2007年10月英语（二）自考试题

全国（湖北省）2007年10月自考
英语（二）试题
课程代码：00015

      本试卷分为两部分，满分100分，考试时间150分钟。
      第一部分为选择题，1页至7页，共7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，8页至9页，共2页。应考者必须在“答题纸”上答题。
PART ONE（50 POINTS）
Ⅰ. Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point for each item)
    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．It makes good＿to bring an umbrella; it seems to be raining today.
A. sense   B．reason
    C. suggestion  D. advice
2．If you are too＿of your children, they will never learn to deal with difficulties in life.
    A. respective B. detective
    C．protective D．effective.
3．His intelligence will＿him to get a scholarship to college.
    A. enable B. persuade
    C. suggest D. employ
4．The professor asked a question, and David＿a good answer.
    A. put up with B. stood up for
    C．came up with  D．looked down upon
5．No sooner had we reached home＿a violent storm broke out.
    A. when B. that
    C．until D．than
6．People differ＿one another＿their ability to handle stress.
    A. from...to    B．from...in
    C. for...in     D. in...from
7．They should try to＿their usual inhibitions and join in the fun.
    A. send off B．lay aside
    C．take to   D. turn off
8．During the past two decades, research has＿our knowledge of daydreaming.
    A. expanded  B. emerged
    C. descended D. conquered
9．The students are required to＿the main ideas of the article in their own words.
    A. symbolize   B. minimize
    C．synchronize D. summarize
10．The outline of rooftops and chimneys＿against the pale sky.
    A. pulled out B. looked out
    C．held out   D．stood out
Ⅱ．Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point for each item)
    下列短文中有＋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。
    Curiosity is not only a possible motivation, it is also a great help in your learning languages. Remember that a language is not 11 a grammatical system. It is the 12 of a certain culture of different cultures. It is no good 13 strings of words and lists of grammatical rules 14 you know as much as possible about the background of the language, so that you can understand the ideas conveyed and the references made, as well as the inferences which can 15 the information clearly given. So learn as much as you can about the different cultures which 16 English-watch television programs, listen to the radio, try to obtain 17 and magazines written by native speakers, look at advertisements, and, above all, read-not textbooks, 18 novels, poems and plays. They will show you how a language is 19 used. The English language is a living form of expression which derives much of its 20 from the context, and much of its effect from a whole network of extra-linguistic knowledge.
  11．A. just B. even C. so  D. that
  12．A. outlook B. outcome  C. outset  D. outline
  13．A. have learnt B. learn C. learning D. learnt
  14．A．since B．until C．when D．unless
  15．A．be carried over B．be freed from C．be held up D．be drawn from
  16．A．influence  B．abandon C．restore D. furnish
  17．A. film B. television C．radio D. newspapers
  18．A．but B．or C．and D．as
  19．A．occasionally B．really C．casually D．scarcely
  20．A．structure B．implication C．meaning D．indication
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。
                                Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
    How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
    Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities. If a child has good parents, he is well fed, looked after and loved. It is unlikely that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child-things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well known. A child finds pleasure in playing in the rain, or in the snow. His first visit to the seaside is a marvelous adventure．But a child has his pains：he is not so free to do as he wishes as he thinks older people are; he is continually being told what to do and what not to do．Therefore, a child is not happy as he wishes to be.
    When the young man starts to earn his own living, he becomes free from the discipline of school and parents; but at the same time he is forced to accept．responsibilities. With no one to pay for his food, his clothes, or his room, he has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may get himself into trouble. If, however, he works hard, goes by the law and has good health, he may feel satisfied in seeing himself make steady progress in his job and in building up for himself his own position in society.
    Old age has always been thought of as the worst age to be; but it is not necessary for the old to be unhappy. With old age comes wisdom and the ability to help others with advice wisely given. The old can have the joy of seeing their children making progress in life; they can watch their grandchildren growing up around them; and, perhaps best of all, they can, if their life has been a useful one, feel the happiness of having come through the battle of life safely and of having reached a time when they can lie back and rest, leaving everything to others.
21．The happiest people should be those who
A．face up to difficulties in life
B．hope to be young again
C．enjoy life in different ages
D．wish to be grown up
22．The word “they” in Line 5，Para. 2 refers to＿．
A．older people
B．new things
C．children
D．interests
23 ．A child has his pains because＿．
A．he can not do whatever he wants to
B．he is not allowed to play in rain
C．he has a lot of new things to learn
D. he can not play at the seaside freely
24．When a child becomes a grown-up, he is supposed to＿．
A．live comfortably
B．take responsibilities
C．make progress in job
D．impress the society
25．The best title of the passage might be＿．
A．Pains and Ages
B．Differences in Ages
C．The Bes