【学历类职业资格】英语阅读(一)自考题-19及答案解析.doc

1、英语阅读(一)自考题-19 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B第一部分 选择题/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Laura House remembers the day with embarrassment. “Mom and I were on our way home after dinner when we stopped at an intersection,“ she says. “When the light changed, the guy ahead of us was looking at a map of s

2、omething and didnt move right away. I leaned on my horn and automatically yelled. I didnt even think about what I was doing. Moms jaw just dropped. She said, Well, I guess youve been living in the city too long. Thats when I realized that my anger was out of control.“According to Carol Tavris, autho

3、r of Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion, the keys to dealing with anger are common sense and patience. She points out that almost no situation is improved by an angry outburst. Shouting, fuming, or leaning on the ear horn wont make traffic begin to flow, make the screen unlock or make keys appear. Pat

4、ience, on the other hand, is a highly practical virtue. People who take the time to cool down before responding to an anger-producing situation are far less likely to say or do something they will regret later.Anger-management therapist Doris Wilde agrees. “Like any feeling, anger lasts only about t

5、hree seconds,“ she says. “What keeps it going is your own negative thinking.“ As long as you focus on the idiot who cut you off on the expressway, youll stay angry. But if you let the incident go, your anger will go with it. “Once you come to understand that youre driving your own anger with your th

6、oughts,“ adds Wilde, “you can stop it.“Experts who have studied anger also encourage people to cultivate activities that effectively release their anger. For some people, its reading newspapers or watching TV, while others need more active outlets (发泄渠道), such as taking a walk, hitting golf balls, o

7、r working out with a punching bag. People who succeed in calming their anger also enjoy the satisfaction of having dealt positively with their frustrations.For Laura House, her experience in the car with her mother was a wake-up call. “Once I saw what I was doing, it really wasnt that hard to develo

8、p different habits. I simply decided I was going to treat other people the way I would want to be treated. Im a calmer, happier person now,“ she reports.（分数：10.00）(1).The writer begins the passage by _. A. giving an example B. making a comparison C. looking into causes D. quoting a famous person（分数：

9、2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to Carol Tavris, anger can be handled effectively _. A. by remaining silent B. by listening to music C. through games and exercises D. through common sense and patience（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Doris Wilde believes that people stay angry _. A. when traffic on the expressway is

10、heavy B. when anger-causing incidents are serious C. because it takes time for them to calm down D. because they fail to look at things positively（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The sentence “if you let the incident go, your anger will go with it“ (para. 3) tells us that _. A. anger depends on how serious the

11、situation is B. people get carried away by unpleasant incidents C. anger disappears when people ignore the incident D. people wont be angry without anger-causing incidents（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The passage mainly deals with _. A. types of anger B. effects of anger C. causes of anger D. management of a

12、nger（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.三、B第二部分 非选择题/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、B(总题数：1，分数：20.00)But one evening, her husband returned home with a triumphant air and holding a large envelope in his hand.“There,“ said he. “Here is something for you.“U U 1 /U /U.“The Minister of Public Instruction and Madame Georges Ramponneau r

13、equest the honor of Monsieur and Madame Loisels company at the palace of the Ministry on Monday evening, January eighteenth.“Instead of being delighted, as her husband hoped, she threw the invitation on the table with distain, murmuring. “U U 2 /U /U?“But, my dear, I thought you would be glad. You n

14、ever go out, and this is such a fine opportunity. U U 3 /U /U. The whole official world will be there.“She looked at him with an irritated glance and said, impatiently, “And what do you want me to put on my back?“He had not thought of that; he stammered, “Why, the dress you go to the theater in. It

15、looks very well to me.“U U 4 /U /U. Two great tears descended slowly from the corners of her eyes toward the corners of her mouth. He stuttered, “Whats the matter? Whats the matter?“But by violent effort she had conquered her grief, and she replied with a calm voice while she wiped her wet cheeks. “

16、Nothing. Only I have no dress and therefore I cant go to this ball. U ()5 /U.“He was in despair. He resumed, “Come, let us see. Mathilde. U U 5 /U /U?“ She reflected several seconds, making her calculations and wondering also what sum she could ask without drawing on herself an immediate refusal and

17、 a frightened exclamation from the economical clerk.Finally, she replied, hesitatingly, “I dont know exactly, but I think I could manage it with four thousand francs.“He had grown a little pale, U U 6 /U /U.But he said, “All right I will give you four thousand francs. And try to have a pretty dress.

18、“The day of the ball drew near and U U 7 /U /U. Her dress was ready, however. Her husband said to her one evening, “What is the matter? Come, youve been so strange these last three days.“And she answered, “U U 8 /U /U. I will look like distress. I would almost rather not go at all.“He resumed, “You

19、might wear natural flowers. Its very stylish at this time of the year. For ten francs you can get two or three magnificent roses.“She was not convinced.“No, U U 9 /U /U.“But her husband cried, “How stupid you are! Go look up your friend Mme. Forestier and ask her to lend you some jewels. You are a c

20、lose friend of hers.“A. He stopped, distracted, seeing his wife was cryingB. because he was laying aside just that amount to buy a gun and treat himself to a little shooting next summer on the plain of Nanterre with several friends who went to shoot larks down thereC. She would have liked to he envi

21、ed, to be charming, to be sought afterD. Give your card to some colleague whose wife is better equipped than IE. She tore the paper sharply and drew out a printed card which bore these wordsF. Everyone wants to go; it is very select, and they are not giving many invitations to clerksG. She sat waiti

22、ng on a chair in her ball dress, without strength to go to bed, overwhelmed, without fire, without a thoughtH. What do you want me to do with thatI. How much would it cost, a suitable dress which you could use on other occasions, some- thing very simpleJ. It annoys me to have not a single jewel, not

23、 a single stone, nothing to put onK. there is nothing more humiliating than to look poor among other women who are richL. Mine. Loisel seemed sad, uneasy, and anxious（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_五、B(总题数：9，分数：25.00)1.(amaze) Maugham has an 1 skill fo

24、r revealing, with a few touches, a situation and the essentials of a character.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_2.(humiliate) There is nothing more 1 than to look poor among other women who are rich.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_3.(hesitate) It is obvious that he is drunk because he moves 1 and unsteadily.（分数：3.00）填空项 1:_4.(orien

25、t) The winding tail caused the hikers to lose their 1.（分数：3.00）填空项 1:_5.(compose) Though much smaller, 1 of GDP growth remains undoubtedly on an upward trend.（分数：3.00）填空项 1:_6.(conscious) Scientists are divided over the issue of animal 1.（分数：3.00）填空项 1:_7.(cost) The WHO program never was attempted i

26、n Africa. This is because it was too difficult and 1 for most African countries.（分数：3.00）填空项 1:_8.(script) I found the novel in 1.（分数：3.00）填空项 1:_9.(anxious) Now he is relieved of his 1.（分数：3.00）填空项 1:_六、B(总题数：1，分数：20.00)above all else awake deep suffer from mistake forsit down error drowsy think of

27、 while wedShe was one of those pretty and charming girls who are sometimes, as if by a U U 1 /U /Uof destiny, born into a family of clerks. She had no dowry, no expectations, no means of being known, understood, loved, or U U 2 /U /Uby any rich and distinguished man; and she let herself be married t

28、o a little clerk at the Ministry of Public Instruction.She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but her unhappiness seemed to be U U 3 /U /Uthan one might expect. She seemed to feel that she had fallen from her proper station in life as a woman of wealth, beauty, grace, and charm. She v

29、alued these U U 4 /U /Uin life, yet she could not attain them. She cared nothing for caste or rank but only for a natural fineness, an instinct U U 5 /U /Uwhat is elegant, and a suppleness of wit. These would have made her the equal of the greatest ladies of the land. If only she could attain them.S

30、he suffered, feeling born for all the delicacies and all the luxuries. She U U 6 /U /Uthe poverty of her dwelling, from the wretched look of the walls, from the worn-out chairs, from the ugliness of the curtains. All those things, of which another woman of her rank would never even have been conscio

31、us, tortured her and made her angry. The sight of the little Breton peasant who did her humble housework aroused in her despairing regrets and distracted dreams. She thought of silent antechambers hung with Oriental tapestry, lit by tall bronze candelabra, and of two great footmen in knee breaches s

32、leeping in big armchairs, made U U 7 /U /Uby the heavy warmth of the hot-air stove. She thought of long salons fitted up with ancient silk, of delicate furniture carrying priceless curiosities, and of coquettish perfumed boudoirs made for talks at five oclock with intimate friends, with men famous a

33、nd sought after, whom all women envy and whose attention they all desire.When she U U 8 /U /Uto dinner before the round table covered with a tablecloth three days old, opposite her husband, who declared with an enchanted air, “Ah, the good pot-au-feu! I dont know anything better than that,“ she U U

34、9 /U /Ubest dinners, of shining silverware, of tapestry which peopled the walls with ancient personages with strange birds flying in the midst of a fairy forest; and she thought of delicious dishes served on marvelous plates, and of the whispered gallantries which you listened to with a sphinx-like

35、smile U U 10 /U /Uyou were eating the pink flesh of a trout or the wings of a quail.（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_七、B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)She came to know what heavy housework meant and she came to know the hateful chores of the kitchen. U U 1 /U /UUShe w

36、ashed the dishes, breaking her beautiful nails on the greasy pots and pans./U U U 2 /U /UUShe washed the dirty linen, the shirts, and the dishcloths, which she dried on a line./U U U 3 /U /UUShe carried the garbage down to the street every morning and carried up the water, stopping at every landing

37、to catch her breath./U And, dressed like a poor woman of the streets, she went to the grocer, the butcher, and the fruit vender, carrying her basket on her arm, bargaining, shouting, and defending every sou which she had to spend on food.Each month they had to pay off some old debts, renew others an

38、d make some new ones.Her husband worked in the evening as a bookkeeper, and late at night he copied manuscripts for people at five sou a page.This life lasted for ten years.U U 4 /U /UUAt the end of ten years they had paid everything, the principal on their many loans and the terrible high interest,

39、 too./UMme. Loisel looked old now. she had become the woman of poor householdsstrong and hard and rough. With frowsy hair, skirts askew, and red hands, she talked loud while washing the floor with the great swishes of water. But sometimes, U U 5 /U /UUwhen her husband was at/U the office, she sat do

40、wn near the window and thought of that gay evening of long ago, of that ball where she had been so beautiful.（分数：25.00）_英语阅读(一)自考题-19 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B第一部分 选择题/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Laura House remembers the day with embarrassment. “Mom and I were on our way home after dinne

41、r when we stopped at an intersection,“ she says. “When the light changed, the guy ahead of us was looking at a map of something and didnt move right away. I leaned on my horn and automatically yelled. I didnt even think about what I was doing. Moms jaw just dropped. She said, Well, I guess youve bee

42、n living in the city too long. Thats when I realized that my anger was out of control.“According to Carol Tavris, author of Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion, the keys to dealing with anger are common sense and patience. She points out that almost no situation is improved by an angry outburst. Shouti

43、ng, fuming, or leaning on the ear horn wont make traffic begin to flow, make the screen unlock or make keys appear. Patience, on the other hand, is a highly practical virtue. People who take the time to cool down before responding to an anger-producing situation are far less likely to say or do some

44、thing they will regret later.Anger-management therapist Doris Wilde agrees. “Like any feeling, anger lasts only about three seconds,“ she says. “What keeps it going is your own negative thinking.“ As long as you focus on the idiot who cut you off on the expressway, youll stay angry. But if you let the incident go, your anger will go with it. “Once you come to understand that youre driving your own anger with your thoughts,“ adds Wilde, “you can stop it.“Experts who have studied anger also encourage people to cultivate activities that effectively release their anger.