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27. In the eyes of the foreign visitors in the States, American people [ ]
A. think that time is always there which needs budgeting B. enjoy saving and using time wisely everyday
C. are indifferent in that they are like feelingless machines
D. are so fully engaged that they are unable to enjoy the important things in life 28. What is the job of an efficiency expert7 [ ] A. Writing articles for periodicals.
B. Recommending ways of efficient investment.
C. Examining the quality of a company's products. D. Teaching people how to take care of their yard.
29. Which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph? [ ]
A. Many Americans love having meals at fast-food restaurants, B. Americans are busier than other people in the world. C. The American fast-food industry, helps spread the American culture around the world. D. The United States is the father of the world's fast-food industry.
30. The best title for this passage is. [ ] A. The American Concept of Time
B. The Development of the American Fast Food Industry C. How to Raise Efficiency
D. The American Food and Culture
Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. It is difficult to estimate the number of youngsters involved in home schooling, where children are not sent to school and receive their fomal education from one or both parents. Legislation and court decisions have made, it legally possible in most states for parents to educate their children at hmne, and each year more people take advantage of that opportunity.
Supporters of home education claim that it is less expensive and far more efficient than mass public education. Moreover they quote several merits: relief of school
overcrowding, added curricular and pedagogical (课程和教学法) ahematives, strengthened family relationships, lower dropout rates, increased motivation, higher standardized test scores, and reduced discipline problems. Supporters of home schooling also believe that it provides the parents with the opportunity to reinforce their moral values through education. Critics of home schooling movement claim that it creates as many problems as it solves. They acknowledge that, in a few cases, home schooling offers educational opportunities superior to those found in most public schools, but few parents can provide such educational advantages. Some parents who withdraw their children from the schools in favor of home schooling have an inadequate educational background and insufficient formal training ta provide a satisfactory education for their children. Typicany, parents have i-ewer, not more, technological resources available than do schools. However, the relatively nexpensive computer technology that is readily available today is causing some to challenge the notion that hmne schooling is in any way not so good as more highly structured classroom education. Finally, a sociological (社会学的) concern is the restricted social interaction experienced by children who are educated at home. Technology will never replace the pupil-teacher relationship. Also, while relationships with parents and brothers and sisters may be improved, children taught at home may develop a distorted (歪曲的)view of society.
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3i. The main idea of the passage is that __ [ ] A. more and more parents are in favor of home schooling
B. home schooling is superior to school education because it has been legally approved C. though home schooling has its advantages, it creates as many new problems at the same time
D. school education is no doubt better than home education
32. Those who support home schooling think that __ [ ] A. it's less expensive and more efficient apart from other merits B. it has added curricular and pedagogical alternatives C. it will cause fewer discipline problems
D. it's more important to reinforce moral values
33. Critics believe that [ ] A. few parents can afford computers and technology when providing home education B. few parents are qualified enough tO provide a satisfactory home education C. school teachers are better than parants
D. efassroom environment can provide most satisfactory education
34. According to the author, home schooling cannot help children [ ] A. acquire social knowledge B. build up a relationship with family members
C. build up pupil-teacher relationship D. develop a right view of society 35. The attitude of the author toward home schooling is __ [ ] A. vague B. positive C. totally negative D. straight-forward
PART TWO (50 POINTS)
IV. Word SpelLing (10 points, 1 point for two items)
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.破坏，使……遇难 vt. w_ _ _ _ _ 37.自愿的，自发的 a. v_ _ _ _ _
38.紧要的，紧迫的 a. u_ _ _ _ _
39. 容忍，忍受 vt. t_ _ _ _ _ 4O.症状，征兆 n. s_ _ _ _ _ 41. 最近，不久前 ad. l_ _ _ _ _ 42.放大，夸大 vt. m_ _ _ _ _ 43.概念，想法 n. n_ _ _ _ _ 44.服从，听从 vt. o_ _ _ _ _ 45.若干的，费力的 u. p_ _ _ _ _ 46.达到，造诣 n. a_ _ _ _ _ 47. 使平衡，权衡 vt. b_ _ _ _ _ 48.战役，运动 n. c_ _ _ _ _ 49.装修，装饰 vt. d_ _ _ _ _ 50.基本的，初级的 a. e_ _ _ _ _ 52.姿势，手势 n. g_ _ _ _ _ 53.高度地，非常 ad. h_ _ _ _ _ 54.模仿的，仿制的 a. i_ _ _ _ _
55.正义，公正 n. i_ _ _ _ _ v. Word Form (10 points, 1 point for each item)
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。
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56. Once harm __ (do) tu the environment, it takes years to have the system recovered. 57. With the strike __ (setde), the work on the new assembly line went ahead like wildfire. 58. The child was playing __ (danger) near the edge of the swimming pool.
59. This project __ (accomplish) by the end of 2006 will greatly improve the basic fa- cility of the city.
60. People appreciate __ (talk) with him because he is knowledgeable and humorous.
61. Since the author did not stick to the topic, I found his article very __ (confuse) and hard to follow.
62. With all this done, I ___ (free) from all troubles and respousibihties. 63. Had he been treated well, he __ (get over) the disease.
64. Investigations into the cause of the shipwreck show that the ship __ (sink) the mo- ment it hit the rock.
65. If only the board ________ (approve) the proposal and put it into effect. 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.时间是世上最容易浪费，也是最难以把握的东西
67.虽然管理者不能预测未来，但他们的许多决策还是要求他们考虑到未来可能发生的事情。 68. 爱因斯坦声称物质和能量是可以相互转化的，因此没有绝对的时间和空间。 69.这次考试不及格人数多得惊人。
70.二十世纪六十年代美国民间音乐除表现爱情与希望外，还表现反战情绪。 VII. Translation from English into Chinese (15 points)
Planning is a very important activity in our lives. It can give pleasure and even excitement,but cause quite severe headaches. The more significant the task ahead, the more careful the planning required. Getting to school or to work on time is a task requiring little or no planning. It is almost a routine. A mouth's touting holiday abroad, or better still, getting married, is a different matter altogether, ff the holiday involves a church wedding, with 50 guests, a reception, a honeymoon in Italy, and returning to a new home, this requires even more planning to make sure that is successful. Planning is our way of trying to ensure success and of avoiding costly failures we cannot 'afford. It is equally essential to mankind as a whole, to nations, to families and to each individual; the scale may vary, but the degree of importance does not.
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2004年10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 (lOpoints, lpointforeachitem)
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. Under no circumstances __ betray our friends for personal benefit. [ ] A. did we B. we should C. should we D. we could
2. It is said that no city __ New York attracts so many people of different cultures. [ ] A. other than B. better than C. more than D. rather than
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With such a poor score in the entrance exam, it's __ impossible for him to be admitted to
this university. [ ] A. roughly B. absolutely C. fully D. exclusively
4. A formal dress is __ to a casual one for such an occasion. [ ] A. suitable B. favorable C. fashionable D. preferable
5. The book is reserved to __ comes first. [ ] A. whoever B. whmnever C. whom D. who
6. They all voted for him in the election, __ was to be expected. [ ] A. what B. so C. as D. that
7. How is it __ your answer on the paper is almost the same as his? [ ] A. what B. if C. that D. so
8. On hearing the news, he felt a wave of anger __ within him. [ ] A. arising B. rising C. arousing D. raising
9. l often dream of Paris, but I've never been there. It's the place __ [ ] A. where Pd like to visit B. that I want to visit it most C. in which I'd like to visit D. I most want to visit
10. Practicing improperly, you are likely to __ some bad habits. [ ] A. pick up B. keep up C. draw up D. catch up II. ClozeTest (lOpoints, lpointforeachitem)
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。
Increasingly, over the past ten years, people-especially young people--have become aware of the need to change their eating habits, because much of the food they eat, particularly proeessed food, is not good for the health. 11 , there has been a growing interest in natural foods: foods which do not contain additives (添加物) and which have not been 12 by chemical fertilizers (肥料).
Natural foods are vegetables, fruit and grain which have been grown in 13 that is rich in organic (有机的) matter. 14 simple terms, this means that the soil has been 15 by unused vegetable matter, which provides it with vitamins and minerals. This in itself is a natural process compared with the use of chemicals and fertilizers, the main purpose of 16 is to increase the amount--but not the 17 --of foods grown in commercial farming areas. Natural foods also include animals which have been \move 18 in healthy pastures(牧草场). Compare this with what happens in the mass production of poaltry: there are battery,farms, for example, where thousands of chickens live crowded together in one building and are fed on food which is 19 better than rubbish. Chickens raised this way are 20 as food,and their eggs lack important vitamins. 11. A. Accidentally B. Consequently C. Subsequently D. Conclusively 12. A. effeeted B. interfered C. disturbed. D. affected 13. A. soil B. earth C. field D. land 14. A. In B. By C. For D. On
15. A. flourished B. nourished C. furnished D. enriched 16. A. which B. it C. that D. this
17. A. quantity B. quality C. supply D. demand 18. A. casually B. occasionally C. freely D. randomly 19. A. nmeh B. far C. even D. little
20. A. nutrient B. abundant C. tasteless D. valueless III. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points for each item)
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，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。
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Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Today people all over the world are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. PoLlution is caused either by man's release of completely new and often arti ficial substances into the environment, or by releasing greatly increased amounts of natural substance, such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.
The whole industrial process, which makes many of tile goods and machines we need and use in our daily life, is bound to create a number of waste products which upset the ecological balance. Many of those waste products can be disposed of sensibly, but when moure new goods are produced, there will be new, dangerous wastes to be disposed of. Many people, therefore, see pollution as only part of the larger and more complex problem--the whole process of industrial produetion and consumption of goods. Others again see the problem mainly in connection with agriculture, where new methods make farmers grow more on their land to feed population. However,the land itself is gradually becoming worn out as it is being used. Chemical mixture cannot restore the balance.
Whatever its underlying causes, there is no doubt that much of the pollution problem could be controlled if only everyone would make more effort. In the home there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Food comes wrapped up three or four times in packages that all have to be disposed of; drinks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins which cannot be reused. This not only causes a litter problem, but also is a great waste of resources. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us not only to buy things we neither want nor need, but to throw away much of what we do buy. So we can solve pollution problems by cutting out excess consumption, unnecessary buy and so on.
21. When we say that people are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution, we mean that __ [ ] A. this problem is becoming the center of public concern
B. people are using products largely made of new and often artificial substances C. the media is paying more and more attention to this problem D. people are being better educated about the problem of pollution
22. The major environmental problem caused by industrial process is __ [ ] A. the increased production of new goods B. the creation of new products
C. the sensible disposal of the increasing industrial wastes D. the creation of new wastes
23. The major environmental problem with agriculture is caused by. [ ] A. the increased population farmers have to feed B. the worn-out farm land
C. the restoration of the balance of the farm land
D. the new methods of farming involving the use of chemical fertilizer
24. In the last paragraph, it is implied that [ ] A. the packaging problem only makes the pollution worse
B. people should consume less to prevent the problem of pollution
C. advertising plays a positive role in controlling the problem of pollution D. the problem of pollution can oaly be solved if we buy less
25. The passage mainly deals with __ [ ] A. the causes of pollution and possible solutions B. pollution in a broad sense C. the ecological balance
D. the industrial and agricultural pollution