2006年4月自考英语二真题与答案.pdf
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1、20062006 年年 4 4 月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英语(二)试卷及答案英语(二)试卷及答案(课程代码:(课程代码:0001500015)PART ONE(50 POINTS)IVocabulary and Structure(10 points,1point each)1.It would be better to make a decision now,_ leave it until next week.A.other than B.rather than C.less than D.more than2.Well inform you a
2、s soon as tickets become _.A.valuable B.capable C.acceptable D.available3.The foreign company has been_ running this factory for decades.A.enormously B.effectively C.infinitely D.extremely4.If you _ my advice,you wouldnt be in such trouble now.A.took B.takes C.has taken D.had taken5.The meeting _,we
3、 left the room quickly for dinner.A.over B.was over C.is over D.been over6.All the money _,Frederick started looking for work.A.having spent B.has been spent C.having been spent D.had been spent7._ his talk when Mary ran out of the lecture hall.A.Hardly had be begun B.Hardly he had begunC.Hardly he
4、has begun D.He hardly had begun8.The two sisters are _ in many ways,not only in appearance but also in temperament.A.like B.likely C.alike D.lively9.The purpose of the program is to provide training for employees so that they can work _.A.late B.later C.lately D.latest10.I hope my boy friend will be
5、 handsome,strong and _ kind.A.above all B.in all C.at all D.after allII.Cloze Test(10 points,1 point each)However careful one may be,he cannot possibly listen carefully to everything that he hears.There are 11 ofreasons for this.One of them is the overload of messages most of us 12 each day.In addit
6、ion to thenumerous hours we 13 hearing other people speak,we may spend several hours listening to the radio orsitting in front of a television set.14,it is impossible to focus our attention completely on what is said;ourmind might be 15 elsewhere.Preoccupation with our personal concerns is 16 reason
7、 we dont always listencarefully.A romance 17 sour or a good grade on a test may take prominence in our mind even as 18 isspeaking to us.Furthermore,we are surrounded by all kinds of noises which interfere 19 listening.Forexample,voices at a party or 20 of traffic may simply make it difficult for us
8、to catch everything that isbeing said.11.A.the numberB.a numberC.numberD.numbers12.A.acceptB.obtainC.receiveD.possess13.A.putB.consumeC.spendD.spare14.A.BesidesB.WhereasC.OtherwiseD.Nevertheless15.A.wonderingB.swingingC.recyclingD.wandering16.A.otherB.someC.the otherD.another17.A.goneB.goingC.goesD.
9、went18.A.anyoneB.everyoneC.someoneD.few19.A.toB.withC.ofD.about20.A.soundB.noiseC.voiceD.scream1III.Reading Comprehension(30 points,2 points each)Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Many of todays most trusted sales techniques were invented over a century ago by a young
10、merchantnamed Eaton in Toronto.When he was young,Eaton worked briefly with his brothers in small-town stores.In 1869,he sep up his own shop in downtown Toronto.He had many competitors,but he was also ambitiousand had a plan for success.He offered a unique style of trade,but as was expected,all the o
11、ther shopkeeperslaughed at him,believing he would eventually fail.However,Eaton was not a man to be easily defeated;hecame up with a brand new notion of business-Goods satisfactory,or money refunded.He sold all hisgoods at fixed prices and only for cash.With a sharp sense of what the public wanted,h
12、e went out of the way to meet their needs.His business grewrapidly.He set up new branches and started mail order service that allowed people to buy from a list of hisgoods.Eatons list-advertisements of his day-was the first of its kind.It was distributed and read all over thecountry.It was the only
13、way to access good-quality goods at reasonable prices for people living far awayfrom big cites.It became part of their life.They even called it The Wishing Book.The secret of the listssuccess was that Eaton gained the respect of this customers;they trusted him for good prices and qualitygoods.Probab
14、ly because he remembered his miserable early days in Ireland,Eaton thought much of thewelfare of his employees:better working conditions,shorter weekday hours than his competitors andSaturday afternoons off in the summer.In all this,he was a leader.21.The best description of Eaton is that _.A.he was
15、 the richest merchant in TorontoB.he was a successful technical inventorC.he introduced new sales practicesD.he changed peoples ideas about businessmen22.Eatons success lay primarily in that _.A.he sold only good quality goodsB.he was the first person to provide good serviceC.he treated his employee
16、s better than any of his competitorsD.he won respect from his customers23.From the passage we can infer that _.A.Eaton invented the idea of the internet shoppingB.Eaton drove other businessmen to failureC.Eaton never sold his goods on creditD.Eaton was defeated by his rivals24.The best title for thi
17、s passage is _.A.Good Goods,of Money RefundedB.Eaton,a Sales InventorC.Customers Respect,a Secret of SuccessD.Eatons list,a Welcome Event in Sales History25.Eatons List was important to people on farms because it was a convenient way of getting _.A.good-quality goods at reasonable pricesB.goods at u
18、nreasonable pricesC.good-quality goods at unreasonable pricesD.poor-quality goods at reasonable pricesPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.The threat of a global outbreak(疾病大爆发)of bird flu makes it urgent for the international community tocooperate effectively.Wealthy cou
19、ntries will have to provide hundreds of millions of dollars for the testing2and production of medicines necessary for treating patients suffering from bird flu.Developing countries,particularly in Southeast Asia,where the bird flu virus(病毒)has spread since 1997,must work out specialprograms so that
20、farmers will not hide sighs of possible outbreaks.In addition,the way such farm birds aschickens and ducks are traditionally raised and marketed in the developing world should be changed;thereshould be more distance between the birds and their keepers.Countries should deal with the disease withjoint
21、 effort.If one country is inadequately prepared,it will be a threat to every other country.The potential effects of a national outbreak of bird flu are enormous.Firstly,an outbreak may kill largenumbers of people.World Health Organization(WHO)estimates that an outbreak similar to the mild HongKong f
22、lu of 1968 could kill as many as 7.4 millions people.If it were as dangerous as the 1918 Spanish flu,which killed 50 million,the number would be much higher.Secondly,such an outbreak may cause greatfinancial damage.The latest outbreak of bird flu,which began in December 2003,has cost Southeast Asiam
23、ore than$10 billion and depressed its GDP by 1.5 percent.If a new outbreak of bird flu were to last for awhole year,$800 billion would be lost.Despite the 124 human cases and 63 deaths from bird flu since December 2003,the virus remains mainly adisease animals.However,the more animals that die of th
24、e disease,the more chances it has of spreading topeople.Large numbers of dead or dying birds mean that more people will be exposed to the virus andchange into a virus with new characteristics.If the international community works together efficiently,mancan surely prevent such a virus and possibly sa
25、ve millions of lives.26.Faced with the threat of a global outbreak of bird flu,the international community should _.A.establish new marketsB.work together effectivelyC.stop birds from flying to other countriesD.raise fewer chickens and ducks27.The second paragraph focuses on _.A.World Health Organiz
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