00595自考全国2012年4月英语阅读(一)试题

全国2002年4月高等教育自学考试英语阅读(一)试题课程代码：00595PART ONEⅠ.TEXT COMPREHENSIONThe following comprehension questions are based on the texts you have learned, and each of them is provided with 4 choices marked [A],[B],[C] and [D].Choose the best answer to each question and write it on the ANSWER SHEET.(20 points, 1 point each)1.“One dollar and eighty-seven cents,”which O. Henry repeatedly mentions in Gifts of the Magi, is _____.[A]the money Della has been earning for months[B]what Della has saved to buy herself a comb[C]what Jim has given her for a Christmas present[D]the money Della has saved to buy Jim a present2.When the brothers discovered the secret love affair between Lisabetta and Lorenzo, they _____.[A]decided to wait for a chance to wipe away the shame[B]restrained from taking action after long consideration[C]immediately put an end to it by killing Lorenzo and burying him in a remote place[D]secretly sent Lorenzo away on business without informing their sister of it3.Accoridng to The Pardoner's Tale, the woman who gave the knight the right answer to the question disguised herself as a very old and ugly woman in order to .[A]avoid being noticed by the Queen[B]try out his goodness as a knight[C]prevent the knight from finding the answer[D]make sure he was obedient to women4.“She (Mme. Loisel )seemed to have fallen from her proper situation in life as a woman of wealth, beauty, grace and charm.”This quotation from The Necklace simply means that ______. [A]she had been a woman of wealth, beauty, grace and charm but now she was no longer whatshe used to be[B]she should have been a woman of wealth, beauty, grace and charm but her husband spoiled allher dreams[C]she felt as if a woman of wealth, beauty, grace and charm had fallen into an abyss(深渊)ofbitter life[D]as a woman of wealth, beauty, grace and charm, she should have had a social position shedeserved5.According to the story The Lost Gold Piece, when Lebeau refused to be searched,______.[A]his friends said nothing but walked out in anger[B]those present were all certain that Lebeau was a thief[C]no one spoke to Lebeau though most of them felt pity for him[D]he felt as if the were a real criminal6.Aesop was a Greek writer who ______.[A]wrote Snow White and many other stories about fairies and princes[B]wrote many stories about animals that talked and behaved like humans[C]collected Greek legends and myths 2,500 years ago[D]collected European lyrics and folk songs in ancient Greece7.In The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavers County, Smiley went off to the swamp to find a frog to serve as Daniel's opponent for a jumping contest. While he was waiting for Smiley to return, the stranger took Daniel out of the box and ______.[A]fed him a few teaspoons of whisky[B]fed him a few teaspoons of sand[C]replaced him by a good-looking frog[D]ran away with Smiley's box and money8.In Art for Heart's Sake, after Ellsworth recovered from the disease, he made a surprising announcement that ______.[A]he would run a big risk of buying the gallery[B]he was going to exhibit his painting in the summer show at the gallery[C]some good paintings would be singled out for praise[D]he would comp up with a more promising financial plan9.According to How to Live like a Millionaire, the accumulation of wealth chiefly depends on ______.[A]self-discipline [B]inheritance[C]intelligence [D]luck10.The theme of Rip Van Winkle, a short story taken from The Sketch Book, is ______.[A]the value of individualism and intuitive perception[B]the human imagination to commune with nature[C]the nostalgia(怀旧)for the unrecoverable past[D]the praise for the individual and common man11.On waking up, Rip V an Wrinkle found himself ______.[A]in the hollow where the serious folk played ninepins[B]in the woods where he used to divert himself in hunting[C]in one of the biggest parts of mountains he used to climb[D]on the green hill where he had first seen the old man with the keg full of liquor12.In The Wrong House, the two men entered the house stealthily to ______.[A]make a big robbery [B]hide the suitcase packed with dollars[C]flee for their lives [D]wait for their partners13.Pandora's Box conveys to the reader the message that ______.[A]the warnings given by friends or family members should be valued[B]there is hope in life despite trouble and difficulty[C]curiosity often brings harm and trouble in life[D]patience is the best rule of life for young couples14.According to Bricks from the Tower of the Babel, nearly a thousand languages have been invented with the purpose to ______.[A]enrich natural languages[B]confound the languages of the world[C]create a single international language[D]replace native languages15.The use of Latin and Greek roots appeals to most linguists mainly because of ______.[A]their link to the religion[B]their long history[C]their direct spelling rules and pronunciation[D]their Indo-European origin16.Helen Keller cited an example of her friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods to show that ______.[A]the seeing often do not see the interesting things[B]the seeing do not know the wonderful pleasure of touching things[C]walking in the woods is the best way to enjoy Nature[D]the blind get little pleasure through mere touching17.According to Social Classes, one thing that helps to make social class elastic is ______.[A]birth [B]residence[C]marriage [D]occupation18.The Supreme Court sees to it that ______.[A]the President does not become a dictator[B]the Congress approves the President's proposals[C]the individual's rights are protected against the government[D]the states do not go against the federal government19.Jane felt an inexpressible relief, a feeling of protection and safety when she knew that ______.[A]there was a stranger in the room[B]Mrs Reed was nearby[C]Bessie sat by her bedside[D]John Reed was not in the room20.In Jane Eyre, Bessie asked Sarah to come and sleep with her in the nursery because she ______.[A]wanted to discuss Jane's problems with her[B]was afraid that Jane might die that night[C]believed that Mr Reed's ghost might rise before her[D]had a terrible dream the night beforeⅡ.READING COMPREHENSIONIn this part there are 4 reading passages followed by 20 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked [A],[B],[C] and [D].Y ou should decide on the best answer and write it on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points, 2 points each)Passage 1Queen Elizabeth II’s pronunciation of English has been infected by her subjects, Aussie scientists say.Phoneticists from Sydney's Macquarie University studied archive recordings of the Queen's annual Christmas message to the Commonwealth from the 1950s to1980s, analyzing her Majesty's vowels.They then compared those vowels with the standard accent of southern England, as used by female British broadcasters on the BBC in the 1980s, to see how the royal accent had changed.Their conclusion: the cut-glass speech of the early years of the Queen's reign has become—how shall we say—somewhat commoner over the years.That in itself subtly mirrors the changes is Britain, from a country with a rigid social hierarchy(等级制度)four decades ago to one where class differences have blurred and in some areas disappeared.“The Queen's pronunciation of some vowels has been influenced by the standard southern-British accent of the 1980s which is more typically associated with speakers who are younger and lower in the social hierarchy,”the researchers say.Standard speech in southern England has been influenced by Cockneys(伦敦人), whose accent was initiated by Dick V an Dyke in the Walt Disney movie“Mary Poppins.”Purists will be reassured that the Queen's “Hice (house) of Windsor”will not become the Ouse of Windsor”(by dropping the‘h’) in the foreseeable future.However, there have been changes in 10 out of the 11 vowel sounds in the standard English.These changes bring her speech closer to that of her Cockney subjects, the researchers found.An example of this is the way in which she pronounces “had”.In the 1950s, the royal pronunciation of this word almost rhymed with“bed”.But 30 years later, it had migrated halfway to the standard southern English pronunciation, which rhymes “had”with“had”.The Australian team say the pronunciation of all languages alters subtly over time, mainly because of influence from the young, and it is foolish for anyone to try to prevent change.“The chances of societies and academies successfully preserving a particular form of pronunciation against the influence of community and social changes are unlikely,”they say.The research was published December 21 in Nature, the British science weekly.21.Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage?[A]The pronunciation of all languages changes subtly over time.[B]It is not always easy to preserve a particular form of pronunciation.[C]The Queen's English has become commoner.[D]Class differences have blurred and even disappeared.22.Who did the research into the Queen's pronunciation?[A]An Australian research group.[B]Phoneticians from a British University.[C]A British science weekly.[D]The BBC broadcasters.23.The Queen's pronunciation of some vowels has been influenced by .[A]female British broadcasters on the BBC in the 1980s[B]the social changes in Britain in the 1980s[C]the standard speech in southern England[D]her subjects in the Commonwealth countries24.By saying that the change in the Queen's English mirrors the social changes in Britain, the writer means .[A]the rigid social hierarchy 40 years ago has collapsed[B]the Queen's accent has been influenced by the lower class[C]the Queen's accent is associated with the younger speakers[D]the social differences in Britain are no longer as distinct as before25.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT stated?[A]The researchers analyzed the Queen's vowels to see how the royal accent had changed.[B]The researchers found that the Queen's accent is closer to that of her Cockney subjects.[C]It is unlikely to preserve a particular accent against social changes and influence ofcommunity.[D]The change in the pronunciation of a particular language is closely associated with the Royalspeech.Passage 2If culture is learned, there must be channels of transmission. This is the task of agents of socialization—people and organizations charged with conveying the rules. Chief among these are parents, peers, teachers, the media, and religious authorities.The first and most important agent of socialization is those who care for infants. In the earliest months, messages from nurturers(抚养人) constitute the child's basic understanding of the world around it. This is the infant's first introduction to the language that shapes perception and elicits emotions. What the child learns is the culture as mediated through others. A desire for continued interaction with the nurturers, combined with a fear of losing these sources of pleasure, motivates the infant to become sensitive to the cues of those entrusted with its care.Another powerful source of information and socialization is the friendship group of age peers. Peers are equals, whereas parents are superiors in relation to the child. The greater power of parents makes some kinds of learning difficult. A distance and formality must be observed even in the most indulgent (宽容) homes. Peers, on the other hand, are those one can deal with on the same level as oneself: tease, insult, let imagination loose upon, share dreadful mistakes with , and so on, but without the heavy emotional overlay of family relationship.Much formal socialization is placed in the hands of professionals. Teachers from kindergarten on are specifically designated agents of socialization, and are paid for the task. Ideally, a teacher is one who has both knowledge and the skills to present it.In an earlier time, parents, friends, and teachers would comprise the list of primary childhoodsocializers. Children's books, comics, and magazines might also have been mentioned as sources of information on norms and role models. Today one must add four powerful indirect socialization agents: radio, movie, television and computer. Many people learn about politics, form a vision of the good life, and develop attitudes toward others from what they see on the screen and hear through loudspeakers.26.The main topic of this passage is .[A]agents of socialization [B]sources of information[C]culture and language learning [D]channels of transmission27.According to the passage, parents are .[A]the first and most important agents of socialization[B]the less powerful agents of socialization than teachers[C]the least important agents of socialization[D]formal agents of socialization28.Some kind of knowledge cannot be learned from parents because .[A]there is the heavy emotional overlay of family relationships[B]children are not regarded as equals[C]children are not allowed to make mistakes[D]they have too many age peers29.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a source of information on norms and models?[A]Games. [B]Radio.[C]Books. [D]Television.30.The term “socializers”in the last paragraph refers to .[A]instructors [B]agents of socialization[C]superiors [D]nurturersPassage 3Before graduation from the University of Virginia, I sent my resume to African embassies and consulates, trying to find a position teaching English. But I didn't find a school in all the continent that would guarantee employment. In desperation, I applied to the Japanese Ministry of Education and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to teach English in Japan, which became my job offer.But the more I thought about going to Japan, the more apprehensive I became, I knew nothing of the history or culture, and I didn't speak the language. I worried that facing prejudice in a foreign country would be extremely frustrating.Arriving at Sakura Nishi High School, about 40 minutes from Tokyo, I was relieved to find that everyone, from my principal to the PTA mothers, treated me with kindness and respect. But I discovered that while Japanese teens respected me as an American, they idolized me because I was Black.While I was in Japan, trendy department stores advertised Booby Brown posters, Cross Colours gear and X caps in their windows, Rappers from Ice-T to Ice Cube toured, and Malcolm X was atthe major theaters. On Saturday nights Shibuya ward. Tokyo’s hub of hip-hop and high fashion, was packed with students in baggy jeans, “Doc”Martens, Chicango Bulls caps, permed (烫头发的) Afros and dreadlocks. To them, my being African-American meant I was Kakoi, cool. And before long I was a star.At a track-and-field event in Tokyo, I was one of the few foreign spectators. I hadn't been there ten minutes when a screaming mob of young girls swarmed around me like bees, waving pens, notebooks and T-shirts in my face, shouting,“Sign, sign, sign!”I was petrifide(发呆的).Then it dawned on me that they thought I was an athlete. I couldn’t explain in Japanese that I was only a spectator, so I surrendered.That day was only the first of many incidents of mistaken identity and instant stardom. Nightclub managers let me in free, knowing my presence would attract patrons, and security guards at rap concerts gave me backstage passes. To be young, single and Black in Tokyo in the nineties was surely as exciting and romantic as the pre-World War ⅡSpain Hemingway knew.But I wanted to say to the Japanese, “Y ou must understand, being Black is more involved than just wearing an X cap. It means being committed to furthering our race and nurturing our children. Being Black runs deeper than just having rhythm. It means possessing a history of more than 300 years of fighting for freedom and equality. And as a people, we are more diverse than our hair-styles. Our talents and interests vary as much as our shades of brown.”I wished I could have said what I really should have been telling myself all along, rather than defining myself by our images as either sports stars and performers or criminals and victims.31.The author's reason for going to Japan was that she .[A]intended to learn about the country and its people[B]failed to find an opportunity to teach English in Africa[C]knew she would be respected in foreign country[D]wanted to see if she would face prejudice in Japan32.How did the author feel about going to Japan?[A]Desperate. [B]Nervous.[C]Disappointed. [D]Frustrated.33.The author was treated like a star in Japan because .[A]she was a famous athlete [B]she was a famous rapper[C]she was an American [D]she was Black34.The writer's experience in Japan clearly tells us that .[A]Japanese people lack confidence in their own nation[B]many Japanese believe that all Blacks who visit Japan are famous athletes[C]people in Japan are strongly opposed to racial prejudice[D]Japanese people like sports and many are sports fans35.It can be most safely concluded from the last paragraph that .[A]the author did not actually tell anyone her ideas about being black[B]Japanese people were quite ignorant of American history[C]there was a lack of cultural exchange between American and Japan[D]people in the two countries have some misunderstanding about each otherPassage 4Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is expert in the skill of pronouncing his own language; but few people are even moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages. Now there are many reasons for this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious But I suggest that the fundamental reason why people in general do not speak foreign languages very much better than they do is that they fail to grasp the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce, and consequently pronouncing a foreign language is a skill—one that needs careful training of a special kind, and one that cannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of itself, I think even teachers of language, while recognizing the importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical teaching, the branch of study concerned with speaking the language. So the first point I want to make is that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher should be prepared to devote some of the lesson time to this, and by his whole attitude to the subject should get the student to feel that here is a matter worthy of receiving his close attention. So, there should be occasions, when other aspects of English, such as grammar or spelling, are allowed for the moment to take second place.Apart from this question of the time given to pronunciation, there are two other requirements for the teacher: the first, knowledge; the second, technique.It is important that the teacher should be in possession of the necessary information. This can generally be obtained from books. It is possible to get from books some idea of the mechanics of speech, and of what we call general phonetic theory. It is also possible in this way to get a clear mental picture of the relationship between the sounds of different languages, between the speech habits of English people and those, say, of your students. Unless the teacher has such a picture, any comments he may make on his students' pronunciation are unlikely to be of much use, and lesson time spent on pronunciation may well be time wasted.But it does not follow that you can teach pronunciation successfully as soon as you have read the necessary books. It depends after that what use you make of your knowledge; and this is a matter of technique.36.What does the writer actually say about pronouncing foreign languages?[A]Only a few people are really proficient.[B]No one is really an expert in the skill.[C]There aren't many people who are even fairly good.[D]There are even some people who are moderately proficient.37.The best way of learning to speak a foreign language, he suggests, is by .[A]picking it up naturally as a child[B]learning from a native speaker[C]not concentrating on pronunciation as such[D]undertaking systematic work38.What is it that teachers are said to be inclined to forget?[A]The practical teaching of languages.[B]The importance of a good accent.[C]The principles of phonetic theory.[D]The teaching of pronunciation in the classroom.39.The value the student puts on correct speech habits depends upon .[A]how closely he attends to the matter[B]whether it is English that is being taught[C]his teacher's approach to pronunciation[D]the importance normally given to grammar and spelling40.How might the teacher find himself wasting lesson time?[A]By spending lesson time on pronunciation.[B]By making ill-informed comments upon pronunciation.[C]By not using books on phonetics in the classroom.[D]By not giving students a clear mental picture of the difference between sounds.Ⅲ.SKIMMING AND SCANNINGIn this part there are 3 reading passages followed by 10 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 answers marked [A],[B],[C]and[D].Skim or scan the passages, then decide on the best answer and write it on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points, 1 point each)Passage 1Page PREFACE 1 INTRODUCTION 5The Search of American Characterby Luther S. Luedtke 35PART ONEBuilding a Nation1.America's Natural Landscapes 43by Pierce Lewis2.From Immigration to Acculturation 68by Arthur Mann3.The Frontier Family: Dislocation and the American Experience 81by Lillian Schlissel4.A Consonance of Towns 91by Richard Lingeman5.Urban America 105by Sam Bass Warner, Jr.6.Cultural Regions of America 121by Raymond D. GastilPART TWO 135 Expressions of American Culture1.American Manners 140by Neil Harris2.The Artlessness of American Culture 153by Dickran Tashjian3.A New Architecture, Y et Old 165by Leland M. Roth4.Literature and V alues: The American Crusoe and the Idea of the West 177by Richard Lehan5.Entertainment and the Mass Media 190by Norman Corwin6.Sports and American Culture 207by Richard G. Powers41.The author of the introduction is .[A]Neil Harris [B]Luther S. Luedtke[C]Raymond D. Gastil [D]Richard G. Powers42.If you are interested in the relationship between sports and the American cult are you should refer to pages .[A]207-220 [B]53-164[C]35-152 [D]165-17643.In the essay written by Norman Corwin, you probably will find information about American .[A]literature [B]geography[C]newspapers [D]landscapesPassage 2The effort to develop gene (基因) transplants as a treatment for hereditary (遗传的) diseases has taken another step forward.An American team has developed a highly efficient technique to carry out gene transplants in mice. Eventually, scientists hope to be able to use the technique in man to replace the defective genes responsible for diseases such as hemophilia and cystic fibrosis.The latest feat in the drive towards performing a gene transplant on man was reported by doctors Suzanne Mansour, Kirk Thomas and Mario Capecchi of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Salt Lake City.“It is a breakthrough, producing a new approach to doing gene therapy,”said Dr Capecchi.Previous attempts at inserting new genes into the chromosome, the bady's genetic blueprint, have had only limited success.A British team has found a way to persuade a transplanted gene to work by the discovery of specialgenetic material that “switches on”the gene, wherever it is inserted in a cell's genetic material.But a misplaced gene may affect the operation of other genes, disrupting the operation of the cell and leading to cancer in rare cases.Now the Utah team has developed a procedure in which the cell self-destructs if a new gene is not properly inserted. Their transplant gene contains a toxic component that produces poison in the cell if the gene is misplaced.The gene transplant was successful for one in 20 cells. Thousands of cells had to be screened when other methods were carried out, said Dr Thomas.The transplants were carried out on mouse embryo (胚胎) stem cells, the progenitors (祖先) of a number of cells in mice.They can be used to identify the function of genes and create mice with human genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis to help research into cures.44.American scientists are now able to .[A]carry out gene transplants in man[B]carry out gene transplants in mice[C]replace the defective genes of man[D]cure the diseases such as hemophilia and cystic fibrosis45.The British team has found a way to transplant genes too. But it is not as good as the American way because .[A]the British team discovered the special genetic material[B]the British team discovered a way to persuade a transplanted gene to work[C]a misplaced gene may affect the operation of other genes[D]the British way is sure to lead to cancer46.The Utah team refers to .[A]the British team [B]the American team[C]Salt Lake City [D]something not mentioned47.The transplants were carried out to mouse embryo stem cells because they can be used to .[A]distinguish between mice and human beings[B]create human genetic disorders[C]identify cystic fibrosis[D]help researchPassage 3The 45 students in the first homeroom class of the ninth grade were all seated at their desks when the opening notes of the Brahms symphony roared from the loudspeaker at precisely 8∶30 a.m. Soon the violins faded, and a slow, synthesized pulse spread across the room, numbing the mindwith its smooth, hypnotic gait. The room was cold and slightly dank (潮湿的). No sun shone through the plate glass windows overlooking the balcony. The clouds, like the students, were still.In a moment, a soothing, resonant voice began to speak.“Good morning, boys and girls. Let's begin another wonderful day. Please close your eyes…”For ten minutes every morning the students at Sano Junior High sat in quiet meditation to prepare themselves for the day ahead. The principal, Sakamoto Sensei, had introduced this system, known as Method Training, several years earlier in order to quell the growing incidence of school “violence,”mainly minor scuffles and hair violations. The program consisted of a sequence of 25 tapes for total mental and physical conditioning. Each day a different tape was played…After ten minutes the music dissolved, the voice disappeared, and Mrs. Negishi-standing erect before the class-took control of the homeroom meeting.“Stand up,”she commanded, and the students rose to their feet.“Attention,”she said, and they dropped their arms to their thighs.“Bow.”It was 8∶42 in the morning.People who are born and grow up in different cultures act and think very differently from one another. Bruce Feiler, an American who taught school in Japan, was struck by the ways in which Japanese schools socialized their students to become adult members of Japanese society. Deep respect for authority, long hours of focused learning, appropriate modes of dress, even proper ways to bow-all of these were central aspects of Japanese education that would be virtually unthinkable in most American schools today. Japanese educational practices, in turn, reflect widely shared norms and values that are found in Japanese families, workplaces, and indeed throughout Japanese culture.48.The quiet meditation usually lasts for .[A]10minutes [B]15minutes[C]30minutes [D]42minutes49.The music used for total mental and physical conditioning is .[A]the same every day [B]out of date[C]different every day [D]popular among young people50.The main idea of the last paragraph is that .[A]Japanese educational practices reflect widely stared norms and values found throughout Japanese culture[B]the writer was struck by the ways in which Japanese schools socialized their students[C]people from different cultures act and think differently from one another[D]central aspects of Japanese education would be virtually unthinkable in most American。

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PART ONE (40 POINTS)Ⅰ.Multiple Choice(40 points in all,1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A , B , C or D on the answer sheet.1.Antonio, Bassanio and Portia are the characters in_______.A. The Merchant of VenisB. Much Ado About NothingC. Twelfth NightD.A Midsummer Night’s Dream2. John Milton wrote ______to expose the ways Satan and to “justify the ways of God to men.”A. Paradise RegainedB. Paradise LostC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica3. The work ______written by Daniel Defoe Brought him into jail and made him go through public pillory.A. The Shortest Way with the DissentersB. The True—born EnglishmanC. Robinson CrusoeD. A Journal of the Plague Year4. In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told his experience in _____.A. BrobdingnagB. LilliputC. Flying IslandD. Houyhnhnm5. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel,_______has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel”.A. Daniel DefoeB. Jonathan SwiftC. Henry FieldingD. Charles Dickens6. William Blake’s _____ was composed during the climax of the French Revolution and it plays the double role both as a satire and a revolutionary prophecy.A. Songs of ExperienceB. Songs of InnocenceC. Marriage of Heaven and HellD. Poetical Sketches7.________ maintained that the scenes and events of everyday life and the speech of ordinary people were the raw material of which poetry could and should be made.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. T. S. EliotD. William Shakespeare8. Prometheus, the hero in Shelly’s poetic drama Prometheus Unbound, is a figure in _____.A. The BibleB. Greek MythologyC. A German LegendD. Arabian Nights9. Jane Austen’s first novel is _____.A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. EmmaD. persuasion10. All the following statements are true of Dickens’ later work EXCEPT______.A. There are fewer jokes and the comedy becomes harsher.B. There is always a happy ending.C. The novels are of great compactness and concentration.D. Most of the works present a criticism of the more complicated and yet most fundamental social institutions and moral of Victorian England.11. Charlotte Bronte’s most autobiographical work, _______ is largely based on her experience in Brussels.A. Jane EyreB. ShirleyC. VilletteD. The Professor12. All of the following novels by Thomas Hardy reveal the conflict between the traditional and the modern EXCEPT ______.A. The Mayor of CasterbridgeB. Tess of the D’ UrbervillesC. Jude of ObscurD. Under the Greenwood Tree13. Much of Shavian drama is constructed around the ______ of a conventional theatrical situation.A. traditionB. inversionC. BorderingD. distortion14. As an important prose writer, in his famous essay, Traditional and Individual Talent, Eliot put great emphasis on the importance of _______ both in creative writing and in criticism.A. change B .creativityC. ethicD. Tradition15. D. H. Lawrence’s novel ______ is a remarkable novel in which the individual consciousness is subtly revealed and strands of themes are intricately wound up.A. Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Women in LoveD. Lady Chatterley’s Lover16. All of the following plays are among Shakespeare’s four greated tragedies EXCEPT ______.A. HamletB. MacbethC. Romio and JulietD. Othello17. The work _____ shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstands the tempers and is established once more in the divine favor.A. Paradise RegainedB. Paradise LostC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica18. As one of the greatest masters of English prose, ______ defined a good style as “proper words in proper places.”A .Henry Fielding B. Jonathan SwiftC. Daniel DefoeD. William Blake19. Dickens’ best depicted characters are those innocent, virtuous, persecuted and helpless _____.A. child charactersB. femalesC. LabororsD. Farmers20. The author of the work The Return of the Native is _______.A. Thomas HardyB. D. H. LawrenceC. Charles DickensD. George Bernard Shaw21. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, Eliot’s most striking early achievement, presents the meditation of an aging young man over the business of ______.A. proposing marriageB. pursuing the truthC. losing idealismD. making a choice22. D. H. Lawrence’s two novels, _______ and Women in Love, are generally regarded as his masterpieces.A. Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. KangarooD. Lady Chatterley’s Lover23. Hemingway’s To Have and Have Not is one of many to show his characteristics pattern of ______ struggling against nature and the environment.A. a military armyB. a vulnerable groupC. a human societyD. a lonely individual24. According to Hawthorne, there is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but _______ may rouse it to activity.A. musicB. CircumstancesC. memoryD. love25. ______ is best—known as the author of his mighty book, Moby—Dick, which is one of the world’s greatest masterpieces.A. Herman MelvilleB. Mark TwainC. Ernest HemingwayD. Virginia Woolf26. Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission, having devoted all his life to the creation of the “single” poem, _____.A. Innocent AbroadB. The Lost ParadiseC. Leaves of GrassD. The Waste Land27. While Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life” of the Americans, Henry James had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “______” of man.A. outer worldB. inner worldC. physical worldD. domestic world28. Greatly and permanently affected by the ______, Hemingway formed his own writing style, together with his theme and hero.A. war experiencesB. love experiencesC. marriageD. education29. Emily Dickinson’s poetry is unique and ______ in its own way. For example, her poems have no titles.A. traditionalB. unconventionalC. ordinaryD. unbelievable30. Theodore Dreiser entitled his greatest work with ______ intending to tell us that it is the social pressure that makes Clyde’s downfall inevitable.A. Death in the WoodsB. Tender Is the NightC. The Sound and the FuryD. An American Tragedy31. Robert Lee Frost’s ______ won him the first Pulitzer Prizes, which includes”Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.”A. North BostonB. “The Gift Outright”C. New HampshireD. A Boy’s Will32. Fitzgerald is a great _____ in American literature and his style is closely related to his themes.A. poetB. criticC. essayistD. stylist33. It is Henry James’ novels and his ______ that make him a fascinating case in the American literary history and a conspicuous figure in world literature.A. literary essaysB. travel accountsC. poemsD. plays34. The major concern of Faulkner’s ______ is primarily about the South as a state of mind.A. The Sun Also RisesB. Light in AugustC. The FableD. The Mansion35. Compelled by an unceasing interest in the “interior of the heart” of man’s being, Hawthorne discusses _______ in almost every book he wrote.A. love and hatredB. sin and evilC. frustration and self—denialD. balance and self—discipline36. The purpose of Melville’s fictional tales, exotic or philosophical, is to penetrate as deeply as possible into the metaphysical, theological, moral, psychological, and social truths of _____.A. human existenceB. politicsC. religionD. arts37. According to Whitman, poetry could enable Americans to celebrate their release from the Old World and the ______ rule.A. academicB. officialC. colonialD. legislative38. Being a boy’s book specially written for the adults, ______ is Mark Twain’s most representative work, describing a journey down the Mississippi undertaken by Huck and Jim.A. Innocents AbroadB. The Gilded AgeC. Life on the MississippiD. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn39. One of Henry James’ literary techniques innovated to cater for the psychological emphasis is his ______.A. narrative “point of view”B. rhetorical devicesC. way of using metaphorsD. way of using symbols40. More than five hundred poems Emily Dickenson wrote are about nature, in which her general ______ about the relationship between man and nature is well---expressed.A. skepticismB. beliefC .appreciation D. passionPART TWO (60 POINTS)Ⅱ.Reading Comprehension(16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41. Into this fence or fortress, with infinite labour, I carry’d all my riches, all my provisions, ammunition, and stores, of which you have the account above; and I made me a large tent, which, to preserve me from the rains that in one part of the year are very violent there, I made double, viz. one smaller tent within, and one larger tent above it, and covered the uppermost with a large tarpaulin which I had saved among the sails.Questions:A.Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage istaken.B.Who is the narrator?C.What are the narrator’s characteristics and whom does he represent?42. MRS.WARREN. (after looking at her helplessly, begins to whimper) VivieVIVIE. (springing up sharply) Now pray dont begin to cry. Any thing but that. I really cannot stand whimpering. I will go out of the room if you do.MRS.WARREN. (piteously) Oh, my darling, how can you be so hard on me?Have I no rights over you as your mother?VIVIE. Are you my mother?MRS.WARREN. (appaled) Am I you mother! Oh Vivie!VIVIE. Then where are our relatives? my father? our family friends? You claim the rights of a mother: the right to call me fool and child; to speak to me as no woman in authority over me at collage dare speak to me; to dictate my way of life; and to force on me the acquaintance of a brute whom anyone can see to be the most vicious sort of London man about town. Before I give myself thetrouble to resist such claims, I may as well find out whether they have any real existence.Questions:A.Identify the author and the title of the play from which the part is taken.B.Summarize the theme of the play in one or two sentences.C.What kind of person is the protagonist Vivie?43. I celebrate myself, and sing myself.And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.Questions:A.Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.B.What does the word”you” refer to?C.What does the poet express in the stanza?44. We slowly drove---He knew no haste,And I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility---We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess ---in the Ring---We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain---We passed the Setting Sun---Questions:A.Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the above stanzasare taken.B.What figure of speech is used in Line 1 and Line 4?C.What do “the School”, “the Fields of Gazing Grain” and “the Setting Sun”represent?Ⅲ.Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answers sheet.45. What is the theme of Jane Austen’ Pride and Prejudice?46. What does the poem “The Chimney Sweeper (from Songs of Experience)”reveal?47. What is “Hemingway Code Heroes”?48. Give a brief analysis of Emily Grierson, the protagonist of A Rose for Emily by Faulkner.Ⅳ. Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in Englishin the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49. Discuss briefly Thomas Hardy’s literary achievement in terms of the setting,the literary tendency and literary features.50. Comment briefly on Robert Frost’s nature poetry.2012年4月全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考（课程代码 00604）Ⅰ.Multiple Choice(40 points in all,1 for each)1. A2. B3. A4.B5. C6. C7. B8. B9. B 10. B 11. C12. D 13. B 14. D 15. C 16. C 17. A 18. B 19. A 20. A 21. A22. B 23. D 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. B 30. D 31. C32. D 33. A 34. B 35. B 36. A 37. C 38. D 39. A 40. AⅡ.Reading Comprehension(16 points in all, 4 for each)41. A. From Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Cruse. (1 分)B. Robinson Cruse. (1 分)C. Robinson is a typical 18th century English middle—class man, with a great capacity for work, inexhaustible energy, courage, patience and persistence in overcoming obstacles, in struggling against the hostile natural environment. He is very prototype of the empire builder, the pioneer colonist. (2 分)42. A. George Bernard Shaw, Mrs. Warren’s profession. (1 分)B. The play is about the economic oppression of women. (1 分)C. Vivie is a kind of new woman, intelligent and well educated, with a strong sense of injustice and a passion for “honest” work. (2 分)43. A. From Walt Whitman’s“Song of Myself”. ((1 分)B. The democratic “en---masse” of America. ((1 分)C. The genuine participation of a poet in a common cultural was to behave as a supreme individualist; however, the poet’s essential purpose was to indentify his ego with the world, and with the democratic “en---masse” of America.(2 分)44. A. From Emily Dickenson’s “Because I could not stop for Death---”.( 1 分)B. Personification. (1 分)C. They represent three stages of life:”the School”----youth; “the Fields of Gazing Grain”—mature period;” the Setting Sun”—end of life. (2 分) Ⅲ.Questions and Answers (24 p points in all, 6 for each)45. Pride and Prejudice, originally drafted as “First Impressions” in 1796, is the most delightful of Jane Austen’s works. (3 分) The title tells of a major concern of the novel: .pride and prejudice. (3 分)46. The two “Chimney Sweeper” poems are good examples to reveal the relation between economic circumstance, i.e. the exploitation of child labor, (2 分) and an ideological circumstance, i.e. the role played by religion in making people compliant to exploitation. (2 分) The poem from the Songs of Experience reveals the true nature of religion which helps bring misery to the poor children. (2 分)47. Hemingway’s world is limited. He deals with limited range of characters in quite similar circumstances and measures them against an unvarying code, known as “grace under pressure”, which is actually an attitude towards life that Hemingway had been trying to demonstrate is his works. (3 分) Those who survive in theprogress of seeking to master the code with the honesty, the discipline, and the restraint are Hemingway Code Heroes. (3 分)48. Set in the town of Jefferson in Yoknapatawpa, the story focuses on Emily Grierson, an eccentric spinster who refuses to accept the passage of time, or the inevitable charge and loss that accompanied it. (3 分) As a descendent of the Southern aristocracy, Emily is typical of those in Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpa stories who are the symbols of Old South but the prisoners of the past. (3 分) Ⅳ. Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)49. A. Hardy’s novels are all Victorian in date. Most of them are set in Wessex, the fictional primitive and crude rural region which is really the home place he both loves and hates, such as The Return of the Native, Tess of the D’ Urbervilles Jude the Obscure. These works, known as “novels of character and environment,”are the most representative of him as both a naturalistic and a critical realist writer.(3 分)B. Living at the turn of the century, Hardy is often regarded as a transitional writer. In him we see the influence from both the past and the modern. The pessimistic view of life predominates most of Hardy’s later works and earns him a reputation as a naturalistic writer. Though Naturalism seems to have played an important part in Hardy’s works, there is also bitter and sharp criticism and even open challenge of the irrational, hypocritical and unfair Victorian institutions, conventions and morals. (4 分)C. He tells very good stories and he is a great painter of nature. His heroes and heroines, those unfortunate young men and women in their desperate struggle for personal fulfillment and happiness, are all vividly and realistically depicted. And all the works of Hardy are noted for the rustic dialect and a poetic flavor which fits well into their perfectly designed architectural structures. They are the product of a conscientious artist. (3 分)50. A. Unlike his contemporaries in the 20th century, Robert Frost did not break up with the poetic tradition nor made any experiment on form. Instead, he learned from the tradition, especially the familiar conventions of nature poetry and of classical pastoral poetry, and made the colloquial New England speech into a poetic expression. (3 分)B. Many of his poems are fragrant with natural quality. Images and metaphors in his poems are drawn from the simple country life and the pastoral landscape that can be easily understood. But it would be a mistake to imagine that Frost is easy to understand because it is easy to read. (3 分)C. Profound ideas are delivered under the disguise of the plain language and the simple form, for what frost did is to take symbols from the limited human world and the pastoral landscape to refer to the great world beyond the rustic scene. (2 分)D. These thematic concerns include the terror and tragedy in nature, as well as its beauty, and the loneliness and poverty of the isolated human being. But first and foremost Frost is concerned with his love of life and his belief in a serenity that only came from working usefully, while he practiced himself throughout his life. (2 分)。

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I. CAREFUL READINGRead the following passages carefully. Decide on the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SH EET. (40 points, 2 points each)Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the you ng woman with the white cane made her way cautiously up th e steps. She paid the driver and then, using her hands to feel the location of the seats, settled into one. She pla ced her briefcase on her lap and rested her cane against h er leg.It had been a year since Susan, thirty-four, became blind. As the result of a medical accident she was sightless, suddenly thrown into a world of darkness, a nger, frustration and self-pity. All she could cling to was her husband Mark.Mark was an Air Force officer and he loved Susan with all his heart. When she first lost her sight, he watched her sink into despair and he became determined to use every m eans to help his wife.Finally, Susan felt ready to return to her job, but how wo uld she get there? She used to take the bus, but she was now too frightened to get around the city by herself. Mar k volunteered to ride the bus with Susan each morning andevening until she got the hang of (摸清情况) it. And that was exactly what happened.For two weeks, Mark, military uniform and all, accompanied S usan to and from work each day. He taught her how to rely on her other senses, specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and how to adapt to her new environment. H e helped her befriend the bus drivers who could watch out for her, and save her a seat.Each morning they made the journey together, and Mark would take a taxi back to his office. Although the routine of going back and forth was costly, Mark knew it was only a matter of time before Susan would be able to ride the bus on her own.Finally, Susan decided that she was ready to try the trip on her own. Monday morning arrived. Before she left, she em braced her husband tightly. Her eyes filled with tears of g ratitude for his loyalty, his patience, and his love. She s aid good-bye and, for the first time, they went their separate ways. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday... Each day on her own went perfectly, and a wild gaiety (快乐) took hold of Susan. She was doing it! She was going t o work all by herself!.SSS_SINGLE_SEL1.When Susan got on the bus, the passengers ______.A admired herB stared curiously at herC ignored herD felt sorry for her该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:DSSS_SINGLE_SEL2.Which of the following is true of Mark?A He kept confidence in Susan.B He felt confused with Susan.C He depended more on Susan.D He was tired of Susan.该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:ASSS_SINGLE_SEL3.At the beginning of her sightless life, Susan was seized by anger, self-pity and ______.A irritationB hesitationC hopelessnessD indifference该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:CSSS_SINGLE_SEL4.Which of the following is true?A Mark realized it would take a long time for Susan to recover her sight.B Mark knew that Susan would get to work by herself sooner or later.C Mark hated to leave poor Susan alone even for one minute.D Mark loved the routine of accompanying Susan to work.该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:ASSS_SINGLE_SEL5.The passage can be used as an example of ______.A honestyB sympathyC diligenceD determination该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:CPassage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.Most people claim that we should judge others on the basisof how they act, not how they look. However, the reality is quite opposite. Appearance is especially important in th e early stages of a relationship.The influence of physical attractiveness begins early in life . Infants as young as six months prefer images of attractiv e faces to less appealing ones. From age five on, overweigh t boys are viewed by peers as less attractive; tall, thin ones are judged as uncommunicative and nervous; and muscular and athletic youngsters are seen as outgoing, active, and popular. The same principle continues into adult life. Handso me men and beautiful women are seen as more sensitive, kind , interesting, strong, calm, modest, sociable, outgoing, and exciting than their less attractive counterparts. Adults are more likely to interact with strangers who they view as att ractive. Senior citizens also rate good-looking people as more desirable than those who are less at tractive.Although we might assume that attractive people are radically different from those who are less attractive, the truth is that we view the familiar as beautiful. Langlois and Roggm an presented students with two types of photos: some were i mages of people from North European, Asian, and Latino backg rounds, while others **puter-generated images **bined the characteristics of several indivi duals. Surprisingly, the students consistently preferred **posi te photos of both men and women. When the features of eigh t or more individuals **bined into one image, the students rated the picture as more attractive than the features of a single person or of a **bination of people. Thus, we seem to be drawn to people who represent the most attractive q ualities of ourselves and those people aren't different from the rest of us.Even if your appearance isn't beautiful by social standards, consider these encouraging facts: first, ordinary-looking people with pleasing personalities are likely to be judged as being attractive; second, physical factors become l ess important as a relationship progress. As Hamachek puts it, “Attractive features may open doors, but apparently, it takes more than physical beauty to keep them open.”SSS_SINGLE_SEL6.“The same principle”(Para. 2) refers to the principle tha t ______.A children are more attractive than adultsB attractive people are perceived as desirableC the early stages of a relationship are importantD the influence of appearance begins early in life该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:BSSS_SINGLE_SEL7.The third paragraph emphasizes in part the importance of ___ ___.A familiarityB differenceC individualityD consistency该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:CSSS_SINGLE_SEL8.According to the passage, the **posite features people have, ______.A the more unique they areB the less ordinary they areC the more attractive they areD the less beautiful they are该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:ASSS_SINGLE_SEL9.In his statement, Hamachek is giving emphasis to ______.A social standardsB composite featuresC good characterD physical attraction该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:BSSS_SINGLE_SEL10.The best title for the passage is ______.A Beauty and AgeB Appearance and RelationshipC Standards of Social BehaviorD Features of Physical Attractiveness该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:BPassage 3Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.The public schools of the United States—elementary, secondary, and higher—have a history, and it is the social history of the United States: the decades before the Civil War, in which the el ementary or “common schools”were reformed; the decades sur rounding the turn of the twentieth century, in which the se condary schools “welcomed”the “children of the plain peop le”;and the post-World War II decades, which found the public colleges and u niversities flooded non-traditional students—those traditionally excluded from higher education by sex, ra ce, and class.In each of these periods, the quantitative expansion of the student population was matched by a qualitative transformati on of the enlarged institutions. **mon schools of the mid-1800s were charged with reforming the moral character of the children of failed artisans (工匠) and farmers; the expanded high schools at the turn of the century with preparing their poor, working-class, and immigrant teenagers for future lives in city and factory; the “open-access”publicinstitutions in the postwar period with moving their students off the unemployment lines and into lower-level white-collar positions.**mon schools, the high schools, the colleges and universities—all in their own times—were expanded and transformed so that they might better main tain social order and increase material productivity. But no matter how enlarged or reformed, they could not do the jo bs expected of them: they could not solve the economic, soc ial, and human problems brought about by uncontrolled urbaniz ation and industrialization within the context of the private property system. The schooling reforms succeeded only in sh ifting the discussion and action from the social and product ive system to the people who were now held responsible for not fitting into it.SSS_SINGLE_SEL11.American education in the post-World War II decades focused mostly on ______.A early childhood educationB elementary school educationC secondary school educationD college education该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:DSSS_SINGLE_SEL12.The turn-of-the-century American education dealt partly with the problem of ______.A failed farmersB unsuccessful artisansC immigrant teenagersD lower-level white-collar workers该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:DSSS_SINGLE_SEL13.It is implied in the passage that women began to be educat ed in large numbers ______.A after the Civil WarB at the turn of the 20th centuryC before World War IID after World War II该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:DSSS_SINGLE_SEL14.One of the purposes for public school reformation is ______.A to increase material productivityB to impose the quality of educationC to urbanize rural areas in the United StatesD D. to promote industrialization in the United States该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:BSSS_SINGLE_SEL15.The author believes that public schools ______.A changed American political systemB could not solve American problemsC led to social problems in the United StatesD could not improve qualitatively in the United States该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:CPassage 4Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.Historical periods are dominated by distinct sets of ideas w hich form the general spirit of a period in history. Greek philosophy, Christianity, Renaissance thought, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment are examples of sets of ideas that dominated their historical periods. The changes fr om one period to the next are usually rather gradual.; othe r changes—more abrupt—are often referred to as revolutions. The most far-reaching of all these intellectual changes was the Darwinian revolution. The worldview formed by any thinking person in the Western world after 1859, when On the Origin of Speci es was published, was by necessity quite different from a w orldview formed before 1859. It is almost impossible for a modern person to project back to the early half of the nin eteenth century and reconstruct the thinking of this pre-Darwinian period, for the impact of Darwinism on our views has been so great.The intellectual revolution brought about by Darwin went far beyond the realm of biology, causing the overthrow of some of the most basic beliefs of his age. For example, Darwin rejected the belief in the individual creation of each spe cies, establishing in its place the concept that all of lif e descended from a common ancestor. By extension, he introdu ced the idea that humans were not the special products of creation but evolved according to principles that operate eve rywhere else in the living world. Darwin upset current notio ns of a perfectly designed natural and gentle world and sub stituted in their place the concept of a struggle for survi val. Victorian notions of progress and perfectibility were se riously weakened by Darwin's demonstration that evolution brin gs about change and adaptation, but it does not necessarily lead to progress, and it never leads to perfection.Darwin would be remembered as an outstanding scientist even if he had never written a word about evolution. Indeed, som e people believe that Darwin’s most original contribution to biology was not the theory of evolution but his series of books on experimental botany published near the end of his life. This achievement is little known among non-biologists, and the same is true for his equally outstanding work on the adaptation of flowers and on animal psychology , as well as his imaginative work on earthworms. Darwin als o attacked important problems with extraordinary originality, thereby becoming the founder of several now well-recognized separate disciplines. Darwin was the first person to work out a sound theory of classification, which is stil l used by most experts today.SSS_SINGLE_SEL16.The author considers the change caused by Darwin’s On the Origin of Species ______.A gradualB abruptC religiousD philosophical该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:ASSS_SINGLE_SELThe influence of Darwinism has been so strong that it is d ifficult to ______.A know how people looked at the world before 1859B imagine people’s worldview after 1859C disregard the implications of his theoryD know what Victorian society was like该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:CSSS_SINGLE_SEL18.Darwin believed that all species in the world ______.A were created individuallyB sprang from the same originC became increasingly betterD shared the same pace of progress该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:CSSS_SINGLE_SEL19.It can be concluded from the passage that Darwin was ______ .A a modest scholarB a born thinkerC an original scientistD a practical theorist该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:CSSS_SINGLE_SEL20.The author intends to say in the last paragraph that ______ .A Darwin did outstanding work apart from his theory of evolutionB non-biologists know very little about Darwin's theory of evolutionC scholars failed to recognize Darwin’s contributions for along timeD Darwin's most outstanding contribution is his theory of classification该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 2答案:DII. SPEED READINGSkim or scan the following passages, and then decide on t he best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points, 1 point each)Passage 5Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Potatoes are a tuber-producing crop originally grown in the Americas. Over 200 va rieties of wild potatoes grow from what is now Colorado to what are now Chile and Argentina. The native peoples of t he Andean region of South America were the first to domesti cate potatoes and to cultivate them as a food crop. The ea rliest potato, found in an archaeological site in central Pe ru, has been dated back to about 8000 B.C.. Scientists beli eve that American Indians began domesticating potatoes at the end of the Ice Age. Four thousand years later, native peo ples livingin the Andean highlands had begun to rely on potatoes as a major part of their diet. By about 2000 B.C.. Indians in the coastal region of what is now Peru were also cultivat ing this crop extensively.During the reign of the Inca, who established their empire in what is now Peru in about A.D. 1000, American Indian fa rmers were growing not only white potatoes but red, yellow, black, blue, green, and brown ones as well. They were del iberately developing potatoes of varying sizes and shapes tha t would do well under a number of growing conditions. Becau se potatoes were easily grown, flourish in a number of clim ates, and high in vitamin C, they were an efficient way of meeting dietary needs.In 1531, when Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro landed in what is now Peru, the native Andean peoples had developed a bout 3,000 types of potatoes and had also invented a method to freeze-dry them for storage. The Inca, who called potatoes papas, ate boiled potatoes as a vegetable and also made a kind of unleavened potato bread made from flour that had been grou nd from freeze-dried potatoes. They also added this potato flour to soups and stews and made porridge from it.Pedro de Cieza, who traveled with Francisco Pizarro's expedit ion, compared potatoes to chestnuts. Because the tubers grew underground and were small, the Spaniards believed potatoes were truffles (块菌) and began calling them tartuffo. When English explorer S ir Francis Drake crossed the Strait of Magellan, he ate pot atoes on the coast of what is now Chile that same year. Y et, historians are uncertain exactly whether the Spaniards or the English brought potatoes to Europe.SSS_SINGLE_SEL21.The earliest potato was found in ______.A PeruB ChileC ArgentinaD Colorado该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:ASSS_SINGLE_SEL22.Potatoes became the major source of food for American Indian s about ______.A 8000 B.C.B 4000 B.C.C 2000 B.C.D A.D.1000该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:ASSS_SINGLE_SEL23.American Indians developed potatoes of different sizes and sh apes to ______.A meet different dietary needsB get potatoes of different colorsC suit various growing conditionsD store them in convenient places该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:ASSS_SINGLE_SEL24.American Indians freeze-dried potatoes so that they could be ______.A stewedB groundC storedD boiled该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:CSSS_SINGLE_SEL25.Which of the following is true?A Historians believe that the English brought potatoes to Europe.B Sir Francis Drake ate potatoes in what is now Peru.C Francisco **pared potatoes to chestnuts.D The Spaniards thought that potatoes were truffles.该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:DPassage 6Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.The blogging craze of a couple of years ago, when it was estimated that ten new blogs were started somewhere in the world every minute, now seems to have died down a bit. Y et thousands of blogs—probably the better ones—remain. Blogs are now no longer seen as the exclusive posse ssion of geeks, and are now seen as important and influenti al sources of news and opinions. So many people read blogs now that it has even been suggested that some blogs may have been powerful enough to influence the result of the re cent U.S. election.Blogs are very easy to set up. All you need is a computer , an internet connection and the desire to write something.A blog differs from a traditional internet site in two ways. First, a blog is one page consisting mostly of texts, though a few pictures are sometimes provided. Second, andmore importantly, a blog is a space for people to respond to what you write. The best blogs are similar to online di scussions, where people write in response to what the blogge r has written. Blogs are regularly updated—busy blogs are updated every day, or even every few hours.Not all blogs are about politics, however. There are blogs about music, films, sports, books—any subject you can imagine has its enthusiasts typing away and giving their opinions to fellow enthusiasts or anyone else who cares to read their opinions.But how influential, or important, is the blogosphere really? One problem with blogs is that many people who read and write them seem only to communicate with each other. When p eople talk about the influence of the blogosphere, they do not take into account the millions of people around the wor ld who are not bloggers, never read blogs, and don't even have access to a computer, let alone a good internet connec tion.Sometimes, it seems that the blogosphere exists only to infl uence itself, or that its influence is limited to what is actually quite a **munity. Blogs seem to promise a virtual democracy—in which anyone can say anything they like, and have their opinions heard—but who is actually listening to these opinions? Little hard evidence shows that blogs have influenced people in the wa y that traditional mass media such as television and newspap ers are able to do.SSS_SINGLE_SEL26.Now the blogging craze ______.A is emergingB has become less intenseC keeps risingD remains the same as before该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:BSSS_SINGLE_SEL27.Blogs differ from traditional internet sites in that ______.A texts are mostly shortB they present picturesC they are daily updatedD readers can **ments该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:DSSS_SINGLE_SEL28.One problem with blogs is that bloggers fail to consider __ ____.A non-bloggersB virtual democracyC U.S. politiciansD internet connection该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:DSSS_SINGLE_SEL29.In the author's opinion, the influence of the blogosphere is ______.A importantB powerfulC positiveD limited该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:DSSS_SINGLE_SEL30.According to the author, it is not difficult to ______.A set up blogsB make blogs involve everyoneC show the importance of blogosphereD make blogs surpass traditional mass media该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:DIII. DISCOURSE CLOZEThe following is taken from the textbook. Read the passage and fill in the numbered spaces (there are more suggeste d answers than necessary). Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points, 1 point each)The makers of the Constitution knew that changes would be n ecessary and that if there was no way of making them, the Constitution would no longer be useful. They, therefore, ma de it possible for Americans to change the Constitution by adopting amendments to it, (31) . All amendments written int o the Constitution have been made in accordance with rules (32) . An amendment may be proposed by two-thirds of both houses of Congress or by a convention called by Congress (33) . It must then be approved by three-fourths of all the states. Then and only then (34) .Since 1789 (35) . Ten of them were adopted almos t immediately (36) . They are the amendments (37) because t hey protect the rights of individuals．Some amendments have e xtended the right to vote by forbidding discrimination in re spect to the fight to vote on account of race，color or sex，and (38) ．One great amendment abolished slavery in the Unit ed States．The Fourteenth Amendment，(39) ，has done much in recent years to bring greater justice to black people and others．Other amendments have changed the me thod of electing senators(40) ，and increased the taxing power of Congress．By amendment we have sought to **e defects in the Constitution and thus to keep it alive．(From The Constitution of the United States)[A] accepted after the Civil War[B] laid down in the original document[C]in order to make it more democratic[D] that we call the Bill of Rights[E] by interpretation on the part of the Supreme Court[F] twenty-six amendments to the Constitution have been adopted[G] that Congress had no power under the Constitution to pa ss such a law[H]at the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures[I]but they did not make it easy to do so[J] does the change become part of the Constitution [K] after the Constitution went into effect[L]by lowering the voting age to eighteenSSS_SIMPLE_SIN31.A B C D E F GH I J K L该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:ISSS_SIMPLE_SIN32.A B C D E F GH I J K L该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:BSSS_SIMPLE_SIN33.A B C D E F GH I J K L该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:HSSS_SIMPLE_SIN34.A B C D E F GH I J K L该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:JSSS_SIMPLE_SIN35.A B C D E F GH I J K L该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:FSSS_SIMPLE_SIN36.A B C D E F GH I J K L该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:KSSS_SIMPLE_SIN37.A B C D E F GH I J K L该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:DSSS_SIMPLE_SIN38.A B C D E F GH I J K L该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:LSSS_SIMPLE_SIN39.A B C D E F GH I J K L该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:ASSS_SIMPLE_SIN40.A B C D E F GH I J K L该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:CIV．WORD FORMATIONComplete each of the following sentences with the proper f orm of the word in brackets Write your answers on the ANSW ER SHEET. (10 points，1 point each)41.(bright)That new carpet will certainly _____ up your living room．SSS_FILL该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:brightly42.(anxiety) The foreign minister admitted he was still _____ a bout the situation in that country．SSS_FILL该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:anxiety43.(ill) Scientists have not yet found a cure for this _____ _．SSS_FILL该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:illness44.(sign) The recent decline of the stock market does not nece ssarily ____ the start of a recession．SSS_FILL该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:signs45.(simple) Some students lost marks _____ because they hadn’t read the question carefully．SSS_FILL该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:simply46.(enjoy) Lunch break at the hotdog stand in the park is the most _____ and interesting time of the day for me．SSS_FILL该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:enjoyable47.(able)This health center serves all patients，regardless of their ______ to pay．SSS_FILL该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:ability48.(understand) She expressed her opinions in such clear terms that no one would ____ her．SSS_FILL该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:understanding49.(1ead) Ever since the 1990s，Microsoft has been a world ____ in software design．SSS_FILL该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:led50.(judge) It’s too soon to make a ______ about the impact of the new policy．SSS_FILL该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:judgementV．GAP FILLINGThe following is taken from the textbook．Fill in the numb ered gaps with the correct form of the words or phrases in the box(there are more words than necessary)．Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points，1 point each)asdevotefiercen caseinterestin thatloverejectionsetthatwhowithThe semi-barbaric king had a daughter whom he loved deeply. She was as passionate, fanciful, and strong as her father and was (51) to him. As is the case in many fairy tales, this daughter, the apple of her father’s eye, was in love wit h a young man (52) was below her in station. He was a commoner. He was also brave, handsome, and daring, and he l oved the royal daughter (53) all his being. The princess had enough barbarism in her (54) their love affair was dr amatic…too dramatic. It was a secret for months, but then the king found out about it.The king didn’t hesitate for a minute. He sent the young man to prison and (55) a date for his trial in the ar ena. When the date arrived, everyone in the kingdom wanted to attend. They all knew of the king’s(56) in the case , and there was excitement in the air.The king's men searched for the (57) tiger in the realm . They also searched for the fairest maiden in the land so that he could have a fitting bride (58) he were found innocent. Of course, everyone knew that he **mitted the “crime”of (59) the princess, but the king did not allow the facts of the case to alter his decision. The trial w ould go on (60) planned. The youth would be gone no ma tter what happened; he would either be dead or married. The king could enjoy the proceedings for the sport of it. (From The Lady or the Tiger)SSS_FILL51.该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:devoteSSS_FILL52.。

课程其它快速阅读自考00595课文详单主课Lesson 1 A day's Wait The Death ClockAttitude is Everything Lesson 2The Open WindowIf I Were a Boy Again April Foll's DayLesson 3Bringing Up ChildrenLearning How to Behave The Value of Education Lesson 4American Social Relations NullCommunities for Future Generation in the US Generation in the US Lesson 5New Applications Null Welcome to Our Bank Lesson 6The Wrong HouseNullThe LunchLesson 7Art For Heart's Sake A Musical Genius London Art Gallery Lesson 8The Luncheon Null The English Character L n 9Cind r ll Wh t i H inLesson 9Cinderella Null What is Happiness Lesson 10The NecklaceNullThe Lost Gold PieceLesson 11Lady in the Dark Louis Braille The Police and the Intelligence Agents Lesson 12Three Days to See My Teacher Helen KellerLesson 13Ture LoveNull Why I Want a Wife Lesson 14The Time MachineNull Social ClassesLesson 15The Celebrated Jumping Forg of Calavers County NullTwo kinds of FootballLesson 16How to Avoid the Foolish Opinions Shall We Chosse Death?Forgiveness and Self-respect Lesson 17Bricks form the Tower of the Babel Globa EnglishEnglish World-Wide L 18N b l C i tiLesson 18What Body Language Can Tell You That Words Cannot The Influence of Other Languages on Einglish Nonverbal Counication Lesson 19The Lady or the TigerNull Life or DeathLesson 20Opportunities Where You Are NullEmthusiasm Leads to Success Lesson 21PromethusGreek MythologyPandora's BoxHow did the days of the Week Lesson 22The Story of the Bible The Impotrance of the BibleHow did the days of the WeekGet Their Names?Lesson 23Inaugural Address Null Nancy Reagan: He was the Eternal Optimist Lesson 24The Joys of WritingLetter writing-A Forgotten Art?Winston Churchill: His Other LifeLesson 25The Constitution of the United States President of the United States Three Branches of the Federal GovernmentL 26Th W ld t W Th W ld W Ⅱi B i fU it d N ti Lesson 26The World at WarThe World at War Ⅱ in Brief United Nations Lesson 27Death of a Salesman (Ⅰ)Biography of Arthur Miller Miller' Theatre and Miller' Ideas Lesson 28Death of a Salesman (Ⅱ)Hollywood Marilyn Monroe。

2012年专业英语四级考试真题及答案PART I DICTATION [15 MIN]Listen to the following passage．Altogether the passage will be read to you four times．During the first reading， which will be done at normal speed， listen and try to understand the meaning．For the second and third readings，the passage will be read sentence by sentence， or phrase by phrase，with intervals of 15 seconds．The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work．You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more．Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE．PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN]In Sections A，B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY． Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow．Mark the best answer to each question on Answer Sheet Two．SECTION A CONVERSATIONSIn this section you will hear several conversations．Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow．Questions l to 3 are based on the following conversation．At the end of the conversation， you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions．Now， listen to the conversation．l．The Ethical Consumer Research Association will provide information to shoppers onA．product price．B．product quality．C．manufacturers．D．production methods．2．According to the conversation，an ethical shopper shouldA．ask for others'advice before buying things．B．consider the worth of something to be bought．C．postpone buying things whenever possible．D．search for things that are less costly．3．According to the conversation，ethical shoppers can be best described as A．shrewd． B．thrifty．C．extravagant． D．cautious．Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation．At the end of the conversation，you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions．Now，listen to the conversation．4．Which of the following statements is CORRECT about Mary?A．She is enjoying her language study．B．She is enjoying her management study．C．She is not feeling very well at the moment．D．She is not happy about her study pressure．5．What does Mary think of the course initially?A．It is useful． B．It is difficult．C．It is challenging． D．It is interesting．6．What is Mary's problem of living in a family house?A．She dislikes the food she eats． B．She is unable to sleep well．C．She has no chance to make friends． D．She finds the rent high．7．Which of the following is Mr．Davies'advice?A．To tryto make more friends．B．To try to change accommodation．C．To spend more time on English．D．To stop attending language classes．Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation．At the end of the conversation，you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions．Now，listen to the conversation．8．According to the conversation，the day is special becauseA．many people are surfing the net on that day．B．it is an anniversary of the internet．C．the net brought about no changes until that day．D．big changes will take place on that day．9．We learn from the conversation that peopleA．cannot Jive without the internet．B．cannot work without the internet．C．all use the internet to keep in touch．D．have varied opinions about internet use．10．At the end of the conversation．the speakers talk aboutA．the future of the internet．B．the type of office furniture．C．when changes will come．D．how people will use the internet．SECTION B PASSAGESIn this section，you will hear several passages．Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow．Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage．At the end of the passage，you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions．Now， listen to the passage．11．In order to open a bank account，you need to produce____in addition to your passport．A．a library card B．a registration formC．a telephone bill D．a receipt12．Which of the following might NOT be included in the'utility bill'?A．Rent． B．Gas． C．Water． D．Telephone．13．According to the passage，what can one do in the post office?A．Getting contact details． B．Obtaining tax forms．C．Paying housing rents． D．Applying for loans．Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage．At the end of the passage，you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions．Now， listen to the passage．14．According to the passage，'scheduling'means that youA．need to be efficient in work．B．plan your work properly．C．try to finish work ahead of time．D．know how to work in teams．15．According to the passage， one of the activities to relax could beA．protecting wild animals．B．spending time with your family．C．learning how to read efficiently．D．learning how to do gardening．16．One of the ways to reduce stress is toA．do better than anyone else．B．fulfill high ambitions in one's work．C．work and have reasonable aims．D．start with a relatively low aim．17．According to the passage，to reduce stress has something to do with the following EXCEPTA．one's position． B．one's interest．C．one's health． D．one's mood．Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage．At the end of the passage，you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions．Now， listen to the passage．18．According to the passage，new words tend to come fromA．world politics． B．advances in science．C．areas of life． D．all the above．19．The passage explains the larger and richer vocabulary of English mainly from a viewpoint．A．historical B．culturalC．commercial D．colonial20．According to the passage，which of the following statements best describes the English language?A．It is outdated in grammar．B．It accepts new words from science．C．It has begun taking in new words．D．It tends to embrace new words．SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section，you will hear several news items．Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow．Questions 21 and 22 are based OH the following news．At the end of the news item，you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions．Now listen to the news．21．Where was the marble statue found?A．Out in the sea． B．Inside a bath house．C．On a cliff along the coast． D．On the coast outside Jerusalem．22．Which of the following best describes the condition of the statue?A．It was incomplete． B．It was recent artwork．C．It was fairly tall． D．It was in pieces．Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news．At the end of the news item．you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions．Now， listen to the news．23．The rescue efforts concentrated mainly onA．the U．S．－Canada border B．snow－stricken regions．C．highways． D．city streets．24．According to the news，the last group of people might have been stranded in their vehiclesfor more than ____ hours before being rescued．A．24 B．25 C．40 D．48Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news．At the end of the news item，you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions．Now， listen to the news．25．According to the 2006 anti－smoking restrictions，smoking was NOT allowed inA．offices． B．restaurants． C．bars． D．school playgrounds．26．According to the news，which of the following groups reacts negatively to the new law?A．Television producers． B．Hotel owners．C．Medical workers． D．Hospital management．Questions 27 and 28 are based on the following news．At the end of the news item，you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions．Now， listen to the news．27．According to the news，who first discovered the fraud?A．A client． B．A bank manager．C．The police． D．Bank headquarters．28．When did the bank employee hand himself in?A．A month before the fraud was discovered．B．A day before the fraud was discovered．C．A day after the police launched investigation．D．A month after he transferred the money．Question 29 is based on the following news．At the end of the news item， you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question．Now， listen to the news．29．What is this news item mainly about?A．How to open Hotmail accounts．B．How to retrieve missing e－mails．C．New e－mail service by Microsoft．D．Problems and complaints about e－mails．Question30 is based on the following news．At the end of the news item， you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question．Now， listen to the news．30．Compared with 2009，which of the following figures remained about the same in 2010?A．Number of tickets sold． B．Box office revenues．C．Attendance rate． D Number of cinemas．PART III CLOZE 【15 MIN】Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks．Mark the best choice for each blank on AnswerSheet Two．The earthquake of 26th December 2004 resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in living memory．It was a （31） _____ underwater quake and occurred in the Indian Ocean．It （32） ____ coastlines，communities and brought death to many people．Why do earthquakes happen?The surface of the earth has not always looked as it does today；it is moving （33）____ （although very slowly）and has done so for billions of years．This is one（34）____ of earthquakes，when one section of the earth （tectonic plate）（35）____ another．Scientists can predict where but not（36）____ this might happen and the area between plates is called a fault line．On one fault line in Kobe，Japan in 1923 over 200，000 people were killed．（37）____，earthquakes do not always happen on fault lines，（38）____ is why they are so dangerous and （39）____．Where do volcanoes happen?Volcanoes happen where the earth's（40）____ is thin：lava，dust and gases （41）____ from beneath the earth．They can rise into a huge cone shape like a mountain and erupt，（42）____ they can be so violent（43）____ they just explode directly from the earth with no warning．There are 1511（44）'____' volcanoes in the world．This means that they may（45）____ be dangerous．In 1985 the Colombian volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupted．The lava melted a glacier and sent tones of mud（46）____ the town below．Twenty thousand people died．Natural disasters like volcanic eruptions are often unpredictable．We regularly do not know when they（47）____ pen，or （48）____ where they will happen．In the future，scientists may be able to watch and predict （49）____ before they happen．This could（50）____ many lives．31．A．massive B．significant C．great D．grand32．A．changed B．converted C．destroyed D．transformed33．A．frequently B．continuously C．regularly D．periodically34．A．source B．reason C．movement D．cause35．A．collides with B．confronts with C．meets with D．faces with36．A．how B．why C．when D．what37．A．Generally B．However C．Similarly D．Anyway38．A．that B．it C．this D．which39．A．unpredictable B．unaccountable C．inevitable D．irresistible40．A．surface B．appearance C．crust D．cover41．A．flowed out B．burst out C．1eaked out D．trickled out42．A．or B．and C．nor D．but43．A．like B．for C．as D．that44．A．living B．active C．alive D．live45．A．relatively B．hardly C．still D．gradually46．A．down B．on C．across D．beyond47．A．are to B．should C．must D．might48．A．else B．even C．though D．whether49．A．accidents B．incidents C．occasions D．events50．A．rescue B．save C．preserve D．shelterPART IV GRAMMAR ＆VOCABULARY 【15 MIN】There are thirty sentences in this section．Beneath each sentence there are four words， phrases or statements marked A，B， C and D．Choose one word， phrase or statement that best completes the sentence．Mark your answers on Answer Sheet Two．51．Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?A．Twenty miles seems like a long walk to him．B．No one except his supporters agree with him．C．Neither Julia nor I were going to the party．D．Few students in my class are really lazy．52．Which of the following determiners（限定词）can be placed before both singular count nouns and plural count nouns?A．many a B．few C．such D．the next53．Which of the following reflexive pronouns（反身代词）is used as an appositive （同位语）?A，He promised himself rapid progress．B．The manager herself will interview Mary．C．I have nothing to say for myself．D．They quarreled themselves red in the face．54．My boss ordered that the legal documents ____ to him before lunch．A．be sent B．were sent C．were to be sent D．must be sent55．Which of the following sentences expresses WILLINGNESS?A．By now she will be eating dinner．B．I shall never do that again．C．My brother will help you with the luggage．D．You shall get a promotion．56．Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?A．How strange feelings they are！B．How dare you speak to me like that！C．What noise they are making！D． What a mess we are in！57．which of the italicized parts functions as a subject?A．We never doubt that her brother is honest．B．The problem is not who will go but who will stay．C．You must give it back to whoever it belongs to。

全国2018年4月高等教育自学考试英语阅读(一)试题课程代码：00595PART ONE (70 POINTS)Ⅰ.TEXT COMPREHENSIONThe following comprehension questions are based on the texts you have learned, and each of them is provided with 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the best answer to each question and write the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET.(20 points ,1 point each)1.“With that chain on his watch ,Jim might loot at the time in any company.”The underlined partin this sentence from Gifts of the Magi means ____.A. in the presence of any personB. while working in a firmC. when interviewed by a corporationD. doing any business2.According to The Wife of Bath's Tale, what women want most is ____.A. jewels and moneyB. happinessC. fine clothesD. leadership in the family3.In The Fisherman and His Wife, the Fisherman was ____ when his wife wished for one thing after another.A. tolerant but not pleasedB. bewildered but not madC. anguished but not rebelliousD. furious but not daring4.In Little Match Girl, when her little hands were almost benumbed with cold, the little match girl ____.A. thought of the kindness of her grandmotherB. thought of the pleasant smell of the roast gooseC. went home but received a beating from her fatherD. rubbed the match against the wall and warmed her hands5.The title of the story A Day's Wait most probably means that the boy ____.A. had been waiting all day to dieB. had waited a whole day for his father to come backC. had been waiting all day to recover from his illnessD. had waited a whole day before the drugs took effect6.According to Bringing up Children,“upbringing”and “education”are ____.A. merely two different terms for the same processB. the same term for the different processes1C. two utterly different but closely related processes because children are involved in differentenvironmentsD. interdependent because both parents and teachers are responsible for the opportunities providedfor children's development7.The National Gallery in London overlooks ____.A. ParliamentB. Trafalgar SquareC. the National Gallery of British ArtD. the National Portrait Gallery8.According to How to Live like a Millionaire, most millionaires measure success by ____.A. incomeB. consumptionC. investment worth9.Based on the passage United Nations, which of the following statements is NOT true?____.A. The U.N. has the right to intervene in the member states' internal affairs.B. All the member states, big or small, have the same rights and obligations.C. The day that United Nations came into existence is United Nations Day.D. Armed forces should not be used except in protecting the common interest.10.According to Universities and Polytechnics,London University is similar to Oxford andCambridge in that ____.A. they all consist of many constituent collegesB. they were all founded in the 13th centuryC. students all live outside the campusD. they set up a different pattern of university life11.“Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up tohim, all Europe may be free. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, will sink into a Dark Age.”This quotation comes from the famous speech of ____ during the Second World War.A. Queen VictoriaB. George V.C. Lloyd GeorgeD. Winston Churchill12.The information from What Body Language Can Tell You That Words Cannot best supportswhich of the following statements?A. It is never too late to learn something new.B. Action speaks louder than words.C. Wisdom is born of experience.D. It is easier to preach than to practice.13.Through the examples given in Nonverbal Communication, the writer tries to tell us that ____.A. the nonverbal behavior of animals is instinctive, but it is not the case with humansB. animals have more elaborate nonverbal behavior than humans2C. nonverbal communication exists in both humans and animals naturallyD. humans might imitate each other's nonverbal behavior whereas animals' are entirely inborn14.The story The Girls in Their Summer Dresses deals with the subject of ____.A. the individual's lifestyle and outlookB. a person's imaginationC. the fashion of a certain periodD. the tradition of a society15.In The Constitution of the United States, ____is considered a great turning point in American history.A. the revolt against British ruleB. the Constitutional ConventionC. the establishment of legislature in each colonyD. the aid of France through independence16.In Lady in the Dark, which of the following words best describes Mrs. Courtenay's behavior inthe face of danger?A. Irritable.B. Scared.C. Calm.D. Watchful.17.According to Helen Keller in Three Days to See,which of the following statements is NOTtrue?A. Darkness would make people more appreciative of sight.B. Silence would teach people the joys of sound.C. It would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow.D. Court records reveal every day how accurately “eyewitnesses”see.18.At the end of the story by Jerome K. Jerome, getting up too early had been a ____to George.A. routineB. necessityC. warningD. pleasure19.According to some official records, the earliest Olympic Games took place ____.A. in the seventh century A.D.B. before 700 B.C.C. over three thousand years agoD. a thousand years ago20.Which of the following novels is NOT written by Charlotte Brontë ?A. Pride and PrejudiceB. The ProfessorC. Jane EyreD. ShirleyⅡ.READING COMPREHENSIONIn this part there are 4 reading passages followed by 20 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. You should decide on the best answer or the best choice to complete the statement and write the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points, 2 points each)3Passage 1There are two basic differences between the large and the small enterprises. In the small enterprise you operate primarily through personal contacts. In the large enterprise you have established “policies,”“channels”of organization, and fairly rigid procedures. In the small enterprise you have, moreover, immediate effectiveness in a very small area. You can see the effect of your work and of your decisions right away, once you are a little above the ground floor. In the large enterprise even the man at the top is only part of a big machine. To be sure, his actions affect a much greater area than the actions and decisions of the man in the small organization, but his effectiveness is remote, indirect, and difficult to see at first sight. In a small and even in a middle-sized business you are normally exposed to all kinds of experiences, and expected to do a great many things without too much help or guidance. In the large organization you are normally taught one thing thoroughly. In the small one the danger is of becoming a jack-of-all-trades and master of none. In the large one it is of becoming the man who knows more and more about less and less.There is one other important thing to consider: do you get a deep sense of satisfaction from being a member of a well-known organization--General Motors, the Bell Telephone System, the government? Or is it more important to you to be a well-known and important figure within your own small pond? There is a basic difference between the satisfaction that comes from being a member of a large, powerful, and generally known organization, and the one that comes from being a member of a family; between impersonal grandeur and personal —often much too personal —intimacy; between life in a small office on the top floor of a skyscraper and life in a crossroads gas station.21.It can be inferred from the first paragraph that in a large enterprise ____.A. new technology is employed quicklyB. all people work efficientlyC. one's effectiveness is felt very slowlyD. one can get promotion easily22.Generally speaking, the person working in a large enterprise ____.A. has to deal with a great many thingsB. knows how everything is going on around himC. acquires increasingly thorough knowledge within a limited fieldD. feels more secure than the one employed by a small enterprise23.In the second paragraph, the writer mentions “your own small pond”to refer to ____.A. a top leader in a larger enterpriseB. a manager of a small enterpriseC. a large enterpriseD. a small enterprise424.According to the information provided in the passage, if you are interested in personal intimacy, you should work ____.A. for General MotorsB. for the Bell Telephone SystemC. in a department in the governmentD. in a crossroads gas station25.The writer of this passage ____.A. compares the large and the small enterprises objectivelyB. obviously prefers to work for a large enterpriseC. intends to show the advantages of working in a small businessD. explains the disadvantages of being a top leader in a large businessPassage 2In the old days, when a glimpse of stockings was looked upon as something far too shocking to distract the serious work of an office, secretaries were men.Then came the First World War and the male secretaries were replaced by women. A man's secretary became his personal servant ,charged with remembering his wife's birthday and buying her presents; taking his suits to dry-cleaners; telling lies on the telephone to keep people he did not wish to speak to at bay; and of course, typing and filing and taking shorthand.Now all this may be changing again .The microchip (集成块) and high technology is sweeping the British office, taking with it much better of the routine clerical work that secretaries did.“Once office technology takes over generally, the status of the job will rise again because it will involve only the high-powered work—and then men will want to do it again.”That was said by one of the executives(male) of one of the biggest secretarial agencies in this country.What he has predicted is already under way in the U.S.Once high technology has made the job of secretary less routine, will there be a male takeover? Men should beware of thinking that they can walk right into better jobs. There are a lot of women secretaries who will do the job as well as they—not just because they can buy negligees(妇女长睡衣) for the boss's wife, but because they are as efficient and well-trained to cope with word processors and computers as men.26.Before 1914 female secretaries were rare because they ______.A. were less efficient than menB. were not as serious as menC. liked stockings5D. would have disturbed other office workers27.Besides fulfilling other duties, a female secretary was expected to _____.A. be her boss's memoryB. clean her boss's clothesC. do what her boss asked her toD. telephone her boss's wife28.Secrtaries,until recently, had to do a lot of work now done by _____.A. machinesB. other staffC. servantsD. wives29.A secretary in the future will ______.A. be better paidB. have higher statusC. have less work to doD. have more work to do30.The writer believes that before long _____.A. both men and women will be qualified secretariesB. men will be better than machinesC. men will take over women's jobs as secretariesD. women will operate most office machinesPassage 3Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon.Who really knows what the average businessman is trying to say in the average business letter? What member of an insurance or medical plan can decipher the brochure that tells him what his costs and benefits are? What father or mother can put together a child's toy—on Christmas Eve or any other eve—from the instructions on the box? Our national tendency is to inflate and thereby sound important. The airline pilot who wakes us to announce that he is presently anticipating experiencing considerable weather wouldn't dream of saying that there's a storm ahead and it may get bumpy. The sentence is too simple—there must be something wrong with it.But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every word that serves no function, every long word that could be a short word, every adverb winch carries the same meaning that is already in the verb, every passive construction that leaves the reader unsure of who is doing what—these are the thousand and one adulterants (赘词)that weaken the strength of a sentence. And they usually occur, ironically, in proportion to education and rank.During the late 1960's the president of Princeton University wrote a letter to mollify the alumni6after a spell of campus unrest. “You are probably aware,”he began,“that we have been experiencing very considerable potentially explosive expressions of dissatisfaction on issues only partially related.”He meant that the students had been hassling them about different things. As an alumnus I was far more upset by the president's syntax than by the students' potentially explosive expression of dissatisfaction. I would have preferred the presidential approach taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt when he tried to convert into English his own government's memos, such as this blackout order of 1942:Such preparations shall be made as will completely obscure all Federal buildings and non-Federal buildings occupied by the Federal government during an air raid for any period of time from visibility by reasons of internal or external illumination.“Tell them,”Roosevelt said,“that in buildings where they have to keep the work going to put something across the windows.”31.What is the author's main purpose in writing the passage?A. To show the intellectual level of most Americans.B. To criticize wordy writing.C. To inform readers of the American writing style.D. To describe the best way of communication.32.The reason why the author quotes Roosevelt is to ____.A. provide evidence for the government documentB. reveal the hidden power of wordsC. give an example of the authority's role during the crisisD. show how simply the blackout order could have been stated33.According to the passage, the airline pilot avoids using the word“storm”because the word____.A. may frighten the passengersB. is ambiguousC. is too ordinary.D. sounds important34.The author gives the example of the president of Princeton in order to show that____.A. educated people usually communicate clearlyB. educated people tend to act like leadersC. simplicity is something easily forgotten by leaders or educated peopleD. simplicity is not suitable for the style of leaders or educated people35.Which of the following words is NOT negatively slanted?A. ClutterB. JargonC. DecipherD. BrochurePassage 47When I first considered becoming a college professor, tenure was not an attraction or even an issue. I was drawn to the profession by the work and the environment. Even after earning a Ph.D., spending time working in Washington D.C., and finally getting my first teaching job in public administration, I was not particularly concerned with tenure. I now work at a regional institution that requires an attainable balance between teaching, research, and service. I have always been a hard worker and see no reason to stop.But my vision of tenure has changed, I do not want to always by the same kind of professor I am now. Now, I am working on articles, course preparations, learning the details of the curriculum so I can advise students, and building institutional knowledge by serving on university committees. Today, my productivity is high and I focus on “collecting beans,”tomorrow, I would like to focus on quality.Whether tenure can give me the opportunity to focus on quality is questionable, but the idea of longevity is a concept that seems to have broad acceptance in most professions. My friends who became lawyers and accountants spend their time talking about becoming partners; medical doctors talk about establishing a practice; civil servants are protected by the merit system. The professionals in these fields serve a probationary period(试用期) and demonstrate competence to attain a certain level of freedom in their fields. After that, we expect that their professionalism can be used to serve society.Are college professors and universities different from lawyers, law firms, and the American Bar Association or doctors, practices, and the American Medical Association? The answer is both yes and no. Rarely does one hear about a professor being brought to court for malpractice. Still, the college professors I know work long hours, serve arduous, poorly-paid probationary periods, are dedicated to their students and their fields and do not want to work in another profession after they have arrived in this one. Thus tenure is often seen as the reward for years of struggle. Tenure, therefore, has become something important to me, specifically as a way to become firmly established in my profession.36.What does “tenure”probably mean in the passage?A. The reward to a lawyer or an accountant for his or her hard work.B. The right to keep one's job at a university until retirement.C. The chance of being promoted to a higher administrative position.D. The possibility of establishing one's own practice after a probationary period.37.By “I do not want to always be the same kind of professor I am now,”the author means that______.A. he is thinking of leaving his present jobB. he does not really enjoy writing articles or preparing for courses8C. he wants to do something more important and worthwhileD. he does not like the teaching environment any more38.In the second paragraph, “collecting beans”is nearest in meaning to ______.A.“making significant contributions”B.“making small achievements”C.“enjoying the rewards of hard work”D.“gaining greater professional competence”39.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. The writer is not sure that tenure would let him focus on quality.B. Young lawyers look forward to sharing the ownership of the firm they work for.C. College professors have small salaries until their probationary period is over.D. College professors may consider working in some other professions if they are not properlyrewarded.40.The writer mentions lawyers and accountants in order to ______.A. explain why he chose teaching as his careerB. illustrate how other professionals view their workC. prove that professors and other professionals have the same idea about qualityD. show that college professors' expectation of job security is reasonableⅢ.SKIMMING AND SCANNINGIn this part there are 3 reading passages followed by 10 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. Skim or scan the passages, then decide on the best answer and write the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points, 1 point each)Passage 1Nurse Kettle took the river path. Dusk had fallen over the valley and as she descended into it her own footfall sounded unnaturally loud on the firm turf. Thump, Thump, Thump, she went, down the hillside. Were those only her footsteps? She stopped dead, tilted her head and listened. Only occasional rural sounds disturbed the quiet of nightfall. She could actually hear the cool voice of the stream.She did not cross Harper's Bridge but followed a rough path along the right bank of the river, past a group of alders and another of willows, this second group, extending in a sickle-shaped mass from the water's edge into Harper's Meadow, rose up in the dusk. She could smell willow leaves and wet soil. As sometimes happens when we are solitary, she had the sensation of being observed but she was not a fanciful woman and soon dismissed the feeling.“It's turned much cooler,”she thought.9A cry of mourning, intolerably loud, rose from beyond the willows and hung on the night air. A brown bird whirred out of the thicket close to her face and the cry broke and moved again gently in several different directions. It was the howl of a dog. She pushed through the thicket into a clearing by the river and found the body of Colonel Carter with his dog Skip bedside him, mourning him.41.Why did Nurse Kettle suddenly stop?A. She thought she was dying.B. She wondered if she was alone.C. She wanted to hear the sound of the stream.D. She thought she heard a voice.42.Which direction did Nurse Kettle take when she reached Harper’s Bridge?A. She crossed it and continued along the right bank.B. She didn't cross it and turned away from the trees.C. She followed a path through some tress.D. She followed a path by the river bank.43.What caused Nurse Kettle to feel that she was being watched?A. The strange shape in the mist.B. The damp smell of the wet earth.C. A sense of not being alone.D. A drop in the temperature.44.Where did Nurse Kettle discover the body of Colonel Carter?A. In some thick bushes.B. In the river with his dog.C. Among the willow trees.D. In an opening beyond the bushes.Passage 2The idea of “a chain of stores,”buying directly from the manufacturer in large quantities and selling in many different places throughout the country, had its beginning with Woolworth, Kress, Kresge, and others who followed them. They were the forerunners of the large retail chain and department stores. These men had the vision to see that the more the manufacturers produced, the greater would be the saving to the consumer.Frank Woolworth was born in the town of Rodman in New York State, in the year 1855. He had a poverty-stricken childhood, which meant hardly enough to eat, one pair of boots a year, and never a warm coat for the winter. Frank did not like farming. He dreamed of being a railroad engineer. Later, he changed his ambition and wanted to become a merchant.10When Frank Woolworth was a young man, apprenticeship was still in existence, particularly in the eastern part of the United States. A boy was taken into a business to learn a trade, or to learn how to conduct the business. He was considered to be worth very little to the owner during his learning period. Sometimes, the apprentice would be given his board and a room. The businessman felt that he was doing something worthwhile for the young man he took as an apprentice. He reasoned that it was like sending the young man to a school and paying his tuition.Woolworth managed to take a short commercial course which he knew he needed to become a merchant. At first, he was given a small wage of three dollars and fifty cents a week in the firm of Moore and Smith. After a while Woolworth came to the conclusion that while he was not a good salesman, he could trim the store and dress the windows to attract customers. In time, he worked up to six dollars a week. Another merchant offered him ten dollars a week and Woolworth decided that it was enough to marry on. Unfortunately, his new employer was not interested in having his windows dressed. And after a week or two of Woolworth's poor salesmanship, he reduced his wages to eight dollars a week.With a wife to support now, Woolworth decided to try farming. He bought a farm on mortgage and he and his wife raised chickens. But in a short time farming bored him. Besides, Moorc and Smith asked him to return to his job. They found that they needed Woolworth as a window trimmer, to attract customers. When they offered him the job at ten dollars a week, Woolworth went back to working in the store.45.One thing that a store chain can do but an independent storekeeper cannot do is to ______.A. hold salesB. competeC. advertiseD. buy in large quantities46.Frank Woolworth had ability in ______.A. farmingB. salesmanshipC. dressing store windowsD. bargaining47.Woolworth's first ambition was to become ______.A. a farmerB. a railroad engineerC. a merchantD. a designerPassage 3More and more residences, businesses, and even government agencies are using telephone answering machines to take messages or give information or instructions. Sometimes these machines give confusing instructions, or play messages that are difficult to understand. If you make telephone calls, you need to be ready to respond if you get a recording.The most common machine is the type used in residences. If you call a home where there is a telephone answering machine in operation you will hear several rings and then a recorded message11that usually says something like this:“Hello. We can't come to the phone right now. If you want us to call you back, please leave your name and number after the beep.”Then you will hear a “beep,”which is a brief, high-pitched tone. After the beep, you can say who you are, whom you want to speak to, and what number the person should call to reach you, or you can leave a message. Some telephone answering machines record for only 20 or 30 seconds after the beep, so you must respond quickly.Some large businesses and government agencies are using telephone answering machines to provide information on topics about which they receive a large volume of inquires. Using these systems requires you to have a touch-tone phone(a phone with buttons rather than a rotary dial). The voice on the machine will tell you to push a certain button on your telephone if you want information on Topic A, another button for Topic B, and so on. You listen until you hear the topic you want to learn about, and then you push the appropriate button. After making your selection, you will hear a recorded message on the topic.48.In the passage, the writer elaborates on ______.A. the problems of telephone answering machinesB. the beep of the telephone answering machinesC. touch-tone phonesD. how to use telephone answering machines49.“Beep”is a brief, high-pitched tone used ______.A. to urge the caller to speak more quicklyB. to urge the caller to respond quicklyC. as a signal to remind the caller of the time leftD. as a signal to remind the caller that he may leave a message50.Which of the following would be the best title of this passage?A. Directions of Telephone Answering MachinesB. Advantages of Telephone Answering MachinesC. Know-how of Telephone Answering MachinesD. Problems of Telephone Answering MachinesPART TWO (30 POINTS)Ⅳ.WORD FORMATIONSComplete each of the following sentences with the proper form of the word in the brackets. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points, 1 point each)51.(short) The drop in the birth rate 20 years ago has created a severe ______ of workers.52.(strong) Fresh evidence has greatly ______ the case against him.53.(grow) The US portion of the Internet is experiencing rapid ______ in the number ofnetworks connected to it.54.(courage) I want to thank everyone who has ______ and supported me.1255.(increase) As resources become______ scarce, choices have to be made and priorities set.56.(memory) They listen to stories, ______ nursery rhymes, read picture books and gain otherexperiences that prepare them to read.57.(fortunate) I would have been here an hour ago. but ______ I missed the train.58.(accept) Smoking is no longer considered socially ______ by many people.59.(addition) They appeared to be checking only if there were any ______ persons in it.60.(approve) We need parental ______ before allowing students to go on field trips.Ⅴ.ANSWER THE QUESTIONSThere are 4 groups of simple questions in this part, which are based on the texts you have learned. Give a brief answer to each of the questions. Your answers must be to the point and grammatically correct. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(20 points, 5 points each)61.Who are the lovers in the selection from The Decameron? What are they like? What happens tothem?(from The Decameron) 62.What is the king's semibarbaric method of administering justice in The Lady or the Tiger?What difficulty does the princess face in the case of her lover?(from The Lady or the Tiger) 63.What animals are mentioned in The Animals of Aesop? What is the moral of each of the fables?(from The Animals of Aesop) 64.According to The Story of the Bible, how were Adam and Eve created? Why were they drivenout of Paradise?(from The Story of the Bible)13。

专业英语四级阅读理解辅导：先读文章后看题目有的考生在做阅读理解题的时候，喜欢先看题目后读文章。

他们认为这样会节省时间，但是大多数情况下结果与他们的初衷相反。

实际上，在做阅读理解题的时候先看题目不会节省时间，反而会浪费时间。

这是因为如果你先看题目，在你阅读文章的时候你的脑中就会充斥着这些题目，那么你就不能集中注意力。

你就会集中注意力寻找这些题目的答案，从而影响对文章整体的理解。

因此在做阅读理解时要先读文章，后看题目。

以下是一些具体的方法：1.在阅读文章时不要担心时间不够，否则就不能全神贯注于文章内容。

在阅读文章开头几句时，你要联想一下文章的大意：文章是关于什么内容、写的谁、谈论什么事物等。

2.当你继续阅读文章时，要努力识别出文章的文体，即是科普文章、文学作品，还是新闻报道或是别的;同时要识别出作者的写作手法，文章是写给谁看的，作者是带着一种什么样的感情写这篇文章的。

3.在读完文章一遍后，你会对文章的主题和文章的结构有了一定的印象，但是为了准确起见，在你回答问题的时候一定要回过头来再看一遍该文，以确认你的答案。

不要根据自己第一遍阅读时的印象答题，也不要根据自己所掌握的文章以外的知识答题。

4.在阅读题目的时候，要注意一些关键字眼，比如EXCEPT, CANNOT, NOT, INCORRECT 等出题者为了引起考生特别注意的大写词英语专业四级阅读理解面面观一、专四阅读理解十大话题社会话题:如商场偷窃(2004),体育商业化(2002)教育话题:如儿童择校(2001),大学教育(1997),教学方法(1997),科技话题:如轻型飞机(1993), 昆虫思维(1994),人物传记;某小说家(1992),个人历史(1996),姓氏溯源(2000)历史研究:北爱尔兰问题(1992),法国变化(1993)妇女话题:夫妻关系(2001),家电与妇女(2002)种族话题:民族矛盾(1998)自然话题:雪崩(1996),海啸(1997),潮汐(1992)健康话题:饮酒与心脏病(1995),经济话题:如瑞士银行(2000),中国经济特区(2004)二、阅读理解五种材料说明文、记叙文、议论文、描写文、应用文(尤其是新闻报道)三、题型分析及应对策略1．主旨类(1)What is the main idea (subject) of this passage ?(2)What does this passage mainly (primarily)concerned ?(3)The main theme of this passage is ___________.(4)The main point of the passage is__________.(5)Which of the following is the best title for the passage ?(6)The title that best expresses thetheme of the passage is ___________.我要收藏(7)On which of the following subject would the passage most likely be found in a textbook ?(8)The purpose of the writer in writing this passage _________.(9)Which of the following best describes the passage as a whole ?应对策略：跳读（skimming）文章的开头、结尾及段落的首句和尾句。