?自考英語(二)模擬試卷5

一、1.Vocabulary and Structrue

0.There was only two______of SARS yesterday in the whole country.

A.situation
B.occasions
C.cases
D.circumstances

1.A dog or a cat can teach us a lot about human nature. They are a lot more like us______some might think.

A.that
B.what
C.than
D.which

2.______by guards with guns，they raised their legs in unison and made their way to the edge of the highway，Interstate 65.

A.Watching over
B.Watch on
C.Watched over
D.Be watched over

3.The total water area is about______the land area.

A.three times as larger as
B.as three times large as
C.three times as large as
D.as large as three times

4.Grabbing Weinstein______the jaw，the attacker told her he had a gun and forced her into her car.

A.with
B.to
C.in
D.by

5.It is______this division that apartheid rests.

A.on
B.with
C.for
D.to

6.The most______evidence of black holes comes from research into binary star systems.

A.convincing
B.convince
C.convinced
D.convinces

7.His doctor was clearly a family friend；his wife had only her husband's interests______heart.

A.within
B.at
C.by
D.with

8.And they can______their passports______，making leaving or“escaping”virtually impossible.

A.have…remove
B.had…remove
C.have…removing
D.have…removed

9.______can be judged from her eyes，she has no personal hostility to us.

A.Which
B.As
C.That
D.Whom

二、2.Cloze Test

1.About 150 years ago，a musician sat quietly at a concert in Vienna. He was playing his new symphony. He couldn't【11】that the audience were clapping wildly. He was deaf. He was Beethoven，one of the greatest musicians who ever lived. 
  Beethoven wrote about 300【12】of music. He wrote some of his most beautiful pieces after he became deaf. It is hard for anyone to be deaf. But it is even worse for a musician than for【13】else. Think of not being able to hear the music you have written!
  As a child Beethoven did not have a happy life. His father drank【14】.When the boy was only four，his father decided to make a musician【15】him. Hour after hour he had to practice【16】the violin. He learned so fast that he was able to make a concert tour when he was eleven. When he was seventeen，the great Mozart praised him. After he studied with Haydn. Beethoven was writing a great deal of music【17】. 
  Beethoven had an ugly face and a bad temper. He was often invited【18】the homes of wealthy people. They forgave him when his temper flared up. Illness made him become deaf when he was【19】thirty-one.
  Beethoven wrote long pieces and short ones，gentle ones and【20】ones.
(11)

A.hear
B.listen
C.listen to
D.hear of

2.(12)

A.tunes
B.pieces
C.songs
D.tones

3.(13)

A.anyone
B.everyone
C.nobody
D.everybody

4.(14)

A.a great many
B.a great deal
C.a lot of
D.lots of

5.(15)

A.on
B.out of
C.of
D.with

6.(16)

A.on
B.out of
C.of
D.with

7.(17)

A.lonely
B.himself
C.of
D.only

8.(18)

A.on
B.for
C.to
D.into

9.(19)

A.simply
B.surely
C.of
D.only

10.(20)

A.exciting
B.excited
C.boring
D.bored

三、3.Reading Comperhension

1.When your parents advise you to“get an education”in order to raise your income，they tell you only half the truth．What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your society，but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society．  Get a high school diploma，at least．Without that，you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison，and you can successfully dropout in grade school．  Get a college degree，if possible．With a B．A．，you are on the launching pad．But now you have to start to put on the brakes．If you go for a master’s degree，make sure it is an M．B．A．，and is famous．Law of diminishing returns begins to take effect．  Do you know，for instance，that long-haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was $24000．While the full professors managed to earn just$23030．  A Ph．D．is the highest degree you can get．Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes，if you pursue such a degree in any other field，you will face a dim future．There are more Ph．D．s unemployed or underemployed in this．country than any other part of the world．  If you become a doctor of philosophy in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages or—worst of all—in philosophy，you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands．Not for our needs，mind you，but for our demands．  Thousands of Ph．D．s are selling shoes，driving cars，waiting on table，and endlessly filling out applications month after month．They may also take a job in some high school or backwater college that pays much less than the janitor earns．  You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far．Far enough，that is，to make you useful to the gross national product，but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.According to the writer，what the society expects of education is to turn out people who______．

A.will not be a disgrace to society
B.will become loyal citizens
C.can take care of themselves
D.can meet the nation's demands as a source of manpower

2.Many Ph．D.s are out of job because______．

A.they are improperly educated
B.they are of little commercial value to their society
C.there are fewer jobs in high schools
D.they prefer easier jobs that make more money

3.The nation is only interested in people______．

A.with diplomas
B.who specialize in physics and chemistry
C.who are valuable to the gross national product
D.both A and C

4.Which of the following is not true?

A.Bernard Shaw didn't finish high schools，nor did Edison．
B.One must think carefully before pursuing a master's degree．
C.The higher your education level，the more money you will earn．
D.If you are too well-educated．you'll be overeducated for society's demands．

5.The writer sees education as______．

A.a means of providing job security and financial security and a means of meeting a country's demands for technical workers
B.a way to broaden one's horizons
C.more important than finding a job
D.an opportunity that everyone should have

7.The electromagnet was invented in England by William Sturgeon, who took an iron rod and bent it into the shape of a horseshoe. This “horseshoe” was coated with  varnish and a layer of copper wire was wrapped around it. An electric current was passed through the wire, thus making the rod magnetic. The rod was now, because of magnetic attraction, able to support nine pounds of iron. In the US, a scientist named Joseph Henry improved on Sturgeon’s electromagnet by insulating the copper wine with silk. He was able to wrap many turns of wire around an iron core without danger of short circuits between the turns. His magnet could hold 2,300 pounds. This experiment prompted Henry to try his hand at converting magnetism into electricity. First he coiled some insulated wire around an iron bar, connecting both ends of the wire to a galvanometer (電流表). The iron bar was placed across the poles of the electromagnet. Then the coil of the electromagnet was connected to a battery. The galvanometer indicated a voltage, then dropped to zero. Henry signaled his assistant to disconnect the coil. The galvanometer showed that once again a voltage had been produced, although this time in the opposite direction. The principle of  electromagnetic induction had thus been discovered. Unfortunately for Joseph Henry he did not publish his findings and someone else (Faraday) got the credit for the discovery.The principle of electromagnetic was discovered by______．

A.William Sturgeon
B.Joseph Henry
C.Faraday
D.someone else

8.Why did Sturgeon's electromagnet could support nine pounds of iron?

A.Because the iron rod was bent into the shape of a“horseshoe”．
B.Because the rod was coated with varnish．
C.Because a layer of copper wire was wrapped around the rod．
D.Because the rod was made magnetic by the passing current．

9.What is NOT TRUE about Henry's electromagnet?

A.His magnet could．hold 2，300 pounds．
B.His magnet was more dangerous．
C.There were more turns of wire around the iron rod in his magnet．
D.His magnet was an improved model．

10.In Henry's experiment，he connected the wire to______．

A.a galvanometer
B.an iron bar
C.a battery
D.an electromagnet

11.In Henry's experiment，the galvanometer indicated a voltage when______．

A.the coil was connected to a battery
B.the coil was disconnected to a battery
C.neither A nor B
D.both A and B

13.What are the specific traits that will assist executives to climb the ladder of success? Opinions vary widely. Given almost equal qualifications and circumstances, some claim the success factor is largely a matter of luck—being in the right place at the right time. Others speak of an almost crazy devotion to work, combined with a degree of ruthlessness. One“expert” believes that it’s undoubtedly a matter of how much education your mother had.  To make it big, executives must possess four basic skills:  First, drive（動力）. Business success takes an unusual amount of energy. A successful executive — almost by definition—is a striver. He will get tense when he is not striving. Second, people sense. Some say being able to judge people is more important than a high IQ. The skill can be instinctual（本能的）, but in most cases it is painstakingly learned.Third, communications ability. Different executives make themselves understood in different ways, Some transmit ideas best face to face; others are masters of the telephone call; still others are persuasive writers. One way or another, they all communicate clearly. Fourth, calm under pressure. No businessman will get very far if he chokes up.Some people claim that besides hard work，the success also requires______．

A.equal qualifications
B.specific traits
C.much education
D.a degree of cruelty

14.According to the passage，a high IQ is______．

A.instinctual
B.painstakingly learnt
C.inborn
D.more trivial than people sense

15.The successful executives must______．

A.transmit ideas face to face
B.depend on telephones
C.be persuasive writers
D.express themselves distinctly

16.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.Every businessman possesses these four skills．
B.When a striver stops his devotion to work，he will feel quite at ease．
C.These basic skills are not instinctual at all．
D.Mother's education has undoubted effect on her child's success．

17.What's the main idea of the passage?

A.Four skills for successful executives．
B.Some opinions about the success．
C.Specific traits for successful executives．
D.Qualifications and circumstances for climbing the ladder．

四、4.Word Spelling

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9. 調(diào)節(jié) vt. a_ _ _ _ _

10. 機會 n. o_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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14. 機構(gòu) n. m_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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19. 近似的 a. a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

五、5.Word From

0. Many a writer of newspaper articles______(have)turned to writing novels.

1. There are estimated to be more than 20，000 overseas domestic servants______(work)in Britain.

2. As research techniques become more______(advance)，the number of animals used in experiments may decrease，but stopping testing on animals altogether is a long way away.

3. Charles is now an actor. ______(give)half a chance I would have been the same.

4. We do not yet fully understand the implications of Einstein"s______(relate)theory.

5. Every worker has a highly developed sense of how much work______(expect)of him.

6. A bullet______(hit)the tree behind which he was hiding.

7. The pioneer type was the characteristic one at the turn of the seventeenth century and also fit the beginning of the______(twenty)century，but it is much less evident today.

8. They removed personal items-bags，notebooks，her six-year-old son"s ______(belong)from the car.

9. It is imperative that the students______(finish)writing their papers before July lst.

六、6.Translation from Chinese into English

0. 她的社交活動妨礙她的學(xué)業(yè)。

1. 如果你束手無策，就聽其自然好了。

2. 如果我們早點動身，現(xiàn)在就不會在雨中走了。

3. 食物短缺并不像你報道的那么嚴重。

4. 我們提出了抗議，但沒有效果。

七、7.Translation from English into Chinese

0.   What is a good education? Is it one that covers as much as possible of human history and achievements, past and present? Or ode that gives graduates the ability to find employment promptly when they leave school? Is it a broad education or a specialized one? Should it provide students with a vast collection of facts, or merely train them to think? Should a future engineer gain only the knowledge that will enable him to do his job properly, or would a richer background improve his professional ability as well as his personal life? The debate goes on and on, with good arguments on both sides. 
  In the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries. the question was not even worth asking. A good education was, of course, a broad one based on the humanities. An educated man knew“something about everything”. He was familiar with the great deeds and the great ideas of the past. He had read extensively；he was able to use his own language correctly and often elegantly. He could join in any conversation about plants, planets, painters, or politics. He was at ease in the world, and he knew that his education would open to him any career that he might want to try. Even if he was mostly interested in literature, he had some knowledge of the sciences and the techniques of his time.