历年英语二全国真题及答案

山东省2005年7月高等教育自学考试I. V ocabulary and Structure （10 points，1 point for each item）从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答案写在答题纸的相应位置上。

1. With the rise of the production cost, eggs are now sold _____price.A. for a higherB.for a more expensiveC. at a higherD. at a more expensive2. At Christmas, many American towns have very large trees ______up outdoors.A.setB. settingC.settedD. to set3. Without electronic computers, much of today’s advanced technology_______.A will not have been achieved B. would not have been achievedC. have not have been achievedD. had not been achieved4.__________, the football match will be played next Wednesday.A. Weather permitsB. Weather permittingC. Weather permittedD.Weather permit5. There is no ________asking him, for he knows nothing about the accident.A. point ofB. point inC.position ofD. position in6.We are all _____to make a speech at some point in life, but most of us don’t do a good job.A.called inB.called outC.called uponD. called forward7. Some people may have the same ________of education as a BA, even thou gh they don’t have a diploma.A.amountB. numberC.qualityD. deal8. The shirt cost me _______$ 20, but I cannot remember the exact price.A. preciselyB. accuratelyC. approximatelyD. presently9. There was a monument in ______of those who died for our country.A. honorB. prideC. privilegeD. award10. It was really a ____when I had to _____off the visit which I had intended to pay to France in January.A. disa ppointment…giveB.pleasure…giveC.disappointment…putD. pleasure …putII. Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point for each item)下面短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。

根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并填写在答题纸上相应题号后的括号内。

Experts have _ 11__that life forms a different sort of pyramid for women in China than in the United Sates. In China, nearly all young mothers are employed outside the home, with their numbers decreasing as they 12 middle age. The reasons are clear: the second income of the woman is an absolute necessity for a young family with a child or two. Later on, when the children grow up, the older couple can more easiy live 13 the husband’s earnings plus the wife’s pension, and fewer middle-aged women continue in employment.The pyramid for American women is the 14 , with fewer young women 15 , and the number increasing 16 older ages. Many young mothers have found it more efficient to stay home, 17 for children themselves, and then find employment later when the children are older and more 18 . But 19 costs of living are requiring more young American women to help 20 their families, and it is increasingly true that young American women want to have jobs.11. A.founded B. observed C. watched D. looked12. A. approch B. appreciate C. appropriate D.appraise13. A.in B. with C.on D.at14. parison B. contact C. option D.opposite15. A.employed B.fired C.work D. worked16. A.in B. on C.at D. with17. A.caring B.care C.cared D. to care18. A. dependent B. depending C. independing D.independent19. A. raising B. rising C. decreasing D.less20. A.support B. supporting C. supplement D. supplementingIII. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points for each item)从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并填写在答题纸相应题号后的括号内。

Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Paracutin was born in Mexico in Fabruary, 1943. At the end of one week Paracutin was 500 feet high, and it is now over 9000 feet high. Today's Paracutin is asleep.What is Paracutin? It was the first volcano(火山) in the world which was seen from its birth right up to the present day. On February20, 1943, a peasant and his wife set out to work in their corn fields from the Mexican village of Paracutin. They were surprised to find the earth warm under their feet. Suddenly they heard noises deep in the earth and a small hole appeared in their field. In the afternoon there was a sudden loud noise and stones were thrown high in the air. The peasants ran from the field and turned to watch. They saw the birth of a volcano.Large quantities of stone and lava(岩浆)broke out and a little hill began to form. By evening this hill was 100 feet high and hot ashes were falling on the village. At night the strong light of the hot lava lit up the countryside. The trees near the village were killed and the villagers had to leave their houses. When the village was destroyed, its name was given to the volcano. The news quickly reached Mexico City, far to the east. Many people came to watch the scene. The volcano grew and grew for ten years and hundreds of square miles of forest were destroyed. Then Paracutin went to sleep.21.Paracutin was once the name of ______.A. a peasantB. a villageC. an old mountainD. a Mexican22.Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Paracutin is the first volcano in the world.B.Paracutin is not active any more.C. It took Paracutin 10 years to grow to its present size.D.Paracutin did not exist until the early 1940s.23.What was destroyed in the growing up of the volcano?A. The villagers living close by.B.The little hill of stone.C. The Mexican peasant and his wife.D. The forests and fields round Paracutin.24.In this passage the writer is trying to _______.A. make us believing somethingB. explain a scientific theoryC. tell us an interesting happeningD. make up an interesting story25.What can we learn about volcanoes from this passage?A. V olcanoes are always growing.B. New volcanoes are active for ten years.C. New volcanoes may appear in places where people do not expect them to be.D. V olcanoes are active from time to time.Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Though it is mere 1 to 3 percent of the population, the upper class possesses at least 25 percent of the nation’s wealth. This class has two parts: upper-upper and lower-upper. Basically, the upper-upper class is the “old rich”－families that have been wealthy for several generations－an aristocracy(贵族) of birth and wealth. Their names are in the Social Register, a listing of acceptable members of high society. A few are known across the nation, such as the Rockefellers, the Roosevelts, and the Vanderbilts. Most are not visible to the general public. They have no relation to the rest of the community, drawing their income from the investment of their inherited(继承的) wealth. By contrast, the lower-upper class is the “new rich”. Altho ugh they may be wealthier than some of the old rich, the new rich have been greedy to make their money like everybody else under their class. Thus their prestige(威望) is generally lower than that of the old rich, who have not found it necessary to lift a finger to make their money, and who tend to look down upon the new rich.However its wealth is acquired, the upper class is very, very rich. They have enough money and leisure time to cultivate an interest in the arts and to collect rare books, paintings, and sculptures(雕塑). They generally live in exclusive areas, belong to exclusive social clubs, communicate with each other, and marry their own kind－all of which keeps them so distant from the masses that they have been called the out-of-sight class. More than any other class, they tend to be conscious of being members of a class. They also command an enormous amount of power and influence home and abroad, as they hold many top government positions, run the Council on Foreign Relations, and control multinational corporations. Their actions affect the lives of millions.26.All of the following statements are true except that_______A. the upper-upper class is of aristocratic origin.B. the “old rich’ enjoy higher reputation than “new rich”.C. the upper class owns at least a quarter of the country’s wealth.D. the “old rich’ isolate themselves and lead a lonely life.27. The “old rich” get richer ___________.A. by investing their inherited wealthB. by collecting paintings and sculpturesC. through their reputationD. through the Social Register28. The reason why the “old rich” look down upon the“new rich” is that ___________.A. the “old rich” are wealthier than the latterB. the “new rich” have no interest in artsC. the “new rich” thirst for moneyD. the “old rich” are conscious of being members of the upper class29. The upper class is also called the out-of-sight class because ____________.A. they don’t communicate with any peopleB. they move frequently from place to placeC. they spend most of their time abroad.D. they keep away from the general public30. We can learn from the passage that ____________.A. the upper class is powerful and influentialB. the upper class collects rare books to make moneyC. the upper class holds all top government positionsD. the “old rich” make much more money than the “new rich”Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.As a rule, there is more genuine satisfaction, a truer life, and more obtained from life in the humblecottages of the poor than in the palaces of the rich. I always pity the sons and the daughters of rich men, who are attended by servants, and have governess(女家庭教师) at a large age, but I am glad to remember that they don’t know what they have missed.They have kind fathers, and mothers, too, and think that they enjoy the sweetness of these blessings to the fullesst: but they cannot do; for the poor boy who has in his father his constant companion,tutor, and model, and in his mother---holy name—his nurse, teacher, saint, all in one, has a richer, more precious fortune in life than any rich man’s son who is not so favored can possibly know. Cmpared with these, all other fortunes count for little.It is because I know how sweet and happy and pure the home of honest poverty is, free from perplexing care, from social envies and emulations(竞争), how loving and united its members may be in the common interest of supporting the family, that I sympathize (同情)with the rich man’s boy and congratulate the poor man’s boy; it is for these reasons that from the ranks of the poor, so many strong , famous, self-reliant men have always sprung and always must spring.If you read the list of the immortals who “were not born to die”, you will find that most of them have been born to the precious heritage(遗产)of poverty.It seems, nowadays, a matter of universal desire that poverty should be abolished, but to abolish poverty at the expense of honesty would be to destroy the soil upon which mankind produces the virtues which enable our race to reach a still higher civilization than it now possesses.31.The author pities those born in rich families because_______.A. they do not enjoy a more real happinessB.they do not have kind parentsC.they are attended by servantsD. they do not know what they have missed32. To a poor child, his father is __________.A. a saintB. a servantC. someone immortalD. someone to learn from33. Many strong and self-dependent men have come from poor families because ___________.A. the families are poor but supportive and loving.B. they live under great social pressure.C. they are honest people.D. they are not born to die.34. The author thinks that poverty_______.A. is the soil for a better futureB. is virtuousC. is honest and self-denyingD. is civilization35.The purpose of this passage is to _________.A. discuss the ills of societyB. support the protection of poor regionsC. argue that poverty is beneficialD. oppose the abolishing of povertyPART TWO (50 POINTS)IV. Word Spelling (10 points, 1 point for two items)将下列汉语单词译成英语。