2011年1月全国自主考试综合英语(二)真题及答案

Love means I care about the welfare of the person I love.”

她失去了知觉。

哥伦布(Columbus)于1492年发现了美洲。

我们的任务是反映客观世界，而不是美化世界。

这片沙漠绵延数百英里。

We are making a few _______ to the car. (alter)

口渴已经使他失去了理智。

The boy has an _______ to ice-cream in hot weather. (incline)

The director offered a _______ approach to the problem. (sense)

Don’t worry. The doctor will come to see you _______. (moment)

There is a heated _______ about the topic. (discuss)

We _______ for the late departure of this flight. (apology)

For reasons of_______ all luggage must be searched. (secure)

They have been through a lot together in their fifty years of_______. (marry)

All her friends were _______ of her good fortune. (envy)

Don’t be afraid. My _______ are few and reasonable. (require)

A son is unwilling to work in his father’s business mainly because _______.

The subject matter of this selection is_______.

Based on the passage, it can be assumed that _______.

Most young adults in the U.S. get married for the sake of_______.

The tone of the author in writing this article is ________.

Passage 2

Upon reaching an appropriate age (usually between 18 and 21 years), children are encouraged, but not forced, to “leave the nest” and begin an independent life. After children leave home they often find social relationship and financial support outside the family. Parents do not arrange marriages for their children, nor do children usually ask permission of their parents to get married. Romantic love is most often the basis for marriage in the United States; young adults meet their future spouses (配偶) through other friends, at jobs, and in organizations and religious institutions. Although children choose their own spouses, they still hope their parents will approve of their choices.

In many families, parents feel that children should make major life decisions by themselves. A parent may try to influence a child to follow a particular profession but the child is free to choose another career. Sometimes children do precisely the opposite of what their parents wish in order to assert their independence. A son may deliberately decide not to go into his father’s business because of a fear that he will lose his autonomy in his father’s workplace. This independence from parents is not an indication that parents and children do not love each other. Strong love between parents and children is universal and this is no exception in the American family. Coexisting with such love in the American family are cultural values of self-reliance and independence.

The writer discusses the marriage of young adults in order to show which of the following?

Which of the following is NOT true?

What does the author mean by saying “but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently” in the second paragraph?

The author may believe that reading _______.

Passage 1

Now let us look at how we read. When we read a printed text, our eyes move across a page in short, jerky movement. We recognize words usually when our eyes are still when they fixate. Each time they fixate, we see a group of words. This is known as the recognition span or the visual span. The length of time of which the eyes stop—the duration of the fixation—varies considerably from person to person. It also varies within any one person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text. Furthermore, it can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness.

 Unfortunately, in the past, many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the printed page. As a result of this misleading emphasis on the purely visual aspects of reading, numerous exercises have been devised to train the eyes to see more words at one fixation. For instance, in some exercises, words are flashed on to a screen for, say, a tenth or a twentieth of a second. One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point, taking in the words on either side. Such word patterns are often constructed in the shape of rather steep pyramids so the reader takes in more and more words at each successive fixation. All these exercises are very clever, but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently. Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words. Consequently, for these reasons, many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training, especially since any approach which trains a person to read isolated words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text.

The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following facts except _______.

Since I attained a little fame I have on occasion been addressed by strangers.

…you can take up just where you left off.

They wouldn’t let you down in a crisis.

The beauty of our country is as hard to define as it is easy to enjoy.

Courtesy is often nothing than a highly developed sense of fair play.

She felt well enough to be up and about.

Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed.

You no longer need to make mental conversions of the country’s money.

Once you turn over a new leaf, you can’t expect to change completely right away.

Our passion to understand the universe and our compassion for others jointly provide the chief hope for the human race.

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Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new  16  in high school. However, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛)for cheerleaders(拉拉队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be  17  for her to be selected. Two hours later, the 18  read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart  19  as the list ended without her name. Feeling  20  , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

The total effect of Edison’s career _____ the sum of all of his inventions.

As _______ health, I have nothing useful to say as I have little experience of illness.

If you buy two books, you’ll get another one _______

Occasionally she and her husband _______ ride into the country for a picnic.

I know you will not let me _______.

The boss urged his workers _______.

The line was busy. Someone _______ the telephone.

“Why didn’t you tell me this before?”“I _______ but I didn’t have the chance.”

His health has begun to ______ now that he is old.

Leave at once _______ I’ll beat you.

Some of the hotels in our district are too expensive for ordinary people to _______ for a night.

It must be John. Who else would _____ he does?

We could not see the moon, for a cloud came _______.

We all think of you as the most suitable one to _______ the work.

China is _______ old country with _______ long history.