自考英语

2005年10月高教自考英语(二)历年真题
I. 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. Six out of every ten prisoners in chains are black which is ________ the chain gangs call up images of slavery in centuries gone by.
A、where    B、when   C、what   D、why
2. Einstein claimed that matter and energy are interchangeable ________ there is no “absolute” time and space.
A、so that   B、even if  C、in case   D、in order
3. The next generation of robots will have a sense of _______.
A、feel   B、touch   C、contact  D、grasp
4. Scientists believe that you usually ________ to one idea at a time.
A、attend   B、tend   C、pretend   D、extend
5. From a systems point of ________ problems have multiple causes.
A、sight   B、idea   C、perspective D、view
6. In a sense men of this kind begin not so much with a musical theme ______ with a completed composition.
A、but   B、than   C、as   D、that
7. To these now familiar facts a number of further facts may be ______ some of them only recently recognized.
A、shown  B、proposed  C、derived  D、added
8. He argues that euthanasia doesn’t take into ______ that there are ways of caring for the dying.
A、opinion  B、thought  C、mind   D、account
9. Two-thirds of the nation’s voters still identify themselves ______ Democrats of Republicans.
A、for   B、as   C、by   D、over
10. You must push away the many temptations that are always present ______ your schedule is useless.
A、and   B、but   C、or   D、for
II. Close Test  (10 points 1 points for each item)
  下列短文中有十个空格，每个空格有四个选项。根据上下文要求先出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。
  At the moment some 170000 young people throughout Britain are suffering what is potentially the most tense and anxious time of their lives. That is the number of students currently ___11__ to sit for their A-levels Examinations which __12__ whether a student proceeds smoothly on to the next rung (梯级) of the academic ladder or __13__ six years of work at secondary-school will be spent in the bitter disappointment of failure.
  __14__ the medical “stress-charts” examinations rank __15__ behind a death in the family a divorce or even the loss of a job __16__ the symptoms of anxiety are all the most weakening because __17__ before the event rather than after it and may in themselves be enough to bring __18__ the student’s worst fears-failing.
  The most crucial point __19__ pre-examination stress is that it is something the student catches from other people. He or she is not after all the only person with an interest __20__ the examination result.
11. A、are preparing B、prepare    C、preparing  D、to prepare
12. A、will decide  B、has decided C、decide  D、to decide
13. A、whether  B、how   C、what   D、why
14. A、At   B、In   C、Above  D、Within
15. A、everywhere  B、nowhere  C、anywhere  D、somewhere
16. A、thus   B、for   C、but   D、or
17. A、it is    B、they are  C、which is  D、which are
18. A、back   B、along   C、about   D、through
19. A、about    B、behind  C、from   D、on
20. A、of   B、in   C、on   D、with
III. Reading Comprehension (30 points 2points 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。
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
To meet strict air-pollution standards scheduled to take effect over the next few years oil companies are racing to make their fossil fuels as pollution free as the alternatives chiefly methanol (甲醇) and natural gas. Last week Atlantic Richfield the eighth largest U.S. oil company said it had developed just such a fuel: a cleaner-burning gas that the company claims will cut toxic emissions (气体的排放) nearly 50.
  If making a better gas is so easy why hasn’t anyone done if before The simple answer: cleaner fuels are more expensive. ARCO’s new gas will cost more at the pump than standard gas. If ARCO simply passed those charges on to its customers they would soon find new places to refuel. But the Los Angeles based company knows that California is about to set new fuel standards that will require all oil companies in the state to reformulate their gas or switch to alternative fuels. ARCO has no plans to sell ECX until it is ordered to meet the new standards which will take effect soon.
  Producing cleaner gas is a matter of improving the refining process. Gas is a mixture of as many as 100 carbon-based compounds obtained from crude oil by selectively distilling i.e.getting rid of various hydrocarbons (碳氢化合物). ARCO’s goal was to reduce the concentration of pollutant elements. To make ECX the company’s chemists have to add compounds that cost more to refine.
  The cleaner gas has advantages over fuels like methanol M85 a mixture of 15 gas and 85 alcohol which costs 25 cents to 40 cents more than standard gas. Unlike methanol ECX can be used in any car without mechanical adjustments or loss of power. As a result the development could stop the massive switchover to alternative fuels. Switching to such fuels as methanol and natural gas would require mechanical adjustments of the millions of cars built each year and installing new pumps and tanks at 200000 US service stations. It would also end the auto-fuel monopoly the oil industry has enjoyed for nearly a century.

21. Oil companies are competing with each other to develop ______.
A、cleaner fossil fuels     B、alternatives for gas
C、pollution-free natural gas   D、alternatives for methanol
22. The underlined word “toxic” (paragraph 1) can best be replaced by ______.
A、wasteful   B、poisonous
C、radioactive  D、impure
23. If ARCO sold ECX now its consumers would ______.
A、ask it to reformulate the new fuel  B、accept the product without complaint
C、refuse to pay the extra charges    D、turn to other oil companies
24. ECX is more expensive than standard fuels because it ______.
A、contains more hydrocarbons    B、needs more crude oil to produce
C、costs more in the refining process  D、saves more energy in application
25. The writer seems to believe that ECX will help to _______.
A、develop the oil industry    B、improve the auto technology
C、establish a diversified auto-fuel market D、increase the output of alternative fuels

Passage Two
Question 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
  Anyone who has a fat friend or who is perhaps himself fat knows only too well now little provision our society makes for such people. Even the daily round provides numerous problems. There are few pieces of clothing that can be bought seats in cinemas or theatres are so uncomfortable that few fat people attend them. Fortunately good performances are rare. Home furniture is also hopelessly inadequate. Then there are the problems of having a bath the standard size of

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