2022年8月海南省地区自考英语(一)试题及答案.docx
2022年8月海南省地区自考英语(一)试题及答案第1题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】In the digital realm, the next big advance will be voice recognition. The rudiments are already here but in primitive form. Ask a computer to “recognize speech, “ and it is likely to think you want it to “wreck a nice beach. " But in a decade or so we' 11 be able to chat away and machines will soak it all in. Microchips will be truly embedded in our lives when we can talk to them. Not only to our computers, we' 11 also be able to chat with our automobile navigation systems, telephone consoles, browsers, thermostats. VCRs, microwaves and any other devices we want to boss around. The techniques of voice recognition.A、 are mature enough for extensive useB、 are in its initial stage of developmentC、 will aid people to chat through computersD、 will assist people to recognize each other? s voice【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。本段的第一句、第二句提供了答案。A不是正确选项, 因为根据整篇文章,尤其是本段的内容,语音识别技术虽然处于初始阶段,但在 十年左右的时间里,这种技术将得到广泛应用。语音技术使人们得以和机器对话, 所以C和D都是错误的选项。第2题【单项选择题】【填句补文】The black robin (旅东鸟)is one of the world's rarest birds. It is a small, wild bird, and it lives only on the island of Little Mangere, off the coast of New Zealand. In 1967 there were about fifty black robins there; in 1977 there were fewer than ten.A、 electronicsB、 biotechnologyC、 genetic engineeringD、 nuclear technology【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。此题问的是未来的科学是属于什么的?本段最后一句给 出了答案,属于生物科技,所以选B。第18题【单项选择题】2008. 10 When the engine broke down, the boat' s crew found themselves of the wind.A、 at the costB、 at the mercyC、 at the rateD、 at the moment【正确答案】B【答案解析】此题考查词组的固定搭配。at the cost of:以为代价;at the mercy of:任凭的摆布;at the rate:以的比率;at the moment:此?刻, 的时刻。第19题【单项选择题】【概括大意】Paul Wignail from the University of Leeds was investigating the link between volcanic eruptions and mass extinctions. Not all volcanic eruptions killed off large numbers of animals, but all the mass extinctions over the past 300 million years coincided with huge formations of volcanic rock. To his surprise, the older the massive volcanic eruptions were, the more damage they seemed to do. The main idea of this paragraph is.A、 Association of Mass Extinctions with Volcanic EruptionsB、 Killing Power of Ancient Volcanic EruptopmsC、 A Mass ExtinctionsD、 Volcanic Eruptions That Caused No Mass Extinction【正确答案】A【答案解析】本段文字的第一句话:Paul Wignall from the University of Leeds was investigating the link between volcanic eruptions and mass extinctions.里兹大学的Paul Wignall正在研究火山爆发与物种大量灭绝的联 系。The association of mass extinctions with volcanic Eruptions 与 the link between volcanic eruptions and mass extinctions 在意思上是相同的。 答案 是Ao第20题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】The other side of a state legal apparatus is a state military apparatus. While the one protects the individual from violence, the other sacrifices the individual to violence in the interests of the state. In war the state affirms supreme power over the individuals within its own borders. War is not simply a trial by combat to settle disputes between states; it is the moment when the state makes its most powerful demands upon its people for their commitment, allegiance, and supreme sacrifice. The word “allegiance" is closest in meaning to .A、 loyaltyB、 objectiveC、 survivalD、 motive【正确答案】A【答案解析】解此题可用同类词关系进行判断。在“allegiance”前后的两个词 分别是commitment和sacrifice,应能判断出这三个词相对于国家而言是同一 类词,再利用排除法,不难选出正确答案A。第21题【单项选择题】【填句补文】Mexico's current lack of funds is also partly due to oil. The country has rich oil fields and a few years ago, when oil was expensive, Mexico was selling large quantities of oil to the USA and earning a lot of money. . However, the price of oil then dropped, and Mexico has been left owing enormous sums of money and with not enough income from oil sales to pay back the loans.A、 But those ruins are in danger of being seriously damaged by pollution.B、Scientists estimate that about one millimeter of stone is worn away every twelve years.C At others the painted surfaces inside temples are lifting and flaking off and the stone is being eaten away.D、The government was therefore able to borrow huge sums of money from banks around the world, thinking they wou 1 d have no problem repaying their debts.【正确答案】D【答案解析】前文中说到,墨西哥把大量的石油卖给美国并获得很多的资金, therefore引出了答案:墨西哥获得了大量的贷款。第22题【单项选择题】2007. 4 They have to stay with us the time being because they havenot found a place yet.A、 duringB、inC、forD> since【正确答案】c【答案解析】固定词组搭配。第23题【单项选择题】【阅读判断】As a father, I believe that the death of a child in Africa is no less poignant or tragic than the death of a child anywhere else, and that it doesn' t take much to make an immense difference in these children' s lives. To Bill Gates' mind, there is a big difference between the death of the poor' s children and the death of the rich' s children.A、 TrueB、 FalseC、 Not Given【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。原文中说,比尔盖茨已经明确说,所有这些儿童的死亡 都一样令人伤心和悲哀,没有什么区别。第24题【单项选择题】【阅读判断】In life, you will constantly be facing challenges, times when it's tough to feel confident about what will happen in the future. Times like these will have different degrees of intensity and duration. The greater the degree and the longer the duration, the greater the fear and sense of uncertainty will be. The fear and sense of uncertainty will be independent of the degree and the duration of difficult times. ()A、 TrueB、 FalseC、 Not Given【正确答案】B【答案解析】文章进行了相关阐述“The greater the degreeof uncertainty will be. ”意为“程度越深,时间越长,恐惧感越强,不确定感也随之越强”。 因此题干的表述与其不一致。答案为B。第25题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】Writing for the content sites such as the Yahoo! Contributor Network also interests me. I' ve been trying creative writing, news, reviews and numerous lifestyle issues. And all of these topics have been of my own choosing. Then there is the opportunity to meet other writers. The Yahoo! Contributor Network has a wonderful in-house messaging system that allows its writers to communicate easily with one another. Not all your tries are rosy and easy when you write for a content site, but you will get much benefit if you try it. What is the benefit that the Yahoo! Contributor Network offers according to the author?A、 You can have all your articles published.B> You can get a lot of rewards from the site.C You can easily communicate with other writers.D> You can use its information and messages free.【正确答案】c【答案解析】答案选Co根据本段的The Yahoo! Contributor Network has a wonderful in-house messaging system that allows its writers to communicate easily with one another 确定 C 答案。第26题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】Young musicians in African countries are creating a new kind of pop music. The tunes and the rhythms of their music combine African traditions with various forms of music popular today, such as hip-hop, rap, rock, jazz, or reggae. The result is music that may sound familiar to listeners anywhere in the world, but at the same time is distinctly African. It is different also in another way Many of the songs are very serious and they deal with important social or political issues in Africa today. This passage is about how African pop music is.A、 usually about love and romanceB、 more serious than most pop musicC、 popular with young people in AfricaD> mostly written just for entertainment【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。此题的问题是:非洲流行音乐的不同之处是什么?由本 段倒数第一句可以得出答案。“It is different also in another way Many of the songs are very serious and they deal with important social or political issues in Africa today." AD 项错误,C 项未提及。第27题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】Finally, many great players come from the same kind of neighborhood - a poor, crowed area where a boy's dream is not to be a doctor, lawyer, or businessman, but to become a rich, famous athlete or entertainer. For example, Liverpool, which produced the Beetles, had one of the best English soccer (英式足球)teams in recent years. Pele practiced in the street with a ball made of rags. And George Best learned the tricks that made him famous by bouncing the ball off a wall in the slums of Belfast. All great players have a lot in common, but that doesn't explain why they are great. Hundreds of boys played in those Brazilian streets, but only one became Pele. The greatest players are born with some unique quality that sets them apart from all the others. In the last paragraph the statement ” but only one became Pelev indicates that .A、 Pele is the greatest soccer player.B> the greatest players are born with some unique quality.C、Pele's birthplace sets him apart from all the others.D、the success of a soccer player has everything to do with the family back ground.【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选Bo Pele是个伟大的球员,Hundreds of boys played in those Brazilian streets, but only one became Pele成百上千的人在巴西的街道上 踢球,但是只有一个Pele这样的伟大球员。最后一句话点明主题The greatest players are born with some unique quality that sets them apart from all the others.所以答案选择B。第28题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】We are so used to our life on the surface of the earth that it can be quite an effort for our mind to break free of all the ideas that we take for granted. Because we can feel that things are heavy, we think of "weight" as being a fixed quality in an object, but it is not really fixed at all. If you could take a one-pound packet of butter 4, 000 miles out from the earth, it would weigh only a quarter of a pound. We find it hard to break free from ideas connected with living on the earth becauseA、 it demands too great an effort for us to do so.B、we are too familiar with the way things are to question the ideas.C、 we have proved that those ideas are correct.D、we are so sure of ourselves that we never doubt anything on the earth.【正确答案】B【答案解析】此题抓住问题的关键词break free from, “摆脱”的意思。We are so used to our life on the surface of the earth that it can be quite an effort for our mind to break free of all the ideas that we take for granted. 这是第一句话,sothat,如此以致于。be familiar with与be used to是同义替换,前者表示熟悉,后者表示习惯,所以答案就得出来是B。第29题【单项选择题】【填句补文】Some 20, 000 tons of antibiotics are used in the European Union and the US each year. More than half are give to farm-animals to prevent disease and promote growth. .A、 The warning comes from a researcher in Switzerland who looked at levels of the drugs in farm slurry.B、 The drugs could be getting into our food and water.C、 Many drugs given to humans are also excreted unchanged.D、 But recent research has found a direct link between the increased use of these farmyard drugs and the appearance of antibiotic-resistant bugs that infect people.【正确答案】D【答案解析】前两句讲的是抗生素在欧洲和美国的大量使用,这句讲的是由此导 致的不良后果,接上去是最合理不过的。But明确地说明了这一转折。第30题【单项选择题】【阅读判断】As a father, I believe that the death of a child in Africa is no less poignant or tragic than the death of a child anywhere else, and that it doesn' t take much to make an immense difference in these children' s lives. To Bill Gates' mind, there is a big difference between the death of the poor, s children and the death of the rich, s children.A、 TrueB、 FalseC、 Not Given【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。原文中说,比尔盖茨已经明确说,所有这些儿童的死亡 都一样令人伤心和悲哀,没有什么区别。第31题【单项选择题】【概括大意】They always complained (抱怨) more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways. They also blamed that their parents always have a final say. And the young felt that their parents do not trust their children to deal with crises. Besides, they dissatisfied too much murmurs of their parents about certain problems and the lack of sense of humor in dealing with the problems, at least in parents-children relationships. The main idea of this paragraph is.A、The criticisms to their parents can be kept out of the young people' s mind in following ways.B、It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstanding between them.C、There are so many criticism to their parents among the young people.D> Young people have gotten enough reasons to criticize their parents. 【正确答案】c【答案解析】此题段落中的各句列举了年轻人都抱怨其父母些什么,谈的是What are the criticisms?的问题因此选择C。第32题【单项选择题】【填句补文】 Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please. . The chance to discover whether that freedom is as wonderful as it sounds is a chance more and more Americans are taking.A、 It's now socially acceptable, even fashionable, to live alone.B、The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want to do it.C、 Living alone is a luxury.D、 It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream.【正确答案】D【答案解析】空格前面句子中出现了 grown up,该词在D中正好有呼应,所以 重点关注。后句中的“自由”也是“梦想”中的一个局部,所以D是答案。第33题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!The author ' s attitude towards “mixed-ability teaching" is .A、 criticalB、 questioningC、 approvingD、 objective【正确答案】c【答案解析】选项A表示作者持“批评的”态度,选项B表示作者持“怀疑的” 态度,选项C表示作者持“赞同的”态度,选项D表示作者持“客观的”态度。 根据本段内容可以看出作者是持“赞同的”态度,所用的人称代词也是we,因 此答案是选项C。如果是持“客观的”态度的话,那么人称代词不会用we。第34题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】Once all this ended, I followed Ed and Helen home to be sure they arrived safely. After I waved goodbye and wished them my best, I thought, “That is the kind of love in life. The love is not physical or romantic but care in any time. " We can learn from the story that.A、 life is full of surprisesB、 love is both physical and romanticC、 care is a kind of love in lifeD、 you will feel good when helping those in trouble【正确答案】C【答案解析】答案选Co根据文章本段中That is the kind of love in life. The love is not physical or romantic but care in any time 可知答案为 C 项。A、 These are the only black robins left in the world.B、 Those that fail to meet the challenges will disappear early.C、 Both represent orders in the classification of life.D、 Detailed studies are going on, and a public appeal for money has been made.【正确答案】A【答案解析】前文说的是The black robin (旅鸦)的现存数量和活动地点。选 项A说的是这里成为有The black robin的唯一的地方。所以,选项A是合适的 选项。第3题【单项选择题】【填句补文】The black robin (旅鹑)is one of the world's rarest birds. It is a small, wild bird, and it lives only on the island of Little Mangere, off the coast of New Zealand. In 1967 there were about fifty black robins there; in 1977 there were fewer than ten. .A、 These are the only black robins left in the world.B、 Those that fail to meet the challenges will disappear early.C、 Both represent orders in the classification of life.D、 Detailed studies are going on, and a public appeal for money has been made.【正确答案】A【答案解析】前文说的是The black robin (旅鹑)的现存数量和活动地点。选 项A说的是这里成为有The black robin的唯一的地方。所以,选项A是合适的 选项。第4题【单项选择题】【阅读判断】Norwich, the capital of the part of Britain known as East Anglia, has been in existence for more than two thousand years. It began as a small village