英语二自考题 20

英语(二)自考题-20

(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)

一、第一部分：阅读判断 (总题数：1，分数：10.00)

The Race into Space

American millionaire Dennis Tito will always be famous. He was the first tourist in space. I spent sixty years on Earth and eight days in space and from my viewpoint, it was two separate lives, Tito explained. He loved his time in space. Being in space and looking back at earth is one of the most rewarding experiences a human being can have. This kind of experience isn

cheap. It cost $20 million. However, Tito achieved his dream, so

have any money,

he was happy. For me it was a life dream. It was a dream that began when I didn he told reporters.

On 30 April 2002, Mark Shuttleworth became the worlds second space tourist. Shuttleworth is a South African businessman. At the age of twenty-eight, he also paid $20 million for the eight-day trip.

Both Tito and Shuttleworth bought their tickets from a company called Space Adventures. The company has around 100 people already on their waiting list for flights into space. The spaceship to take them doesn exist yet.

Many of the customers are people who like adventure. They are the kind of people who also want to climb Mount Qomolangma. Other customers are people who love space. However, these people are worried. Because its so expensive, only very rich people can go into space. They want space travel to be available to more people.

That day may soon be here. Inter Orbital Systems(IOS) plans to send up to four tourists a week into space. The tours will depart from an island in Tonga. The company promises a package that includes forty-five days of astronaut training in Russia and California, seven days in space, and a vacation in Tonga, for $2 million.

However, space flight is still very dangerous. Bill Readdy is NASAs deputy assistant

administrator for space flight. He says that the chances of dying are about 1 in 500. Because of this it may take time before space tourism really takes off. You might be able to go up, but will you come down?（分数：10.00）

(1).Dennis Tito was the first tourist in space.______（分数：1.00） A.Right √ B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

解析：[解析] 译文：丹尼斯·蒂托是第一位太空游客。文章第一段介绍了美国富翁丹尼斯·蒂托作为第一位太空游客的经历。

(2).Dennis Tito thought the life on earth is dull but in space interesting.______（分数：1.00） A.Right B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned √

解析：[解析] 译文：丹尼斯·蒂托认为在地球上的生活很单调，但是在太空的生活很有意思。文章第一段蒂托只是提

到，在地球和太空是两种完全不同的生活，但是并未说地球上的生活单调无味。

(3).Mark Shuttleworth is an engineer from the United States.______（分数：1.00） A.Right B.Wrong √ C.Not mentioned

解析：[解析] 译文：马克·沙特尔沃思是一位来自美国的工程师。文章第三段指出马克·沙特尔沃思是一位南非商人。因此本题与文章内容不符。

(4).Both Tito and Shuttleworth have climbed Mount Qomolangma.______（分数：1.00） A.Right B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned √

解析：[解析] 译文：蒂托和沙特尔沃思都攀登过珠穆朗玛峰。文章第四段第一句指出：蒂托和沙特尔沃思都是在一家称作太空探险的公司购买的太空旅行票。而没有涉及攀登珠穆朗玛峰的信息。

(5).Space Adventures has about 100 customers waiting for their travel into space.______（分数：1.00） A.Right √ B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

解析：[解析] 译文：太空探险公司有大约100名顾客等待去太空旅行。文章第四段第二句提到这家公司已有一百多人在等待飞往太空的名单上登记。本句与文章内容相符。

(6).Space Adventures already has a spaceship.______（分数：1.00） A.Right B.Wrong √ C.Not mentioned

解析：[解析] 译文：太空探险公司已经拥有一架宇宙飞船。文章第四段最后指出：而携带他们的宇宙飞船目前并不存在。

(7).All those people who want to travel in space like adventures.______（分数：1.00） A.Right B.Wrong √ C.Not mentioned

解析：[解析] 译文：所有想去太空旅行的人都喜欢探险。文章第五段提到，一些想去太空旅行的客户喜欢探险，他们也想攀登珠穆朗玛。但是还有一些客户是因为喜欢太空。所以题干中All those people的说法太绝对了。 (8).Now, everyone has the chance to go to space.______（分数：1.00） A.Right B.Wrong √ C.Not mentioned

解析：[解析] 译文：现在每个人都有机会进入太空。文章第五段提到，太空旅游的费用很高，只有非常有钱的人才可以负担得起，并非所有人可以负担，所以题干的说法是错误的。

(9).IOS will send its tourists into space from Tonga.______（分数：1.00） A.Right √ B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

解析：[解析] 译文：太空轨道传送公司将从汤加群岛送它的游客加入太空。文章第六段谈到了太空轨道传送公司的计划并指出太空旅行将从汤加群岛的一个岛屿出发。

(10).Bill Readdy thinks space flight is very dangerous.______（分数：1.00） A.Right √ B.Wrong C.Not mentioned

解析：[解析] 译文：贝尔·瑞迪认为太空航行是非常危险的。文章最后一段提到贝尔·瑞迪指出太空旅行的死亡机遇是五百分之一。本题与文章内容相符。

二、第二部分：阅读选择 (总题数：1，分数：10.00)

Student Financial Aid Director

The University of Missouri invites nominations and applications for the position of Student Financial Aid Director to plan and direct the personnel, financial and operational activities of the Office of Student Financial Aid. Detailed Description of the Position

· Lead the professional staff in the planning of student financial aid activities. Make sure all aid programs are managed within federal, state, NCAA and university rules and laws. · Direct the preparation of financial aid reports that detail the spending of all aid funds. · Manage the preparation and agree on spending for the department as for the scholarship budget ($44 million once a year).

· Examine present scholarship policy to make sure of excellent management and, when necessary, propose new scholarships or connected plans to help achieve enrollment goals. · Employ, interview, hire, train, evaluate and instruct staff. Required Qualifications · Masters degree

· Five to eight years experience in student financial aid with increased levels and areas of responsibility including, but not limited to, managing one or more practical units with experience in financial aid office operations

· Wide knowledge of management and experience with management problems · Wide knowledge of national financial aid policy and rules

· Excellent ability to lead and manage professionals, and support employees

· Excellent ability to work effectively with people of different backgrounds and to work together across organizational fields

· Strong spoken and written communication skills and translation skills including public speaking, experience with government and media relations, and experience in standing for organizations to work effectively

· Devotion to the Enrollment Management and institutional goals · For more details, applicants should apply online at

http://hrs.missouri.edu/find-a-job/staff/index.php and should include a letter of application, resume and names of five professional references.（分数：10.00）

(1).If you are offered the position in the passage, you should ______.（分数：2.00） A.raise money in different countries to help poor students B.write as many financial aid reports as possible every day C.carry out aid programs according to fixed rules and laws √ D.save as much money as possible for the university

解析：[解析] 细节理解题。本题在提问一旦入职之后在岗位上应该做的事情。C项表述和Detailed

Description of the Position的第一条的...within in federal, state, NCAA and university rules and laws吻合。

(2).How can you increase enrollment of the University of Missouri as a Student Financial Aid Director?______（分数：2.00）

A.Reduce scholarship budget and spending for all departments B.Employ more people to persuade the high school students C.Increase more interviews with the high school students D.Offer new scholarships or suggest linked students √

解析：[解析] 推理判断题。在Detailed Description of the Position的第四条中的...propose new

scholarships or connected plans to help achieve enrollment goals说明入职后可以在学校原有奖金的基础上根据需要提议更多的奖学金以实现入学人数的目标。

(3).Which of the following isn a must if you want to get the position?______（分数：2.00） A.You should have connected work experience

B.You must have work experience as a translator √ C.You must value teamwork and get on well with the staff D.You should know financial aid policy and rules of America

解析：[解析] 细节理解题。在Required Qualifications里的第七条虽然要求有较强的口头和书面的交流能力以及翻译能力，但是并未要求一定要有作为翻译者的工作经验，所以B项不是必要条件。

(4).What will most probably make you stand out, owning all required qualifications?______（分数：2.00） A.Five recommendations from professional experts √ B.Excellent ability to persuade the interviewers C.The ability to use the Internet to find a job D.Clean clothes and handsome appearance

解析：[解析] 推理判断题。文章最后的...should include a letter of application, resume and names of five professional references说明如果Required Qualifications中所有的条件都已经满足，那么求职者在申请时要有求职信、简历和五位专业推荐人的名字，这里的references就是指推荐人，所以和A项表述一致。 (5).The advertisement is most probably taken from ______.（分数：2.00） A.a book about interviews B.a magazine about teaching C.a website on the Internet √ D.a handbook about saving money

解析：[解析] 推理判断题。最后一段的http:/hrs.missouri.edu/find-a-job/staff/index.php是网址，而online也说明只能在线申请，所以选择C项。

三、第三部分：概括段落大意和补全句子 (总题数：1，分数：10.00)

Waste Not, Want Not

① Bob and Clara Darlington, who own and run a farm in the North of England, have always looked for new ways of making money out of the produce they grow. Their success began when they established a shop on their farm, so that people could come and buy fresh vegetables directly from them. ② The business was an immediate success, and soon scored top marks in a competition set up by the Farm Retail Association to find the best farm shop in the country. The Associations inspectors found the Darlingtons shop offered excellent service and value for money as well as quality fruit and vegetable.

③ Clara Darlington is a trained chef and, in addition to a range of home-grown foods and Other local produce, she began offering a variety of prepared meals which she had made herself in the farmhouse kitchen. A small care alongside the farm shop was soon added, with everything that visitors could taste on the menu also being for sale in the shop.

④ Clara admits that starting the business was expensive, and she has worked very hard, but maintains that if the product is good, the public recognize this and buy it. I aim to offer the highest quality to our customers, whether they come in for a loaf of bread, or take a whole dinner-party menu. I take it as a compliment if people take home one of my dishes to serve to their family and friends and get away with pretending they made it themselves.

⑤ So it was that the couple realized that they had a surplus of misshapen or damaged vegetables grown on the farm which were unsuitable for selling in the shop. Clara, not wishing to see them get thrown away, decided to turn them into soup.

⑥ The soup met with the immediate approval of customers to the shop and Clara now produces ten different varieties. She spent much of the summer traveling up and down to London by rail, doing presentations of the soups. As a result, they are now served in first-class railway restaurant cars belonging to three companies as well as being stocked by a number of high-class London stores. ）10.00（分数：

(1).Paragraph① 1

A. The farm owned by the Darlingtons is successful B. Professional recognition is obtained C. A necessary alternative to farming D. Professional skills are exploited E. Continuing investment in high standards F. Ensuring that nothing gets wasted（分数：1.00）

解析：A[解析] 这个段落主要介绍了Darlington夫妇经营着一家农场，并不断翻陈出新制造新的商品来盈利，他们的成功始于在农场开商店卖蔬菜。因此可以看出这对夫妇对农场的经营模式取得了效果，带来了利润。因此A项的归纳最符合。

(2).Paragraph② 1（分数：1.00）

解析：B[解析] 段落中没有明显的段落主题词，段首句只是一个事实陈述句，不是观点句，因此不是该段主题句。对于该段落只能通过大致理解段落主要意思来归纳出主题。这个段落主要讲了Darlington夫妇的农庄和店铺在农庄零售协会组织的竞赛中名列前茅，并得到了该机构监察员的褒奖。这表明Darlington夫妇的农庄和店铺得到了专业人士的认可，因此B“得到了专业的认可”是答案。 (3).Paragraph③ 1（分数：1.00）

解析：D[解析] 段落中没有明显的段落主题词，段首句只是一个事实陈述句，不是观点句，因此不是该段主题句。对于该段落只能通过大致理解段落主要意思来归纳出主题。该段讲述了Clara是名专业厨师，她在种菜，卖菜之外还开了个小餐馆供应饭菜。因此该段大意可以归纳为“Clara的厨艺得到了施展”，因此D“充分发挥专业技能”是答案。 (4).Paragraph④ 1（分数：1.00）

解析：E[解析] 段落中没有明显的段落主题词，段首句只是一个事实陈述句，不是反映作者观点和态度的句子，因此不是该段主题句。对于该段落只能通过大致理解段落主要意思来归纳出主题。该段讲述开设这个小店既需要花钱，还很辛苦，但Clara还是不断努力把它办得更好。因此该段大意可以归纳为“继续高水准的投入”，选项E“继续高水准的投资”与其意义最接近。

(5).Paragraph⑤ 1（分数：1.00）

解析：F[解析] 段落中没有明显的段落主题词，段首句只是一个事实陈述句，不是观点句，因此不是该段主题句。对于该段落只能通过大致理解段落主要意思来归纳出主题。该段讲述农场上有些蔬菜形状不佳或被碰坏了，因此Darlington

夫妇就把它们用来煮汤，物尽其用，最大程度地避免了浪费。因此该段大意可以归纳为“尽可能不浪费掉农场上的任何蔬菜”，因此答案为F“确保什么都不浪费”。

(6).Bob and Clara Darlington established a shop to 1.

A. sell fresh vegetables B. find the best farm shop in the country C. offer a variety of prepared meals D. turn them into soup E. fill a gap in the market F. promote her soups（分数：1.00）

解析：A [解析] 利用题干中的名词Bob，Clara Darlington，shop作为定位线索，在第一段中找到相关句Their success began when they (指Bob和Clara Darlington) established a shop on their farm, so

that people could come and buy fresh vegetables directly from them，相关句中的so that people

could come and buy fresh vegetables“以便人们可以来购买新鲜的蔬菜”与选项A“卖(给人们)蔬菜”在用词people buy fresh vegetables—sell (people) fresh vegetables和意义上呼应。

(7).The Farm Retail Association is an organization whose aim is to 1.（分数：1.00）

解析：B[解析] 利用题干中的名词The Farm Retail Association作为定位线索，在第二段中可以找到相关句子the Farm Retail Association to find the best farm shop in the country，即这个协会的目的是为了找到乡村中最好的农场商店，与选项B的含义符合。

(8).Apart from quality fruit and vegetables, the couple 1.（分数：1.00）

解析：C [解析] 利用题干中的名词及名词短语quality fruit，vegetables，the couple作为定位线索，在第三段中找到相关句Clara Darlington (与the couple呼应) is a trained chef and，in addition to

a range of home-grown foods(与quality fruit和vegetables呼应)and other local produce (与quality fruit和vegetables呼应)，she began offering a variety of prepared meals which she had made herself she began offering a variety of prepared meals“她开始了相关句中的in the farmhouse kitchen. 出售各种各样做好的食物”与选项C在用词(offering a variety of prepared meals—offer a variety of prepared meals)和意义上呼应。

(9).Instead of throwing the damaged vegetables away, the couple 1.（分数：1.00）

解析：D [解析] 利用题干中的名词短语damaged vegetables，the couple作为定位线索，在第五段中找到相关句Clara(与the couple呼应)，not wishing to see them (指damaged vegetables) get thrown away,

decided to turn them into soup ，相关句中的turn them into soup“把它们做成汤”与选项D在用词和意义上完全一致。

(10).Clara sent much of the summer going to London to 1.（分数：1.00）

解析：F [解析] 利用题干中的名词Clara，summer，London作为定位线索，在第六段中找到相关句She spent much of the summer traveling up and down to London by rail, doing presentations of the soups 相关句中的doing presentations of the soups“展示她制作的汤”与F“推销她的汤”在用词和意义上呼应。

四、下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。(总题数：1，分数：10.00)

The Importance of Money in Life

1 Something like money doesn rich people are greedy?

Well, how do you expect to become a success financially if you believe these things? 2 If you think there is not enough money in this world for everyone you will never have enough money. That is called the Law of Attraction.

First of all, believing that money doesn grow on tress is an example of whats called lack or scarcity programming. Our parents taught us that there was never enough money to go around, and that it was not readily available or abundant. 3 Just think what you could do if you have

grow on trees, or money is the root of all evil, or maybe all

as much money as your heart desires. What wonderful things you could do with it: travel to the countries you have always dreamt of, buy a house you are even scared to think about, attend meditation classes so you could spiritually grow, donate money to your favorite charity, spend more quality time with your family, and the list goes on.

The key is to start thinking that you deserve the money and that there is lots of it available for you, and then you can start attracting it into your life. 4 When you start thinking about the abundance the Law of Attraction will do the rest. You do not need to know how it is going to happen. Just make the first step, first thought. 5

A. But in truth, the universe is very abundant, and there is lots of money to go around for everyone. B. Starting is already winning.

C. What were you taught about money as you were growing up?

D. Thats abundance thinking, which is the opposite of lack or scarcity thinking. E. By the way, that quote is taken out of context in the first place.

F. You attract into your life what you are thinking about and what you believe.（分数：10.00）

解析：C[解析] 根据后面提到的三句话money doesn grow on trees, money is the root of all evil和all rich people are greedy可以看出，这是列举的三句教条类的名言，C项(当你逐渐长大的时候，关于金钱的问题你是如何被教育的?)的内容很符合作为首句，这个问句可以放在开头提出问题。

解析：F[解析] F项中的what you are thinking与下句的If you think相呼应，what you believe与上句的if you believe these things相呼应，且在含义上与前后相符。

解析：A[解析] A项中的abundant和go around与上一句相呼应。本段主要讲了由money doesn trees引起的论述。But的出现与上句的讨论形成对比，符合本段的语境。

解析：D[解析] D项中的thinking一词，与第4段中多处出现的start thinking和when you start

thinking...相呼应。D项意为大量的思考，这是与缺乏思考相对立的，与下一句“当你开始无限思考，吸 引定律会完成剩下的部分”形成顺承关系。．

解析：B[解析] 上一句中的first step和first thought与starting的含义相近，因此B项填入此处最符合。

grow on

五、第五部分：填词补文 (总题数：1，分数：15.00)

The Case of the Disappearing Fingerprints

One useful anti-cancer drug can effectively erase the whorls and other characteristic marks that give people their distinctive fingerprints. Losing them could become troublesome. A case 1 online in a letter by Annals of Oncology indicates how big a problem of losing fingerprints is. Eng-Huat Tan, a Singapore-based medical doctor describes a 62-year-old man who has used

capecitabine to 2 his nasopharyngeal cancer. After three years on the drug, the patient decided to visit U. S. relatives last December. But he was stopped by U. S. customs officials 3 4 hours after entering the country when those officials couldn

get fingerprints from the man. There

were no distinctive swirly marks appearing from his index finger.

U. S. customs has been fingerprinting incoming foreign visitors for years. Tan says. Their index fingers are printed and screened against digital files of the fingerprints of bad guys—terrorists and potential criminals that our federal guardians have been tasked with keeping out of the country, unfortunately, for the Singaporean traveler, one potential 4 effect of his drug treatment is a smoothing of the tissue on the finger pads. Hence, no fingerprints.

It is uncertain when fingerprint 5 will begin to take place in patients who are taking capecitabine, Tan points out. So he cautions any physicians who prescribe the drug to provide

their patients with a doctors 6 pointing out that their medicine may cause fingerprints to disappear.

Eventually, the Singapore traveler made it into the United States. I guess the name on his passport didn raise any red flags. But hes also now got the explanatory doctors note—and won home 7 it.

By the way, maybe the Food and Drug Administration, 8 approved use of the drug 11 years ago, should consider updating its list of side effects 9 with this medicine. The current list does note that patients may experience vomiting, stomach pain and some other side effects. But no where 10 it mention the potential for loss of fingerprints. A. note D. what G. for J. does

B. treat E. which H. associated K. released C. without F. side I. heal L. loss（分数：15.00）

解析：K[解析] 译文：一个被肿瘤学年报在网上公布的信件中的案例暗示了指纹丢失的重要性。release意为公布。与主语case为被动关系，用过去分词作后置定语。根据下文内容，这里应该选released。

解析：B[解析] 译文：一个新加坡籍的医学博士描述了用卡培他滨治疗一位患鼻咽癌的62岁老人的经历。treat意为治疗。

解析：G[解析] 译文：他被美国海关人员拦截了4小时之久。介词for在这里指持续……时间。因此选for。 解析：F[解析] 译文：药物治疗的一个潜在的副作用就是会使指尖上的肉垫组织变光滑。本题考查词组side effect副作用。因此选side。

解析：L[解析] 译文：对于服用卡培他滨的病人来说，指纹何时会消失是不确定的。loss意为消失、丢失。 解析：A[解析] 译文：给病人开具的药物可能会使指纹消失的证明单。note意为票据、单子。

解析：C[解析] 译文：但是他同样要带有医师开的证明单——并且要随身携带。因此只能选表示否定含义的without。 解析：E[解析] 译文：美国食品和药物局已经准许这一药物的使用有11年之久了。本句需要选一个关系代词引导非限定定语从句，并做定语从句的主语，因此只能选which。

解析：H[解析] 译文：应该考虑更新与该药物有关的副作用清单。associate with意为与……有联系。此处为过去分词作后置定语。

解析：J[解析] 译文：但是却没有提及失去指纹的潜在危险。本句是no where提前构成的部分倒装句，谓 放在主语前。does语要由助动词

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六、第六部分：完形补文 (总题数：1，分数：15.00)

Laughter

Laugh is infectious. The sound of roaring laughter is far more infectious than any cough or yawn. When laughter is 1 (share), it unites people together and increases happiness and understanding. In addition to he domino effect of joy and 2 (amuse), laughter also produces healthy physical changes in the body. Humor and laughter 3 (strength) your immune system, improve your energy, reduce pain, and protect you from the damaging effects of stress. Best of all, this 4 (price) medicine is fun, free, and easy to use.

Laughter is a powerful cure to stress, pain, and 5 (agree). Nothing works faster or more 6 (depend) to bring your mind and body back into balance than a good laugh after a quarrel. Humor 7 (light) your burdens, inspires hopes, connects you to others, and keeps you grounded, 8 (focus), and ready to act.

With so much power to make good and 9 (renew), the ability to laugh easily and frequently is a great resource for 10 (defeat) problems, improving your relationships, and supporting both physical and emotional health.（分数：15.00）

解析：shared[解析] 本句为被动语态，因此应填入share的过去分词形式shared。

解析：amusement[解析] joy在此为名词，此处应填入动词amuse的名词形式amusement，与joy形成并列结构。 解析：strengthen[解析] 本句缺少谓语，因此应填入strength的动词形式strengthen(加强)。

解析：priceless[解析] 此空应填入形容词修饰medicine，price的形容词形式为priceless，意为无价的、极其贵重的。

解析：disagreement[解析] 根据stress(压力)和pain(痛苦)的含义和词性，此处应填入“不同意”的名词形式。agree的反义词为disagree，其名词形式为在词尾加ment。

解析：dependably[解析] 此处应填入副词修饰动词work。动词depend的形容词形式为dependable，其副词形式为dependably。

解析：lightens[解析] 本句缺少谓语，因此应填入light的动词形式lighten(点亮、减轻)。同时要用第三人称单数形式。

解析：focused[解析] keep后跟形容词grounded(脚踏实地的)，因此也应填入focus的形容词形式focused(集中的、聚集的)。

解析：renewal[解析] make后面为宾语，因此应填入renew的名词形式renewal(恢复、重新开始)。 解析：defeating[解析] 介词for之后为动名词形式，因此应填入defeat的-ing形式。

七、第七部分：短文写作(总题数：1，分数：30.00)

1.请根据所提供的材料中的要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Steve Jobs was the most celebrated, successful business executive of his generation, yet he flouted many basic tenets of business wisdom. In his many public appearances as the head of a large public corporation, he rarely sounded like one. He introduced the first Macintosh by quoting Bob Dylan, and he took to saying that Apple sat at the intersection of the liberal arts and technology. What do you think of Steve Jobs?

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解析：略 本题提供的材料是关于史蒂文·乔布斯的简介，因此我们可以个人观点对乔布斯进行评价。 (1)第一段可简单介绍一下Jobs的身份。the CEO of Apple, a successful businessman and scientist... (2)介绍为何乔布斯有如此的盛誉——源于他的创造力(creativity)。可介绍乔布斯团队研发的系列产品：iPhone，iPad，iTouch，Macintosh...

(3)称赞乔布斯的创造能力，并引申出创造力对成功的重要性。