自考基礎英語試題_全國2009年1月自考試卷

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一、詞匯應用和語法結構（本大題共30小題，每小題1分，共30分）
（一）詞匯應用（15分）
選擇最佳答案完成句子，錯選、多選或未選均無分。
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）語法結構（15分）
選擇最佳答案完成句子，錯選、多選或未選均無分。
16.John regretted ______ to the meeting last week.
A. not going B. not to go
C. not go  D. not to be going
17.We desire that the tour leader ______ us immediately of any changes in plans.
A. informs  B. inform
C. informed D. has informed
18.No sooner ______ the machine than it went smoothly.
A. had the worker oiled  B. the worker had oiled
C. would the worker oil  D. the worker oiled
19. He ______ when the bus came to a sudden stop.
A. was almost hurt  B. almost was hurt himself
C. was almost to hurt himself D. was almost hurting himself
20.All ______ is a continuous supply of the basic necessities of life.
A. what is needed B. the thing needed
C. for our needs  D. that is needed
21.Not only ______ from the crisis, but it develops to everyone’s satisfaction.
A. the economy recovers B. does the economy recover
C. the economy was recovering  D. recovers the economy
22.Something ______ very good.
A. smells B. is smelling
C. was smelling  D. has smelled
23.Only twenty percent of the work ______ done yesterday.
A. has B. was
C. have D. were
24.They can build the road with ______ money and ______ people if they take the engineer’s advice.
A. fewer/less  B. a little/few
C. little/a few D. less/fewer
25.They prefer silk products ______ cotton ones.
A. than B. to
C. for D. rather than
26.Bob speaks to me ______ he were my brother.
A. even if B. although
C. if  D. as if
27.______ fine days we could see from the windows the West Hills in the distance.
A. In B.Under
C. With  D. On
28.The company would not consider ______ the pay for its employees.
A. rising  B. to rise
C. raising D. to raise
29.In business, success not only depends on what one says but also on how ______.
A. one says it  B. to be saying
C. is it said  D. does one say so
30. ______ nothing more to discuss, the secretary-general got to his feet, said goodbye and left the room.
A. There is  B. Being
C. There being D. As there being
二、改錯 （本大題共10小題，每小題1分，共10分）
下面句子中有 A,B,C,D四個劃底線部分，其中有一個是錯誤的，選出錯誤部分的字母，無需改正錯誤。
31.   try to  how all the parts   the long story are  .  
32. Today,   costing 65 cents, a box of 200   tissues   around onethird of that price, and these facial tissues   both softer and stronger.
33. If we   use up these   , or if we produce too   of them, they may actually   us.
34. Of course, it is the people   buy these   things   really have to pay the   in the form of higher prices.
35. The   important metal   tools and weapons   bronze,   of copper and tin.
36.The policies   are aimed at   the   of energy crisis and  people’s lives.
37. In the   Ages some Western   cities   special   to traders.
38.  increases output,   it also makes people  on  .
39.   is a positive way   you can make   money go  .
40.Technological progress   of the   may   increased investment and expansion throughout the system  .
三、完形填空（本大題共15小題，每小題1分，共15分）
選擇最佳答案完成句子，錯選、多選或未選均無分。
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 job. 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 (歧視): the practice of mandatory (強制的) 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 job. The usual mandatory retirement age in the U.S.A., however, was sixtyfive. The objection to mandatory retirement is that there is no  54  to suggest that most people over the age of sixtyfive or seventy are incapable of working; at the turn of the century, in fact, 70 percent of men over sixtyfive 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