2022年国立台中技术学院自考英语（二）练习题汇总（附答案解析）.docx

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1、2022年国立台中技术学院自考英语（二）练习题汇总（附答案解析）第1题【单项选择题】【概括大意】Heavy metals are persistent; they do not break down to other chemicals in the environment. Industrially polluted sites usually undergo intensive clean-up and rehabilitation because heavy metals are a health concern once they enter the food chain. Some

2、trace metals are alleged to cause cancer and are also known to cause poisoning. The main idea of this paragraph is.A、The Nature of Heavy MetalsB、Potential Hazards of Human Contaminated SoilsC、Heavy Metals and Food ChainD、Research on Channels of Heavy Metals Getting into Human Food Chain【正确答案】B【答案解析】

3、本段文字讲的是：受到工业污染的土壤含有重金属，而重金属很稳 定不容易降解，其中的某些微量重金属能使人致癌或中毒。可以看出其中心内容 是：受污染土地的潜在危险，选择B。第2题【单项选择题】【填句补文】All children in the United States have to receive an education, but the law does not say they have to be educated at school. A number of parents prefer not to send their children to school. There are a

4、bout 300,000 home-schoolers in the United States today.A、Critics also say that most parents are not well qualified to teach their children.B、 In some countries, however, children are educated by their parents.C Learning starts with the childrens interests and questions.D、Children who are educated at

5、 home are known as home-schoolers.A、whatB、whichC、whenD、that【正确答案】c【答案解析】此题考查主语从句的引导词的选择。译文：大会什么时候召开还没 有决定。详细解答：A什么；B哪一个；C什么时候；D （无词义）。第20题【单项选择题】There was so much noise that the speaker couldnt make himself.A、 hearB、 heardC、hearingD、to hear【正确答案】B【答案解析】make sb done:使某人被句意：嘈杂声那么大，以至于听众无法听 清演讲者的话。第21题

6、【单项选择题】【阅读判断】The people of Kiribati are afraid that one day in the not-too-distant future, their country will disappear from the face of the earth - literally. Several times this year, the Pacific island nation has been flooded by a sudden high tide.Q: The people of Kiribati worry that one day their

7、 country will be taken away by a sudden high tide.A、TrueB、FalseC Not Given【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A。该题目说的是：Kiribati的人民担忧他们的国家将被突发10 的洪水淹没。该题源于第一句：Kiribati的国民担忧在近期的某一天，他们的国 家将会地球上面消失by a sudden high tide。第22题【单项选择题】【阅读判断】Despite the bad weather, troubled health service, traffic congestion （拥 挤）,gender inequa

8、lity, and the high cost of living, Ireland scored an impressive 8.33 points out of 10.Q: Cost of living in Ireland is pretty high.A、TrueB、FalseC、Not Given【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选Ao问题句说爱尔兰的生活费用高o该段说“尽管气候恶劣， 健康机构混乱，交通拥挤，性别歧视仍然存在，生活费用高，爱尔兰所获得的分 数仍然给人留下了深刻的印象：总分值为十分，爱尔兰获得了 8.33分。根据这个 句子的内容可以知道“爱尔兰的生活费用高”，因此问题句的

9、说法与原文的说法一 致。第23题【单项选择题】2009.04 It is not decided the conference will be held.A、whatB、whichC、whenD、that【正确答案】c【答案解析】此题考查主语从句的引导词的选择。译文：大会什么时候召开还没 有决定。详细解答：A什么；B哪一个；C什么时候；D （无词义）。第24题【单项选择题】112009.7 The judge who was to his favorite was criticized by many people.A、partialB、fairC、strictD、frank【正确答案】A【答

10、案解析】此题考查形容词的意义区分。此题句意为：许多人批评了偏袒他自 己喜爱（球队或球员）的那个裁判员。A偏袒的，不公平的；B公正的；C严 格的，严厉的；D坦率的。第25题【单项选择题】【阅读选择】You cant change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe youre sleepy in the evening but you must stay up late anyway. Counterac

11、t your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This wont change your cycle, but youll get up steam and work better at your low point.If one wants to w

12、ork more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should.A、change his energy cycleB overcome his lazinessC、get up earlier than usualD、go to bed earlier【正确答案】c【答案解析】此题要求读者找出本段中的最后两句，并联系本段开头两句的意思, 作出正确判断。本段开头说，虽然你无法改变自己的能量周期，但你可以使你 的生活适合这一周期。Dr. Kleitman认为经常性的行为（对你的能量周期）能起作 用。”最后两句又说，.rise befo

13、re your usual hour.work better at your low point. （“如果你在上午处于能量的低潮，但你有重要的工作要在上午做，那么 你就要比平时早起。这并不改变你的周期，但你可以在低潮时得到能量，工作得12更好。）因此选项C是正确答案。第26题【单项选择题】2008.04)Fish is and expensive at this time of the year in this area.A、in large measureB、to the minimumC、in short supplyD、to the maximum【正确答案】c【答案解析】此题考查短语

14、意义辨析。这个地区在一年中的这个时候鱼的供应不 足，价格昂贵。in short supply：缺货、供货缺乏。第27题【单项选择题】【阅读判断】The tornado caused a lot of damage to cars and houses in the area. It will take a long time and much money to repair everything. There was also serious water damage from the thunderstorms. The heavy rains and high wind caused th

15、e power to go out in many homes.Q: Power supply system was not damaged during the storm.A、TrueB、FalseC、Not Given【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。此题可译为：暴风雨中供电系统没遭到破坏。最后一句 说大风和暴雨使一些家庭的供电出现了问题，与题项矛盾，应选B。第28题【单项选择题】2009.04 We go out to restaurants, but mostly we eat at home.A、occasionally13B、relativelyC continuallyD、a

16、bsolutely【正确答案】A【答案解析】此题考查副词意义辨析。译文：我们偶尔外出去餐馆吃饭，但通常 是在家吃饭。详细解答：A偶尔地、偶然地、不经常；B相对地、比拟地；C持 续地、不间断地；D完全地。第29题【单项选择题】【阅读选择】Today, working less than a 40-hour week, people enjoy more leisure time. Hence, the wise use of leisure time has become an important problem for everyone, young or old. It is a parti

17、cularly difficult problem for the sick, the aged, and those who have retired from earning a living. Those people have so much leisure that it is hard for them to find interesting and worthwhile ways to use it.How to spend leisure time wisely is not a particularly difficult problem for people.A、who a

18、re very busy everydayB、who are sick in bedC、who are aged and in good healthD、who have retired from work【正确答案】A【答案解析】此题可采用排除法，第三句话(It is a particularly difficult problem for the sick, the aged, and those who have retired from earning a living.),可以看出这三 类人对于怎样度过空闲时光是特别困难的，所以可以排除BCD项，选A。第30题【单项选择题】2007.

19、04)Jenny complained that the hospital her too much for the treatment.A、 expendedB、paid14C、costD、charged【正确答案】D【答案解析】此题考查词义辨析。charge：要价；索价；要人支付；收费。例如： The fruit seller charged me too much money.这个水果商要了我很多的钱。第31题【单项选择题】2009.01 He insured his car he had an accident.A、unlessB、ifC、sinceD、in case【正确答案】D【答

20、案解析】此题考查连词词义区分。句意：他给自己的汽车投了保，以防万一 遇到交通事故。A否那么，要不然；B如果；C自从，由于；D以防万一，以免。第32题【单项选择题】【阅读判断】Five neighbors at a central Missouri retirement community who are all centenarians （百岁老人）get asked all the time： ”How did you live to be 100?Q: The five centenarians live in a very friendly community.A、TrueB、False

21、C、Not Given【正确答案】c【答案解析】答案选Co题目说的是这五位百岁老人生活在一个非常友好的社 区，文章开头局部提到了community（社区），但该句并没有说这五位百岁老人 生活的社区是否是一个友好的社区，因此判断问题句的信息在文章中没有提到。第33题【单项选择题】15阅读选择Calorie restriction dramatically extends the lifespan of organisms as different as worms and rodents. Whether this works in humans is still unknown partly

22、because few people are willing to submit to such a strict diet.According to the passage, we do not know whether humans will benefit from taking in fewer calories partly because.A、humans, worms and rodents are different.B、most people are not willing to be put on a strict diet.C、the effect is not know

23、n.D、 genetic changes in tissues can not be performed on humans.【正确答案】B【答案解析】此题答案可从本段的最后一句话中找出。第34题【单项选择题】【I阅读选择】But just like your alarm clock, your internal clock can be reset. In fact, it automatically resets itself every day. How? By using the light it gets through your eyes.Scientists have known

24、 for a long time that the light of day and the dark of night play important roles in setting our internal clocks. For years, researchers thought that the signals that synchronize the bodys clock were handled through the same pathways that we use to see.Which of the following statements is NOT true a

25、ccording to the fourth and fifth paragraphs?A、Our biological clock resets itself automatically.B、Light gets through our eyes and resets our biological clock.C、 Our internal clock as well as the alarm clock can be reset automatically.D、Our internal clock, like the alarm clock, can be reset.【正确答案】c【答案

26、解析】是非判断题,根据第五自然段首句But just like （和一样）your alarm clock, your internal clock can be reset. In fact, it automatically resets itself every day. How? By using the light it gets through your eyes.代词 it 指代 biological clock,不是选项internal clock和alarm clock都可以自动调节。得到答案为Co A D16我们的生物钟自动调节。B光线通过我们的眼睛调节生物钟，与原文一致。

27、第35题【单项选择题】【I阅读乎U断】Hercules served a king. The king was afraid of him. So again and again he sent him on difficult tasks. One morning the king sent for him and told him to fetch three golden apples for him from the garden of the Singing Maidens （歌女）.But no one knew where the garden was.Q: Hercules w

28、as given many difficult tasks because the king wanted to get rid of him.A、TrueB、FalseC、Not Given【正确答案】A【答案解析】答案选A。句子的意思是：国王想除掉Hercules,所以交给他很多 艰巨的工作去做。这个信息在短文第二句和第三句中提到了，与短文的意思相符 （国王很害怕Hercules,屡次交给他艰巨的工作去做），由此可以推断此题的正确 选项为Ao第36题【单项选择题】【2009.01 Children have a natural about the world around them.A、c

29、ertaintyB、capabilityC、clevernessD、curiosity【正确答案】D【答案解析】句意：孩子们对他们周围的事物有着天然的好奇心。考查名词词义 选择。A确定性，肯定的事；B能力，才能；C精明，聪颖；D好奇心，求知 欲。第37题【单项选择题】172008.10 It took a few seconds for her eyes to to the darkness.A、allocateB、 adoptC、applyD、adjust【正确答案】D【答案解析】此题考查动词词义辨析。【译文】她花了几秒钟时间使眼睛适应黑 暗。【详细解答】A分配，拨出 B收养，过继 C应用，

30、申请 D调 整，使适合第38题【单项选择题】2008.10 It is strongly held that new must be introduced to protect theright of the immigrants.A、statisticsB、constructionsC、measuresD、concessions【正确答案】c【答案解析】此题考查名词词义区分。【译文】强烈支持采取新措施维护移民的 权力。【详细解答】A统计学 B建设 C措施，方法 D让步，特许 权第39题【单项选择题】【I阅读选择】The United States perceives itself to be

31、 a middle-class nation. However, middle class is not a real designation, nor does it carry privileges. It is more of a perception, which probably was as true as it ever could be right after World War II. The economy was growing, more and more people owned their own homes, workers had solid contracts

32、 with the companies that employed them, and nearly everyone who wanted a higher education could have one. The information in this passage18deals with.A、an individualB、a social and economic groupC、a political organizationD、Government【正确答案】B【答案解析】答案选B。通过阅读本段，middle class中产阶级是一个群体，选答 案B。第40题【单项选择题】【阅读选

33、择】During the hours when you labour through your work you may say that youre hot. That/s true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the morning. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one

34、 has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as: Get up, John ! Youll be late for work again! The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these

35、 energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?A、Unawareness of energy cycles.B、Familiar monologues.C、 A change in a family members energy cycle.D、Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family memb

36、ers.【正确答案】A【答案解析】此题的关键是看懂本段的最后一句(即：Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.z/),同时联系本段的第四句和第五句(即：For some people the peak comes during the morning. For others it comes in the afternoon or19【正确答案】D【答案解析】后

37、文出现了 home-schoolers,根据选项，这里应该是对这个词的定 义，因此选D。第3题【单项选择题】They wrote a letter of thanks to had helped them.A、whoB、whomC、whomeverD、whoever【正确答案】D【答案解析】whoever had helped them是介词to的宾语从句，whoever是这个 从句的主语。whoever had helped them：任何帮助过他们的人。第4题【单项选择题】阅读选择Calorie restriction dramatically extends the lifespan o

38、f organisms as different as worms and rodents. Whether this works in humans is still unknown partly because few people are willing to submit to such a strict diet.According to the passage, we do not know whether humans will benefit from taking in fewer calories partly because.A、humans, worms and rod

39、ents are different.B、most people are not willing to be put on a strict diet.C、the effect is not known.D、 genetic changes in tissues can not be performed on humans.【正确答案】B【答案解析】此题答案可从本段的最后一句话中找出。第5题【单项选择题】evening. ）的意思。该句的直接意思是如果丈夫和妻子能明白能量周期是怎么 回事，以及家庭每个成员有什么样的周期，很多家庭争吵就会停止。也就是说， 家庭争吵的发生是因为丈夫和妻子不了解能量

40、周期是怎么回事，更谈不上了解每 个家庭成员有什么样的能量周期了。因此A项：Unawareness of energy cycles（不 知道能量周期）应是正确答案。第41题【单项选择题】【阅读判断】Five neighbors at a central Missouri retirement community who are all centenarians （百岁老人）get asked all the time： How did you live to be 100?Q: The five centenarians live in a very friendly community.A、

41、TrueB、FalseC、Not Given【正确答案】c【答案解析】答案选Co题目说的是“这五位百岁老人生活在一个非常友好的社 区，文章开头局部提到了“community（社区）”，但该句并没有说这五位百岁老人 生活的社区是否是一个友好的社区，因此判断问题句的信息在文章中没有提到。第42题【单项选择题】This is good reading habits are not only an important study skill for thestudent, but also an important life skill for anyone.A、thatB、whyC、whereD、w

42、hen【正确答案】B【答案解析】此题考查词义辨析。分析句意，空格处用why比拟好。why引导表 语从句。20第43题【单项选择题】2009.10 Youd better leave things if you dont know how to deal withthem.A、offB、outC、aloneD、 over【正确答案】c【答案解析】【译文】如果你不知道如何处理这些事情，你最好把它们放在一边。【试题分析】此题考查词意区分。【详细解答】A离开，离去 B不在里 面，出局 C单独的（地） D完结，翻倒，越过第44题【单项选择题】2009.10 he has many friends, he

43、 is often feeling lonely.A、AsB、WhenC、WhileD、Since【正确答案】c【答案解析】【译文】尽管（虽然）他有许多朋友，但他常常感到孤独。【试题 分析】此题考查状语从句的附属连词的选取。第45题【单项选择题】【完成句子】Americans eat with knives and forks; Japanese eat with chopsticks. Americans say Hi when they meet; Japanese bow. Many American men open doors for women; Japanese men do n

44、ot. On the surface, it appears that good manners in America are not good manners in Japan, and in a way this is true. But in any country, the only manners that are important are those involving one persons behavior toward another person. In all countries it is good manners to behave considerately 21

45、toward others and bad manners not to. It is only the way of behaving that differs from country to country.The topic sentence of this paragraph is.A、 Americans eat with knives and forks; Japanese eat with chopsticks.B、Many American men open doors for women; Japanese men do not.C、 The way of behaving

46、that differs from country to country.D、In all countries it is good manners to behave considerately toward others and bad manners not to.【正确答案】c【答案解析】文章的最后一句话是对前面的一个总结，道出了本段的主题。因此 选择Co第46题【单项选择题】【概括大意】Two major findings have emerged from these researches. Firstly, the greater part of the development

47、of observed intelligence occurs in the earliest years of life. It is estimated that 50 percent of measurable intelligence at age 17 is already predictable by the age of four. Secondly, he most important factors in the environment are language and psychological aspects of the parent-child relationshi

48、p. Much of the difference in measured intelligence between privileged and disadvantaged children may be due to the latters lack of appropriate verbal stimulation and the poverty of their perceptual experiences.The main idea of this paragraph is.A、Two Major Changed View of IntelligenceB、Many of the differences in measured in