历年真题2014年10月自考英语(二)试题和答案

1、2014 年 10 月高等教育自学考试英语（二）试题（课程代码 00015 ）本试卷满分 100 分，考试时间 150 分钟。 考生答题注意事项： 1本卷所有试题必须在答题卡上作答。答在试卷上无效，试卷空白处和背面均可作草稿纸。 2第一部分为选择题。必须对应试卷上的题号使用2B 铅笔将“答题卡”的相应代码涂黑。3第二部分为非选择题。必须注明大、小题号，使用0.5 毫米黑色字迹签字笔作答。4合理安排答题空间，超出答题区域无效。第一部分 选择题一、阅读判断（第 110题，每题 1 分，共 10分） 下面的短文后列出了 10 个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，选择

2、 A;如果该句提供的是错误信息，选择B;如果该句的信息文中没有提及，选择G在答题纸相应位置上将答案选项涂黑。The Stranger Who Changed My LifeIt was a sunny morning in the spring of 1966. I was driving a taxi, looking for a customer.While passing New York Hospital, I found a man running down the hospital steps, waving at me.I stopped. The man reached the

3、 taxi and jumped in. “ The Airport, please, ” he said. As always,I wondered about my passenger. Was this man a talker? After a few moments, he started saying,“ How do you like driving a taxi?”“ It s OK” I said. “ I make a living and meet interesting people sometimes. ”“ What do you do? ” I asked.“ I

4、 am a doctor at New York Hospital.”Many times during long rides, I d developed a good relationship with my passengers andreceived very good advice from them. This time I decided to ask for his help.“ Could I ask a favor of you? ” He didn t answer. “I have a son, 15, a good kid. He wantsa job this su

5、mmer. Is it possible that you get one for him? ”He still wasn t talking, and I was starting to feel foolish. Finally, he said, “ Well, my students have a summer research project. Maybe he could join in. Have him send me his school record. ”He left his address and paid me. It was the last time I ever

6、 saw him.Robbie sent off his grades the next morning.And gradually this incident wasforgotten. Twoweeks later, when I arrived home from work, Robbie handed me a letter. He was informed to call Dr.Plum for an interview.Robbie got the job. The following summer, Robbie worked at the hospital again, but

7、 this time, he was given more responsibility. Then, he worked at the hospital for a third summer and gradually developed a love of medical profession.Near graduating from college, Robbie applied to and was admitted to NewYork Medical College. After getting his medical degree, Robbie, the son of a ta

8、xi driver, became a doctor at ColumbiaMedical Center.1. The doctor shouted at the taxi driver for a ride.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given2. The doctor wanted to go to the railway station by taxi.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given3. The taxi driver liked talking with his customers.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given4. T

9、he taxi driver had two children.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given5. The taxi driver became Dr.Plum s friend.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given6. The doctor wrote a recommendation letter for Robbie.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given7. Robbie joined in a summer research project.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given8. Robbie gradua

10、lly got interested in medicine.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given9. Robbie finally became a doctor at New York Hospital.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given10. Big opportunities can come out of ordinary meetings.A. TrueB. FalseC. Not Given、阅读选择（第11 15题，每题2分，共10分）阅读下面短文，请从短文后所给各题的4个选项（A、B C D）中选出1个最佳选项，并在答题纸相应位置上将该项

11、涂黑。Talk to Your Kids about Their Eati ng Habits CarefullyWeight is never an easy subject. It can be risky for parents to raise the issue of eatinghabits and weight with their kids.“ No kid ever lost weight because his mother told him he was fat,” a friend told me whenI was worried about my son s wei

12、ght.It turns out she was right, accord ing to a new study. The study was directed by Dr. Bergeat Uni versity of Minn esota. She found that kids whose pare nts discussed eat ing in a healthy way were less likely to have eating problems. But 64% of the kids whose parents focused on their weight tur ne

13、d to un healthy eati ng behaviors. Some kids went on extreme diets, and others eve n ate no food. So eating disorders were caused. Things were worse when fathers joined in the discussions with their daughters and focused on weight. “ Fathers should never comment on their daughters weight, ”says Berg

14、e.In stead,she suggests, fathers should focus on theirdaughters in terests.That can help them feel loved and con fide nt eno ugh to work on their weightissues.How should pare nts talk to kids about eati ng behaviors? Accord ing to Berge, they shouldavoid focusing on how much their kids weigh. They s

15、hould talk to them about being healthy.Don tcompare them with others. Ideally, both parents should share the responsibility.If that s notpossible, choose the pare nt whose words cause the least amount of stress and who dem on strates healthy eat ing.11. The writer s friend advised her not to.A. worr

16、y about her son s weight B. take the risk of gaining weightC. cha nge her own eati ng habits D. talk to her son about his weight12. The study found that some kids had fewer eati ng problems because they .A. lear ned to eat healthilyB. took part in the studyC. focused on their weightD. believed the s

17、cie ntists13. Whe n told about their fatn ess, some kidsA. felt helplessB. became angryC. bega n to eat no foodD. refused to take any advice14. If a father focuses on his daughter s interests, she will feelA. amusedB. en couragedC. surprisedD. challe nged15. When talk ing to their kids about eati ng

18、 behaviors, pare nts shouldA. focus on being healthyB. use short and simple wordsC. respect their kids viewsD. compare their kids with others第二部分非选择题三、概括段落大意和补全句子（本大题共10小题，每题1分，共10分）阅读下面短文，请完成短文后的2项测试任务：（1）从第16 20题后所给的6个选项中为第 O段每段选择1个正确的小标题；（2）从第2125题后所给的6个选项中选择5个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。在答题纸相应位置上将答案选项涂黑。Plagi

19、arism（剽窃）O You just found some good stuff on the Web for your scie nee report. You copy a paragraph andpaste it into your report. Then you con ti nue your research. But you just made a big mistake.You committed plagiarism. Plagiarism iswhe n you use some one else s words or ideas and prete ndthat th

20、ey are yours. Its not allowed in school, college, or beyond.The word “ plagiarism ” comes from Latin. It means stealing a person s ideas. But it s notalways easy to tell what is plagiarism and what is not. Sometimes, its accidental. You reallyinten ded to do your own work, yet en ded up with some se

21、ntences that sound just like someth ingyou ve read.0 Though plagiarism can be accidental,it s sometimes done on purpose. That s just being lazy.By copy ing whole paragraphs from differe nt places, you dont have to spend the time thinkingabout the subject, gathering your own thoughts about it, and th

22、en putting them into originalwords. Cut, paste, and youre done.Most schools are pretty strict about plagiarism. If youre caught, your graduation will bedelayed or worse. At the very least, you re probably going to fail the assignment. Whenyou reolder and in college, some schools will kick out stude

23、nts who plagiarize. Whe n youre kickedout of one college, it can be hard to get into ano ther.CJ To be on the safe side, always make it clear where the in formati on comes from. You n eed towrite references. That s a list of the sources you used for a project or report. To do that,you II need to kno

24、w the author, the title, and the date it was published. If you write somethingTask 116. Paragraph 017. Paragraph 18. Paragraph 19. Paragraph 020. Paragraph really great, maybe some day some one will quote you in a report.A. Purposeful plagiarismB. The cost of plagiarismC. The definition of plagiaris

25、mD. Accidental plagiarismE. Detect ing plagiarismF. Avoiding plagiarismTask 221. You commit plagiarism whe n you.22. Sometimes it is hard to tell whether.23. Copy ing whole paragraphs can.24. Once caught for plagiarism,25. If you publish someth ing great, people may.A. you will be puni shedB. you ha

26、ve great ideasC. quote you in their reportsD. take others ideas as yoursE. save you much timeF. you plagiarize or not四、填句补文（第 2630题，每题2分，共10分）下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有 位置，以恢复文章原貌，并在答题纸相应位置上将答案选项涂黑。FruitImagi ne a world without fruit. We would nt be very healthy. We get a lot of im

27、portant vitam ins from eati ng fruit.We thi nk of fruit primarily as somethi ng to eat.26Fruit is part of a floweri ngplant and it carries the seeds. The purpose of fruit is to protect a plant s seeds and helpthem get spread about. Wind and water spread seeds. So do ani mals whe n they eat fruit and

28、 drop the seeds.27_There are two main types of fruit: fleshy and dry. Fleshy fruits are soft and juicy. Pears, bananas and apples are all fleshy fruits.28Grains like wheat and rice, or nuts likechest nuts （ 板栗）,are dry fruits.But wait: You ve eaten oranges and grapes without seeds. How can they be f

29、ruits? It sbecause people have cha nged the way they grow fruit. They can now grow seedless fruit. Seedless fruit comes from special pla nts that are made by combi ning two varieties of a fruit to form a new variety. These special plants grow and produce seeds.29_These plants cannot reproducethemsel

30、ves. They can make fruit, but the fruit has no seeds.Fruits are a source of substa nces that keep us alive and healthy. So people make use offruits for many foods. We make juices from them. We make jams and sweets.30Beer comesfrom grains and wine comes from grapes, and some particular wines are made

31、 from apples, peaches, or other fruits.A. Dry fruits are thi n and hard.B. We eve n make alcohol from fruit.C. But fruit has a purpose quite apart from our n eeds.D. So these pla nts produce fleshy fruits.E. Then the seeds grow into new pla nts.F. But the pla nts grow n from these seeds are seedless

32、.五、填词补文（第 3140题，每题1.5分，共15分）下面的短文有10处空白，短文后列出12个词，其中10个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌，并在答题纸相应位置上将答案选项涂黑。Men tal Activities Help Save MemoryDoing men tal activities is helpful. Readi ng books and writ ing at any age may save memory, a new_ 31 _ finds.The study was con ducted by some America n n eurol

33、ogists （神经病学家） .It 32294 people.They were give n 3on memory and thinking. They had the tests once a year for six years.They were also asked to talk about their men tal activities duri ng childhood, in their youth,duri ng middle age and at their34 age. _Some of those people did men tal activities bot

34、h35 and late in life. They had aslower36 of decli ne in memory tha n the others. The others37did such, activities.Their rate of decli ne in memory was 48%38. Men tai activities like readi ng and writi ng are great. They39bring ben efits. Weshould n t40their effects on our childre n,ourselves and our

35、 pare nts, ” said Robert Wils on.lead author of the study.A. earlyE. fasterI. i nvolvedB. testsF. produceJ. n eglectC. seldomG. studyK. rateD. taughtH. curre ntL. really六、完形补文（第 4150题，每题1.5分，共15分）下面的短文有10处空白，每处空白后的括号内有一个词，请根据短文内容将其正确的形式填入文中,以恢复文章原貌，并将答案写在答题纸相应的位置上。Labor Market Decli neThedecline of

36、the labor market is easy to misinterpret(interpret).There are many reasonsfor that. During the 1970s, large numbers of womenand young adults 41 (bear)duringthe babyboom entered into the work force. That42(result)in too many workers for the jobs availableand depressed wages. The decli ne also has som

37、eth ing to do with the explosive43(grow)i nworld trade since 1960. AS44(ma nu facture)tech no logies have become more mobile, product ionjobs have45_ (move) from the U.S.to coun tries where wages are low. In46(add), _tech no logy itself has helped to cause the shifts in the job market. For example,4

38、7 _(few)America n workers are n eeded to make steel today tha n in the past, because new48(machine) have mademany of their tasks 49 (necessary).Finally,the high rate of50 (employme nt) caused by these factors has ten ded to drive wages dow n further.七、短文写作（第 51题，共30分）请根据所提供材料中的要求完成一篇100词左右的英文写作任务。将你

39、的答案写在答题纸相应的位置上。51.某英文报社正在举办题为 My Hobby”的征文活动。请就此题目写一篇英文短文应征。内容包括以下 两个方面：你的爱好是什么？你为什么有这个爱好？2014 年 10 月高等教育自学考试英语（二）试题答案课程代码 00015 ）第一部分：阅读判断（第110 题，每题 1分，共 10 分）15: BBACB610: CAABA第二部分：阅读选择（第1115 题，每题2 分，共 10 分）11 15: DACBA第三部分：概括段落大意和补全句子（本大题共 10小题，每题 1分，共 10分）16 20: CDABF2125: DFEAC第四部分：（第2630题,每题 2 分，共 10 分）2630: CEAFB第五部分：填词补文（第3140 题，每题 1.5 分，共15分）3135: GIBHA3640: KCELJ第六部分：完形补文（第4150 题，每题 1.5 分，共15分）41.born42.resulted43.growth44.manufacturing45.moved46.a