2015年10月全国自主考试综合英语(一)真题及答案

难道你不知道这座楼前不许停车吗?

他永远不会忘记他们在海边一起度过的日日夜夜。

对于那天发生的事情，她似乎什么都不知道。

他不顾妻子的反对，把整面墙涂成了绿色。

直到她给我打电话，我才知道她已经考上大学了。

虽然他做出了极大的努力，但还是未能说服她留下来。

如果他昨天提醒我，我就不会错过那个机会了。

天气允许的话，我们本周末将去野餐。

由于互不信任，这对年轻夫妇的婚姻破裂了。

由于某种原因，他低价出售了那辆汽车。

The author of “The Time Message” describes time as tricky, dangerous and______.

The author of “In the Laboratory”looked upon ______in Professor Agassiz’s laboratory as the best lesson he ever had.

In“Night Watch”，the hospital staff thought the marine who sat at the bed through the night was the son of ______.

In“The Day I Was Fat”，after the argument with a teenager, the author made up her mind to______.

The author of “This Life” tells a story about how he became a successful ______by first learning to read well.

Jesus Colon, the author of“Little Things Are Big”，decided not to lend a helping hand to the white lady because he was afraid that______.

In“A Fiddle and the Law”, the bearded man called Pappy Richards was the father of the man who was wanted by ______.

In“How Dictionaries Are Made”，the task of writing a dictionary begins with reading huge amounts of______.

According to“The English Character”，to other Europeans, the best known quality of the British is “______”.

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The author of “The Emotional Bank Account-Secrets of Happy Families”，compares ______to deposits in a financial bank account.

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B. 根据课文的内容在每个空 白处填入一个恰当的词。

It was difficult to believe that he was a Ground. He was  61 into an unimportant but well-to-do family. He was the youngest of five sons. The Grounds were a handsome lot: blue-eyed, fair-haired, clever  62  ambitious. The four older boys all made a success of their lives. They married beautiful girls of good family and produced children  63 fair and handsome and clever as themselves. The eldest became a clergyman; the second  64 up as the headmaster of a famous public school; the  65 went into business and became rich; the fourth  66  in his father's footsteps and became a lawyer. That is why everybody was amazed when the youngest Ground, Henry, turned  67 to be a lazy good-for-nothing.

Unlike his brothers, he had brown eyes and dark hair, but he was every bit as handsome and charming,  68 made him quite a lady-killer. And, although he never married,  69  is no doubt at all that Henry Ground loved women. He also loved eating，drinking, laughing, talking and a thousand other  70  which don’t make money or improve the human life. One of his favorite pastimes was doing nothing.

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A. 从下列单词中选择适当的词填空，每个词只能用一次 。

One hot summer day, I was on a flight from Paris to Montreal. It was so hot in the cabin51 I could hardly breathe. In order to create some air flow, I turned the air vent over my seat 52 high as it would go.

To my right, a French woman sat huddled（蜷曲）  53  a sweater. When she saw me adjust my air vent, her expression turned sharp and  54 . She said that she couldn’t tolerate the wind and that I  55  to turn it off immediately. Politely, I told her that I  56 the cabin unpleasantly warm and that the vent was blowing on me, not her. She  57  called for a flight attendant and instructed her to tell me to turn the vent off. For the  58  of peace, I adjusted it to about half its  59 strength. But this did nothing to calm her. She demanded first that her seat  60  changed and then, when she was told the flight was full，that she be brought blankets. She spent the flight bundled under two of them, glaring at me with anger.

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affair

chop

write

people

telegraph

break

argue

foot

beautiful

weather

towards

cheat

ladder

machine

announce

southern

bridge

next

What is the passage mainly about?

pleasure

knock

What is Carson Max’s attitude towards the plastic-to-oil technology?

What will the plastic-to-oil technology result in?

The word “converting” in Paragraph 2 most probably means“_______”.

Passage 2

Plastics play an important role in almost every aspect of our lives. Plastics are used to manufacture everyday products such as beverage containers, toys, and furniture. The widespread use of plastics demands proper disposal of plastic waste. Plastics make up almost 13 percent of the urban solid waste stream, a dramatic increase from 1960, when plastics were less than one percent of the waste stream. The largest category of plastics are found in containers and packaging (e.g. soft drink bottles, lids, shampoo bottles), but they are also found in durable (e.g. appliances, furniture) and nondurable goods (e.g. diapers, trash bags, utensils, and medical devices）. The recycling rate for different types of plastics varies greatly, resulting in an overall plastic recycling rate of only 8 percent, or 2.7 million tons in 2011.

Currently, the US has the capacity to recycle plastics at a greater rate as a latest technology has come into being that helps inconverting plastic waste disposal into a good source of green fuel. A new process for turning plastics into fuel was invented. First, many different kinds of unwashed plastics are melted together. Then a special chemical is used to turn the fluid into a vapor（蒸汽）. This reduces the plastic to its most basic elements to make it have a high fuel value. It is tested that 86 percent of what goes in comes out as fuel. And 8 percent of the recycled plastic is used to run the system. This technology will reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil and the amount of plastic waste in its landfills (垃圾填埋场).

Scientists say plastic-to-oil technology is still new and developing. They say it is not yet known if the process is environmentally friendly. And some question whether turning plastics into oil can even be considered “recycling”. Carson Max is with the publication Resource Recycling, a magazine that reports on the plastic recycling industry. He says because there is a lot of plastic waste and a great demand for oil, the recycling technology may create great changes in both industries. “So they’re getting value from something that would otherwise go to the landfill, things that wouldn’t be accepted into a recycler.”

What can be learned about Yogi from the passage?

What can be the best title of the story?

The accident happened when Paul Horton _______.

The word “spotted” in Paragraph 3 most probably means“_______“.

Passage 1

One October morning in 2012, Paul Horton, a 59-year-old retired mechanical engineer and a keen outdoorsman, climbed onto his mountain bike and took off through his neighborhood near Lake Travis. Yogi, a six-year-old well-trained dog, came along. Yogi had done it every morning for nearly three years, happily beside his master. The two-mile route wound through hilly rural roads to a narrow, forested path. Shortly after turning around to go home, Horton approached a nine-inch-tall raised stone edge where the path met the sidewalk. He had jumped the edge dozens of times before, but on this morning somehow he didn’t get enough height, and the bike’s front wheel ran into the edge hard and twisted sharply. Horton, who wasn’t wearing a helmet, flew over the handlebars, hitting headfirst into the sidewalk. He was knocked unconscious. When he came to, he found himself lying on the ground half a mile from home.

By Horton’s side was Yogi, anxious to continue the trip home. As Horton tried to rise, he realized he could not feel anything below his chest, and blood began to fill his mouth. Horton whispered ，“Go home. Go get Shearon.” Horton spoke the phrase slowly, again and again, words he knew the dog would understand. “Go get” was a familiar command. Shearon was the name of Horton’s wife. For about 45 minutes, Yogi refused to leave his companion’s side. Horton continued commanding Yogi to go. Finally, the dog ran away.

That morning, Bruce and Maggie Tate, two of Horton’s neighbors, were on a walk in the area when theyspotted Yogi running down the street, which they found strange. They knew him as a calm and obedient （顺从的）dog. He darted (飞奔）toward them, then away seeming to beg for their attention. When they followed, Yogi dashed off, leading them somewhere, it seemed.

The wait was a serious pain for Horton. He lost track of time, and it became hard to breathe. Then Horton heard the faint sound of a dog barking. Yogi ran toward him. The Tates, who were right behind him, saw Horton’s condition and called for help. Horton was rushed to St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center, where doctors did what they could to mend his damaged backbone. Soon after, Horton was sent to St. David’s Rehabilitation Hospital. His first two visitors? Shearon and Yogi.

What do we know about Paul Horton?

We must ensure that all patients have _______to high-quality care.

The police are _______anyone who witnessed the accident to contact them immediately.

The strong storm did a lot of damage to the coastal villages. Several fishing boats were _______and many houses collapsed.

The drug’s effects are very powerful, but they will begin to _______ off in a few hours.

Writing is a slow process, requiring _______thought, time, and effort.

The old man had a rotten tooth _______at the dentist this morning.

_______ difficulties we may come across, we'll go ahead with our plan.

_______with what they were like 15 years ago, home PCs are cheaper, faster, and have a much bigger memory.

_______children spend hours in watching television, they may develop problems in dealing with real-life people.

Other things _______，most students would prefer single to shared rooms.

We can meet the body’s need for salt from natural sources without turning _______the salt bottle.

The university has twice _______students as it did last year.

It is important that the hotel receptionist _______ that guests are registered correctly.

_______the storm, we would have arrived at the theatre earlier.

In the age of computer and the Internet, wherever we are, we have_______ trouble keeping in touch with our family and friends.

We are taught that success is mainly achieved through hard work _______ through good luck.

She has always enjoyed reading newspapers, magazines and books, all of_______ have been of great help to her in television reporting.

The reason _______his being late was that the flight he took had been delayed.

Keep trying, and you’ll figure it out. You know _______they say: if at first you don’t succeed，try, try again.

Down about two hundred yards _______three logs right across the stream.