全国自学考试英语二2005年7月真题

山东省2005年7月高等教育自学考试
英语(二) 试卷〔14学分〕
(课程代码: 0015 考试时间: 150分钟)
本试卷分为两部分，第一部分为 选择题，第1页至第6页，第二部分为非选择题，第7页至
第8页，共8页；选择题50分，非选择题5 0分，满分100分；考试时间为150分钟。将全
部答案写在答案纸的相应位置上，否则不记分。

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，并将答案写在答题纸的相应位置上。
1. With the rise of the production cost, eggs are now sold _____price.
A. for a higher a more expensive
C. at a higher D. at a more expensive
2. At Christmas, many American towns have very large trees ______up outdoors.
B. setting D. to set
3. Without electronic computers, much of today’s advanced technology_______.
A will not have been achieved B. would not have been achieved
C. have not have been achieved D. had not been achieved
4.__________, the football match will be played next Wednesday.
A. Weather permits B. Weather permitting C. Weather permitted r permit
5. There is no ________asking him, for he knows nothing about the accident.
A. point of B. point in on of D. position in
are all _____to make a speech at some point in life, but most of us don’t do a good job.
in out upon D. called forward
7. Some people may have the same ________of education as a BA, even though they don’t have a
diploma.
B. number y D. deal
8. The shirt cost me _______$$ 20, but I cannot remember the exact price.
A. precisely B. accurately C. approximately D. presently

9. There was a monument in ______of those who died for our country.
A. honor B. pride C. privilege D. award
10. It was really a ____when I had to _____off the visit which I had intended to pay to France in
January.
A. disappointment…give re…give ointment…put D. pleasure …put
II. Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point for each item)
下面短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并填写在 答
题纸上相应题号后的括号内。
Experts have _ 11__that life forms a different sort of pyramid for women in China than in the
United Sates. In China, nearly all young mothers are employed outside the home, with their
numbers decreasing as they 12 middle age. The reasons are clear: the second income of the
woman is an absolute necessity for a young family with a child or two. Later on, when the children
grow up, the older couple can more easiy live 13 the husband’s earnings plus the wife’s pension,
and fewer middle-aged women continue in employment.
The pyramid for American women is the 14 , with fewer young women 15 , and the
number increasing 16 older ages. Many young mothers have found it more efficient to stay
home, 17 for children themselves, and then find employment later when the children are older
and more 18 . But 19 costs of living are requiring more young American women to help 20
their families, and it is increasingly true that young American women want to have jobs.
11. d B. observed C. watched D. looked
12. A. approch B. appreciate C. appropriate se
13. B. with
14. ison B. contact C. option te
15. ed D. worked
16. B. on D. with
17. D. to care
18. A. dependent B. depending C. independing ndent
19. A. raising B. rising C. decreasing
20. t B. supporting C. supplement D. supplementing
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，并填写在答题纸相应题号后
的括号内。
Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Paracutin was born in Mexico in Fabruary, 1943. At the end of one week Paracutin was 500
feet high, and it is now over 9000 feet high. Today's Paracutin is asleep.
What is Paracutin? It was the first volcano(火山) in the world which was seen from its birth
right up to the present day. On February20, 1943, a peasant and his wife set out to work in their
corn fields from the Mexican village of Paracutin. They were surprised to find the earth warm under
their feet. Suddenly they heard noises deep in the earth and a small hole appeared in their field. In
the afternoon there was a sudden loud noise and stones were thrown high in the air. The peasants
ran from the field and turned to watch. They saw the birth of a volcano.
Large quantities of stone and lava(岩浆)broke out and a little hill began to form. By evening
this hill was 100 feet high and hot ashes were falling on the village. At night the strong light of the
hot lava lit up the countryside. The trees near the village were killed and the villagers had to leave
their houses. When the village was destroyed, its name was given to the volcano. The news quickly
reached Mexico City, far to the east. Many people came to watch the scene. The volcano grew and
grew for ten years and hundreds of square miles of forest were destroyed. Then Paracutin went to
sleep.
tin was once the name of ______.
A. a peasant
B. a village
C. an old mountain
D. a Mexican
of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Paracutin is the first volcano in the world.
tin is not active any more.
C. It took Paracutin 10 years to grow to its present size.
tin did not exist until the early 1940s.
was destroyed in the growing up of the volcano?
A. The villagers living close by.

little hill of stone.
C. The Mexican peasant and his wife.
D. The forests and fields round Paracutin.
this passage the writer is trying to _______.
A. make us believing something
B. explain a scientific theory
C. tell us an interesting happening
D. make up an interesting story
can we learn about volcanoes from this passage?
A. Volcanoes are always growing.
B. New volcanoes are active for ten years.
C. New volcanoes may appear in places where people do not expect them to be.
D. Volcanoes are active from time to time.
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
Though it is mere 1 to 3 percent of the population, the upper class possesses at least 25 percent
of the nation’s wealth. This class has two parts: upper-upper and lower-upper. Basically, the
upper-upper class is the “old rich”－families that have been wealthy for several generations－an
aristocracy(贵族) of birth and wealth. Their names are in the Social Register, a listing of acceptable
members of high society. A few are known across the nation, such as the Rockefellers, the
Roosevelts, and the Vanderbilts. Most are not visible to the general public. They have no relation to
the rest of the community, drawing their income from the investment of their inherited(继承的)
wealth. By contrast, the lower-upper class is the “new rich”. Although they may be wealthier than
some of the old rich, the new rich have been greedy to make their money like everybody else under
their class. Thus their prestige(威望) is generally lower than that of the old rich, who have not
found it necessary to lift a finger to make their money, and who tend to look down upon the new
rich.
However its wealth is acquired, the upper class is very, very rich. They have enough money and
leisure time to cultivate an interest in the arts and to collect rare books, paintings, and sculptures(雕
塑). They generally live in exclusive areas, belong to exclusive social clubs, communicate with
each other, and marry their own kind－all of which keeps them so distant from the masses that they

have been called the out-of-sight class. More than any other class, they tend to be conscious of
being members of a class. They also command an enormous amount of power and influence home
and abroad, as they hold many top government positions, run the Council on Foreign Relations, and
control multinational corporations. Their actions affect the lives of millions.
of the following statements are true except that_______
A. the upper-upper class is of aristocratic origin.
B. the “old rich’ enjoy higher reputation than “new rich”.
C. the upper class owns at least a quarter of the country’s wealth.
D. the “old rich’ isolate themselves and lead a lonely life.
27. The “old rich” get richer ___________.
A. by investing their inherited wealth
B. by collecting paintings and sculptures
C. through their reputation
D. through the Social Register
28. The reason why the “old rich” look down upon the“new rich” is that ___________.



A. the “old rich” are wealthier than the latter
B. the “new rich” have no interest in arts
C. the “new rich” thirst for money
D. the “old rich” are conscious of being members of the upper class
29. The upper class is also called the out-of-sight class because ____________.


A. they don’t communicate with any people
B. they move frequently from place to place
C. they spend most of their time abroad.
D. they keep away from the general public
30. We can learn from the passage that ____________.




A. the upper class is powerful and influential
B. the upper class collects rare books to make money
C. the upper class holds all top government positions
D. the “old rich” make much more money than the “new rich”


Passage Three

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
As a rule, there is more genuine satisfaction, a truer life, and more obtained from life in the
humble cottages of the poor than in the palaces of the rich. I always pity the sons and the daughters
of rich men, who are attended by servants, and have governess(女家庭教师) at a large age, but I am
glad to remember that they don’t know what they have missed.
They have kind fathers, and mothers, too, and think that they enjoy the sweetness of these
blessings to the fullesst: but they cannot do; for the poor boy who has in his father his constant
companion,tutor, and model, and in his mother---holy name—his nurse, teacher, saint, all in one,
has a richer, more precious fortune in life than any rich man’s son who is not so favored can
possibly know. Cmpared with these, all other fortunes count for little.
It is because I know how sweet and happy and pure the home of honest poverty is, free from
perplexing care, from social envies and emulations(竞争), how loving and united its members may
be in the common interest of supporting the family, that I sympathize (同情)with the rich man’s boy
and congratulate the poor man’s boy; it is for these reasons that from the ranks of the poor, so many
strong , famous, self-reliant men have always sprung and always must spring.
If you read the list of the immortals who “were not born to die”, you will find that most of them
have been born to the precious heritage(遗产)of poverty.
It seems, nowadays, a matter of universal desire that poverty should be abolished, but to abolish
poverty at the expense of honesty would be to destroy the soil upon which mankind produces the
virtues which enable our race to reach a still higher civilization than it now possesses.
author pities those born in rich families because_______.
A. they do not enjoy a more real happiness do not have kind parents
are attended by servants D. they do not know what they have missed
32. To a poor child, his father is __________.
A. a saint B. a servant
C. someone immortal D. someone to learn from
33. Many strong and self-dependent men have come from poor families because ___________.
A. the families are poor but supportive and loving.
B. they live under great social pressure.
C. they are honest people.
D. they are not born to die.

34. The author thinks that poverty_______.
A. is the soil for a better future
B. is virtuous
C. is honest and self-denying
D. is civilization
purpose of this passage is to _________.
A. discuss the ills of society
B. support the protection of poor regions
C. argue that poverty is beneficial
D. oppose the abolishing of poverty

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。作为 提示，每个单词的词类、首字母及字母数目均己给出。请将
完整的单词写在答题纸上。

36．装置 n. d ___ _____ ____ ____ _____
37．东方的 adj o ___ _____ ____ ____ _____ ___ ____
38．治愈 n. c ___ _____ ____
39．奇迹 n. m ___ _____ ____ ____ _____ ___ ____
40．
忍耐力,持久
n e ___ _____ ____ ____ _____
41． 可靠的,可依靠的 adj. d ___ _____ ____ ____ _____ ___ ____ ____ ____
42．概念,观念 n. c ___ _____ ____ ____ _____ _____
43．爆炸,使爆炸 vi&vt. e ___ _____ ____ ____ _____ _____
44．暴力,暴行,猛烈,强烈 n. v ___ _____ ____ ____ _____ _____ _____
45．敌视,敌意;战争,战斗 n. h ___ _____ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ____
46．独立 ,自主 n. i ___ _____ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___
47．学费 n. t ___ _____ ____ ____ _____ ____
48．宗教上的,虔诚的 adj. r ___ _____ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ____
49．使确信,使信服 vt. c ___ _____ ____ ____ _____ ___ ____
50．发展,演变 vi&vt. e ___ _____ ____ ____ _____

51．节日 n. f ___ _____ ____ ____ _____ ___ ____
52．口音,腔调 n. a ___ _____ ____ ____ _____
53．一致的,调和的,坚固的 ad j. c ___ ___ ____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ___ ___
54．侮辱,凌辱 n. i ___ _____ ____ ____ _____
55． 大会,国会,议会 n. c ___ _____ ____ ____ _____ ____ _____
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。
trees are well ________(adapt) to London’s dry weather.
57. He had given me directions to his house, but I found them so ____________(bewilder) that I
had to ask several people how to get there.
were several __________(crisis) in the twentieth century.
59. All this increased my _____(determine) to try in every way to fight against that war.
60. Old superstitions(迷信) seem ____________(credible) to educated people.
61. He found it not interesting at all to read these __________(monotone) letters.
62. Taxes are an ______(oblige) which may fall on everyone.
was time to interview the farmer, with whom I had _________(previous) worked.
suggestions have met with a positive __________(respond).
65. With her new hairstyle(发式), Lucy looks __________(attract) than usual.
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．除了很少的几句外,我对法语一无所知。
67．我一动不动地站着,全神贯注地感觉她手指的动作。
68．由于很多人不懂拉丁文,不久书籍就用各种语言出版。
69．感恩节餐桌上总是摆满各种食物。
70．他们工作努力,学习时也很兴奋,但很明显, 他们并没有完全投入。
VII. Translation from English into Chinese (15 points)
将下面短文译成汉语并将答案写在答题纸上。
When I was a young police reporter, I oncce missed an opportunity for a perfect news picture.
In that scene, the house was very quite. A clock ticked. An old man slowly leaned forward, curved
his arms like parentheses around the head and feet of the dead body of his grandson, then pressed
his face to the shroud and remained motionless.

In that hushed moment I recognized the makings of a prize-winning news photograph. I
adjusted the light, the lens setting and distance, locked a bulb in the flashgun, raised the camera and
composed the scene in the viewfinder.
I don’t know how many seconds I stood there, unable to snap that shutter. I was keenly aware
of the powerful story-telling value that photo would have, and my professional conscience told me
to take it. Yet I could not make my hand fire that flashbulb and intrude on the poor old man’s island
of grief.
I missed that perfect picture, but I still feel right about what I did.