全国2018年10月高等教育自学考试
基础英语试题
课程代码：00088
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一、词汇应用和语法结构（本大题共30小题，每小题1分，共30分）
（一）词汇应用（15分）
选择最佳答案完成句子，错选、多选或未选均无分。
1. Everyone must ________ for what he eats and drinks.
A. give
B. own
C. pay
D. get
2. In order to make greater ________, you have to lower the cost of production.
A. money
B. benefits
C. profits
D. prices
3. Stress can cause car accidents and heart attacks and may even ________ people to suicide.
A. let
B. make
C. drive
D. get
4. The Universal Product Code is ________ to add speed and efficiency to stores by using computers.
A. designed
B. drawn
C. pictured
D. planned
5. Different people have different ________ about how taxation should be arranged.
A. ways
B. means
C. ideas
D. methods
6. When you are introduced to new people, you should try to ________ friendly and self.confident.
A. stare
B. appear
C. see
D. gaze
7. Steel is ________ to iron in strength, hardness, and elasticity.
A. stronger
B. harder
C. superior
D. better
8. In the old days women’s activities were ________ to the household.
A. restricted
B. confined
C. limited
D. restrained
9. Nations have tariffs to ________ their own merchants and manufacturers from foreign competition.
A. prevent
B. shelter
C. ensure
D. protect
10. The shoes you want are not ________ in this shop.
A. approachable
B. available
C. attainable
D. applicable
11. The little town ________ a lot from its tourism.
A. contributes
B. benefits
C. supports
D. gains
12. The customer ________ whether the articles exhibited in the shop were for sale.
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A. inquired
B. required
C. acquired
D. informed
13. The rent is reasonable; ________, the location is perfect.
A. moreover
B. otherwise
C. however
D. therefore
14. He decided to ________ $ 200 in the bank each month.
A. develop
B. benefit
C. expand
D. deposit
15. He took up painting in his________ time.
A. empty
B. blank
C. free
D. spare
（二）语法结构（15分）
选择最佳答案完成句子，错选、多选或未选均无分。
16. It is cheaper to throw them away than ________.
A. repair them
B. reparing them
C. to repair them
D. repairs them
17. I am not going to buy it because I don’t have ________ money on me.
A. any
B. some
C. no
D. a little
18. When he came in, his mother ________ television.
A. watched
B. was watching
C. had watched
D. watches
19. Computers are so wonderful ________ they are known as thinking machines.
A. as
B. that
C. which
D. for which
20. The doctor told me to take the pill ________.
A. every four hour
B. four every hour
C. every four hours
D. four every hours
21. It’s ________ my power to make a final decision on this important matter.
A. off
B. beyond
C. above
D. outside
22. A cut in your prices is exactly ________ our customers wish that you should do.
A. as
B. that
C. which
D. what
23. We shall cancel the contract ________ you fail to open the L/C before the end of this month.
A. unless
B. since
C. if
D. although
24. A policeman approached Timmy and told him that he ________ along the sidewalk.
A. ought to go
B. should go
C. had gone
D. ought to have gone
25. I knew ________ men.
A. many distinguished American literary
B. American many distinguished literary
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