2022年江苏安全技术职业学院自考英语（二）练习题汇总（附答案解析）

1、 2022年江苏安全技术职业学院自考英语（二）练习题汇总（附答案解析）第1题【单选题】【2009.10】The profit-sharing plan is designed to _ the staff to work hard. A、calculate B、demonstrate C、speculate D、motivate【正确答案】D【答案解析】本题考查词语辨析。【译文】利润共享计划目的是激发员工努力工作。A 计算、估算 B 证实、论证、演示 C思索、推测 D 激励、激发第2题【单选题】【概括大意】The key to gardening with kids, says Patti K

2、raemer-Doell, family garden coordinator at the New York Botanical Gardens, is “Letting them experience it themselves. We have tried to guide them, but not tell them to put the sunflowers here and the tomatoes there. The emphasis is on developing their imagination and their appreciation for being out

3、 in the garden.”The main idea of this paragraph is_. A、Different Kinds of Gardens. B、Kinds of Plants in s Home Garden C、The Most Important Point in Family Gardening D、How to plan sunflowers and tomatoes【正确答案】C【答案解析】本段指出家庭园艺的主旨是让孩子去体验，培养他们的想象力和鉴赏力。所以答案为C。第3题【单选题】【阅读判断】Before you begin your talk, be k

4、ind to your voice. Avoid milk or creamy drinks which coat your throat. Keep your throat wet by drinking a little sweetened warm tea or diluted fruit juice.Q: To solve the problem of dry mouths, one is advised to take cool milk. A、True B、False C、Not Given【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。文章说到：Avoid milk or creamy dr

5、inks which coat your throat. 避免喝牛奶和奶油饮料。第4题【单选题】【2009.04】She _ everything else and concentrated on the task before her. A、set off B、set back C、set aside D、set up【正确答案】C【答案解析】本题考查短语意义辨析。译文：她把其他事情都放到一边，集中精力于她面前的任务。详细解答：A 出发、动身；B 把（某物）置于之后、延迟；C 撇开、取消、废除；D 建立、提出。第5题【单选题】【完成句子】The average lightning strik

6、e is more than 3 miles long and can travel at a tenth of the speed of light. Ball lightning, the rarest and most mysterious form, derives its name from the small luminous ball that appears near the impact point, moves horizontally, and lasts for several seconds.One form of lightning that _ is ball l

7、ightning. A、occurs most infrequently B、is shifted sideways by strong winds C、is often hidden from our view D、is estimated at 20 millions a year【正确答案】A【答案解析】本段文字与题目相关的句子是：Ball lightning, the rarest and most mysterious form, derives its name from the small luminous ball，关键词是rarest（rare的最高级形式）与infreque

8、ntly“很少发生，少有”表达相同的意思。第6题【单选题】【阅读判断】The UK is portioned at No. 29, a much lower position chiefly because of the social and family breakdown recorded in official statistics. The US, which has the second highest per capita GDP（人均国内生产总值）after Luxembourg, took the 13th place in the surveyChina was in the

9、 lower haft of the league at 60thQ: The United States of America is among the top 10 countries in the survey. A、True B、False C、Not Given【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。问题句说“美国位于前十个国家的行列”。The US, which has the second highest per capita GDP (人均国内生产总值) after Luxembourg, took the 13th place in the survey. 该句说“美国的人均国内

10、生产总值排名第2，仅位于卢森堡之后，因此美国在这项调查中位于第13位。”显然问题句的说法与该句的说法不一致，因此判断问题句“错误”。第7题【单选题】【阅读判断】Before you begin your talk, be kind to your voice. Avoid milk or creamy drinks which coat your throat. Keep your throat wet by drinking a little sweetened warm tea or diluted fruit juice.Q: To solve the problem of dry mo

11、uths, one is advised to take cool milk. A、True B、False C、Not Given【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。文章说到：Avoid milk or creamy drinks which coat your throat. 避免喝牛奶和奶油饮料。第8题【单选题】【2008.04】The government finally _ all the documents relating to the war. A、released B、specialized C、realized D、supposed【正确答案】A【答案解析】本题考查动词意义

12、区分。A “公开发表、公布或发布（新闻）” B 专门从事、专攻 C 意识到、领悟 D 假定、猜想。整句话的意思是：政府最终公布了与这场战争有关的全部文件。第9题【单选题】【阅读选择】She told me her name was Helen and she was talking to a local restaurant where they were going to have lunch after her appointment. She called to see if he was there. She said, “My husband has Alzheimers（老年痴呆）

13、and he shouldnt be driving without me.” Numerous thoughts ran through my head. Call the police, call her family, and notify（通知）the doctors office she had just come from! But at first, I offered to drive to the local restaurant to see if Ed was waiting for her there.The elderly woman cried in the lob

14、by when she was talking to _. A、her husband with Alzheimers B、the nurse in the doctors office C、a local restaurant D、one of her family members【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C。根据文章本段中She told me her name was Helen and she was talking to a local restaurant可知答案为C项。Helen由于担心自己丈夫安危，但又找不到人，情急之下先打电话到俩人约好即将要去的餐厅询问情况。第10题【

15、单选题】【2009.10】The traffic was held up for more than thirty minutes, _ caused me to arrive late. A、it B、that C、what D、which【正确答案】D【答案解析】本题考查非限制性定语从句。整句话的意思是：交通阻塞30多分钟，这使得我到达晚了。第11题【单选题】【阅读判断】Although no other game is exactly like baseball, perhaps the one most nearly like it is the English game of cri

16、cket（板球）.Q: Baseball shares many features with the English game of cricket. A、True B、False C、Not Given【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A。本题对应的语句为：the one most nearly like it is the English game of cricket，因此是正确的。第12题【单选题】【2007.04】The book fair has received a positive _ from readers. A、result B、response C、settlement

17、D、solution【正确答案】B【答案解析】本题考查词义辨析。response：反映，反响。result：结果，后果。settlement：殖民，移民，定居。solution：解决；解答。根据句意，应该选response。a positive response：良好的反映。 第13题【单选题】The new discovery _ be of great service to mankind. A、is bound to B、is bound for C、be bound to D、be bound for【正确答案】A【答案解析】be bound to：注定要，一定会。本题中主语是The

18、new discovery，所以谓语动词要用is。句意：这项新发现对于人类必定大有用处。第14题【单选题】【2010.04】Experts have found that normal sleep can be divided into five _ stages. A、moderate B、initial C、distinct D、advanced【正确答案】C【答案解析】【译文】专家们已经发现正常的睡眠可以分为五个不同的阶段。【试题分析】本题考查词汇。【详细解答】形容词的词义选取。第15题【单选题】【2009.10】Poor speaker of English though he was

19、 at the time, he still managed to make himself _. A、understand B、understood C、understanding D、to understand【正确答案】B【答案解析】本题考查语法。那个时候虽然他说英语说得不好，但仍然可以让别人听懂。非谓语动词的选用。过去分词作宾语补足语表示被动以及动作的完成。第16题【单选题】【2009.01】Children have a natural_about the world around them. A、certainty B、capability C、cleverness D、curio

20、sity【正确答案】D【答案解析】句意：孩子们对他们周围的事物有着天然的好奇心。考查名词词义选择。A 确定性，肯定的事；B 能力，才能；C 精明，聪颖；D 好奇心，求知欲。 第17题【单选题】【2009.04】We _ go out to restaurants, but mostly we eat at home. A、occasionally B、relatively C、continually D、absolutely【正确答案】A【答案解析】本题考查副词意义辨析。译文：我们偶尔外出去餐馆吃饭，但通常是在家吃饭。详细解答：A 偶尔地、偶然地、不经常；B 相对地、比较地；C 持续地、不间断

21、地；D 完全地。第18题【单选题】【填句补文】Posture. A good posture makes you feel better about yourself. _. This makes breathing more difficult, which in turn can make you feel nervous or uncomfortable. A、If you are feeling down, you normally dont sit straight, with your shoulders inwards. B、Body language is a broad te

22、rm for several forms of communication using body movements or gestures. C、Body language differs from culture to culture. D、If you are at interviews, try to keep them still.【正确答案】A【答案解析】本段讲的是身体姿势。填充句后一个句子提到“this”会使呼吸更加困难，this显然指的是一种不太好的身体姿势，因此本题答案为A。第19题【单选题】【2009.01】He insured his car_he had an acci

23、dent. A、unless B、if C、since D、in case【正确答案】D【答案解析】本题考查连词词义区分。句意：他给自己的汽车投了保，以防万一遇到交通事故。A否则，要不然；B 如果；C 自从，由于；D 以防万一，以免。 第20题【单选题】【2007.04】The book fair has received a positive _ from readers. A、result B、response C、settlement D、solution【正确答案】B【答案解析】本题考查词义辨析。response：反映，反响。result：结果，后果。settlement：殖民，移民，

24、定居。solution：解决；解答。根据句意，应该选response。a positive response：良好的反映。 第21题【单选题】【2010.04】The spokesman occasionally _ his speech with gestures. A、acknowledges B、accompanies C、attributes D、anticipates【正确答案】B【答案解析】本题考查词汇。【译文】这位发言人讲演中偶尔伴有手势。第22题【单选题】【阅读判断】Norwich, the capital of the part of Britain known as Eas

25、t Anglia, has been in existence for more than two thousand years. It began as a small village beside the River Wensum.Q: The River Wensum flows by Norwich. A、True B、False C、Not Given【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A。答题依据在第二句，Norwich是River Wensum旁边的一个小村庄，就说明了River Wensum流经 Norwich。第23题【单选题】【填句补文】Rough estimates in t

26、he past have predicted similarly disappointing results. _ Says Sallie Chishol, an environmental engineer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But the take-home message is the same. Ocean fertilization is not the answer to global warming. A、These are newer and better models, B、Its opponent

27、s argue, however, that it will stop global warming. C、Adding iron to patches of ocean can make plankton bloom temporarily. D、As plankton die and settle on the ocean floor, their carbon is supposedly locked up in the seabed.【正确答案】A【答案解析】这个问题可以根据引号来作答，因为空格后面有“says”这个词，它预示着所填入的句子应该是带引号的。A的意思是：这些是比较新的也是

28、比较好的模型。第24题【单选题】【2008.04】It has been found that a strong _ help overcome the effects of distraction. A、interruption B、motivation C、evaluation D、destination【正确答案】B【答案解析】本题考查名词词义区分。 A. 打扰、中；断 B. 动机、诱因； C. 评估、评价； D. 目的地、终点。整句话的意思是：人们发现一个很强的动机可以帮助克服干扰物的影响。第25题【单选题】【2009.10】The profit-sharing plan is des

29、igned to _ the staff to work hard. A、calculate B、demonstrate C、speculate D、motivate【正确答案】D【答案解析】本题考查词语辨析。【译文】利润共享计划目的是激发员工努力工作。A 计算、估算 B 证实、论证、演示 C思索、推测 D 激励、激发第26题【单选题】【2009.04】This is the first time that a woman has been_ to the post. A、granted B、praised C、pointed D、appointed【正确答案】D【答案解析】译文：这是第一次任

30、命一位妇女担任此职位。试题分析：本题考查词义辨析。详细解答：A 允许、同意；B 表扬、赞扬；C 指、指出；D 指定、任命、委任。第27题【单选题】【概括大意】Two major findings have emerged from these researches. Firstly, the greater part of the development of observed intelligence occurs in the earliest years of life. It is estimated that 50 percent of measurable intelligence

31、 at age 17 is already predictable by the age of four. Secondly, he most important factors in the environment are language and psychological aspects of the parent-child relationship. Much of the difference in measured intelligence between privileged and disadvantaged children may be due to the latter

32、s lack of appropriate verbal stimulation and the poverty of their perceptual experiences.The main idea of this paragraph is _. A、Two Major Changed View of Intelligence B、Many of the differences in measured intelligence C、Main Results of Recent Researches D、Impact on School Education【正确答案】C【答案解析】本段文字

33、的第一句话就把其内容点的很清楚，要介绍的是：Two major findings have emerged from these researches.而选项C中的Main Results只不过是major findings的另一种说法而已。第28题【单选题】【2009.01】You should help them_when your friends quarrel with each other. A、come into sight B、come to terms C、come into play D、come to power【正确答案】B【答案解析】本题考查短语的习惯用法。句意：当你的

34、朋友吵架时，你应当帮助他们协调一下。come into 或 come to 都表示进入（某种状态）。A 映入眼帘；B. 达成协议，妥协；C 开始运作；D. 上台，开始掌权。 第29题【单选题】【阅读选择】The other side of a state legal apparatus is a state military apparatus. While the one protects the individual from violence, the other sacrifices the individual to violence in the interests of the

35、state. In war the state affirms supreme power over the individuals within its own borders. War is not simply a trial by combat to settle disputes between states; it is the moment when the state makes its most powerful demands upon its people for their commitment, allegiance, and supreme sacrifice. T

36、he word “allegiance is closest in meaning to _. A、loyalty B、objective C、survival D、motive【正确答案】A【答案解析】解本题可用同类词关系进行判断。在“allegiance”前后的两个词分别是commitment和 sacrifice，应能判断出这三个词相对于国家而言是同一类词，再利用排除法，不难选出正确答案A。第30题【单选题】【2009.10】Poor speaker of English though he was at the time, he still managed to make himsel

37、f _. A、understand B、understood C、understanding D、to understand【正确答案】B【答案解析】本题考查语法。那个时候虽然他说英语说得不好，但仍然可以让别人听懂。非谓语动词的选用。过去分词作宾语补足语表示被动以及动作的完成。第31题【单选题】【概括大意】Wignall calculated the killing efficiency for these volcanoes by comparing the proportion of life they killed off with the volume of lava that the

38、y produced. He found that size for size, older eruptions were at least 10 times as effective at wiping out life as their more recent rivals.The main idea of this paragraph is_. A、Killing Power of Ancient Volcanic Eruptions B、Accounting for the Killing Power of Older Eruptions C、Calculation of the Ki

39、lling Power of Older Eruptions D、A Mass Extinction【正确答案】C【答案解析】本段第一句话是说：Wignall calculated the killing efficiency for these volcanoes；Wignall 计算了这些火山的“灭绝效率”；其中killing efficiency与killing Power意思差不多，属于同义词转换，因此选择B或C，但是account for 意思是：（在数量方面）占；说明（原因等）不符合句意，因此不选择B。第32题【单选题】【2009.7】The judge who was _ to

40、his favorite was criticized by many people. A、partial B、fair C、strict D、frank【正确答案】A【答案解析】本题考查形容词的意义区分。本题句意为：许多人批评了偏袒他自己喜爱（球队或球员）的那个裁判员。A 偏袒的，不公平的；B 公正的；C 严格的，严厉的； D 坦率的。第33题【单选题】【阅读判断】Before you begin your talk, be kind to your voice. Avoid milk or creamy drinks which coat your throat. Keep your th

41、roat wet by drinking a little sweetened warm tea or diluted fruit juice.Q: To solve the problem of dry mouths, one is advised to take cool milk. A、True B、False C、Not Given【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。文章说到：Avoid milk or creamy drinks which coat your throat. 避免喝牛奶和奶油饮料。第34题【单选题】【阅读判断】One problem with this design

42、 is that the mouse gets dirty as the ball rolls over the surface and picks up dirt. Eventually you have to clean your mouse.Q: When an ordinary computer mouse gets dirty, it has to be replaced with a new one. A、True B、False C、Not Given【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。题中说鼠标脏了，就得换用新的。这一说法与原文不符。原文说的是鼠标脏了，可以擦干净再用。it h

43、as to be replaced with a new one 与 you have to clean your mouse 不符。所以选B。第35题【单选题】【完成句子】Did you know that before 1950, hurricanes had no names? They were simply given numbers. The first names were simply Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc. but in 1953, females names were given because of the unpredictability

44、（不可预知）factor of the storms. In 1979, realizing the sexist（性别歧视的）nature of such names, the lists were expanded to include both men and women.The main consideration of using males and females names for hurricanes is _. A、the timely（及时的）discovery B、its uncertainty C、sex equality D、its connection with h

45、umans【正确答案】C【答案解析】依靠原文（利用（male, female）names作为答案线索词）中最后一句判断答案为C（与性别有关）。第36题【单选题】【完成句子】Sagan was noted for the vigour of his logic style, especially when criticizing some piece of pseudoscience（伪科学）. I remembered a 1973 AAAS meeting at which he destroyed the theories of Immanuel Velikovsky, who was m

46、aintaining that only a few thousands of years ago, Venus had repeatedly collided with Earth and Mars; events well noted. Velikovsky said, in the bible.In Sagans opinion, Velikovsky might be_. A、a member of the National Academy of Science B、a pseudo-scientist C、a science populariser D、a reporter【正确答案

47、】B【答案解析】从这段文字中，我们可以了解到作者认为，Sagan与伪科学作斗争的一个实例就是Sagan摧毁了Velikovsky的错误论述，即Velikovsky提出，在过去几千年中，水星与地球和火星反复多次相撞，这在圣经中有加载。第37题【单选题】【阅读选择】Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old, and thought perh

48、aps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make arrangements to see his father, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care things. When he a

49、rrived at his fathers house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart.When the young man arrived home, he felt _. A、sad B、disappointed C、horrible D、nervous【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A。事实细节题。年轻人回到家里，出现了两个关键词sadness和regret，可以判断年轻人的心情是非常伤心的。故选A。第38题【单选题】【填句补文】Many beginning interviewers are afraid that they are

50、 forcing the other person to answer questions and have no right to inquire about his personal secrets. _. Unless the person really hates being interviewed, he is delighted that somebody wants to interview him. A、This fear is almost 100 percent unnecessary. B、This doesnt necessarily mean that it will

51、 go well. C、Most men and women lead lives that are uninteresting. D、Both of you need time to get to know each other.【正确答案】A【答案解析】抓住关键词进行同义替换，也就是afraid，选项中this fear就是对这种担心的补充，这种担心是完全没有必要的，除非被采访者确实是讨厌别人问自己。第39题【单选题】【2009.10】The room was quiet, _ the occasional coughing from my throat. A、in case B、exce

52、pt for C、by far D、instead of【正确答案】B第40题【单选题】【2009.01】If you try to learn too many things at a time, you may get_. A、concentrated B、confused C、confirmed D、convinced【正确答案】B【答案解析】本题考查形近形容词意义区分。句意：如果你试图一次学太多东西，你就有可能糊涂了。A .浓缩的，专心的；B 糊涂的，混淆的；C 根深蒂固的；D 确信的。第41题【单选题】【2008.04】New drivers are far more _ to ha

53、ve accidents than experienced drivers. A、possible B、likely C、probable D、unlikely【正确答案】B【答案解析】本题考查形容词辨析。句子翻译：新司机比起有经验的老司机出交通事故的可能性要大得多。 A. 可能（发生、存在）的; B. 有可能 be likely to ; C. 大概的、可能的; D不可能的 应用举例：Ill do everything possible to help you. 我会尽一切可能帮助你。He is likely to arrive a bit late. 他有可能会晚到一会儿。第42题【单选题

54、】【阅读选择】There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the worlds largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia, a

55、 country in Africa. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400s.Which country is the largest coffee producer? A、Brazil. B、Colombia. C、Ethiopia. D、Egypt.【正确答案】A【答案解析】答题依据在本段的第三句。Producer 与 grower 意思等同。第43题【单选题】To a worker, _ from the point of view of society is necessary labor is from hi

56、s own point of view voluntary play. A、what B、which C、that D、it【正确答案】A【答案解析】本题要求填入一个关系代词引导主语从句，并在主语从句中作主语，所以选what。第44题【单选题】【阅读选择】If you enjoy looking through travel books by such familiar authors as Arthur Frommer or Eugene Fodor, it will not surprise you to learn that travel writing has a long and v

57、enerable history. Almost from the earliest annals of recorded time individuals have found ready audiences for their accounts of journeys to strange and exotic locales.This passage is mostly about_. A、why people find travel writing exciting B、the literary style of three early travel writers C、where t

58、hree early travel writers went and wrote about D、how to write a travel book【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选C。主旨题。联系第一自然段和每段首句知道，本文讲了三个作家，锁定答案B和C，结合内容，文章主要讲关于他们的旅行和作品，答案是C。第45题【单选题】【2009.04】_Tom has done really amazed everyone in his class. A、What B、Which C、That D、Who【正确答案】A【答案解析】本题考查主语从句的引导词的选择。译文：汤姆所做的事情使得他班里的每个同学

59、都感到吃惊。详细解答：what Tom has done指汤姆所做的事情；B 哪一个；C （无词义）；D 谁。第46题【单选题】The reply, when it finally came, was _ the negative. A、for B、into C、in D、with【正确答案】C【答案解析】in the negative：否定的，否决。第47题【单选题】【阅读选择】During the hours when you labour through your work you may say that youre hot. Thats true. The time of day w

60、hen you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the morning. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as: Get up, John！Youll be late for wor