【自考英语】2022年3月天津市天穆镇英语(一)模拟题(解析版).docx
备注:本套试卷附有答案解析,答案解析字体为白色,预览无法观看,如需观看试题的答案解析,请下载试卷CTRL+A选中全部文字,然后将答案字体调整为黑色即可。【自考英语】2022年3月天津市天穆镇英语(一)模拟题(解析版)第1题【单项选择题】【完成句子】The same year Henry Ford shocked the world with the $5 a-day minimum wage scheme, the greatest contribution he had ever made. The average wage in the auto industry then was $2. 34 for a 9-hour shift. Ford not only doubled that, he also took an hour off the workday. In those years it was unthinkable that a man could be paid that much for doing something that didn't involve all awful lot of training or education. The Wall Street Journal called the plan "an economic crime", and critics everywhere laughed at Ford. But as the wage increased later to daily $10, it proved a critical component of Ford's dream to make the automobile accessible (可及的)to all. The critics were too stupid to understand that because Ford had lowered his costs per car, the higher wages didn't matter-except for making it possible for more people to buy Cars. Ford's cars became available to ordinary people thanks to.A、criticized by the mediaB、the low wage in the auto industryC、their lower pricesD、produce cars in large numbers【正确答案】CB、wasC、isD> are【正确答案】B第16题【单项选择题】填句补文】But Bali starlings are only found in a small area on the island of Bali in Indonesia. They live in the tall grasslands near the coast.Today there are only 14 left in the wild on a single reserve. More than half of their habitat was converted into farmland, and forest plantation. Many of them were captured and sold as pets.A、We should take measures to protect them.B、 Bali starlings are very beautiful birds.C、They grow fast because of a protein rich diet of insects.D、In 1984, there were only 150 birds left in the wild.【正确答案】D第17题【单项选择题】【填句补文】The typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely. The majority of these people have chosen to live alone. They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family.A、 This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago.B、The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone.C、 There's more pressure to get married nowadays.D、 In fact, a quarter of the 23 million single people in the U.S. are under the age of 35.【正确答案】D第18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 clanger 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 would have no problem repaying their debts.【正确答案】D第19题【单项选择题】Too many people are indifferent others' troubles.A、withB、toC、ofD、 about【正确答案】B第20题【单项选择题】【完成句子】There are many other traps to avoid. The has found little awareness among drivers about safe parking. Most motorists questioned made no efforts to avoid parking in quiet spots- just the places thieves' love. The A.A. advises drivers to park in places with people around- thieves don't like audiences.Car drivers are found to be careless in choosing.A、safe parking spotsB、increase in the number of cars stolenC、non-professional thievesD、lack of parking space【正确答案】A第21题【单项选择题】填句补文】As part of their study, the researchers used a special machine to take action photos of the students' brains. This is the same part of the brain that becomes active when good readers read. This activated brain area appears to include a structure that helps people recognize familiar written words quickly.A、 Do you have difficulty reading in class?B、 The pictures showed an increase in activity in the back of the brain on the left side.C> As part of the study, 37 struggling readers received special tutoring.D、 By the end of the school year, these children could read faster than before.【正确答案】B第22题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】Mobile phones should carry a label if they proved to be a dangerous source of radiation, according to Robert Bell, a scientist. And no more mobile phone transmitter towers (发射塔) should be built until the long-term health effects of the radiation they emit (放射)is scientifically evaluated, he said. "Nobody's going to drop dead overnight but we should be asking for more scientific information/' Robert Bell said at a conference on the health effects of low-level radiation. "If mobile phones are found to be dangerous, they should carry a warning label until proper shields can be devised/' he said.According to Robert Bell, if mobile phones prove to be dangerous to people's healthA> they should be banned immediately.B、the use of them should be restricted.C、 all transmitter towers should be torn down.D、a warning label should be attached.【正确答案】D第23题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】After notifying the nurse of the situation we exchanged cell phone numbers in case Ed showed up. Once arriving in the parking lot of the restaurant Helen received a call from the nurse, who had found Ed sitting on a bench in front of the hospital a few buildings down waiting for her. What a relief! Ed was found at last.A、in front of the hospitalB、in the local restaurantC、in the parking lot of the restaurantD、on a bench near the restaurant【正确答案】A第24题【单项选择题】【完成句子】There are many other traps to avoid. The has found little awareness among drivers about safe parking. Most motorists questioned made no efforts to avoid parking in quiet spots-just the places thieves' love. The A.A. advises drivers to park in places with people around- thieves don't like audiences.Car drivers are found to be careless in choosing.A> safe parking spotsB、increase in the number of cars stolenC、non-professional thievesD、lack of parking space【正确答案】A第25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'll be able to chat away and machines will soak it all in. Microchips will betruly embedded in our lives when we can talk to them. Not only to our computers, we/ll 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第26题【单项选择题】2005.4 It was long supposed that the main difference between animals and plants was that the former could move about while the could not.A、 otherB、latterC、 anotherD、later【正确答案】B第27题【单项选择题】2005.4 Other people stop at each new word and look it in the dictionary.A、upB、downC、 backD、 over【正确答案】A第28题【单项选择题】【阅读判断】Yes, things look like economy will get worse. The reality, however, really depends on how you look at it and react to this situation. Like any challenge in life, it's not what actually happens that will determine the outcome, it's what you decide to do about it.The key to dealing with challenges lies in your attitudes towards what has happened. ( )A> TrueB、FalseC、Not Given【正确答案】A第29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 would have no problem repaying their debts.【正确答案】D第30题【单项选择题】2009.1 If he in landing a job, Tom will inform us immediately.A、 succeedsB、 succeededC、will succeedD、is succeeding【正确答案】A第31题【单项选择题】【填句补文】In order to produce high quality products, the Tasmanian government understands the need for getting high quality irrigation equipment at all times, such as travelling irrigators (灌)既车), pumps and other irrigation tools, which are the key to the success of the growers. It is also no wonder why irrigation equipment makers and suppliers are making much money in the region.A、 They play a key role in meeting the needs of the farmers.B、Through the years, people there have come up with long-term solutions that mainly focus on developing or improving its various irrigation systems.C、 Travelling irrigators first appeared in the East Han Dynasty in China.D、Next on the list is drip irrigation and spray irrigation.【正确答案】A第32题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】I was searching for just the right word to describe this book; a word that describes something that is perhaps somewhat sad, but in a good way. I couldn't find quite the right word, but I do know the feeling.This book does make me feel a bit sad. Sad for the way that childhood passes so quickly, sad for days that go by, faster than we'd like them to. But it also makes me feel the sweetness of these things and helps me remember that childhood imagination, freedom and joy are things that we can carry with us still, long after our days as children have passed.Which of the following is true about the author's feeling of the book?A、 It makes him feel sad for his childhood is sad.B、 It makes him feel sad because he didn't remember his happy childhood.C、 He couldn't describe the book, for he doesn't know the feeling.D、He realizes that childhood imagination, freedom and joy are things that he can carry even when he is an adult.【正确答案】D第33题【单项选择题】to raise the question.2005.10 Only after classA、did he allowedB、was he allowedC、he was allowedD、did he allow【正确答案】B第34题【单项选择题】【填句补文】Gang Xiao and Ben Schrag at Brown University, visualize the current by measuring subtle (细微的) changes in the magnetic field of an object and.A> to shrink it to the size of a desktop computerB、to make it capable of measuring very weak changes in magnetic fieldsC、as well as revealing microscopic defects in anything from aircraft to banknotesD、converting the information into a color picture showing the density of current at each point【正确答案】D第35题【单项选择题】2007. 4 They have to stay with us the time being because they have not found a place yet.A、duringB、inC、forD、since第2题【单项选择题】【阅读判断】For over a month, Indonesia was in crisis. Forest fires raged out of control as the country suffered its worst drought for 50 years. Smoke from the fires mixed with sunlight and hot dry air to form a cloud of smog. This pollution quickly spread and within days it was hanging over neighbouring countries including Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.Indonesia was in crisis because of the drought.A、TrueB、FalseC、Not Given【正确答案】A第3题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】"Longer life would give us a chance to recover from our mistakes and promote long term thinking/ says Dr Gregory Stock of the University Of California School Of Public Health. z/lt would also raise productivity by adding to the year we can work." Longer lives don't just affect the people who live them. They also affect society as a whole. "We have war, poverty, all sorts of issues around, and I don't think any of them would be at all helped by having people live longer/ says US bioethicist Daniel Callahan. Z/The question is 'What will we get as a society's suspect it won/t be a better society."Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the things that living longer might enable an individual to doA、Spending more time with his family.B、 Having more education.C、 Realizing more dreams.【正确答案】C第36题【单项选择题】2005.10 You can never know he is really aimed at.A、whatB、howC、whyD、who【正确答案】A第37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第38题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】You play the lottery (彩票)each day and there are two options (选 择):either you hit the jackpot and your life changes greatly or you lose and you have to start it from the very beginning. On the contrary, it's well known that if you don't take risks, you can/t win, so the best solution is always to think over and over again, to see what your decisions could represent in your future and only afterwards to make up your mind.While making a decision, you are advised toA、refer to your experienceB、think twice before you leapC、turn to parentsD、prepare to take a risk【正确答案】B第39题【单项选择题】For a week she worked with us in the village, her poor health.A、as a result ofB、on account ofC、in spite ofD、despite of【正确答案】C第40题【单项选择题】to raise the question.2005.10 Only after classA、did he allowedB、was he allowedC、he was allowedD、did he allow【正确答案】B第41题【单项选择题】【阅读判断】Surgery that can improve the way a person looks is becoming more and more popular in the United States. This kind of surgery is called cosmetic surgery, and both men and women are turning to this treatment as a way of keeping their appearance young as well as keeping competitive in their jobs. Men especially are beginning to turn to face-lifts (面部拉皮手术),liposuction (taking fat out of the body) , and implants (putting artificial parts into their bodies) to help them look younger. As companies downsize (缩编)and move younger employees into higher positions, older employees in