全國(guó)2008年1月高等教育自學(xué)考試

基礎(chǔ)英語(yǔ)試題

課程代碼：00088

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一、詞匯應(yīng)用和語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu)（本大題共30小題，每小題1分，共30分）

（一）詞匯應(yīng)用（15分）

選擇最佳答案完成句子，錯(cuò)選、多選或未選均無(wú)分。

1. Steel is widely used in different branches of engineering because it has a number of good ______.

A. possessions                                                 B. features                   

C. properties                                                  D. shapes

2. We tried to ______ our conversation to arguments relevant to the topic.

A. confine                                                     B. confirm                   

C. confuse                                                     D. confess

3. The school committee naturally hope that their choice of a play will be ______ with the school and parents.

A. content                                                      B. fortunate                  

C. popular                                                     D. pleasing

4. It is ______ that over one million Americans now live below the poverty line.

A. judged                                                       B. estimated                 

C. calculated                                                  D. considered

5. She ______ the lamp so that the light fell directly on her book.

A. adapted                                                     B. adopted                    

C. adjusted                                                     D. replaced

6. I have heard many different ______ of the same story.

A. impressions                                                B. imaginations             

C. sayings                                                      D. descriptions

7. Each country has to ______ foreign exchange to pay for the articles and commodities imported.

A. hope                                                         B. buy                         

C. earn                                                           D. receive

8. He was determined to do good, not to any ______ person but to a country.

A. general                                                      B. respective                

C. individual                                                   D. common

9. Some men have made great ______ by developing oil businesses.

A. fortunes                                                     B. earnings                  

C. expenses                                                    D. properties

10. She had to ______ her dress because she had lost weight.

A. transform                                                  B. alter                         

C. shift                                                          D. cut

11. Instead of working, Jack was ______ away his time.

A. wasting                                                     B. wandering               

C. throwing                                                   D. idling

12. The money collected for the celebrations ______ to $ 210.

A. became                                                     B. counted                   

C. amounted                                                  D. totaled

13. His son is a ______ electrician; he can repair all kinds of electric appliances.

A. competent                                                 B. efficient                  

C. intelligent                                                  D. careful

14. The book contained a large ______ of information.

A. much                                                        B. number                   

C. amount                                                      D. sum

15. The trial flight ______ a distance of 865 feet and lasted 56 seconds.

A. made                                                         B. ran                          

C. kept                                                          D. covered