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1、英语阅读一自考题9英语阅读(一)自考题-9(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、B第一部分 选择题/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、B.CAREFUL READING/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、BPassage 1/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Since the Second World War, there has been an obvious trend, especially among the growing group of college students, toward early marriage. Many youths begin dating

2、 in the first stages of adolescence, go steady through high school, and marry before their formal education has been completed. In some quarters, there is much shaking of graying heads over the ways of rebellious youth. However, emotional maturity does not grow with age; it does not arrive automatic

3、ally at twenty-one or twenty-five. Some achieve it surprisingly early, while others never do, even in three-score years and ten.Many students are marrying as an escape, not only from an unsatisfying home life, but also from their own personal problems of isolation and loneliness. However, any marria

4、ge entered into as an escape cannot prove entirely successful. The sad fact is that marriage seldom solves ones problems; more often, it merely worsens them. Furthermore, it is doubtful whether the home is capable of carrying all that the young are seeking to put into it; one might say that they are

5、 abandoning one idol only to worship another. Young people correctly understand that their parents are wrong in believing that success is the ultimate good, but they themselves are wrong in believing that they have found the true center of lifes meaning. Their expectations of marriage are essentiall

6、y unrealistic and therefore incapable of fulfillment. They want too much, and tragic disillusionment is often bound to follow.Shall we, then, join the chorus of those against early marriages? One cannot generalize. all early marriages are not bad any more than all later ones are good. Satisfactory m

7、arriages re determined not by how old one is, but by the emotional maturity of the partners. Therefore, each case must be judged on its own merits. If the early marriage is not an escape, if it is entered into with relatively few illusions or false expectations, and if it is economically feasible, w

8、hy not? Good marriages can be made from sixteen to sixty, and so can bad ones.（分数：10.00）(1).The phrase go steady (para. 1) can be replaced by _. A. break up very often B. keep changing partners C. maintain the relationship D. believe in early marriages（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 题干实际是问go steady的含义。字面可理解为

9、“保持稳定”，根据第一段段意可知，A、B、D项都不合题意。(2).The phrase shaking of graying heads (para. 1) refers to _. A. the anger of parents B. the disapproval of old people C. the radical behaviors of the young D. the unruly manners of young lovers（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 题干问，shaking of graying heads是指谁。字面意思是头发花白的老人摇头，引申一下是指

10、“老人不同意”。(3).Besides escaping from unsatisfying home life, young people also marry early _. A. for personal development B. for financial support C. to get rid of their loneliness D. to stay away from their parents（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 题干问，除了逃避令人不满意的家庭生活外，年轻人结婚早还为了什么。由文中第二段第一句可知，.but also from their

11、own personal problems of isolation and loneliness，C项“为了摆脱孤独”正确。(4).According to the author, marriage more often than not _. A. ends up in divorce B. leads to tragedies C. proves to be successful D. worsens ones problems（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 题于问，对于作者来说，婚姻常常怎样。more often than not意为“通常，往往”，由文中第二段第四行可知

12、，more often，it merely worsens them，D项“使问题恶化”正确。(5).The author argues that _. A. older people suspect early marriages B. early marriages should not be encouraged C. early marriages are not always unsuccessful D. older people are wrong about early marriages（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 题干问，作者讨论了什么。由文中最后一段可知，

13、令人满意的婚姻并不是由一个人的岁数决定，而是由配偶的感情成熟来决定的。因此If the early marriage.why not?暗含的意思是“早婚并不总是不成功的”。四、BPassage 2/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)On a January day in 1975, Ken and Catalina Brugger wandered through an ancient forest in Mexico on a high mountain slope eighty miles west of Mexico City. The air was damp and cool. Th

14、e sky was cloudy, so little light reached through the trees. As the Bruggers walked along, they realized they were hearing a quiet, constant noise. It was like rain falling on the fire trees. But there was no rain. They looked around for the source of the sound. Suddenly, sunlight broke through the

15、clouds and lit up the forest. The Bruggers gasped in delight. All around them, the trees shimmered with the beating of brilliant orange and black wings. The Bruggers were surrounded by millions of monarch butterflies, resting in their winter home.The Bruggers discovery was important in the world of

16、butterfly study. Butterfly lovers knew that, late every summer, monarchs migrate from Canada into Mexico. More than 300 million of the fragile creatures make the 2,500-mile flight. But no one knew what became of the butterflies once they reached Mexico. Within the next few years, twelve more monarch

17、 roosts were discovered. They were all along the same mountain range where the Bruggers had made their find. Now the mystery was solved.The monarchs stay in Mexico is just one part of an amazing life cycle. Every spring, in Mexico, female monarchs lay enormous numbers of eggs. One female may lay mor

18、e than four hundred a month. She attaches her eggs to milkweed plants. The milkweed provides a perfect first home for the young monarchs. Because milkweed is poisonous to most creatures, birds and other butterfly enemies avoid it. But monarchs love milkweed. The eggs hatch in three to twelve days, a

19、nd out come worm like larvae (幼虫) which feed on the milk plant. The poison does not hurt them. But it does have an important effect. It makes the monarch as poisonous as the plant was. A bird that eats a monarch will become very sick and never eat another one.After living for two weeks as larvae, th

20、e monarchs attach themselves to leaves. Then they spin cocoons (茧). After a week, the cocoons open and the butterflies emerge, soon to begin their 2,500-mile flight northwards. Many of them die as they pass through such southern states as Texas and Louisiana. But first they lay more eggs. After a fe

21、w weeks, a new generation of monarchs is ready to continue the journey. They or their children or grandchildren will reach Canada, where they spend the summer.（分数：10.00）(1).The Bruggers did not know where the quiet, constant noise came from because it was _. A. raining B. cloudy C. too bright D. win

22、dy（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 细节题。“Brugger一家不知道轻轻的、连续的噪音从何而来，原因是什么?”B选项“多云”，是正确答案。文中第一段说The sky.constant noise。(2).By the time the article was written, people had discovered _. A. 1 monarch roost B. 12 monarch roosts C. 13 monarch roosts D. 400 monarch roosts（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 细节题。“当作者写这篇文章的时候，人们已经发现

23、了什么?”C选项“13个大蝴蝶栖木”，是正确答案。文中第二段说Butterfly lovers.were discovered。可见，一共有13个栖木。(3).Before the Bruggers discovery, people did not know _. A. how monarch butterflies lived in Canada B. when monarch butterflies left Canada C. what happened to monarch butterflies in Mexico D. where monarch butterflies in M

24、exico came from（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 细节题。“在Brugger的发现以前，人们不知道什么?”C选项“大蝴蝶在墨西哥发生了什么”，是正确答案。文中第二段说But no one knew what became of the butterflies once they reached Mexico。A选项“大蝴蝶如何在加拿大生存”；B选项“大蝴蝶是什么时候离开加拿大的”；D选项“墨西哥的大蝴蝶来自哪里”。(4).The monarch butterflies make their winter home in _. A. Canada B. Mexico C

25、. the U.S. D. Texas or Louisiana（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 细节题。“大蝴蝶在哪里建立冬天的家?”B选项“墨西哥”，是正确答案。文中第一段说On a January day.in their winter home。A选项“加拿大”；C选项“美国”；D选项“得克萨斯或路易斯安那”。(5).The article provides information about monarchs _. A. migration, food and size B. food, size and number C. migration, food and num

26、ber D. migration, number and size（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 细节题。“文章提供了大蝴蝶的什么信息?”C选项“迁徙、食物和数量”，是正确答案。依据是文章后两段。A选项“迁徙、食物和大小”；B选项“食物、大小和数量”；D选项“迁徙、数量和大小”，三个选项都不正确。五、BPassage 3/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)How man first learned to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we real

27、ly know is that men unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds and which could b

28、e written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.The power of words, then, lies in their association the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad

29、 and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more number of words that mean something to us increases.Great writers, are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotion. This charming and telling use

30、 of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words by singing like music, and which by their position and association can move man to tears. We should, therefore, learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or

31、they will make our speech silly and vulgar.（分数：10.00）(1).The origin of language is _. A. a legend handed down from the past B. a matter that is hidden or secret C. a question difficult to answer D. a problem not yet solved（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 推理题。首句中in other words意思是“换句话说”，所连接的部分意思等同，由此可知，我们不知道语言是如何形成的。即语言的起源依然是一个谜。(2).One of the reasons why man invented certain sounds to express thoughts and actions was that _.