2004年4月自考大学英语(二)试题及答案

2004年4月自考大学英语(二)试题及答案

2004年4月全国高等教育自学考试英语（二）考试试题2007年03月06日 星期二 13:42 PART ONE (50 points)

I. Vocabulary and Structure (10points , 1 point for each item)

1. I'm wondering why he hasn't turned _____ at the meeting.

A. down B. up C. out D. over

2. _____, I couldn't get a job in this company.

A. Try as I might B. As I might try C. Try though I might D. I might try

3. It is a well-known fact ______ a person will move in a circle when he cannot use his eyes to control his direction.

A. that B. if C. when D. whether

4. _____, Mary went out with delight.

A. With her homework doing B. With her homework done

C. Her homework was done D. Done her homework

5. Contrary ______ popular belief, moderate exercise actually decreases your appetite.

A. on B. at C. against D. to

6. ______ the storm, we have to postpone the flight.

A. Owing to B. Thanks to C. Because D. As

7. By using both ears one can tell the direction _____ a sound comes.

A. in which B. from which C. over which D. with which

8. When she worked with the government, she _____ the difficult task of monitoring elections.

A. overworked B. overtook C. underwent D. undertook

9. Apparently, it wasn't an accident. Someone must have done it on ______.

A. intention B. determination C. purpose D. reason

10. The young doctor could not sleep at night, the worsening condition of a patient _____ him.

A. disturbing B. disturbed C. being disturbed D. to disturb

II. Cloze Test (10points, 1 point for each item)

Sometimes people find really wonderful things when they are not looking _11__ them. One example was John Colter. Colter was a mountain man who lived 12 in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. He loved to walk in the mountains, but one day in 1803 he saw a strange __13__. Water was shooting high into the air and _14 _ into a green pool. It was a natural water fountain. Colter found other pools of blue water. Some of the pools were hot. The chemicals in the water made a beautiful color, _15 _ they also made it smell bad. 16 there were large, clear lakes and spectacular waterfalls on cold, clear mountain rivers. Colter was excited, so he told 17_ about the place. __18_, the other people did not believe him. They thought that he was a dreamer, a fool. 19 they saw these wonders, they too were excited. Today the place Colter 20 is known as Yellowstone Park.

11. A. forward B. for C. upon D. into

12. A. along B. alive C. alone D. lonely

13. A. sight B. site C. glimpse D. glance

14. A. fall B. falling C. to fall D. falls

15.A. but B. and C. thus D. so