全国高等教育自学考试英语试题.docx

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全国高等教育自学考试英语试题

全国2012年1月高等教育自学考试英语

（二）试题

第一部分为选择题，1页至8页，共8页。

应考者必须在"答题卡"上按要求填涂，不能答在试卷上。

　　第二部分为非选择题，9页至10页，共2页。

应考者必须在"答题纸"上答题。

　　PARTONE（50POINTS）

　　1.VocabularyandStructure（10points，1pointeach）

　　从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。

　　1.Alltheories______frompracticeandinturnservepractice.

　　A.differ

　　B.range

　　C.recover

　　D.originate

　　2.Thereislittle______increasingyourreadingspeedifyoudonotunderstandwhatyouarereading.

　　A.aim

　　B.use

　　C.value

　　D.meaning

　　3.whatyousaynowisnot______withwhatyousaidyesterday.

　　A.insistent

　　B.prevalent

　　C.consistent

　　D.permanent

　　4.Puttingprisonersinchainsdoesn'tsolvethe______0fcrime，suchaspovertyordisaffectionwithinsociety.

　　A.causes

　　B.victims

　　C.purposes

　　D.increases

　　5.Binarystars，astheirnamesuggests，aretwinstarswhosepositioninspace______eachother.

　　A.affects

　　B.expects

　　C.perfects

　　D.inspects

　　6.Allevidencerelevant______thecaseshouldbegatheredandanalyzed.

　　A.with

　　B.to

　　C.from

　　D.for

　　7.Comewhat______we'llgoaheadwithourplan.

　　A.can

　　B.need

　　C.may

　　D.must

　　8.Weshould______primaryimportancetothedevelopmentofeconomy.

　　A.attach

　　B.convert

　　C.attribute

　　D.contribute

　　9.Examinerswhoare______tofavoritesarecriticizedbymanypeople.

　　A.indifferent

　　B.similar

　　C.equivalent

　　D.partial

　　10.Lookforsmallwaystoaddactivitytoyourday，liketakingthestairs______theelevatororgoingonashortwalk.

　　A.inspiteof

　　B.insteadof

　　C.intermsof

　　D.inviewof

II.ClozeTest（10points，1pointeach）

　　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，

　　并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。

.

　　Peopleproducefoodinmanyways.Agriculture，orfarming，developedjthousandsofyearsago.___11___about100yearsago，mostfarmersintheUnitedStatesProducedonlyenoughfoodfortheirown___12___Today，modernequipmentandfarmingmethodshavegreatly___13___theAmericanfarmer'sproductivity.

　　Invariouspartsoftheworld，people___14___manyanimalsthatsupplymeatandmilk.Cattle，horses，goats，sheep，andpigsareimportantfoodanimals.IntheUnitedStates，thecowisthemajorsourceofmilkproducts.Chickens___15___peoplewithbothmeatandeggs.

　　Fishingisanimportantsourceoffood，___16___inareasnearthesea.Somecountries，likeJapan，consumemuchmorefishthanmeat.

　　Thewealthyareasoftheworldconsumethemostfood，___17___includetheUnitedStates，Canada，andEurope.Manycountriesareabletoimportfoodifitcannotbeproducedathome.___18___GreatBritainimportsabout75percentofitsmeat，andgrowslessthanhalfthefooditspeoplerequire.

　　___19___peopleofthepoorcountriesoftheworldusuallyeatonlywhattheyareabletoproducethemselves.InsomepartsofAsia，peoplelive___20___ricealone.

　　11.A.InB.UntilC.FromD.for

　　12.A.needsB.reasonsC.effortsD.interests

　　13.A.protectedB.supportedC.increasedD.reflected

　　14.A.growB.raiseC.trainD.store

　　15.A.prepareB.treatC.serveD.provide

　　16.A.certainlyB.actuallyC.occasionallyD.especially

　　17.A.theseB.whereC.whichD.they

　　18.A.InadditionB.ForexampleC.AboveallD.Afterall

　　19.A.HoweverB.ThereforeC.MoreoverD.instead

　　20.A.withB.forC.onD.through

　III.ReadingComprehension（30points，2pointseach）

　　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，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。

　　PassageOne

　　Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

　　LatelyithasbecomefashionableinAmericatoquestionwhetheritisreallyworthittogotocollege.AccordingtoanewsurveyreleasedbythePewResearchCenter，only40percentofAmericansfeltthatcollegesprovidedagoodvalueforthecost.Atthesametime，86percentofcollegegraduatesstillfelttheinvestmentwasagoodoneforthem.

　　Thereareanumberofreasonsforthewidespreaddissatisfactionwithcollege.First，thereareplentyofproblemswithhighereducation-poorqualityandout-of-controlcostsaretwoofthebiggest，Second，itistruethatcollegeisnotforeveryone.Thereareplentyofrewardingandimportantcareersthatdonotrequirecollege.Andduetothesloweconomy，theremayinfactbemoregraduatesthanthecurrentjobmarketneeds.Besides，anti-collegesentimentisnothingnew.Today，Microsoft'sBillGatesorApple'sSteveJobs-bothcollegedropouts-isoftenheldupasevidenceofwhyallthattimesittinginclassisbetterspentelsewhere.

　　However，gettingacollegeeducationisstillagoodidea.Collegegraduatesearnmore，andaremorelikelytohaveajobinthefirstplace.Accordingtothestatisticslastyear，theaverageweeklyearningsforsomeonewithsomecollegebutnodegreewere$712，comparedto$1，038foracollegegraduate.Thatisalmost$17，000overthecourseofayearandthereisanevenbiggerdivideforthosewithlesseducation.Meanwhile，theunemploymentratewas9.2percentforthosewithonlysomecollegeandmorethan10percentforthosewithjustamiddleschooldegree，butitwas5.4percentforcollegegraduates.Theeconomicgapsbetweencollegecompletersandthosewithlesseducationaregettinglarger.

　　AlthoughmostAmericanssurveyedbyPewfeeldoubtfulaboutthevalueofacollegedegree，anoverwhelmingmajorityofparentsPewsurveyedstillexpecttheirchildrentogotocollege."Itcallbeinferredthattheincreaseddoubthasnotsignificantlyinfluenceddecisionmaking，''Pew'sTaylorsays."Despitetheconcernaboutrisingcostsandotherproblems，collegeremainsauniversaldesireinthiscountry."

　　21.RecentlymanyAmericansquestion_____.

　　A.thevalueofacollegedegree

　　B.theabilityofcollegegraduates

　　C.thequalityofcollegeeducation

　　D.thehighcostofhighereducation

　　22.ThepassagetellsUSthatBillGateswas_____.

　　A.aself-taughtcollegestudent

　　B.ahardworkingundergraduate

　　C.asuccessfulcollegedropout

　　D.asuccessfulcollegegraduate

　　23.Thewriterseemstoagreethat_____.

　　A.thereisnoneedtogotocollege

　　B.anti-collegesentimentisanewthing

　　C.collegecannotguaranteeemployment

　　D.collegeeducationremainsawisechoice

　　24.TheunemploymentrateforcollegegraduateslastYearwas_____.

　　A.5.4%

　　B.7.1%

　　C.9.2%

　　D.10%

　　25.ThePewsurveyimpliesthat_____.

　　A.thecostofcollegeeducationwilldecrease

　　B.mostAmericansstillfavorcollegeeducation

　　C.thequalityofcollegeeducationwillimprove

　　D.increaseddoubtaffectsparents'decisionmaking

　　PassageTwo

　　Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

　　Amajorsociological（社会学的）theoryknownassymbolicinteractionism（符

　　号互动论）offerssomeimportantclarificationofhowmenandwomenaretaughttofilldifferentrolesinsociety.Thekeyconceptinsymbolicinteractionismisthatcommunicationmakesabigdifferenceinbehavior：

peopleactonthebasisofmessagestheyreceivefromothers，andhowtheyunderstandthosemessages.ThiscanbeseeninaconceptdevelopedbysociologistCharlesHortonCooleyknownasthelooking-glassself.

　　Bythelooking-glassself，Cooleymeanttheself-imagethateachofusdevelopsaccordingtothemessageswereceivefromothers;wethinkandbehaveaccordingtoourunderstandingofthosemessages.If，forexample，ayounggirlisrepeatedlytoldthatsheispretty，shewillcometobelievethat

（1）sheisinfactpretty，and

（2）beingprettyisanimportantthinginherlife.Similarly，ifsheistoldthatsheisnotgood（ornotexpectedtobegood）atcertainthings（suchasmath）shewillcometobelievethatsheisnotgoodatsuchthingsandwouldbetteroffworkingatthingsshecanbesuccessfulat.Thelikelyproductisayoungwomanwhodevotesagreatdealofattentiontoherappearance，regardsbeingprettyasakeytosuccessinlife，andwhoisintimidatedbyanythinginvolvingnumbers.

　　Sinceweknowthatyounggirlsaregivenmessageslikethese，andthatyoungboysaregivendifferentmessages，wecanseeagoodpartofhowsexrolesaretaught.Thereislittleornoevidenceofdifferencesinwhatyounggirlsandyounggirlsandboyscando，buttheolderchildrenbecome，thegreaterthedifferencesintheareasinwhichboysandgirlsarelikelytostandout.

　　26.Symbolicinteractionismhelpstoexplain______.

　　A.howtomakeadifferenceinpeople'ssocialbehavior

　　B.howtomakepeopleunderstanddifferentsocialroles

　　C.howmenandwomenlearntocommunicateinsociety

　　D.howmenandwomenlearntotakedifferentsocialroles

　　27.The　"looking-glassself''　conceptoffersaclueasto______.

　　A.whetheronecanimproveone'sself-image

　　B.whetheroneislikelytosucceedinanarea

　　C.howonereceivesdifferentsocialmessages

　　D.howsocialmessagesshapeone'sself-image

　　28.Theexampleoftheyounggirlshowsthat______.

　　A.womencaremoreaboutappearance

　　B.womenareinferiortomeninnumbers

　　C.peopleareliabletosocialexpectations

　　D.peopleregardlooksasakeytoSuccess

　　29.Thephrase"betteroff'（para.2）probablymeans——

　　A.morecomfortable

　　B.moredependable

　　C.morerespectable

　　D.morereasonable

　　30.Boysandgirlsarelikelytostandoutindifferentareas______.

　　A.astheyadvanceinage

　　B.astheygrowinwisdom

　　C.astheirinterestsdiversify

　　D.astheircapacitiesdevelop

　IV.WordSpelling（10points，1pointfortwowords）

　　将下列汉语单词译成英语。

每个单词的词类、首字母及字母数目均已给出。

请将完整的单词写在答题纸上。

　　36.性格，品质n.c_______

　　37.容忍，容许vt.t_______

　　38.几乎不ad.h________

　　39.四月n.A_______

　　40.干旱，旱灾n，d_______

　　41.可靠的a.r__________

　　42.碰撞vi.c________

　　43.仪器;乐器n.i_______

　　44.适度的a.m______

　　45.浅的a.s_____

　　46.打哈欠vi.y______

　　47.放射n.r_______

　　48.直接地ad.s_________

　　49.流利的a.f___________

　　50.排除，排斥vt.e________

　　51.百num.h_______

　　52.急迫的a.u_______

　　53.坦白地ad.f_______

　　54.清白的a.i_____

　　55.加强，巩固vt.s_______

　　V.WordForm（10points，1point