1、高级英语自考题-10 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to Y. One word or expression for each blank only. Being the first black woman U U 1 /U /Uto Congress has made me some kind of U U 2 /U /
2、U. There are nine other blacks in Congress; there are ten U U 3 /U /Uwomen. I was the first to overcome both U U 4 /U /Uat once. Of the two caps, being U U 5 /U /Uis much less of a U U 6 /U /Ubeing female.Chavel was U U 7 /U /Uwith a huge and shameful joy. It seemed to him that already he was U U 8
3、/U /Utwenty nine men to draw and only two marked papers U U 9 /U /U. The chances had suddenly grown in his U U 10 /U /Ufrom ten to one U U 11 /U /Ufourteen to one. the greengrocer had drawn a slip and U U 12 /U /Ucarelessly and without pleasure that he was U U 13 /U /U.The senior partner studied the
4、 U U 14 /U /Ufor the hundredth U U 15 /U /Uand again found nothing he disliked U U 16 /U /UMitchell Y. McDeere, U U 17 /U /Uleast not on paper. He had the U U 18 /U /U, the ambition, the good looks. And he was hungry; U U 19 /U /Uhis background, he had to be.The sheriff follows the county attorney U
5、 U 20 /U /Uthe other room. Then Mrs. Hale rises, hands U U 21 /U /Utogether, U U 22 /U /Uintensely at Mrs. Peters, whose eyes make a slow turn, finally U U 23 /U /UMrs. Hales. A moment Mrs. Hale holds her, then her own eyes U U 24 /U /Uthe way to where the box is concealed. U U 25 /U /UMrs. Peters t
6、hrows back quilt pieces and tries to put the box in the bag she is wearing.A. about B. at C. Suddenly D. brainsE. with F. phenomenon G. into H. tightI. drawback J. looking K. meeting L. pointM. other N. black O. elected P. filledQ. saved R. left S. favor T. toU. handicaps V. indicated W. safe X. res
7、umeY. time（分数：25.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_二、B(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.The Rolling Stones, _ street-fighting men, demanded revolution. A. arrogance B. mod
8、est C. arrogant D. modesty（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.As soon as you capture one mountain range, another one _ just ahead. A. walk B. looms C. come D. take（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.I explained the danger but said that I would not insist on a throat examination so long as they would take the _. A. responsible B. res
9、ponsibility C. response D. respond（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.When Hippocrates formulated his _ for doctors, which explicitly rules out active killing, most other Greek doctors and thinkers disagreed with his ban. A. owe B. oath C. own D. load（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.For all but the last six, I have done the worka
10、ll the tedious details that _ between victory and defeat on election daywhile men reaped the rewards, which is almost invariably the lot of women in politics. A. make the difference B. differing C. different D. difference（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.Magpie returned to Crow Creek after months in _. A. exile B.
11、 excite C. textile D. text（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.I dont complain about the smoking _ because I hate watching people smoking in hospitals. A. programs B. restrictions C. arguments D. advertisements（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.But bear in _, language is mans way of communicating with his fellow man. A. thought B. b
12、rain C. mind D. body（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.Capturing your _and holding itis the prime motive of the most television programming. A. attention B. attend C. attending D. attended（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.He read it rapidly for the last time, then _ it into thirty pieces. A. scrap B. tore C. take D. get（分数：1.00）
13、A.B.C.D.11.Between chime and chime of the clock I can write essays _ the score. A. of B. by C. off D. out（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.The job is to reconcile my _ likes and dislikes with the essentially public, non-individual activities that this age forces on all of us. A. ingrain B. ingrains C. ingraining
14、D. ingrained（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.All skilled work can be pleasurable, provided the skill _ is either variable or capable of indefinite improvement. A. require B. requires C. requirement D. required（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.And so were suddenly _ a sickening situation in this country. A. faces B. in the fac
15、e of C. faced with D. with the face（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.The campaign for more physical beauty seems to be both a tremendous success and a _ failure. A. lamentable B. lamently C. lament D. lamb（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.三、B(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding three it
16、ems III, IV, V.MAKING A FOOL OF ONESELF(1)I suppose most people do, from time to time. UMy own line is the cracking of jokes/U, with a perfectly straight face, to strangers whose sense of humour I had not checked out. Perhaps one should not feel all that ashamed of it; it testifies to a certain opti
17、mism, hope, trust in ones fellow human beings; but when it misfires you shrink and shrivel and grind your teeth and curse the moment you opened your big mouth and swear to never never never never never (King Lear, Act V, Scene III) do it again. The resolution lasts for about half a year, and then an
18、other irresistible temptation comes along and there you go again.(2)There was that sunny August afternoon at the Plaza del Sol in Madrid. The square was full of tourists, the sun shone with all its might, the air was at its hottest, and cold drinks and ice-cream sold by the gallon and the ton. Then,
19、 within something like a quarter of an hour, dark clouds gathered overhead, obscured the sun, grew black, and a second Flood poured down. The lightly clad tourists scattered under the awnings and into doorways. I took shelter in a house entrance, with my back against the closed door and a sheer wall
20、 of water in front of my nose. Sharing the shelter with me was an English family of four. a tall distinguished father, a well-groomed mother, and two teenage children, a boy and a girl. (They had exchanged a few words in Queens English, and the father wore his hair slightly long over the ears.) “My
21、Fair Lady“ then being at the height of its popularity I turned to the father and recited:(3)The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain.(4)For a moment or so he seemed to be puzzled or confused. I suddenly remembered what happens when two men and a woman find themselves on a desert island. If they a
22、re Italian, one of the men kills the other. If they are Spanish, the woman kills one of the men. If they are English, nothing happens because there is no one there to introduce them. Then he said.(5)“Er. yes, does seem rather strange, at this time of the year, according to the guidebook.“(6)I shrank
23、, and stood there in miserable silence. A few minutes later, when the rain showed the first faint signs of abating, I pretended that it was all over, heaved an audible sigh of relief, strolled out, turned the corner, and immediately ducked into another entrance, soaked to the skin.(7)The temptation
24、struck again on another vacation, at a Club Mediterranee, close to midnight. The tables of the outdoor bar on the beach were crowded. A gorgeous full moon shone over the mirror-smooth sea. I was seated next to a beautiful young woman who had told me that she was a teacher of literature at a Paris hi
25、gh school. UThe rock band and the singer faking mortal agony/U, backed by huge amplifiers and loudspeakers, were going into a frenzy and destroying the eardrums of normal human beings. Knowing that Verlaines “Clair de lune“ was in every anthology and that every teacher of literature was bound to kno
26、w it by heart, I leaned towards the beautiful lady and quoted, clearly and slowly, into her ear: “Et leur chanson se mele au clair de lune.“ (“And their song blends with the light of the moon.“)(8)She gave me a blank stare and said: “Pardon?“(9)A few months later, I was sitting in a bar in Mykonos.
27、(No, I am not doing it full-time. I also work in-between.) The place was full of tourists, most of them were young. I had come to look upon thema case of green grapeswith a certain condescension. Will they reach fifty, like me, in good health? Will they find something creative and satisfying to do,
28、or sink into public relations and advertising? Achieve a happy family life or make a mess of it? Perched on the bar stool on my right was a slim young girl with dark hair caught at the back of her neck with a simple comb, talking fluent French with a slight English accent to a young Frenchman seated
29、 next to her. It was a small talk; they seemed to be recent acquaintances who did not even know each others names. When the girl took out a cigarette and fumbled in her bag for a lightthe French boy must have been a non-smoker and the barman was somewhere elseI snapped my lighter for her.(10)“Merci,
30、 Monsieur,“ she said.(11)“Youre welcome,“ I said in English, just to let her know that, should she feel like conversation in her mother tongue, I was available. She was very pretty and graceful, like a reed in a wind but not exactly my type. I have this penchant for the plumper woman, shapely but wi
31、th full breasts and hips, Uand I discretely scanned the room for a more suitable conquest/U. There were three of four of them, but all rather involved with their escorts.(12)UThe rock band ended a noisy number/U, put down their instruments, and retired to the back of the room for a well-deserved dri
32、nk. The barman put on a cassette and a dreamy old-fashioned waltz swelled up and swirled around the room in unison with the two large fans slowly rotating under the ceiling. The floor cleared. This was another thing those youngsters were missing; the dances you had to learn so as not to step on your
33、 partners foot; the graceful rotation; the arm around your partners waist; the intimate conversation, with your lips against her ear and her hair warming your cheek.(13)The French boy had disappeared somewhere.(14)“Do you like waltzing?“ I asked the girl, a little doubtfully.(15)“Yes, I do,“ she sai
34、d, and got off her stool.(16 )She was very good at it, and we danced through the whole cassettemostly waltzes, with an occasional tango or a quickstep, with me leading well and few couples on the floor to bump into. “Thank you,“ I said with a bow when the music stopped. “You dance very well.“ “You t
35、oo,“ she said with a little smile, as if something amused her. If her intention had been to show an older man that his generation did not have monopoly on the classic dances, she had succeeded to perfection.(17)By then the band was back and conversation became difficult.(18)“A cigarette outside?“ I
36、asked, offering her one.(19)“All right.“(20)We went out and sat down on the sandy beach across the narrow street, smoking our cigarettes and watching the full moon over the marvelous smooth sea. Behind us, the band was making an awful racket, with the amplifier and the loudspeakers at full blast. I
37、smiled to myself and kept quiet. I prided myself on never repeating the same mistake twice. Instead, I asked. “And what do you do, Christine?“(We had introduced ourselves while we danced.) She hesitated briefly, and then said: “I am a ballet dancer.“ I buried my face in my hands and moaned. Then I s
38、lowly slipped forward onto my knees and beat my forehead on the sand. It was soft and did not do any harm.(21)“And I invited you to a waltz,“ I moaned. “And complimented you on your dancing. Oh, God, why do you keep doing these things to me?“(22)“Please dont take it so hard, Robert,“ she said. “You
39、really are a very good dancer, cross my heart and hope to die, for a nonprofessional. Were on vacation here. Look at this marvelous moon and the sea. Dont let anything spoil it.“(23)Just then, the band in the bar behind us went into real convulsions in a roaring, deafening cacophony. Christine wince
40、d, and said, with a little smile.(24)“Et leur chanson se mele au clair de lune.“In this section, there are ten incomplete statements or questions, followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D.（分数：20.00）(1).Why did the author make a hasty retreat when the rain did not completely stop? A. Because the
41、 shelter was too small for five people to share. B. Because the English family spoke Queens English between themselves, which made the author feel nervous. C. Because the fathers confusing answer to his humor frightened him. D. Because the fathers failure to comprehend the authors humor made him fee
42、l embarrassed.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What will the author do if he makes a fool of himself by chance? A. He tells jokes to avoid being humiliated. B. He does not feel ashamed of it at all. C. He repents at that moment but cant refrain from doing it some time later. D. He detests himself very much and
43、swears never to do it again.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The reason that the author recited the sentence “The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain” to the father of the English family is that _. A. it was from “My Fair Lady“, the most popular film then B. the meaning of this sentence suited the situation
44、 at that moment C. the author wanted to comment on the sudden rain in a humorous way D. All of the above（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).When did the author realize that he disgraced himself in the bar in Mykonos? A. When he knew that the girl was a professional dancer. B. When he invited the girl to a waltz bu
45、t kept stepping on her foot. C. When the girl recited a line from Verlaines poem to him. D. When he complimented her on her dancing.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).It can be deduced that when chatting with his dance partner, the author prided himself on NOT _. A. reciting the lines in “My Fair Lady“ B. quoting
46、 Verlaines poem “Clair de lune“ C. asking about her profession D. discussing music with her（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(6).Which of the following is true? A. The girl the author danced with was the same girl he met at a Club Mediterranee. B. Christine was from England. C. Englishmen are often considered apt to converse with strangers. D. Every bar in E
