历年真题2014年10月自考英语(二)试题和答案

1、精选2014年10月高等教育自学考试英语（二）试题（课程代码00015）本试卷满分 100 分，考试时间 150 分钟。 考生答题注意事项： 1本卷所有试题必须在答题卡上作答。答在试卷上无效，试卷空白处和背面均可作草稿纸。 2第一部分为选择题。必须对应试卷上的题号使用2B 铅笔将“答题卡”的相应代码涂黑。3第二部分为非选择题。必须注明大、小题号，使用0.5 毫米黑色字迹签字笔作答。4合理安排答题空间，超出答题区域无效。第一部分 选择题一、阅读判断（第 110 题，每题 1 分，共 10 分） 下面的短文后列出了 10 个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，选择

2、A;如果该句提供的是错误信息，选择B;如果该句的信息文中没有提及，选择G 在答题纸相应位置上将答案选项涂黑。The Stranger Who Changed My LifeIt was a sunny morning in the spring of 1966. I was driving a taxi, looking for a customer.While passing New York Hospital, I found a man running down the hospital steps, waving at me.I stopped. The man reached the

3、 taxi and jumped in. “ The Airport, please, ” he said. As always,I wondered about my passenger. Was this man a talker? After a few moments, he started saying,“ How do you like driving a taxi?”“ It s OK” I said. “ I make a living and meet interesting people sometimes. ”“ What do you do? ” I asked.“ I

4、 am a doctor at New York Hospital.”Many times during long rides, I d developed a good relationship with my passengers andreceived very good advice from them. This time I decided to ask for his help.“ Could I ask a favor of you? ” He didn t answer. “I have a son, 15, a good kid. He wantsa job this su

5、mmer. Is it possible that you get one for him? ”He still wasn t talking, and I was starting to feel foolish. Finally, he said, “ Well, my students have a summerresearch project. Maybe he could join in. Have him send me his school record. ”He left his address and paid me. It was the last time I ever

6、saw him.精选weeks later, when I arrived home from work, Robbie handed me a letter. He was informed to call Dr.Plum for aninterview.Robbie got the job. The following summer, Robbie worked at the hospital again, but this time, he was given moreresponsibility. Then, he worked at the hospital for a third

7、summer and gradually developed a love of medical profession.Near graduating from college, Robbie applied to and was admitted to NewYork Medical College. After getting hismedical degree, Robbie, the son of a taxi driver, became a doctor at ColumbiaMedical Center.1. The doctor shouted at the taxi driv

8、er for a ride.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given2. The doctor wanted to go to the railway station by taxi.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given3. The taxi driver liked talking with his customers.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given4. The taxi driver had two children.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given5. The taxi driver became Dr.Plu

9、m s friend.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given6. The doctor wrote a recommendation letter for Robbie.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given7. Robbie joined in a summer research project.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given8. Robbie gradually got interested in medicine.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given9. Robbie finally became a doctor

10、 at New York Hospital.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given10. Big opportunities can come out of ordinary meetings.Robbie sent off his grades the next morning.And gradually this incident wasforgotten. Two精选、阅读选择（第 11 15 题，每题 2 分，共 10 分）阅读下面短文，请从短文后所给各题的4 个选项（A、B C D）中选出 1 个最佳选项，并在答题纸相应位置上将该项涂黑。Talk to Your Ki

11、ds about Their Eati ng Habits CarefullyWeight is never an easy subject. It can be risky for parents to raise the issue of eatinghabits and weight with their kids.“ No kid ever lost weight because his mother told him he was fat,” a friend told me whenI was worried about my son s weight.It turns out s

12、he was right, accord ing to a new study. The study was directed by Dr. Bergeat Uni versity of Minn esota. She found that kids whose pare nts discussed eat ing in a healthy way were less likely tohave eating problems. But 64% of the kids whose parents focused on their weight tur ned to un healthy eat

13、i ngbehaviors. Some kids went on extreme diets, and others eve n ate no food. So eating disorders were caused. Thingswere worse when fathers joined in the discussions with their daughters and focused on weight. “ Fathers should nevercomment on their daughters weight, ”says Berge.In stead, she sugges

14、ts, fathers should focus on theirdaughters in terests.That can help them feel loved and con fide nt eno ugh to work on their weightissues.How should pare nts talk to kids about eati ng behaviors? Accord ing to Berge, they shouldavoid focusing on how much their kids weigh. They should talk to them ab

15、out being healthy.Don tcompare them with others. Ideally, both parents should share the responsibility.If that s notpossible, choose the pare nt whose words cause the least amount of stress and who dem on strates healthy eat ing.11. The writer s friend advised her not to._A. worry about her son s we

16、ight B. take the risk of gaining weightC. cha nge her own eati ng habits D. talk to her son about his weight12. The study found that some kids had fewer eati ng problems because they ._A. lear ned to eat healthilyB. took part in the studyC. focused on their weightD. believed the scie ntists13. Whe n

17、 told about their fatn ess, some kids ._A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given精选A. felt helplessB. became angryC. bega n to eat no foodD. refused to take any advice14. If a father focuses on his daughter s interests, she will feelA. amusedB. en couragedC. surprisedD. challe nged15.When talk ing to their kids a

18、bout eati ng behaviors, pare nts should_A. focus on being healthyB. use short and simple wordsC. respect their kids viewsD. compare their kids with others第二部分非选择题三、概括段落大意和补全句子（本大题共10 小题，每题 1 分，共 10 分）阅读下面短文，请完成短文后的 2 项测试任务：（1）从第 16 20 题后所给的 6 个选项中为第O段每段选择 1 个正确的小标题；（2）从第 2125 题后所给的 6 个选项中选择 5 个正确选项，

19、分别完成每个句子。在答题纸相应位置上将答案选项涂黑。Plagiarism（剽窃）OYou just found some good stuff on the Web for your scie nee report. You copy a paragraph andpaste it into your report. Then you con ti nue your research. But you just made a big mistake.You committed plagiarism. Plagiarism iswhe n you use some one else s word

20、s or ideas and prete ndthat they are yours. Its not allowed in school, college, or beyond.The word “ plagiarism ” comes from Latin. It means stealing a person s ideas. But it s notalways easy to tell what is plagiarism and what is not. Sometimes, its accidental. You reallyinten ded to do your own wo

21、rk, yet en ded up with some sentences that sound just like someth ingyou ve read.0Though plagiarism can be accidental,it s sometimes done on purpose. That s just being lazy.By copy ing whole paragraphs from differe nt places, you dont have to spend the time thinkingabout the subject, gathering your

22、own thoughts about it, and then putting them into originalwords. Cut, paste, and youre done.Most schools are pretty strict about plagiarism. If youre caught, your graduation will bedelayed or worse. At the very least, you re probably going to fail the assignment. Whenyou reolder and in college, some

23、 schools will kick out stude nts who plagiarize. Whe n youre kicked精选精选out of one college, it can be hard to get into ano ther.CJTo be on the safe side, always make it clear where the in formati on comes from. You n eed towrite references. That s a list of the sources you used for a project or repor

24、t. To do that,you II need to know the author, the title, and the date it was published. If you write somethingreally great, maybe some day some one will quote you in a report.A. Purposeful plagiarismB. The cost of plagiarismC. The definition of plagiarismD. Accidental plagiarismE. Detect ing plagiar

25、ismF. Avoiding plagiarismTask 221. You commit plagiarism whe n you22. Sometimes it is hard to tell whether._23. Copy ing whole paragraphs can._24. Once caught for plagiarism,.25. If you publish someth ing great, people may.A. you will be puni shedB. you have great ideasC. quote you in their reportsD

26、. take others ideas as yoursE. save you much timeF. you plagiarize or not四、填句补文（第 2630 题，每题 2 分，共 10 分）下面的短文有 5 处空白，短文后有 6 个句子，其中 5 个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌，并在答题纸相应位置上将答案选项涂黑。Fruitt be very healthy. We get a lot of importa nt vitam ins from eati ng fruit.We thi nk of fruit primarily as someth

27、i ng to eat._ 26_ Fruit isTask 116. Paragraph017. Paragraph18. Paragraph19. Paragraph020. ParagraphImagi ne a world without fruit. We would n精选part of a floweri ngplant and it carries the seeds. The purpose of fruit is to protect a plant s seeds and helpthem get spread about. Wind and water spread s

28、eeds. So do ani mals whe n they eat fruit and drop the seeds.27_ _There are two main types of fruit: fleshy and dry. Fleshy fruits are soft and juicy. Pears, bananas and apples areall fleshy fruits._ 28_Grains like wheat and rice, or nuts likechest nuts （ 板栗）,are dry fruits.But wait: You ve eaten or

29、anges and grapes without seeds. How can they be fruits? It sbecause people have cha nged the way they grow fruit. They can now grow seedless fruit. Seedless fruit comes fromspecial pla nts that are made by combi ning two varieties of a fruit to form a new variety. These special plants grow andproduc

30、e seeds._ 29_These plants cannot reproducethemselves. They can make fruit, but the fruit has no seeds.Fruits are a source of substa nces that keep us alive and healthy. So people make use offruits for many foods. We make juices from them. We make jams and sweets._ 30_ Beer comesfrom grains and wine

31、comes from grapes, and some particular wines are made from apples, peaches, or other fruits.A. Dry fruits are thi n and hard.B. We eve n make alcohol from fruit.C. But fruit has a purpose quite apart from our n eeds.D. So these pla nts produce fleshy fruits.E. Then the seeds grow into new pla nts.F.

32、 But the pla nts grow n from these seeds are seedless.五、填词补文（第 3140 题，每题 1.5 分，共 15 分）下面的短文有 10 处空白，短文后列出12 个词，其中 10 个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌，并在答题纸相应位置上将答案选项涂黑。Men tal Activities Help Save MemoryDoing men tal activities is helpful. Readi ng books and writ ing at any age may save memory, a new

33、_ 31 _ finds.The study was con ducted by some America n n eurologists （神经病学家） .It 32294 people.They were give n 3_ on memory and thinking. They had the tests once a year for six years.They were also asked to talk about their men tal activities duri ng childhood, in their youth,duri ng middle age and

34、 at their_ 34_ age. _Some of those people did men tal activities both35 and late in life. They had aslower_36 of decli ne in memory tha n the others. The others_37_did such, activities.Their rate of decli ne in memory was 48%_38_ . _Men tai activities like readi ng and writi ng are great. They_39_ b

35、ring ben efits. Weshould n t_ 40_their effects on our childre n,ourselves and our pare nts, ” said Robert Wils on.精选lead author of the study.A. earlyE. fasterI. i nvolvedB. testsF. produceJ. n eglectC. seldomG. studyK. rateD. taughtH. curre ntL. really六、完形补文（第 4150 题，每题 1.5 分，共 15 分）下面的短文有 10 处空白，每处

36、空白后的括号内有一个词，请根据短文内容将其正确的形式填入文中,以恢复文章原貌，并将答案写在答题纸相应的位置上。Labor Market Decli neThedecline of the labor market is easy tomisinterpret(interpret).There are many reasonsfor that. During the 1970s, large numbers of womenand young adults 41 (bear)duringthe babyboom entered into the work force. That_ 42_(res

37、ult)in too many workers for the jobs availableand depressed wages. The decli ne also has someth ing to do with the explosive_ 43_(grow)i nworld trade since 1960. AS_44_(ma nu facture)tech no logies have become more mobile, product ionjobs have_ 45_ (move) from the U.S.to coun tries where wages are l

38、ow. In_ 46_(add), _tech no logy itself has helped to cause the shifts in the job market. For example,_ 47_ _(few)America n workers are n eeded to make steel today tha n in the past, because new_48_(machine) have mademany of their tasks 49 (necessary).Finally,the high rate of_50_(employme nt) caused

39、by these factors has ten ded to drive wages dow n further.七、短文写作（第 51 题，共 30 分）请根据所提供材料中的要求完成一篇100 词左右的英文写作任务。将你的答案写在答题纸相应的位置上。51.某英文报社正在举办题为 My Hobby”的征文活动。请就此题目写一篇英文短文应征。内容包括以下 两个方面：你的爱好是什么？你为什么有这个爱好？精选2014年10月高等教育自学考试英语（二）试题答案课程代码00015）第一部分：阅读判断（第110 题，每题 1 分，共 10 分）15: BBACB610: CAABA第二部分：阅读选择（第1115 题，每题2 分，共 10 分）11 15: DACBA第三部分：概括段落大意和补全句子（本大题共 10 小题，每题 1 分，共 10 分）16 20: CDABF2125: DFEAC第四部分：（第 2630 题,每题 2 分，共 10 分）2630: CEAFB第五部分：填词补文（第3140 题，每题 1.5 分，共15 分）3135: GIBHA3640: KCELJ第六部分：完形补文（第41 50 题，每题 1.5 分，共15 分）41.born42.resulted43.growth44.manufac