2012年1月广东自考高级英语真题00600

全国2012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 Y. 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. (25 points， 1 point for each)

This strategy also has ancient antecedents. Ever since civilization began， certain  1  have tried to run away from it in hopes of finding a simpler， more  2  ，and more peaceful life. Unlike the dropouts， they are not  3  . They are willing to support themselves and to  4  something to the general community， but they simply don’t like the environment of civilization; that is， the city， with all its  5  and tension.

I had the lonely child’s habit of  6  stories and holding conversations with  7  persons， and I think from the very start my literary ambitions were mixed up with the feeling of being isolated and  8  . I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing  9  facts， and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my  10  in everyday life.

Only two people shared her “special” seat: a fine old man in a velvet coat， his hands  11   over a huge carved walking-stick， and a big old woman， sitting  12  ， with a roll of knitting on her embroidered apron. They did not speak. This was  13  ， for Miss Brill always looked forward  14  the conversation. She had become really quite  15  ， she thought， at listening as though she didn’t listen， at sitting in other people’s lives just for a minute while they talked round her.

Our research shows that no company can succeed today by trying to be all things to all people. It must instead find the  16  value that it alone can deliver to a chosen market. We have identified three distinct value  17  ， so called because each discipline produces a different kind of  18 value. Choosing one discipline to master does not mean that a company  19  the other two， only that it picks a dimension of value on which to  20  its market reputation over the long term.