4月全国自考英语（二）真题一、Vocabulary and Structure（10 points,1 point for each item）从下列各句四个选项中选出一种最佳答案，并在答题卡上将对应旳字母涂黑1. Experts have found that normal sleep can be divided into five______stages.A. moderateB. initialC. distinctD. advanced答案：C2. The student_____described the beautiful mountains and rivers in his home town.A. artificiallyB. vividlyC. criticallyD. viciously答案：B3. What her grandfather said left a_____impression on her mind.She still remembersit.A. finalB. vagueC. deepD. main答案：C4. By the end of next year the bridge _____.A. is to completeB. has been completedC. will be completingD. will have been completed答案：D5. We have greatly _____the procedure according to the chairmans suggestion.A. stimulatedB. perceivedC. obscuredD. simplified答案：D6. We should_____this in mind:Dont judge a person by his appearance.A. bearB. putC. placeD. print答案：A7. Even after decades of _____，the two brothers recognized each otherimmediately.A. separationB. cooperationC. correspondenceD. communication答案：A8. The spokesman occasionally_____his speech with gestures.A. acknowledgesB. accompaniesC. attributesD. anticipates答案：B9. In order to follow fashions，the girl has to_____great discomforts.A. catch up withB. put up withC. keep up withD. fall in with答案：B10. There is something wrong with my mobile phone.I must have it_____.A. repairB. to repairC. repairingD. repaired答案：D二、Cloze Test（10 points,1 point for each item）下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。
根据上下文规定选出最佳答案，并在答题纸上将对应旳字母涂黑1. If you asked people what the most important invention has been,many would saythe printing press.Others 1 say the wheel.But even though it’s 2 whether theappearance of the printing press affected the course of history more than thewheel，the printing press 3 within the top two or three inventions in history. 4 the telephone，the television,the radio，and the computer,the written word wasthe only way to 5 ideas to people too far away to talk with.Until the 6th or 7thcentury,all books had to be written 6.Creating a book was difficult，and very fewexisted.Therefore，very few people read books.In the 6th and 7th centuries，the Chinese invented a way to print pages by 7characters and pictures on wooden，ivory，or clay blocks.They would print a pagefrom the block by putting 8 on the block and pressing paper onto the ink.This 9 iscalled letterpress printing.The invention of letterpress printing was a greatadvance in communication 10 each block could be inked many times and many copies ofeach page could be made.Many books could now be made.Therefore，many people couldread the same book.(1).(A). might(B). ought to(C). had to(D). should答案：A(2).(A). variable(B). agreeable(C). reliable(D). debatable答案：D(3).(A). lists(B). ranges(C). ranks(D). covers答案：C(4).(A). Now that(B). No longer(C). Long before(D). Since then答案：C(5).(A). invent(B). communicate(C). generalize(D). motivate答案：B(6).(A). by hand(B). at heart(C). on foot(D). in mind答案：A(7).(A). drawing(B). painting(C). writing(D). carving答案：D(8).(A). chalk(B). oil(C). ink(D). crystal答案：C(9).(A). definition(B). action(C). movement(D). process答案：D(10).(A). when(B). because(C). although(D). if答案：B三、Reading Comprehension（30 points，2 points for each item）从下列每篇短文旳问题后所给旳四个选择项中选出一种最佳答案，并在答题卡上将对应旳字母涂黑。
1. The American population was the tallest in the world from about the AmericanRevolution to World WarⅡ—that’s a long time.The U.S.had a very resourcerichenvironment，with game，fish and wildlife.In fact we have data on disadvantagedpeople in America,such as slaves.They were obviously among the most mistreatedpopulations in the world，but given the resource abundance，and given the fact thatthe slave owners needed their work,they had to be fed relatively decently.So theslaves were taller than European peasants.It’s no wonder that Europeans were justflooding to America.Americans today are no longer the tallest people in the world.After WorldWarⅡ，many Western and Northern European countries began to adopt favorable socialpolicies.There is universal health insurance in most of these societies—that,ofcourse，makes a difference in health care.You can also consider income inequality inthe U.S., since people who are at the low end of the totem pole(图腾柱)haveconsiderable adversity making ends meet.I suspect the difference in height betweenAmericans and Europeans is due to both diet and health care.Americans today suffer from an additional problem：obesity.If children are too wellnourished，then they’re not able to grow optimally.There are certain hormones thatcontrol the start of the adolescent growth and the start of adolescence．Nutritionis one of the facto。