2012年1月高等教育自学考试基础英语真题及答案

(二)将下列句子译成英文

3.专业化的代价是相互依存。(3分)

4.要是没有从无形贸易中挣得的钱，英国将几乎年年出现赤字。

(一)将下列句子译成中文

1. Customers are vulnerable to attractive packages. (4分)

2.Metals consisting of iron combined with some other elements are called ferrous metals, while all the other metals are called non-ferrous metals. (4分)

(二)将下列词语译成英文 (5分)

6.没有出路的工作

7.激光束

8.供求机制

9.标准化集装箱

10.零售贸易

(一)将下列词语译成中文 (5分)

1.excess reserves

2.a regular port

3.investment demand

4.cold regions

5.the silk trade

The word “drawn” in the last paragraph means ______.

According to Harry Emerson, by imagining success we may ______.

The author is more worried about people’s ______.

What Henry Kaiser knew as the positive use of daydreaming is ______.

Passage 2

Until recently daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it was considered an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at it. And it may be that more people are suffering from a lack of daydreaming than are suffering from too much of it.It now appears that a person’s self-control and self-direction may suffer if he or she does no daydreaming at all. Such a person may become poor to deal with the pressures of daily life.Dr. Joan T. Freyberg has concluded that daydreaming contributes to intellectual growth and also improves concentration attention span and the ability to get along with others. Another researcher said that daydreaming seemed to produce improved self-control and creative ability.But that’s only part of the story. The most remarkable thing about daydreaming may be its usefulness in shaping our future lives as we want them to be. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser believed that much of his success was due to the positive use of daydreaming. He maintained that “you can imagine your future.” Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse. The young Thomas Edison pictured himself as an inventor. For these notable achievers, it appears that their daydreams came true.Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick believed that the way we picture ourselves is often the way we turn out. He offered this advice, “Hold a picture of yourself in your mind, and you will be drawn towards it. Picture yourself vividly as defeated, and that alone will make victory impossible. Picture yourself as winning, and that will contribute immeasurably to success. Do not picture yourself as anything, and you will drift.”

If one does not daydream at all, he may ______.

What most likely made people think about a transcontinental railroad?

The best title for this passage would be ______.

The construction of the transcontinental railroad took ______.

Passage 1

he building of the first transcontinental system ______.

The western world is filled with advertisements. Different ( 1 ) are used in advertising. For example, radio commercials get millions of teenagers to ( 2 ) for products made exclusively for them. Then, magazine ads showing models ( 3 ) in the latest style ( 4 ) women and men to buy new clothes in order to remain fashionable. Newspapers, too, are filled with ads ( 5 ) the need to buy everything from pills to major household( 6 )at bargain prices. In addition, TV programs are interrupted (7) five minutes with commercials telling people to try a new detergent(清洁剂)or drink a different kind of beer. Short cinema films are also used for advertising ( 8) . Finally, advertisements in the form of posters appear almost everywhere, on walls and buildings.Companies advertise their products to make people buy. ( 8 ), most companies ( 10 ) their products as the best you can buy. Of course, advertisers never talk about the ( 11 ) of their products.Although many people and companies can do their own advertising, most ( 12 ) advertising is done by agencies. The ( 13 ), usually a company, goes to an advertising agency with a product it wishes to advertise. The company has probably already ( 14 )which medium they want for their advertisement. The job of the agency is to suggest ideas and to produce a finished advertisement from the idea that the client likes ( 15 ).

1.A. media B. relations C. functions D. operations

2. A. lure B. shop C. buy D. sell

3. A. dressing B. wearing C. putting D. dressed

4. A. dissuade B. persuading C. persuade D. dissuading

5. A. paying B. realizing C. ignoring D. stressing

6. A. appliances B. performances C. equipments D. applications

7. A. almost B. every C. nearly D. both

8. A. basis B. habit C. purpose D. technique

9. A. Therefore B. Later C. Although D. However

10. A. maintain B. present C. find D. want

11. A. dislocations B. advantages C. demerits D. merits

12. A. favorite B. public C. non-commercial D. commercial

13. A. client B. owner C. donator D. agent

14. A. worked B. thought C. decided D. explained

15. A. better B. best C. well D. worst

In the (A.past), (B.industrially )goods (C.were) made to last (D.for ever).

When we had (A.calculated) the cost (B.on) the project, it was clear it would not be(C. economic) to go (D.ahead) with it.

He went(A. beside) only (B.selling) products of poor quality (C.at )a high price. He also paid (D.less) tax.

(A.After) about 30 minutes, the train (B.entered into) a dark tunnel under the city streets, and (C.shortly ) afterwards it stopped (D.at) the railway station.

This is (A.the worst weather) (B.which) I’ve (C.experienced) (D.in) Shanghai.

(A.On general), the author says we should try to appear (B.friendly) and (C.self-confident) since “People (D.like)people who like themselves.”

It (A.wasn’t) my idea to (B.change) the brand name (C.in )the first place. It was (D.her).

After the message(A. is sent), the computer then finds the(B. information) about the product and sends it(C. instant )back to the terminal at the (D.checkout counter).

The peaceful use of atomic energy will do ______ to human beings.

(A.As far as )marketing is (B.concerning,) I think the best thing to do (C.at present) is to have a meeting with the Sales Manager and his advertising (D.people).

The tasks (A.related to) reform, development and (B.stability) for 2006, the first year in the Eleventh (C.Five-Years) Plan, are (D.huge).

If you ______ hard before, you would be a college student now.

Marriage is alliance of two people, one ______ never remembers birthday and the other never forgets them.

______ passed than another hit the city.

______ you come, you will find him busy with his study.

My elder brother asks me to buy ______ newspaper for him.

It is no use ______ about your past mistakes.

The prisoner ______ by this way, for there his footprints were found.

Scientists have more to do than to allow their imaginations to wander ______ large.

______ beautiful flowers!

He asked me ______ stay.

______ was not the way the story happened.

I had eaten all her chocolates ______ she came back from the concert.

I held ______ from telling him what I thought of him.

The red color is characteristic ______ rust, the combination of iron and oxygen.

I am not invited to family reunions any more, as I’m considered ______ because of my political convictions.

______ means extreme unwillingness to spend money.

Saying goodbye is as ______ a part of life as saying hello.

I get up early ______ catch the first bus to work.

We ______ him to arrive early.

The soup tastes ______.

The little boy escaped by the ______ of his teeth, but his parents died in the fire.

Now he is earning money, and he feels more ______.

Paper making began in China and from there it ______ to North Africa and Europe.

We all know air is ______ of oxygen and carbon dioxide.

It was a bad year for films, in ______ of both quantity and quality.

You can use this ability to make more ______ choices in your life.

You should never ______ anyone about their deal, because they will finally pay for what they have done.

If this project fails, it will not only ______ our department, but also the whole organization.

As long as you’ve paid in advance, we won’t ______ you for delivery.