1、精品自學(xué)考試資料推薦全國 2018 年 4 月高等教育自學(xué)考試英語閱讀 (一 )試題課程代碼： 00595PART ONE(70 POINTS) .TEXT COMPREHENSIONThe following comprehension questions are based on the texts you have learned, and each of them is provided with 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the best answer toeach question and write the correspondin

2、g letter on the ANSWER SHEET.(20 points ,1 point each)1.“ With that chain on his watch ,Jim might loot at the time in any company.”The underlined partin this sentence from Gifts of the Magi means _.A. in the presence of any personB. while working in a firmC. when interviewed by a corporationD. doing

3、 any business2.According to The Wife of Baths Tale, what women want most is _.A. jewels and moneyB. happinessC. fine clothesD. leadership in the family3.In The Fisherman and His Wife , the Fisherman was _ when his wife wished for one thingafter another.A. tolerant but not pleasedB. bewildered but no

4、t madC. anguished but not rebelliousD. furious but not daring4.In Little Match Girl, when her little hands were almost benumbed with cold, the little match girl_.A. thought of the kindness of her grandmotherB. thought of the pleasant smell of the roast gooseC. went home but received a beating from h

5、er fatherD. rubbed the match against the wall and warmed her hands5.The title of the storyA Days Wait most probably means that the boy _.A. had been waiting all day to dieB. had waited a wholeday for his father to come backC. had been waiting all day to recover from his illnessD. had waited a whole

6、day before the drugs took effect6.According to Bringing up Children ,“ upbringing ” and “ education” are _.A. merely two different terms for the same processB. the same term for the different processes1精品自學(xué)考試資料推薦C. two utterly different but closely related processes because children are involved in

7、different environmentsD. interdependent because both parents and teachers are responsible for the opportunities provided for childrens development7.The National Gallery in London overlooks _.A. ParliamentB. Trafalgar SquareC. the National Gallery of British ArtD. the National Portrait Gallery8.Accor

8、ding to How to Live like a Millionaire, most millionaires measure success by _.A. incomeB. consumptionC. investmentD.net worth9.Based on the passage United Nations , which of the following statements is NOT true?_.A. The U.N. has the right to intervene in the member states internal affairs.B. All th

9、e member states, big or small, have the same rights and obligations.C. The day that United Nations came into existence is United Nations Day.D. Armed forces should not be used except in protecting the common interest.10.According to Universities and Polytechnics, London University is similar to Oxfo

10、rd and Cambridge in that _.A. they all consist of many constituent collegesB. they were all founded in the 13th centuryC. students all live outside the campusD. they set up a different pattern of university life11.“Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can

11、stand up tohim, all Europe may be free. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, will sink into a Dark Age. ” This quotation comes from the famous speech of _ during theSecond World War.A. Queen VictoriaB. George V.C. Lloyd GeorgeD. Winston Churchill12.The information from

12、What Body Language Can Tell You That Words Cannot best supports which of the following statements?A. It is never too late to learn something new.B. Action speaks louder than words.C. Wisdom is born of experience.D. It is easier to preach than to practice.13.Through the examples given in Nonverbal Co

13、mmunication , the writer tries to tell us that _.A. the nonverbal behavior of animals is instinctive, but it is not the case with humans B. animals have more elaborate nonverbal behavior than humans2精品自學(xué)考試資料推薦C. nonverbal communication exists in both humans and animals naturallyD. humans might imita

14、te each others nonverbal behavior whereas animals are entirely inborn 14.The story The Girls in Their Summer Dresses deals with the subject of _.A. the individuals lifestyle and outlookB. a persons imaginationC. the fashion of a certain periodD. the tradition of a society15.In The Constitution of th

15、e United States , _is considered a great turning point in Americanhistory.A. the revolt against British ruleB. the Constitutional ConventionC. the establishment of legislature in each colonyD. the aid of France through independence16.In Lady in the Dark , which of the following words best describes

16、Mrs. Courtenays behavior in the face of danger?A. Irritable.B. Scared.C. Calm.D. Watchful.17.Accordingto Helen Keller in Three Days to See, which of the followingstatements is NOTtrue?A. Darkness would make people more appreciative of sight.B. Silence would teach people the joys of sound.C. It would

17、 be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow.D. Court records reveal every day how accurately“ eyewitnesses” see.18.At the end of the story by Jerome K. Jerome, getting up too early had been a _to George.A. routineB. necessityC. warningD. pleasure19.According to some official

18、records, the earliest Olympic Games took place _.A. in the seventh century A.D.B. before 700 B.C.C. over three thousand years agoD. a thousand years ago20.Which of the following novels is NOT written by Charlotte Bront?A. Pride and PrejudiceB. The ProfessorC. Jane EyreD. Shirley .READING COMPREHENSI

19、ONIn this part there are 4 reading passages followed by 20 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. You should decide onthe best answer or the best choice to complete the statement and write the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points,

20、2 points each)3精品自學(xué)考試資料推薦Passage 1There are two basic differences between the large and the small enterprises. In the small enterprise you operate primarily through personal contacts. In the large enterprise you have established“ policies, ”“ channels” of organization, and fairly rigid procedures. I

21、n the small enterprise youhave, moreover, immediate effectiveness in a very small area. You can see the effect of your work and of your decisions right away, once you are a little above the ground floor. In the large enterprise even the man at the top is only part of a big machine. To be sure, his a

22、ctions affect a much greater area than the actions and decisions of the man in the small organization, but his effectiveness is remote, indirect, and difficult to see at first sight. In a small and even in a middle-sized business you are normally exposed to all kinds of experiences, and expected to

23、do a great many things without too much help or guidance. In the large organization you are normally taught one thing thoroughly. In the small one the danger is of becoming a jack-of-all-trades and master of none. In the large one it is of becoming the man who knows more and more about less and less

24、.There is one other important thing to consider: do you get a deep sense of satisfaction from beinga member of a well-knownorganization-GeneralMotors,the BellTelephone System, thegovernment? Or is it more important to you to be a well-known and important figure within yourown small pond? There is a

25、basic difference between the satisfaction that comes from being amember of a large, powerful, and generally known organization, and the one that comes frombeing a member of a family;between impersonal grandeur and personal often much toopersonal intimacy; between life in a small office on the top fl

26、oor of a skyscraper and life in acrossroads gas station.21.It can be inferred from the first paragraph that in a large enterprise _.A. new technology is employed quicklyB. all people work efficientlyC. ones effectiveness is felt very slowlyD. one can get promotion easily22.Generally speaking, the pe

27、rson working in a large enterprise _.A. has to deal with a great many thingsB. knows how everything is going on around himC. acquires increasingly thorough knowledge within a limited field D. feels more secure than the one employed by a small enterprise23.In the second paragraph, the writer mentions

28、“ your own small pond ” to refer to _.A. a top leader in a larger enterpriseB. a manager of a small enterpriseC. a large enterpriseD. a small enterprise4精品自學(xué)考試資料推薦24.According to the information provided in the passage, if you are interested in personal intimacy, you should work _.A. for General Mot

29、orsB. for the Bell Telephone SystemC. in a department in the governmentD. in a crossroads gas station25.The writer of this passage _.A. compares the large and the small enterprises objectivelyB. obviously prefers to work for a large enterpriseC. intends to show the advantages of working in a small b

30、usinessD. explains the disadvantages of being a top leader in a large business Passage 2In the old days, when a glimpse of stockings was looked upon as something far too shocking to distract the serious work of an office, secretaries were men.Then came the First World War and the male secretaries we

31、re replaced by women. A mans secretary became his personal servant ,charged with remembering his wifes birthday and buying her presents; taking his suits to dry-cleaners; telling lies on the telephone to keep people he did not wish to speak to at bay; and of course, typing and filing and taking shor

32、thand.Now all this may be changing again .The microchip ( 集成塊 ) and high technology is sweeping the British office, taking with it much better of the routine clerical work that secretaries did.“ Once office technology takes over generally, the status of the job will rise again because it will involv

33、e only the high-powered work and then men will want to do it again. ”That was said by one of the executives(male) of one of the biggest secretarial agencies in this country.What he has predicted is already under way in the U.S.Once high technology has made the job of secretary less routine, will the

34、re be a male takeover? Men should beware of thinking that they can walk right into better jobs. There are a lot of women secretaries who will do the job as well as they not just because they can buy negligees(婦女長睡衣 ) for the bosss wife, but because they are as efficient and well-trained to cope with

35、 word processors and computers as men.26.Before 1914 female secretaries were rare because they _.A. were less efficient than menB. were not as serious as menC. liked stockings5精品自學(xué)考試資料推薦D. would have disturbed other office workers27.Besides fulfilling other duties, a female secretary was expected to

36、 _.A. be her bosss memoryB. clean her bosss clothesC. do what her boss asked her toD. telephone her bosss wife28.Secrtaries,until recently, had to do a lot of work now done by _.A. machinesB. other staffC. servantsD. wives29.A secretary in the future will _.A. be better paidB. have higher statusC. h

37、ave less work to doD. have more work to do30.The writer believes that before long _.A. both men and women will be qualified secretariesB. men will be better than machinesC. men will take over womens jobs as secretariesD. women will operate most office machinesPassage 3Clutter is the disease of Ameri

38、can writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon.Who really knows what the average businessman is trying to say in the average business letter? What member of an insurance or medical plan can decipher the brochure that tells

39、 him what his costs and benefits are? What father or mother can put together a childs toy on Christmas Eve or any other eve from the instructions on the box? Our national tendency is to inflate and thereby sound important. The airline pilot who wakes us to announce that he is presently anticipating

40、experiencing considerable weather wouldnt dream of saying that theres a storm ahead and it may get bumpy. The sentence is too simple there must be something wrong with it.But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every word that serves no function, every l

41、ong word that could be a short word, every adverb winch carries the same meaning that is already in the verb, every passive construction that leaves the reader unsure of who is doing what these are the thousand and one adulterants ( 贅詞 )that weaken the strength of a sentence. And they usually occur,

42、 ironically, in proportion to education and rank.During the late 1960s the president of Princeton University wrote a letter to mollify the alumni6精品自學(xué)考試資料推薦after a spell of campus unrest. “ You are probably aware,” he began,“ that we have been experiencing very considerable potentially explosive exp

43、ressions of dissatisfaction on issues only partially related. ” He meant that the students had been hassling them about different things. As an alumnus I was far more upset by the presidents syntax than by the students potentially explosive expression of dissatisfaction. I would have preferred the p

44、residential approach taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt when he tried to convert into English his own governments memos, such as this blackout order of 1942:Such preparations shall be made as will completely obscure all Federal buildings and non-Federal buildings occupied by the Federal government durin

45、g an air raid for any period of time from visibility by reasons of internal or external illumination.“ Tell them, ” Roosevelt said,“ that in buildings where they have to keep the work going to putsomething across the windows. ”31.What is the authors main purpose in writing the passage?A. To show the

46、 intellectual level of most Americans.B. To criticize wordy writing.C. To inform readers of the American writing style.D. To describe the best way of communication.32.The reason why the author quotes Roosevelt is to _.A. provide evidence for the government documentB. reveal the hidden power of words

47、C. give an example of the authoritys role during the crisisD. show how simply the blackout order could have been stated33.According to the passage, the airline pilot avoids using the word “storm”because the word_.A. may frighten the passengersB. is ambiguousC. is too ordinary.D. sounds important34.T

48、he author gives the example of the president of Princeton in order to show that_.A. educated people usually communicate clearlyB. educated people tend to act like leadersC. simplicity is something easily forgotten by leaders or educated people D. simplicity is not suitable for the style of leaders o

49、r educated people 35.Which of the following words is NOT negatively slanted?A. ClutterB. JargonC. DecipherD. BrochurePassage 47精品自學(xué)考試資料推薦When I first considered becoming a college professor, tenure was not an attraction or even an issue. I was drawn to the profession by the work and the environment.

50、 Even after earning a Ph.D., spending time working in Washington D.C., and finally getting my first teaching job in public administration, I was not particularly concerned with tenure. I now work at a regional institutionthat requires an attainable balance between teaching, research, and service. I

51、have always been a hard worker and see no reason to stop.But my vision of tenure has changed, I do not want to always by the same kind of professor I am now. Now, I am working on articles, course preparations, learning the details of the curriculum so I can advise students, and building institutiona

52、l knowledge by serving on university committees.Today, my productivity is high and I focus on “ collecting beans, ” tomorrow, I would like to focus on quality.Whether tenure can give me the opportunity to focus on quality is questionable, but the idea of longevity is a concept that seems to have bro

53、ad acceptance in most professions. My friends who became lawyers and accountants spend their time talking about becoming partners; medical doctors talk about establishing a practice; civil servants are protected by the merit system. The professionals in these fields serve a probationary period( 試用期

54、) and demonstrate competence to attain a certain level of freedom in their fields. After that, we expect that their professionalism can be used to serve society.Are college professors and universities different from lawyers, law firms, and the American Bar Association or doctors, practices, and the American Medical Association? The answer is both yes and no. Rarely does one hear about a professor being brought to court for malpractice. Still, the college professors I know work long hours, serve arduous, poorly-paid probationary periods, are dedicated to their students and their fie