自学考试《英语2》试题及答案.docx

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自学考试《英语2》试题及答案

本试卷分为两部分，第一部分为选择题，1页至7页，第二部分为非选择题，8页至9页，共9页；选择题50分，非选择题50分，满分100分；考试时间为150分钟。

将全部答案写在答题纸的相应位置上，否则不计分。

PARTONT

I.VocabularyandStructure（10points,1pointforeachitem）

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.Ittookalongtimeforherto____________thefactthatherhusbandwasdismissed.

[A]comeupagainst    [B]comeupto

[C]comeupwith       [D]cometotermswith

2.Wasitinthatschool______hedevelopedhisinterestinphysics?

[A]which    [B]fromwhich    [C]where    [D]that

3.______foryourhelp，Iwouldnothaveovercomethepsychologicalpressuresandtensions．

[A]Notbeen          [B]Withoutbeing

[C]Haditnotbeen  [D]Nothavingbeen

4.______nothingtosay,theboyshiedawayfromthecrowd.

[A]Have   [B]Having   [C]Had   [D]Havingbeing

5.Asactivitycarried______asonethinksfitinone'ssparetime，leisurehasseveralfunctions.

[A]On　　[B]out　　[C]off　　[D]over

6.Whydoyoublamehimforhispoorjudgmentonthematter______hereallyneedsisencouragement?

[A]when　　[B]thatsincethat　　[C]whenwhat　　[D]nowthat

7.Theothertimingsystembelongsinourinternalclocks，which，left______,wouldtiethebodytoa25-hourrhythm.

[A]behind　　[B]alone　　[C].out　　[D]aside

8.Ithasbeenyears__________Ireturnedhome.

[A]after　　[B]that　　[C]since　　[D]when

9.We'llkeepyou______anynews.

[A]uptodate　　　[B]withinstepwith

[C]inlinewith　　[D]intermsof

10.I'dliketogotothecinema,butI'm______to.

[A]enable　　[B]disable　　[C]unable　　[D]able

Ⅱ．ClozeTest（10points，1pointforeachitem）

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。

Japanisasmallcountrywithfewnaturalresources.（11）this，Japaneseproductivity，therateatwhichgoodsareproduced，（12）morethaneleventimesinthepastthirtyyears．ManypeopleintheWestwonderhowtheJapanesedoit．Thekey（13）Japan'ssuccesscanbediscoveredbylookingatsomebasicdifferencesbetweenJapaneseandWesternattitudestowardswork．

PeopleintheWestgenerallyviewwork（14）anecessaryevil--onemustgiveuppartofone'sfreedomtoearnthemoneyneededtolive.TotheJapanese,however,workisthecentralinterestofone'slife；it's（15）thataJapaneseestablishedhisidentity.

AJapanesebusinessfirmislikeafamily．Whenanemployeejoinsacompany，heexpectstoworkforthatcompanyfortherestofhisworkinglife；（16）isanyonedismissed．Promotionisbasedon

thesenioritysystem，thelengthofemployment（17）one'srankinthecompany．Thoseatthebottomdonot（18）Chancesforpromotionbecausethoseatthetopretireatacertainage（19）othersmayhavetheirturn．Inaddition，thedifferencebetweenthelowestandthehighestsalariesismuch1essthan（20）intheWest．

11.[A]Becauseof      [B]Asfor    [C]Although    [D]Despite

12.[A]haveincreased  [B]hasincreased

  [C]areincreasing  [D]isincreasing

13.[A]to  [B]of  [C]for   [D]in

14.[A]like[B]for [C]about [D]as

15.[A]thisthat[C]here[D]where

16.[A]barely  [B]rarely  [C]occasionally  [D]frequently

17.[A]determines [B]hasdetermined  [C]determining  [D]todetermine

18.[A]careabout  [B]carefor  [C]worryabout  [D]concernwith

19.[A]inthat  [B]suchthat  [C]forthat  [D]sothat

20.[A]that  [B]those  [C]one  [D]ones

III.ReadingComprehension（30points，2pointsforeachitem）

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。

PassageOne

Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Whotalksmore，womenormen?

Theseeminglyconflictingevidenceis

resolvedbythedifferencebetweenwhatIcallpublicandprivatespeaking．Moremenfeelcomfortabledoing"publicspeaking,"whilemorewomenfeelcomfortabledoing"private"speaking.

Anotherwayofcapturingthesedifferencesisbyusingthetermsreport-talkandrapport-talk.

Formostwomen,thelanguageofconversationisprimarilyalanguageofrapport:

awayofestablishingconnectionsandnegotiatingrelationships.Emphasisisplacedondisplayingsimilaritiesandmatchingexperiences.Fromchildhood,girlscriticizetheirfriendswhotrytostandoutorappearbetterthanothers.Peoplefeeltheirclosestconnectionsathome,

orinplaceswheretheyfeelathome--withoneorafewpeopletheyfeelclosetoandcomfortablewith--inotherwords,

duringprivatespeaking.Buteventhemostpublicsituationscanbeapproachedlikeprivatespeaking.

Formostwomen，talkisprimarilyameanstopreserveindependenceandnegotiateandmaintainstatusinahierarchical（等级制度的）socialorder．Thisisdonebyexhibitingknowledgeandskill，andbyho1dingcenterstagethroughverbalperformancesuchastorytelling，joking，orconveyinginformation．Fromchildhood，menlearntousetalkingasawaytogetandkeepattention．Therefore，theyaremorecomfortablespeakingin1argergroupsmadeupofpeopletheyknow1esswell，inthebroadestsense，"publicspeaking”.Buteventhemostprivatesituationscanbeapproachedlikepublicspeaking,

morelikegivingareportthanestablishingrapport.

21.Asimilartermfor"privatetalking"is___________.

[A]report-talk

[B]rapport-talk

[C]persuasivetalk

[D]women'stalk

22.Whenwomentalk，theytendto________.

[A]admiretheirfriendswhostandout

[B]makeothersfeelathome

[C]approachpublicsituationslikeprivatetalking

[D]seekcloserelationshipwithotherspeakers

23.Mentalkinorderto________.

[A]makenewfriends

[B]shareexperience

[C]arguewithothers

[D]attractattention

24.Thepurposeofthispassageisto_______.

[A]contrastthemaleandfemaletalkingstyles

[B]provethatmentalkmoreeffectivelythanwomen

[C]analyzewhymenandwomenaredifferent

[D]drawpeople'sattentiontothedifferencebetweenmenandwomen

25.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

[A]Mentalkmorethanwomen．

[B]Menfeelmorecomfortablemakingapublicspeechthanwomen.

[C]Menaremoreknowledgeablethanwomen．

[D]Menaremoreindependentthanwomen．

PassageTwo

Questions26t030arebasedonthefollowingpassage．

Thebestexampleofhowassociationsinfluenceeatingisthatweofteneatnotbecause

we'rehungrybutbecauseit's"lunchtime,"becausefoodssmellgood,orbecauseour

friendsareeating.

Moreevidencethatassociationsinfluenceeatingcomesfrom

marketingandadvertisingpressurestosellfoodsbyofferinghuge

servings.Forexample,movietheatresofferanextralargeboxof

popcorn（爆玉米花），which,atalmost900calories,isequivalenttoa

majormeal.Healthprofessionalswarnthataschildren,adolescents（青少年）,and

adultslearntopreferlargeportionsandtastyfoodshighinfat,sugar,andcalories,

therehasbeenacorrespondingincreaseinratesofbeingoverweight（from25%in1988

to34%in1998）.Researchersareespeciallyconcernedaboutthecontinuedratesofoverweight

andobesity（肥胖）inchildrensincechildhoodobesityisverydifficulttotreatandanobese

childhasahighprobabilityofbecominganobeseadultwiththeassociatedhealthriskswe

discussedearlier.

Healthprofessionalssuggestthattoavoidfutureincreasesinratesofoverweightand

obesity,weneedtotryhardtoforgetmanyofourfoodassociations,whichprimarily

involvesdecreasingsizeoffoodportions,increasinglevelsofactivitytoburnoff

excesscalories.

26.TheinfluenceoffoodassociationcanbeseenclearlyfromtheexamplethatweofteneatNOT

because________.

[A]it'stimeforlunch

[B]we'rehungry

[C]foodssmelldelicious

[D]ourfriendsareeating

27.Fromthepassagewecaninferthatthe"serving"inthesecondparagraphmost

probablymeans________.

[A]anamountoffood

[B]aspecialservice

[C]ameal

[D]somecalories

28.Accordingtotheauthor,becauseofanunhealthyfoodpreference,theincreaseinratesofbeing

overweightwasalmost_____________duringthetenyearsfrom198to1998.

[A]10percent[B]20percent

[C]30percent[D]40percent

29.Accordingtothepassage,anobesechildis_____________.

[A]lessatriskofheartdiseases

[B]healthilyfat

[C]veryhardtogetalongwith

[D]morelikelytobecomeanobeseadult

30.Inordertoavoidfutureincreasesinratesofoverweightandobesity,weneedtodoa11thefollowingEXCEPT_____________.

[A1makeanefforttoforgetourfoodassociation

[B]eatlesshigh-fatfood

[C]domoreexercisetoconsumeexcesscalories

[D]eatlessfood

PassageThree

Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage．

Laborforceisdennedasbeingthetotalnumberofpeoplewhoareavailabletoworkandearnincome．Thisdefinitionincludeseveryonewhoisemployedorseekingpaidemployment，soitincludesemployersandtheself—employed．Laborisoneofthecountry'sresourceswhichcanbecombinedwithotherresourcestoproducethegoodsandserviceswantedbythecommunity.

Althoughthesizeoftheworkforcedependsagreatdealonthesizeofthetotalpopulation，thereareseveralotherinfluenceswhicha1soaffectit．Theagedistributionofthetotalpopulationhasaverymarkedeffectontheavailableworkforce．ifthepopulationhasahighproportionofveryyoungpeopleorofthosetooo1dtowork，thentheavailableworkforcewouldbelowerthaniftherewereanevenlyspreadagedistribution.Ifthepopulationnaturallygrowsrapidly,i.e.thenumberofbirthsgreatlyexceedsthenumberofdeaths，thenasatotalpopulationincreasestheproportionintheworkforcedeclines．

Sometimesapopulationisdescribedasaging，whichmeansthatthebirthrateiseitherfallingorgrowingveryslowly,andaspeopleretirefromtheworkforcethereareinsufficientnumbersofyoungpeopleenteringittoreplacethosewhoareleavingit．Thepopulationistop-heavy（头重脚轻）witholderpeople．Sothepercentageofthepopulationintheworkforce

declineswhenthereiseitherarapidincreaseinbirthsoraf