华夏大地自考“英语二”重点班互动直播内容(十)：试题解析(2)

1、华夏大地自考“英语二重点班互动直播内容十：试题解析2 2004年4月 英 语(二) 全国高等教育自学考试 试题解析 Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point for each item) 1_ conclusion, walking is a cheap, safe and enjoyable form of exercise. AIn         BOn         CBy

2、60;        DAs 【答案】A  【译文】 总之，散步是一种低本钱、平安的和令人愉快的运动形式。【试题分析】短语搭配题  【详细解答】介词短语in conclusion ：“总之 2Julie went to the_ to buy a pair of shoes. Ashoes store        Bshoes store       Cshoe s

3、tore       Dshoes store 【答案】C  【译文】 Julie 去鞋店买双鞋。【试题分析】名词作定语  【详细解答】一般名词作定语不用复数形式。 但也有例外，如：two men teachers ,两个男老师three women drivers，三个女司机 mens room, 男厕所  a  womens wear department女装部 3He has called a meeting of all parties with a _ to form a n

4、ew government. Apurpose           Breason         Cview          Dgoal 【答案】C  【译文】 他号召各党派开会，旨在建立一个新政府。【试题分析】短语意义区分题  【详细解答】短语with a view to ：“旨在，“目的是，

5、“为了要 4Gazing into his eyes, she seemed to have _ all he said. Ataken up          Btaken over        Ctaken off        Dtaken in 【答案】D  【译文】 她注视着他的眼睛，似乎已领会了他所说的一切。【试题分析】短语意义分辨题

6、  【详细解答】A.占据，吸收 B. 接管，取代C. 起飞，脱下衣服D. 领会，理解 5In every major city there are more _ apartments than there are homeless people. Ablank         Bvacant         Cempty         Dbare

7、 【答案】B  【译文】 在每个大城市里，空着的旅馆比无家可归的人还多。【试题分析】近义词意义区分 【详细解答】A. 未填写，空着的         B.未占用的地方、空缺职位， C. 空的内容、空洞、空虚    D. 外表光秃、仅有的 6. Very few people understood this contract, _ was very obscure. Athe language   Bthe language of which

8、60;   Call it said     Dwhich it had said 【答案】B  【译文】 很少人懂得这份合同，合同的用词模糊不请。【试题分析】非限制性定语从句 【详细解答】 前一句是主句，后半句是非限制性定语从句，which说明“合同 7Five minutes earlier, _ we may have caught the gunman. Aand          Bbut  &#

9、160;    Cor        Dso 【答案】A  【译文】 假设再早五分钟，我们本可以抓住那个持枪歹徒。【试题分析】并列结构 【详细解答】前半句相当于一个祈使句，用并列连词and连接，后面的句子使用了虚拟语气 8They claim that _ $ 150 million is to be spent on improvement. Asufficiently        Bapproxima

10、tely      Cconsiderably       Dproperly 【答案】B  【译文】 他们声称大约花了一千五百万用于改善。【试题分析】词义区分题 【详细解答】A.足够地，充足地         B.接近，几乎，近似地 C.相当大地，很大程度上   D.适当地，真确地 9_ Im supposed to work by myself, there ar

11、e other people who I can interact with. AIf only         BSo long as           CEven if        DAs far as 【答案】C  【译文】 即使我应当独立工作，我也可以联系其他人。【试题分析】让步状语从句 【详细解答】引导词的意义：A

12、. 但愿，要是就好了  B.只要  C. 即使   D. 就而言 10These two areas are similar _ that they both have a high rainfall during summer. Aexcept           Bso        Cnow       

13、0;   Din 【答案】D  【译文】 两个地区相似在于夏季降雨量都很大。【试题分析】短语搭配题 【详细解答】in that 意思是“在于。 1-10【参考答案】 1A    2C    3C   4D    5B    6B    7A    8B    9C    10D Cloze Test

14、 (10 points, 1 point for each item) Planning is important in almost anything you do. No matter what you are doing, taking the time to plan   11   can help you reach your goal. The purpose of insurance is   12   you plan for unexpected, costly emergencies (紧急 需

15、要).   13   the most important kind of insurance is medical insurance. Medical insurance can be very   14   . The cost for this kind of insurance is going up. _15   most people, you may not be able to afford all of the insurance you might need. Many p

16、eople think that if you could only afford one kind of insurance, you should buy health insurance. If you can afford only a small   16   of health insurance, it is best to insure yourself    17   the big unexpected costs and pay the smaller common bills yo

17、urself. There are different kinds of insurance you can get. Hospital Expense insurance will pay for any costs you get   18   having to be in a hospital. Surgical Expense insurance will pay for the doctor to   19   on you. Regular Medical insurance will pay for

18、 any non-surgical   20   . 11Aaway           Bon            Cahead          Dout 12Ahelped      

19、0;   Bto help         Ckept           Dto keep 13AProbable        BUnfortunately    CConversely     DSubsequently 14Aimpressive

20、60;     Bprimitive        Cconstructive     Dexpensive 15ATo            BWith            CFor   

21、0;        DLike 16Anumber        Bamount          Cfigure          Dquantity 17Aagainst         Bfor

22、             Cof             Don 18Aas            Bwhereas          Cwhile 

23、         Dwhether 19Acheck         Bexamine          Cinject          Doperate 20Amedicine       Bpr

24、escription       Ctreatment      Ddrug 11-20【参考答案】 11A  12B  13A  14D  15D  16B  17A  18C  19D  20C 11【答案】A 【解析】此题要根据词义选择副词或介词。“花时间提前方案可有助于你到达目标。 12【答案】B 【解析】此题考查语法，用不定式作表语。 “保险的目的是帮助你为意外地、本钱高昂的紧急需要作方

25、案。 13【答案】A【解析】词义选择题。A.也许B.不幸地C.相反地D.而且  “也许最重要的保险是医疗险。 14【答案】D 【解析】词义选择题，根据下句话可以选定答案是D。 “医疗保险可能很昂贵。 15【答案】D 【解析】介词词义选择题。 “像大多数人一样 16【答案】B 【解析】a small amount of  “少量的，小量的 17【答案】A【解析】介词搭配题。To insure sb, / sth. against “为某人或某物保险以防 例：为你的房子保火险  to insure your house against fire 18【答案】C 【解析

26、】连词词义选择题。  “当你住院的时候，医疗保险为你支付所有费用。19【答案】D 【解析】词义辨析题。 “外科手术险将支付你做手术开刀的费用。 20【答案】C 【解析】词义选择题。“普通医疗保险会支付非手术治疗费。 Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points for each item) Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. When John Todd was six, both his parents died. A kind-hearted a

27、unt in North Killingworth agreed to take John and give him a home. He was brought up by her and lived in her home until he left to study for ministry. His aunt fell seriously ill and feared she was about to die. In great distress she wrote John a letter in which she asked him to tell her what death

28、would be like. Here is the letter he sent in reply: It is now thirty-five years since I, as a little boy of six, was left quite alone in the world. You sent me word you would give me a home and be a kind mother to me. I have never forgotten the day when I made the long journey to your house. I can s

29、till recall my disappointment when, instead of coming for me yourself, you sent your servant James to fetch me. I well remember my tears and anxiety as I rode off to my new home. Night fell before we finished the journey, and as it grew dark I became lonely and afraid. “Do you think shell go to bed

30、before we get there? I asked James anxiously. “Oh, no, he said reassuringly. “Shell stay up for you. When we get out of these woods youll see her candle shining in the window. Presently we did ride out into the clearing, and there, sure enough, was your candle. I remember you were waiting at the doo

31、r, that you put your arms close about me and that you lifted me a tired little boy down from the horse. You had a fire burning on the hearth, a hot supper waiting on the stove. After supper you took me to my new room, heard me say my prayers, and then sat beside me until I fell asleep. You probably

32、realized why I am recalling all this to your memory. Some day soon God will send for you, to take you to a new home. Dont fear the summons (召唤) , the strange journey, or the dark messenger of death who will fetch you. God can be trusted to do as much for you as you were kind enough to do for me so m

33、any years ago. At the end of the road you will find love and a welcome waiting, and you will be safe in Gods care. I shall watch you and pray for you till you are out of sight, and then wait for the day when I shall make the journey myself and find you waiting at the end of the road to greet me. 21J

34、ohn Todds aunt wrote to him thirty-five years later because_. Ahe was a doctor and could cure her illness Bshe wanted him at her side when she died Che was a minister and was used to comforting dying people Dshe was afraid that she would die 22When recalling what happened thirty-five years ago, John

35、 Todd expressed a feeling of_. Aanxiety           Bappreciation        Cregret         Dsadness 23John Todd has never forgotten the day when he arrived in North Killingworth,

36、because_. Ahe was to have a home Bhe was left alone in the world Che was so disappointed to see his aunts servant to meet him, rather than his aunt Dhe liked his aunt, but didnt like her servant 24John Todd compared death to_. Aa warning from God         

37、 Ba nightmare Ca journey home to God       Da frightening story 25We can infer from the passage that John Todds aunt would _ after reading his letter. Afeel even more frightened                Bf

38、eel even more depressed Cget much relieved of the fear of death       Dget cured 【答案】21D  22B  23A  24C  25CPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. What happens when employees have access to their companys financial informat

39、ion over an intranet (a netword inside the company)? The company grows. There was widespread fear and worry in our company when we decided to put all our financial information, including salaries, on our wide area network (WAN) in 1987 and then on our intranet in the early 90s. People feared our com

40、petitors would get the numbers and use them against us to scare our customers, steal our employees, or attempt some other unimaginably horrible tricks. But that has never happened. And I dont believe it will. Back in 1968, when I started my company, now an $ 11-million engineering-design firm, out o

41、f my house in Blacksburg, Virginia, my wife did the books. Later an employee took them over. As we added employees here and there, we saw no reason to keep any secrets. We just left the books open wherever they were last used. It wasnt until a business writer told me, “Oh thats what we call open-boo

42、k management, that I knew there was a name for what we did and that it was something unusual. As we grew and opened five branch offices three in Virginia, one in Tennessee, and one in North Carolina this casual system was no longer possible. But we knew we wanted to continue the open style. I cant s

43、ay were always more profitable because of OBM; we have the same ups and downs as our competitors. And I cant say we are always happier; we have the same quarrels as in other workplaces. But we do have a great deal of trust here, and our employees stick with us. When we have tough financial times, ou

44、r 170 employees know that nobody s drawing off money from the company for private purposes and that theyve got to make the pie bigger if theyre going to get a bigger price. 26From the passage we can learn that_. Amost business firms have adopted OBM Bit was very unusual for business firms to make kn

45、own their financial information Cit is a good thing to let your competitors know your financial information DOBM can always result in greater profits 27The management style of the company can be described as_. Aopen        Bclose      

46、    Ccompetitive        Dtrusty 28In the sentence in the third paragraph “My wife did the books, the word “books means_. Athe books which the company owned Bthe books stored in the writers house in Blacksburg Crecords of money received and spent Dshe

47、ets of paper bound together for writing 29The author adopted “open-book management_. Abecause of the increase of employees Baccording to the recommendation of a business writer Cbecause of the big profits it would bring Dwithout being aware of it 30According to the author, the most outstanding benef

48、it of his management is that his company_. Amakes more profits than his competitors Bhas created a trusty atmosphere Cmakes his finance known to his employees Dhas made a bigger piece of the pie 【答案】26B  27A  28C  29D  30B Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the followin

49、g passage. Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval (中世纪) worlds, while in the fifteenth century the term “reading undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only in the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace. However, one

50、 should be cautious to assume that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud is a distraction to others. Examination of factors related to the historical development of silent reading reveals that it became the usual form of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly because the tasks

51、themselves changed in character. The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy (识字), and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, the number of potential listeners declined, and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners

52、grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices, where reading aloud would cause distraction to other readers. Towards the end of the last century there was still considerable argument over whether books sho

53、uld be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of materials such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument still remains with us in educationHowever, whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the

54、 printed mass media on the one hand and by books and periodicals for a specialized readership on the other. At the end of the last century students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use skills in reading them which were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use

55、 skills in reading them which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural, and technological changes in the century had greatly altered what the term “reading implied. 31“Reading to oneself in the first paragraph means_. Areading aloud to oneself   

56、;          Breading aloud to oneself as well as to others Cboth silent reading and reading aloud to oneself    Dsilent reading 32From the first paragraph we can infer that_. Ait was not until the fifteenth century that people began to know

57、the difference between reading aloud and silent reading Bscholars of the classical and medieval worlds could only read aloud Csilent reading was not popular before the nineteenth century Dsilent reading was not accepted before the nineteenth century 33Silent reading came about because_. Areading alo

58、ud could disturb others Bthe number of people who could read was increasing Cpeople preferred to read in public Dpeople were less interested in reading aloud 34According to the context, the word “commonplace in the first paragraph most probably describes something_. Athat happens often, and therefor

59、e is not surprising Bthat does not happen often, and therefore is surprising Cthat is very surprising Dthat is very unusual 35In the passage the author tries to show_. Athe correct attitude towards reading     Bhow the present-day reading habits came about Cdifferent attitudes to

60、wards books       Dthe change the word “reading underwent 【答案】31D  32C  33B  34A  35B Word Spelling (10 points, 1 point for two items) 36伴随，陪同         vt. a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37分界线，边界     

61、  n. b_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 38捕获，夺得         vt. c_ _ _ _ _ _ 39下倾，下降         vi. d_ _ _ _ _ _ 40雇员，雇工         n. e_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 41可行的，可能的     a. f_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 42使

62、人心碎的         a. h_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 43感谢的，感谢的     a. g_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 44不断增加地        ad. i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 45连接，结合点      n. j_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 46忠诚，忠心    &#

63、160;   n. l_ _ _ _ _ _ 47中等的，适度的    a. m_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 48压倒之势的        a. o_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 49提名，任命        vt. n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 50参加者            n. p

64、_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 51坚持地，固执地    ad. p_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 52辫子，列队        n. q_ _ _ _ 53自发的，本能的    a. s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 54增援，加强        vt. r_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 55着手做，承当      vt

65、u_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 【单词拼写答案】 36accompany    37boundary     38capture       39decline       40employee 41feasible       42heartbreaking  43grateful    

66、60;  44increasingly   45junction 46loyalty     47moderate      48overwhelming  49nominate      50participant 51persistently   52queue      53spontaneous  54reinforce 

67、;         55undertake Word Form (10 points, 1 point for each item) 56There are several means _ (measure) the length and width of the gap. 【答案】 to measure 【译文】有几种方法测量这条沟的长度和宽度。 【试题分析】不定式短语作定语。 57_ (seize) Jane by the collar, they dragged her out of the veh

68、icle and locked her up in the dark room. 【答案】Seizing 【译文】 他们从车里提出她，把她锁进一间黑房子。 【试题分析】现在分词短语作伴随状语。 58Cancer research _ (make) all over the world in the past twenty years. 【答案】has been made 【译文】过去二十年中，全球都开展了对癌症的研究。 【试题分析】现在完成时态、被动语态 59He was unable to sit still for _ (long) than a few minutes. 【答案

69、】longer 【译文】她静不下来，坐不过五分钟。 【试题分析】形容词比拟级的用法， 比拟级 + than 60There was a mistake on my paycheck. I _ (receive)  $ 10 more. 【答案】should have received【译文】我的支票帐户有问题，我本应该多10美圆。 【试题分析】 后一句用了虚拟语气。should + 完成式 意思是“本应该 61I couldnt help but _ (feel) this is a very strange life. 【答案】 feel【译文】我禁不住觉得这是一种奇特的生活。 【试题分析】? 62_ (use) economically, one tin of oil will last at least three months. 【答案】 Used 【译文】节约使用一桶油可至少使用三个月。 【试题分析】过去分词短语作条件状语。 63The more stress you are under, _ (likely) you are to catch a cold. 【答案