2010年全国自考英语(二)模拟试卷及答案（共10套）

1、2010年全国自考英语（二）模拟试卷(一)一、vocabulary and structure（10 points,1 point for each item）从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。1.a minorparty or independent candidate can draw votes away from the majorpartynominees but _ almost no chance of defeating them.a. getsb. havec.standsd. rises答案：c2. it is, they say, the

2、 right to change employers which distinguishes employment_ slavery.a.byb.betweenc. fromd. apart答案：c3.weinsteins body, with hands and feet _, was discovered by a hiker onmarch 17.a. boundb. bindc.bindingd. bounded答案：a4._ can be judged from her eyes, she has no personal hostility to us.a. whichb. asc.

3、 thatd. whom答案：b5._ are the possible courses of action from which choices can be made.a. alternativesb.alternatesc. alternationsd.alternators答案：a6. oxbridge graduates make _ only two percent of the total number ofstudents who graduate from british universities.a. ofb. toc. upd. about答案：c7.the robber

4、 is _ capital punishment.a.deservingb.deservedc.deserving ofd.deserved of答案：c8.you_be too careful when you use a knife to cut things.a.shouldnt b.cantc.wontd.oughtnt答案：b解析：b 因为canttoo的意思是总不嫌过分，越越好。该句的意思是：在用刀子切东西时，越小心越好。9.he is_of doing any hard work.a.ableb.qualifiedc.capabled.competent答案：c解析：c be c

5、apable of doing sth有能力做某事。10.long life is altering our society, of course, but in experiential_.a.items b.termsc.turnsd.themes答案：b解析：b items条款，项目；terms方面，术语；themes题目，主题。二、cloze test（10 points,1 point for each item）下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。1.the american love of sports 1 to a

6、 pitch never before known. 2 the middle ofthe century we were practically without sports and even until some fifteen years agothere 3 very little enthusiasm aroused by sports 4 the fever that has within thepast decade and a half swept over the country.5 the passionate fervor has been increasing, and

7、 the coming season promises to bethe most enthusiastic of all.6 england the romans brought their sports; then the saxons and the normans addedothers, and there were football matches and archery games.in 1618 king james i issued a book of sports stating what sports were 7 after churchservice on sunda

8、ys; but intense anger was 8 among those who strictly observed theprinciples of the bible, and in 1644 the long parliament ordered the book 9 by thepublic executioner, and all sports forbidden or strongly 10.(1).(a).have raised(b).has raised(c).have risen(d).has risen答案：d(2).(a).unless(b).until(c).in

9、 case(d).with答案：b(3).(a).has been(b).have been(c).was(d).were答案：c(4).(a).contrasting with(b).contrasted with(c).comparing with (d).compared with答案：d(5).(a).year in and year out (b).year with year(c).year by year (d).year after year答案：d(6).(a).with(b).out of(c).into(d).from答案：c(7).(a).possible(b).all

10、owable(c).meaningful(d).forbidden答案：b(8).(a).raising(b).raised(c).arousing(d).aroused答案：d(9).(a).burn (b).burning(c).burned(d).be burning答案：c(10).(a).appreciated(b).welcomed(c).approved of (d).disapproved of更多优质自考资料，请访问自考乐园俱乐部/club/5346389答案：d更多优质自考资料，请访问自考乐园俱乐部http:/tieba.baidu

11、.com/club/5346389三、reading comprehension（30 points，2 points for each item）从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。1.it is a favorable thing to look back at some of the reforms which have longbeen an accepted part of our life, and to examine the opposition, usually bitter andvery strange, sometim

12、es dishonest but all too often honest, which had to becountered by the restless advocates of “grandmotherly” law.the reforms treated in this book are not the wellknown measureslike the abolitionof slavery, the reform of parliament, the vote of womenwhich are recorded in thestandard history books. he

13、re are some of the less familiar struggles which, with oneor two exceptions, social historians have tended to dismiss briefly. yet these oldcontroversies give no less revealing an insight into the minds of our grandfathersthan do the major issues of the last century. the pulse of a generation can be

14、 takenjust as effectively by considering its attitudes to the marrying of dead wivessisters, to the fetching of fathers beer or even to the sweeping of chimneys. someof the reforms dealt with were carried out within living memory; none is older thanthe nineteenth century. they have been selected for

15、 the variety of their backgroundand for the fertility (state of being fertile) and stimulus of the oppositionagainst them.misguided and completely unreasonable though some of this opposition now appears, itis doubtful whether it will seem any more peculiar, one hundred years hence, thansome of the r

16、easons we produce today for continual hardship and injustice. ourancestors thought it strange that wives should wish to keep their own earnings; ourdescendants may be astonished at our system which forces a man to maintain a woman,sometimes for life, after a hopeless marriage has been disrupted. it

17、is likely thatour descendants will derive as much heartless fun from thought of our divorce laws,and the reasons we use to defend them. they may also think that the indifference ofthe nineteenth century to death and suffering in the mills was fully matched by thatof the twentieth century to death an

18、d suffering on the highways.(1).the author says of the reforms that we take for granted that.(a). it is good to look at the arguments against them(b).it is good that they have been accepted(c). they were healthier than we now appreciate(d).we should study the alternative答案：a(2).the trouble with the

19、people who were against reforms in the past was that.(a).they were wellmeaning in too many cases更多优质自考资料，请访问自考乐园俱乐部/club/5346389(b). all of them were too frequently sincere(c).they could only be successfully opposed by lawyers(d). they were nervous答案：a(3). the argument over the

20、reforms .(a). were about reforms with more important results than other reforms(b).concerned reforms equally as important as any other reforms(c).are more instructive than other arguments(d).are instructive as regards the nineteenth century答案：d(4). as regards different generations attitudes, perhaps

21、 .(a). our descendants opposition to reform will be as absurd as ours(b).our ancestors objections to reform will seem justified to ourdescendants(c).our case against reforms is even more blind than our ancestors(d).our arguments against reform are as unreasonable as our ancestors答案：d(5).the author b

22、elieves that in the future people will be surprised that in ourpresent society .(a).men are expected to keep their wives with them even after a marriage hasbroken down(b). men have to pay money to their wives even after separation(c). women do not share their husbands earnings(d).women expect to be

23、supported by their men答案：b2.psychologists now believe that noise has a considerable effect on peoplesattitudes and behavior. experiments have proved that in noisy situations (eventemporary ones), people behave more irritably and less cooperatively; in morepermanent noisy situations, many people cann

24、ot work hard, and they suffer fromsevere anxiety as well as other psychological problems. however, psychologistsdistinguish between “sound” and “noise”. “sound” is measured physically indecibels. “noise” cannot be measured in the same way because it refers to thepsychological effect of sound and its

25、 level of “intensity” depends on thesituation. thus, for passengers at an airport who expect to hear airplanes takingoff and landing, there may be a lot of sound, but not much noise (that is, they arenot bothered by the noise). by contrast, if you are at a concert and two peoplebehind you are whispe

26、ring, you feel they are talking noisily even if there is notmuch sound. you notice the noise because it affects you psychologically. both sound更多优质自考资料，请访问自考乐园俱乐部/club/5346389and noise can have negative effects, but what is most important is if the person hascontrol over the sou

27、nd. people walking down the street with earphones, listening tomusic that they enjoy, are receiving a lot of decibels of sound, but they areprobably happy hearing sounds which they control. on the other hand, people in thestreet without earphones must tolerate a lot of noise which they have no contr

28、olover. it is noise pollution that we need to control in order to help people livemore happily.(1).according to the passage, people _.(a). can not work better in a noisy situation(b). will suffer from complete deafness because of noise pollution(c).can be psychologically affected by working in very

29、noisy factories(d).may cooperate well in a noisy surrounding答案：c(2).“sound”,as defined by the psychologist,_.(a).can be measured in the same way that “noise” is measured(b).may be extremely harmful to health(c).is not at all different from “noise”(d).can be measured by machines答案：d(3). people waitin

30、g at an airport _.(a).enjoying hearing airplanes taking off and landing(b).are usually not troubled by the noise(c).can easily tell sound from noise(d).are often physically affected by the noise答案：b(4).people enjoy listening to music,_ .(a). though they are receiving a lot of decibels of sound in fa

31、ct(b).because it does not have any negative effect(c).because they do not have to tolerate the noise around them(d).even though it is sometimes unpleasant hearing strange sounds答案：a(5). we can conclude from the passage that we need to control noise pollutionif _.(a).we want to stay both psychologica

32、lly and physically healthy(b).we dont want to be physically dent(c).we want to cooperate well(d).we dont want to be anxious答案：a3.更多优质自考资料，请访问自考乐园俱乐部/club/5346389when your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise your income,they tell you only half the truth. wh

33、at they really mean is to get just enougheducation to provide manpower for your society, but not so much that you prove anembarrassment to your society.get a high school diploma, at least. without that, you will be occupationally deadunless your name happens to be george bernard shaw or thomas alva

34、edison, and youcan successfully dropout in grade school.get a college degree, if possible. with a b.a. , you are on the launching pad. butnow you have to start to put on the brakes. if you go for a masters degree, makesure it is an m.b.a. , and is famous. law of diminishing returns begins to takeeff

35、ect.do you know, for instance, that longhaul truck drivers earn more per year than fullprofessors? yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was 24，000. while thefull professors managed to earn just 23，030.a ph. d. is the highest degree you can get. except for a few specialized fields suchas p

36、hysics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial orcommercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face adim future. there are more ph.d.s unemployed or underemployed in this country thanany other part of the world.if you become a doctor of philo

37、sophy in english or history or anthropology orpolitical science or languages orworst of allin philosophy, you run the risk ofbecoming overeducated for our national demands. not for our needs, mind you, but forour demands.thousands of ph.d.s are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on table, and endl

38、esslyfilling out applications month after month. they may also take a job in some highschool 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. farenough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national produc

39、t, but not so farthat nobody can turn much of a profit on you.(1). according to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turnout people who _.(a).will not be a disgrace to society(b).will become loyal citizens(c). can take care of themselves(d). can meet the nations demands as a sourc

40、e of manpower答案：d更多优质自考资料，请访问自考乐园俱乐部/club/5346389(2).many ph.d.s are out of job because _.(a). they are improperly educated(b). they are of little commercial value to their society(c). there are fewer jobs in high schools(d). they prefer easier jobs that make more money答案：b(3).t

41、he nation is only interested in people _.(a).with diplomas(b).who specialize in physics and chemistry(c).who are valuable to the gross national product(d).both a and c答案：c(4).which of the following is not true?(a).bernard shaw didnt finish high schools,nor did edison.(b).one must think carefully bef

42、ore 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 societysdemands.答案：c(5). the writer sees education as _.(a).a means of providing job security and financial security and a means ofmeeting a count

43、rys demands for technical workers(b). a way to broaden ones horizons(c).more important than finding a job(d).an opportunity that everyone should have答案：a四、word spelling(20 points,0.5 point for two words)将下列汉语单词译成英语。每个单词的词类、首字母及字母数目均已给出。请将完整的单词写在答题纸上。1.估价；评价 v. e答案：evaluate2.夺去；剥夺 v. d答案：deprive3.心理；

44、心理学 n. p答案：psychology4.年轻的；有朝气的 a. y答案：youthful5.青少年的 a. j答案：juvenile6.（使）倒塌；（使）崩溃 v. c答案：collapse7.日常工作；常规 n. r答案： routine8.伴随；陪同 v. a答案：accompany9.永恒的；不断的 a. c答案：constant10.不断增加地 ad. i答案： increasingly11.追求；追赶 v. p答案：pursue12.农业的 a. a答案：agricultural13.摄影；摄影术 n. p答案：photography14.伤残的；残疾的 a. d答案：disa

45、bled15. 忽视；忽略 v. n答案：neglect16.逃跑，逃避 v. e_答案：escape17.多样的，复合的 a. m_答案：multiple18.危机 n. c_答案：crisis19.例外n. . e_更多优质自考资料，请访问自考乐园俱乐部/club/5346389答案：exception20.节奏n. r_答案：rhythm更多优质自考资料，请访问自考乐园俱乐部/club/5346389五、word form(10 points,1 point each)将括号中的各词变为适当的形式填入空白

46、。答案写在答题纸上。1.her last three months of life before _(give) a final, lethal injection by hisdoctor were filmed and first shown on television last year.答案：being given2.understand what jet lag is, and how a careful diet can minimize its worsteffect, and your flights will be less _ (stress).答案：stressful3.

47、robert brownings obscure style of writing made his poems _ (access) to manyreaders.答案：inaccessible4.the pioneer type was the characteristic one at the turn of the seventeenthcentury and also at the beginning of the _ (twenty) century, but it is much lessevident today.答案：twentieth5.they removed perso

48、nal itemsbags, notebooks, her sixyearold sons _(belong)from the car.答案： belongings6. do not picture yourself as anything, and you will drift like an _(abandon)ship at sea.答案： abandoned7.candidates are particularly _(concern) with winning the states which have thelargest population.答案：concerned8.it i

49、s essential that all the facts_(examine) first.答案：(should) be examined.it is essential/necessary/important that等的主语从句中谓语动词要用虚拟语气，即should动词原形。9.the truth is becoming_(increase) apparent.答案：increasingly. increasingly是副词，表示越来越多地，日益。更多优质自考资料，请访问自考乐园俱乐部/club/534638910.the effects of

50、rapid travel on the body are actually far_(disturb) thanwe realize.答案：more disturbing. 从后面的than 可知。六、translation from chinese into english(15 points,3 points each)将下列各句译成英语并将答案写在答题纸上。1.当今美国发展最快的行业可能是对已受过高等学校教育的成人的职业继续教育。答案：the fastest growing industry in america today may be the continuingprofession

51、al education of highly schooled adults.2.孩子对宇宙的概念是凭他有限的经验和自己的想像而形成的。答案：a childs conception of the universe is formed by his limited experience andhis own fantasies.3.学校常常把达到个人均衡发展设定为它们的教育目标。答案：schools usually set as their educational objective the attainment of abalanced development of a person.4.计算

52、机在工业领域的应用使生产效率发生了惊人的变化。答案：the use of computer in the industrial fields has brought about surprisingchange in productivity.5.食物短缺并不像你报道的那么严重。答案： the food shortage do not exist to the extent that you report.七、translation from english into chinese(15 points)将下列短文译成汉语并将答案写在答题纸上。1.in addition to practica

53、l reason for using brick as the principal constructionmaterial, there was also an ideological reason. brick represented durability andpermanence. the virginia company of london instructed the colonists to buildhospitals and new residences out of brick. in 1662, the town act of the virginiaassembly p

54、rovided for the construction of thirtytwo brick buildings and prohibitedthe use of wood as a construction material. had this law ever been successfullyenforced, jamestown would have been a model city. instead, the residents failed tocomply fully with the law; and by 1699 jamestown had collapsed into a pile of rubblewith only three or four ha