英语是自学考试的科目之一，为了帮助大家复习自考英语，下面小编为大家带来，希望对大家的学习有所帮助。
自考英语考前练习题：
1.He was busily engaged ______ writing letters.
A. on
B. in
C. with
D. by
2.Do remember to ______ the light when you leave the room.
A. turn up
B. turn on
C. turn off
D. turn down
3.The atmosphere consists of an ocean of gases ______ miles high.
A. hundreds
B. hundreds of
C. of hundreds
D. of hundreds of
4.Not only the students but also the old teacher ______ been changed.
A. was
B. were
C. has
D. have
5.—— ________ I had!
—— You really suffered a lot.
A. What a time
B. What time
C. How a time
D. how time
6.The advertisements are trying ________ people to buy things they don‘t really need.
A. persuade
B. persuading
C. be persuading
D. to persuade
7.Practice ________ English every day.
A. speak
B. to speak
C. speaks
D. speaking
8.The discount houses were first established in that period of time ________ people‘s purchasing power was low.
A. which
B. that
C. when
D. where
9.Please write a report ________ the above subjects are to be covered.
A. which
B. in which
C. that
D. in that
10.The reason ________ I‘m writing is to ask for your permission to translate your latest novel into Chinese.
A. because
B. why
C. for
D. as
：
1.正确答案：B
答案解析：be engaged in：从事，忙于。
2.正确答案：C
答案解析：根据句意，应该选择“关闭”。句意：离开房间时一定记着把灯关掉。
3.正确答案：B
答案解析：译文：大气由上百英里高的气体组成。“hundred，thousand等数词的复数形式+of短语”表示的是不确切的数量。
4.正确答案：C
答案解析：not only…but also…是固定搭配，意思是：不但……而且……。它需要遵循就近原则，谓语动词应与the old teacher一致，所以答案是C.
5.正确答案：A
答案解析：感叹句分两类：
1.What + n.+主谓部分2.How + adj. / adv. / v.+主谓部分。本题属第一种，但省略了bad，相当于 What a bad time I had! 这是个习惯用语。
6.正确答案：D
答案解析：try to do：试图做某事。
7.正确答案：D
答案解析：本题考查的是practice后面要跟动词的ing形式。
8.正确答案：C
答案解析：先行词是in that period of time，所以关系词应选择when.
9.正确答案：B
答案解析：in which the above subjects are to be covered是report的定语从句。which指代先行词report，in用于与report搭配。
10.正确答案：B
答案解析：本题考查的是定语从句的用法。先行词是the reason;引导词why表示原因。
