2013年7月英语2真题

山东省2013年7月高等教育自学考试

英语（二）试卷[14学分]

（课程代码：0015 考试时间：150分钟）

本试卷分为两部分，第一部分为选择题，第二部分为非选择题；选择题50分，非选择题50分，满分100分；考试时间150分钟。将全部答案写在答案纸的相应位置上，否则不计分。

PART ONE (50 POINTS)

Ⅰ.Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point for each time)

在每小题列出的四个备选项中只有一个是符合题目要求的，请将其选出并将答案代码涂黑。错涂、多涂或未涂均无分。

1. The police offered ____for information about the stolen painting.

A. a reward

B. an award

C. a profit

D. a prize

2. Please let me know if any difficulties ____.

A. arise

B. have

C. come

D. happen

3. John knows the rule but does not know how to ____ it.

A. guide

B. direct

C. apply

D. manage

4. Jack drew a ____ sun and a pale moon in the same picture.

A. bright

B. light

C. clear

D. clean

5. You may not like Thomas, but he has his ____.

A. merits

B. good

C. advantages

D. feelings

6. It is ____ that no one feels like working.

A. a so cold day

B. such a cold day

C. such cold a day

D. a such cold day

7. The boy is quite well now, ____ a slight headache.

A. besides

B. except

C. beside

D. except for

8. If the United States had built more homes for poor people in 1955, the housing problems now in some parts of the country____ so serious.

A. wouldn’t be

B. wouldn’t have been

C. will not be

D. would have not been

9. John didn’t know the way to the station, so he stopped ____.

A. to ask

B. asking

C. for asking

D. to asking

10. It was not until he arrived at the station _____ he realized he had forgotten his ticket.

A. there

B. that

C. then

D. where

Ⅱ.Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point for each item)

下面短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。请根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并将答题卡的相应代码涂黑。

Good grades and a good job are easy to get. A good education is a _ 11 _ story.

Her eyelids sank from lack of sleep, _ 12 _ Teresa’s exams were always perfect, her writings longer _ 13 _ required, and her math problems rewritten to ensure cleanness. She played the violin and the piano, volunteered _ 14 _ the hospital, participated in various school clubs and enjoyed none of them. It seemed that she was born to succeed and was more than willing to sacrifice _ 15 _ in the name of achievement. I watched her as her laughter stopped. And on Teresa’s graduation day, she _ 16 _ the valedictory medal, but her eyes were empty.

Many students today display a worrying tendency to choose universities, fields of study and careers _ 17 _ the basis of earning potential. In a large 1989 survey of college students all over the United States, 72 percent of the students reported that their primary goal in attending college was to _ 18 _ more money upon graduation. This state of mind came with the present generation. Studies show that the majority of baby boomers _ 19 _ college to develop themselves, their critical thinking skills _ 20 _ their personal philosophies of life.

11. A. different B. same C. difficult D. easy

12. A. so B. but C. because D. although

13. A. that B. what C. than D. which

14. A. to B. on C. in D. at

15. A. themselves B. itself C. himself D. herself

16. A. put on B. took C. wore D. was in

17. A. from B. on C. by D. through

18. A. make B. spend C. cost D. take

19. A. contained B. attended C. obtained D. defended

20. A. not B. but C. and D. beside Ⅲ.Reading Comprehension（30 points, 2 points for each item)

从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡的相应代码涂黑。Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

A priest was visiting an old lady in her home. She offered him coffee and they sat down in the living room for a nice chat.

After a while the man saw a bowl of peanuts(花生) at the side table. He asked the old lady if he could have one. “Of course, help yourself.”, she said.

After a little while he took some more and she just smiled. So when he wanted even more he said: “I am eating so many of your peanuts, I hope it is OK.” She answered him: “Eat them all if you want! I cannot chew them with no teeth so I have just sucked off(舔舐) the chocolate on all of them. ”

21. _______ sat down in the living room for a nice chat, according to the passage.

A. Two women

B. A man and a woman

C. An old priest and a young woman

D. an old lady and coffee

22. The priest asked the old lady whether he could have_______.

A. a room

B. a coffee

C. a table

D. a peanut

23. The old lady ate_____.

A. teeth

B. a bowl of peanuts

C. all the peanuts

D. the chocolate on the peanuts

24. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The old lady offered the man coffee.

B. The old lady did not permit the priest to eat peanuts.

C. The old lady has no teeth.

D. The man saw a bowl of peanuts.

25. What is the author’s likely attitude toward the priest?

A. Polite.

B. Negative.

C. Approving.

D. Respectful.

Passage Two