全国2009年1月高等教育自学考试基础英语试题
课程代码:00088

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一、词汇应用和语法结构（本大题共30小题,每小题1分,共30分）
（一）词汇应用（15分）
选择最佳答案完成句子,错选、多选或未选均无分.
1.Each country has to import the articles and commodities it does not itself ______.
A. produce
B. increase
C. design
D. sell

2.The import and export trades are two ______ of the same coin.
A. parties
B. sides
C. groups
D. sizes

3.It’s ______ that almost 3 million tourists will visit Singapore each year in the near future.
A. supposed
B. estimated
C. guessed
D. calculated

4.The boss has always thought very ______ of him.
A. highly
B. better
C. well
D. excellent

5.International trade would be a quick and effective way to ______ the wounds of the war.
A. repair
B. remedy
C. treat
D. heal

6.Marketing ______ a great many jobs in the United States.
A. supports
B. provides
C. searches
D. gives

7.High interest rates ______ people from borrowing money.
A. discourage
B. decrease
C. disturb
D. disgust

8.There are a few questions that ______ have to answer.
A. economical
B. economics
C. economy
D. economists

9.You must always be on your ______ against violence.
A. guide
B. attention
C. protection
D. guard

10.It is known that everyone ______ from free competition.
A. profits
B. gets
C. benefits
D. gains

11.Bikes produced in Guangzhou are very ______ in many countries.
A. beloved
B. popular
C. favored
D. enjoyed

12.By means of taxation, we ______ for things that we need just as much as we need somewhere to live and something to eat.
A. pay
B. own
C. get
D. buy

13. What the manager is saying does not ______ to me.
A. fit
B. suit
C. apply
D. adjust

14. A steel mill ______ a huge area, and is a frightening place to visit because of its great fires and heat.
A. covers
B. contains
C. seizes
D. includes

15. Companies ______ their products to make people buy.
A. publize
B. advertise
C. announce
D. call

二、改错 （本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分）
下面句子中有 A,B,C,D四个划底线部分,其中有一个是错误的,选出错误部分的字母,无需改正错误.

三、完形填空（本大题共15小题,每小题1分,共15分）
选择最佳答案完成句子,错选、多选或未选均无分.
By late middle ages many workers are looking 41 to retirement, and millions of those 42 have retired are only too glad to exchange the routines of work 43 the satisfaction that a more leisured life may 44. Many other workers are reluctant to give up their 45. The desire to continue working often stems from harsh economic reality, for 46 usually brings a sharp drop in income. 47 workers fear the loss of social identity that can result from 48 a jo
B. They may be left with "nothing to do", and may find that they are 49 a life with significant meaning and fulfillment. Those old people who 50 like to continue working are often victims of 51 is perhaps the most striking example of age discrimination (歧视): the practice of mandatory (强制的) retirement, under which people are forced to give up their jobs immediately when they 52 a certain age. Until recently the precise age for mandatory retirement 53 from job to jo
B. The usual mandatory retirement age in the U.S.A., however, was sixty瞗ive. The objection to mandatory retirement is that there is no 54 to suggest that most people over the age of sixty瞗ive or seventy are incapable of working; at the turn of the century, in fact, 70 percent of men over sixty瞗ive were still 55 in the labor force.
41. A. forward
B. back
C. at
D. backward

42. A. that
B. who
C. which
D. whom

43. A. in
B. for
C. to
D. with

44. A. take
B. gain
C. bring
D. send

45. A. jobs
B. works
C. position
D. tasks

46. A. unemployment
B. retirement
C. loneliness
D. retreat

47. A. any
B. some
C. no
D. somebody

48. A. not to have
B. not have
C. having not
D. not having

49. A. assured of
B. reminded of
C. robbed of
D. convinced of

50. A. could
B. should
C. would
D. might

51. A. what
B. that
C. which
D. when

52. A. arrive
B. get
C. reach
D. come

53. A. varied
B. ranged
C. shifted
D. turned

54. A. event
B. incident
C. evidence
D. indication

55. A. active
B. ignored
C. inactive
D. useless

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