9. Until 1986 , most US companies would not even allow women to have an interview , but such ____ is now disappearing.
A. discrimination B. separation C. competition D. determination
10. We _____our success to being in the right place at the right time.
A. contribute B. attribute C. distribute D.dispute
二、Cloze Test (10 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，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。
The fact that I enjoy learning and gaining knowledge was my main 11for choosing to enter college , but I must 12that it was not the only one . In today’s world , a college education had become almost 13if one wishes to 14in the job market . In the next several years , this trend will surely continue , with a bachelor’s degree becoming necessary if one wishes to find a valuable 15,and a master’s degree becoming highly desirable for advanced ones. Although it may sound materialistic (崇尚物质的) , I felt that attending college was a practical and necessary 16that I took to 17 a secure future for my family and myself. I made my choice to study engineering primarily on the 18of my love of mathematics and the physical sciences; 19,the fact that it is a well—paid and 20profession did have some influence on my final decision to study.
11. A. cause B. reason C. consequence D. purpose 12. A. admit B. commit C. grant D. claim 13. A. important B. vital C. essential D. relevant
14. A. enter B. compete C. go D. join 15. A. work B. chance C. task D. position 16. A. way B. step C. act D. procedure 17. A. ensure B. reassure C. insure D. sure 18. A. land B. base C. basis D. foundation
19. A. therefore B. moreover C. consequently D. however 20. A. respectful B. respect C. respecting D. respected
三、Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points for each item)
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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，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Every culture has its own body language , and children learn it with spoken language . A Frenchman talks and moves in French. The way an Englishman crosses his legs is nothing like the way a male American does it . In talking , Americans usually end a statement with a drop of the head or hand , and a lowering of the eyelids. They wind up a question with a lift of the hand , a tilt (倾斜) of the chin or a widening of the eyes. With a future—tense verb they often gesture with a forward movement.
There are regional idioms in body language , to an expert can sometimes pick out a native of Wisconsin just by the way he uses his eyebrows during conversation . Your sex, ethnic background, social class and personal style all influence your body language. Nevertheless, you move and gesture within the American idioms. The person who is truly bilingual is also bilingual in body language. New York’s famous mayor, Fiorello La Gaurdia , politicked (从事政治活动)in English, Italian and Yiddish . When films of his speeches are run without sound , it’s not too difficult to identify from his gestures the language he was speaking. One of the reasons English---dubbed(英语配音的)foreign films often seem flat is that the gestures don’t match the language.
21. This passage mainly talks about the idea that____.
A. Americans communicate differently from Frenchmen. B. it is difficult to dub a foreign film into English. C. body language differs in each culture.
D. a truly bilingual person is bilingual in body language . 22. For Americans , the way to end a question is_____.
A. a lift of the hand. B. a tilt of the chin. C. a widening of the eyes. D. All of the above.
23. In terms of regional idioms. ______.
A. a native of Wisconsin uses his eyebrows unlike other Americans. B. a native of Wisconsin is identifiable with a native of New York. C. personal styles and social class are more important determinants D. experts always judge correctly where you are from by how you move your
eyebrows.
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24. It can be inferred from the passage that Fiorello La Guardia _____.
A. sometimes politicked without sound. B. gestured in the language he is speaking. C. dubbed foreign films into English. D. Spoke three foreign languages. 25. When Americans talk , they often _____.
A. teach their children the body language.
B. express future tense with a movement of the head. C. end a statement with a downward body movement D. cross their legs unlike the way the French do it .
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
Under the world’s oceans and seas lies a world of lands that stretches for hundreds of kilometers in every direction. In this world without a sun there are deep canyons (峡谷) , great plains, and towering ranges of mountains . And this underwater world covers 70 percent of the earth’s surface.
The world’s longest mountain range extends 16,000 kilometers under the Atlantic Ocean from Iceland to the Antarctic. Called the Mid—Atlantic ridge, this range of mountains contains a number of high peaks (山峰) , among which are the Ascension Islands , the Azores, and Iceland.
The world’s highest mountain is found in the mid---Pacific area. It is the Hawaiian volcano Mauna Kea, which is 9,450 meters from base to peak. This is nearly 610 meters taller than Mount Everest. Only 4,221 meters of Mauna Kea rise above the surface to the sea,. In 1873the British survey ship Challenger discovered the deepest trench（沟）in all the seas. Named the Challenger Deep, it is near the island of Guam and is 11 kilometers deep.
Since sunlight only reaches to a depth of about 244 meters, many of the creatures of the deep live in a world of darkness. However, to aid them in their survival, many are equipped with their own lighting system . Food comes to them from the upper levels of the ocean and the waste matter that gradually moves downward toward the ocean floor assures a constant supply. These undersea creatures must remain at various levels to which they are adapted . To stray (偏离、走失)to other levels could result in death from improper water pressure. 26. According to the passage , Iceland _____.
A. extends 16,000 kilometers.
B. is part of the Mid—Atlantic Ridge. C. is known as the Mid---Atlantic Ridge. D. consists of a number of high peaks.
27. Mount Everest is _______meters higher than the above-water part of Mauna Kea.
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A. 3,611 B. 4,619 C.5,229 D. 8,840 28. The undersea creatures have to remain at their own level of the sea because________.
A. some creatures are not equipped with their own lighting system. B. different levels are of different water pressure. C. the water temperature varies from level to level. D. different levels are of different brightness.
29. The last paragraph implies that many of the creatures of the deep_________.
A. don’t need any kind of light to survive. B. collect their food from the ocean floor. C. are not equipped with their own lighting system. D. hardly survive without any kind of light. 30. This passage is mainly about___________.
A. the world’s highest mountains. B. the underwater world of our earth. C. the creatures living underwater. D. the investigation of the ocean.
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
To one who has recently reached the advanced age of forty—six , the rapidly approaching prospect（前景）of old age is both exciting and terrorizing (可怕的). My children will be grown;
my life will once again be my own. That is exciting.
But I am not altogether reassured by some of the elderly people I see around me , who spend a good deal of their extra leisure visiting hospital , going to the funerals of old friends , and restlessly looking for something to do with idle time. That’s if one is doing relatively well. Many of the elderly are in nursing homes. The prospect that I might end my days in one of those places—staring at walls or even---fixing my eyes upon a television –terrifies me , but only slightly more than the prospect of aging itself.
I am also puzzled. History has delivered at least two conflicting images of old age. There is the image of lost youth, declining power, creeping decay ,and a final loneliness passing on . There is also the image of a peak (顶峰) of life , respect and honor, the loving circle of one’s grown children with their children , and a peaceful death enhanced by the knowledge that a full and worthy life has been lived . No doubt both images are true.. Yet no one has satisfactorily explained to me why some of the aging realize one image and some the other.
Or consider the job market. Perhaps it is reasonable that the elderly should be forced into retirement at a certain age and that youth should be given their chance to take over . But that is a different matter from the other message our culture also delivers; if one is not a “productive”(that is ,a money—making)
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member of society, then one is a pure burden.. 31.The author finds old age_______.
A. exciting B. frightening C. both A and B D. neither A nor B
32. Which of the following things is NOT part of the life of the elderly people around the author? A. going to hospital B. finding something to do C. going to funerals. D. visiting museums
33. According to the author, the elderly people in nursing homes spend their time______.
A. looking for excitement . B. waiting for relatives. C. watching TV. D. talking and laughing. 34. What makes old age a good image? A. the reality of the elderly people . B. the family and the success. C. The nursing homes. D. The loss of youth.
35.The author thinks that _________. A. old people are a pure burden. B. Young people should take their turn. C. Being productive means making money.
D. Old people should not be asked to retire at a certain age.
PART TWO (50 POINTS)
四、WORD SPELLING (10 points, 1 points 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．反对、反抗、使相对 vt. o______________ 37．烦恼、烦扰、烦恼的事 n. a______________
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山东高等教育自学考试英语二历年真题和部分答案解析
