【学历类职业资格】英语(一)自考题-15及答案解析.doc
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1、英语(一)自考题-15 及答案解析(总分:100.00,做题时间:90 分钟)一、B(总题数:1,分数:10.00)Elephant TamerThe elephant was lying heavily on its side, fast asleep. A few dogs started barking at it. The elephant woke up in a terrible anger: it chased the dogs into the village where they ran for safety.That didnt stop the elephant. It
2、destroyed a dozen houses and injured several people. The villagers were scared and angry. Then someone suggested calling Parbati, the elephant princess.Parbati Baruas father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer. He taught Parbati to ride an elephant before she could even walk. He also taught
3、 her the dangerous art of the elephant roundup-how to catch wild elephants.Parhati hasnt always lived in the jungle. After a happy childhood hunting with her father, she was sent to hoarding school in the city. But Parhati never got used to being there and many years later she went hack to her old l
4、ife. “Life in the city is too dull. Catching elephants is an adventure and the excitement lasts for days after the chase,“ she says.But Parbati doesnt catch elephants just for fun. “My work,“ she says, “is to rescue man from the elephants, and to keep the elephants safe from man.“ And this is exactl
5、y what Parhati has been doing for many years.Increasingly, the Indian elephant is angry: for many years, illegal hunters have attacked it and its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land. It is now fighting back. Whenever wild elephants enter a tea garden or a village, Parbati is
6、called to guide the animals back to the jungle before they can kill.The work of an elephant tamer also involves love and devotion. A good elephant tamer will spend hours a day singing love songs to a newly captured elephant. “Eventually they grow to love their tamers and never forget them. They are
7、also more loyal than humans,“ she said, as she climbed up one of her elephants and sat on the giant, happy animal. An elephant princess indeed!(分数:10.00)(1).The elephant was angry because some dogs were barking at it._ A. True B. False C. Not Given(分数:1.00)A.B.C.(2).The dogs belonged to the villager
8、s._ A. True B. False C. Not Given(分数:1.00)A.B.C.(3).Parbatis father taught her to ride an elephant._ A. True B. False C. Not Given(分数:1.00)A.B.C.(4).Parbati has never been to school since she has to hunt._ A. True B. False C. Not Given(分数:1.00)A.B.C.(5).Parbati thinks catching elephants is very exci
9、ting._ A. True B. False C. Not Given(分数:1.00)A.B.C.(6).Parbati catches elephants just for fun._ A. True B. False C. Not Given(分数:1.00)A.B.C.(7).Keeping the elephants safe from man is Parbatis only work._ A. True B. False C. Not Given(分数:1.00)A.B.C.(8).The elephants home in the jungle has been reduce
10、d to small pieces of land by illegal hunters._ A. True B. False C. Not Given(分数:1.00)A.B.C.(9).Love and devotion is important in the work of an elephant tamer._ A. True B. False C. Not Given(分数:1.00)A.B.C.(10).Parbatis father was once a king._ A. True B. False C. Not Given(分数:1.00)A.B.C.二、B(总题数:1,分数
11、:10.00)The Only Way Is UpThink of a modem city and the first image that come to mind is the skyline. It is full of great buildings, pointing like fingers to heaven. It is true that some cities dont permit buildings to go above a certain height. But these are cities concerned with the past. The first
12、 thing any city does when it wants to tell the world that it has arrived is to build skyscrapers.When people gather together in cities, they create a demand for land, Since cities are places where money is made, that demand can be met. And the best way to make money out of city land is to put as man
13、y people as possible in a space that covers the smallest amount of ground. That means building upwards.The technology existed to do this as early as the 19th century. But the height of buildings was limited by one important factor. They had to be small enough for people on the top floors to climb st
14、airs. People could not be expected to climb a mountain at the end of their journey to work, or home.Elisha Otis, a US inventor, was the man who brought US the lift-or elevator, as he preferred to call it. However, most of the technology is very old. Lifts work using the same pulley system the Egypti
15、ans used to create the Pyramids. What Otis did was attach the system to a steam engine and develop the elevator brake, which stops the lift falling if the cords that hold it up are broken. It was this that did the most to gain public confidence in the new invention. In fact, he spent a number of yea
16、rs exhibiting lifts at fairgrounds, giving people the chance to try them out before selling the idea to architects and builders.A lift would not be a very good theme park attraction now. Going in a lift is such an everyday thing that it would just be boring. Yet psychologists and others who study hu
17、man behavior find lifts fascinating. The reason is simple. Scientists have always studied animals in zoos. The nearest they can get to that with humans is in observing them in lifts.“It breaks all the usual conventions about the bubble of personal space we carry around with us-and you just cant choo
18、se to move away“, says workplace psychologist, Gary Fitzgibbon. Being trapped in this setting can create different types of tensions, he says. Some people are scared of them. Others use them as an opportunity to get close to the boss. Some stand close to the door. Others hide in the corners. Most pe
19、ople try and shrink into the background. But some behave in a way that makes others notice them. There are a few people who just stand in a corner taking notes.Dont worry about them. They are probably from a university.(分数:10.00)(1).“.these are cities concerned with the past“ in the first paragraph
20、refer to cities that_ A. are worried about their past B. have a glorious past to be proud of C. want to maintain their traditional image D. are very interested in their own history(分数:2.00)A.B.C.D.(2).The difficulty in constructing tall buildings in the 19th century lies in._ A. the shortage of mone
21、y B. the lack of a device to carry people upward C. backward technology D. mountains taking up land space(分数:2.00)A.B.C.D.(3).When Otis came up with the idea of a lift, _. A. he sold it to the architects and builders immediately B. the Egyptians used it to build the Pyramids C. it was accepted favor
22、ably by the public D. most people had doubt about its safety(分数:2.00)A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following best describes the experience of going in a lift now? A. Fascinating. B. Uninteresting. C. Frightening. D. Exciting.(分数:2.00)A.B.C.D.(5).Psychologists find the lift a good place where they can stu
23、dy human behaviour because _. A. here humans behave the way animals do B. people in a lift are all scared C. here some people take notes D. in a lift the bubble of personal space breaks(分数:2.00)A.B.C.D.三、B(总题数:2,分数:10.00)More Than 8 Hours Sleep Too Much of a Good Thing1 Although the dangers of too l
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