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1、英语阅读(一)自考题-23 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B第一部分 选择题/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Cliff House has gone through five major constructions and reconstructions since its beginning in 1858. That year, Samuel Brannan, a prosperous man from Maine, bought for $1,500 the lumber from a ship that wrecked

2、 on the cliffs below. With this material he built the first Cliff House. The second Cliff House was built for Captain Junius G. Foster, but as it was a long difficult trip from the city, the house hosted mostly horseback riders, small game hunters or picnickers on day outings. With the opening of a

3、toll road a year later, the Cliff House became successful with the Carriage trade for Sunday travel. On weekends, there was little room at the Cliff House for horses and carriages. Soon, omnibus railways and streetcar lines made it to near Lone Mountain where passengers transferred to stagecoach lin

4、es to the beach. The growth of Golden Gate Park attracted beach travelers in search of meals and a look at the Sea Lions sunning themselves on Seal Rock, just off the cliffs to visit the area.In 1877, the toll road, now Geary Boulevard, was purchased by the City of San Francisco for around $ 25,000.

5、 In 1883, after a few years of downturn, the Cliff House was bought by Adolph Sutro, a multimillionaire who made his fortune from mining. After a few years of quiet management by J. M. Wilkens, the Cliff House was severely damaged by an explosion of the ship, which destroyed the northern part of the

6、 house. Seven years later, on Christmas 1894 the repaired old building burned down.In 1896, Adolph Sutro built a new Cliff House, a seven-story Victorian style castle, called by some “the Gingerbread Palace.“ In the same year, work began on the famous Sutro Baths, which included six of the largest i

7、ndoor swimming pools north of the restaurant that included a museum, a skating rink and other pleasure grounds. Great throngs of San Franciscans arrived on steam trains, bicycles, carts and horse wagons on Sunday excursions.The Cliff House and Sutro Baths survived the 1906 earthquake with little dam

8、age but burned to the ground on the evening of September 7, 1907. Rebuilding of the restaurant was completed within two years and, with additions and modern restorations, is the one seen today.The building was acquired by the National Park Service in 1977 and it became part of the Golden Gate Nation

9、al Recreation Area. The site overlooks the Seal Rock and the former site of the Sutro Baths. More than thirty ships have been pounded to pieces on the southern shore of the Golden Gate below Cliff House.（分数：10.00）(1).The story of Cliff House goes back to _. A. 1858 B. 1877 C. 1894 D. 1906（分数：2.00）A.

10、B.C.D.(2).The second Cliff House was built for _. A. J.M. Wilkens B. Adolph Sutro C. Samuel Brannan D. Junius G. Foster（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The Victorian style castle mentioned in the passage (para. 3) was _. A. the first Cliff House B. the second Cliff House C. the third Cliff House D. the fourth C

11、liff House（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The Cliff House we see today was completed in _. A. 1906 B. 1907 C. 1909 D. 1977（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The third Cliff House was eventually destroyed by _. A. a fire B. an earthquake C. shipwrecks D. an explosion（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.三、B第二部分 非选择题/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、B(总题数：1，分数：

12、14.00)Hoping to find a greatly advanced civilization, the Time Traveler sees in the misty, warm air only an ominous, giant white sphinx on a huge pedestal. Before long, some men approach. U U 1 /U /U. One of them, childlike, asks the Time Traveler if he has come from the sun in a thunderstorm. Then

13、these feeble creatures deck the Time Traveler with garlands of flowers and sing and dance around him. U U 2 /U /U. Together they dine on fruit and vegetablesanimals have become extinctand the Eloi, as they are called, teach the Time Traveler the rudiments of their language.The Eloi, he decides, are

14、an overcivillized race. U U 3 /U /U. They are extremely lazy, but beautiful, peaceable, and friendly. U U 4 /U /U. In a world freed from the struggle for existence by better and more efficient machinery, the people have become unambitious and unassertive. Because the Eloi are no longer struggling wi

15、th nature, which has long since been entirely subdued, they have become reasonable and cooperative. U U 5 /U /U.As night falls, the Time Traveler is dismayed when he discovers that his machine has disappeared. He tries to awaken the Eloi, but they are terrified of the dark and refuse to help him sea

16、rch for his machine. U U 6 /U /U. The next morning he finds a path leading to the huge white sphinx, and realizes that his time machine is inside the statue. He tries vainly to open the door of the sphinx. The Eloi are uncooperative. U U 7 /U /U.A. Clambering laboriously into one of the caves, the T

17、ime Traveler sees a group of the creatures gnawing at a chunk of meatB. Having achieved the apparent goal of civilization, they seem to be leading a happy if uneventful lifeC. Easily fatigued like children they rapidly lose interest in thingsD. They are frail and delicate and only about four feet ta

18、llE. He is attacked by them, but by lighting matches before their eyes, he manages, to escape above groundF. Uneasy, the Time Traveler finally falls asleepG. They are mildly curious about his time machine, and he allows them to touch it after taking the precaution of removing the operating leversH.

19、The Time Traveler realizes that this is the end of human evolutionI. The Time Traveler begins to despair of ever getting back to his own centuryJ. There he fortunately finds some matches and wax from which he can fashion a candle（分数：14.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_五、B(总题数：13，分

20、数：26.00)1.(deep) When people came to the airport to see him off, he spoke with great 1 of feeling about how kind they had been to him.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_2.(evolve) The Time Traveler realizes that this is the end of human 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_3.(cooperate) The workmen are very 1, so the work goes on smooth

21、ly.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_4.(affect) At this point, however, the Time Traveler makes a special friend among the Eloi, Weena, an 1, childlike girl whom he saves from drowning.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_5.(ease) Hospitals always make me feel 1, especially when I am the one who must see the doctor.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_6.(ill

22、usion) 1 though he is with the future, the Time Traveler has set off again on a journey through time.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_7.(time) The recent outbreaks of the flu are a 1 reminder that this disease is still a serious health hazard.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_8.(sleep) Being tired, he finally falls 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_

23、9.(reason) Is the American Dream over? Thats the question any 1, well-informed person might ask these days.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_10.They were confused by the 1 translation of it.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_11.(science) The discoveries of the three 1 soon led to efforts to control malaria.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_12.(halt) The

24、 spread of the disease in these areas was 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_13.(extinct) It is language 1 on a massive scale.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_六、B(总题数：1，分数：20.00)mortal exhaust emerge loathsome suffer disappear ruinsdesolate sojourn inhabit clamber fragile obsceneOn the fourth day of his U U 1 /U /U, the Time Travele

25、r understands why the Eloi are terrified after nightfall. In the dark U U 2 /U /Uof an ancient building, he becomes aware of strange eyes staring at him. Following them, he discovers that they belong to a U U 3 /U /U, ape-like creature that lopes along before him, eventually U U 4 /U /Udown a ladder

26、 into a shaft. The Time Traveler cannot believe that this creature is as human as the Eloi until he realizes that the Morlocks, as they are called, are also descended from the human beings of his time. The world has been divided between the U U 5 /U /U, helpless Eloi, who U U 6 /U /Uthe surface of t

27、he earth, and the fierce, U U 7 /U /UMorlocks, who U U 8 /U /Uabout in the darkness of their underground tunnels, like human spiders, U U 9 /U /Uonly at night. The Eloi, obviously the masters, are descended from the nineteenth century ruling class in England. The Morlocks, descended from the working

28、 class, do all the physical labor, but their brutality and savagery keep the Eloi in U U 10 /U /Uterror of the day these servants will revolt.（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_七、B(总题数：1，分数：30.00)U U 1 /U /UUIn the waning year of the nineteenth century, t

29、he Time Traveler is entertaining some friends after dinner with a discussion of time as the fourth dimension./U U U 2 /U /UUAll things, he says, exist not only in length, breadth, and thickness, but in time as well./U U U 3 /U /UUThe only reason we cannot properly perceive the dimension of time is t

30、hat we ourselves are moving in it./UTo correct this condition and to test his theories, the Time Traveler has constructed a machine designed to help him move backwards or forwards through the centuries. U U 4 /U /UUHe jolts his skeptical guests (a politician, a doctor, and a psychologist) when he sh

31、ows them an actual model of the machine ,which has taken him two years to construct./U He persuades the psychologist to press a lever, and suddenly the model disappears. U U 5 /U /UUThe Time Traveler tells his astonished guests that as soon as his machine is perfected he hopes to launch himself into

32、 the future./U（分数：30.00）_英语阅读(一)自考题-23 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B第一部分 选择题/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Cliff House has gone through five major constructions and reconstructions since its beginning in 1858. That year, Samuel Brannan, a prosperous man from Maine, bought for $1,500 the lumber

33、from a ship that wrecked on the cliffs below. With this material he built the first Cliff House. The second Cliff House was built for Captain Junius G. Foster, but as it was a long difficult trip from the city, the house hosted mostly horseback riders, small game hunters or picnickers on day outings

34、. With the opening of a toll road a year later, the Cliff House became successful with the Carriage trade for Sunday travel. On weekends, there was little room at the Cliff House for horses and carriages. Soon, omnibus railways and streetcar lines made it to near Lone Mountain where passengers trans

35、ferred to stagecoach lines to the beach. The growth of Golden Gate Park attracted beach travelers in search of meals and a look at the Sea Lions sunning themselves on Seal Rock, just off the cliffs to visit the area.In 1877, the toll road, now Geary Boulevard, was purchased by the City of San Franci

36、sco for around $ 25,000. In 1883, after a few years of downturn, the Cliff House was bought by Adolph Sutro, a multimillionaire who made his fortune from mining. After a few years of quiet management by J. M. Wilkens, the Cliff House was severely damaged by an explosion of the ship, which destroyed

37、the northern part of the house. Seven years later, on Christmas 1894 the repaired old building burned down.In 1896, Adolph Sutro built a new Cliff House, a seven-story Victorian style castle, called by some “the Gingerbread Palace.“ In the same year, work began on the famous Sutro Baths, which inclu

38、ded six of the largest indoor swimming pools north of the restaurant that included a museum, a skating rink and other pleasure grounds. Great throngs of San Franciscans arrived on steam trains, bicycles, carts and horse wagons on Sunday excursions.The Cliff House and Sutro Baths survived the 1906 ea

39、rthquake with little damage but burned to the ground on the evening of September 7, 1907. Rebuilding of the restaurant was completed within two years and, with additions and modern restorations, is the one seen today.The building was acquired by the National Park Service in 1977 and it became part o

40、f the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The site overlooks the Seal Rock and the former site of the Sutro Baths. More than thirty ships have been pounded to pieces on the southern shore of the Golden Gate below Cliff House.（分数：10.00）(1).The story of Cliff House goes back to _. A. 1858 B. 1877 C.

41、 1894 D. 1906（分数：2.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 本题考查时间点，根据第一句“Cliff House has gone through five major constructions and reconstructions since its beginning in 1858”。(2).The second Cliff House was built for _. A. J.M. Wilkens B. Adolph Sutro C. Samuel Brannan D. Junius G. Foster（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 本题考查细节，根据

42、题目看文章第四句“The second Cliff House wag built for Captain Junius G. Foster”。(3).The Victorian style castle mentioned in the passage (para. 3) was _. A. the first Cliff House B. the second Cliff House C. the third Cliff House D. the fourth Cliff House（分数：2.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 本题为细节题，第三段提到 1896 年他又建造了新的 cli

43、ff house，前文提到已经建了两个，这个应该是第三个。(4).The Cliff House we see today was completed in _. A. 1906 B. 1907 C. 1909 D. 1977（分数：2.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 本题为推断题，文章倒数第二段提到 1907 年地震后的两年里又重建了这些房屋，这才是现在我们所看到的房屋。(5).The third Cliff House was eventually destroyed by _. A. a fire B. an earthquake C. shipwrecks D. an explos

44、ion（分数：2.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 本题为综合理解题，从原文找到第三所 cliff house 的名字，最后得知其被大火所毁坏。三、B第二部分 非选择题/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、B(总题数：1，分数：14.00)Hoping to find a greatly advanced civilization, the Time Traveler sees in the misty, warm air only an ominous, giant white sphinx on a huge pedestal. Before long, some men approach. U U 1 /U /U. One of them, childlike, asks the Time Traveler if he has come from the sun in a thunderstorm. Then these feeble creatures deck the Time Traveler with garlands of flowers and sing and dance around him.