高级英语是高等教育自学考试英语专业高级阶段（本科）的精读课，属必考课程。在语音、语调、词汇和语法的知识已经掌握，听、说、读、写、译的语言技能已经打好基础后，本课程的重点是：（1）提高阅读理解和词汇运用能力，即能掌握和使用所学的词汇，特别是同义词、近义词的区分和使用，正确理解文章的内容和主题思想，抓住文章的要点，分析文章的结构、语言技巧和修辞特点；（2）提高语言表达能力，即能用英语解释、用汉语翻译文章中的难句，使用英语归纳文章的主题思想，并能对文章的内容进行简单的分析、评论。

在这一阶段，学生应该能用辞典和其他工具书独立解决语言和文化、背景知识方面的难点，提高自学能力，增加自学能力，增加文化知识，尤其是所学语言国家（主要是英、美）的背景和文化知识，更好地使语言和文化结合在一起。

（二）教学要求：

本课程的教学要注重使用以学生为中心的讨论式教学方法。以目标语为授课和课堂交流语言。

通过真实的交际型任务，创造好的语言产出环境，以便培养学生使用目标语言在高层次上表达、交流思想和分析问题的能力。同时要注重语言输入的质量和文化内涵，以便让学生得到真实和地道的语言信息。

本课程包罗政治、经济、社会、语言、文学、教育、哲学等方面的文章。每课前附有导读课文后附有注释，包罗作家介绍，历史背景，有关典故，语言难点并且每篇课文都配有大量的相关练习，包罗课文理解、词汇练习、口头练习、中英互译和写作练习等。通过高级英语本课程的学习，学生应达到以下基本要求：

一、课程的性质及任务

本课程是广东省主要面向中小学教师开设的英语教育（本科）教学计划中的核心课程之一。设置本课程的目的在于加强及提高考生的英语阅读理解和英语知识运用能力。

二、指定必读教材

李不雅观仪主编的《新编英语教程》第五册，上海外语教育出版社出版。

三、考试题型

高级英语（一）试卷由六个部分组成：

1、阅读理解 （20%）

2、词汇 （10%）

3、完形填空 （10%）

4、成段改错 （10%）

5、句型转换 （10%）

6、汉译英 （40%）

四、题型说明

1、阅读理解

阅读理解包罗两部分。

第一部分包含取自指定必读教材课文的若干段落，总长度为800词摆布，总共10道选择题。要求考生读完指定的段落后，按照本身的理解选择最佳答案。本部分主要测试考生能否理解所学过的教材课文的细节以及主要词汇的意义。

第二部分包含难度与教材课文相当的文章若干篇，文章的难度、体裁和题材各不相同，总长度为800词摆布。每篇文章后面有10道是非题。要求考生读完每篇文章后，按照标题问题的要求和文章的内容，对于考题中给出的句子做出“是”或“非”的判断。本部分主要测试考生能否抓住文章的要旨，能否理解文章的细节，能否把握文章的逻辑结构并按照文章提供的信息进行逻辑推理或判断，以及能否按照上下文猜测生词的意义。

2、词汇

词汇部分包含10道多项选择题（选词填空）。本部分主要测试考生对于指定必读教材的词汇的掌握程度，尤其是对意义相近的词汇的辨别能力。所测试的词汇全部选自必读教材。

3、完形填空

完形填空的短文选自指定必读教材课文,其中有10个单词只保留第一个字母，其余部分被抽掉，成为空白。要求考生在空白处填上恰当的字母，使组成的单词与上下文意义相符，词语搭配得当，前后语气连贯。本部分主要测试考生理解文章，运用词汇和语法知识的能力。考生答题前必需先将短文通读一遍，理解其大意，然后按照所学的语法、篇章、词语搭配等方面的知识去填写正确答案。

4、成段改错

成段改错的短文选自指定必读教材课文，改错部分分10行摆列，每行右侧行尾有一条带有编号的横线。有的行里有错误，有的行里没有错误，但每行最多一个错误。错误类型有三种：（1）多加了一个词的错误；（2）漏掉一个词的错误；（3）用词不妥的错误，包罗在词义、语法、搭配方面的用词错误。做这道题的要求是：1、在多余的词上划一条斜线，例如“there”，然后将词写在右侧的编号横线上；2、在漏掉了词的地方标上一个“插入号”---“∧”，并将漏掉的词（即你认为要加上去的词）写在右侧编号横线上；3、在错误的用词的底下划一条横线，例如“that”，并将正确的词写在右侧编号横线上；4、在没有错误的那一行的右侧编号横线上打一个“√”。本部分主要测试考生辨别错误和正确用词的能力。

5、句型转换

句型转换共有10道题，每道题包含一个完整的句子和一个不完整的句子，完整的句子全部选自指定必读教材课文。要求考生把不完整的句子补充完整，使其意义与所提供的相应的句子基本相同。本部分主要测试考生理解所学过的教材课文的细节程度以及灵活运用语法规则表达思想的能力。

6、汉译英

汉译英的素材选自指定必读教材课文，包罗2篇各含250字摆布的短文。要求考生把其中底下划线的8段句子翻译成英语。本部分主要测试考生掌握所学过的教材课文的程度以及运用所学的词汇和语法知识进行英语书面表达的能力。

五、高级英语（一）试题数目、题型、计分和答题时间一览表

《高级英语》试题样题（题型例释）

Test of Advanced English (I) (Sample)

Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (20%)

1．Read the following passage carefully and then choose ONE from the given options to answer each question. Put the letter of your choice in the corresponding bracket of the ANSWER SHEET.

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1．The idea of victory and defeat in war has been changed because

A. winners of the war can no longer become richer or more powerful.

B. both sides now would lose more than they gained.

C. modern weapons make it possible for a small country to defeat a big one.

D. people all over the world are not interested in war

…

2．Read the following passage carefully and then judge whether the statements are true or false by writing T or F.

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1. We can infer from the text that Jim Crow is the boy’s name.

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Ⅱ Multiple Choice (10%)

Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Put the letter of your choice in the corresponding bracket of the ANSWER SHEET.

1. The doctor did not _____ to him his hopeless condition.

A. expose B. reveal C. uncover D. betray

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Ⅲ Cloze (10%)

Complete each of the words with initial letters given in the brackets by referring to the missing parts of the following passage with corresponding numbers.

Brain versus Computers

In science fiction there is to be found the recurrent theme of the omniscient computer which ultimately takes over the ordering of human life and affairs. Is this possible? I believe it is not; but I also believe that the arguments commonly advanced to refute this possibility are the wrong o_____. First, it is often said that computers “do not really think.” This, I submit, is nonsense; if computers do not think, then n_____ do human beings. For how do I detect the process of thinking? I present data --- say, an examination paper --- to a student, which he scans with a photoelectric organ we call an “eye”; the computer scans its d_____ with a photoelectric organ we call a “tape-reader.” 

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IV Proofreading (10%)

The following passage contains several errors, each line with a maximum of one error. And ATTENTION, some lines might be free from error. In each case only one word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct the errors in the following way:

For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line.

For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “∧” sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line.

For an unnecessary word, cross out the unnecessary word with a slash “/” and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.

For a correct line, place a tick “√”in the blank provided at the end of the line.

It was market day so people and traffic had been pouring into the town since early morning. There was not enough room for all the pedestrians on the pavement and they overflowed into the road, endangering their 

(1)lives from passing vehicles, the drivers which were constantly blowing their (2)horns to convince people to get out of the way. Yet it was a colorful view. (3)Peasants swayed along the street, their heads being piled high with baskets (4)or beautifully woven blankets which they hoped to sell to the townfolks. (5)Men with barrows forced their way along shouting their wares at the top of (6)their voices. Through it all, women with bright summer clothes threaded (7)their way, laughing and chattering but children darted in and out of the (8)crowds shrieking with laugh or sobbing with fear because they were lost. (9)The noise went on all day. People did not even stop for every meal. The (10)rubbish from all the activities of the day began to collect in the street. Finally, when night came, the street was empty and only the rubbish remained sadly blowing in the cool night wind. 

(1) _____

(2) _____

(3) _____

(4) ______

(5) _____

(6) _____

(7) _____

(8) _____

(9) _____

(10) _____ 

V Rewrite the following (10%)

For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as close in meaning as possible to the original sentence by using the given words as the beginning. 

1. Almost a century later his manuscripts in the National Library in Dublin still glow with the power his passion.

By reading his manuscripts 

VI Translate the following underlined parts into English (40%)

1). 1.当学习英语的外国学生得知英语中竟有四十多万单词,（尚未包罗哩语）时,他们可能会丧失信心和勇气，但是他们应该鼓起勇气，因为超过半数的单词,早已被历史所淘汰，现在已经不流通。2.即使是莎士比亚也只使用了大概两万单词罢了。现在的英国人平均词汇量大概在一万二千到一万三千摆布。3.尽可能地充实你的词汇量当然是件好事，但实际上如果拥有一万单词，你就可以满足大量的口头和书面表达的需要了。4.问题在于要对你所懂得的词汇了如指掌才能运用自如。准确地掌握两个词胜过含糊地懂得三个。优秀的木匠并非因其拥有的工具数量出名，而是因其使用这些工具的精湛技术而出名。

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