自考英语试卷选择题自考英语试卷选择题.doc

I. Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point for each) 从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 1. For a really big job of dictionary writing, such as the Oxford English Dictionary, millions of cards are collected, and the task of editing _____ decades . A. expands B. completes C. occupies D. adds to 2. The expression “haste _____ waste” does not apply to reading. A. does B. makes C. comes D. goes 3. Many insurance agents selling many different _____ call us by phone and sometimes even come to our doors. A. principles B. policies C. rules D. means 4. If you borrow money to buy a car, the loan contract _____ how much you must pay back every month and the number of months required to satisfy your obligation. A. specifies B. sacrifices C. defers D. converts 5. We would rather _______ about football or the weather or what we had for lunch . A. to talk B. talking C. talked D. talk 6. We are not happy when they call us; we are _____ guard when they visit our homes. A. in B. for C. on D. to 7. The American consumer often feels constantly ____ by insurance agents. A. disturbed B. distinguished C. avoided D. refused 8. Yet these three reasons for not discussing insurance provide three excellent reasons ______ we should learn more about it . A. why B. that C. for D. which 9. We are human and we must face the ______ of illness, injury, death, and financial loss . A. concepts B. possibilities C. protections D. miracles 10. We ____ go out to restaurants, but mostly we eat at home. A. occasionally B. relatively C. continually D. absolutely 11. And thus they have found that the real difference ____ plants and animals lies in what they do, and not in what they seem to be.. A. in B. between C. from D. for 12. The young couple kept their friends ____ about their plan of marriage until the