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1、自考英语（二 ）模拟试题及答案四第一部分：阅读判断（第110题。每题1分.共10分）下面的短文后列出了 10 个句子。请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，选择A ；如果该旬提供的是错误信息，选择B ；如果该旬的信息文中没有提及。选择C。1回答 1-10 题The First Settlement in North AmericaIt is very difficult to say just when colonization began. The first hundred years after Christopher Columbus s journey of
2、discovery in 1492 did not produce any settlement on the North America continent but rather some Spanish trading posts further south, a great interest in gold and adventure and some colorful crimes in which the English had their part. John Cabot, originally from Genoa but a citizen of Venice was esta
3、blished as a trader in Bristol, England, when he made a journey in 1497. But his ship, the Matthew, with its crew of eighteen, did no more than see an island（probably off the New England coast） and return home. He and his son made further voyages across the north Atlantic which enabled the English c
4、rown to claim a“ legal ” title to North America. But for a longtime afterwards the European s interest in America was mainly corffined to the Spanish activities further south.The first beginning of permanent settlement in North America were nearly a hundred years after Columbus s first voyage. The E
5、nglishman Sir Walter Raleigh claimed the whole of North America for England calling it Virginia. In 1585 he sent a small group of people who landed in Roanoke Island, but they stayed only for a year and then went back to England with another expedition led by Drake in 1587. A second group who landed
6、 in 1587 had all disappeared when a further expedition arrived in 1590.The first permanent settlement in North America was in 1607. English capitalists founded two Virginia companies, a southern one based in London and a northern one based in Bristol. It was decided to give the name New England to t
7、he northern area. The first settlers in Virginia were little more than wage slaves to the company. All were men and the experiment was not very successful. Many died. Those who survived lived in miserable conditions. By 1619 the colony had only a thousand people.We know for sure that colonization be
8、gan at the end of the 15th century. （）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned2Among the early settlers in South America in the 16th century wereSpanish traders. （）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned 3With John Cabot s arrival at an island off the New England coast in 1497,the British Crown claimed to be the legal o
9、wner of North America. （）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned 4There were eighteen people on board the Matthew during its voyage to North America in 1497. （）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned 5The first attempt made by European people to settle down permanently in North America occurred in the 1580s. （）A.RightB
10、.WrongC.Not mentioned 6The name Virginia was given to North America by Sir Waiter Raleigh（. ）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned7Sir Walter Raleigh sent some people to Virginia for a year in 1585.（）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned8The first permanent settlement in North America was in 1607.（）A.RightB.WrongC.
11、Not mentioned9The name New England was given to the northern area of North Americaby the boss of one of the two Virginia companies.（）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned10The first settlers in Virginia were all slaves mixed with men andwomen. （）A.RihtB.WrongC.Not mentioned第二部分：阅读选择（第1115题。每题2分，共10分）阅读下面短 文
12、。请从短文后所给各题的4个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出1个选项。 11回答 11-15题The Operation of International AirlinesInternational airlines have rediscovered the business traveler, the man or woman who regularly jets from country to country as part of the job. This does not necessarily mean that airlines ever abandoned their busines
13、s travelers. Instead companies like Lufthansa and Swissair would right argue that they have always catered best for the executive class passengers.But many airlines could be accused of concentrating too heavily in the recent past on attracting passengers by volume often at the expenseof the regular
14、traveler. Too often they have seemedgeared for quantity rather than quality.Operating a major airline is essentially a matter of finding the right mix of passengers. The airlines need to fill up the back end of their wide-bodied jets with low fare passengers,without forgetting that the front end sho
15、uld be filled with people who pay substantially more for their tickets.It is no coincidence that the two major airline bankruptcies were among the companies specializing in cheap flights. But low fares require consistently full aircraft to make flights economically viable, and in the recent recessio
16、n the volume of traffic has not grown. Equally the large number of airlines jostling for the available passengers has created a huge excess of capacity. The net result of excess capacity and cut-throat competition driving down fares had been to push some airlines into collapse and leave many others
17、hovering on the brink.Against this grim background, it is no surprise that airlines are turning increasingly towards the business travelers to improve their rates of return. They have invested much time and effort to establish exactly what the executive demands for sitting apart from the tourists.Hi
18、gh on the list of or iorities is ounctualitwan executive s time is money. In-flight service is another area where the airlines are jostling for the executive s attention. The free drinks and headsets and better food are all part of the lure.Another development has been the accent of seating arrangem
19、ents. Regular travelers have become well versed in the debate about seat pitch-the amount of room between each passenger. And first class passengersare now offered sleeperette seats, which, for long journeys make it possible to snatch a proper night s sleep. Sleeper-ettes have proved so popular that
20、 they will soon become universal in the front end of most aircraft.The airlines are also trying to improve things on the ground. Executive lounges are commonplace and intended to make the inevitable waiting between flights a little more bearable. Luggage handling is being improved. Regrettably, ther
21、e is little the airlines can do to speed up the boring immigration and Customs process, which managesto upset and frustrate passengers of all classes in every continent.Although it is the airlines intention to attract executive passengers from their rivals, the airlines themselves would nonetheless
22、like to change one bad habit of this kind of traveler-the expensive habit of booking a flight and then failing to turn up. The practice is particularly widespread in Europe, where businessmen frequently book return journeys home one on several flights.According to the passage in operating airlines i
23、t is essential to（）A.keep mind the need of the executives onlyB.satisfy the need of the low fare passengersat the expense of the executivesC.try to attract as many passengers as possible by reducing fares D.cater to the need of passengers sitting at both ends of the jets12The following are all menti
24、oned as reasons why the airlines are having a hard time EXCEPT that （）A.the tourist industry is experiencing an all-time lowB.there is no increase in the number of passengersC.there are more seats on the planes than neededD.the competition between airlines is strong 13The improvements the airlines a
25、ttempt at include all the following EXCEPT （）A.making the seats more comfortableB.providing better food during flightsC.showing more movies during the long flightsD.offering sleep erettes to first-class passengers 14There is not much the airlines can do when it comes to（）A.making sure the departures
26、 are not delayedB.the efficient handing procedureC.speeding up customs procedureD.the improvement of the condition of waiting lounges 15Which of the following is a bad habit of the executive passengersthat frustrates the airlines? （）A.They do not book their seats in advance.B.They do not sit on the
27、seats they are supposed to take.C.They do not travel on the flight they have bookedD.They do not oar in advance for the seats they book.第三部分：概括段落大意和补全句子（第1625题，每题1分，共10 分）阅读下面短文。请完成短文后的2项测试任务：（1）从第1620题 后所给的6个选项中为第段每段选择l个正确的小标题；（2） 从第2125题后所给的6个选项中选择5个正确选项，分别完成每 个句子。16回答 16-25 题Intelligence: a Chang
28、ed View_Intelligence was believed to be a fixed entitysome faculty of the mind that we all possess and which determines in some way the extent of our achievements Its value therefore， was as a predictor of children s future learnin9 If they differed markedly in their ability to 1earn complex tasks，
29、then it was clearly necessary to educate them differently and the need for different types of sch001 and even different ability groups within school was obvious Intelligence tests could be used for streaming children according to ability at an early age； and atll these tests were superior to measure
30、sof attainment for selecting children for different types of secondary education_ Today， we are beginning to think differently In the last few years， research has thrown doubt on the view that innate intelligence can ever be measured and on the very nature of intelligence itse lf There is considerab
31、le evidence now which shows the great influence of environment both on achievement and intelligence Children with poor home backgrounds not only do less welI in their school work and intelligence tests but their performance tends to deteriorate gradually compared with that of their more fortunate cl
32、assmate s_ _ There ate evidences that support the view that we have to distinguish between genetic intelligence and observed intelligence Any deficiency in the appropriate genes will restrict development no matter how stimulating the environment We cannot observe and measure innate intelligence， whe
33、reas we can observe and measure the effects of the interaction of whatever is inherited with whatever stimulation has been received from the environment Researches have been investigatin，gvhat happens in this interaction_ Two major findings have emerged from these research eFsirstlY ， the greater pa
34、rt of the development of observed intelligence occursin the earliest years of life It is estimated that 50 per cent of measure able intelligence at age 17 is already predictable by the age of4Secondly the most important factors in the environment are language andpsychological aspects of the parent c
35、hild relationship. Much of thedifferenceinmeasuredintelligencebetween“ privileged ” and“ disadvantaged ” mcahyildbreen due to the latter s lack of appropriate verbal stimulation and the poverty of their perceptual experiences_ _ These research findings have led to a revision in our understanding of
36、the nature of intelligence Instead of it being some largely in herited fixed power of the mind ， we now see it as a set of developed skills with which a person copes with any environmen t These skills have to be learned and， indeed， one of them is learning how to learnParagraph!)A.Main Results of Re
37、cent ResearchesB.Difference between Genetic and observed IntelligenceC.Effect of Environment on IntelligenceD.Intelligence and AchievementE.Impact on School EducationF.A Changed View of Intelligence 17ParagraphsA.Main Results of Recent ResearchesB.Difference between Genetic and observed Intelligence
38、C.Effect of Environment on IntelligenceD.Intelligence and AchievementE.Impact on School EducationF.A Changed View of Intelligence18Paragraph!)A.Main Results of Recent ResearchesB.Difference between Genetic and observed IntelligenceC.Effect of Environment on IntelligenceD.Intelligence and Achievement
39、E.Impact on School EducationF.A Changed View of Intelligence19Paragraph!)A.Main Results of Recent ResearchesB.Difference between Genetic and observed IntelligenceC.Effect of Environment on IntelligenceD.Intelligence and AchievementE.Impact on School EducationF.A Changed View of Intelligence20Paragra
40、ph!)A.Main Results of Recent ResearchesB.Difference between Genetic and observed IntelligenceC.Effect of Environment on IntelligenceD.Intelligence and AchievementE.Impact on School EducationF.A Changed View of Intelligence21It was once believed ， and thus we can tell how successful heshe will be in
41、the future according to his her intelligenceA.born to be more intelligent or less intelligentB.have a better chance to develop his intelligenceC.can t be observed and measuredD.that intelligence was something a baby was born withE.and because of the lack of communication with his classmatesF.and par
42、tly has to do with a child s living environment 22More recent researches has shown that intelligence is only partly inherited A.born to be more intelligent or less intelligentB.have a better chance to develop his intelligenceC.can t be observed and measuredD.that intelligence was something a baby wa
43、s born withE.and because of the lack of communication with his classmatesF.and partly has to do with a child s living environment23We can observe and measure observed intelligence ， but genetic inTelligenceA.born to be more intelligent or less intelligentB.have a better chance to develop his intelli
44、genceC.can t be observed and measuredD.that intelligence was something a baby was born withE.and because of the lack of communication with his classmatesF.and partly has to do with a child s living environment 24It can be inferred from the passage that 8 child willif he has moreopportunities to comm
45、unicate with others by means of languag eA.born to be more intelligent or less intelligentB.have a better chance to develop his intelligenceC.can t be observed and measuredD.that intelligence was something a baby was born withE.and because of the lack of communication with his classmatesF.and partly
46、 has to do with a child s living environment 25Children were not just， but they can be taught to be more intelligentat schoolA.born to be more intelligent or less intelligentB.have a better chance to develop his intelligenceC.can t be observed and measuredD.that intelligence was something a baby was
47、 born withE.and because of the lack of communication with his classmatesF.and partly has to do with a child s living environment第四部分：填句补文（第2630题，每题2分。共10分）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。26回答 26-30 题Make a Good First ImpressionHave you ever been in a doctor s waiting roo
48、m and looked around at all the glum faces waiting impatiently to be seen? Dr. Stephen K. Sproul, a veterinarian in Raytown, Missouri, told of a typical spring day when his waiting room was full of clients waiting to have their pets inoculated._26_He told one of our classes: ” Thweerere six or seven clients waiting when a young woman came in with a nine-month-old baby and a kitten._27_ The next thing he kne