自考英语(二)试题及答案.doc

1. In addition, a second doctor must confirm that these criteria has been met and the death must _ to the police department. A. report? B. be reported? C. reporting? D. having reported2. A car accident _him from playing football. A. enabled? B. abled? C. disabled? D. unabled3. The robber is _ capital punishment.A. deserving? B. deserved? C. deserving of? D. deserved of4. The music becomes as loud and _as the human ear could stand.A. penetrating? B. concentrating? C. puncturing? D. conciliating5. These are the robots _ for the reduction in jobrelated injuries in this new industry.A. respond? B. responsive? C. responsory? D. responsible6. Schools usually set _ their educational objective the attainment of a balanced development of a person. A. to? B. in? C. with? D. as7. He was _to director.A. accelerated? B. lifted? C. raised? D. promoted8. There is the apparent_ that the effective cause of the high proportion of the old is births rather than deaths. A. parable? B. parade? C. paradise? D. paradox9. A major party nominee has the _ advantage of support from the party faithful.A. critic? B. criticise? C. critical? D. criticism10. When it _ to the latest researches into heart disease,? I havent the slightest idea. A. talks? B. speaks? C. tells? D. comes.? Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point for each item)Nature has a perfect system for recycling water. Water is used again and again. It falls as rain. Then it goes one of three places. It might seep slowly through the soil? 11? it soaks through into the natural reservoirs underground. It might disappear into the air by? 12? quickly. It might run off into streams to rivers and to the oceans.There is a problem? 13? this recycling system. It is a balance that can be easily upset by people. Natures recycling system can work well? 14? people work with the systemnot against it. Some ways that people? 15? with nature are easy to understand. Dirty sewage water from homes and factories must not? 16? with drinking water. People would get sick from drinking dirty water.There are other ways that people hinder nature. Some of these ways are not so easy to understand.? 17? , a marshy bog may not be good for everything, but it serves an important purpose. The soft, wet soil of a bog()? 18? water to reach the underground reservoirs. What happens to the balance of nature if the bog is filled in? Many housing development projects have been built where marshes once were.The? 19? of the houses are likely to have problems. They are likely to fill up with water, to flood in? 20? seasons. Huge storm sewers are built to carry away with the water from wet areas. These huge pipes prevent wet basements in the houses of the community.11. A. because? B. if? C. after? D. as12. A. evaporating? B. being evaporatedC. having been evaporated? D. being evaporating13. A. of? B. with? C. through? D. from14. A. only before? B. unless? C. although? D. only if15. A. accord? B. concern? C. interfere? D. intervence16. A. separate? B. clean? C. mix? D. filter17. A. To start with? B. To name just a fewC. For example? D. In contrast18. A. forbids? B. discourages? C. prevents? D. allows19. A. basis? B. base? C. basic? D. basements20. A. dry? B. snowy? C. rainy? D. mistyReading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points for each item)Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.When your parents advise you to get an education in order to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, and you can successfully dropout in grade school.Get a college degree, if possible. With a B.A. , you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a masters degree, make sure it is an M.B.A. , and is famous. Law of diminishing returns begins to take effect.Do you know, for instance, that longhaul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was 24000.While the full professors managed to earn just 23030.A Ph. D. is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face a dim future. There are more Ph.D.s unemployed or underemployed in this country than any other part of the world.If you become a doctor of philosophy in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages orworst of allin philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands.Thousands of Ph.D.s are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on table, and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater college that pays much less than the janitor earns.You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.21. According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who _.A. will not be a disgrace to societyB. will become loyal citizensC. can take care of themselvesD. can meet the nations demands as a source of manpower22. Many Ph.D.s are out of job because _.A. they are improperly educatedB. they are of little commercial value to their societyC. there are fewer jobs in high schoolsD. they prefer easier jobs that make more money23. The nation is only interested in people _.A. with diplomasB. who specialize in physics and chemistryC. who are valuable to the gross national productD. both A and C24. Which of the following is not true?A. Bernard Shaw didnt finish high schools,nor did Edison.B. One must think carefully before pursuing a masters degree.C. The higher your education level,the more money you will earn.D. If you are too welleducated,youll be overeducated for societys demands.25. The writer sees education as _.A. a means of providing job security and financial security and a means of meeting a countrys demands for technical workersB. a way to broaden ones horizonsC. more important than finding a jobD. an opportunity that everyone should havePassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.What are the specific traits that will assist executives to climb the ladder of success? Opinions vary widely. Given approximately equal qualifications and circumstances, some claim the success factor is largely a matter of luckbeing in the right place at the right time. Others speak of an almost crazy devotion to work, combined with a degree of ruthlessness. One expert maintains that its undoubtedly a matter of how much education your mother had.To make it big, executives must possess four basic skills:First, drive. Business success takes an unusual amount of energy. A successful executivealmost by definitionis a striver. He will get tense when he is not striving.Second, people sense. Some say being able to judge people is more important than a high IQ. The skill can be instinctual (), but in most cases it is painstakingly learned.Third, communications ability. Different executives make themselves understood in different ways. Some transmit ideas best face to face; others are masters of the telephone call; still others are persuasive writers. One way or another, they all communicate clearly.Fourth, calm under pressure. No businessman will get very far if he chokes up.26. Some people claim that besides hard work,the success also requires _.A. equal qualificationsB. specific traitsC. much educationD. a degree of cruelty27. According to the passage,a high IQ is _.A. instinctualB. painstakingly learntC. inbornD. more trivial than people sense28. The successful executives must _.A. transmit ideas face to faceB. depend on telephonesC. be persuasive writersD. express themselves distinctly29. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Every businessman possesses these four skills.B. When a striver stops his devotion to work,he will feel quite at ease.C. These basic skills are not instinctual at all.D. Mothers education has undoubted effect on her childs success.30. Whats the main idea of the passage?A. Four skills for successful executives.B. Some opinions about the success.C. Specific traits for successful executives.D. Qualifications and circumstances for climbing the ladder.Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body.Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.The amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities, others lose heart at the first sign of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between flight or fight and in more primitive days the choices made the difference between life or death.The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress is, it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes endangered. Since we cant remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could),we need to find ways to deal with it.31. People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because _.A. they regard working as their greatest enjoymentB. they believe that work is superior to relaxationC. they are traveling fast all the timeD. they are becoming busier with their work than even before32. According to the author,the most important character for a good manager is his _.A. unyielding will to hold out stressB. knowing the art of relaxationC. high sense of responsibilityD. having control over performance33. Which of the following statements is TRUE,according to the passage?A. We can find quite a few ways to avoid stress.B. Stress is always harmful to peoples health.C. Its easy to change the habit of keeping oneself busy with work.D. Different people can bear different amount of stress.34. In the last sentence of the passage,do so refers to_.A. expose ourselves to stressB. find ways to deal with stressC. remove stress from our livesD. establish links between diseases and stress35. According to the author, the right attitude toward stress is_.A. to avoid itB. to regard it as a vital motivationC. to try to cope with itD. to find some relaxationPART TWO. Word Spelling (10 points, 1 point for two items )36. ? v.? a_ _ _ _37. ? a.? c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _38. ? a.? v_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _39. ? ad.? a_ _ _ _ _40. ? n.? p_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _41. ? v.? a_ _ _ _ _ _ _42. ? n.? r_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _43. ? n.? d_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _44. ? v.? n_ _ _ _ _ _45. ? a.? d_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _46. ? v.? l_ _ _ _ _47. ? ad.? v_ _ _ _ _ _48. ? v.? g_ _ _ _ _49. ? n.? c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _50. ? a.? u_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _51. ? n.? s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _52. ? n.? m_ _ _ _ _ _ _53. ? n./v.? q_ _ _ _54. ? ad.? r_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _55. ? n.? p_ _ _ _ _ _Word Form10 points 1 point for each item56. Those cases are equally _ (deserve) of attention.57. The walls of ballrooms were covered with _ (change) patterns of light. 58. The future robots can make decisions such as whether to discard defective parts in _ (finish) products.59. They also load and unload hot, heavy metal forms used in machines _ (cast) automobile and truck frames.60. It is essential that everything_ (be) decided in advance.61. If only I _ (have) more time to think about it.62. He cannot be really happy if he is compelled by society to do what he does not enjoy_ (do).63. The essential problem of man in a _ (computerize) age remains the same as it has always been.64. Do not picture yourself as anything, and you will drift like an _ (abandon) ship at sea.65. Candidates are particularly _(concern) with winning the states which have the largest population.Translation from Chinese into English15 points 3 points for each item66. 67. 68. 69. 70. Translation from English into Chinese15 pointsMost of us, when we reached our teens, started looking forward to the day when we would occupy places of our own, far from the confines of our families. We saw this moving away as a chance to strike out on our own , to grow, to spread out wings and experience freedom. At the same time, we regarded this independence as temporarythe thing to do until we found the perfect mate and married. Over the years, many millions of people have made this passage from one family to another, with just a brief, often nervous interval of independence in between.? But recently, more and more people have begun to challenge the concept that living together is better than l