全国2010年10月高等教育自学考试高级英语试题及答案解析点评(试卷+答案+解析).doc

全国2010年10月高等教育自学考试高级英语试题（课程代码：00600）全部题目用英文作答(翻译题除外)，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to YChoose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your Answer SheetOne word or expression for each blank only (25 points, 1 point for each)Todays heroessome of them, anywaytell us they enjoy their 1 “And I 2 to myself at the men and the ladies Who never 3 of us billion-dollar babies” The 4 “culture hero” who 5 that is Alice CooperIf I said that being black is a greater 6 than being a woman, probably no one would 7 me Why? Because “we all know” there is 8 against black people in America That there is prejudice against women is an idea that still 9 nearly all menand, I am afraid, most womenas 10 There is, however, another 11 possessed by the best work, which is even more important as a 12 of happiness than is the exercise of 13 This is the element of constructiveness In some work, though by no 14 in most, something is built up which remains as a 15 when the work is completedMy own state of mind, when I left Watts eight years ago to take up the 16 year at Whittier College, was 17 It was to me less of a 18 ; it was the stepping off point of an Odyssey that was to take me through Whittier College and Oxford University, to Yale Law School, and back to Watts I had 19 then, as now, to make Watts my 20 Well, its a good life and a good 21 , all said and 22 , if you dont 23 , and if you know that the big wide world hasnt 24 from you yet, no, not by a long way, though it wont be long now The float bobbed more violently than before and, with a 25 on his face, he began to wind in the reelAhandicap Belement Cweaken Dmeans EheardFquestion Gfreshman Hhome Istrikes JdoneKsource Ldifferent Mconceived Nparticular OgrinR . skill Qlaughed Rprejudice Smonument TsingsUrewards Vdeparture Wintended Xworld YbizarreIIEach of the following sentences is given four choices of words or expressionsChoose the right one to complete the sentence and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet (15 points, 1 point for each)26The citizens are grateful to the government for the _ environmentAwholesome BwholesaleCnoisome Dtiresome27The farmers _ from the contest aroused heated debatesAomission BexclusionCinclusion Demission28He owed his victory to endurance and _Ainstance BexistenceCsubsistence Dperseverance29He killed his enemy and received a _ wound himselfAmoral BfatefulCmortal Dfactual30To remove the paint, he had to apply a knife to _ the tableAscrape BrubCdab Dpeel31The local government decided to _ money for the building of a new post officeAdistribute BdivideCcontribute Dallot32She was _ of her notorious family scandalAshameful BshamelessCashamed Dshamed33Since then, the contrast between his two careers has become even more _Asymbolized BdistinguishedCpredominated Dpronounced34I recall how _ it was years ago when people littered everywhere in our cityAannoying BscaringCfrightening Dhumiliating35I dont complain about the smoking _ because I hate watching people smoking in hospitalsAprograms BrestrictionsCarguments Dadvertisements36His muscles are firmest and his _ colds and infections is highestAignorance of Bindependence ofCresistance to Dattribution to37Regardless of _ poll results, a number of objections have been published in newspapersApractical BsensibleCfavorable Doutstanding38At British universities, it is _ to cease work and spend a half-hour or so sipping tea and eating cookies with the members of ones departmentAsatisfactory BextraordinaryCcontemporary Dcustomary39The concentration of populations in cities has given _ to many problems of housing, education, and medical servicesArise BreasonCresult Dresponse40This discovery is highly _ in the circle of scienceAmeasured BappreciatedCcalculated DexperimentedRead the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding three items III, IV, VA Wrong Man in Workers Paradise(1) The man had never believed in mere utility(2) Having had no useful work, he indulged in mad whims He made little pieces of sculpturemen, women and castle, quaint earthen things dotted over with sea-shellsHe paintedThus he wasted his time on all that was useless, needlessPeople laughed at himAt times he vowed to shake off his whims, but they lingered in his mind(3) Some boys seldom ply their books and yet pass their tests A similar thing happened to this man He spent his earth life in useless work and yet after his death the gates of Heaven opened wide for him(4) But mistakes are unavoidable even in Heaven So it came to pass that the aerial messenger who took charge of the man made a mistake and found him a place in Workers Paradise(5) In this Paradise you find everything except leisure(6) Here men say: “God! We havent a moment to spare” Women whisper: “Lets move on, times a-flying” All exclaim: “Time is precious” “We have our hands full, we make use of every single minute,” they sigh complainingly, and yet those words make them happy and exalted(7) But this newcomer, who had passed all his life on Earth without doing a scrap of useful work, did not fit in with the scheme of things in Workers Paradise He lounged in the streets absently and jostled the hurrying men He lay down in green meadows, or close to the fast flowing streams, and was taken to task by busy farmers He was always in the way of others(8) A hustling girl went every day to a silent torrent (silent, since in the Workers Paradise even a torrent would not waste its energy singing) to fill her pitcher(9) The girls movement on the road was like the rapid movement of a skilled hand on the strings of a guitarHer hair was carelessly done; inquisitive wisps stooped often over her forehead to peer at the dark wonder of her eye(10) The idler was standing by the stream As a princess sees a lonely beggar and is filled with pity, so the busy girl of Heaven saw this one and was filled with pity(11 ) “Aha !” she cried with concern “You have no work in hand, have you?”(12) The man sighed, “Work! I have not a moment to spare for work”(13) The girl did not understand his words, and said: “I shall spare some work for you to do, if you like”(14) The man replied: “Girl of the silent torrent, all this time I have been waiting to take some work from your hands”(15) “What kind of work would you like?”(16) “Will you give me one of your pitchers, one that you can spare?”(17) She asked: “A pitcher? You want to draw water from the torrent?”(18) “No, I shall draw pictures on your pitcher”(19) The girl was annoyed(20) “Pictures, indeed! I have no time to waste on such as you I am going” And she walked away(21) But how could a busy person get the better of one who had nothing to do? Every day they met, and every day he said to her: “Girl of the silent torrent, give me one of your clay pitchersI shall draw pictures on it”(22) She yielded at last She gave him one of her pitchers The man started paintingHe drew line after line; he put color after color(23) When he had completed his work, the girl held up the pitcher and stared at its sides, her eyes puzzled Brows drawn, she asked: “What do they mean, all those lines and colors? What is their purpose?”(24) The man laughed(25) “NothingA picture may have no meaning and may serve no purpose”(26) The girl went away with her pitcherAt home, away from prying eyes, she held it in the light, turned it round and round and scanned the painting from all angles At night she moved out of bed, lighted a lamp and scanned it again in silence For the first time in her life she had seen something that had no meaning and no purpose at all(27) When she set out for the torrent the next day, her hurrying feet were a little less hurried than before For a new sense seemed to have wakened in her, a sense that seemed to have no meaning and no purpose at all(28) She saw the painter standing by the torrent and asked in confusion: “What do you want of me?”(29) “Only some more work from your hands”(30) “What kind of work would you like?”(31) “Let me make a colored ribbon for your hair,” he answered(32) “And what for?”(33) “Nothing”(34) Ribbons were made, bright with colorsThe busy girl of Workers Paradise had now to spend a lot of time every day tying the colored ribbon around her hair The minutes slipped by, unutilized Much work was left unfinished(35) In Workers Paradise work had of late begun to sufferMany persons who had been active before were now idle, wasting their precious time on useless things such as painting and sculptureThe elders became anxiousA meeting was calledAll agreed that such a state of affairs had so far been unknown in the history of Workers Paradise(36) The aerial messenger hurried in, bowing before the elders and made a confession(37) “I brought a wrong man into this Paradise,” he said“It is all due to him”(38) The man was summonedAs he came the elders saw his fantastic dress, his quaint brushes, his paints, and they knew at once that he was not the right sort for Workers Paradise(39) Stiffly the President said: “This is no place for the like of youYou must leave”(40) The man sighed in relief and gathered up his brush and paintBut as he was about to go, the girl of the silent torrent came up tripping and cried: “Wait a momentI shall go with you”(41) The elders gasped in surprise Never before had a thing like this happened in Workers Paradisea thing that had no meaning and no purpose at all IIIIn this section, there are ten incomplete statements or questions, followed by four choices marked A, B, C and DChoose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet(20 points, 2 points for each)41What do you think is the main point of the story? AThe love of a painter for a pretty girl BThe opposition between beauty and utility CThe change of heart in a girl who used to believe in mere utility DThe ideal society where no time is wasted and no idler is tolerated42What is the authors attitude in this story? AHe is indifferent to the artist BHe is in sympathy with the artist CHe is absolutely objective in telling the story DHe makes fun of those who believe in Paradise43In the sentence “but they lingered in his mind” in Paragraph 2, “they” refers to _ _Ahis whims Bhis vowsCthe things he made Dthe people he met44What is the proper meaning of the phrase “a scrap of” in Paragraph 7?Aa lot of Ba load ofCa bit of Da pile of45In Paragraph 8, with the sentence “in the Workers Paradise even a torrent would not waste its energy singing”, the author intends to _Astate a fact Blaugh at the manCpraise the Workers Paradise Dscoff at the Workers Paradise46What is the meaning of the phrase “get the better of” in Paragraph 21 ?Apick Bmake use ofCdefeat Dmake fun of47What is the meaning of the word “quaint” in Paragraph 38?Adisgusting BstrangeCugly Ddisturbing48Based on the authors description of the girl, we know that _Ashe was curiousBshe was not very attractiveCshe was much busier than the others Dshe was the princess of the Workers Paradise49When the elders asked the man to leave the Workers Paradise, the man was _Adisappointed BworriedCpleased Dsurprised50From the end of the story we can infer that _Athe girl won against the elders Bthe elders won against the girlCthe elders won against the man Dthe man won against the eldersIVTranslate the following sentences into Chinese and write the translation on your Answer Sheet(10 points, 2 points for each)51Having had no useful work, he indulged in mad whims52So it came to pass that the aerial messenger who took charge of the man made a mistake and found him a place in Workers Paradise53Here men say: “God! We havent a moment to spare” Women whisper: “Lets move on, times a-flying”54The girls movement on the road was like the rapid movement of a skilled hand on the strings of a guitar55As a princess sees a lonely beggar and is filled with pity, so the busy girl of Heaven saw this one and was filled with pityVAnswer the following essay question in English within 80-100 words Write your answers on the Answer Sheet (10 points)56Do you think art is something that has no meaning and no purpose at all? Why or why not?VITranslate the following sentences into English and write the translation on your Answer Sheet(20 points, 2 points each for 57-60, 4 points for 61, 8 points for 62)57心情好时，我可以谱写出恢弘的交响乐，绘制出壮丽的画卷。58这家事务所还强烈反对离婚、追求女色以及酗酒。59五个月前她得到杰利在战场上失踪的消息。60如果你一辈子都拒绝吊在眼前的诱饵，那就根本算不上活着了。61大概17岁到24岁期间，我试图摈弃这个念头，但这样做的同时我清楚这违背了我的本性，我知道自己迟早都要安定下来写作。62我认为，这几十年里报纸已经成为一种习惯，而不是一种功能。报纸已享有太长时间的特权，任何变化都会让人们难以接受。实际上，我不知道近20年里还有哪种媒体的变化像日报那样小。反对变化就是停止发展，进而使报纸失去作用。全国2010年10月高等教育自学考试高级英语试题答案（课程代码：00600）IChoose the one that best completes each of the sentences (25 points, 1 point for each)1U2Q3M4N 5T6A7F8R9I10Y11B 12K 13P 14D 15S 16G 17L 18V 19W 20H21X 22J 23C 24E 25O1 point for each)26A 27B 28D 29C 30A 31D 32C 33D 34A 35B 36C 37C 38D 39A 40BIIIChoose the best answer (20 points, 2 points for each)41B 42B 43A 44C 45D 46C 47B 48A 49C 50DIVTranslate the following sentences into Chinese (10 points, 2 points for each)51他从来不做有用的工作，而是沉溺于疯狂的怪念中。52因而发生了这样的事情：掌管此人的天使出了错，把他安置在了“劳作者的天堂”。53这里的男人们说：“上帝呀！我们连一刻闲暇都没有！”女人们轻声说：“别停下，时间不等人啊！”54女孩走路很快，宛如灵巧的手快速拨弄吉他的琴弦。55正如公主看到孤独的乞丐会心生怜悯一样，天堂里忙碌的少女看到这个人，心中也充满了怜悯之情。【评分参考】（1）译文准确，句子连贯，无重大理解错误，不扣分。（2）虽然译文与答案不完全相符，但能够正确表达愿意，不扣分。（3）译文不准确，内容不连贯，出现一个重大理解错误，该小题扣1分。（4）关键内容上的漏译，每出现一个，该小题扣1分，关键词汇的漏译，每出现两个，该小题扣1分，但不出现负分。VAnswer the following essay question in English within 80-100 words(10 points)略VITranslate the following sentences into English(20 points, 2 points each for 57-60, 4 points for 61, 8 points for 62)57When I am in the humour I can compose grand symphonies, and paint magnificent pictures58The firm also frowned heavily on divorce, as well as womanizing and drinking60If you went through life refusing all the bait dangled before you, that would be no life at all61Between the ages of about seventeen and twenty-four I tried to abandon this idea, but I did so with the consciousness that I was outraging my true nature and that sooner or later I should have to settle down and write books61I believe that over a period of decades newspapers have become a habit rather than a functionThey have held their franchise so long that change has become inadmissibleI do not know, in fact, of any medium that has changed as little in the last twenty years as the daily pressAnd this resistance to change is the end of growthwhich, in turn, marks the end of usefulness全国2010年10月高等教育自学考试高级英语试题及答案解析（课程代码：00600）IChoose the one that best completes each of the sentences (25 points, 1 point for each)1U 2Q 3M 4N 5T 6A 7F 8R 9I 10Y11B 12K 13P 14D 15S 16G 17 L 18 V 19W 20H21X 22J 23C 24E 25O【解析】这是五段不相关的内容，要正确选词填空。首先，把25个选项浏览一遍，词性、时态标注一下。其次，浏览各个段落，根据短文意思和句子结构进行填词。有些短文选自课本，但是一味的去背课本，不把复习的重点放在单词、短语、语法的理解上，考试通过难度是相当大的。因此，只有把英语基础夯实了，这道题是很简单的。最后，快速检查一下选项，认真推敲自己不确定的答案。IIChoose the right one to complete the sentence(15 points, 1 point for each)26A 【解析】句意：公民感谢政府提供的有益健康的环境。A wholesome a有益健康的；有益身心健康的；B wholesale a批发的，大规模的；C noisome a恶臭的，令人不快的；Dtiresome a令人疲劳的，令人厌倦的。根据句意，故选A。27B【解析】句意：农民从比赛排斥引起激烈的辩论。Aomission n遗漏，省略；Bexclusion n除去；Cinclusion n包含；Demission n发出。根据句意，故选B。 28D 【解析】句意：他的胜利是因为他的忍耐和坚毅。Ainstance n例子，实例；Bexistence n存在，生存，生活。Csubsistence n生存；Dperseverance n坚毅。根据句意，故选D。29C 【解析】句意：他杀了敌人，却受到了致命的伤害。Amoral a道德的；Bfateful a重大的；不幸的；Cmortal a致命的；Dfactual a事实的，真实的，确凿的。根据句意，故选C。30A 【解析】句意：为了去除桌子上的油漆，他不得不拿小刀刮。Ascrape v刮；Brub v擦；Cdab v轻拍，轻涂；Dpeel v剥落，削皮。根据句意和常识，故选A。31D 【解析】句意：当地政府决定拨款建一座新的邮政大楼。Adistribute v分发，分配；Bdivide v分开；Ccontribute v捐款，贡献；Dallot v分配，拨（款）。根据句意，故选D。32C 【解析】句意：她为家里声名狼藉的丑事感到羞耻。Ashameful a可耻的；Bshameless a无耻的；Cashamed a惭愧的，羞耻的；Dshamed v羞耻。根据句子结构和句意，故选C。33D 【解析】句意：到那时，这两个职业间的对比会变得更明显。Asymbolize vt用符号表示；作为象征；Bdistinguished a卓越的；著名的；Cpredominat v占优势, 支配；Dpronounced a明显的。根据句子结构，这里缺少一个形容词，结合句意，故选D。34A 【解析】句意：我回忆起几年前在我们这个城市人们到处乱丢垃圾是多么让人气恼。Aannoying a使人气恼的；讨厌的；Bscaring a令人惊吓的；Cfrightening a令人恐惧的, 令人害怕的；Dhumiliating a丢脸的, 伤自尊的。根据句意，故选A。35B 【解析】句意：我不抱怨吸烟限制，因为我讨厌在医院吸烟。Aprogram n 程序；Brestriction n限制，约束；Cargument n争吵，辩论；Dadvertisement n广告。根据句意，故选B。36C 【解析】句意：他的肌肉很结实使他能抵御严寒和疾病。Aignorance of对 一无所知；Bindependence of独立；Cresistance to对 的阻力；Dattribution to归因于。根据句意，故选C。37C 【解析】句意：尽管民意大选的结果是有利的，但是相当一部分反对意见意见在报纸上刊登出来了。Apractical a 实用的；(切合)实际的，有实用价值的；Bsensible a 明智的，合情理的；Cfavorable a称赞的，赞同的；有利的，顺利的；Doutstanding a显著的。根据句意，故选C。38D 【解析】句意：在英国大学，员工工作时停下来休息半小时或喝下午茶已经是一种习惯。Asatisfactory a令人满意的；Bextraordinary a不平常的，特别的，非凡的；Ccontemporary a当代的；同时代的；Dcustomary a a习惯上的，惯常的，合乎习俗的。根据句意，故选D。39A 【解