高级英语自考题-19 (总分100,考试时间90分钟)
Ⅰ.
The following paragraphs are taken from the text, followed by a list of words or expressions. Choose the one that **pletes each of the sentences.
If I said that being black is a greater 1 than being a woman, probably no one would 2 me. Why? Because \"we all know\" there is 3 against black people in America. That there is prejudice against women is an idea that still 4 nearly all men—and, I am afraid, most women—as 5 .
Women have not even reached the level of 6 that blacks are reaching. No women sit 7 the Supreme Court. Only two have held Cabinet rank, and 8 do at present. Only two women hold 9 rank. But women predominate in the lower-paying, menial, 10 dead-end jobs, and when they do reach better positions, they are 11 paid less than a man for the same job. If that is not prejudice, what would you 12 it? A few years ago, I was talking with a political leader about a promising young woman as a 13 . \"Why invest time and 14 to build the girl up?\" he asked me. \"You know she'll only 15 of the game to have a couple of 16 just about the time we're ready to run her for 17 \".
A. call B. effort C. none D. tokenism E. kids F. unrewarding G. ambassadorial H. on I. candidate J. mayor K. drop out L. invariably M. handicap N. bizarre O. question P. strikes Q. prejudice 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
15. 16. 17.
A fine old man 18 a velvet coat, his hands 19 over a huge carved walking-stick, and a big old woman, sitting 20 , with a roll of knitting on her 21 apron. They didn't speak. This was 22 , for Miss Brill always 23 the conversation. She had become really quite 24 at listening as though she didn't listen, at sitting in other people's lives just for a minute 25 they talked round her.
The old people sat 26 the bench, still as 27 . Never mind, there was always the crowd to watch. 28 , in front of the flower-beds and the band rotunda, the 29 and groups 30 , stopped to talk, to greet, to buy a 31 of flowers from the beggar-who had his tray 32 to the railings.
They were all on the 33 . They weren't 34 the audience, not only looking on; they were acting. Even she had a 35 . No doubt somebody would have noticed if she hadn't been there; she was part of the 36 .
But today she passed the baker's by, climbed the 37 , went into the little dark room—her room like a cupboard—and sat down on the red eiderdown. She sat. 38 for a long time. The box 39 the fur came out of was 40 the bed. She unclasped the necklet quickly; quickly, 41 looking, laid it inside. But when she put the 42 on she thought she heard something crying.
A. performance B. stairs C. there D. expert E. on F. looked forward to G. upright H. embroidered I. part J. statues K. To and for L. while M. couples N. that O. paraded P. fixed Q. only R. on S. clasped T. without U. disappointing V. handful W. in X. stage Y. lid 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36.
37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. Ⅱ.
Choose the one that **pletes each of the sentences. One word or expression for each blank only. 1. Being the first black woman elected to Congress has made me some kind of ______.A. phone B. nobody C. anybody D. phenomenon
2. I have done the work—all the tedious details that make the ______ between victory and defeat on election day—while men reaped the rewards, which is almost invariably the lot of women in politics.A. different B. difference C. differ D. same
3. Part of the problem is that women in America are much more brainwashed and ______ with their roles as second-class citizens than blacks ever were.A. content B. context C. dissatisfied D. satisfying
4. The happy homemaker and the contented darky are both stereotypes ______ by prejudice.A. productive B. production C. produced D. product
5. While the television crews ignored me, they were not aware of a very important ______, which both I and my campaign manager, Wesley Mac D. Holder, knew.A. statistic B. statistical C. statistically D. statistics
6. From the start of that campaign, I faced ______ hostility because of my sex.A. disguised B. undisguised C. disguise D. disguising
7. His muscles are firmest and his ______ colds and infections is highest.A. ignorance of B. independence of C. resistance to D. attribution to
8. The women of a nation ______ its morals, its religion, and its politics by the lives they live.A. construction B. constructive C. molding D. mold
9. A few years ago, I was talking with a political leader about a ______ young woman as a candidate.A. promised B. promise C. promising D. premise
10. I hope that the example of my ______ will convince other women to get into politics—and not just to stuff envelopes, but to run for office. A. successful B. success C. successfully D. succeed
Ⅲ.
Translate the following Chinese into English.
1. 如果我说做个黑人比作个妇女更糟糕，也许没有人对我的话提出质疑。为什么呢?因为众所周知，在美国存在着对黑人的歧视。而在美国存在着对妇女的歧视这一看法对于几乎所有的男人——恐怕还有大多数女人来说——仍然是不可思议的。
2. 当这个富有的国家里没有孩子饿着肚子上床睡觉时，我也许会回去教书。
3. 她觉得自己能够十分在行地不动声色地听别人的谈话，十分在行地利用别人在她周围谈话的时机短暂地介入别人的生活。
4. 两个穿红衣服的年轻姑娘从附近走过，两个穿蓝军装的年轻士兵和他们相遇。他们笑着双双挽臂而去。
5. 但是乐队好像知道她的感受，演奏得更轻松、更柔和，鼓声一遍又一遍地敲出“这个畜生!这个畜生!”
6. 得知自己是那么令人讨厌时，她怀着一颗破碎的心匆匆赶回家里。
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