自考英语

PART ONE

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。

1.Not until quite recently that language was closely related to culture.

A.I realized 　B.I did realize

C.had I realized D.did I realize

2.He has been widely exposed the public on television.

A.on 　B.in 　C.for 　D.to

3. The quality of life, especially as by the individual, varies with cultures.

A.seen 　B.seeing 　C.to see 　D.to be seen

4.In the United States, eggs are sold the dozen.

A.for 　B.with 　C.by 　D.in

5. It is just as foolish to say that one should never drink orange juice and milk together it is to say that one should never drink water and beer together.

A.when 　B.as 　C.while 　D.since

6.When you hear the tape, it will profound questions about what is happening in our world with juvenile and our society.

A.cause 　B.raise 　C.draw 　D.make

7. Wait till you get your into the work, you will find it very interesting.

A.teeth 　B.face 　C.mouth 　D.ear

8.There are always those who would substitute fantasy lives the rewards of real activity.

A.on 　B.in 　C.as 　D.for

9.But that she saw it with her own eyes, she it.

A.could not believe 　B.could not have believed

C.did not believe D.believe

10.After many days of relaxation, he looks as fresh as .

A.water 　B.desk 　C.paint 　D.tree

Ⅱ.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。

In the English educational system, students 11 three very important examinations. The first is the eleven  plus, which is taken at the age of eleven or a little past. At one time the ability or aptitude 12 on the eleven  plus would have determined if a child stayed in school. Now, however, all children continue in “ comprehensive ” schools, and the eleven-plus determines which courses of study the child will follow. At the 13 of fifteen or sixteen, the students are tested for the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education. This examination 14 a wide range of subjects; once students have passed this exam, they are allowed to specialize, 15 two thirds or more of their courses will be 16 physics, chemistry, classical languages, or whatever they wish to study 17 greater length. The final examination, at eighteen, covers only the content of the special subjects. Even at the universities, students study only in their 18 area, and very few students ever venture outside that subject again;　19 a real sense, the English boy or girl is a specialist from the age of fifteen. This is supposed to be a 20 description about English educational system.

11. A.write B. take 　C. make 　D. mean

12. A.shown B. showing C. show 　D. to show

13. A.time B. day C. date 　D. age

14. A.relating B. covering 　C. covers D.relates

15. A.since B. so as C. so that D. because

16. A.in 　B. at C. with 　D. for

17. A.in 　B. at C. over D. on

18. A.concentrating　B. concentrated　C. concentration　D. being concentrated

19. A.for B. in C. to D. after

20. A.detailing B. detailed C. being detailed 　D. details

Ⅲ. 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。

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors (流星) but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts as our protective blanket on earth. Light gets through, and this is essential for plants to make the food which we eat. Heat, too, makes our environment endurable. Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer space, but enormous quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off. As soon as men leave the atmosphere they are exposed to this radiation but their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, do prevent a lot of radiation damage.

Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in space. The unit of radiation is called “rem”.Scientists have reason to think that a man can put up with far more radiation than 0.1 rem without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed on. The trouble is that it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage —— a person may feel perfectly well, but the cells of his or her sex organs may be damaged, and this will not be discovered until the birth of deformed (畸形的) children or even grandchildren. Missions of the Apollo flights have had to cross belts of high amount of rems. So far, no dangerous amounts of radiation have been reported, but the Apollo missions have been quite short. We simply do not know yet how men are going to get on when they spend weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere, working in a space laboratory. Drugs might help to decrease the damage done by radiation, but no really effective ones have been found so far.

21. According to the first paragraph, the atmosphere is essential to man in that .

A. it protects him against the harmful rays from space

B. it provides sufficient light for plant growth

C. it supplies the heat necessary for human survival

D. it screens off the falling meteors

22. We know from the passage that .

A. exposure to even tiny amounts of radiation is fatal

B. the effect of exposure to radiation is slow in coming

C. radiation is avoidable in space exploration

D. astronauts in spacesuits needn  t worry about radiation damage

23. The harm radiation has done to the Apollo crew members .

A. is insignificant B. seems overestimated

C. is enormous D. remains unknown

24. It can be inferred from the passage that .

A. the Apollo mission was very successful

B. protection from space radiation is no easy job

C. astronauts will have deformed children or grandchildren

D. radiation is not a threat to well-protected space explorers

25. The best title for this passage would be .

A. The Atmosphere and Our Environment

B. Research on Radiation

C. Effects of Space Radiation

D. Importance of Protection Against Radiation

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

For some time past it has been widely accepted that babies — and other creatures — learn to do things because certain acts lead to “rewards” ; and there is no reason to doubt that this is true. But it used also to be widely believed that effective rewards, at least in the early stages, had to be directly related to such basic physiological (生理的) “ drives ” as thirst or hunger. In other words, a baby would learn if he got food or drink or some sort of physical comfort, not otherwise.

It is now clear that this is not so. Babies will learn to behave in ways that produce results in the

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