2023年自学考试英语二真题及答案.doc

1月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英语（二）试卷PART ONE（50 POINTS）1． Vocabulary and Structure（10 points，1 point each）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．All theories______from practice and in turn serve practice．A．differ B．rangeC．recover D．originate2．There is little______increasing your reading speed if you do not understand what you are reading．A．aim B．useC．valueD．meaning3．what you say now is not______with what you said yesterday． A．insistent B．prevalentC．consistent D．permanent4．Putting prisoners in chains doesn’t solve the______0f crime，such as poverty or disaffection within society．A．causes B．victimsC．purposesD．increases5．Binary stars，as their name suggests，are twin stars whose position in space______ each other．A．affects B．expects C．perfects D．inspects 6．All evidence relevant______the case should be gathered and analyzed．A．with B．toC．from　　D．for7．Come what______we’ll go ahead with our plan．A．can B．need C．may D．must 8．We should______primary importance to the development of economy．A．attach B．convertC．attribute D．contribute9．Examiners who are______to favorites are criticized by many people．A．indifferent B．similar C．equivalent D．partial10．Look for small ways to add activity to your day, like taking the stairs______the elevator or going on a short walk．A．in spite of B．instead ofC． in terms of D．in view ofII．Cloze Test（10 points，1 point each） 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，并在答题卡上将对应旳字母涂黑 People produce food in many ways．Agriculture，or farming，developed j thousands of years ago. ___11___about 100 years ago, most farmers in the United States Produced only enough food for their own___12___Today,modern equipment and farming methods have greatly ___13___the American farmer’s productivity.In various parts of the world,people___14___many animals that supply meat and milk. Cattle, horses, goats, sheep, and pigs are important food animals. In the United States, the cow is the major source of milk products. Chickens___15___ people with both meat and eggs.Fishing is an important source of food , ___16___in areas near the sea. Some countries, like Japan, consume much more fish than meat.The wealthy areas of the world consume the most food , ___17___include the United States, Canada, and Europe. Many countries are able to import food if it cannot be produced at home. ___18___Great Britain imports about 75percent of its meat，and grows less than half the food its people require.___19___people of the poor countries of the world usually eat only what they are able to produce themselves. In some parts of Asia, people live ___20___rice alone.11．A．In B．Until C．From D．for12．A．needs B．reasons C．efforts D．interests 13．A．protected B．supported C．increased D．reflected14．A．grow B．raise C．train D．store15．A．prepare B．treat C．serve D．provide16．A．certainly B．actually C．occasionally D．especially17．A．these B．where C．which D．they18．A．In addition B．For example C．Above all D．After all19．A．However B．Therefore C．Moreover D．instead20．A．with B．for C．on D．throughIII．Reading Comprehension（30 points，2 points each） 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。

Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Lately it has become fashionable in America to question whether it is really worth it to go to college. According to a new survey released by the Pew Research Center, only 40 percent of Americans felt that colleges provided a good value for the cost. At the same time,86 percent of college graduates still felt the investment was a good one for them.There are a number of reasons for the widespread dissatisfaction with college. First, there are plenty of problems with higher education—poor quality and out-of-control costs are two of the biggest，Second， it is true that college is not for everyone．There are plenty of rewarding and important careers that do not require college．And due to the slow economy，there may in fact be more graduates than the current job market needs．Besides，anti-college sentiment is nothing new· Today，Microsoft’s Bill Gates or Apple’s Steve Jobs—both college dropouts-is often held up as evidence of why all that time sitting in class is better spent elsewhere． However，getting a college education is still a good idea．College graduates earn more，and are more likely to have a job in the first place．According to the statistics last year，the average weekly earnings for someone with some college but no degree were$712，compared to$1，038 for a college graduate．That is almost$17，000 over the course of a year and there is an even bigger divide for those with less education．Meanwhile，the unemployment rate was 9.2 percent for those with only some college and more than 10 percent for those with just a middle school degree，but it was 5.4 percent for 。