2022全国1月高等教育自学考试高级英语试题

1、部题目用英文作答(英译汉题目除外)，请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上 I. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks， followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to Y. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. One word or expression for each blank

2、 only. (25 points， 1 point for each)This strategy also has ancient antecedents. Ever since civilization began， certain 1 have tried to run away from it in hopes of finding a simpler， more 2 ，and more peaceful life. Unlike the dropouts， they are not 3 . They are willing to support themselves and to 4

3、 something to the general community， but they simply dont like the environment of civilization; that is， the city， with all its 5 and tension.I had the lonely childs habit of 6 stories and holding conversations with 7 persons， and I think from the very start my literary ambitions were mixed up with

4、the feeling of being isolated and 8 . I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing 9 facts， and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my 10 in everyday life.Only two people shared her “special” seat: a fine old man in a velvet coat， hi

5、s hands 11 over a huge carved walking-stick， and a big old woman， sitting 12 ， with a roll of knitting on her embroidered apron. They did not speak. This was 13 ， for Miss Brill always looked forward 14 the conversation. She had become really quite 15 ， she thought， at listening as though she didnt

6、listen， at sitting in other peoples lives just for a minute while they talked round her.Our research shows that no company can succeed today by trying to be all things to all people. It must instead find the 16 value that it alone can deliver to a chosen market. We have identified three distinct val

7、ue 17 ， so called because each discipline produces a different kind of 18 value. Choosing one discipline to master does not mean that a company 19 the other two， only that it picks a dimension of value on which to 20 its market reputation over the long term.The value of snobbery in general， its huma

8、nistic “point”， consists in its power to 21 activity. A society with plenty of snobberies is like a dog with plenty of 22 : it is not likely to become comatose. Every snobbery demands of its devotees 23 efforts， a succession of sacrifices. The society-snob must be perpetually lion-hunting; the moder

9、nity-snob can never rest 24 trying to be up-to-date. Swiss doctors and the Best that has been thought or said must be the daily and nightly preoccupation of all the snobs respectively of 25 and culture.A.making upB.uniqueC.uprightD.customerE.uglinessF.disciplinesG. imaginaryH.parasitesI.toJ.stakeK.f

10、leasL.claspedM.diseaseN.disappointingO.failureP.individualsQ.expertR.undervaluedS.contributeT.abandonsU.unceasingV.pastoralW.fromX.stimulateY.unpleasantII. Each of the following sentences is given four choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and write the corre

11、sponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (15 points， 1 point for each)26. What you say is far _ from what you said before.A. movedB. removedC. provedD. disproved27. There will be live _ of the concert on TV and radio.A. transactionB. transitionC. transmissionD. transportation28. The first priority for

12、a government is to enable its citizens to live in peace and _ .A. tranquility B. altitudeC. complexityD. attitude29. The pianist was _ with the most extravagant applause from the audience.A. loadedB. burdenedC. pressedD. weighed30. The problem of poverty didnt _ itself until the earthquake.A. manife

13、stB. demonstrateC. emergeD. exhibit31. They got their just _ when the scheme was finally uncovered.A. desertB. dessertC. desertsD. desserts32. The tail of the whale _ their boat and they all fell into water.A. pluckedB. flickedC. peckedD. flapped33. In time of prosperity， friends will be plenty; in

14、time of _ ， not one among twenty.A. dilemmaB. adversityC. insomniaD. deadlock34. He refused to _ of such a solution to his problem.A. deceiveB. receiveC. conceiveD. perceive35. He felt proud to proclaim that he knew only English and somehow _ of his native culture.A. contemporaryB. temporaryC. conte

15、mptuousD. contemptible36. There is a growing recognition that we should abolish racial _.A. segregationB. separationC. integration D. evaporation37. It is desirable to _ the chemicals before the plant is seriously damaged.A. splashB. spillC. pour D. spray38. I didnt expect him to descend to _ abuse.

16、A. commonB. personalC. ordinaryD. individual39. Make a phone call if you are wishing to renew your _ to our magazine.A. contributionB. distributionC. subscription D. attribution40. He began to _ as the intense cold pervaded the room.A. shake B. quakeC. jerk D. shiverRead the following passage carefu

17、lly and complete the succeeding three items III， IV， V.(1) “During the whole of a dull， dark and soundless day in the autumn of the year， when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens， I had been passing alone， on horseback， through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found my

18、self， as the shades of the evening drew on， within view of the melancholy House of Usher.” Thus Edgar Allan Poe opened his story of “The Fall of the House of Usher” in 1839. In this beautifully crafted sentence he captured so much that is essential to the horror storydarkness， ominous solitude， fore

19、boding calm， apprehension and uncertainty， and a deep feeling of melancholy that could soon turn to fear.(2) Many kinds of fiction are self-explanatory: mysteries， westerns， love stories， spy thrillers， and science fiction define themselves by the terms used to name them. The horror story is less ea

20、sily defined， perhaps because other types of fiction so often use the trappings of terror to enhance their plots. Charles Dickens used the vehicle of an old-fashioned ghost Story to tell “A Christmas Carol”， but that book is not a horror story. Nor does a Grimm brothers fairy tale such as “Hnsel and

21、 Gretel，” with its child-devouring witch， belong to the genre.(3) The nature of the horror story is best indicated by the title of the 1990s television series Tales from the Dark Side. Human beings have always acknowledged that there is evil in the world and a dark side to human nature that cannot b

22、e explained except perhaps in religious terms. This evil may be imagined as having an almost unlimited power to inspire anxiety， fear， dread， and terror in addition to doing actual physical and mental harm.(4) In the tale of horror quite ordinary people are confronted by something unknown and fearfu

23、l， which can be neither understood nor explained in reasonable terms. It is the emphasis on the unreasonable that lies at the heart of horror stories.(5) This kind of literature arose in the 18th century at the start of a movement called Romanticism. The movement was a reaction against a rational， o

24、rdered world in which humanity was basically good and everything could be explained scientifically. The literary type that inspired the horror story is Gothic fiction， tales of evil， often set in sinister medieval surroundings. This original kind of horror fiction has persisted to the present. An ea

25、rly 20th-century master of the type was H.P. Lovecraft， most of whose stories appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. A more recent writer was Stephen King， author of Carrie (1974)， The Shining (1977)， Pet Sematary (1984)， Misery (1987)， and Rose Madder (1995).(6) Much horror literature is grounded in

26、 superstition， fear of demons， and the dread of death. No single tale brings all of these elements together so well as the vampire legend， an ancient folk superstition. The vampire is described as undead， an entombed individual who rises each night to feed on the blood of the living. In literature i

27、ts best representation is Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker. The legend was retold in Interview with the Vampire (1976) by Anne Rice. The Dracula story was eagerly taken up by Hollywood in the 1931 film that starred Bela Lugosi， and numerous movies on the theme have been made since.(7) Similar to the va

28、mpire legend is the story of the wolfman， the human being under a curse who turns into a half man， half wolf presumably when the moon is full. This creature prowls around， devouring animals， people， or corpses， but he returns to human form by day. As with Dracula， the wolfman became a popular subjec

29、t for movies， beginning with The Werewolf of London (1935) and the wolfman films of the 1940s. According to one superstition the werewolf， after being killed， turns into a vampire.(8) The belief that the dead can return to haunt and harm the living has long been an element of fiction. Ghost stories

30、are at least as old as the Bible: in the Old Testament， King Saul calls up the ghost of Samuel to foretell the outcome of a battle. In Shakespeares Hamlet， the ghost of the slain king provides the information from which Hamlet plots revenge for his fathers murder. One of the masters of the modern gh

31、ost story was Ambrose Bierce， some of whose stories were collected in Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce (1964). A variation on the ghost theme is the haunted house， about which hundreds of stories have been written.(9) Between the vampires and the ghosts are creatures called the living dead

32、 and zombies who return from the grave to devour the living. Hollywood celebrated this story in Night of the Living Dead (1968) and other films. In literature one of the best examples is the intriguing book The Beast with Five Fingers (1928; film version 1946) by W.F. Harvey. It is the story of a se

33、vered hand that goes on living after its owner dies. The movie Friday the 13th (1980) and its sequels also used the revived corpse as villain. In the 1986 film Trick or Treat， a dead rock music star is called back to life.III. In this section， there are ten incomplete statements or questions， follow

34、ed by four choices marked A， B， C and D. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (20 points， 2 points for each)41. In the first paragraph， Edgar Allan Poes story is quoted to show _.A. how beautiful his writing isB. what a horror story is likeC. He was good at

35、 writing horror storiesD. His stories are dark and mysterious42. The word “ominous” in the first paragraph means _.A. foreshadowing evil B. foretelling luckC. forecasting rain D. forbearing pain43. “Many kinds of fiction are self-explanatory” in the second paragraph means _.A. they target ordinary r

36、eadersB. they are easy to understandC. their categories show what they are aboutD. they often employ horror to develop their plots44. The most important element that makes a horror story is _.A. uncertaintyB. suspensionC. irrationality D. superstition45. The assumption behind horror stories is that

37、_.A. humanity is evil in natureB. humanity is basically goodC. humanity can be taught to be goodD. humanity can be explained46. The word “entombed” in the sixth paragraph means _.A. wickedB. faintedC. woundedD. buried47. The word “slain” in the eighth paragraph means _.A. capturedB. killedC. bitten

38、D. beaten48. Stories of haunted houses deal with the theme of _.A. vampiresB. zombiesC. werewolves D. ghosts49. A typical example of a zombie story is _.A. CarrieB. The Beast with Five FingersC. DraculaD. The Werewolf of London50. The purpose of this passage is to _.A. persuadeB. informC. entertainD. reasonIV. Translate the following sentences into Chinese and write the translation on your Answer Sheet. (10 points， 2 points for each)51.