2016年4月高等教育自学考试基础英语真题及答案

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The case history of the twins appears to support the conclusion that___

  • A.individuals with identical brains seldom test at the same level
  • B.an individual,s intelligence is determined only by his environment
  • C.lack of opportunity blocks the growth of intelligence to a certain degree
  • D.changes of environment produce changes in the structure of the brain
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This passage suggests that an individual’s I.Q___

  • A.can be predicted at birth
  • B.stays the same throughout his life
  • C.can be increased by education
  • D.is determined by his childhood
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Passage 2

There are two factors which determine an individuals intelligence. The first is the sortof brain he is born with. Human brains differ considerably, some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities to learn. So the second factor is what happens to the individual- the sort of environment in which he is brought upThe importance of environment in determining an individual,'s intelligence can bedemonstrated by the case history of the identical twins, Peter and Mark. Being identical. The twins had identical brains at birth, and their growth processes were the same. When the twins were three months old, their parents died, and they were placed in separate foster(抚养)homes. Peter was raised by parents of low intelligence in an isolated community with poor educational opportunities. Mark was reared in the home of well-to-do parents who had been to college. He was read to as a child, sent to good schools, and given every opportunity to be stimulated intellectually. This environmental difference continued until the twins were in their late teens, when they were given tests to measure their intelligence. Marks I. Q. was 125. twenty-five points higher than the average and fully forty points higher than his identical brother. Given equal opportunities. the twins, having identical brains, would have tested at roughly the same level.

This passage can best be titled___

  • A.Measuring Your Intelligence
  • B.Intelligence and Environment
  • C.The case of peter and mark
  • D.How the Brain Influences Intelligence
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The best statement of the main idea of this passage is that___

  • A.human brains differ considerably
  • B.the brain a person is born with is important in determining his intelligence
  • C.environment is crucial in determining a persons intelligence
  • D.persons having identical brains will have roughly the same intelligence
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Service organizations claim that keeping the checkout counters manned would result in___

  • A.a rise in the price for providing services
  • B.demands by cashiers for more money
  • C.insignificant benefits for the customers
  • D.the staff are less considerate than their employers
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The disappearance of old-style hotel porters can be attributed to the fact that

  • A.few people are willing to do this type of work
  • B.machines are more reliable than human beings
  • C.the personal endeavor is less appreciated nowadays
  • D.automation has provided cheaper alternatives
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According to the writer. long queues at counters are caused by___

  • A.great difficulties in recruiting staff
  • B.inadequate staffing arrangements
  • C.staff being made lazy
  • D.staff being unwilling to cooperate
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Passage 1

I have had just about enough of being treated like a second-class citizen, simply because happen to be a customer. Whenever I go into shops and hotels, banks and post offices railway stations, airports and the like, I believe that things are being run only to suit the firm, the system, or the union. There seems to be a harmful new motto for so-called organizations- Staff Before serviceYou may wonder how many times, for example, you have queued for what seems like hours at the Post Office or the supermarket because there weren't enough staff on duty to man all the service grilles of checkout counters? Surely in these days of highunemployment it must be possible to recruit cashiers and counter staff. Yet supermarkets hinting darkly at higher prices, claim that covering all their cash registers at any one time would increase overheads. And the Post Office says we cannot expect all their service grilles to be occupied"at times when demand is low“It's the same case with hotels, Because waiters and kitchen staff must finish when it suits them, dining rooms close earlier or menu choice is decreased. As for us guests, we just have to put up with it. There‘s also the practice of so many so friendly hotel night porter having been dismissed in the interests of “efficiency” and replaced by coin guzzling machines.Not to mention the coldness of the tea-making kit in your room: a kettle with an assortment of teabags, plastic milk cartons and lump sugar. Who wants to wake up to a raw teabag? I don’t, especially when I am paying for “service”

The writer feels that nowadays a customer is___

  • A.one who is well served
  • B.not given proper consideration
  • C.classified by society as inferior
  • D.the victim of modern
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In the writers opinion, the quality of service is changing because___

  • A.the customers' demands have changed
  • B.the organizations receive more consideration than the customers
  • C.the customers’ needs have increased
  • D.the staff are less considerate than their employers
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The western world is filled with advertisements. Different (1) are used in advertising. For example, radio commercials get millions of teenagers to shop for products made exclusively for them. Then, magazine (2) showing models (3) in the latest style, persuade women and men to buy new clothes in order to remain (4). Newspapers too,are filled with ads stressing the need to buy everything from pills to major household appliances at (5) prices. In addition, Tv programs are (6)every five minutes with commercials telling people to try a new detergent or drink a different kind of beer. Short cinema (7) are also used for advertising purpose. Finally, advertisements in the form of posters appear almost everywhere, on walls and buildingsCompanies (8) their products to make people buy. Therefore, most companies (9) their products as the best you can buy. Of course, advertisers never talk about the (10) of their products(11) many people and companies can do their own advertising, most commercial advertising is done by agencies. The client, usually a company, goes to an advertising agency with a product it wishes to advertise. The company has probably already decided which (12) they want for their advertisement. The job of the (13) is to suggest ideas and to produce a finished advertisement from the( 14) that the client likes (15)

1.A. internets B. newspapers C.media D.radio

2. A. organizations B.companies C. advertisements D. paper

3. A. dressing B.dressed C.advertisements D.papers

4.A. fancy B.fashion C.fast D.worn

5. A. bargain B. beneficial C. high D. benefit

6. A. interloped B. interrupted C.intermediated D. interacted

7.A. film B. programs C.east D. plans

8.A.sell B.make C.produce D.advertise

9.A.want B.outlet C.represent D.present

10. A. disadvantages B.advantages C. points D. influences

11.A .After B. However C. Although D. As soon as

12.A.vehicle B. function C.medium D. transportation

13.A.agency B.company C.organ D. institute

14. A. report B.idea C.picture D.cartoon

15. A. lowest B. least C. highest D. best

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We failed to catch the train,___

  • A.so they did
  • B.so did they
  • C.neither did they
  • D.neither they did
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If I___ it earlier,I wouldn't have lent him the money.

  • A.have known
  • B.had known
  • C.knew
  • D.could know
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___that the pilot couldn't fly through it.

  • A.The storm so severe was
  • B.So severe was the storm
  • C.So the storm was severe
  • D.Such was the storm severe
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Busy__he is,he can fulfill the task ahead of schedule.

  • A.because
  • B.although
  • C.no matter how
  • D.as
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I find it difficult___ in a short time.

  • A.to finish the job
  • B.finishing the job
  • C.finished the job
  • D.finish the job
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She never studies. ___,she plays games all day.

  • A.Instead of
  • B.Instead
  • C.In spite
  • D.Because
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They spent a lot of time ___at the pictures in the museum.

  • A.looking
  • B.for looking
  • C.to look
  • D.to looking
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We turned the radio up,___everyone heard the speech.

  • A.in case
  • B.so that
  • C.in order to
  • D.because
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The parents have turned him into a___ child.

  • A.spoilt
  • B.spoiling
  • C.spoil
  • D.being spoiled
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He is a man who can be___ upon in a crisis.

  • A.depended
  • B.caught
  • C.expected
  • D.involved
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After so many years working in an office,John was fed up and finally gave up___

  • A.a red herring
  • B.the rat race
  • C.a lame duck
  • D.a black sheep
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She is___ by everyone because of her vulgar act of spiffing.

  • A.disgusted
  • B.bored
  • C.depressed
  • D.deprived
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Among young people the overwhelming___ is to find a job.

  • A.occupation
  • B.pretext
  • C.text
  • D.preoccupation