高等教育自学考试《英语一》试题

1、2016 年 4 月高等教育自学考试英语（一）试题课程代码： 00012一、阅读判断The Truth about Left-Handed PeopleAbout 90% of people in the world today are right-handed. The other 10% are left-handed, including Obama, the President of the US. Every day, left-handed folks quietly face problems. It could be something as simple as driving

2、 a car or using a can opener.Why are so few of us left-handed? One theory is that handedness （hand preference） could be a result of genetics. Scientists say that there are two genes （基因 ） associated with handedness. One is the D gene. Itis more frequent in the population and promotes （促成 ） right-han

3、d preference. The other is the C gene. It hasthe ability to promote a preference for either hand. When the C gene is present there is a 50% chance that a person could be right- or left-handed.Another theory has to do with humanbrains, which are madeup of two halves. If the left half is more powerful

4、, then one is most likely right-handed. But with left-handers, it is more complicated. Seventy percent of them are also left-brain dominant （占优势的 ）. The other 30% have right-side dominant brains.During the 18th and 19th centuries, left-handedness was considered a disability. But not all of the myths

5、 about left-handers are bad. One myth suggests that they are more creative and smarter than the right-handers. So far scientific research has yet to fired any truth to these claims. In fact, a 2013 survey out of NewZealand found that left-handers and right-handers were the same.Life might be a littl

6、e more complicated for left-handers when it comes to cutting a piece of paper or opening a bottle of wine. However, it seems to be a good sign if you are trying to make it to the White House.The right-handers are nine times as many as the left-handers.TrueB. FalseC. Not GivenUsing a can opener could

7、 be a problem for left-handers.TrueB. FalseC. Not GivenMen are more likely to be left-handed than women.TrueB. FalseC. Not GivenSome scientists believe that handedness is decided by genes.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not GivenMost left-handers are right-brain dominant.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not GivenIn the 19th cen

8、tury, left-handedness was no longer considered abnormal.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not GivenRight-handers live longer than left-handers.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not GivenLeft-handers are proved to be cleverer.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not GivenThe New Zealand survey found left-handers differ greatly from right-handers.A. T

9、rueB. FalseC. Not GivenThere are not enough specially-designed tools for left-handers.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given二、阅读选择The Story Of Milton HerSheyAlmost every kid in the US has eaten a famous HerShey chocolate bar. BUt few people know that the HerShey chocolate factory is only about 100 years old. E

10、Ven fewer know that its founder, Milton Hershey, had SUffered many failures before he Started his famous company.Milton grew UP in the farm COUntry of PennSyIVania. He WaS first trained to become a printer. for a small newspaper for a ShOrt time, he decided that Printing WaS not for him. Then he got

11、 a job at a Candy factory. After a few years, he decided to open his own little Candy business. BUt this first business had to close down because it WaS not making money. Then, Milton travelled to DenVer to learn how to make CarameIS (黄油奶糖).He took his new skills to NeW York City and sold CandieS on

12、 the street. BUt this SeCOnd business also failed.Soon afterwards, he movedback to his hometown. There he experimented With all SOrtS of CandieS By 1893, he WaS selling a million dollars WOrth of CarameI Candy each year. SinCe his hocolate-flavored ( 克力口味的 )CarameIS Were the best-selling, he decided

13、to makechocolate himself. He Iearned how to chocolate by adding fresh milk. HiS milk chocolate turned out to be a great success. So he sold his CarameI factory and focused on making chocolate only.In 1903, Milton HerShey built a huge chocolate factory and an entire town to go With it. Today, the tow

14、n of HerShey is still the home of the HerShey chocolate factory. You Can smell the delicious chocolate smells just by driving through the town.Miltons first job WaS WOrking as a(n)A. Printer B. Candy seller C. farmer D. editorMilton closed his Candy business because heA. moved to DenVerB. Wanted to

15、go travellingC. WaS not interested in it D. did not make PrOfitS from itThe PhraSe his new skills (Line 6, Para. 2) refers to how toA. sell CandieSB. make CarameISC. run a Candy businessD. manufacture chocolateMilton decided to make chocolate himself becausehe did a lot of experiments on ithis Caram

16、eI Candy WaS not popularhis chocolate-flavored CarameIS sold wellhe WaS tired of selling CandieS on the StreetSWhat Can be Iearned from this text?FreSh milk is beneficial to peoples health.A town WaS named after Milton Hershey.Chocolate became popular in the 1900s in the US.FeW people in the US have

17、 heard of HerShey chocolate.三、概括段落大意和补全句子The Getty CenterAfter WOrkingand chocolates.巧makedeliciousis COnVenientThe Getty Center attracts 1.1 million ViSitOrS a year. It is one of the most popular art museums in the US. One reason for its popularity may be that the Getty is free. No tickets to buy,

18、and no reservations needed. There is a $15 Parking fee, but you do not have to Pay for Parking after 5 p.m. And there PUbIiC transportation.A tram （ 接驳车）CarrieS you from the Parking area UP to the hilltop campus. When you SteP out, you Come face to face With VieWS of the PaCifiC Ocean, the Santa MOn

19、iCa MOUntains, and the VaSt open area of Los Angeles.Then you WiIl See the five main buildings that house the museums collection SUrrOUnding a CentraIcourtyard. The buildings are COnneCted by glassed walkways. So you Can enjoy the VieW again while you move from one building to another. One of the OU

20、tStanding CharaCteriStiCS of the museum is the natural light that ShineS through each buildings computer-controlled louvers （百叶窗）.It allows VieWerS to look at PaintingSin the Same natural light in WhiCh they Were created.Part of the large CamPUS is USed for a SerieS of gardens. The CentraI Garden Wa

21、S designed by RObertIrwin. He himself buik everything from the handrails （扶手）to the waterfall to Create a SPeCiaI and artisticexperience in nature.The Getty Center makes an effort to SatiSfy visitors. There is a caf6 that OfferS IUnCheS and snacks.There is also a restaurant for more formal meals, bu

22、t it usually requires reservations. The museum includesa family room that lets kids Create artwork and OfferS educational PrOgramS for everyone.TaSk 1The SerViCeThe GardenSThe BUiIdingSThe CollectionThe PopularityE The SUrrOUndingSParagraPh ：ParagraPh ：ParagraPh ：ParagraPh ：ParagraPh ：TaSk 2hire a g

23、uidedraw PiCtUreSthe natural lightmake reservationsthe glassed WaIkWaySthe handrails and waterfallViSitOrS to the Getty Center do not need toYou Can walk from one building to another throughAt the Getty Center, ViSitOrS Can enjoy PaintingS in_RObert IrWin himself COnStrUCtedIn the family room, ChiId

24、ren Can四、填句补文PetS for the EngIiShFor the EngIiSh people, keeping PetS is not just a IeiSUre activity. 26 Infact, the expression keepingpets does not show the high StatUS of their animals. An Englishman S home may be his castle, but his dog is the real king.Many other CUItUreS have pets. The AmeriCan

25、S may outdo （超过）the EngIiSh in buying expensive things fortheir pets. 27 Their PetS are more than symbols of status. They tend to be far more open, easy and OmmUniCatiVe in their relationships With their animals than With each other.The average EngIiShman will tryhard to avoid COmmUniCatiOn With his

26、 fellow humans. 28 BUt he will have no difficuky in having lively COnVerSatiOnS With a dog.An AmeriCan ViSitOr had once SUffered for a Week as a guest in a fairly typical EngIiSh home. 29 Theowner of the dogs engaged them in non-stop Chat and IaUghed lovingly at their misbehaviors. She complained th

27、at the owners relationship With these PetS WaS abnormal and unhealthy.The EngIiSh are allowed to CritiCiZe their own pets. BUt this must be done in friendly and joking tones.30 They may lovingly talk about the items their have eaten or destroyed. It wasnt just shoes and Ordinary things, mine USed to

28、 eat mobile phones. Well, mine CheWed a whole Hi-Fi SyStem to bits!51.It is an emire Way of life.ThiS family WaS ruled by two large dogs.BUt the EngIiShs relationship With animals is different.In fact, they often take Pride in their pets misbehaviors.No WOnder animals are so important to the EngIiSh

29、 people.When he CannOt avoid it, he will generally become nervous.五、填词补文FitneSS MagaZineSFitneSS is a funny business. One Can only get in 31 through motion. BUt many people SPend 32 timereading about fitness than trying to 33 What they have seen. AS such, the world of fitness magazines isstill 34 ro

30、bust(有活力的).There is Very little that a fitness magazine Can 35 that a WebSite cannot.However, fitness magazines still have a large 36 of readers.FitneSS magazines tend to have a few advantages that CannOt be 37 FkSt are the fitness tips fiom real professionals in the 38 The magazines also include 39 and Shiny photos. They Can help readers toUnderStand the kind of ShaPe that they Can get into if they PUt in the right effort.AS long as people Want to look 40 , fitness magazin