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全国2016年10月高等教育自学考试
英语（二）试题
课程代码：00015
第一部分：阅读判断（共10分）
下面的短文列出了10个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断
Being"Cool"inMiddleSchoolAnewstudyshowsthatgentleandquietkidsinmiddleschoolwillgrowuptorule.Or,atleast,they'lllivehealthierandmoreproductivelivesthanthe"cool"kidswill.Thestudylookedat13-year-oldswhoactedoldfortheiragebyhaving"cool"behavior,suchasearlyromanticrelationships.Theywereseenas"cool"andpopularkids.Butastheygrewup,thingschanged.Thestudyfoundthatthesekidstendedtohaveproblemswithdrugsandrelationshipsbytheirearly20s.Theirbehaviorwasnolongerlinkedwithpopularity.Instead,theywerethoughttobelesssociallyskilledbytheirpeers.Besides,theaverage"cool"kids,byage22,didmorepoorlythantheaveragekidsinthestudy.Theyhada45percentgreaterrateofproblemsduetodrugsandalcohol.Theyalsohada22percentgreaterrateofcriminalbehavior.Thestudyalsofoundthatthesekidsfailedtodevelopimportantlifeskills.Theyspentsomuchtimetryingtoseemcool.Theydidn'tdeveloptheskillsneededformeaningfulfriendships.
Thestudyfollowed86maleand98femalemiddleschoolstudentsfora10-yearperiod.Ithassomesurprisingfindings.Inparticular,thestudynotesthattheso-called"cool"behaviorisapredictor（预示）offutureproblemswithdrugsandalcohol.Infact,itisabetterpredictorthandrugandalcoholuseinmiddleschool.However,oneconclusionofthestudyiswelcome.Researcherssaidthatparentsshouldn'tworrytoomuchiftheirkidsdon'tseemthatpopular.IfakidpreferstospendSaturdaynightsathomewatchingamovieorreadinginsteadofgoingoutwithfriends,thatisnotacauseforconcern.Many"uncool"kids,theysaid,domuchbetterlateronthanthepopularkidsdo.
1．Gentlekidsarelesshealthywhentheygrowup.
A．True
B．False
C．NotGiven
【答案】B
2．"Cool"kidstrytoimitateadultbehavior.
【答案】A
【解析】Thestudylookedat13-year-oldswhoactedoldfortheiragebyhaving"cool"behavior,suchasearlyromanticrelationships.Theywereseenas"cool"andpopularkids.可知答案为A。
3．Romanticrelationshipsseemcooltosometeenagers.
4．"Uncool"kidsaremorelikelytocommitcrimes.
【解析】Theyhada45percentgreaterrateofproblemsduetodrugsandalcohol.Theyalsohada22percentgreaterrateofcriminalbehavior，选B。
5．"Cool"kidshavebetterlifeskillsthan"uncool"kids.
【解析】Instead,theywerethoughttobelesssociallyskilledbytheirpeers.Besides,theaverage"cool"kids,byage22,didmorepoorlythantheaveragekidsinthestudy.表明所谓的"cool"kids在生活技能和学习研究上都比其他人差，选B。
6．"Uncool"kidsspendmostoftheirtimestudying.
【答案】C
7．Thestudyfollowedthestudentsforadecade.
【解析】第二段第一句“Thestudyfollowed86maleand98femalemiddleschoolstudentsfora10-yearperiod.”表现这项研究持续了10年，选A。
8．"Cool"kidsmarryearlierthan"uncool"kids.
9．Parentsneedn'tworryiftheirkidsare"uncool".
【解析】Researcherssaidthatparentsshouldn'tworrytoomuchiftheirkidsdon'tseemthatpopular.表明父母并不因这些孩子的因为而感到着急，选A。
10．"Cool"kidsremainpopularalltheirlives.
第二部分：阅读选择（每题2分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，请选出1个最佳选项。
Itisestimatedthattherearemorethan8millionrestaurantsintheworldtoday.Soitmightsurpriseyoutolearnthatrestaurantsasweknowhaveonlyexistedforafewcenturies.Before1765,therewerenorestaurants.Therewasnowhereinwhichaserverbroughtyoufoodanddrinkthatyouchosefromamenu.Infact,therewasnomenusanywhere.Therewereplaceswheretravelerscouldeatcenturiesbeforethat.Thecountrysidewasfullofinnsthatwouldservefood.Andtherewerebarswhereonecouldgetadrink.Therichcouldalsoeatmealssuppliedbyprivatecooks.Buttherewasnothingthatcouldbecalleda"restaurant".
AFrenchmanchangedthat.In1765,heopenedaplaceinParisthatsoldsoups.Onhissign,heusedtheterm"restaurant"todescribewhathewasselling.Soupswereconsidered"restorative",sohecalledthem"restaurants".Finally,peoplestartedbuyinghissoupsevenwhennotill.Andastimewenton,peoplebegantousetheterm"restaurant"torefertotheplacewheresoupwassoldratherthanthesoupitself.More"restaurants"openedupinFrance,andpeoplebegantobuysoupsmoreregularly.Then,restaurantsinParisbegantoservefoodotherthansoups.Inthe1780s,menusstartedtoappear.Bythe1800s,thereweremanytypesofrestaurants,andtherestaurantconceptwasspreadthroughouttheBritishEmpire.Aslowstartgavewaytorapidgrowth.Citiesandtownsaroundtheworldarefilledwithrestaurantstoday.Itisestimatedthatthereare1.6millionrestaurantsinEurope.InAmerica,therearenearlyahalfmillionrestaurants.Today,dinershavemillionsofchoices.
11．Before1765,travelerscouldhavemealsata(n)_____.
A．bar
B．inn
C．restaurant
D．centeen
【解析】由第二段第一句“Therewereplaceswheretravelerscouldeatcenturiesbeforethat.Thecountrysidewasfullofinnsthatwouldservefood.”可知答案为B。
12．Thefirst"restaurant"onlyserved_____.
A．soups
B．desserts
C．drinks
D．fruits
【解析】有第二段最后一句Buttherewasnothingthatcouldbecalleda"restaurant".和第三段AFrenchmanchangedthat.In1765,heopenedaplaceinParisthatsoldsoups.表明一位法国人开了第一间餐馆买汤。答案为A。
13．Theword"restorative"(Line3,Para.3)mostprobablymeans_____.
A．havingaspecialflavor
B．makingyouhappier
C．havingapleasantsmell
D．makingyouheathier
【答案】D
【解析】restorative表示滋补的，可恢复健康的。若不知其意，由Soupswereconsidered"restorative",sohecalledthem"restaurants".Finally,peoplestartedbuyinghissoupsevenwhennotill.这一句中最后“即使当没有生病的时候”也可以说明当时汤被认为是健康的，
选D。
14．Therestaurantconceptstartedin_____.
A．America
B．Britain
C．Germany
D．France
【解析】Then,restaurantsinParisbegantoservefoodotherthansoups.Inthe1780s,menusstartedtoappear.在18世纪80年代，菜单出现了，是在巴黎的餐馆。答案选D。
15．Thebesttitleforthistextis_____.
A．DefinitionofRestaurant
B．ImportanceofRestaurant
C．OriginofRestaurant
D．TypesofRestaurant
第三部分：概括段落大意和补全句子（每题1分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，请完成短文后的2项测试任务：（1）从第16～19题后所给的5个选项中为第1～4段每段选择1个正确的段落大意；（2）从第20～25题后所给的7个选项中选择6个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。
HowtoProtecttheArtofPublicSpeakingIfyouwanttobecomethetypeofspeakeryou'vealwayswantedtobe,readthefollowingsuggestions.
1．Youcan'tgofromanervousspeakertoastarspeakerovernight.Youshouldn'texpectto.Giveyourselftimetogetusedtoalargeaudience.Startwithsmallergroupsandgetasmuchfeedbackasyoucan.Keeponpracticinganddevelopingyourskills.
2．Befamiliarwithyourspeechmaterials.Thatdoesn'tmeanmemorizingyourspeech,whichcanlackenthusiasmandnaturalness.Knowyourkeytalkingpoints,supportingdetailsandwaystomovefromonepointtothenext.
3．Positiveenergycanbepassed.Ifyou'reexcitedandenthusiastic,youraudiencewillbe,too.You'llbesurprisedatthepositivecyclethatcreates:Anenthusiasticaudiencecanaddevenmoreenergytoyou.Usehandgestures.Whenappropriate,smile,smile,smile.
4．Findfriendly,interestedfacesintheaudienceandspeaktothem.Lookintotheireyes.Ithelpspreventyoufromstaringoffintothedistanceorreadingfromnotes.Italsohelpsmakeyoufeellikeyouaretalkinginaconversationratherthanspeakingtoagroup.
5．Whenyoulookgreat,youfeelgreat.Thatmakesyouconfident.Lookinggreatdoesn'tmeanwearingnewclothes.Itmeanswearingclothesandshoesyoufeelcomfortableandappropriatetothesetting.Youcan'tgowrongwithbusinesssuit.Simpleisfine,butyoushouldlookcleanfromheadtotoe.
16．Paragraph1_____
A．Beenthusiastic
B．Knowyourmaterials
C．Makeeyecontact
D．Knowyouraudience
E．Improvegradually
F．Dressappropriately
【答案】E
【解析】由Keeponpracticinganddevelopingyourskills.可知要持续锻炼和提高技能，选E。
17．Paragraph2_____
【解析】由第一句Befamiliarwithyourspeechmaterials.可知答案选B。‘’
18．Paragraph3_____
【解析】由Ifyou'reexcitedandenthusiastic,youraudiencewillbe,too.可知答案选A。
19．Paragraph4_____
【解析】由Lookintotheireyes.Ithelpspreventyoufromstaringoffintothedistanceorreadingfromnotes.可是答案选C。
20．Paragraph5_____.
【答案】F
【解析】由Lookinggreatdoesn'tmeanwearingnewclothes.Itmeanswearingclothesandshoesyoufeelcomfortableandappropriatetothesetting.可知答案为F。
21．Feedbackhelpsspeakers_____.
A．lackofenthusiasm
B．makeyoulookgreat
C．apositiveatmosphere
D．improvetheirspeakingskills
E．stopyoufromreadingyournotes
F．becomeagoodlistener
【解析】由第一段Startwithsmallergroupsandgetasmuchfeedbackasyoucan.Keeponpracticinganddevelopingyourskills.可知答案选D。
22．Memorizingmaterialsmayleadto_____.
【解析】由Thatdoesn'tmeanmemorizingyourspeech,whichcanlackenthusiasmandnaturalness.可知答案选A。
23．Handgesturesandsmileshelpcreate_____.
【解析】第3段Usehandgestures.Whenappropriate,smile,smile,smile.前面Anenthusiasticaudiencecanaddevenmoreenergytoyou.表明答案选C。
24．Lookingintotheeyesoftheaudiencehelps_____.
【解析】由第4段Lookintotheireyes.Ithelpspreventyoufromstaringoffintothedistanceorreadingfromnotes.可知答案选E。
25．Wearingrightclothesmay_____.
【解析】由最后一段Lookinggreatdoesn'tmeanwearingnewclothes.Itmeanswearingclothesandshoesyoufeelcomfortableandappropriatetothesetting.可知答案选B。
第四部分：填句补文（每题2分，共10分）
RemainingActiveOurbodyisanamazingobject,（26）_____Ifyouareinactivemostofthetime,yourbodywillquicklybecometiredwhenitshouldbeactive.Butifyouareveryactive,yourbodywillgetusedtothehardwork,andtheworkwillbecomeeasierforyoutodo.Physicalactivitycanhelppeopleremainactiveandstayhealthy.（27）_____Italsohelpspeoplesleepbetter.Thisiswhyactivestudentdon'tcomplainaboutbeingtired.Theyhaveagoodnight'ssleepandhavetheenergytostudyhardandhavefuneveryday.Physicalactivityalsomakespeoplelookandfeelgood.Activityburnsmorecalories（卡路里）thanjustsitting.（28）_____Inaddition,regularexercisecanmakeyourmusclesandbonesstronger.
Therearemanyfactorstolookatwhenyouselectanewphysicalactivity.Themostimportantistochoosesomethingyouenjoy.Ifyoulikejumpingrope,thatistheactivityyoushoulddo.（29）_____Infact,twodaysofbasketball,threedaysofswimming,andtwodaysofbicyclingcanbemorefunthanjoggingeveryday.（30）_____Someskillswillimprovewithpracticewhileothersmayalwaysbedifficultforyou.Ifyouenjoyanactivity,feelfreetodoit.Noonecareswhetheryoucandoitwellornot,andyoudon'tneedtocareaboutiteither.Whateveractivityyouchoose,remainactive.Itcanmakeyouphysicallyfitandhealthyforlife.
26．_____
A．Butyoudon'thavetodothesamethingeveryday.
B．Differentactivitiesneeddifferentskills.
C．Youmayprefertoparticipateinteamactivities.
D．Ithelpsthebodyfightoffillness.
E．Themoreyouaskofit,themoreitcando.
F．Itisveryimportanttokeepahealthyweight.
【解析】“inactive”松弛的。26后面用了两个if形成了本段的比较，所以26题的一句话也应该涉及两种。选E。
27．_____
【解析】由27题后面“Itcanslso…”可知答案选D。
28．_____
【解析】本段讲到了运动和身体的为问题，F选项符合。
29．_____
【解析】后面提到了做很多种项目会比每天慢跑更有趣味可知30题内容应该和运动种类有关，故选A。
30．_____
【解析】后面“Someskillswillimprove…”可知答案选B
第五部分：填词补文（每题1.5分，共15分）
PositiveAttitudetowardsFailureIclearlyrememberaperiodduringwhichIfeltlikeafailure.ButwhatI（31）_____learnedwasthatfailingatonethingisnotfailingatallthings.And,infact,failureisa（32）_____partofgrowth.Lifeisfilledwithtrialand（33）_____.Inordertowalkthepathto（34）_____,youneedtomakesome（35）_____turnsalongtheway.WhatIlearnedwasto"failforward",to（36）_____eachmistaketomakemyselfbetter.Oneofthe（37）_____problemspeoplehavewithfailureisthattheyaretooquicktojudgeisolated（38）_____intheirlivesandlabelthemasfailures.（39）_____,theyneedtokeepthebiggerpictureinmind.Asuccessfulbaseballplayerdoesn't（40）_____atamistakehemakesandthinkoffailure.Heseesitwithinthecontextofthebiggerpicture.
31．_____
A．error
B．use
C．eventually
D．graceful
E．necessary
F．situations
G．Firstly
H．wrong
I．Instead
J．success
K．greatest
L．look
【解析】eventually，最终。但是我最终认识到了一件事情的失败不意味着每件事情的失败。这里面只有C放里面语义相通。
32．_____
【解析】事实上，失败也是成长中_____的一部分。由语义构成看，necessary必要的，必需的更符合语义。
33．_____
【解析】生活充满了磨难与_____。这些选项中唯有error错误可以语义相符，选A。
34．_____
【答案】J
【解析】为了走向_____的道路，词句填success更符合语义，选J。
35．_____
【答案】H
【解析】由后面“failforward”可知这里选H。
36．_____
【解析】这里根据句义结构应该选填一个动词，故在B、L中选择。显然B.use填入更符合语义，选B。
37．_____
【答案】K
【解析】Oneofthegreatestproblems，最大的问题之一，选K。
38．_____
【解析】根据句意，F为最合适的选项。isolatedsituation孤立的情况。
39．_____
【答案】I
【解析】选项中只有G、I两个选项可以做句首。若用G，则后面需要继续有排序，但是后面并没有，故选I。
40．_____
【答案】L
【解析】一个成功的棒球运动员不会视一次他犯过的错误就想到失败。答案选L。
第六部分：完形补文（第41～50题，每题1.5分，共15分）
Self-reliance（自立）Everyonehasheard(hear)theword"self-reliance".Emersonwrotea（41）_____(fame)essayaboutit.Hefeltthatpeopleshouldtrustintheirown（42）_____(able).Theyshouldthinkandactforthemselves.Likemanysuch（43）_____(term),thisonehadnorealmeaningformeuntilitwas（44）_____(demonstrate)tomeinreallife.
LastyearImetablindgirl（45）_____(name)Gail.Shewas（46）_____(extreme)slenderandweak,butshealwaysinsistedon（47）_____(find)herwayaroundtheschoolbyherself.Whenshe（48）_____(sit)inaroomwithseveralofus,therewassometimesa(n)（49）_____(easy)silence,becausewethoughtshemightresentouractingtoocheerfulandthoughtlessinher（50）_____(present).Onsuchoccasions,shewouldsaysomethingcasualorshowushowfastshecouldwrite.Sheneveraskedforanyone'spity.Shetrulyreliedonherself.
41．_____
【答案】famous
【解析】a_____essay中应填入形容词，famous。
42．_____
【答案】ability
【解析】这里应填入名词，ability。
43．_____
【答案】terms
【解析】前有many填复数，terms。
44．_____
【答案】demonstrated
【解析】bedemonstrated表被动。
45．_____
【答案】named
【解析】named叫做表被动。
46．_____
【答案】extremely
【解析】这里应填入副词，extremely。
47．_____
【答案】finding
【解析】insistondoing，坚持做，填finding.
48．_____
【答案】sat
【解析】后面therewas表明词句语境是过去时，填sat。
49．_____
【答案】uneasy
【解析】resent表示怨恨。我们认识她可能会怨恨我们表演太开心且忽视了她在现场，可知她很难保持沉默，故填uneasy。
50．_____
【答案】presence
【解析】从句中判断此处填名词的含义是现场，存在，故填presence。
第七部分：短文写作（第51题，30分）
请根据所提供材料中的要求完成一篇100词左右的英文写作任务。
51．某英文报社正在举办题为“WatchingMoviesatHomeorinaCinema”的征文活动。请就此题目写一篇英文短文应征，内容包括：
（1）你喜欢在家还是在电影院看电影。
（2）理由是什么。
【答案】WiththedevelopmentofTheTimes,ourlifeisgettingbetterandbetter,butalsomoreandmorequickly,watchingmoviesisanamazingactivitytorelaxformanypeoplenowadays.Afterahard-workingday,whatcanbemoresatisfyingthanwatchingfilmsandconcentratingwithamusementontheplotsInthecinemamanybenefits,thefirstalargerscreen,stereoequipment,audio-visualeffectsgreatcanbetterappreciatethemovie,isalsoakindofhappy
experience.Thesecondmanypeoplesittinginamovieveryenjoytogetherhaveatmosphere.Thethirdcansupportfilmcareer.
Watchingmoviesathomealsohasalotofadvantages,thefirstgoodmoviecategoriesmany.Thesecondwaytosavetime,candomorethings.Thethirdeconomiccheap,canandfamilytogethergotothemovie.Ilikeseeingfilms,too.AlthoughIhavemanyfilmDVDsathome,Istillpreferwatchingfilmsatcinemas.Oneofthebiggestfactorsthatmakemefeellike
watchingfilmsatcinemasisthebiggerscreenandrealersoundIcanenjoythere.AsecondfactorthatmakesmeattachedtocinemasisthatIcantakethisasanopportunitytogooutandgetoutoftheconfineofmyhouse.Inmyopinion,inthecinemaathomethanseeamovie.
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