner.
A. every one B. each one
C. every of which D. each of which

8. At no time      of giving up and accepting the unfair treatment.
A. did she ever think B. she ever thought
C. did she think ever D. she thought ever
9. You should discuss your idea with your classmates because just         it to someone else helps you sort it out for yourself.
A. have to explain B. having to explain
C. have explained D. having explained
10. It’s hard to notice whether a painting has been turned upside down _______it is an abstract modern painting.
A. when B. though
C. unless D. for
11. Swimmers are required__________ or make loud noises when they are in the swimming pool.
A. to not dive B. to dive
C. not to dive D. not diving
12. Mother is cooking something in the kitchen. From that familiar smell, I know it ___________be roast beef.
A. might B. can
C. could D. must
13. You can't go to Australia this afternoon        you don't mind a stopover in Singapore.
A. if B. unless
C. because D. until
14. _______ to land on the island several times, the pilot sent a radio message to the headquarters to ask for help.
A. Having failed B. Failing
C. Had failed D. Failed
15. Nothing satisfies his curiosity _______ reading a detective story by that famous writer.
A. much more B. as much as
C. more than D. most than
16. That his aunt Ada could ever have been considered pretty seemed _________ belief.
A. off B. beyond
C. out of D. without
17. The name began with a B, though he couldn’t ___________ exactly what the name was.
A. make of B. make sense
C. make up D. make out
18. He was _______________ of a veiled curiosity in the taxi driver’s eyes.
A. conscientious B. conspicuous
C. conscious D. capable
19. When marriages _________, we have to put the interests of the children first.
A. break down B. break up
C. break off D. break out
20. They are hoping this next round of talks will ________ a settlement of the pay dispute.
A. bring forth B. bring about
C. bring up D. bring out

21. The car wouldn’t start, so we _____________ having to walk to the concert hall.
A. resulted in B. finished with
C. ended with D. ended up
22. The woman decided to get her lawyer to ______________ a new will for her.
A. draw B. draw on
C. draw up D. draw out
23. Something must be done to prevent some students from dropping out of schools simply _____________ lack of money.
A. because B. because of
C. as D. as of
24. No matter how experienced you are, you are         to occasionally come across problems that you’ve never anticipated.
A. about B. certainly
C. possibly D. bound
25. He died of pneumonia in prison six months after he began to ___________ his sentence.
A. serve B. act
C. make D. do
26. The members of the family were disturbed ____________ relieved by the news you brought them.
A. less than B. other than
C. rather than D. more than
27. She didn’t really want to train for the stage or to take up the profession seriously. She just wanted to show she could be            .
A. on herself B. like herself
C. act herself  D. on her own
28. Fred doesn’t like white coffee, nor does he like to put cream on his strawberries, because he prefers them______________.
A. normal B. ordinary
C. plain D. simple
29. The blind musician ran the ________ of his fingers over the piano before he began to play.
A. points B. tips
C. ends D. edges
30. Our guess, that the managers would react _________ to our decision, turned out to be wrong.
A. utterly B. strongly
C. extremely D. actually
Ⅱ．認真閱讀下面兩篇短文，每篇短文后有五個問題。根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容從四個選項中選擇一個最佳答案，并填入答題紙相應位置。(本大題共10小題，每小題1分，共10分)
Passage 1
    The train passed through a station and then it began suddenly to slow down, presumably in obedience to a signal. For some minutes it crawled along, then stopped; presently it began to move forward again. Another up-train passed then, though with less power than the first one. The train gathered speed again. At that moment another train, also on a down-line, turned inwards towards them, for a moment with almost alarming effect. For a time the two trains ran parallel, now one gaining a little, now the other. Mrs. McGill looked from her window through the windows of the parallel carriages. Most of the blinds were down, but occasionally the occupants of the carriages were visible. The other train was not very full and there were many empty carriages.
    At the moment when the two trains gave the illusion of being stationary, a blind in one of the carriages flew up with a snap. Mrs. McGill looked into the lighted first-class carriage that was only a few feet away.
    Then she drew her breath in, watching. Standing with his back to the window and to her was a man. His hands were round the throat of a woman who faced him, and he was slowly strangling her. Her eyes were staring from their sockets and her face was purple. As Mrs. McGill watched, fascinated, the end came; the body went limp and fell in the man’s hands.
    At the same moment, Mrs. McGill’s train slowed down again and the other began to gain speed. It passed forward and a moment or two later it had vanished from sight. Almost automatically Mrs. McGill's hands went up to the communication cord and then paused. After all, what use would it be ringing the cord of the train in which she was traveling? The horror of what she had seen at such a close distance, and the unusual circumstances, made her feel numb. Some immediate action was necessary―but what?
The door of her compartment was drawn back and a ticket collector said, “Ticket, please.”
31. After Mrs. McGill's train passed through a station, it ____________.
A. gained speed suddenly B. kept its usual speed
C. changed its speed D. stopped immediately
32. Mrs. McGill seemed to be a (an)_____________person.
A. observant B. interesting
C. nosy D. nervous

33. What she saw in the parallel train made her feel___________.
A. excited B. anxious
C. worried D. horrified
34. She didn’t ring the communication cord immediately because___________.
A. she was very much afraid B. there was no point of doing so
C. she was too shocked to move D. the ticket collector came in
35. The best title for this story could be___________.
A. Mrs. McGill, a Traveler B. Mrs. McGill, a Coward
C. Mrs. McGill, a Witness D. Mrs. McGill, a Murderer
Passage 2
    Scientists are racing to build the world’s first thinking robot. This is not science fiction: some say they will have made it by the year 2020.
    Machines that walk, speak and feel are no longer science fiction. Kismet is the name of an android (機器人) which scientists have built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
    Kismet is different from the traditional robot because it can show human emotions. Its eyes, ears and lips move to show when it feels happy, sad or bored. Kismet is one of the first of a new generation of androids―robots that look like human beings―which can imitate human feelings. Cog, another android invented by the MIT, imitates the action of a mother. However, scientists admit that so far Cog has the mental ability of a two-year-old.
    The optimists say that by the year 2020 we will have created humanoids (機器人) with brains similar to those of an adult human being. These robots will be designed to look like people to make them more attractive and easier to sell to the public. What kind of jobs will they do? In the future, robots like Robonaut, a humanoid invented by NASA, will be doing dangerous jobs, like repairing space stations. They will also be doing more and more of the household work for us. In Japan, scientists are designing androids that will entertain us by dancing and playing the piano.
Some people worry about what the future holds: will robots become monsters ? Will people themselves become increasingly like robots? Experts predict that more and more people will be wearing micro-computers, connected to the internet，in the future. People will have micro-chips in various parts of their body, which will connect them to a wide variety of devices. Perhaps we should not exaggerate the importance of technology, but one wonders whether, in years to come, we will still be falling in love, and whether we will still feel pain. Who knows?
36. Kismet is different from traditional robots because it ________________.
A. can think for itself B. has eyes, ears and lips
C. can look after two-year-olds D. can express human feelings
37. A common feature of the new generation of robots mentioned in the passage is that they _______.
A. can act like a mother B. have the mental ability of a two-year-old
C. look and act like human beings D. can do entertaining work
38. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. It’s possible to plant micro-chips in human bodies.
B. Human beings will do less household work because of robots.
C. No one is completely sure what technology will do for us in the future.
D. Robots with human brains will surely be created by 2020.
39. According to the passage, future robots will be designed to do all the following except    .
A. working in the space   B. falling in love
C. entertaining people    D. thinking like a human being
40. What is the writer’s attitude to robots in the future?
A. Critical. B. Hostile.
C. Objective. D. Enthusiastic.
Ⅲ．用國際音標標出下列單詞中劃線字母或字母組合的讀音。(本大題共20小題，每兩小題1分，共10分)(注意：使用新式或老式音標均可)
41. awkward 42. tragedy
43. sympathy 44. alphabetical 
45. appearance 46. authority  
47. breathless 48. banquet
49. approach 50. disaster   
51. nutrition 52. confession
53. surrounding 54. intelligence
55. Germany 56. excitable
57. loyalty 58. withdrawal
59. acquaintance 60. enduring

Ⅳ．完形填空。(本大題共20小題，每兩小題1分，共10分)
A．從下列單詞中選擇適當?shù)脑~填空，每個詞只能用一次。

Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without a car 61 people feel that they are poor. And 62 if a person is poor he doesn’t feel really poor when he has a car. Henry Ford was the man 63 first started making cars in large numbers. He probably didn’t know how 64 the car was going to affect American culture. The car made the United States a nation 65 wheels. And it helped to make the United States what 66 is today. There are three main reasons why the car became so 67 in the United States. First of all, the country is a huge one 68 Americans like to move around in it. The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest 69 of transportation. With a car people can go anywhere 70 spending a lot of money.
B．根據(jù)課文的內(nèi)容在每個空白處填入一個恰當?shù)脑~。
    There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it with 71. What was it? She did not know. It was too 72 to name. But she felt it creeping 73 of the sky. It was reaching her 74 the sound, the smell, the color that 75 the air. Slowly she became excited. Her breath came 76 ; her heart beat faster. She was beginning to recognize the thing 77 was approaching to take her. She tried to beat it back with her will, but 78. Her mind was as weak 79 her two small white hands. When she stopped fighting 80 it, a little word broke from her lips.
Ⅴ．根據(jù)所學課文內(nèi)容完成下列句子。(本大題共10小題，每小題2分，共20分)
81. Anderson’s fairytales are loved by children and adults because___________.
82. Sidney Poitier learned from an old Jewish man _________.
83. Agent X finally succeeded in winning Pappy’s trust by _________.
84. The secret to happiness lies in __________.
85. The druggist asked Sangstrom to write a confession of his former intention in order to_________________.
86. According to Dr. Heinrich Applebaum, the greatest danger of television is not violence, but___________.
87. Bob Sugg read only certain parts of the papers he sold and his favorite part was   .
88. Mr. Budd knew the man was the wanted murderer when he saw    .
89. In learning to control time, you must become___________.
90.____________that Christy Brown drew on the slate was like the road to a new world.
Ⅵ．將下列句子譯成英語。(本大題共10小題，每小題2分，共20分)
91. 使用電子郵件與人交流十分方便。
92. 他們成天無所事事，而我們卻在拼命工作。
93. 老實說，我丈夫不喜歡我的濃妝。
94. 就是這個挑戰(zhàn)吸引著約100位冬泳愛好者來參加這次比賽。
95. 那天早上的霧那么大，司機們都只好打開頭燈緩慢行駛。
96. 當了十多年教師之后，他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己深深依戀這個職業(yè)。
97. 他不到三分鐘就把這道題算出來了，這真讓人吃驚。
98. 一場大水災把那座村莊完全毀了。
99. 任何情況下我們都不該做這些事。
100. 我若還年輕就會作出完全不同的選擇。