2009年1月广东自考高级英语真题00600

全国2009年1月高等教育自学考试

高级英语试题

课程代码：00600

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I. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. One word or expression for each blank only.  ( 12 points, 0.5 point for each )

Work therefore is desirable, first and foremost, as a   1   of boredom, for the boredom that a man feels when he is doing necessary though uninteresting work is as nothing in   2   with the boredom that he feels when he has nothing to do with his days. With this advantage of work another is   3  , namely that it makes holidays much more delicious   4   they come. Provided a man does not have to work so hard as to   5   his vigor, he is likely to find far more zest in his free time   6   an idle man could possibly find.

Discussing the question, some time   7  , with an old friend, she gave me her never-failing   8   for sleeplessness, which was to imagine   9   performing some trivial  10   over and over again, until, her mind becoming disgusted with the monotony of life,   11   drew the curtain. Her favourite device was to imagine a picture not   12   quite plumb upon the wall, and then to proceed to straighten it.

I believe that over a period of decades newspapers have become a  13   rather than a function. They have held their   14   so long that change has become   15  . I do not know, in fact, of any   16   that has changed as little in the last twenty years as the   17   press. And this resistance to change is the end of   18   —which, in turn, marks the end of usefulness.

The key is to segment the market   19  . This enables the company to pitch   20   customers with specialized   21   that no other company can begin to   22   . Example: One customer segment is the   23   profession. Cable & Wireless is developing features and functions that             24   tremendous appeal to lawyers.