2009年10月全国自学考试00015英语（二）试卷

2009年10月全国自考英语（二）真题

一、Vocabulary and Structure(10 points,1 point each)从下列各句四个选项中选出
一个最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。
 
1.  The traffic was held up for more than thirty minutes,________caused me to
arrive late.
A.  it     B. that     C.  what          D.  which
2.  ________he has many friends，he is often feeling lonely.
A.  As     B. When       C. While      D. Since
3.  Poor speaker of English though he was at the time，he still managed to make
himself_______.
A.  understand     B. understood      C. understanding     D.   to understand
4.  There are many sales this season，during which stores will lower
their_________prices.
A.  normal     B. general     C. ordinary     D. usual
5.  As for family education，parents are encouraged to rely on_________rather than
punishment.
A.  criticism     B.   intimidation     C. persuasion      D. scolding
6.  Scientists doubt whether it’s_________to regulate one’s biological clock by
drinking.
A.  feasible      B.   incredible      C.  fashionable      D. valuable
7.  You’d better leave things________if you don’t know how to deal with them.
A.  lonely      B. only       C.  lone      D.   alone
8.  The room was quiet，_________the occasional coughing from my throat.
A.  in case     B. except for     C.  by far     D.  instead of
9.  So far scientists have only acquired_________understanding of the physical
processes that cause earthquakes.
A.  a partial     B.    a changeable     C. an original     D.  an individual
10. The profit-sharing plan is designed to_______the staff to work hard.
A.  calculate     B.   demonstrate     C. speculate      D.  motivate
 
二、Cloze Test(10 points,1 point each)下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选
项。根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。
1.  Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a
woman.A man goes shopping1he needs something.His purpose is settled and decided2.He
knows what he wants and his objective is to find it and3it;the price is a
secondary4.Most men5walk into a shop and ask the salesman6what they want.If the shop
has it in stock,the salesman promptly7it,and the business of trying it on
proceeds8.All being well,the9can be and often is completed in less than five
minutes,with hardly any bargain and to their satisfaction.For a man，slight problems
may begin when the shop does not have what he wants，10 does not have exactly what
he wants.In that case the salesman，as the name implies，tries to sell the customer
something else.
(1).(A).although     (B).before      (C).unless        (D).because
(2).(A).in advance    (B).   in addition     (C).   in contrast      (D).   in return
(3).(A).   book     (B). order      (C).   buy       (D).    take
(4).(A).   transaction       (B). consideration       (C).   regulation      (D).   possession
(5).(A).   simply          (B).  necessarily         (C).   reluctantly     (D).    inevitably
(6).(A).   of             (B).  with              (C).   for           (D).    at
(7).(A).   leaves         (B).   makes            (C).    prevents       (D).   produces
(8).(A).   at once         (B).  at first            (C).   at best         (D).   at least
(9).(A).   sale           (B).   deal              (C).   payment       (D).   request
(10).(A).  and            (B).  or                (C).   but            (D).  as
 
三、Reading Comprehension(30 points,2 points each)从下列每篇短文的问题后所给
的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。
1.  My husband Christopher was once a financial planner.Even though he couldn’t
balance our budget，his clients trusted him completely and he made them feel
secure.In exchange they paid him very well.We had a nice life then.At that time，my
yoga studio(瑜伽馆)was just starting to make a profit，and I had recently decorated
it.At last，I was in control of my working life and poured my heart and soul into
making it succeed.
When we first met，I fell hard for Christopher right away,although I wouldn’t call
it love.I’d never been with a man who was prettier than I was,but after a while I
got used to this，and it didn’t bother me so much.I was recovering from a broken
heart and needed something to help me move on.If it wasn’t love,it was good
enough，and when he asked me to marry him I jumped at the chance，knowing that it
might be my last.
Things started out so well.I was working steadily and Christopher was patiently
climbing up the ladder in his department.Then，without any warning，one gray winter
afternoon in year five，he just upped and left his desk at the bank，handed in his
resignation，and came home and told me he wanted to start an interior design
business.
He has always loved mixing and matching，and has a real eye for color,texture，and
shape，but the idea of turning a hobby into a business wasn’t something we had ever
discussed.I thought the stress of his job was becoming too much and perhaps he would
take a few months off over the spring and summer to relax and get the idea out of
his system.I didn’t believe he could be serious.But once he had a few clients，he
began to draw up plans，ordering catalogues and turning our empty workshop into a
kind of makeshift studio with all of his sketches pinned to the wall.After spending
a lot of time and money on all of this preparation，and really doing quite a nice
job of it，he called each client in turn and apologized，saying he wouldn’t be able
to design their living spaces after all.
(1).As a financial planner,Christopher.
(A).paid his clients very well                  (B).   was trusted by his clients
(C).was making his yoga studio profitable      (D). could make his family’s budget balanced
(2).The woman in the passage.
(A).fell in love with Christopher at first sight      (B).  managed a yoga studio with her husband
(C).felt really uncomfortable with a smart man    (D).   married Christopher because of a broken heart
(3).His wife thought Christopher suddenly quit his job because he.
(A).couldn’t wait to get promoted               (B).  had experience in interior design
(C).wanted to do something he enjoyed           (D). couldn’t bear the pressure from his job
(4).The womanher husband’s decision.
(A).was supportive of                      (B). was indifferent to
(C).was satisfied with                       (D).    was negative about
(5).It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Christopher.
(A).was more likely to change his mind        (B). would return to his office in the bank
(C).made a big success in interior design        (D). was not wellprepared for his business
 
2.  In a quiet，darkened lecture room，you begin a frustrating fight against
fatigue.The overhead projector hums，and you cannot concentrate on the slides.You
stop absorbing information and become absentminded.The professor lost you a long
time ago.You are bored.
Virtually everyone gets bored once in a while.Most of us chalk it up to a dull
environment.“The most common way to define boredom in Western culture is ‘having
nothing to do，’”says psychologist Stephen Vodanovich of the University of West
Florida.And indeed，early research into the effects of boredom focused on people
forced to perform dull tasks，such as working a factory assembly line.
But boredom is not merely an natural property of the circumstances,researchers
say.Rather this perception is subjective and rooted in aspects of
consciousness.Levels of boredom vary among people：some individuals are far less
liable to boredom than others—and some，such as extroverts(性格外向者),are more
likely to have this feeling.
Thus，a new generation of scientists is coping with the psychological
interpretations of this most tedious of human emotions—and they have found that it
is more complicated than is commonly known.Researchers say that boredom is not a
unified concept but rather comes in several flavors.Level of attention,an aspect of
conscious awareness，plays an important role in boredom，such that improving a
person’s ability to focus may therefore decrease boredom.Emotional factors can also
contribute to boredom.People who are poor in understanding their own feelings and
those who become sucked in and distracted by their moods are more easily bored，for
example.
Staying away from tedium is not easy.People who are liable to boredom are more
likely to suffer from ills such as depression and drug addiction；they also tend to
be socially awkward and poor performers at school or work.
(1).The purpose of the first paragraph is to.
(A).illustrate why people are less able to focus      (B). show how boring a lecture in a dark room is
(C).tell people how fatigue affects concentration     (D). describe a situation where people can get bored
(2).It can be concluded from Para.2 that.
(A).doing nothing leads people to get bored easily    (B).    western people pay little attention to boredom
(C).boredom only affects the assembly line worker   (D). people are liable to get bored in a dull situation
(3).Researchers hold that boredom results from.
(A).natural surroundings                          (B).  various kinds of factors
(C).sensitive personalities                         (D).  subjective perceptions
(4).Improvement of people’s ability to focus may.
(A).affect their moods                            (B).  distract their minds
(C).reduce their boredom                          (D). increase their depression
(5).The passage mainly involves.
(A).effects of boredom on people’s life and work 
(B).various ways to conquer the feeling of boredom
(C).studies of possible reasons why people get bored
(D).the importance of scientific research into boredom
3.  Storytelling is one of the few human features that are truly universal across
culture and through all of known history.Anthropologists find evidence of folktales
everywhere in ancient cultures，written in Sanskrit，Latin,Greek,Chinese，Egyptian
and Sumerian.People in societies of all types weave stories，from oral storytellers
in huntergatherer tribes to the millions of writers bringing out books，television
shows and movies.And when a characteristic behavior shows up in so many different
societies，researchers pay attention：its roots may tell us something about our
evolutionary past.
  To study storytelling，scientists must first define what constitutes a story,and
that can prove tricky.Because there are so many diverse forms,scholars often define
story structure，known as narrative，by explaining what it is not.Exposition
contrasts with narrative by being a simple，straightforward explanation,such as a
list of facts or an encyclopedia entry.Another standard approach defines narrative
as a series of causally linked events that unfold over time.A third definition draws
on the typical narrative’s subject matter：the interactions of intentional
agents—characters with minds—who possess various motivations.
  However narrative is defined，people know it when they feel it.Whether fiction or
nonfiction，a narrative engages its audience through psychological
realism—recognizable emotions and believable interactions among characters.
 “Everyone has a natural detector for psychological realism，”says Raymond
A.Mar,assistant professor of psychology at York University in Toronto.“We can tell
when something rings false.”But the best stories—those retold through generations
and translated into other languages—do more than simply present a believable
picture.These tales attract their audience，whose emotions can be closely tied to
those of the story’s characters.Such immersion(沉浸)is a state psychologists
call“narrative transport”.Researchers have only begun figuring out the relations
among the variables that can initiate narrative transport.
(1).The passage indicates that storytelling.
(A).is becoming less and less popular in modern societies
(B).attracts researchers’attention all through human history
(C).is the best way to show the evolutionary past of human beings
(D).is a common cultural phenomenon all through the known history
(2).The phrase“a characteristic behavior”in Para.1 refers to.
(A).telling stories    (B).  writing books    (C).  studying folktales    (D).  producing movies
(3).Exposition is characterized by.
(A).believable pictures                 (B).  diverse subject matters
(C).a simple and direct explanation       (D).  a number of causally linked events
(4).How many approaches are mentioned to define a narrative?
(A).One.      (B).   Two.      (C).   Three.       (D).  Four.
(5).The best stories attract their audience because they.
(A).present a believable picture           (B). express the audience’s emotions
(C).are translated into other languages      (D). are retold from generation to generation
 
四、Word Spelling(10 points,1 point for two words)将下列汉语单词译成英语。每
个单词的词类、首字母及字母数目均已给出。请将完整的单词写在答题纸上。
1.  能力，能耐n.a_ _ _ _ _ _               2.    吹嘘，自夸v.b_ _ _ _
3.  取消，删除v.c_ _ _ _ _                4. 危险的，不安全的a.d_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5.  过多的，过分的a.e_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _        6. 设备；便利n.f_ _ _ _ _ _ _
7.  喂草，放牧v.g_ _ _ _                  8.    几乎不，几乎没有ad.h_ _ _ _ _
9.  包括，包含v.i_ _ _ _ _ _               10.   律师n.l_ _ _ _ _
11. 较大的，主要的a.m_ _ _ _             12.   国家的，民族的a.n_ _ _ _ _ _ _
13. 操作，经营n.o_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _           14.    透入，渗入v.p_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
15. 拒绝，谢绝v.r_ _ _ _ _                16.   幸存，存活n.s_ _ _ _ _ _ _
17. 技术员n.t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _              18.   在楼上，往楼上ad.u_ _ _ _ _ _ _    
19. 老兵，老手n.v_ _ _ _ _ _              20.    获胜者，优胜者n.w_ _ _ _ _
 
五、Word Form(10 points,1 point each)将括号中的各词变为适当的形式填入空白。
答案写在答题纸上。
1.  It was___(care)of her to leave her purse lying on the desk.
2.  The___(frighten)child gripped his mother’s hands tightly.
3.  It might be possible to convert___(explode)energy into heat.
4.  Tom shouted at his wife，“You___(find)fault with me.”
5.  Jack has exerted all his___(strong)to attain his goal.
6.  The surface of the earth___(cover)by masses of land and larger areas of water.
7.  Tom was the only one of the lookers-on who___(be)willing to help.
8.  Unless there’s a storm,we shall set off on our journey tomorrow as___ (plan).
9.  The young man was so tired that he fell___(sleep)the moment his head touched
the pillow.
10. I would rather he___(paint)the wall white next time.
 
六、Translation from Chinese into English(15 points,3 points each)将下列各句
译成英语并将答案写在答题纸上。
1.  电脑能帮助解决科学研究中的许多问题。
2.  好书的产生是努力工作的结果。
3.  问题在于她是否能自己克服这些困难。
4.  每个听到那条消息的人都兴奋得跳了起来。
5.  你只要不灰心，一定会成功的。
 
七、Translation from English into Chinese(15 points)将下列短文译成汉语并将答
案写在答题纸上。
 
1.  Everyone agrees that children’s language learning begins with
listening.However,individual children vary greatly in the amount of listening they
do before they start speaking,and late starters are often long listeners.Most
children will‘obey’spoken instructions some time before they can speak.Before they
can speak，many children also ask questions by gestures and noises.It is agreed that
they enjoy making noises,and that during the first few months one or two noises are
considered as a particular indication of delight，distress，sociability,and so on.
But since three noises cannot be said to show the baby’s intention to
communicate，they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language.It is
agreed，too，that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment，and
by six months they are able to add new sounds to their‘speech’.This selfimitation
leads on to intentional imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other
people.Can these imitations be considered as speech?
 
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