2022年云南城市建設(shè)職業(yè)學(xué)院自考英語（二）練習(xí)題匯總（附答案解析）

1、 2022年云南城市建設(shè)職業(yè)學(xué)院自考英語（二）練習(xí)題匯總（附答案解析）第1題【單選題】【閱讀選擇】Organisms have a great variety of ways of adapting. They may adapt in their structure, function and genetics, in their development and production of the young and in other respects. An organism may create its own environment, as do warm-blooded mammal

2、s, which have the ability to adjust body heat exactly to maintain their ideal temperature despite changing weather. Usually adaptations are an advantage, but sometimes an organism is so well adapted to a particular environment that, if conditions change, it finds it difficult or impossible to readap

3、t to the new conditions.The author cites the behavior of warm-blooded mammals in order to show that a living thing may have the ability_. A、to create an environment of its own B、to remain still when an enemy is near C、to make food from inorganic chemicals D、to change the color of its skin【正確答案】A【答案解

4、析】作者舉例，證明觀點(diǎn)；例子不需要看懂，關(guān)鍵要看論據(jù)；一般論點(diǎn)在前（前一句或段落首句），論據(jù)在后。第2題【單選題】【2008.10】It is strongly held that new _ must be introduced to protect the right of the immigrants. A、statistics B、constructions C、measures D、concessions【正確答案】C【答案解析】本題考查名詞詞義區(qū)分?！咀g文】強(qiáng)烈支持采取新措施維護(hù)移民的權(quán)力?！驹敿?xì)解答】A 統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué) B 建設(shè) C 措施，辦法 D 讓步，特許權(quán)第3題【單選題】_, wh

5、at could we do? A、Should it rain tomorrow B、Tomorrow it should rain C、If it rains tomorrow D、If it will rain tomorrow【正確答案】A【答案解析】A項(xiàng)是對將來的假設(shè)。對將來的假設(shè)可以用should+動詞原形的形式。Should it rain tomorrow=if it should rain tomorrow.第4題【單選題】【閱讀選擇】During the hours when you labour through your work you may say that you

6、re hot. Thats true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the morning. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues a

7、s: Get up, John！Youll be late for work again! The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.Which of

8、the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage？ A、Unawareness of energy cycles. B、Familiar monologues. C、A change in a family members energy cycle. D、Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.【正確答案】A【答案解析】本題的關(guān)鍵是看懂本段的最后一句(即：“Much family quarrelling ends when hus

9、bands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean，and which cycle each member of the family has”)，同時(shí)聯(lián)系本段的第四句和第五句(即：“For some people the peak comes during the morningFor others it comes in the afternoon or evening”)的意思。該句的直接意思是“如果丈夫和妻子能明白能量周期是怎么回事，以及家庭每個(gè)成員有什么樣的周期，很多家庭爭吵就會停止?！币簿褪钦f，家庭爭吵的發(fā)生是因?yàn)檎煞蚝推拮硬?/p>

10、了解能量周期是怎么回事，更談不上了解每個(gè)家庭成員有什么樣的能量周期了。因此A項(xiàng)：Unawareness of energy cycles(不知道能量周期)應(yīng)是正確答案。第5題【單選題】_ fine day it is today! Yes, the sunshine is _ beautiful that Id like to go swimming in the sea. A、How, such B、What a, very C、How, so D、What a, so【正確答案】D【答案解析】考查感嘆句和“sothat”的用法。第6題【單選題】【閱讀選擇】Do you think sitt

11、ing and studying all the time will improve your grades? Think again. Getting some exercise may help, too. New research with older people suggests that taking regular walks helps them pay attention better than if they didnt exercise.Walking regularly helps elderly people_. A、lose weight B、become happ

12、ier C、concentrate better D、look younger【正確答案】C【答案解析】同義詞替換有題干替換、選項(xiàng)替換。第7題【單選題】【閱讀選擇】Demands for stronger protection for wildlife in Britain sometimes hide the fact that similar needs are felt in the rest of Europe. Studies by the Council of Europe, of which 21 counties are members, have shown that 45

13、per cent of reptile（爬行類的）species and 24 per cent of butterflies are in danger of dying out.Recent studies by the council of Europe have indicated that _. A、wildlife needs more protection only in Britain. B、all species of wildlife in Europe are in danger of dying out. C、there are fewer species of rep

14、tiles and butterflies in Europe than elsewhere. D、many species of reptiles an butterflies in Europe need protecting.【正確答案】D【答案解析】答案選D。本段的第二個(gè)句子是這么說的：有21個(gè)國家組成的歐洲委員會的研究表明，45%的爬行動物和24%的蝴蝶瀕臨滅絕。由此可見，D是正確的答案。第8題【單選題】【閱讀選擇】Rhythm in literature is a more or less regular occurrence of certain elements of writ

15、ing: a word, a phrase, an idea, a sound, or a grammatical construction. We are also accustomed to this recurrence in the alternate heavy and light beats in music. Our love for rhythm seems to be innate: witness the responses of a small child to lively music. Children love to beat on toy drums or emp

16、ty boxes. They stamp their feet and chant nursery rhymes or nonsense syllables, not unlike primitive dancers. As children grow older, they are taught to restrain their responses to rhythm, but our love of rhythm remains. We live in rhythms; in fact we are governed by rhythms.According to the passage

17、, an adults reaction to rhythm in music would probably be _. A、uninhibited B、indifferent C、restrained D、responsible【正確答案】C【答案解析】該題的解題依據(jù)在本段結(jié)尾部分“As children grow older, they are taught to restrain their responses to rhythm”。作者講：隨著孩子的年齡逐漸增大，大人就會教他們抑制對節(jié)奏的反應(yīng)，等他們長大之后，他們對音樂節(jié)奏的反應(yīng)，更可能受到抑制。第9題【單選題】【閱讀選擇】In a

18、special report on cancer and blacks, the organization said blacks are usually diagnosed with cancer later than whites, and they are more likely to die of the disease.Which may NOT be a reason for higher cancer death rates among US blacks? A、Unequal access to medical care. B、Greater probability of ha

19、ving other diseases. C、Differences in the biology of the cancer. D、Early diagnosis.【正確答案】D【答案解析】本段指出blacks are usually diagnosed with cancer later than whites，與D項(xiàng)內(nèi)容是相反的，因此選D。第10題【單選題】【閱讀選擇】Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful fami

20、ly, but realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make arrangements to see his father, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He neede

21、d to come home immediately and take care things. When he arrived at his fathers house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart.When the young man arrived home, he felt _. A、sad B、disappointed C、horrible D、nervous【正確答案】A【答案解析】答案選A。事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。年輕人回到家里，出現(xiàn)了兩個(gè)關(guān)鍵詞sadness和regret，可以判斷年輕人的心情是非常傷心的。故選A。第11題【單選題】

22、【完成句子】In Britain, robot sales appropriately peaked in 1984, but have been declining ever since. This is partly because, British wage rates are too low to make robots financially attractive and partly because engineers now have more experience with robots and are more aware of the difficulties of int

23、roducing them effectively.Robots are less popular in Britain today partly because _. A、too much energy B、based on American designs C、they are too costly D、they are not reliable【正確答案】C【答案解析】本段第二句就是講的兩個(gè)原因，即人們的工資水平太低，也就是沒有能力使機(jī)器人發(fā)揮出創(chuàng)造財(cái)富的作用，言下之意就是成本高。第二個(gè)原因就是人們逐漸意識到了操縱機(jī)器人不是件容易的事情，所以使用率就下降了。所以應(yīng)該選C。第12題【單選題

24、】【完成句子】In Britain, robot sales appropriately peaked in 1984, but have been declining ever since. This is partly because, British wage rates are too low to make robots financially attractive and partly because engineers now have more experience with robots and are more aware of the difficulties of in

25、troducing them effectively.Robots are less popular in Britain today partly because _. A、too much energy B、based on American designs C、they are too costly D、they are not reliable【正確答案】C【答案解析】本段第二句就是講的兩個(gè)原因，即人們的工資水平太低，也就是沒有能力使機(jī)器人發(fā)揮出創(chuàng)造財(cái)富的作用，言下之意就是成本高。第二個(gè)原因就是人們逐漸意識到了操縱機(jī)器人不是件容易的事情，所以使用率就下降了。所以應(yīng)該選C。第13題【單選

26、題】【2009.01】What he told us was more of a(n)_than a reality. A、illusion B、demonstration C、illustration D、reputation【正確答案】A【答案解析】本題考查詞義辨析。句意：他告訴我們的更可能是幻想而不是現(xiàn)實(shí)?？疾槊~詞義。A 幻想，錯誤觀念；B 演示，證明；C 圖解，實(shí)例；D 名聲，名譽(yù)。第14題【單選題】【閱讀選擇】For any given task in Britain there are more men than are needed. Strong unions keep th

27、em there. In Fleet Street, home of some of Londons biggest dailies, it is understood that when two unions quarrel over three jobs the argument is settled by giving each union two. That means 33 per cent over manning, 33 per cent less productivity than could be obtained.What happens when disputes ove

28、r job opportunities arise among British unions? A、Thirty three per cent of the workers will be out of work. B、More jobs will be created by the union. C、More people will be employed than necessary. D、The unions will try to increase productivity.【正確答案】C【答案解析】本段開頭告訴讀者“there are more men than are needed

29、when two unions quarrel over three jobs, the argument is settled by giving each union two”，接下來作者又進(jìn)一步說明其實(shí)質(zhì)，即它意味著“33 per cent over manning, 33 per cent less productivity than could be obtained”。第15題【單選題】【閱讀判斷】Five neighbors at a central Missouri retirement community who are all centenarians (百歲老人) get

30、 asked all the time：“How did you live to be 100?Q: The five centenarians live in a very friendly community A、True B、False C、Not Given【正確答案】C【答案解析】答案選C。題目說的是“這五位百歲老人生活在一個(gè)非常友好的社區(qū)”，文章開頭部分提到了“community(社區(qū))”，但該句并沒有說這五位百歲老人生活的社區(qū)是否是一個(gè)友好的社區(qū)，因此判斷問題句的信息在文章中沒有提到。第16題【單選題】【閱讀選擇】On the other hand, more people wo

31、rking for longer would create greater competition for jobs. It would make it more difficult for younger people to find a job. Top posts would be dominated by the same few individuals, making career progress more difficult. And how easily would a 25-year-old employee be able to communicate with a 125

32、-year-old boss?All of the following are possible effects living longer might have on working life EXCEPT_. A、Communication between employers and employees would be more difficult. B、More money would be used by employees in payment of their employees. C、The job market would be more competitive. D、It

33、would be more difficult for young people to be promoted to top positions.【正確答案】B【答案解析】是非判斷題。對照原文第九自然段On the other hand, more people working for longer would create greater competition for jobs.排除選項(xiàng)C；It would make it more difficult for younger people to find a job.排除選項(xiàng)D；And how easily would a 25-year

34、-old employee be able to communicate with a 125-year-old boss?排除選項(xiàng)A；答案是B。第17題【單選題】【閱讀選擇】Do you think sitting and studying all the time will improve your grades? Think again. Getting some exercise may help, too. New research with older people suggests that taking regular walks helps them pay attentio

35、n better than if they didnt exercise.Walking regularly helps elderly people_. A、lose weight B、become happier C、concentrate better D、look younger【正確答案】C【答案解析】同義詞替換有題干替換、選項(xiàng)替換。第18題【單選題】【2009.01】You should help them_when your friends quarrel with each other. A、come into sight B、come to terms C、come into

36、 play D、come to power【正確答案】B【答案解析】本題考查短語的習(xí)慣用法。句意：當(dāng)你的朋友吵架時(shí)，你應(yīng)當(dāng)幫助他們協(xié)調(diào)一下。come into 或 come to 都表示進(jìn)入（某種狀態(tài)）。A 映入眼簾；B. 達(dá)成協(xié)議，妥協(xié)；C 開始運(yùn)作；D. 上臺，開始掌權(quán)。 第19題【單選題】【閱讀判斷】Norwich, the capital of the part of Britain known as East Anglia, has been in existence for more than two thousand years. It began as a small vill

37、age beside the River Wensum.Q: The River Wensum flows by Norwich. A、True B、False C、Not Given【正確答案】A【答案解析】答案選A。答題依據(jù)在第二句，Norwich是River Wensum旁邊的一個(gè)小村莊，就說明了River Wensum流經(jīng) Norwich。第20題【單選題】Each of us should _ aside a few minutes to have a rest every day. A、push B、provide C、turn D、set【正確答案】D【答案解析】本題考查詞義辨析

38、。set aside：留出，撥出。是固定搭配。第21題【單選題】【2008.10】It took a few seconds for her eyes to _ to the darkness. A、allocate B、adopt C、apply D、adjust【正確答案】D【答案解析】本題考查動詞詞義辨析?！咀g文】她花了幾秒鐘時(shí)間使眼睛適應(yīng)黑暗。【詳細(xì)解答】A 分配，撥出 B 收養(yǎng)，過繼 C 應(yīng)用，申請 D 調(diào)整，使適合第22題【單選題】【閱讀選擇】Rhythm in literature is a more or less regular occurrence of certain e

39、lements of writing: a word, a phrase, an idea, a sound, or a grammatical construction. We are also accustomed to this recurrence in the alternate heavy and light beats in music. Our love for rhythm seems to be innate: witness the responses of a small child to lively music. Children love to beat on t

40、oy drums or empty boxes. They stamp their feet and chant nursery rhymes or nonsense syllables, not unlike primitive dancers. As children grow older, they are taught to restrain their responses to rhythm, but our love of rhythm remains. We live in rhythms; in fact we are governed by rhythms.According

41、 to the passage, an adults reaction to rhythm in music would probably be _. A、uninhibited B、indifferent C、restrained D、responsible【正確答案】C【答案解析】該題的解題依據(jù)在本段結(jié)尾部分“As children grow older, they are taught to restrain their responses to rhythm”。作者講：隨著孩子的年齡逐漸增大，大人就會教他們抑制對節(jié)奏的反應(yīng)，等他們長大之后，他們對音樂節(jié)奏的反應(yīng)，更可能受到抑制。第23題

42、【單選題】【填句補(bǔ)文】“Geochemists just want an intuitive sense of whats going on with the elements,” says Albert Galy from the University of Cambridge _. A、An earth scientist has rejigged the periodic table（元素周期表）to make chemistry simpler to teach to students. B、The traditional periodic table was well drawn.

43、C、“I imagine contour lines would be good for undergraduates.” D、But he has added contour lines to charge density, helping to explain which ions react with which.【正確答案】C【答案解析】這一段是劍橋大學(xué)的Albert Galy的原話，我們可以從引導(dǎo)整個(gè)關(guān)鍵點(diǎn)得出答案。即：“地學(xué)化學(xué)家們只想通過直覺判斷元素的活動。我想等高線對學(xué)生們有好處”。第24題【單選題】【2009.10】So far scientists have only ac

44、quired _ understanding of the physical processes that cause earthquakes. A、a partial B、a changeable C、an original D、an individual【正確答案】A第25題【單選題】【填句補(bǔ)文】Scientists have learned that the sense of pain is made up of both chemical and electrical signals. _. Scientists also have learned that the nervous s

45、ystem sends two different kinds-of pain messages to the brain: one very fast, the other slow. A、It tells us not to use the injured part until it heals. B、These signals travel from nerve cells in the injured area, up the spinal cord（脊髓）to the brain, and back down again. C、The first message is the war

46、ning signal. D、The other message moves at a speed of only one meter a second.【正確答案】B【答案解析】第一句講的是疼痛的感覺是由兩種信號signals 組成的，所以緊接著就提到兩種信號的傳播路線。B項(xiàng)恰恰照應(yīng)了首句意思。第26題【單選題】【閱讀選擇】The system has several advantages. Shepherds do not have to walk among the sheep, which tends to disturb the mother sheep that are about

47、 to give birth. Instead, they can stay inside, watching by remote control. If there is no problem, they stay away from the sheep. But when they are needed they can quickly go out to help, or to scare away foxes. The experiment is popular with shepherds because it means that they do not have to spend

48、 all their time outdoors waiting for the lambs to arrive in freezing weather.From the passage, we learn that walking among the sheep _. A、is more popular with shepherds than watching TV inside B、can help the mother sheep to give birth to more lambs C、is the best way to protect the sheep D、usually di

49、sturbs the mother sheep that will give birth【正確答案】D【答案解析】根據(jù)本段第二句話Shepherds do not have to walk among the sheep, which tends to disturb the mother sheep that are about to give birth.可知D項(xiàng)正確。第27題【單選題】【2009.10】The room was quiet, _ the occasional coughing from my throat. A、in case B、except for C、by far

50、D、instead of【正確答案】B【答案解析】本題考查介詞短語意義區(qū)分?！咀g文】 這個(gè)房間很安靜，除了偶爾從我喉嚨里發(fā)出的咳嗽聲以外。 A 以免、以防萬一 B 除了以外 C 到目前為止 D 代替、而不是第28題【單選題】【填句補(bǔ)文】Rough estimates in the past have predicted similarly disappointing results. _ Says Sallie Chishol, an environmental engineer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But the t

51、ake-home message is the same. Ocean fertilization is not the answer to global warming. A、These are newer and better models, B、Its opponents argue, however, that it will stop global warming. C、Adding iron to patches of ocean can make plankton bloom temporarily. D、As plankton die and settle on the oce

52、an floor, their carbon is supposedly locked up in the seabed.【正確答案】A【答案解析】這個(gè)問題可以根據(jù)引號來作答，因?yàn)榭崭窈竺嬗小皊ays”這個(gè)詞，它預(yù)示著所填入的句子應(yīng)該是帶引號的。A的意思是：這些是比較新的也是比較好的模型。第29題【單選題】【2009.04】When you _ know Bob better, you will like him. A、go to B、got to C、went to D、get to【正確答案】D【答案解析】譯文：當(dāng)你更加了解鮑勃時(shí)，你將會喜歡他的。試題分析：本題考查主將從現(xiàn)。詳細(xì)解答：根據(jù)

53、主將從現(xiàn)的原則，主句用了一般將來時(shí)，時(shí)間狀語從句中用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)表示將來。 第30題【單選題】【閱讀選擇】On the other hand, on the moon there will be an attraction between the butter and the moon; but the butter will weigh only about one-sixth as much as it does on the earth. This is because the moon is so much smaller than the earth. The amount of gr

54、avitational pull that a body produces depends on the amount of material in it. A packet of butter has a gravitational pull of its own; but this is very small in relation to the pull of something as large as the moon, or the earth, or the sun.We do not feel the gravitational pull of a packet of butte

55、r because A、it is too small to have a gravitational pull of its own. B、its pull is so small that we tend to ignore it. C、its pull disappears in the presence of the earths gravitation. D、it tends to melt and loses its gravitational pull.【正確答案】B【答案解析】本題定位詞是not feelpacket of butter，找到原文中A packet of but

56、ter has a gravitational pull of its own; but this is very small in relation to the pull of something as large as the moon, or the earth, or the sun.所以答案是B。C項(xiàng)錯在disappear。第31題【單選題】【閱讀選擇】Who was this man? How and when had he died? Everybody had a different answer to these questionsSome people thought t

57、hat it was from this century, perhaps the body of a soldier who died in World War I, since several soldiers had already been found in the areaA Swiss woman believed it might be her father, who had died in those mountains twenty years before and whose body had never been foundThe scientists who rushe

58、d to look at the body thought it was probably much older, maybe even a thousand years oldAll the followings are assumptions once made about the Iceman EXCEPT_ A、he was a soldier in World War I B、he was a Swiss womans long-lost father C、he was born about a thousand years ago D、he came from Italy【正確答案

59、】D【答案解析】解題步驟：四個(gè)選項(xiàng)逐個(gè)回到原文對應(yīng)位置，確認(rèn)是否正確。第32題【單選題】【2008.10】It took a few seconds for her eyes to _ to the darkness. A、allocate B、adopt C、apply D、adjust【正確答案】D【答案解析】本題考查動詞詞義辨析?！咀g文】她花了幾秒鐘時(shí)間使眼睛適應(yīng)黑暗?！驹敿?xì)解答】A 分配，撥出 B 收養(yǎng)，過繼 C 應(yīng)用，申請 D 調(diào)整，使適合第33題【單選題】【2009.04】If payment is not received, legal action will be our on

60、ly_. A、aggression B、advantage C、alternative D、ambition【正確答案】C【答案解析】本題考查詞義選擇。譯文：如果我們收不到付款，那就只好訴諸法律了。A 挑釁、侵犯；B 優(yōu)勢、優(yōu)點(diǎn)；C 選擇、取舍；D 野心、抱負(fù)。第34題【單選題】【閱讀選擇】In a special report on cancer and blacks, the organization said blacks are usually diagnosed with cancer later than whites, and they are more likely to di