全国2018年10月自考英语(二)试题
课程代码：00015
全部题目用英文作答（英译汉题目除外），并将答案写在答题纸的相应位置上，否则不计分。
PART ONE
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，并将答案写在答题纸上。
1.Should she come tomorrow,I ______ take her to the museum.
［A］can ［B］will ［C］would ［D］must
2.Mary of us visited the industrial exhibition,______,to our disappointment,we saw very few high-tech(高技术) products.
［A］where ［B］which ［C］as ［D］that
3.These networks are on the ______ for warning signs that show the weakening of rock layers that can precede an earthquake.
［A］eagerness ［B］alarm ［C］alert ［D］guard
4.His name will be crossed out from the list ______ he makes the same mistakes again.
［A］if ［B］unless ［C］because ［D］though
5.With the soaring of prices,a number of young college graduates cannot earn their living,______ supporting their parents.
［A］not to say ［B］to say nothing of
［C］not saying ［D］saying nothing of
6.______ it was raining,many international tourists were having picnics in the woods.
［A］In spite ［B］In spite of
［C］In spite of that ［D］In spite of the fact that
7.The students would not have made so much progress under less ______ conditions.
［A］popular ［B］welcome ［C］favourable ［D］prosperous
8.Lots of empty beer bottles were found under the young man's bed;he ______ heavily.
［A］must have drunk ［B］must drink
［C］should drink ［D］had to drink
9.On the other hand concern is also growing about the possibility of a new economic order ______ resource-rich nations of the Third World would combine to set high commodity prices.
［A］which ［B］what ［C］that ［D］in that
10.______ home,she found that she had left the key at the office.
［A］To have arrived ［B］To arrive
［C］While arriving ［D］Arriving
Ⅱ.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，并将答案写在答题纸上。
Writing in a diary,watching television,talking with friends,speaking on the telephone,and 11 a menu－what do they have in common?They are all 12 of communication.It has been 13 that people spend more time communicating than they spend in any other complex activity in life.
14 ,communication is a word that most people have difficulty 15 and talking about.
The word communication may be used to identify activities that do not 16 people.For example,the
word may sometimes be used to describe the 17 that animals relate to each other. 18 ,it is said that electronic devices “communicate”with each other.However,commu-
nication most often refers to activities among people.Thus,communication may be defined as the
19 by which people exchange feelings and ideas with one another.
20 this definition is clear and simpe,much more needs to be said.
11.［A］read ［B］reading ［C］to read ［D］having read
12.［A］patterns ［B］fashions ［C］forms ［D］models
13.［A］estimated ［B］predicted ［C］designed ［D］counted
14.［A］Therefore ［B］Hence ［C］Moreover ［D］Even so
15.［A］deserving ［B］demonstrating
［C］describing ［D］defining
16.［A］involve ［B］evolve ［C］resolve ［D］revolve
17.［A］methods ［B］ways ［C］habits ［D］techniques
18.［A］Traditionally ［B］Constantly
［C］Similarly ［D］Usually
19.［A］measures ［B］means ［C］modes ［D］manners
20.［A］When ［B］Now that ［C］While ［D］If
Ⅲ.Reading Comprehension(30 points,2 points for each item)
从下列每篇短文后面的问题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答案写在答题纸上。
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
In the past industries had more freedom than they have now,and they did not need to be as careful as they must today.They did not need to worry a lot about the safety of the new products that they developed.They did not have to pay much attention to the health and safety of the people who worked for them.Often new products were dangerous for the people who used them;often conditions in the work place had very bad effects on the health of the workers.
Of course sometimes there were real disasters which attracted the attention of governments and which showed need for changes.Also scientists who were doing research into the health of workers sometimes produced information which governments could not ignore.At such times,there were inquiries into the causes of the disater or the problems.New safety rules were often introduced as a result of these inquiries;however,the new rules came too late to protect the people who had died or become seriously ill.
Today many governments have special departments which protect customers and workers.In the U.S.,for example,there is a department which tests new airplanes and gives warnings about possible problems.It also makes the rules that aircraft producers must follow.Another department controls the foods and drugs that companies sell.A third department looks at the places where people work,and then reports any companies that are breaking laws which protect the health and safety of workers.
21.According to Paragraph 1,compared with today,industries in the past ______.
［A］were controlled less strictly
［B］were worse off
［C］affected more people's health
［D］put out more unhealthy products.
22.It is implied in Paragraph 2 that years ago governments ______.
［A］paid much attention to the results of scientific discoveries
［B］seldom introduced safety laws before disasters occurred
［C］hardly ever looked into the causes of tragedies
［D］imposed safety rules as soon as disasters occurred
