全国高等教育自学考试自考英语二真题

全国高等教育自学考试自考英语二历年试卷试题真题第一部分(选择题，共50 分)I. Vocabulary 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，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。

1.It was there, the police believe, ________ she was able to activate the recordershe kept in her bag.A、untilB、whichC、thatD、when2.It is not yet known ________ computers will one day have vision as good as human vision.A、whetherB、ifC、thatD、how3.If you are now ________ ,you ought to pay more attention to your health.A、in the fiftiesB、in your fiftiesC、in fiftiesD、in your fifty4.Americans have learned much about he way in which the system can be managedso as to ________ the peaceful transfer of power from one party to the other.A、make it possibleB、make possibleC、make possiblyD、make it possibly5. ________ their differences, they fell passionately in love with each other.A、As forB、Owing toC、DespiteD、Through6.Such attitudes amount to a belief ________ leisure can and should be put togood use.A、whichB、ifC、whetherD、that7. ________ yourself to the job in hand, and you’ll soon finish it.A、ReplyB、ImplyC、ApplyD、Supply8.This will not only keep the study habit alive but also keep you up to ________on your class assignments and projects.A、dayB、dateC、numberD、time9.I can’t ________ the meaning of his poem because it’s too vague.A、turn outB、put outC、figure outD、look out10.Some people think that animal research is irrelevant ________ our health andthat it can often produce misleading results.A、withB、atC、onD、toII. Cloze Test(10 points, 1 point for each item)下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。

根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。

Tourism is the temporary movement of people to destinations outside their normalplaces of work and residence(居住),the activities 11 during their stay in those destinations, and the facilities created to 12 their needs.Tourism is a luxury. Until recently, participation 13 restricted to the selectfew 14 could afford both the time and money to travel. 15 ,increased leisure andhigher incomes have combined to enable more people to join in. Improvements in transportation, and the growth of inclusive(全包的)tours and other forms ofrelatively cheap vacation travel, have further 16 the opportunity to travel forpleasure. Today the majority of people in the developed world and increasingnumbers in the developing countries are tourists 17 some time in their lives.Tourism is no longer the special right of a few but is an accepted and 18 expectedpart of the life-styles of a large and growing number of people.Tourism is 19 major economic and social significance. More than 270 milliontourists spend $92 billion(US)annually in places outside their own countries.This is one of the largest items in the world’s foreign trade. With a world growthin visitor arrival rate of 20 6 per cent per year, tourism is also one of thefastest growing economic activities. It is the most important export industryand earner of foreign exchange in many countries.11.A. undertakenB. to undertakeC. undertakingD. undertook12.A. demandB. requestC. meetD. consider13.A. isB. wasC. will beD. were14.A. theyB. thoseC. whoD. these15.A. MoreoverB. ThereforeC. AndD. However16.A. extendedB. intendedC. tendedD. pretended17.A. inB. onC. overD. at18.A. evenB. stillC. soD. yet19.A. forB. ofC. toD. after20.A. considerablyB. relativelyC. significantlyD. approximatelyIII. 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择项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。

Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.By the Treaty of Paris of 1763, which ended the war with the French and the Indians, England gained possession of Canada and all the territory east of the MississippiRiver. French influence on this continent thus came to an end; England nowcontrolled most of North America. But the war had been long and expensive. Englandhad many debts. George III, king of England, after consulting with his advisers,decided that the American colonists(殖民者)should help pay some of the expensesof this war. A standing English army of 10,000 men had been left in the colonies(殖民地)for protection against the Indians. The English government also felt thatthe colonists should share in the expenses of maintaining this army. The resultwas a series of measures, the Grenville Program, passed by Parliament and designedto raise money in the colonies. Some of these measures were accepted by thecolonists, but one in particular, the Stamp Act, was met with great protest. TheStamp Act required that stamps, ranging in price from a few cents to almost adollar, be placed on all newspapers, advertisements, bills of sale, wills, legalpapers, etc. The Stamp Act was one of the causes of the American Revolution. Itaffected everyone, rich and poor alike. Some businessmen felt that the act wouldsurely ruin their businesses.Of all the voices raised in protest to the Stamp Act, none had greater effectthan that of a young lawyer from Virginia -Patrick Henry. Henry had only recentlybeen elected to the Virginia Assembly. Yet when the Stamp Act came up fordiscussion, he opposed it almost single-handedly. He also expressed, for the firsttime, certain ideas that were held by many Americans of the time but that neverbefore had been stated so openly. "Is life so dear or peace so sweet, as to bebought at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty(万能的)God! I knownot what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"21.From the text we learn that ___________________.A、Britain took over Canada from the Indians in 1763B、there had been a war between the French and the Indians which ended in 1763C、France used to have control of Canada and some areas east of the MississippiRiverD、the French still kept some influence in North America through the Treaty ofParis22.The Grenville Program refers to ___________________.A、King George III’s plan to gather money in North AmericaB、the British go vernment’s desire to raise money in North AmericaC、a plan to share the expenses of maintaining an army in the American coloniesD、a decision of the British Parliament to collect money in the American colonies23.The Stamp Act ___________________.A、was an act about selling stamps at prices from a few cents to almost a dollarB、required that all commercial and legal documents in America have stamps onthemC、was the main cause of the American RevolutionD、chiefly affected business people who felt it would ruin their businesses24.From the text we learn that Patrick Henry ___________________.A、had been a member of the Virginia Assembly for a long timeB、didn’t know what courses to take to complete his studies as a lawyerC、was almost the only one who openly protested against the Stamp ActD、didn’t value life or peace as much as other people did25.This passage is mainly about ___________________.A、one of the events leading to the American RevolutionB、the Treaty of Paris between Britain and FranceC、the Grenville Program to raise money in the American coloniesD、Patrick Henry, a hero who opposed the Stamp ActPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.A number of recent books have reworked subjects, forms and writing techniques.Today’s children read stories about divorce, death, drugs, air pollution,political extremism and violence. Relying on the magic of the illustrator, allkinds of books are being published.Before they know to read, babies can play with books made of cloth or books madeto take in the bath. Later on, they are given picture books that may be cubical(立方形的)or triangular, outsized or very small. They also like work-books whichcome with watercolours and paintbrushes, and comic books(漫画册)filled withdetails where they have to spot a figure hidden among thousands of others.Not that the traditional children’s books are being neglected. There are stillstorybooks where the pages pop up(跳起)when they are opened, to make a forestor a castle. Among the latest ideas are interactive stories where readers choosethe plot(情节)or ending they want, and books on CD, which are very popular inrich industrialized countries.The public has enthusiastically greeted the wealth of creativity displayed bypublishers. "Previously, giving a child a book as often seen as improper," saysCanadian author Marie-France Hebért. Her books, published by a French-languagepublisher, sell like hot cakes in hundreds of thousands of copies. "There’s areal appetite for reading these days and I try to get across to children the passionfor reading which is food for the mind and the heart, like a medicine or a vitamin."26."Reworked" as used in Paragraph 1 means "___________________".A、rewordedB、rewrittenC、processedD、revised27.In the second paragraph the author lists the kinds of books___________________.A、recently publishedB、of various shapesC、babies likeD、popular among children28.Which of the following statements is true?A、Books made of cloth came out earlier than picture books.B、When you buy work-books you will be given free comic books.C、Traditional children’s books are not being removed from market.D、Babies cannot have books while taking a bath.29.The expression "get across to children" in the last paragraph probably means"___________________".A、pass on to childrenB、make children believeC、teach childrenD、get around to children30.The main idea of the last paragraph is that people have ___________________.A、warmly welcomed the abundance of wealth shown by publishersB、warmly welcomed the enormous amount of creativity shown by publishersC、showed great enthusiasm in publishers of treat wealtyD、reacted strongly to the unlimited creativity of publishersPassage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.Every body gets sick. Disease and injury make us suffer throughout our lives until, finally, some attack on the body brings our existence to an end. Fortunately,most of us in modern industrialized societies can take relatively good healthfor granted most of the time. In fact, we tend to fully realize the importanceof good health only when we or those close to us become seriously ill. At such times we keenly appreciate the ancient truth that health is our most precious asset, one for which we might readily give up such rewards as power, wealth, or fame(荣誉).Because ill health is universal problem, affecting both the individual and society, the human response to sickness is always socially organized. No society leaves the responsibility for maintaining health and treating ill health entirely tothe individual. Each society develops its own concepts of health and sicknessand authorizes certain people to decide who is sick and how the sick should be treated. Around this focus there arises, over time, a number of standards, values, groups, statuses, and roles: in other words, an institution(体系；机构).To the sociologist(社会学家), then, medicine is the institution concerned with the maintenance of health and treatment of disease.In the simplest pre-industrial societies, medicine is usually an aspect of religion. The social arrangements for dealing with sickness are very elementary, often involving only two roles: the sick and the healer(治疗者).The latter is typically also the priest(牧师), who relies primarily on religious ceremonies,both to identify and to treat disease: for example, bones may be thrown toestablish a cause, songs may be used to bring about a cure. In modernindustrialized societies, on the other hand, the institution has become highlycomplicated and specialized, including dozens of roles such as those of brainsurgeon, druggist, hospital administrator, linked with various organizationssuch as nursing homes, insurance companies, and medical schools. Medicine, infact, has become the subject of intense sociological interest precisely becauseit is now one of the most pervasive and costly institutions of modern society.31.Which of the following statements is true according to Paragraph 1?A、Nowadays most people believe they can have fairly good health.B、Human life involves a great deal of pain and suffering.C、Most of us are aware of the full value of health.D、Ancient people believed that health was more expensive than anything else.第二部分(非选择题，共50 分)IV. Word Spelling(10 points, 1 point for two items)将下列汉语单词译成英语。