2014年湖北自考学士学位英语真题及答案（二）

2014年湖北自考学士学位英语真题及答案（二）

Part III Cloze（ 10 points）

Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage, For each blank there are 4 choices markedA, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet One with a single line through the center.

Do you know insurance （保险）？ Buying insurance is a 41 by which people can protect themselves against large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay 42 sums of money to an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only 43 will lose their homes by fire.The insurance company will pay for these homes out of the sums of money it has collected.

The first modem fire insurance company was 44 in London, England, in 1666.A great fire had just destroyed most of the city, and people wanted to protect against 45 losses.The fire company grew rapidly.Soon, other companies were founded in other areas.

Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company inAmerica in 1752.He also 46 a new kind of insurance for farmers. The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops 47 storm.

In 1759, Benjamin Franklin helped startanother new insurance.This company, which offered 48 insurance, collected some money regularly from different men.Although a man died, his family was given a large sum of money.Today, this company is 49 in business.

Over the years, people havebenefited from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from 50 accidents as car, plane crashes.Tomorrow, almost everyone has some kind of insurance.

41. A. idea

B. sole

C. thought

D. means

42.A.small

B.large

C.little

D.a lot of

43.A.few

B.quite a few

C.a few

D.many

44.A.reeognized

B.found

C.eome into being

D.formed

45. A.longer

B. farther

C. further

D. deeper

46. A. insisted

B. suggested

C. advised

D. wanted

47. A. by

B. from

C. for

D. with

48.A.life

B.flight

C.fire

D.traffie accident

49. A. still

B.yet

C. already

D. often

50.A.sueh

B.many

C.the

D.more

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41.【解析】D。by means of“通过…的方式/手段”，固定搭配。

42.【解析】A。a big/large/small sum of money“一大笔/小笔钱”。人们上保险的钱对于保险公司来说，是很小的数目，所以选A。

43.【解析】C。四个选项都可修饰可数名词。few“几乎没有”，表示否定；quite a few“相当多”；a few“少数几个”；many“许多”。因为文中出现了0nly，就说明“有”，但“不多”，所以选C。

44.【解析ID。form“形成，组建”；recognize“认识到，认出，识别出”；found“建立”，但可惜的是该词是原形，没有用过去分词，与原句中的“was”构成被动语态；而come into being“产生”没有被动语态。

45.【解析】C。further“进一步的，更深一层的”；longer“更长的，更久的”；farther“更远的”，指距离：deeper“更深的”。人们害怕再有进一步的损失，所以选C。

46.【解析】B。suggest“建议，提出”；insist（on doing）/that…“坚持做/认为…”；advise“劝告，忠告”：want“想要”。联系上下文，B符合题意。

47.【解析】A。by“通过，经过”。意即“经过暴风雨后造成的粮食损失”。

48.【解析】A。life insurance“人身保险”。

49.【解析】A。still“仍然，仍旧”；yet“然而”，表转折；already“已经”，often“经常”。

50.【解析】A。such as“诸如，像”，固定搭配，表列举。