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

（考试时间：4月22日上午8：30-11：00）

　　本试卷分为两部分，满分l00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 each）

　　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 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 down 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.

　　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 bad 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 each）

　　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，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。

　　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

　 17　 determine the distance between the radar set and other objects. The word “radar”,

　 18　 , gets its name from the term “radio detection and ranging. ” “Ranging” is the term for detection of the　 19　 between an object and the radar set.

　　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.

　　Ⅲ．Reading Comprehension （30 points, 2 points each）

　　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.

　　Among the company was a lawyer, a young man of about twenty-five. On being asked his opinion, he said, “Capital punishment and life imprisonment are equally immoral. If I were to make a choice between them, I would rather choose the latter. Anyway, it’s better to live than not to live at all. ”

　　A lively discussion followed. A banker, who was then younger and more nervous than the lawyer, suddenly lost his temper and cried out, “It’s a lie. I bet you two millions. You wouldn’t stick in a cell even for five years. ”

　　“If you mean it, ” replied the young lawyer, “I bet I’ll stay there longer; make it fifteen instead of five. ”

　　“Fifteen! Done ! ” cried the banker. “Gentleman, I bet you two millions. ”

　　“Agreed. Two millions for my freedom, ” said the lawyer.

　　So this wild, ridiculous bet came to pass. The banker could not hide his excitement. During supper he said to the lawyer jokingly, “Come to your 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 corner to corner, recalled all this and asked himself, “Why did I make this bet? What’s the good? The lawyer lost fifteen years of his life and I threw away two millions. Will it convince people that capital punishment is worse or better than imprisonment for life? No, no! Rubbish! On my part, it was the caprice （心血来潮） of a well-fed millionaire; 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 punishment 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 lawyer 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 computer over the Internet to learn certain courses and earn a degree. And it 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. It 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, 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 questions 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 tuition

　　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 furniture in Singapore and Hong Kong. Therefore, 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 mankind—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 contribute to the imbalance of nature

　　B．rich people know how to 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 （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。

　　Ⅴ．Word Form （10 points, 1 point each）

　　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．Small shops offer products that range from inexpensive to expensive, ________ （depend） on the shop.

　　57．Our training program covers a range of ________ （effect） management techniques.

　　58．Large sums of money have to ________ （spend） each year on railway construction.

　　59．He saw a letter lying on the table ________ （address） to him.

　　60．It is highly ________ （desire） that the government give the company more financial support.

　　61．She had an outward ________ （appear）, but deep down she was really worried.

　　62．There are a ________ （surprise） large number of mistakes in the test paper.

　　63．Weather ________ （permit）, the football match will be played on Wednesday.

　　64．He lay perfectly still and ________ （play） dead to escape capture by the enemy.

　　65．We are supposed ________ （follow） the teachers’ instructions.

　　Ⅵ．Translation from Chinese into English （15 points, 3 points each）

　　将下列各句译成英语并将答案写在答题纸上。

　　66．当人类对周围的环境开始发问时，科学就诞生了。

　　67．他尽管病得很重，但还是参加了会议。

　　68．这项研究结果表明白日梦有助于提高一个人适应新环境的能力。

　　69．直到这次求职面试失败，他才意识到英语学习的重要性。

　　70．随着经济发展和社会进步，人们越来越关心生活质量。

　　Ⅶ．Translation from English into Chinese （15 points）

　　将下列短文译成汉语并将答案写在答题纸上。

　　When you turn on the television, put on your shoes or drive to a store, you’re using energy. Energy is one of the most fundamental forces in the world. Animals use energy to walk and run. Trees and plants use energy to grow. People use it to work and play. Energy is everywhere in nature—in the light of the sun, in the wind, in the forest, in water currents and erupting volcanoes. Without energy, there is no life. We use our own energy constantly and we continually make use of all kinds of energy.

　　Energy can be divided into two different types: stored energy and dynamic energy. Stored energy is called potential energy, and the latter refers to energy in motion. If you stretch out a rubber band, this produces potential energy. If you let it go, it moves and produces the dynamic energy.