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1、 本资料由广州自考论坛收集整理，更多自考资料请登录www.gzzk.cc下载2006年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英语（二）试卷及答案（课程代码：00015）PART ONE (50 POINTS)IVocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1point each)1. It would be better to make a decision now, _ leave it until next week.A. other than B. rather than C. less than D. more than2. Well inform you a
2、s soon as tickets become _.A. valuable B. capable C. acceptable D. available3. The foreign company has been_ running this factory for decades.A. enormously B. effectively C. infinitely D. extremely4. If you _ my advice, you wouldnt be in such trouble now.A. took B. takes C. has taken D. had taken5.
3、The meeting _, we left the room quickly for dinner.A. over B. was over C. is over D. been over6. All the money _, Frederick started looking for work.A. having spent B. has been spent C. having been spent D. had been spent7. _ his talk when Mary ran out of the lecture hall.A. Hardly had be begun B. H
4、ardly he had begunC. Hardly he has begun D. He hardly had begun8. The two sisters are _ in many ways, not only in appearance but also in temperament.A. like B. likely C. alike D. lively9. The purpose of the program is to provide training for employees so that they can work _.A. late B. later C. late
5、ly D. latest10. I hope my boy friend will be handsome, strong and _ kind.A. above all B. in all C. at all D. after allII. Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point each)However careful one may be, he cannot possibly listen carefully to everything that he hears. There are 11 of reasons for this. One of them is
6、the overload of messages most of us 12 each day. In addition to the numerous hours we 13 hearing other people speak, we may spend several hours listening to the radio or sitting in front of a television set. 14, it is impossible to focus our attention completely on what is said; our mind might be 15
7、 elsewhere. Preoccupation with our personal concerns is 16 reason we dont always listen carefully. A romance 17 sour or a good grade on a test may take prominence in our mind even as 18 is speaking to us. Furthermore, we are surrounded by all kinds of noises which interfere 19 listening. For example
8、, voices at a party or 20 of traffic may simply make it difficult for us to catch everything that is being said.11. A. the number B. a number C. number D. numbers12. A. accept B. obtain C. receive D. possess13. A. put B. consume C. spend D. spare14. A. Besides B. Whereas C. Otherwise D. Nevertheless
9、15. A. wondering B. swinging C. recycling D. wandering16. A. other B. some C. the other D. another17. A. gone B. going C. goes D. went18. A. anyone B. everyone C. someone D. few19. A. to B. with C. of D. about20. A. sound B. noise C. voice D. screamIII. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points eac
10、h)Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Many of todays most trusted sales techniques were invented over a century ago by a young merchant named Eaton in Toronto. When he was young, Eaton worked briefly with his brothers in small-town stores. In 1869, he sep up his own shop
11、 in downtown Toronto. He had many competitors, but he was also ambitious and had a plan for success. He offered a unique style of trade, but as was expected, all the other shopkeepers laughed at him, believing he would eventually fail. However, Eaton was not a man to be easily defeated; he came up w
12、ith a brand new notion of business - Goods satisfactory, or money refunded. He sold all his goods at fixed prices and only for cash.With a sharp sense of what the public wanted, he went out of the way to meet their needs. His business grew rapidly. He set up new branches and started mail order servi
13、ce that allowed people to buy from a list of his goods.Eatons list-advertisements of his day-was the first of its kind. It was distributed and read all over the country. It was the only way to access good-quality goods at reasonable prices for people living far away from big cites. It became part of
14、 their life. They even called it The Wishing Book. The secret of the lists success was that Eaton gained the respect of this customers; they trusted him for good prices and quality goods. Probably because he remembered his miserable early days in Ireland, Eaton thought much of the welfare of his emp
15、loyees: better working conditions, shorter weekday hours than his competitors and Saturday afternoons off in the summer. In all this, he was a leader.21. The best description of Eaton is that _.A. he was the richest merchant in TorontoB. he was a successful technical inventorC. he introduced new sales practicesD. he changed peoples ideas about businessmen22. Eatons success lay primarily in that _.A. he sold only good quality goodsB. he was the first person to provide good serviceC. he treated his employees better than any of his competitorsD. h
