1、英语阅读(二)自考题-21 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)On the fourth Thursday in November, Americans celebrate the feast of thanksgiving. This feast is a time when the family comes together for a meal and gives thanks to God for the ble
2、ssings they have received. The first thanksgiving feast was celebrated by the early American settlers who started the feast to give thanks to God for their good harvest.The first thanksgiving meal in 1621 was a traditional English harvest festival instead of a true “thanksgiving“ celebration. It las
3、ted three days. They had turkey, the traditional food at Thanksgiving, but this included wild ducks and geese. That is because the term “turkey“ was used by the Pilgrims to mean any sort of wild bird. Besides turkey, another food at almost every Thanksgiving table today is pumpkin pie. But they had
4、boiled pumpkin and a type of bread made from corn. The feast also included fish, fruit, animal meat and other food at hand.The modern U. S. Thanksgiving Day was first declared by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 and now takes place each year on the fourth Thursday in November. It is one of the most important
5、 holidays in America for gathering with family.In America thanksgiving is the family holiday. It is on that holiday that all the family members make a special effort to gather together. The feast is always held on Thursday and most people have a four-day holiday from school and work. Thus they are a
6、ble to travel a great distance to be with their family.The thanksgiving meal is traditionally turkey which was the food for the first thanksgiving. The table is filled with fruits, walnuts and many types of vegetables. For dessert the main choice is usually pumpkin pie. The meal is a time for the me
7、mbers of the family to talk to each other. There will be talking before the meal, during the meal and long after the meal.On thanksgiving morning there are in many cities sporting events and parades to mark the day. The family dinner is usually held in the afternoon around 4P. M. The mother will pre
8、pare the meal and the father will carve the turkey. He will preside at the head of the table. The meal will begin with a short prayer of thanksgiving to God for the blessings the family received. The father will also thank the family for coming together on this day. During the meal there is plenty o
9、f food for everyone present. The meal is a very joyful time. When the meal is finished some will help with the dishes and other will return to the living room to talk or watch television.In many ways the feast of thanksgiving is similar to the Chinese feast of Mid-Autumn Festival. It is the time for
10、 the family to gather together to give thanks and to share in meal.（分数：10.00）(1).On thanksgiving day the American family comes together _. A. to have the thanksgiving dinner B. to give thanks to God for blessing C. and talk with one another D. all of the above（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why does the writer
11、 say thanksgiving is the family holiday in America? _ A. It is a holiday for those who have a family. B. People will try to get back to be with their family wherever they are. C. People celebrate this holiday only at home and will not go out on this particular day. D. Each family has its own way of
12、celebrating this occasion.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3)._ was the food for the first thanksgiving meal according to this passage. A. Pumpkin pie B. Turkey C. Walnuts D. Wild bird（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).According to the passage, besides turkey, another food at almost every Thanksgiving table today is _. A. wild
13、duck B. goose C. deer meat D. pumpkin（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What is one similarity between thanksgiving and Mid-Autumn Festival in China? _ A. They are held at about the same time for the year. B. Family members make a special effort to gather together. C. People eat the same traditional foods on both
14、 occasions. D. The celebration activities are more or less the same.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.四、BPassage Two/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Not long ago, Charles Erickson and his family decided to do some housecleaning. Sorting through their possessions, they came up with some 1,500 old, unwanted itemsall sorts of things
15、they wanted to get rid of. The Ericksons decided to do what a lot of other Americans are doing these dayshave a “yard sale“. They posted homemade signs through-out the neighborhood, ran an advertisement in the local newspaper, then set out the unwanted objects on the front yard of their home. Eager
16、buyers bought all but 50 of the items in one weekend, leaving the family $511 richer.Yard sale, garage sale, basement salewhatever theyre called and wherever theyre held, Americans are having them in ever-increasing numbers.The variety of things put up for sale is really wonderfuldishes, books, used
17、 clothing, tools, tired, empty bottles, bicycles, furniture. A man in Atlanta, Georgia, even sold a full-size copy of a 1931 Ford.“You wouldnt believe the things people will buy“ says Mrs. Jerry McNeely of Houston, Texas, who has held two yard sales with friends. “On the other hand, you wouldnt beli
18、eve some of the things people will put out to sell.“Why would Americans want to shop by searching among someone elses castoffs?Rising living costs are considered by almost everyone as a reason both for holding sales and for attending them. The seller makes a little extra money and the buyer saves qu
19、ite a lot, since yard sale items usually are priced at a very small part of their original cost.But beyond that, theyre fun. Yard sales have become social events, drawing people of all ages.Neighbors enjoy meeting new people, and some families even serve drinks and cakes. One psychologist suggests t
20、hat people are fed up with the computerization of their lives they may be searching for their roots. Many of the younger buyers say they are turned off by the poor quality of modern goods and are looking for remnants of a stronger and firmer era, when things were built to last.Diana McLellan, a repo
21、rter for the Washington Star-News, wrote, “The yard sale is like the quality of mercyit blesses him that gives and him that takes. It separates clothes, toys, pots, cups, forks and knives from their reluctant owners and place them in loving new homes.“How long will all this enthusiasm continue? Says
22、 one recent seller, “Some day the people who are buying are bound to be faced with the same problem we hadgetting rid of this thing.“（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the following does not belong to the general practice of holding a yard sale? _ A. Posting homemade signs throughout the neighborhood. B. Placin
23、g an advertisement in the local newspaper. C. Setting out the unwanted objects on the front yard of the house. D. Borrowing a big yard for displaying the goods.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Yard sale in America refers to _. A. a sale of used household goods or personal items, usually held in ones yard or gar
24、age B. any weekend sale on the market C. a bargain price market D. a small shop in the yard（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following statements is not true? _Holding sales is exciting for people of all ages because A. both the seller and the buyer can benefit from the yard sale B. yard sale shoppi
25、ng has become a social event C. yard sale shopping has become a part of life for some people D. the yard sale is held for mercy.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What is the main idea of the 8th paragraph? _ A. The yard sale protects kind people and punishes bad people. B. The yard sale helps people throw away c
26、astoffs. C. The yard sale brings good both to the seller and to the buyer. D. The yard sale shows mercy to people of all walks of life.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What does the last sentence of the passage mean? _ A. The buyer wants to buy more things. B. The seller wants to buy the things they have sold s
27、ome day. C. Some day sellers will need to buy things from other sales markets. D. Buyers today will become sellers tomorrow.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.五、BPassage Three(总题数：1，分数：10.00)We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. “Did Jerry really c
28、are when I broke up with Helen?. When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend. Or did he envy my luck?“ When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, its too late.Why do we go wrong about our friends or our enemies? Sometimes what peop
29、le say hides their real meaning. And if we dont really listen closely we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, “Youre a lucky dog.“ Thats being friendly. But “lucky dog?“ Theres a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesnt see it himself. But bringing in the “dog“ puts you d
30、own a little. What he may be saying is that he doesnt think you deserve your luck.“Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for“ is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole
31、, but is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isnt important. Its telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you havent got a date for Saturday night.How can you tell the real meaning behind someones words? One way is to take a good look at the person
32、 talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says agree with the tone of voice? His posture? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.（分数：10.00）(1).This passage is mainly about _. A. how
33、 to interpret what people say B. what to do when you listen to others talking C. how to avoid mistakes when you communicate with people D. why we go wrong with people sometimes（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the author, the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that _. A. we fail to listen c
34、arefully when they talk B. people tend to be annoyed when we check what they say C. people usually state one thing but mean another D. we tend to doubt what our friends say（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In the sentence “Maybe he doesnt see it himself“ in paragraph 2, the pronoun “it“ refers to _. A. being fri
35、endly B. a bit of envy C. lucky dog D. your luck（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).When we listen to a person talking, the most important thing for us is to _. A. notice the way the person is talking B. take a good look at the person talking C. mind his tone, his posture and the look in his eyes D. examine the re
36、al meaning of what he says based on his manner, his tone and his posture（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The author most probably is a _. A. teacher B. psychologist C. philosopher D. doctor（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.六、BPART TWO/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、B(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Directions: Scan the following passage and find the words w
37、hich have roughly the same meanings as those given below. The number in the brackets after each word definition refers to the number of paragraph in which the target word is. Write the word you choose on the Answer Sheet.All of us know there are new threats that must be facedor, perhaps, old threats
38、 in new and dangerous combination: new forms of terrorism, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. But, while some consider these threats as self-evidently the main challenge to world peace and security, others feel more immediately threatened by small arms employed in civil conflict,
39、or by so-called “soft threats“ such as the persistence of extreme poverty, the disparity of income between and within societies, the spread of infectious diseases, Or climate change and environmental degradation.Now, some say this understanding is no longer tenable, since an “armed attack“ with weap
40、ons of mass destruction could be launched at any time, without warning, or by a clan-destine group. Rather than wait for that to happen, they argue, States have the right and obligation to use force preemptively, even on the territory of other States, and even while Weapons systems that might be use
41、d to attack them are still being developed. According to this argument, States are not obliged to wait until there is agreement in the Security Council. Instead, they reserve the right to act unilaterally, or in ad hoe coalitions.（分数：20.00）(1).the illegal use of violence to obtain political demands
42、(Para. 1)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).increasing rapidly in numbers (Para. 1)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).the act of insisting (Para. 2)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).difference or inequality (Para. 2)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).(of a disease) which can be spread by infection, esp. in the air (Para. 2)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(6).becoming less
43、complex in structure (Para. 2)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(7).secret, purposely hidden (Para. 3)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(8).having possession in advance (Para. 3)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(9).on or by one side only (Para. 4)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(10).a union of political parties for a special (Para. 4)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_八、B(总题数：1，分数：20.0
44、0)Directions: In this section of the test, there are ten paragraphs. Each of the paragraph is followed by an incomplete phrase or sentence which summarizes the main idea of the paragraph. Spell out the missing letters of the word on your Answer Sheet.Paragraph OneA professors teaching method is anot
45、her factor that determines the degree and type of student participation. Some professors prefer to control discussion while others prefer to guide the class without controlling it. Many professors encourage students to question their ideas. Students who object to the professors point of view should
46、be prepared to prove their positions.1. A professors teaching method influences the degree and type of student p _ in the classroom.Paragraph TwoDuring the latter part of the 1990s, the entire industry took a dramatic turn with the creation of a brand new publishing medium: The Internet, and it bega
47、t a brand new term never before heard of in the history of the published world: “Electronic“ rights. Today, electronic rights can cover a lot of territory.2. A new authors righte _ right.Paragraph ThreeYou will understand this better, perhaps, if I give you some familiar examples. You have all heard
48、 it repeated that men of science work by means of induction and deduction, that by the help of these operations, they, in a sort of sense, manage to extract from nature certain natural laws, and that out of these, by some special skill of their own, they build up their theories. And it is imagined by many that the operations of the common mind can be by no means compared with these processes, and that they have to be acquired by a sort of
