1、自考英语（二）模拟试卷 5 及答案与解析一、Vocabulary and Structrue1 There was only two_of SARS yesterday in the whole country.（A）situation（B） occasions（C） cases（D）circumstances2 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）which3 _by guards
2、 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 over4 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 l
3、arge as three times5 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）by6 It is_this division that apartheid rests.（A）on（B） with（C） for（D）to7 The most_evidence of black holes comes from research into binary star systems.（A）convincing（B）
4、convince（C） convinced（D）convinces8 His doctor was clearly a family friend；his wife had only her husbands interests_heart.（A）within（B） at（C） by（D）with9 And they can_their passports_，making leaving or“escaping”virtually impossible.（A）haveremove（B） hadremove（C） haveremoving（D）haveremoved10 _can be judg
5、ed from her eyes，she has no personal hostility to us.（A）Which（B） As（C） That（D）Whom二、Cloze Test10 About 150 years ago，a musician sat quietly at a concert in Vienna. He was playing his new symphony. He couldnt【11】that the audience were clapping wildly. He was deaf. He was Beethoven，one of the greatest
6、 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
7、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
8、. 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 p
9、ieces and short ones，gentle ones and【20】ones.（A）hear（B） listen（C） listen to（D）hear of（A）tunes（B） pieces（C） songs（D）tones（A）anyone（B） everyone（C） nobody（D）everybody（A）a great many（B） a great deal（C） a lot of（D）lots of（A）on（B） out of（C） of（D）with（A）on（B） out of（C） of（D）with（A）lonely（B） himself（C） of（D
10、）only（A）on（B） for（C） to（D）into（A）simply（B） surely（C） of（D）only（A）exciting（B） excited（C） boring（D）bored20 When your parents advise you to“get an education”in order to raise your income，they tell you only half the truthWhat they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your
11、society，but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society Get a high school diploma，at leastWithout 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 pos
12、sibleWith a BA，you are on the launching padBut now you have to start to put on the brakesIf you go for a masters degree，make sure it is an MBA，and is famousLaw of diminishing returns begins to take effect Do you know，for instance，that long-haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors?
13、Yes，the average 1977 salary for those truckers was $ 24，000While the full professors managed to earn just $ 23，030 A PhDis the highest degree you can getExcept for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes，if you
14、 pursue such a degree in any other field，you will face a dim futureThere are more PhDs 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 philosop
15、hyyou run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demandsNot for our needs，mind you，but for our demands Thousands of PhDs are selling shoes，driving cars，waiting on table，and endlessly filling out applications month after monthThey may also take a job in some high school or backwater colle
16、ge that pays much less than the janitor earns You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so farFar 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 you21 According to the writer，what the society expects o
17、f 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 nations demands as a source of manpower22 Many PhD.s are out of job because_（A）they are improperly educated（B） they are of little commercial value to
18、 their society（C） there are fewer jobs in high schools（D）they prefer easier jobs that make more money23 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 C24 Which of the following is not
19、 true?（A）Bernard Shaw didnt finish high schools，nor did Edison（B） One must think carefully before pursuing a masters degree（C） The higher your education level，the more money you will earn（D）If you are too well-educatedyoull be overeducated for societys demands25 The writer sees education as_（A）a mea
20、ns of providing job security and financial security and a means of meeting a countrys demands for technical workers（B） a way to broaden ones horizons（C） more important than finding a job（D）an opportunity that everyone should have25 The electromagnet was invented in England by William Sturgeon，who to
21、ok an iron rod and bent it into the shape of a horseshoeThis“horseshoe”was coated with varnish and a layer of copper wire was wrapped around itAn electric current was passed through the wire，thus making the rod magneticThe rod was now，because of magnetic attraction，able to support nine pounds of iro
22、nIn the US，a scientist named Joseph Henry improved on Sturgeons electromagnet by insulating the copper wine with silkHe was able to wrap many turns of wire around an iron core without danger of short circuits between the turnsHis magnet could hold 2,300 poundsThis experiment prompted Henry to try hi
23、s hand at converting magnetism into electricityFirst he coiled some insulated wire around an iron barconnecting both ends of the wire to a galvanometer(电流表) The iron bar was placed across the poles of the electromagnetThen the coil of the electromagnet was connected to a batteryThe galvanometer indi
24、cated a voltage，then dropped to zeroHenry signaled his assistant to disconnect the coilThe galvanometer showed that once again a voltage had been produced，although this time in the opposite directionThe principle of electromagnetic induction had thus been discoveredUnfortunately for Joseph Henry he
25、did not publish his findings and someone else(Faraday)got the credit for the discovery 26 The principle of electromagnetic was discovered by_（A）William Sturgeon（B） Joseph Henry（C） Faraday（D）someone else27 Why did Sturgeons electromagnet could support nine pounds of iron?（A）Because the iron rod was b
26、ent 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 current28 What is NOT TRUE about Henrys electromagnet?（A）His magnet could hold 2，300 pounds （B） His magnet was
27、 more dangerous（C） There were more turns of wire around the iron rod in his magnet（D）His magnet was an improved model29 In Henrys experiment，he connected the wire to_（A）a galvanometer（B） an iron bar（C） a battery（D）an electromagnet30 In Henrys experiment，the galvanometer indicated a voltage when_（A）t
28、he coil was connected to a battery（B） the coil was disconnected to a battery（C） neither A nor B（D）both A and B30 What are the specific traits that will assist executives to climb the ladder of success? Opinions vary widelyGiven approximately equal qualifications and circumstances，some claim the succ
29、ess factor is largely a matter of luck-being in the right place at the right timeOthers speak of an almost crazy devotion to work， combined with a degree of ruthlessnessOne“expert”maintains that its undoubtedly a matter of how much education your mother had To make it big，executives must possess fou
30、r basic skills： First，driveBusiness success takes an unusual amount of energyA successful executive-almost by definition-is a striverHe will get tense when he is not striving Second，people senseSome say being able to judge people is more important than a high IQThe skill can be instinctual(本能的)，but
31、in most cases it is painstakingly learned Third，communications abilityDifferent executives make themselves understood in different waysSome 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 Fo
32、urth，calm under pressureNo businessman will get very far if he chokes up31 Some people claim that besides hard work，the success also requires_（A）equal qualifications（B） specific traits（C） much education（D）a degree of cruelty32 According to the passage，a high IQ is_（A）instinctual（B） painstakingly lea
33、rnt（C） inborn（D）more trivial than people sense33 The successful executives must_（A）transmit ideas face to face（B） depend on telephones（C） be persuasive writers（D）express themselves distinctly34 Which of the following statements is TRUE?（A）Every businessman possesses these four skills（B） When a striv
34、er stops his devotion to work，he will feel quite at ease（C） These basic skills are not instinctual at all（D）Mothers education has undoubted effect on her childs success35 Whats the main idea of the passage?（A）Four skills for successful executives（B） Some opinions about the success（C） Specific traits
35、 for successful executives（D）Qualifications and circumstances for climbing the ladder三、Word Spelling36 固定；系 vt. a_ _ _ _ _ 37 代表；代表人 n. r_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 38 消防队员 n. f_ _ _ _ _ _ 39 偏袒的 a. P_ _ _ _ _ _ 40 分析 vt. a_ _ _ _ _ _ 41 框架 n. f_ _ _ _ 42 放松 n. r_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 43 描绘 vt. P_ _ _ _ _
36、_ 44 休闲 n. l_ _ _ _ _ _ 45 调节 vt. a_ _ _ _ _ 46 机会 n. o_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 47 获得 vt. a_ _ _ _ _ _ 48 克服 vt. o_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 49 目的地 n. d_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 50 机构 n. m_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 51 可行的 a. f_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 52 中立的 a. n_ _ _ _ _ _ 53 典型的 a. t_ _ _ _ _ _ 54 促进 vt. p_ _ _ _ _ _ 55 近似的 a. a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
37、 _ _ 四、Word From56 Many a writer of newspaper articles_(have)turned to writing novels.57 There are estimated to be more than 20，000 overseas domestic servants_(work)in Britain.58 As research techniques become more_(advance)，the number of animals used in experiments may decrease，but stopping testing
38、on animals altogether is a long way away.59 Charles is now an actor. _(give)half a chance I would have been the same.60 We do not yet fully understand the implications of Einsteins_(relate)theory.61 Every worker has a highly developed sense of how much work_(expect)of him.62 A bullet_(hit)the tree b
39、ehind which he was hiding.63 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.64 They removed personal items-bags，notebooks，her six-year-old sons _(belong)from the car.65 It is imper
40、ative that the students_(finish)writing their papers before July lst.五、Translation from Chinese into English66 她的社交活动妨碍她的学业。 67 如果你束手无策，就听其自然好了。 68 如果我们早点动身，现在就不会在雨中走了。 69 食物短缺并不像你报道的那么严重。 70 我们提出了抗议，但没有效果。 六、Translation from English into Chinese71 What is a good education? Is it one that covers as
41、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? S
42、hould 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 q
43、uestion 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 o
44、ften 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 an
45、d the techniques of his time.自考英语（二）模拟试卷 5 答案与解析一、Vocabulary and Structrue1 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 case 表示状况、案例，故选 C，昨天整个国家仅发现两例 SARS 病情。 2 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 考查固定搭配 morethan 3 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 65 号州际公路被持抢的警卫们守卫着，他们迈着整齐的步调走在高速路边。用被动语态，故选 C。 4 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 表示倍数的平级比较中，倍数置前，asas 中的形容词应为原形。故选 C。 5 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 考查
46、介词的用法。by：由，用，通过某种手段，故选 D。 6 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 这是一项关于种族隔离废止的决策。on：关于。 7 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 对于黑洞最有说服力的证据来自对二维星系的探究。convincing： adj. 说服力的，修饰名词 evidence 证据。故选 A。 8 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 用介词 at，在的心里；at heart/to haveat heart 很关心某事物。 9 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 考查 have sth. done，故 D 项是正确的。 10 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 因为从她的眼神判断，她对我们已无任何敌意。As
47、 因为，由于。 二、Cloze Test11 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 hear 表示听见，认真地听，故选 D。 12 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 “300 首/篇音乐”，只能用量词 pieces。 13 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 根据题意，应为“没有人”，选 C。 14 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 A 项只能修饰可数名词；B 项应为 a great deal of，表许多，修饰不可数名词；C 项 a lot of 修饰可数名词，但不能放在句末，作副词，充当状语；D项 lots of 既可修饰可数名词，又可修饰不可数名词，可用在此处。 15 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 makeo
48、f sb 理解，了解某人。本句可引申为父亲决定把他打造为音乐家。 16 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 practice on sth。 17 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 此处用反身代词，“自己开始创作了大量音乐作品”。 18 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 固定搭配。 19 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 根据句意，应为“年仅 31”。 20 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 and 连接两个并列成分，与 gentle 成反义，故选 D 项 bored。 21 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 全篇用多个例子证明，社会所期望的教育是培养出满足国家需要的人力资源。 22 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 答案
49、见文章第 5 段，只有诸如物理学或化学这样少数特殊领域的学识能够很快运用到工业或商业中。 23 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 国家青睐的是对国民生产总值有价值的人，这与文章主旨相符，文章后三段说明这一点。 24 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 答案见文章第 4 段。 25 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 A 提供就业保障和金融安全，寻求国家需要的技术工人； B 开拓多人视野；C 比找一份工作更重要；D 人人都应拥有的机会。显然 A 与作者的观点一致。 26 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 答案见文章最后两句。 27 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 答案见文章第 3 第 4 句。电流通过金属丝，使得金属棒带
