2007年上半年自考英语(二)真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)

2007年上半年自考英语（二）真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)
题型有：1. V ocabulary and Structrue 2. Cloze Test 3. Reading Comperhension 4. Word Spelling 5. Word From 6. Translation from Chinese into English 7. Translation from English into Chinese
V ocabulary and Structrue
1．It is difficult to______the implication between the lines.
A．get to
B．get with
C．get at
D．get down
正确答案：C
解析：字里行间的暗示是很难理解的。

get at：理解，了解。

2．The volleyball match was televised______on CCTV.
A．alive
B．life
C．live
D．lively
正确答案：C
解析：中央电视台直播这场排球赛。

live：现场直播的。

3．The newspaper will have to close down if it cannot increase its______considerably.
A．distribution
B．contribution
C．prescription
D．circulation
正确答案：D
解析：如果不能大幅度提高发行量，这家报纸会倒闭。

distribution：散布，分发；contribution：贡献；prescription：指示，命令；circulation：发行量。

4．The central theatre has a seating______of more than 3,000 people.
A．capability
B．capacity
C．ability
D．facility
正确答案：B
解析：中心剧院有容纳三千多人的席位。

capacity：容量。

容积。

5．The furniture in her bedroom is quite different from______in the living room.
A．that
B．it
C．one
D．which
正确答案：A
解析：that代词，那个。

她卧室的家具与起居室的家具有很大不同。

6．Because of the bad weather，the sports meet had to be______.
A．shut down
B．done away
C．taken off
D．called off
正确答案：D
解析：由于天气不好，运动会不得不取消了。

call off：取消，撤销(计划的活动)；take off：起飞；shut down：停工，关闭。

7．Jenny complained that the hospital______her too much for the treatment.
A．expended
B．paid
C．cost
D．charged
正确答案：D
解析：珍妮抱怨医院把治疗费要的太高了。

8．Having decided to rent a flat，we______contacting housing agencies in the city.
A．set about
B．set down
C．set out
D．set up
正确答案：A
解析：决定要租一套房子，于是我们开始联系城里的住房中介。

set about doing sth：开始做：set down：放下；set out：出发；set up：建立。

9．The book fair has received a positive______from readers.
A．result
B．response
C．settlement
D．solution
正确答案：B
解析：来自于读者的回复。

response：回复，响应；result：结果；settlement：协议，和解；solution：解答，解决。

10．If the operation______carefully prepared，it would not have been successful.
A．was not
B．has not been
C．had not been
D．were not
正确答案：C
解析：虚拟语气的被动语态，had+been+过去分词。

Cloze Test
The basic principle of radar is illustrated by what happens when one shouts in a cave. The echo of the shouting (11)______ the walls helps a person determine the size of the cave. With radar，however，the waves are radio waves instead of (12)______ waves. Radio waves travel (13)______ the speed of light，about300,000 kilometers in a second. A radar set (14)______ a short burst of radio waves. Then it receives the echoes (15)______ when the waves bounce(反射) off objects. By determining the time it (16)______ for the echoes to return to the radar set，a trained technician (17)______ determine the distance between the radar set and other objects. The word“radar”，(18)______ ，gets its name from the term“radio detection and ranging. ”“Ranging”is the term for detection of the (19)______ between an object and the radar set. Besides being of critical importance to pilot，radar is (20)______ for air traffic control，for tracking ships at sea，and for tracking weather systems and storms.
11．
A．through
B．for
C．on
D．against.
正确答案：D
解析：回声接触墙。

against：接触。

12．
A．sound
B．light
C．heat
D．tide
正确答案：A
解析：B、C、D不属于波的范畴。

故选A。

13．
A．in
B．at
C．over
D．on
正确答案：B
解析：表示速度用介词at。

14．
A．sends out
B．works out
C．figures out
D．puts out
正确答案：A
解析：send out：发出，发送；work out：发展结果；figure out：想出；put out：发表。

15．
A．producing
B．produced
C．produce
D．produces
正确答案：B
解析：此句为被动语态，主语为动作的承受者。

16．
A．spends
B．takes
C．kills
D．makes
正确答案：B
解析：根据上文意为收到。

takes：收到。

17．
A．can
B．must
C．ought to
D．has to
正确答案：A
解析：仅仅表示一种“能”的意愿、能力。

故选A。

18．
A．in case
B．in turn
C．in short
D．in fact
正确答案：D
解析：in fact：事实上，实际上；in short：总而言之，in rum：轮流；in case：假使，以防万一。

19．
A．length
B．width
C．distance
D．space
正确答案：C
解析：该句为物体与雷达之间的距离。

故选C。

20．
A．eventual
B．internal
C．external
D．essential
正确答案：D
解析：eventual：最后的；internal：内部的；external：外部的；essential：基本的。

Reading Comperhension
Among the company was a lawyer，a young man of about twenty-five. On being asked his opinion，he said，“Capital punishment and life imprisonment are equally immoral. If I were to make a choice between them，I would rather choose the latter. Anyway，it’s better to live than not to live at all. ” A lively discussion followed. A banker，who was then younger and more nervous than the lawyer，suddenly lost his temper and cried out，“It’s a lie. I bet you two millions. You wouldn’t stick in a cell even for five years. ”“If you mean it，”replied the young lawyer，“I bet I’ll stay there longer；make it fifteen instead of five. ”“Fifteen!Done!”cried the banker. “Gentleman. I bet you two millions. ”“Agreed. Two millions for my freedom，”said the lawyer. So this wild，ridiculous bet came to pass. The banker could not hide his excitement. During supper he said to the lawyer jokingly，“Come to your senses，young man，before it’s too late. Two millions are nothing to me，but you stand to lose three or four of the best years of your life. I say three or four because you’ll never stick it out any longer. Don’t forget that voluntary imprisonment is much harder to put up with than an enforced one. The idea that you have the right to free yourself any moment will poison your life in the cell. I pity you. ”And now the banker，pacing from comer to comer，recalled all this and asked himself，“Why did I make this bet?What’s the good?The lawyer lost fifteen years of his life and I threw away two millions. Will it convince people that capital punishment is worse or better than imprisonment for life?No，no!Rubbish!On my part，it was the caprice(心血来潮)of a well-fed millionaire；on the lawyer’s part，it’s the pure greed of gold. ”
21．The lawyer would choose life imprisonment because______.
A．he was younger than the banker
B．capital punishment was immoral
C．it was better than capital punishment
D．the banker would give him $200,000
正确答案：C
解析：见第一段最后一句：it’s better to live than not to live at all. 活着比死了强。

22．The author considers the bet between the lawyer and the banker______.
A．interesting
B．ridiculous
C．capricious
D．instructive
正确答案：B
解析：见第六段第一句ridiculous：可笑的。

23．The word“company”in the first paragraph refers to______.
A．companions
B．bankers
C．1awyers
D．prisoners
正确答案：A
解析：companions：同事。

24．The banker was extremely excited because______.
A．he was too rich to care for the money
B．he was sure of his winning the bet
C．the lawyer would give up in 15 years
D．the lawyer would give up before 5 years
正确答案：B
解析：见第六段第二句话。

25．In the end，the banker considers his bet with the lawyer______.
A．rational
B．reasonable
C．beneficial
D．unreasonable
正确答案：D
解析：见最后一段最后一句话。

Online learning is also called distance education，which helps students who take classes by computer over the Internet to learn certain courses and earn a degree. And it has become more and more popular with both young people and educational institutions. The School of Continuing and Professional Studies of New York University in Manhattan began online classes in 1992. Its Virtual School has taught more than 10,000 students from across the United States and other countries. Last year，the school launched NYU Online. It offers NYU’s first online programs for a bachelor’s degree. Programs are offered in three areas：leadership and management，information systems management and social sciences. The classes are highly interactive，where students communicate with each other and their teachers. Some classes require students to log in at the same time 80 they can attend live lectures by a professor. Students can also ask questions and work together on team projects. The cost to attend NYU Online depends on how many classes a student is to take. It costs as much as fifteen thousand dollars a year. NYU offers no financial aid for international students in this program. If you are interested in the program，you can get more details at the website：www. nyu. edu. Many other schools，too，offer online education. Students should be especially careful of programs that offer a degree in return for little or no work. These are known as
diploma mills，and are illegal in the United States. Educational advisers also say that before you enter any program，make sure the work will be recognized in your country. You should also make sure the schools you are considering are officially approved.
26．The third paragraph is mainly about the______of the programs of the School.
A．academic goal and system
B．courses and learning mode
C．learning methods and classes
D．courses and requirements
正确答案：B
解析：前两句讲课程后两句讲学习方式。

27．It can be inferred from the passage that international students in the programs______.
A．get full scholarship
B．pay no tuition
C．get no financial support
D．earn more money
正确答案：C
解析：见第四段第两句话，在这个课程上，纽约大学不给国际学生提供经济援助。

28．Many American schools offer online programs，and international students______.
A．should be careful of being cheated
B．are certain to earn a degree
C．should know about programming
D．are faced with many difficulties
正确答案：A
解析：由第五段可知，在美国，还有许多其他提供网上教育的学校，它们以毕业证加工厂而著名，都是非法的，所以学生们应该小心被骗。

29．The word‘work’in the second line of the last paragraph most probably means______.
A．what a student has written at school
B．what a student has learned at school
C．what a student has read at school
D．what a student has achieved academically
正确答案：D
解析：联系上下文，其意思应为学生在学术上的获得，故选D。

30．The payment for online programs of NYU is based on______.
A．the number of classes a student attends
B．the number of students a professor instructs
C．the number of semesters a student spends
D．the number of presentations a student makes
正确答案：A
解析：见第四段第一句话，参纽约大学网上教育的花费取决于学生选择课程的多少。

An understanding of man’s effect on the balance of nature is crucial(关键的)to being able to find the appropriate remedial action. It is a very common belief that the problems of the population explosion are caused mainly by poor people living in poor countries who do not know enough to limit their reproduction. This is not true. The actual number of people in an area is not as important as the effect they have on nature. Developing countries do have an effect on their environment，but it is the populations of richer countries that have a far greater impact on the earth as a whole. For example，tropical forests are known to be essential to the balance of nature，yet we are destroying them at a great rate. They are being cleared not to benefit the natives of that country，but to satisfy the needs of rich countries. Central American forests are being destroyed for grassland to make pet food in the United States cheaper；in Papua New Guinea，forests are destroyed to supply cheaper cardboard packaging for Japanese electronic products；in Burma and Thailand，forests have been destroyed to produce mole attractive furniture in Singapore and Hong Kong. Therefore，a rich person living thousands of miles away may cause more tropical forest destruction than a poor person living in the forest itself. In short，it is everybody’s duty to safeguard the future of mankind-not only through population control，but by being more aware of the effect his actions have on nature. Nature is both fragile and powerful. It is very easily destroyed；on the other hand，it can easily destroy its most dangerous enemy-man.
31．According to the first paragraph，people usually believe that______.
A．poor people in poor countries contribute to the imbalance of nature
B．rich people know how to protect the environment by taking actions
C．people in poor areas know a lot about the birth control
D．rich people in rich countries have done a lot to balance nature
正确答案：A
解析：见第一段第二句，贫穷地区的穷人不控制出生率，从而造成人口膨胀，
打破自然环境的。

32．In the author’s opinion，______.
A．developing countries should be responsible for environmental problems
B．overpopulation in the world is created by the developed countries
C．rich countries exercise worse influence on environment than poor countries D．all countries should bring the population growth under control
正确答案：C
解析：全文看富有国家对环境的影响比贫困国家更糟。

33．The purpose of the second paragraph is mainly to illustrate______.
A．how the forests in the U. S. are being destroyed
B．which countries are the victims of the imbalance of nature
C．what Japan has done to develop its own economy
D．how South Asian countries make quality furniture
正确答案：B
解析：举例说明一些国家成为自然环境失衡的受害者。

34．Nature is very easily destroyed by______.
A．rich people
B．poor people
C．natural disasters
D．mankind
正确答案：D
解析：见最后一段自然既强大又脆弱，非常容易遭到破坏。

而它最危险的敌人就是人类。

35．The topic of the passage is that______.
A．the control of population is essential to the development of a nation
B．natural resources are important to the economic development of a country C．awareness of the effects of man’s actions is as important as population control D．developed countries should do more to protect natural environment on the earth
正确答案：C
解析：阅读文章可知选项C接近主旨，人类行为造成的影响如人口控制一样非常重要。

Word Spelling
36．到国外；在国外ad. a_ _ _ _ _
正确答案：abroad
37．相反的；不利的 a. a_ _ _ _ _ _
正确答案：adverse
38．帝国n. e_ _ _ _ _
正确答案：empire
39．典礼，仪式n. c_ _ _ _ _ _ _
正确答案：ceremony
40．环境；境遇n. c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 正确答案：circumstance
41．密集度，稠密度n. d_ _ _ _ _ _
正确答案：density
42．出现，涌现v. e_ _ _ _ _
正确答案：emerge
43．扩大，放大n. e_ _ _ _ _ _
正确答案：enlarge
44．特征，特色n. f_ _ _ _ _ _
正确答案：feature
45．杂志n. m_ _ _ _ _ _ _
正确答案：magazine
46．移民，侨民n. i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
正确答案：immigrant
47．许可；执照n. l_ _ _ _ _ _
正确答案：licence(-nse)
48．同时，其间n. m_ _ _ _ _ _ _
正确答案：meantime
49．需要，必需品n. n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
正确答案：necessity
50．服从，听从v. o_ _ _
正确答案：obey
51．四月 a. A_ _ _ _
正确答案：April
52．根本的，激进的 a. r_ _ _ _ _ _
正确答案：radical
53．狡猾的；难处理的 a. t_ _ _ _ _
正确答案：tricky
54．策略，战略n. s_ _ _ _ _ _ _
正确答案：strategy
55．宇宙的，普遍的 a. u_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
正确答案：universal
Word From
56．Small shops offer products that range from inexpensive to expensive，______(depend)on the shop.
正确答案：depending
解析：非谓语形式v-ing做伴随状语。

57．Our training program covers a range of______(effect)management
techniques.
正确答案：effective
解析：adj. 修饰n. 置于名词前。

58．Large sums of money have to______(spend)each year on railway construction.
正确答案：be spent
解析：被动语态，主语为动作承受者。

59．He saw a letter lying on the table______(address)to him.
正确答案：addressed
解析：本句可理解为He saw a letter 1ying on the table(that is)addressed to him.
60．It is highly______(desire)that the government give the company more financial support.
正确答案：desirable
解析：表语从句，故为desirable。

61．She had an outward______(appear)，but deep down she was reaHy worried.
正确答案：appearance
解析：adj. 修饰n. ，appearance外表。

62．There are a______(surprise)large number of mistakes in the test paper.
正确答案：surprisingly
解析：surprisingly修饰large。

63．Weather______(permit)，the football match will be played on Wednesday.
正确答案：permitting
解析：天气允许的情况下，动词的非谓语形式。

64．He lay perfectly still and______(play)dead to escape capture by the enemy.
正确答案：played
解析：and连接两个并列结构，前面用过去式，后面也用过去式played。

65．We are supposed______(follow)the teachers’instructions.
正确答案：to follow
解析：be supposed to do=should do应该……
Translation from Chinese into English
66．当人类对周围的环境开始发问时，科学就诞生了。

正确答案：Science canm into being when man began to ask questions about his environment.
67．他尽管病得很重，但还是参加了会议。

正确答案：Despite his serious illness，he came to/attended the meeting. or Although he was seriously ill，he came to/attended the meeting.
68．这项研究结果表明白日梦有助于提高一个人适应新环境的能力。

正确答案：The study indicates that daydreaming helps(to)improve a person’s ability to adapt(himself)to a new environment.
69．直到这次求职面试失败，他才意识到英语学习的重要性。

正确答案：He didn’t realize the importance of English learning until he failed in the job interview. or Not until he failed in the job interview did he realize the importance of English learning. or It was not until he failed in the job interview that he realized the importance of English learning.
70．随着经济发展和社会进步，人们越来越关心生活质量。

正确答案：With(the)economic development and social progress，people are increasingly concerned with the quality of life.
Translation from English into Chinese
71．When you turn on the television，put on your shoes or drive to a store，you’re using energy. Energy is one of the most fundamental forces in the world. Animals use energy to walk and run. Trees and plants use energy to grow. People use it to work and play. Energy is everywhere in nature-in the light of the sun，in the wind，in the forest,in water currents and erupting volcanoes. Without energy，there is no life. We use our own energy constantly and we continually make use of all kinds of energy. Energy can be divided into two different types：stored energy and dynamic energy. Stored energy is caned potential energy，and the latter refers to energy in motion. If you stretch out a rubber band，this produces potential energy. If you let it go，it moves and produces the dynamic energy.
正确答案：当你打开电视、穿鞋子、或驾车购物，你都在消耗能量。

能量是世界上一种最基本的力。

动物行走、奔跑，树木、植物生长，人类工作和消遣，都在消耗能量。

能量存在于阳光、风、树林、水流和喷发的火山中，自然界中无处不在。

没有能量，就没有生命。

我们在不断地消耗自身的能量，也在不断地消耗其他种类的能量。

能量有两种不同的类型：储能和动能。

储能被称之为潜能，而动能被称之为运动能。

如果你把橡皮筋拉长，这就产生了潜能；你一松手，它就会收缩并产生动能。