1、英语(二)自考题-8 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、. GRAMMAR AND VOCAB(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.He has been sitting at the table for several hours, _ considerably more wine than is good for his health.A. drinks B. drankC. drinking D. to drink（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.He claimed that the Spring Festival is the only time in a
2、 year that he could _ from his busy schedule.A. spare B. saveC. choose D. take（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.Cathy doesnt care about what she eats, but she is very _ about what she wears.A. particular B. caringC. careless D. demanding（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.His offer took me completely _.A. with surprise B. of surpr
3、iseC. by surprise D. to surprise（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.Shoppers have a great _ toward impulsive buying.A. temptation B. attractionC. desire D. tendency（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.In many _, parents might unintentionally wrong their children.A. examples B. occasionsC. cases D. ways（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.By 1642, all
4、towns in the colony of Massachusetts _ by law to have schools.A. were required B. requiredC. was required D. had required（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.I still remember quite clearly the place _ I first saw a gorgeous sunset.A. when B. whereC. whenever D. wherever（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.Is there any special reason _
5、 you want me to wear my new suit to the party?A. how B. whatC. why D. which（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.My kitty got lost again yesterday. I _ never have let it go by itself.A. might B. shouldC. would D. could（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.If reading is to accomplish anything more than _ time, it must be active.A. wast
6、ing B. spendingC. passing D. costing（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.She refused to the door key to the landlord until she got back her deposit(押金).A. hand in B. hand outC. hand up D. hand over（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.I _ you that I had no intention of offending you.A. convince B. persuadeC. guarantee D. assure（分数：1.
7、00）A.B.C.D.14.Her remarks left me wondering _ she could have changed so suddenly.A. when B. howC. whether D. that（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.Alice _ from golf and went on to become a successful broadcaster.A. resigned B. retiredC. retreated D. regressed（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.二、. CLOZE(总题数：1，分数：15.00)Those who hav
8、e a strong love for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women (16) to suffer cold and hardship, and to (17) on high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity (18) m
9、en give their leisure.Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to (19) , but it is this freedom from man-made rules (20) makes mountaineering interesting to
10、 many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.If we compare mountaineering with other more (21) sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game“. We should not be (22) in this. There are, (23) , no “matches“ between “learns“ of cl
11、imbers, but when climbers are on a (24) linked by a rope on which their lives may (25) , there is obviously teamwork.The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of (26) This sport requires high physical and ment
12、al (27) .A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier is probably (28) his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties. But it is not (29) for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains. They may take more time
13、 than younger men but they probably climb with more skill and less (30) of effort. They certainly experience equal enjoyment.（分数：15.00）(1).A. forbidden B. willing C. reluctant D. forced（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. take risks B. take shelter C. make fortunes D. make peace（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. in that B.
14、 so that C. for which D. to which（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A. break B. follow C. deal with D. set up（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).A. what B. it C. that D. which（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6).A. ignored B. examined C. practiced D. discussed（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7).A. misunderstood B. mistaken C. disappointed D. disturbed（分数：1.0
15、0）A.B.C.D.(8).A. in short B. up to now C. of course D. on one hand（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9).A. trip B. cliff C. stage D. step（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10).A. depend B. decide C. build D. base（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11).A. nature B. universe C. world D. environment（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12).A. certainty B. safety C. quantit
16、ies D. qualities（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13).A. off B. after C. behind D. past（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14).A. unclear B. unusual C. unlike D. unfair（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15).A. storage B. concern C. waste D. usage（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.三、. PARAPHRASING(总题数：10，分数：10.00)16.But what makes some figures icons and others mere ce
17、lebrities? In part, their lives have the quality of a story.A. .their lives are very unusual.B. .their lives are lull of adventures.C. .they have encountered extreme difficulties.D. .they have experienced great joys and sorrows.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.17.Once the sands have run out of a persons hourglass,
18、they cannot be replaced.A. If a persons clock goes wrong, nobody can repair it.B. Once an hour is gone, it will never come back to us.C. Time is as precious as sands in an hourglass.D. Sands can easily run out of an hourglass.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.18.As long as we could look forward to getting a drink of
19、 that water later, there was something to live for.A. We were all eager to drink that water.B. We shouldnt just live for a drink of water.C. If we had drunk up the water, we would be dead.D. We needed something to live for, even just for a drink of water.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.19.It is the whim of a milli
20、onaire.A. It is an interesting idea of a millionaire.B. It is a wonderful idea of a millionaire.C. It is a mysterious idea of a millionaire.D. It is a sudden and unreasonable idea of a millionaire.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.20.It was an insult not only to the old woman but to all mothers.A. The faithless son
21、insulted not only his mother but also all the other mothers.B. The faithless son disappointed not only his mother but also all the other mothers.C. Not only the old woman but also all the other mothers Mt offended and hurt by the sons faithless behavior.D. Not only the old woman but also all the oth
22、er mothers felt the son was faithless.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.21.In other words, love comes into an imperfect world to make it livable.A. .love makes an imperfect world good enough to live in.B. .Rove is extremely important where things are not perfect.C. .love means more in an imperfect world than in a pe
23、rfect one.D. .love is so powerful that it can make an imperfect world desirable.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.22.It left me open-minded about prayers.A. It caused me to believe in prayers.B. It caused me to have doubts about prayers.C. It made me reconsider my attitude towards prayers.D. It made me realize that
24、prayers were never answered.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.23.Like ties of kinship, ties of friendship are meant to be absolutely binding.A. .friends must share everything.B. .friends are closely tied together.C. .friendship means utter devotion.D. .friendship implies obligations.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.24.Her Doris sal
25、esmanship was irresistible. Before the light changed half a dozen times she disposed of the entire batch of Saturday Evening Post.A. .she destroyed every copy of the book.B. .she gave out all the magazines in her bag.C. .she sold every single copy she had brought.D. .she got rid of what she did not
26、want in the batch.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.25.Psychologically there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. One of these is too great an absorption in the past.A. It is dangerous for old people not to face the harsh reality.B. It is dangerous for old people to look back on their past glories.C. On
27、e of the dangers is being interested in the present, not in the past.D. One of the dangers is living in memories, in regrets for the good old days.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、. READING COMPREHEN(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Passage 1(总题数：1，分数：10.00)One hot summer day, a young couple and their four-year-old daughter Emily
28、 were on their way to the mountains for a few weeks vacation. Suddenly, a truck in the oncoming lane collided head-on with the familys car. The three of them were seriously injured and immediately taken to the nearest hospital, where Emily was brought to the childrens ward and her parents were taken
29、 to the intensive care unit. As could well be imagined, Emily was not only in great pain, but she was also very frightened because her parents were not nearby to give her comfort.Martha, the nurse who was assigned to Emily, was a single, middle-aged woman. She understood Emilys feelings of fear and
30、insecurity and became very devoted to her. When Martha finished her shift, instead of going home, she would volunteer to stay with Emily at night. Emily grew very fond of her and depended on her for her every need. Martha brought her cookies, picture books and toys. She sang songs to her and told he
31、r countless stories.As soon as Emily could be moved, Martha took her to visit her parents in a wheelchair every day. After months of hospitalization, the family was let out. Before they left the hospital, the parents blessed Martha for her devoted and loving care and invited her to visit them. Emily
32、 would not let go of Martha, and insisted that she come to live with them. Martha also did not want to be parted from her little Emily, but her life was in the childrens ward of the hospital, and she could not think of leaving. There was a tearful parting as Emily and the loving nurse said good-bye
33、to each other. For a few months the family kept up a close relationship with Martha through phone calls only, since they lived quite a distance away. When they moved abroad, however, they lost contact with each other.Over thirty years passed. One winter Martha, who was now in her seventies, became s
34、eriously ill and was hospitalized in a hospital near her home. A nurse noticed that Martha had very few visitors. She gave the elderly lady special care.One night when the nurse was sitting near her patient and they were chatting quietly, she confided in her as to what had prompled her to become a n
35、urse. When she was four years old, she explained, she and her parents had been injured in an automobile accident; there had been a wonderful nurse who had brought her back to health with her loving, caring devotion. When she grew up, she determined that one day she, too, would become a nurse and hel
36、p othersfrom the young to the oldjust as that nurse had clone for her.After she graduated from a nursing school overseas, she met a young man from America, and when they married, they moved to the States. A few months earlier they had moved to this city, where her husband had been offered a very goo
37、d job, and she was happy to get a position as a nurse in this hospital. As the nurse told her story, tears flowed from Marthas eyes, as she realized that this must be her little Emily, whom she had cared for after the accident.When the nurse finished her story, Martha said softly, “Emily, we are tog
38、ether again, but this time you are nursing me!“ Emily stared at Martha, suddenly recognizing her. “ Is it really you?“ she cried out. “How many times I have thought about you and prayed that someday we would meet again !“When Martha recovered, Emily did not beg her to come and live with her family.
39、Instead, she just packed up Marthas belongings and took her home with her. She has lived with Emily to this day, and Emilys husband and children have taken care of her like a most special grandmother.（分数：10.00）(1).In the hospital, Martha gave little Emily special care because _.A. Emily was only fou
40、r years oldB. Emilys parents were seriously injuredC. Martha was a single woman who loved childrenD. Martha knew how Emily felt, away from her parents（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why didnt Martha go and live with Emilys family?A. She preferred to live in the childrens ward.B. She loved Emily but she belonge
41、d to the ward.C. She thought Emily might change her mind.D. She didnt want to move to a new place.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Martha lost contact with Emilys family _.A. after Emilys family went to live in another countryB. when she retired and moved to another cityC. because Emilys family lived too far aw
42、ay to visitD. as it was expensive to make long-distance phone calls（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Martha and Emily met again thirty years later, _.A. Martha, the old nurse and Emily, the young nurseB. Martha, the patient and Emily, the caring nurseC. Emily, the grateful child and Martha, the loving adultD. Em
43、ily, the mother and Martha, the childless old woman（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Emily moved to the city where Martha lived _.A. to work in the hospital in which she had regained healthB. to find Martha so as to look after her in her old ageC. to return to the place where she had been brought upD. to be with
44、 her husband who had obtained a good job there（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.六、Passage 2(总题数：1，分数：10.00)It began as just another research project, in this case to examine the effects of various drugs on patients with a severe mood disorder. Using an advanced brain scanning technologythe clumsily named echo-planar
45、 magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging(磁共振光谱现象) procedure, or EP-MRSIresearchers at Bostons McLean Hospital scanned the medicated and unmedicated brains of 30 people with bipolar disorder in order to detect possible new treatments for the more than 2 million American adults who suffer from the di
46、sease.But something unexpected happened. A patient who had been so depressed and could barely speak became ebullient after the 45-minute brain scan. Then a second patient, who seemed incapable of even a smile, emerged actually telling jokes. Then another and another. Was this some coincidence? Aimee
47、 Parow, the technician who made these observations (she is now a medical student in New York) didnt think so. She mentioned the patientsstriking mood shifts to her boss, and together they completely refocused the study: to see if the electromagnetic fields might actually have a positive effect on de
48、pressive mood.As it turns out, they did. As reported last month in the American Journal of Psychiatry, 23 of the 30 people who were part of the study reported feeling significantly less depressed after the scan. The most dramatic improvements were among those who were taking no medication. The resea
49、rchers are cautious. Says Bruce Cohen, McLeans president and psychiatrist in chief: “I want to emphasize that we are not saying this is the answer.but this is a completely different approach in trying to help the brain than anything that was done before. “Its a completely different approach because of the way the magnetism is applied to the brain. But its an example of new research on an old idea that the brain is an electromagnetic organ and that brain disorders
