2007.42007.4 英语自考答案英语自考答案一、Vocabulary and Structure （10 points, 1 point each）1.It is difficult to _ the implication between the lines.Aget to Bget with Cget at Dget down正确答案：C答案解析：A 开始，接触 C 找出，发现 D 下来，写下来。2.The volleyball match was televised _ on CCTV.Aalive Blife Clive Dlively正确答案：C答案解析：live 可以作副词，意思是：实况转播地。符合句意。3.The newspaper will have to close down if it cannot increase its _ considerably.Adistribution Bcontribution Cprescription Dcirculation正确答案：D答案解析：circulation：（书报杂志的）销售量，发行额，销路。符合句意。4.The central theatre has a seating _ of more than 3, 000 people.Acapability Bcapacity Cability Dfacility正确答案：B答案解析：ability 主要指天赋的能力或应用知识的才能，应该是属于那种已经具备并发展较快的能力。如“He has unusual ability in science” 。capability 与 ability 不同的是，它不仅能用于人，也可用于物，如 Electronic refinements, however, have greatly extended the uses and capabilities of some of the older electrical devicescapacity 指容纳或吸收事物的能力，可用于人和物。如“The hall has a seating capacity of 500” 。根据句意，本题应该选 capacity。5.The furniture in her bedroom is quite different from _ in the living room.Athat Bit Cone Dwhich正确答案：A答案解析：that 在本句中指代 the furniture，目的是为了避免重复。which 用于引导句子或短语，在此也不能指代 the furniture。6.Because of the bad weather, the sports meet had to be _.Ashut down Bdone away Cgone off Dcalled off正确答案：D答案解析：call off：取消，符合句意。shut down：关闭（工厂） ；（工厂）停工，关闭。do away 常与 with 搭配，构成 do away with。go off：爆炸， （闹铃）响。7.Jenny complained that the hospital _ her too much for the treatment.Aexpended Bpaid Ccost Dcharged正确答案：D答案解析：charge：要价；索价；要人支付；收费。例如：The fruit seller charged me too much money.这个水果商要了我很多的钱。8.Having decided to rent a flat, we _ contacting housing agencies in the city.Aset about Bset down Cset out Dset up正确答案：A答案解析：contacting housing agencies：联系房屋中介。根据句意，应该选 set about。set about：开始做某事。set down：放下，搁下；记下，记载，写下。set out：出发，开始，后面跟 to do sth。set up：建立（事业） ；成立（组织） ；为某人提供 必需品或有用的东西。9.The book fair has received a positive _ from readers.Aresult Bresponse Csettlement Dsolution正确答案：B答案解析：本题考查词义辨析。response：反映，反响。result：结果，后果。settlement：殖民，移民，定居。solution：解决；解答。根据句意，应该选 response。a positive response：良好的反映。10.If the operation _ carefully prepared, it would not have been successful.Awas not Bhas not been Chad not been Dwere not正确答案：C答案解析：主句是对过去的虚拟，所以根据句意，条件状语从句也应该是对过去的虚拟，所以用 had done 的形式。句意：如果手术没有经过认真仔细的准备，它就不会成功。二、Cloze Test （10 points, 1 point each）1.The basic principle of radar is illustrated by what happens when one shouts in a cave. The echo of the shouting (1) the walls helps a person determine the size of the cave. With radar, however, the waves are radio waves instead of (2) waves. Radio waves travel (3) the speed of light, about 300, 000 kilometers in a second. A radar set (4) a short burst of radio waves. Then it receives the echoes (5) when the waves bounce（反射） off objects. By determining the time it (6) for the echoes to return to the radar set, a trained technician (7) determine the distance between the radar set and other objects. The word “radar”, (8), gets its name from the term “radio detection and ranging.” “Ranging” is the term for detection of the (9) between an object and the radar set.Besides being of critical importance to pilot, radar is (10) for air traffic control, for tracking ships at sea, and for tracking weather systems and storms. (1).Athrough Bfor Con Dagainst正确答案：D 答案解析：against：逆着，反着，对着。the echo of the shouting against the walls：声音遇到墙产生的回声。(2).Asound Blight Cheat Dtide正确答案：A 答案解析：上面一句话提到回声，所以结合上下文的意思，此处应该是 sound waves（声波） 。(3).Ain Bat Cover Don正确答案：B 答案解析：本题考查固定搭配，at a speed 或 at the speed of ：以的速度。(4).Asends out Bworks out Cfigures out Dputs out正确答案：A 答案解析：radar set：雷达装置。send out：发射，放出。work out：算出（总数） 。figure out：算出；了解。put out：熄灭；关熄；扑灭。根据句意，应该是 send out，答案是 A。(5).Aproducing Bproduced Cproduce Dproduces正确答案：B 答案解析：本题选 B。produced 作后置定语，修饰 the echoes，表示被动的关系。(6).Aspends Btakes Ckills Dmakes正确答案：B 答案解析：spend 用于表示花费多少时间时，后面不跟不定式。take 表示花费多少时间时，后面可以跟不定式。kill 与 make 一般不用于表达花费多少时间的意思。所以本题选 B。(7).Acan Bmust Cought to Dhas to正确答案：A 答案解析：can：能够。must：必须。ought to：应该。has to：不得不。根据句意，can 最合适。所以答案是 A。(8).Ain case Bin turn Cin short Din fact正确答案：D 答案解析：in case：以防万一。in turn：adv. 依次, 轮流。in short：简而言之，总而言之。in fact：事实上。结合空格前后的意思，答案 D 是最贴切的。(9).Alength Bwidth Cdistance Dspace正确答案：C 答案解析：上文也暗示出雷达可以测距离，所以此处用 distance 最恰当。(10).Aeventual Binternal Cexternal Dessential正确答案：D 答案解析：essential：必需的；基本的。eventual：最后的。internal：内在的。external：外在的。比较它们的词义，答案 D是最恰当的。三、Reading Comprehension （30 points, 2 points each）1.Among the company was a lawyer, a young man of about twenty-five. On being asked his opinion, he said, “Capital punishment and life imprisonment are equally immoral. If I were to make a choice between them, I would rather choose the latter. Anyway, its better to live than not to live at all.”A lively discussion followed. A banker, who was then younger and more nervous than