2004年4月英语(二)试题.doc

04年4月份自学考试英语二试题I. Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point For each item)1. _ conclusion, walking is a cheap, safe and enjoyable form of exercise.A. In B. OnC. By D. As2. Julie went to the _ to buy a pair of shoes.A. shoes storeB. shoes storeC. shoe store D. shoes store3. He has called a meeting of all parties with a _ to form a new government.A. purpose B. reasonC. view D. goal4. Gazing into his eyes, she seemed to have _ _ all he said.A. taken upB. taken overC. taken off D. taken in5. In every major city there are more _ apartments than there are homeless people.A. blank B. vacantC. empty D. bare6. Very few people understood this contract, _ was very obscure.A. the language B. the language of whichC. all it said D. which it had said 7. Five minutes earlier, _ we may have caught the gunman.A. and B. butC. or D. so8. They claim that _ $150 million is to be spent on improvement.A. sufficiently B. approximatelyC. considerably D. properly9. _ Im supposed to work by myself , there are other people who I can interact with .A. If only B. So long asC. Even if D. As far as10. These two areas are similar _ that they both have a high rainfall during summer.A. except B. soC. now D. in11. Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point for each )Planning is important in almost anything you do. No matter what you are doing, taking the time to plan _11_ can help you reach your goal. The purpose of insurance is _12_you plan for unexpected, costly emergencies (紧急需要)._13_ the most important kind of insurance is medical insurance.Medical insurance can be very _14_. The cost for this kind of insurance is going up._15_ most people, you may not be able to afford all of the insurance you might need.Many people think that if you could only afford one kind of insurance, you should buy health insurance. If you can afford only a small _16_ of health insurance, it is best to insure yourself _ 17_ the big unexpected costs and pay the smaller common bills yourself.There are different kinds of insurance you can get. Hospital Expense insurance will pay for any costs you get 18_ having to be in a hospital. Surgical Expense insurance will pay for the doctor to 19_ on you. Regular Medical insurance will pay for any NON- surgical 20 .11. A. away B. on. C. aheadD. out12. A. helped B .to help C . kept D. to keep13. A. ProbablyB. Unfortunately C. Conversely D. Subsequently14. A. impressiveB. primitive C. constructiveD. expensive15. A. ToB. With C. For D. Like16. A. numberB. amountC. figureD. quantity17. A. againstB. for C. of D. on18. A. usB. whereasC. whileD. whether19. A. checkB. examineC. injectD. operate20. A. medicineB. prescriptionC. treatmentD. drugIII. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points for each item)Passage OneWhen John Todd was six, both his parents died. A kind-hearted aunt in North Kiilingworth agreed to take John and give him a home. He was brought up by her and lived in her home until he left to study for ministry.His aunt fell seriously ill and feared she was about to die. In great distress she wrote John a letter in which she asked him to tell her what death would be like.Here is the letter he sent in reply:It is now thirty-five years since I, as a little boy of six, was left quite alone in the world. You sent me word you would give me a home and be a kind mother to me. I have never forgotten the day when I made the long journey to your house. I can still recall my disappointment when, instead of coming for me yourself, you sent your servant James to fetch me.1 well remember my tears and anxiety as I rode off to my new home. Night fell before we finished the journey, and as it grew dark I became lonely and afraid. Do you think shell go to bed before we get there? 1 asked James anxiously. Oh, no, he said reassuringly. Shell stay up for you. When we get out of these woods youll see her candle shining in the window.Presently we did ride out into the clearing, and there, sure enough, was your candle. I remember you were waiting at the door, that you put your arms close about me and that you lifted me a tired little boy down from the horse. You had a fire burning on the hearth, a hot supper waiting on the stove. After supper you took me to my new room, heard me say my prayers, and then sat beside me until I fell asleep.You probably realized why I am recalling all this to your memory. Some day soon God will send for you, to take you to a new home. Dont fear the summons (召唤), the strange journey, or the dark messenger of death who will fetch you. God can be trusted to do as much for you as you were kind enough to do for me so many years ago. At the end of the road you will find love and a welcome waiting, and you will be safe in Gods care. I shall watch you and pray for you till you are out of sight, and then wait for the day when I shall make the journey myself and find you waiting at the end of the road to greet me.21. John Todds aunt wrote to him thirty-five years later because _.A.he was a doctor and could cure her illness.B.she wanted him at her side when she died C.he was a minister and was used to comforting dying peopleD.she was afraid that she would die22. When recalling what happened thirty-five years ago. John Todd expressed a feeling of_.A. anxiety B. appreciationC. regret D. sadness23. John Todd has never forgotten the day when he arrived in North Killingworth, because_.A. he was to have a homeB. he was left alone in the worldC. he was so disappointed to see his aunts servant to meet him, rather than his auntD. he liked his aunt, but didnt like her servant24. John Todd compared death to _.A.a warning from God B. nightmare C. journey home to God D. a frightening story25. We can infer from the passage that John Todds aunt would _ after reading his letter.A. feel even more frightenedB. feel even more depressedC. get much relieved of the fear of deathD. get curedPassage TwoWhat happens when employees have access to their companys financial information over an intranet (a network inside the company)? The company grows.There was widespread fear and worry in our company when we decided to putall our financial information, including salaries, on our wide area network (WAN) in 1987 and then on our intranet in the early 90s, People feared our competitors would get the numbers and use them against us to scare our customers, steal our employees, or attempt some other unimaginably horrible tricks. But that has never happened. And I dont believe it will.Back in 1968, when I started my company, now an $ 11-million engineering-design firm, out of my house in Blacksburg, Virginia, my wife did the books. Later an employee took them over. As we added employees here and there, we saw no reason to keep any secrets. We just left the books open wherever they were last used. It wasnt until a business writer told me, Oh thats what we call open-book management, that I knew there was a name for what we did and that it was something unusual.As we grew and opened five branch offices three in Virginia, one in Tennessee, and one in North Carolina this casual system was no longer possible. But we knew we wanted to continue the open style. I cant say were always more profitable because of OBM; we have the same ups and downs as our competitors. And I cant say we are always happier; we have the same quarrels as in other workplaces. But we do have a great deal of trust here, and our employees stick with us. When we have tough financial times, our 170 employers know that nobodys drawing off money from the company for private purposes and that theyve got to make the pie bigger if theyre going to get a bigger price.26. From the passage we can learn that _. A. most business firms have adopted OBMB. it was very unusual for business firms to make known their financial informationC. it is a good thing to let your competitors know your financial information D. OBM can always result in greater profits27. The management style of the company can be described as _.A. open B. close C. competitive D. trusty28. In the sentence in the third paragraph My wife did the books, the word books means _.A. the books which the company owned B. the books stored m the writers house in Blacksburg C. records of money received and spent D. sheets of paper bound together for writing29. The author adopted open-book management _. A. because of the increase of employees B. according to the recommendation of a business writer C. because of the big profits it would bring D. without being aware of it30. According to the author, the most outstanding benefit of his management is that his company _.A.makes more profits than his competitorsB.has created a trusty atmosphereC.makes his finance known to his employeesD.has made a bigger piece of the piePassage ThreeReading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval (中世纪) worlds, while in the fifteenth century the term reading undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only in the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace.However, one should be cautious to assume that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud is a distraction to others. Examination of factors related to the historical development of silent reading reveals that it became the usual form of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character.The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy (识字), and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, the number of potential listeners declined, and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices, where reading aloud would cause distraction to other readers.Towards the end of the last century there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of materials such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument still remains with us in education. However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and periodicals for a specialized readership on the other.At the end of the last century students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use skills in reading them which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural, and technological changes in the century had greatly altered what the term reading implied.31. “Reading to oneself ”in the first paragraph means _.A. reading aloud to oneself B. reading aloud to oneself as well as lo othersC. both silent reading and reading aloud to oneselfD. silent reading32. From the first paragraph we can infer that_.A. it was not until the fifteenth century that people began to know the differencebetween reading aloud and silent readingB. scholars of the classical and medieval worlds could only read aloudC. silent reading was not popular before the nineteenth centuryD. silent reading was not accepted before the nineteenth century33. Silent reading came about because _. A.reading aloud could disturb othersB.the number of people who could read was increasing C.people preferred to read in public D.people were less interested in reading aloud34. According to the context, the word commonplace in the first paragraph most probably describes something _.A. that happens often, and therefore is not surprisingB. that does not happen often, and therefore is surprising C. that is very SURPRISING D. that is very unusual35. In the passage the author tries to show _. A. the correct attitude towards reading B. how the present-day reading habits came aboutC. different attitudes towards booksD. the change the word reading underwentV. Word Spelling (10points, 1 point for each item)36. 伴随， 陪同 vt. a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37. 分界线，边界 n. b_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 38. 捕获，夺得 vt. c_ _ _ _ _ _ 39. 下倾，下降 vi. d_ _ _ _ _ _ 40. 雇员， 雇工 n. e_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 41. 可行的，可能的 a. f_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 42. 使人心碎的 a. h_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 43. 感谢的，感激的 a g_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 44. 不断增加地 ad. i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 45. 连接，结合点 n. j _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 46. 忠诚 ， 忠心 n. l _ _ _ _ _ _ 47. 中等的，适度的 a. m_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 48. 压倒之势的 a. o_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 49. 提名，任命 vt. n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 50. 参加者 n. p_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 51. 坚持地，固执地 ad. p_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 52. 辫子，列队 n. q_ _ _ _ 53. 自发的，本能的 a. s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 54. 增援，加强 vt. r_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 55. 着手做，承担 vt. u_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ VI. Word Form56. There are several means _ (measure) the length and width of the gap.57. _ (seize) Jane by the collar, they drugged her out of the vehicle and locked her up in the dark room.58. Cancer research _ (make) all over the world in the past twenty years. 59. He was unable to sit still for _ (long) than a few minutes.60. There was a mistake on my paycheck. I _ (receive) $ 1 0 more.61. 1 couldnt help but _ (f