全国10月自学考试英语阅读（二）试题及答案.doc

精品】全国2012年10月自学考试英语阅读（二）试题及答案 全国2012年10月自学考试试题课程代码请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂写在答题纸上选择题部分注意事项 1 答题前考生务必将自己的考试课程名称姓名准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔填写在答题纸规定的位置上2 每小题选出答案后用2B铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑如需改动用橡皮擦干净后再选涂其他答案标号不能答在试题卷上I Reading Comprehension 50 points 2 points for each Directions In this part of the test there are five passages Following each passage there arefive questions with four choices marked A B C and D Choose the best answer and thenblacken the corresponding letter on your Answer SheetPassage One From time to time we need an expert In such situations the Internet has been like a gift from the gods In the old days authorities were near at hand for expert advice the village seamstress on how to make a buttonhole the blacksmith on how to take care of a horses hooves or the apothecary on what to do about warts On the Internet advice and answer sites are popping up all over the place with self-proclaimed experts at the ready Expcom claims to have tens of thousands of experts who can help you while the more restrained Abuzzcom owned by The New York Times limits its pitch to Ask Anything Real People Real Answers Its said that expert sites or knowledge networks represent the latest stage in the Internets evolution a democratization of expertise However if your question is about something other than Who invented the light bulb the answers are likely to be a wild potpourriof personal opinions Top colleges and universities are rushing into online education but the big news is the proliferation of a new breed of for-profit online institutions bringing Internet education to the masses The Internet will probably be the single most democratizing force in education says Columbia Business School Dean Meyer Feldberg who envisions educational programs being routed through the net to hundreds of millions of people The largest online institution is the University of Phoenix with some 6000 students today and hopes of reaching 200000 students in 10 years The university offers bachelors masters and doctoral degrees in business management technology education and nursing The university notes that its degree programs cost far less and may take some students far less time to complete On the other hand a Business Week survey of 247 companies found that only a handful would consider hiring applicants who earned their MBA degrees onlineWhether that will change as for-profit online universities improve their offerings and graduates prove their worth-is anyones guess The rest of the world is moving into cyberspace more slowly than the United States and in the developing world the Internet has hardly penetrated at all UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is determined to change this through the United Nations Information Technology Service which will train large numbers of people to tap into the income enhancing power of the Internet Annan is also proposing an Internet health network that will provide state-of-the-art medical knowledge to 10000 clinics and hospitals in poor countriesQuestions l-5 are based on Passage One1 From the passage we may assume that the author______ A trusts old days experts more than online ones B believes that most of the online experts are qualified C trusts the intelligence of large amounts of experts online D believes that online experts can answer peoples questions better2 From paragraph 2 we can infer that the authors attitude towards experts online is_________ A excited B neutral C doubtful D indifferent3 Which of the following best describes the authors opinion towards the future of online education A People have to wait and see B It is predictable in future development C It cannot thrive without good management D People believe that it is doomed from the start4 The underlined phrasestate-of-the-art in paragraph 6 means______ A advanced and in large quantity B very creative and artistic C skillful and attractive D very modern5 Kofi Annans United Nations Information Technology Service aims at ______ A improving UN staffs computer skill B promoting the use of the Internet over the world C providing medical knowledge to poor hospitals D promoting the use of the Internet in the United StatesPassage Two Nowadays there is a remarkable consensus among educators and business and policy leaders on one key conclusion we need to bring what we teach and how we teach into the 21st century Right now were aiming too low Competency in reading and math the focus of so much No Child Left Behind NCLB testing – is the meager minimum Scientific and technical skills are likewise utterly necessary but insufficient Todays economy demands not only a high-level competence in the traditional academic disciplines but also what might be called 21st century skills Heres what they are Knowing more about the world Kids are global citizens now e。