2010年4月全国自考英语(二)真题及答案

2010年4月全国自考英语（二）真题

一、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. Experts have found that normal sleep can be divided into five______stages.

A. moderate

B. initial

C. distinct

D. advanced

答案：C

2. The student_____described the beautiful mountains and rivers in his home town.

A. artificially

B. vividly

C. critically

D. viciously

答案：B

3. What her grandfather said left a_____impression on her mind.She still remembers

it.

A. final

B. vague

C. deep

D. main

答案：C

4. By the end of next year the bridge _____.

A. is to complete

B. has been completed

C. will be completing

D. will have been completed

答案：D

5. We have greatly _____the procedure according to the chairmans suggestion.

A. stimulated

B. perceived

C. obscured

D. simplified

答案：D

6. We should_____this in mind:Dont judge a person by his appearance.

A. bear

B. put

C. place

D. print

答案：A

7. Even after decades of _____，the two brothers recognized each other

immediately.

A. separation

B. cooperation

C. correspondence

D. communication

答案：A

8. The spokesman occasionally_____his speech with gestures.

A. acknowledges

B. accompanies

C. attributes

D. anticipates

答案：B

9. In order to follow fashions，the girl has to_____great discomforts.

A. catch up with

B. put up with

C. keep up with

D. fall in with

答案：B

10. There is something wrong with my mobile phone.I must have it_____.

A. repair

B. to repair C. repairing

D. repaired

答案：D

二、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，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。

1. If you asked people what the most important invention has been,many would say

the printing press.Others 1 say the wheel.But even though it‟s 2 whether the

appearance of the printing press affected the course of history more than the

wheel，the printing press 3 within the top two or three inventions in history.

4 the telephone，the television,the radio，and the computer,the written word was

the only way to 5 ideas to people too far away to talk with.Until the 6th or 7th

century,all books had to be written 6.Creating a book was difficult，and very few

existed.Therefore，very few people read books.

In the 6th and 7th centuries，the Chinese invented a way to print pages by 7

characters and pictures on wooden，ivory，or clay blocks.They would print a page

from the block by putting 8 on the block and pressing paper onto the ink.This 9 is

called letterpress printing.The invention of letterpress printing was a great

advance in communication 10 each block could be inked many times and many copies of

each page could be made.Many books could now be made.Therefore，many people could

read the same book.

(1).

(A). might

(B). ought to

(C). had to

(D). should

答：A

(2).

(A). variable

(B). agreeable

(C). reliable

(D). debatable

答案：D

(3).

(A). lists

(B). ranges

(C). ranks

(D). covers

答案：C

(4).

(A). Now that

(B). No longer

(C). Long before

(D). Since then

答案：C

(5).

(A). invent

(B). communicate

(C). generalize

(D). motivate

答案：B

(6).

(A). by hand

(B). at heart

(C). on foot

(D). in mind

答案：A

(7).

(A). drawing

(B). painting

(C). writing

(D). carving

答案：D

(8).

(A). chalk

(B). oil

(C). ink

(D). crystal

答案：C

(9).

(A). definition

(B). action

(C). movement

(D). process

答案：D

(10).

(A). when

(B). because

(C). although

(D). if

答案：B

三、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。

1. The American population was the tallest in the world from about the American

Revolution to World WarⅡ—that‟s a long time.The U.S.had a very resourcerich

environment，with game，fish and wildlife.In fact we have data on disadvantaged

people in America,such as slaves.They were obviously among the most mistreated

populations in the world，but given the resource abundance，and given the fact that

the slave owners needed their work,they had to be fed relatively decently.So the

slaves were taller than European peasants.It‟s no wonder that Europeans were just

flooding to America.

Americans today are no longer the tallest people in the world.After World

WarⅡ，many Western and Northern European countries began to adopt favorable social

policies.There is universal health insurance in most of these societies—that,of

course，makes a difference in health care.You can also consider income inequality in

the U.S., since people who are at the low end of the totem pole(图腾柱)have

considerable adversity making ends meet.I suspect the difference in height between

Americans and Europeans is due to both diet and health care.

Americans today suffer from an additional problem：obesity.If children are too well

nourished，then they‟re not able to grow optimally.There are certain hormones that