华夏大地自考“英语二”重点班互动直播内容(十)：试题解析(2)
华夏大地自考“英语二”重点班互动直播内容（十）：试题解析（2）
2004年4月 英 语(二) 全国高等教育自学考试 试题解析
Ⅰ．Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point for each item)
1．_________ conclusion, walking is a cheap, safe and enjoyable form of exercise.
A．In B．On C．By D．As 【答案】A
【译文】 总之，散步是一种低成本、安全的和令人愉快的运动形式。
【试题分析】短语搭配题
【详细解答】介词短语in conclusion ：“总之” 2．Julie went to the_________ to buy a pair of shoes. A．shoes store B．shoe’s store C．shoe store D．shoes’ store 【答案】C
【译文】 Julie 去鞋店买双鞋。 【试题分析】
名词作定语
【详细解答】一般名词作定语不用复数形式。 但也有例外，如：two men teachers ,（两个男老师）three women drivers，（三个女司机）
men’s room, （男厕所） a women’s wear department
（女装部）
3．He has called a meeting of all parties with a _________ to form a new government.
A．purpose B．reason C．view D．goal 【答案】C
【译文】 他号召各党派开会，旨在建立一个新政府。 【试题分析】短语意义区分题
【详细解答】短语with a view to ：“旨在”，“目的是”，“为了要 …”
4．Gazing into his eyes, she seemed to have _________ all he said.
A．taken up B．taken over C．taken off D．taken in 【答案】D
【译文】 她注视着他的眼睛，似乎已领会了他所说的一切。 【试题分析】
短语意义分辨题
【详细解答】A.占据，吸收 B. 接管，取代C. 起飞，脱下（衣服）D. 领会，理解
5．In every major city there are more _________ apartments than there are homeless people.
A．blank B．vacant C．empty D．bare 【答案】
B
【译文】 在每个大城市里，空着的旅馆比无家可归的人还多。 【试题分析】
近义词意义区分
【详细解答】A. 未填写，空着的 B.未占用的（地方）、空缺（职位），
C. 空的内容、空洞、空虚 D. （表面）光秃、仅有的 6. Very few people understood this contract, _________ was very obscure.
A．the language B．the language of which C．all it said D．which it had said 【答案】B
【译文】 很少人懂得这份合同，合同的用词含糊不请。 【试题分析】
非限制性定语从句
【详细解答】 前一句是主句，后半句是非限制性定语从句，which说明“合同”
7．Five minutes earlier, _________ we may have caught the gunman.
A．and B．but C．or D．so 【答案】A徒。
【译文】 若再早五分钟，我们本可以抓住那个持枪歹
【试题分析】并列结构
【详细解答】前半句相当于一个祈使句，用并列连词and连接，后面的句子使用了虚拟语气
8．They claim that _________ $ 150 million is to be spent on improvement.
A．sufficiently B．approximately C．considerably D．properly 【答案】
B
【译文】 他们声称大约花了一千五百万用于改善。 【试题分析】词义区分题
【详细解答】A.足够地，充足地 B.接近，几乎，近似地
C.相当大地，很大程度上 D.适当地，真确地 9．_________ I’m supposed to work by myself, there are other people who I can interact with. A．If only B．So long as C．Even if D．As far as 【答案】
C
【译文】 即使我应当独立工作，我也可以联系其他人。 【试题分析】让步状语从句
【详细解答】引导词的意义：A. 但愿，要是…就好了 B.只要 C. 即使 D. 就…而言
10．These two areas are similar _________ that they both have a high rainfall during summer. A．except B．so C．now D．in 【答案】D
【译文】 两个地区相似在于夏季降雨量都很大。 【试题分析】短语搭配题
【详细解答】in that 意思是“在于”。 1-10【参考答案】
1．A 2．C 3．C 4．D 5．B 6．B 7．A 8．B 9．C 10．D
Ⅱ．Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point for each item) Planning is important in almost anything you do. No matter what you are doing, taking the time to plan 11 can help you reach your goal. The purpose of insurance is 12 you plan for unexpected, costly emergencies (紧急 需要). 13 the most important kind of insurance is medical insurance.
Medical insurance can be very 14 . The cost for this kind of insurance is going up. _15 most people, you may not be able to afford all of the insurance you might need.
Many people think that if you could only afford one kind of insurance, you should buy health insurance. If you can afford only a small 16 of health insurance, it is best to insure
yourself 17 the big unexpected costs and pay the smaller common bills yourself. There are different kinds of insurance you can get. Hospital Expense insurance will pay for any costs you get 18 having to be in a hospital. Surgical Expense insurance will pay for the doctor to 19 on you. Regular Medical insurance will pay for any non-surgical 20 . 11．A．away B．on C．ahead D．out 12．A．helped B．to help C．kept D．to keep
13．A．Probable B．Unfortunately C．Conversely D．Subsequently
14．A．impressive B．primitive C．constructive D．expensive 15．A．To B．With C．For D．Like
16．A．number B．amount C．figure D．quantity 17．A．against B．for C．of D．on
18．A．as B．whereas C．while D．whether
19．A．check B．examine C．inject D．operate 20．A．medicine B．prescription C．treatment D．drug 11-20【参考答案】
11．A 12．B 13．A 14．D 15．D 16．B 17．A 18．C 19．D 20．C 11．【答案】A
【解析】此题要根据词义选择副词或介词。“花时间提
前计划可有助于你达到目标。” 12．【答案】B
【解析】此题考查语法，用不定式作表语。 “保险的目的是帮助你为意外地、成本高昂的紧急需要作计划。 ” 13．【答案】A
【解析】词义选择题。A.也许B.不幸地C.相反地D.而且 “也许最重要的保险是医疗险。” 14．【答案】D
【解析】词义选择题，根据下句话可以选定答案是D。 “医疗保险可能很昂贵。” 15．【答案】D
【解析】介词词义选择题。 “像大多数人一样” 16．【答案】B
【解析】a small amount of “少量的，小量的” 17．【答案】A
【解析】介词搭配题。To insure sb, / sth. against … “为某人或某物保险以防 … ”
例：为你的房子保火险 to insure your house against fire 18．【答案】C
【解析】连词词义选择题。 “当你住院的时候，医疗保险为你支付所有费用。” 19．【答案】D
【解析】词义辨析题。 “外科手术险将支付你做手术（开刀）的费用。” 20．【答案】C
【解析】词义选择题。“普通医疗保险会支付非手术治疗费。”
Ⅲ．Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points for each item) Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
When John Todd was six, both his parents died. A kind-hearted aunt in North Killingworth agreed to take John and give him a home. He was brought up by her and lived in her home until he left to study for ministry.
His aunt fell seriously ill and feared she was about to die. In great distress she wrote John a letter in which she asked him to tell her what death would be like.
Here is the letter he sent in reply:
It is now thirty-five years since I, as a little boy of six, was left quite alone in the world. You
sent me word you would give me a home and be a kind mother to me. I have never forgotten the day when I made the long journey to your house. I can still recall my disappointment when, instead of coming for me yourself, you sent your servant James to fetch me.
I well remember my tears and anxiety as I rode off to my new home. Night fell before we finished the journey, and as it grew dark I became lonely and afraid. “Do you think she’ll go to bed before we get there?” I asked James anxiously. “Oh, no, ” he said reassuringly. “She’ll stay up for you. When we get out of these woods you’ll see her candle shining in the window. ”
Presently we did ride out into the clearing, and there, sure enough, was your candle. I remember you were waiting at the door, that you put your arms close about me and that you lifted me — a tired little boy — down from the horse. You had a fire burning on the hearth, a hot supper waiting on the stove. After supper you took me to my new room, heard me say my prayers, and then sat beside me until I fell asleep.
You probably realized why I am recalling all this to your memory. Some day soon God will send for you, to take you to a new home. Don’t fear the summons (召唤) , the strange journey, or the dark messenger of death who will fetch you. God can be trusted to do as much for you as you were kind enough to do for me so many years ago. At the end of the road you will find love and a welcome waiting, and you will be safe in God’s care. I shall watch you and pray for you till you are out of sight, and then wait for the day when I shall make the journey myself and find you waiting at the end of the road to greet me.
21．John Todd’s aunt wrote to him thirty-five years later because_____________.
A．he was a doctor and could cure her illness B．she wanted him at her side when she died C．he was a minister and was used to comforting dying people
D．she was afraid that she would die
22．When recalling what happened thirty-five years ago, John Todd expressed a feeling of_____________. A．anxiety B．appreciation
C．regret D．sadness
23．John Todd has never forgotten the day when he arrived in North Killingworth, because_____________. A．he was to have a home
B．he was left alone in the world
C．he was so disappointed to see his aunt’s servant to meet him, rather than his aunt
D．he liked his aunt, but didn’t like her servant 24．John Todd compared death to_____________. A．a warning from God B．a nightmare
C．a journey home to God D．a frightening story
25．We can infer from the passage that John Todd’s aunt would _____________ after reading his letter. A．feel even more
frightened B．feel even more depressed
C．get much relieved of the fear of death D．get cured
【答案】21．D 22．B 23．A 24．C 25．C Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
What happens when employees have access to their company’s financial information over an intranet (a netword inside the company)? The company grows. There was widespread fear and worry in our company when we decided to put all our financial information, including salaries, on our wide area network (WAN) in 1987 and then on our intranet in the early ’90s. People feared our competitors would get the numbers and use them against us — to scare our customers, steal our employees, or attempt some other unimaginably horrible tricks. But that has never happened. And I don’t believe it will.
Back in 1968, when I started my company, now an $ 11-million engineering-design firm, out of my house in Blacksburg, Virginia, my wife did the books. Later an employee took them over. As we added employees here and there, we saw no reason to keep
any secrets. We just left the books open wherever they were last used. It wasn’t until a business writer told me, “Oh that’s what we call open-book management, ” that I knew there was a name for what we did and that it was something unusual. As we grew and opened five branch offices — three in Virginia, one in Tennessee, and one in North Carolina — this casual system was no longer possible. But we knew we wanted to continue the open style. I can’t say we’re always more profitable because of OBM; we have the same ups and downs as our competitors. And I can’t say we are always happier; we have the same quarrels as in other workplaces. But we do have a great deal of trust here, and our employees stick with us. When we have tough financial times, our 170 employees know that nobody ’s drawing off money from the company for private purposes and that they’ve got to make the pie bigger if they’re going to get a bigger price. 26．From the passage we can learn that_____________. A．most business firms have adopted OBM B．it was very unusual for business firms to make known their financial information
C．it is a good thing to let your competitors know your financial information
D．OBM can always result in greater profits 27．The management style of the company can be described as_____________.
A．open B．close C．competitive D．trusty 28．In the sentence in the third paragraph “My wife did the books, ” the word “books” means_____________.
A．the books which the company owned
B．the books stored in the writer’s house in Blacksburg
C．records of money received and spent D．sheets of paper bound together for writing 29．The author adopted “open-book management”_____________.
A．because of the increase of employees B．according to the recommendation of a business writer
C．because of the big profits it would bring D．without being aware of it
30．According to the author, the most outstanding
benefit of his management is that his company_____________.
A．makes more profits than his competitors B．has created a trusty atmosphere
C．makes his finance known to his employees D．has made a bigger piece of the pie 【答案】26．B 27．A 28．C 29．D 30．B Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval (中世纪) worlds, while in the fifteenth century the term “reading” undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only in the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace.
However, one should be cautious to assume that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud is a distraction to others. Examination of factors related to the historical development of silent reading reveals that it became the usual form of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly
because the tasks themselves changed in character. The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy (识字), and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, the number of potential listeners declined, and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices, where reading aloud would cause distraction to other readers.
Towards the end of the last century there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of materials such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument still remains with us in education．However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and periodicals for a specialized readership on the other.
At the end of the last century students were being
recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use skills in reading them which were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use skills in reading them which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural, and technological changes in the century had greatly altered what the term “reading” implied.
31．“Reading to oneself” in the first paragraph means_____________. A．reading aloud to
oneself B．reading aloud to oneself as well as to others
C．both silent reading and reading aloud to oneself D．silent reading
32．From the first paragraph we can infer that_____________.
A．it was not until the fifteenth century that people began to know the difference between reading aloud and silent reading
B．scholars of the classical and medieval worlds could only read aloud
C．silent reading was not popular before the
nineteenth century
D．silent reading was not accepted before the nineteenth century
33．Silent reading came about because_____________. A．reading aloud could disturb others B．the number of people who could read was increasing
C．people preferred to read in public
D．people were less interested in reading aloud 34．According to the context, the word “commonplace” in the first paragraph most probably describes something_____________. A．that happens often, and therefore is not surprising
B．that does not happen often, and therefore is surprising
C．that is very surprising D．that is very unusual
35．In the passage the author tries to show_____________.
A．the correct attitude towards
reading B．how the present-day reading
habits came about
C．different attitudes towards
books D．the change the word “reading” underwent
【答案】31．D 32．C 33．B 34．A 35．B Ⅳ．Word Spelling (10 points, 1 point for two items) 36．伴随，陪同 vt. a___ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
37．分界线，边界 n. b___ __ __ __ __ __ __
38．捕获，夺得 vt. c___ __ __ __ __ __
39．下倾，下降 vi. d___ __ __ __ __ __
40．雇员，雇工 n. e___ __ __ __ __ __ __
41．可行的，可能的 a. f___ __ __ __ __ __ __
42．使人心碎的 a. h___ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
43．感谢的，感激的 a. g___ __ __ __ __ __ __
44．不断增加地 ad. i___ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
45．连接，结合点 n. j___ __ __ __ __ __ __
46．忠诚，忠心 n. l___ __ __ __ __ __
47．中等的，适度的 48．压倒之势的 __ __ __ __ __
49．提名，任命 __ __
50．参加者 __ ___ __ __ __ __
51．坚持地，固执地 __ __ __ __
52．辫子，列队 53．自发的，本能的 __ __ __ __
54．增援，加强 __ __ __
55．着手做，承担 __ __
【单词拼写答案】
m___ __ __ __ __ __ __ a. o__ __ __ __ __ __ vt. n___ __ __ __ __ n. p___ __ __ __ n. q___ __ __ __ vt. r___ __ __ __ __ vt u___ __ __ __ __ __ a. ad. p___ __ __ __ __ ___ a. s___ __ __ __ __ ___
36．accompany 37．boundary 38．capture 39．decline 40．employee
41．feasible 42．heartbreaking 43．grateful 44．increasingly 45．junction
46．loyalty 47．moderate 48．overwhelming 49．nominate 50．participant
51．persistently 52．queue 53．spontaneous 54．reinforce 55．undertake
Ⅴ．Word Form (10 points, 1 point for each item) 56．There are several means ______________ (measure) the length and width of the gap. 【答案】
to measure
【译文】有几种方法测量这条沟的长度和宽度。 【试题分析】不定式短语作定语。
57．______________ (seize) Jane by the collar, they dragged her out of the vehicle and locked her up in the dark room. 【答案】
Seizing
【译文】 他们从车里提出她，把她锁进一间黑房子。 【试题分析】现在分词短语作伴随状语。
58．Cancer research ______________ (make) all over the world in the past twenty years. 【答案】has been made
【译文】过去二十年中，全球都开展了对癌症的研究。 【试题分析】现在完成时态、被动语态
59．He was unable to sit still for ______________ (long) than a few minutes. 【答案】
longer
【译文】她静不下来，坐不过五分钟。
【试题分析】形容词比较级的用法， 比较级 + than 60．There was a mistake on my paycheck. I ______________ (receive) $ 10 more. 【答案】
should have received
【译文】我的支票帐户有问题，我本应该多10美圆。 【试题分析】 后一句用了虚拟语气。should + 完成式 意思是“本应该…”
61．I couldn’t help but ______________ (feel) this is a very strange life. 【答案】
feel
【译文】我禁不住觉得这是一种奇特的生活。 【试题分析】??????
62．______________ (use) economically, one tin of oil will last at least three months. 【答案】
Used
【译文】节约使用一桶油可至少使用三个月。 【试题分析】过去分词短语作条件状语。
63．The more stress you are under, ______________ (likely) you are to catch a cold. 【答案】
the more likely
【译文】你承受的压力越大，你越有可能患感冒。 【试题分析】形容词和副词的比较级， 句型 ：the more … , the more …
64．The second half of the nineteenth century ______________ (witness) the first extended translation into English of the writings of Eliphas Levi. 【答案】了。
【试题分析】witness 用作动词。例： The 1980s have witnessed increasing unemployment.
65．It seems reasonable to assume that, other things______________ (be) equal, they would prefer single to shared rooms.
witnessed
【译文】19世纪后半叶， Eliphas Levi. 英文版诞生
【答案】 being
【译文】有理由认为，其他条件一样，他们更愿意住单间而不是几个人住一间屋子。 【试题分析】独立主格结构题。 56-65【答案】 56．to
measure 57．Seizing 58．has been made 59．longer 60．should have
received 61．feel 62．Used 63．the more likely
64．witnessed 65．being Ⅵ．Translation from Chinese into English (15 points, 3 points for each item ) 66．除了英语，他们还得学一门第二外语。
【参考译文】In addition to English, they should study another second foreign language. Besides English, they have to learn a second foreign language.
67．人们认为饭后散步有助消化。
【参考译文】It is believed that taking a walk after meals promotes digestion.
It is believed that taking a walk after meals contributes to digestion.
It is believed that taking a walk after meals is good to your stomach.
68．一个具有文学艺术欣赏能力的人能胜任这项工作。 【参考译文】A person who has literature
appreciation can be competent enough for the job. A person with appreciation of art and literature is qualified for the job.
69．随着研究技术变得更加先进，用于实验的动物数量将会大大减少。
【参考译文】．As research techniques become more advanced, the number of animals used in experiments will greatly decrease / lower.
As research technology becomes more and more advanced, the number of animals used for experiments will be greatly declined / reduced . 70．那位生物学家相信某些动物物种正受到灭绝的威胁。
【参考译文】The biologist is convinced that some animal species are faced with the danger of extinction.
The biologist believes that many species of animals are being made the threat of extinction.
Ⅶ．Translation from English into Chinese (15 points)
We send our children to school to prepare them for the time when they will be big and will have to work for themselves. Nearly all they study at school has some practical use in their life, but is that the only reason why they go to school? There is more in education than just learning facts. We go to school above all to learn how to learn, so that when we have left school we can continue to learn. A man who really knows how to learn will always be successful, because whenever he has to do something new, he will rapidly teach himself how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other hand, is probably unable to do something, or does it badly. The purpose of schools, therefore, is not just to teach languages, arithmetic, etc., but to teach pupils a way to learn.
【参考译文1】
我们送孩子上学是为他们在长大成人时自立做准备。几乎他们在学校学习的所有东西在一生中都有实用价值，不过，这难道是他们上学的唯一理由?
教育远不止获得某些具体的知识。我们上学首先是要学会怎样学习，以便在我们离校后能继续学习。一个真正懂得怎样学习的人总是会成功的，因为无论何时他都要做新的工作，那么他将很快学会用最佳办法来完成它。另一方面，未受教育的人可能就做不成什么事，或做得很糟。因此，学校的目的不仅是教语言、算术等课程，还要教给学生学习的方法。
【参考译文2】
我们送孩子们去学校上学，是为了将来他们长大了、要参加工作自谋生计时作好准备。他们在学校学的差不多全部知识，都在他们的一生中有些实际用处。但是，这就是他们上学的唯一理由吗？
接受教育不仅仅就是了解事实。（受教育比仅仅学习事实，还存在着更多的东西）。我们上学更重要的是学会如
何学习，以便在我们离开学校后仍可以继续学习。一个真正懂得如何学习的人总是会成功的，由于无论任何时候，当他要做某项新工作时，他将迅速学会如何以最好的方式去做。另一方面，一个未受过教育的人可能就做不成什么事，或做得很糟。因此，学校教育的目标不仅仅是教语言、算术等课程，而且还要教给学生学习的方式方法。
华夏大地自考“英语二”重点班互动直播内容（十）：试题解析(2)
