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将括号中的各词变为适当的形式填入空白。答案写在答题纸上。
56. I would play football with you if I_______ 20 years younger. (be) 57. Just as she was about__________, she was handed a note. (speak) 58. I don't want to make a show of_______ before strangers. ( I )
59. __ is the mother of invention. This is remarkably true. (Necessary)
60. The mayor gave a_________ speech to call up the citizens against pollution. (convince) 61. He was hurt by a flower vase from the balcony (阳台). (drop)
62. Neither the prices nor the quality __ in the last contract. (specify) 63. The beauty of the place is beyond_______(describe)
64. It is the first time I with native speakers in English. (talk) 65. The family spent a holiday in the country last month. (delight) VI. Translation from Chinese into English (15 points, 3 points for each item)
将下列各句译成英语并将答案写在答题纸上。
66.上周的音乐会上，那位歌唱家的演唱由她的学生担任钢琴伴奏。 67.那年轻人尽了全力才达到了他们的目标。 68.全家人都同意去澳大利亚过新年。
69.直到最近我才意识到语言与文化密切相关。 70.科学技术从未像现在这样高速发展。
VI.Translation from English into Chinese(15 points)
Books are to mankind what memory is to the individual. They contain the history of our race,the discoveries we have made, the accumulated knowledge and experience of ages. They picture for us the marvels and beauties of nature, help us out of difficulty, comfort us in sorrow, change hours of tiredness into moments of delight, fill our minds with good ideas and happy thoughts, and lift us out of and above ourselves. And also, books can help transport us to mountains or the seashore, and visit the most beautiful parts of the earth, without fatigue, inconvenience, or expense.In a sense they give us an even more vivid idea than the actual reality. So, precious and pricelessare the blessings which the books scatter around our daily paths. We walk, in imagination, with noblest spirits, through the mast fascinating regions.
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2007年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试 英语（二）试卷
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；考试时间为150分钟。 PART ONE (50 POINTS )
I. Vocabulary and Structure (10 point, 1 point for each)
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. It is difficult to __ the implication between the lines. 【 】 A. get to B. get with C. get at D. get down 2. The volleyball match was televised __ on CCTV. 【 】 A. alive B. life C. live D. lively
3. The newspaper will have to close dowm if it cannot increase its __ considerably. 【 】 A. distribution B. contribution C. prescription D. circulation 4. The central theatre has a seating __ of more than 3, 000 people. 【 】
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A. capability B. capacity C. ability D. facility
5. The furniture in her bedroom is quite different from __ in the living room. 【 】 A. that B. it C. one D. which
6. Because of the had weather, the sports meet had to be __ 【 】 A. shut down B. done away C. taken off D. called off
7. Jenny complained that the hospital __ her too much for the treatment. 【 】 A. expended B. paid C. cost D. charged
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
9. The book fair has received a positive __ from readers. 【 】 A. result B. response C. settlement D. solution
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 II. Cloze Test (10 points,1 point for each)
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, about 300,000 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 I7 determine the distance between the radar set and other objects. The word \\ 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 12. A. sound B. light C. heat D. tide 13. A. in B. at C. over D. on
14. A. sends out B. works out C. figures out D. puts out 15. A. producing B. produced C. produce D. produces 16. A. spends B. takes C. kills D. makes
17. A. can B. must C. ought to D. has to 18. A. in case B. in turn C. in short D. in fact 19. A. length B. width C. distance D. space
20. A. eventual B. internal C. external D. essential m. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points for each)
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，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。 Passage One
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Among the company was a lawer, a young man of about twenty-five. On being asked his opinion, he said, \punishment and life imprisonment are equally immoral. If I were to make a choice between them, I weald rather choose the latter. Anyway, it's better to live than not to live at all. \
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A lively discussion followed. A banker, who was then younger and more nervous than the lawyer, suddenly lost his temper and cried out, \You wouldn't stick in a cell even for five years. \
\fifteen instead of five. \
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So this wild, ridiculous bet came to pass. The banker could not hide his excitement. During supper he said to the lawyer jokingly, \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 earner to corner, recalled all this and asked himself, \I threw away two millions. Will it convince people that capital punishment is worse or better than irnprisonment for llfe? No, no! Rubbish! On my part, it was the caprice (心血来潮) of a wall-fed milfianaire; 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 pnnishment was immoral
C. it was better than capital punishment D. the banker would give him $ 200, 000
22. The author considers the bet between the lawyer and the banker __ 【 】 A. interesting B. ridiculous C. capricious D. instructive
23. The word ' company' in the first paragraph refers to __ 【 】 A. companions B. bankers C. lawyers D. prisoners
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 lawver would give up in 15 years D. the lawyer would give up before 5 years
25. In the end, the banker considers his bet with the lawyer __ 【 】 A. rational B. reasonable C. beneficial D. unreasonable Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
Online learning is also called distance education, which helps students who take classes by\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. k 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,
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where students communicate with each other and their teachers. Some classes require students to log in at the same time so they can attend live lectures by a professor. Students can also ask questioas 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
27. It can be inferred from the passage that international students in the programs __ 【 】 A. get full scholarship B. pay no tuitian C. get no financial support D. earn more money
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
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
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
Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
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 more attractive
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furniture in Singapore and Hong Kong. There fore, 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 manklnd--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 contrihute to the imbalance of nature B. rich people know how tn 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
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
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
34. Nature is very easily destroyed by __ 【 】 A. rich people B. poor people C. natural disasters D. mankind
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 PART TWO ( 50 POINTS)
IV. Word Spelling (lO points,1 point for two words)
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. 到国外；在国外 ad. a_ _ _ _ _ 37.相反的；不利的 a. a_ _ _ _ _ _ 38.帝国 n. e_ _ _ _ _ 39.典礼，仪式 n. c_ _ _ _ _ 40.环境；境遇 n. c_ _ _ _ _ 41.密集度，稠密度 n. d_ _ _ _ _ 42.出现，涌现 v. e_ _ _ _ _ 43.大，放大 v. e_ _ _ _ _ 44.特征，特色 n. f_ _ _ _ _ 45.杂志 n. m_ _ _ _ _ 46.移民，侨民 n. i_ _ _ _ _ 47.许可；执照 n. l_ _ _ _ _ 48.同时，其间 n. m_ _ _ _ _ 49.需要，必需品 n. n_ _ _ _ _ 50.服从，听从 v. o_ _ _ _ _