1、英语阅读(二)自考题-11 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPART ONE/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、BPassage One/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)I am quite often asked: How do you feel about having ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)? The answer is not a lot. I try to lead as normal a life as possible, and not think about my
2、 condition, or regret the things it prevents me from doing, which are not that many.It was a great shock to me to discover that I had motor neuron disease. I had never been very well co-coordinated physically as a child. I was not good at ball games, and my hand- writing was the despair of my teache
3、rs. Maybe for this reason, I didnt care much for sport or physical activities. But things seemed to change when I went to Oxford, at the age of 17. I took up coxing and rowing. I was not boat race standard, but I got by at the level of inter-college competition.In my third year at Oxford, however, I
4、 noticed that I seemed to be getting clumsier, and I fell over once or twice for no apparent reason. But it was not until I was at Cambridge, in the following year, that my father noticed, and took me to the family doctor. He referred me to a specialist, and shortly after my 21st birthday, I went in
5、to hospital for tests. I was in for two weeks, during which I had a wide variety of tests. They took a muscle sample from my arm, stuck electrodes into me, and injected some radio opaque fluid into my spine, and watched it going up and down with x-rays, as they tilted the bed. After all that, they d
6、idnt tell me what I had, except that it was not multiple sclerosis, and that I was an atypical case. I gathered, however, that they expected it to continue to get worse, and that there was nothing they could do, except give me vitamins. I could see that they didnt expect them to have much effect. I
7、didnt feel like asking for more details, because they were obviously bad.The realization that I had an incurable disease, that was likely to kill me in a few years, was a bit of a shock. How could something like that happen to me? Why should I be cut off like this? However, while I had been in hospi
8、tal, I had seen a boy I vaguely knew die of leukemia, in the bed opposite me. It had not been a pretty sight. Clearly there were people who were worse off than me. At least my condition didnt make me feel sick. Whenever I feel inclined to be sorry for myself I remember that boy.Not knowing what was
9、going to happen to me, or how rapidly the disease would progress, I was at a loose end. The doctors told me to go back to Cambridge and carry on with the research I had just started in general relativity and cosmology. But I was not making much progress, because I didnt have much mathematical backgr
10、ound. And, anyway, I might not live long enough to finish my Ph D. I felt somewhat of a tragic character. I took to listening to Wagner.My dreams at that time were rather disturbed. Before my condition had been diagnosed, I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doi
11、ng. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I dreamt that I was going to be executed. I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do if I were reprieved, Another dream, that I had several times, was that I would sacrifice my life to save others. After all, if I were goin
12、g to die anyway, it might as well do some good. But I didnt die. In fact, although there was a cloud hanging over my future, I found, to my surprise, that I was enjoying life in the present more than before. I began to make progress with my research, and I got engaged to a girl called Jane Wilde, wh
13、om I had met just about the time my condition was diagnosed. That engagement changed my life. It gave me something to live for. But it also meant that I had to get a job if we were to get married. I therefore applied for a research fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. To my great sur
14、prise, I got a fellowship, and we got married a few months later.（分数：10.00）(1).Why Hawking was not so keen on sport or physical activities before he went to Oxford? _ A. He was too shy to play with his peers. B. He had ALS disease already. C. He didnt like competitions. D. He was not good at ball ga
15、mes.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What happened to Hawkings health in his third year at Oxford? _ A. Getting dizzy and faint a lot every time he was in his lab. B. Getting clumsier, and falling over once or twice for no apparent reason. C. Getting more pains while walking or running on the campus. D. Getting
16、 absent-minded when he was writing his research papers.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).After the tests, the doctors could do nothing for Hawkings disease except giving him _ though the doctors themselves didnt expect them to have much effect. A. vitamins B. encouragements C. more tests D. warnings（分数：2.00）A.B.
17、C.D.(4).The boy who died of leukemia made Hawking realize that _. A. his health may be improved if the doctors tried hard enough B. death is fatal and uncontrollable to all human beings C. there were people who were even worse off than him D. one will die no matter how strong-minded he is（分数：2.00）A.
18、B.C.D.(5).Shortly after he came out of hospital, Hawking suddenly realized that _. A. he should finish his PhD studies on cosmology B. he should get married and have kids of his own C. there were a lot of friends he should visit D. there were lots of worthwhile things he could do（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.四、B
19、Passage Two/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Except for the Indians, the earliest backpackers in America were frontiersmen, who roamed the wilderness looking either for necessities such as food and water or for sources of wealth such as fur and gold. For them backpacking was a way of survival or a means of achievin
20、g what one day would be called the “American Dream“.Today, however, many people enjoy backpacking as a recreational activity. Shouldering a pack and leaving behind the world of telephone, television, and traffic promise an exciting experience. Testing ones stamina (耐力) and skills is challenging, and
21、 recapturing a sense of ones place in the natural world can be rewarding. Moreover, backpacking is an activity that can last any length for time and can be enjoyed alone or with friends. Then too, a backpacking trip may be organized with-in a day or two. The backpacker and his friends have only to d
22、ecide on their destination and then organize the all-important kit, whose contents they must depend on throughout their trip. A map, compass, a flashlight, along with first aid equipment, food, and extra clothing can be rounded up without much difficulty. Once the backpackers have left word about wh
23、ere they go in a note on the refrigerator door or in a message on an answering machine, they can look forward to an adventure that will lift the spirit and nourish the soul. Their outing will enable them to return in a short time to the age of technology with the courage and independence of Natty Bu
24、mppo, who did indeed be-long to the age of the frontier.（分数：10.00）(1).The earliest backpackers were _. A. native Americans B. Indians C. fur traders D. gold miners（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Early backpackers who roamed about in wilderness wanted to _. A. find the American dream B. find a recreation in lif
25、e C. relieve the stress of everyday life D. find daily necessities（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).One of the advantages of backpacking is that _. A. it can help people to know the nature better B. it is a group activity and can cure a persons loneliness C. it is not so challenging as other activities D. it doe
26、s not require people to decide on a destination（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What does the word “whose“ (Line 7, Para. 2) refer to? _ A. The backpackers. B. His friends. C. The kits. D. The backpackers and his friends.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The passage mainly discusses _. A. the early backpackers B. backpackin
27、g as a perfect form of recreation C. how backpacking started D. why people of today are interested in backpacking（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.五、BPassage Three(总题数：1，分数：10.00)It is such an odd relationship between people and pandas. We are so fond of them that when the Chinese government lent a pair to the San D
28、iego Zoo for six months, the number of visitors increased sharply, and the zoo sold over half a million panda T-shirts. When a panda was born in Tokyo Zoo in 1986, thousands of people phoned daily to hear a recording of the babys cry.Although the reason we love pandas is not easy to explain, animal
29、scientists offer some plausible theories. They suggest that parenting instincts are aroused by the common characteristics of babies: round faces and small jaws. Pandas, even in adulthood, display all of these interesting features.Until recently, however, it seemed nearly certain that this much-loved
30、 creature was destined to die out. Even now the giant panda numbers fewer than 1000 in a shrinking wilderness in one small area in China, an untimely end for the worlds most beloved wild species may still be avoidable. “Its easy to save the panda,“ says George Schaller, the New York Zoological Socie
31、tys panda expert and a world renowned zoologist. “All it needs is bamboo and peace.“Wild life experts have recommended some basic steps to help. A detailed plan for the protection of panda has been drawn up by the Wildlife Fund, in cooperation with the Chinese Ministry of Forestry. The plan calls fo
32、r a 70% increase in the panda preserve at a cost of $20,000,000 over five years. The plan was submitted to the Chinese government in August, 1989. After more than a year of debating and delay, the National Peoples Congress voted in favor of the bill to fund the plan.Almost 100 pandas are kept in Chi
33、nese Zoos and at institutions in other countries, but during the past three decades fewer than 100 baby pandas have been born in China. And the majority of these have died young.Despite such unfavorable circumstance, the giant pandas prospects are better now than in the recent past. New insights int
34、o behavior, diet and physiology offer hope to protect and raise these animals more effectively.The most promising hope for pandas future seems to be the increased efforts by Chinese government. They have established 13 panda reserves and announced plans for 14 more. A farm has been relocated away fr
35、om a panda habitat, and some 60 families living in one reserve have been relocated, costing the government nearly $370,000. Public concern for the welfare of pandas has been heightened by stiff penalties for poachingalthough it remains a serious problem. A few farmers have captured isolated pandas a
36、nd released them back to larger habitats.（分数：10.00）(1).The passage mainly discusses _. A. the mysterious life of pandas B. attentions towards panda protection C. public liking for pandas D. the strange behaviors of pandas（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Pandas are much loved by people for all of the following r
37、easons except _. A. their baby-like features B. their round faces and small jaws C. their attractive cries D. their inactivity（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following factors plays a negative role to pandas surviving? _ A. Public concern for pandas welfare has been heightened. B. Chinese governme
38、nt invested more money in panda protection. C. Proper protection measures were not taken in time. D. More reserves will be established in China.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following plays a key role in panda protection? _ A. Animal behaviorists. B. Chinese government. C. American zoologists. D
39、. The zoos which raise pandas.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Pandas can be better protected today owing to _. A. a better understanding of the animal B. the increase in foreign funds C. their increasing popularity D. the efforts of American scientists（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.六、BPassage Four/(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Rush hour
40、in a provincial town is certainly not so busy as in London, but even so there are plenty of people moving about. Long, patient queues wait wearily for buses. Never-ending lines of cars are checked while red traffic lights change to green. Thousands of people are packed tightly in trains, the mens fa
41、ces buried in their evening papers while women trying in vain to knit. In a slow train it may well be an hours journey to their station.James Saxon is in his usual comfortable comer, quietly smoking a cigarette. When he is traveling by train at this time, he always reaches the station at ten past fi
42、ve by the station clock, but he never catches the 5:14 train. Instead he travels by the train which leaves at twenty-four minutes past five so as to be sure of getting his comer seat. There are no first- class compartments or reserved seats on this train. He appears to be absorbed in the sport news
43、on the back page of his paper and ignores the hurrying crowds.Facing him this evening there is a Finnish youth of eighteen, Matti Arpola. This is his first visit to England, though he already knows Geoffrey, the eldest son of the Jackson family, with whom he is going to stay.As there are several peo
44、ple standing, James Saxon is the only person he can see clearly. Matti decides that he is probably a typical Englishman, and he observes James carefully.“Can he really be typical?“ he thinks. He has an umbrella, neatly rolled, but no bowler hat; in fact, no hat at all. Of course, he is reading about
45、 cricket and he is reserved and not interested in other people. But he is only of average height and his hair is: not fair, but as dark as that of an Italian, and curly, with almost no parting. He is not smoking a pipe and although we foreigners think that a real Englishman ought to have a moustache
46、, he is clean-shaven. His nose is slightly crooked. What a serious face he has! He is frowning a little, but the eyes beneath his worried-looking fore- head are sincere and honest. I dont think he is intelligent.His clothes are anything but smart. In fact, they are rather old, though well-brushed. E
47、ven though he is not wearing a wedding ring, he is probably married, with perhaps three children. His gloves are fur-lined and his trousers well pressed. He keeps far too many things in his pockets, so his suit looks badly out of shape.（分数：10.00）(1).We can infer from the first paragraph that _. A. p
48、assengers make good use of their time on the train B. woman passengers succeed in knitting a lot on the train C. trains are always crowded in London D. many tired patients are waiting for buses（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).James Saxon does not catch the 5:14 train because _. A. its a slow train B. he does not reserve a seat in it C. the later train is less crowded D. he is not in a hurry（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).We can conclude from the passage that Jackson family live in _. A. London B. Finland C. England D. Italy（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The reason why Matti is not sure whether James Saxon is really an Engl
