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 13:42PART ONE (50 points) I. Vocabulary and Structure (10points , 1 point for each item) 1. Im wondering why he hasnt turned _ at the meeting. A. down B. up C. out D. over 2. _, I couldnt 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 wasnt 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 16. A. Nearly B. Near C. Next to D. Nearby 17. A. the other B. others C. another D. each other 18. A. Then B. However C. Therefore D. Consequently 19. A. Since B. Before C. After D. While 20. A. initiated B. invented C. created D. discovered III. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points for each item) Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history. An American university president once commented that Einstein had created a new outlook, a new view of the universe. It may be some time before the average mind understands fully the identity (特性) of time and space and so on but even ordinary men understand now that the universe is something larger than ever thought before. By 1914 the young Einstein had gained world fame. He accepted the offer to become a professor at the Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. He had few duties, little teaching and unlimited opportunities for study, but soon his peace and quiet were broken by the First World War. Einstein hated violence. The misery of war affected him deeply, and he sat unhappily in his office doing little. He lost interest in his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work, In the years following the First World War, honors were increasingly heaped on him. He became the head of the Kaiser Whilhem Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921 he won the Nobel Prize for Physics, and he was highly honored in Germany until the rise of Nazism (纳粹主义) when he was driven from Germany because he was a Jew. 21. The first paragraph is mainly about _. A. a new outlook of the universe B. the feelings of an American college president C. the change in human thought caused by Einstein D. the difficulty in teaching Einsteins theory 22. From the second paragraph, we know Albert Einstein _. A. enjoyed world popularity B. was the head of an academy C. was a famous teacher D. enjoyed studying wars 23. Which of the following statements about Einstein is true? A. He achieved more than any other scientists in history. B. Our ideas about the universe differ from one another because of him. C. He kept working until peace came in 1918. D. His research practically stopped during the First World War.