全国2009年1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。从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。错选、多选或未选均无分。(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)
1. Darkness doesn't trouble cats, for they can see______.
A. in dark
B. in the dark
C. in a darkness
D. in darkness

2.______ work has been done to improve people's living standard.
A. Many
B. A great many
C. A large number of
D. A great deal of

3. All the reference books should be made ______ to the teachers and students in our university.
A. concerned
B. available
C. related
D. flexible

4. "Good-bye, Mr. Wang. I'm pleased ______ you."
A. to meet
B. meeting
C. to have been meeting
D. to be met

5. We tried to _____ the nervous old lady that flying was safe.
A. secure
B. ensure
C. assure
D. certify

6. You can't hear what I'm saying ______ you stop talking.
A. only if
B. unless
C. lest
D. except that

7. Mr. Holmes called at many schools ______ he lived to ask them to accept his son, but he was refused everywhere for being a black.
A. that
B. around where
C. near which
D. which

8. My wallet is nowhere to be found. I _____ when I was on the bus.
A. must stop it
B. should have drooped it
C. must have dropped it
D. had dropped it

9. ______ , we should be glad.
A. They arrive tomorrow
B. Were they arriving tomorrow
C. They were to arrive tomorrow
D. Were they to arrive tomorrow

10. _____ the places I have been to, I enjoyed the restaurant here the most.
A. From all
B. All of
C. Of all
D. All

11. The quality of this kind of computer is _______ to that of imported computers.
A. worse
B. inferior
C. indifferent
D. much better

12. If you don't go, I shall not ______.
A. either
B. too
C. also
D. yet

13. Before joining the army, he spent a lot of time in the village ______ he belonged.
A. to which
B. which
C. to where
D. at which

14. There was nothing they could do ______.
A. but to wait
B. only to wait
C. but wait
D. unless they waited

15. If Dorothy had not been badly hurt in a car accident, _______ in last month's Olympic Games.
A. she would participate
B. she might participate
C. she would have participated
D. she must have participated

16. Not only ______ be interesting to us, but also its language will help us in composition.
A. the novel will
B. will the novel
C. is the novel
D. the novel is

17.The company is small but promising. ______, I'll take the job.
A. In some cases
B. In that case
C. In case
D. In any case

18, To make up an objective test, the teacher writes a series of questions, ______ has only one correct answer.
A. some of which
B. which
C. each of which
D. that

19. ______ as it was at such a time, his work attracted much attention.
A. Being published
B. Published
C. Publishing
D. To be published

20. The committee is totally opposed ______ any changes being made in the plans.
A. of
B. on
C. to
D. against