全国2014年4月高等教育自学考试综合英语(一)试题
课程代码：00794
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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。错涂、多涂或未涂均无分。
(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)
1. I can’t help wondering ________ that has made her so excited.
A. what it is B. how it is
C. what is it D. how is it
2.________ his leg was badly injured, the boy managed to attend class every day.
A. If B. Unless
C. Although D. Because
3. Some 40 percent of the hired hands left before they ________ their term of service.
A. finish B. finished
C. would finish D. have finished
4. His best novel was written in ________ he called the “sweet new style” of the language.
A. that B. where
C. what D. which
5. I think if I ________ stay in Italy for another three months, we, Jim and I, might become good friends.
A. will B. shall
C. would D. were to
6. When I arrived she greeted me at the door, her kids all ________ behind.
A. standing B. stood
C. have been standing D. were standing
7. Across the continent of South America ________ the Amazon River.
A. lie B. lies
C. is lying D. lying
8. According to a recent official report, Britain’s economy grew ________ the first quarter of the year.
A. half as fast as B. half faster than
C. half fast as D. as half fast as
9. Mr. Smith fully shares the view of the speaker ________ every man is as good as his neighbor.
A. which B. whom
C. who D. that
10. Henry’s plan was ________ the couple to dinner at a nice restaurant and then ask them for their forgiveness.
A. inviting B. invited
C. to invite D. going to invite
11. Most students make a study plan ________ the beginning of the new term.
A. on B. in
C. from D. at
12. The family found it hard to ________ from the traditions of their own country and adapt to the new environment.
A. break away B. break down
C. break out D. break up
13. Three years ________ a long time to be cut off from contact with your friends.
A. are B. were
C. is D. be
14. I wonder why Alice ________ to us recently. We should have heard from her by now.
A. hasn’t written B. hadn’t written
C. didn’t write D. doesn’t write
15. No fund has been provided to build a system ________ reading fingerprints more efficiently.
A. good at B. keen on
C. concerned for D. capable of
16. Drying is the oldest type of food storage. Drying fruit sometimes ________ a completely new product.
A. turns into B. results in
C. turns from D. results from
17. The police with a group of experts arrived at the ________ of the accident in ten minutes.
A. sight B. point
C. scene D. space
18. The governor spoke to the earthquake victims, ________them that everything would be done to help them rebuild their homes.
A. providing B. assuring
C. comforting D. advising
19. In many countries, there aren’t sufficient water resources ________ for future development.
A. offered B. provided
C. existent D. available
20. The flight has been delayed for four hours ________ the foggy weather.
A. for fear of B. owing to
C. for the sake of D. according to
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。错涂、多涂或未涂均无分。
(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)
Passage 1
Long ago, the. Earth was covered in darkness. None of the creatures living there knew what daylight looked like.
