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绝密考试结束前全国2014年4月高等教育自学考试英语阅读(一)试题课程代码：00595 请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。选择题部分注意事项： 1答题前，考生务必将自己的考试课程名称、姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔填写在答题纸规定的位置上。2每小题选出答案后，用2 B铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试题卷上。I. CAREFUL READING Read the following passages carefully. Decide on the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points, 2 points each)Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage. The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the young woman with the white cane made her way cautiously up the steps. She paid the driver and then, using her hands to feel the location of the seats, settled into one. She placed her briefcase on her lap and rested her cane against her leg. It had been a year since Susan, thirty-four, became blind. As the result of a medical accident she was sightless, suddenly thrown into a world of darkness, anger, frustration and self-pity. All she could cling to was her husband Mark. Mark was an Air Force officer and he loved Susan with all his heart. When she first lost her sight, he watched her sink into despair and he became determined to use every means to help his wife. Finally, Susan felt ready to return to her job, but how would she get there? She used to take the bus, but she was now too frightened to get around the city by herself. Mark volunteered to ride the bus with Susan each morning and evening until she got the hang of (摸清情况) it. And that was exactly what happened.For two weeks, Mark, military uniform and all, accompanied Susan to and from work each day. He taught her how to rely on her other senses, specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and how to adapt to her new environment. He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could watch out for her, and save her a seat. Each morning they made the journey together, and Mark would take a taxi back to his office. Although the routine of going back and forth was costly, Mark knew it was only a matter of time before Susan would be able to ride the bus on her own. Finally, Susan decided that she was ready to try the trip on her own. Monday morning arrived. Before she left, she embraced her husband tightly. Her eyes filled with tears of gratitude for his loyalty, his patience, and his love. She said good-bye and, for the first time, they went their separate ways. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Each day on her own went perfectly, and a wild gaiety (快乐) took hold of Susan. She was doing it! She was going to work all by herself!.1. When Susan got on the bus, the passengers _.A. admired her B. stared curiously at herC. ignored her D. felt sorry for her2. Which of the following is true of Mark?A. He kept confidence in Susan. B. He felt confused with Susan.C. He depended more on Susan. D. He was tired of Susan.3. At the beginning of her sightless life, Susan was seized by anger, self-pity and _.A. irritation B. hesitationC. hopelessness D. indifference4. Which of the following is true?A. Mark realized it would take a long time for Susan to recover her sight.B. Mark knew that Susan would get to work by herself sooner or later.C. Mark hated to leave poor Susan alone even for one minute.D. Mark loved the routine of accompanying Susan to work.5. The passage can be used as an example of _.A. honesty B. sympathyC. diligence D. determinationPassage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage. Most people claim that we should judge others on the basis of how they act, not how they look. However, the reality is quite opposite. Appearance is especially important in the early stages of a relationship. The influence of physical attractiveness begins early in life. Infants as young as six months prefer images of attractive faces to less appealing ones. From age five on, overweight boys are viewed by peers as less attractive; tall, thin ones are judged as uncommunicative and nervous; and muscular and athletic youngsters are seen as outgoing, active, and popular. The same principle continues into adult life. Handsome men and beautiful women are seen as more sensitive, kind, interesting, strong, calm, modest, sociable, outgoing, and exciting than their less attractive counterparts. Adults are more likely to interact with strangers who they view as attractive. Senior citizens also rate good-looking people as more desirable than those who are less attractive. Although we might assume that attractive people are radically different from those who are less attractive, the truth is that we view the familiar as beautiful. Langlois and Roggman presented students with two types of photos: some were images of people from North European, Asian, and Latino backgrounds, while others were computer-generated images that combined the characteristics of several individuals. Surprisingly, the students consistently preferred the composite photos of both men and women. When the features of eight or more individuals were combined into one image, the students rated the picture as more attractive than the features of a single person or of a smaller combination of people. Thus, we seem to be drawn to people who represent the most attractive qualities of ourselves and those people arent different from the rest of us. Even if your appearance isnt beautiful by social standards, consider these encouraging facts: first, ordinary-looking people with pleasing personalities are likely to be judged as being attractive; second, physical factors become less important as a relationship progress. As Hamachek puts it, “Attractive features may open doors, but apparently, it takes more than physical beauty to keep them open.”6. “The same principle” (Para. 2) refers to the principle that _.A. children are more attractive than adultsB. attractive people are perceived as desirableC. the early stages of a relationship are importantD. the influence of appearance begins early in life7. The third paragraph emphasizes in part the importance of _.A. familiarity B. differenceC. individuality D. consistency8. According to the passage, the more composite features people have, _.A. the more unique they are B. the less ordinary they areC. the more attractive they are D. the less beautiful they are9. In his statement, Hamachek is giving emphasis to _.A. social standards B. composite featuresC. good character D. physical attraction10. The best title for the passage is _.A. Beauty and AgeB. Appearance and RelationshipC. Standards of Social BehaviorD. Features of Physical AttractivenessPassage 3Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage. The public schools of the United Stateselementary, secondary, and higherhave a history, and it is the social history of the United States: the decades before the Civil War, in which the elementary or “common schools” were reformed; the decades surrounding the turn of the twentieth century, in which the secondary schools “welcomed” the “children of the plain people”; and the post-World War II decades, which found the public colleges and universities flooded non-traditional studentsthose traditionally excluded from higher education by sex, race, and class. In each of these periods, the quantitative expansion of the student population was matched by a qualitative transformation of the enlarged institutions. The common schools of the mid-1800s were charged with reforming the moral character of the children of failed artisans (工匠) and farmers; the expanded high schools at the turn of the century with preparing their poor, working-class, and immigrant teenagers for future lives in city and factory; the “open-access” public institutions in the postwar period with moving their students off the unemployment lines and into lower-level white-collar positions. The common schools, the high schools, the colleges and universitiesall in their own timeswere expanded and transformed so that they might better maintain social order and increase material productivity. But no matter how enlarged or reformed, they could not do the jobs expected of them: they could not solve the economic, social, and human problems brought about by uncontrolled urbanization and industrialization within the context of the private property system. The schooling reforms succeeded only in shifting the discussion and action from the social and productive system to the people who were now held responsible for not fitting into it.11. American education in the post-World War II decades focused mostly on _.A. early childhood education B. elementary school educationC. secondary school education D. college education12. The turn-of-the-century American education dealt partly with the problem of _.A. failed farmers B. unsuccessful artisansC. immigrant teenagers D. lower-level white-collar workers13. It is implied in the passage that women began to be educated in large numbers _.A. after the Civil War B. at the turn of the 20th centuryC. before World War II D. after World War II14. One of the purposes for public school reformation is _.A. to increase material productivityB. to impose the quality of educationC. to urbanize rural areas in the United StatesD. to promote industrialization in the United States15. The author believes that public schools _.A. changed American political systemB. could not solve American problemsC. led to social problems in the United StatesD. could not improve qualitatively in the United StatesPassage 4Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage. Historical periods are dominated by distinct sets of ideas which form the general spirit of a period in history. Greek philosophy, Christianity, Renaissance thought, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment are examples of sets of ideas that dominated their historical periods. The changes from one period to the next are usually rather gradual.; other changesmore abruptare often referred to as revolutions. The most far-reaching of all these intellectual changes was the Darwinian revolution. The worldview formed by any thinking person in the Western world after 1859, when On the Origin of Species was published, was by necessity quite different from a worldview formed before 1859. It is almost impossible for a modern person to project back to the early half of the nineteenth century and reconstruct the thinking of this pre-Darwinian period, for the impact of Darwinism on our views has been so great. The intellectual revolution brought about by Darwin went far beyond the realm of biology, causing the overthrow of some of the most basic beliefs of his age. For example, Darwin rejected the belief in the individual creation of each species, establishing in its place the concept that all of life descended from a common ancestor. By extension, he introduced the idea that humans were not the special products of creation but evolved according to principles that operate everywhere else in the living world. Darwin upset current notions of a perfectly designed natural and gentle world and substituted in their place the concept of a struggle for survival. Victorian notions of progress and perfectibility were seriously weakened by Darwins demonstration that evolution brings about change and adaptation, but it does not necessarily lead to progress, and it never leads to perfection. Darwin would be remembered as an outstanding scientist even if he had never written a word about evolution. Indeed, some people believe that Darwins most original contribution to biology was not the theory of evolution but his series of books on experimental botany published near the end of his life. This achievement is little known among non-biologists, and the same is true for his equally outstanding work on the adaptation of flowers and on animal psychology, as well as his imaginative work on earthworms. Darwin also attacked important problems with extraordinary originality, thereby becoming the founder of several now well-recognized separate disciplines. Darwin was the first person to work out a sound theory of classification, which is still used by most experts today.16. The author considers the change caused by Darwins On the Origin of Species _.A. gradual B. abruptC. religious D. philosophical17. The influence of Darwinism has been so strong that it is difficult to _.A. know how people looked at the world before 1859B. imagine peoples worldview after 1859C. disregard the implications of his theoryD. know what Victorian society was like18. Darwin believed that all species in the world _.A. were created individually B. sprang from the same originC. became increasingly better D. shared the same pace of progress19. It can be concluded from the passage that Darwin was _.A. a modest scholar B. a born thinkerC. an original scientist D. a practical theorist20. The author intends to say in the last paragraph that _.A. Darwin did outstanding work apart from his theory of evolutionB. non-biologists know very little about Darwins theory of evolutionC. scholars failed to recognize Darwins contributions for a long timeD. Darwins most outstanding contribution is his theory of classificationII. SPEED READING Skim or scan the following passages, and then decide on the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points, 1 point each)Passage 5Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. Potatoes are a tuber-producing crop originally grown in the Americas. Over 200 varieties of wild potatoes grow from what is now Colorado to what are now Chile and Argentina. The native peoples of the Andean region of South America were the first to domesticate potatoes and to cultivate them as a food crop. The earliest potato, found in an archaeological site in central Peru, has been dated back to about 8000 B.C. Scientists believe that American Indians began domesticating potatoes at the end of the Ice Age. Four thousand years later, native peoples livingin the Andean highlands had begun to rely on potatoes as a major part of their diet. By about 2000 B.C. Indians in the coastal region of what is now Peru were also cultivating this crop extensively. During the reign of the Inca, who established their empire in what is now Peru in about A.D. 1000, American Indian farmers were growing not only white potatoes but red, yellow, black, blue, green, and brown ones as well. They were deliberately developing potatoes of varying sizes and shapes that would do well under a number of growing conditions. Because potatoes were easily grown, flourish in a number of climates, and high in vitamin C, they were an efficient way of meeting dietary needs. In 1531, when Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro landed in what is now Peru, the native Andean peoples had developed about 3,000 types of potatoes and had also invented a method to freeze-dry them for storage. The Inca, who called potatoes papas, ate boiled potatoes as a vegetable and also made a kind of unleavened potato bread made from flour that had been ground from freeze-dried potatoes. They also added this potato flour to soups and stews and made porridge from it. Pedro de Cieza, who traveled with Francisco Pizarros expedition, compared potatoes to chestnuts. Because the tubers grew underground and were small, the Spaniards believed potatoes were truffles (块菌) and began calling them tartuffo. When English explorer Sir Francis Drake crossed the Strait of Magellan, he ate potatoes on the coast of what is now Chile that same year. Yet, historians are uncertain exactly whether the Spaniards or the English brought potatoes to Europe.21. The earliest potato was found in _.A. Peru B. ChileC. Argentina D. Colorado22. Potatoes became the major source of food for American Indians about _.A. 8000 B.C. B. 4000 B.C.C. 2000 B.C. D.A.D. 100023. American Indians developed potatoes of different sizes and shapes to _.A. meet different dietary needsB. get potatoes of different colorsC. suit various growing conditionsD. store them in convenient places24. American Indians freeze-dried potatoes so that they could be _.A. stewed B. groundC. stored D. boiled25. Which of the following is true?A. Historians believe that the English brought potatoes to Europe.B. Sir Francis Drake ate potatoes in what is now Peru.C. Francisco Pizarro compared potatoes to chestnuts.D. The Spaniards thought that potatoes were truffles.Passage 6 Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. The blogging craze of a couple of years ago, when it was estimated that ten new blogs were started somewhere in the world every minute, now seems to have died down a bit. Yet thousands of blogsprobably the better onesremain. Blogs are now no longer seen as the exclusive possession of geeks, and are now seen as important and influential sources of news and opinions. So many people read blogs now that it has even been suggested that some blogs may have been powerful enough to influence the result of the recent U.S. election. Blogs are very easy to set up. All you need is a computer, an internet connection and the desire to write something. A blog differs from a traditional internet site in two ways. First, a blog is one page consisting mostly of texts, though a few pictures are sometimes provided. Second, and more importantly, a blog is a space for people to respond to what you write. The best blogs are similar to online discussions, where people write in response to what the blogger has written. Blogs are regularly updatedbusy blogs are updated every day, or even every few hours. Not all blogs ar