全国2013年10月高等教育自学考试综合英语（一）试题
选择题部分
注意事项：
1.答题前，考生务必将自己的考试课程名称、姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔填写在答题纸规定的位置上。
2.每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试题卷上。
Ⅰ.语法和词汇填空。阅读下面的句子或对话，从A、B、C和D四个选项中选出一个能填入空白处的`最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项的字母涂黑。(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)
1. He was educated at the local grammar school, after ______ he went on to Cambridge.
A. when B. what
C. which D. where
2. There’s no ______ to make an appointment. Just come to my office anytime after 10 in the morning.
A. time B. need
C. good D. chance
3. — Could I have a look at your essay to get a few ideas?
—______
A. Sure. Why not? B. Yes, that’s right.
C. Don’t mention it. D. That sounds great.
4. Even if you fail the first time, you should ______ trying.
A. hold on B. go on
C. work out D. carry out
5. A tall man walked into the bar in a woollen sweater, a jacket ____ at his waist.
A. to tie B. tie
C. ties D. tied
6. My father is a businessman and is often away from home. Sometimes I wish that he ______ making less money.
A. will be B. has been
C. were D. is
7. Technology has indeed had a direct ______ on our life today.
A. change B. effort
C. effect D. role
8. ______ you stop working for a while, you will be tired out.
A. As B. Unless
C. If D. When
9. Biological science should be developed to do good ______ harm to people.
A. other than B. less than
C. better than D. rather than
10.______ it was getting dark, we decided to stop at a hotel for the night.
A. Since B. If
C. Though D. That
11. The two boys look very much alike, but Robert is ______ one.
A. the tallest B. the taller
C. tall D. taller
12. The teacher, as well as three of his students, ______ taken an interest in traditional Chinese painting.
A. is B. are
C.has D. have
13. If I ______ harder at mathematics in school, I would have a much better chance of getting a good job.
A. worked B. had worked
C. were to work D. were working
14. Gone are the days ______ I was young and as strong as a horse.
A. when B. that
C. where D. which
15.I’ve tried to avoid ______ with him, but something in his manner of speaking always annoys me.
A. quarrel B. to quarrel
C. quarreling D. quarreled
16. Only in this way ______ to achieve real success in your new business.
A. do you hope B. you do hope
C. you can hope D. can you hope
17. The street was named ______ George Washington who led the American Revolution.
A. from B. with
C. as D. after
18. Tom took a pile of papers off the desk to make ______ for the new computer.
A. room B. area
C. position D. place
19. Lily has no trouble finding the new railway station because she has a good ______ of direction.
A. feeling B. idea
C. knowledge D. sense
20. My boyfriend won’t go to Mary’s birthday party tonight and ______.
A. I won’t either B. neither do I
C. so will I D. I will too
Ⅱ.阅读理解。认真阅读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容从A、B、C和D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项的字母涂黑。(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)
Passage 1
It was a cold grey day in late November, and although it was now only a little after two
o’clock in the afternoon, the dark of a winter evening seemed to have come down over the hills, hiding them in mist(薄雾). The air was cold, and in spite of the tightly closed windows it found its way into the coach. The few passengers sat close together for warmth. Mary Yellan was sitting where the drops of rain came through the crack in the roof. She brushed them away with impatient fingers. Although she was only 40 miles by road from what had been her home for 23 years, she was already beginning to miss it. The courage which was so large a part of her, and had helped her so much during the long unhappiness of her mother’s illness and death, was now shaken by this rain and wind.
She remembered a letter from her aunt. The writer said that the news had shocked her; that she had had no idea that her sister was ill, because it was many years since she had been in Helford. And she went on: “There have been changes with us that you will not know about. I no longer live in Bodmin, but nearly 12 miles outside it, on the road to Launceston. It’s a wild and lonely spot, and if you were to come to us I should be glad of your company in wintertime. I have asked your uncle, and he does not object, he says, if you don’t talk too much and will give help when it is needed. He cannot give you money or feed you for nothing, as you will understand. He will expect your help in the bar in return for your room and meals. You see, your uncle is the landlord of Jamaica Inn.”