全国2010年7月高等教育自学考试
综合英语(二)试题
课程代码：00795
I.语法、词汇。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母填在
答题纸相应的位置上。错选、多选或未选均无分。(本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分)
Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer.(15 points)
1.She was invited to go to the ball but she did not even have ______ to go with her dress.
A.a piece of jewelry B.piece of jewelry
C.a jewelry D.one jewelry
2.I'd like to have ______ with you sometime this week about your approaching exams.
A.a word B.some word
C.some words D.one word
3.What _______ honest man he is!
A.a B./
C.the D. an
4.Tomorrow it will be cloudy, with a few sunny ______ .
A. intervals B.periods
C.steps D.instance
5.The coach felt that he was responsible ______his team's total failure in the championships.
A.at B.for
C.in D.on
6._______to the dinner party, he went to a movie to kill time.
A.Not to be invited B.Not having been invited
C.Having not been invited D.Not having invited
7.In many parts of the world the only _______ water supply lies below the ground.
A.continuous B.permanent
C.instant D.constant
8.He is determined to get _______ of the profit than he had been offered.
A.ten percent more B.ten more percent
C.more ten percent D.as many as ten percent
9.The temple was built on a hillside, _______was a pleasant，winding valley.
A.by which B.under which
C.below which D.down which
10.I would have gone with you，but I _______too tired.
A.was B.had been
C.must be D.must have been
11.Mark often attempts to escape _______ whenever he breaks traffic regulations.
A.having been fined B.to have been fined
C.to be fined D.being fined
12.We didn't know his telephone number;otherwise we _______ him.
A.would have telephoned B.must have telephoned
C.would telephone D.had telephoned
13.That was so serious a matter that I had no choice but _______ the police.
A.called in B.calling in
C.call in D.to call in
14.They took _______ measures to prevent poisonous gases from escaping.
A.fruitful B.beneficial
C.valid D.effective
15.Until then，his family __________ from him for six months.
A.didn't hear B.hasn't been hearing
C.hasn't heard D.hadn't heard
Ⅱ.完形填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母填在答题纸相应的位置上。错选、多选或未选均无分。(本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分)
Fill in each blank in the passage with the most likely answer.(15 points)
Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century.Early in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street.Main Street was always in the heart of a town.This street was 16 on both sides with many various businesses. Here，shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise：clothing, furniture， hardware，groceries. 17 ，some shops offered 18 .These shops included drugstores，restaurants， shoe repair stores，and barber or hairdressing shops. 19 in the 1950s，a change began to 20 .Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street 21
too few parking places were 22 shoppers.Because the streets were crowded，merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces 23 the city limits.Open space is what their car driving customers needed.And open space is what they got when the first shopping center was built.Shopping centers，or rather malls， 24 as a collection of small new stores 25
crowded city centers.Attracted by hundreds of free parking space，customers were drawn away from 26 areas to outlying malls.And the growing 27 of shopping centers led 28