2025年全国1月高等教育自学考试高级英语试题

部题目用英文作答(英译汉题目除外)，请将答案填在答题纸对应位置上 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 to...