备 注:本套试卷附有答案解析，答案解析字体为白色，预览无法观看，如需观看试题的答案解析，请下载试卷CTRL+A选中全部文字，然后将答案字体调整为黑色即可。2022年河源职业技术学院自考英语（二）练习题汇总（附答案解析）第 1题【单选题】【阅读理解】Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison deals specifically with thelegacy of slavery in her book Beloved.The main character in this novel,a formerslave called Sethe,lives in Ohio in the years following the Civil War,but she cannotfree herself from her horrific memories.Through a series of flashbacks and bitterreminiscences,the reader learns how and why Sethe escaped from the plantationshe had lived on;the fate of her husband,who also tried to escape;and finally,what happened to the child called Beloved.Morrisons scenes of torture andmurder are vivid and strongly convey the desperation of the slaves and the crueltyof their owners.Beloved is set.A、on a slave shipB、on a plantation before the Civil WarC、in Ohio after the Civil WarD、in an African town【正确答案】C第2题【单选题】【填句补文】The black robin（旅鸦）is one of the worlds rarest birds.It is a small,wild bird,and itlives only on the island of Little Mangere,off the coast of New Zealand.In 1967 there were aboutfifty black robins there;in 1977 there were fewer than ten.A、These are the only black robins left in the world.B、Those that fail to meet the challenges will disappear early.C Both represent orders in the classification of life.D、Detailed studies are going on,and a public appeal for money has been made.【正确答案】A第3题【单选题】概括大意 For more than ten years there has been a big rise in car crime than in most other typesof crimes.An average of more than two cars a minute are broken into or stolen in the UK.Car crimeaccounts for almost a third of all reported offenses（进攻）with no signs that the trend is slowingdown.The main idea of this paragraph is.A、Safe ParkingB、Increase in Car TheftC Opportunities for Non-professionalsD Anti-theft Organizations【正确答案】B第4题【单选题】2008.10 The President was among the first to congratulate the scientist his newdiscovery.A、atB、inC aboutD、on【正确答案】D第5题【单选题】填句补文 More and more Americans are living alone.Some live alone because of divorce or thedeath of a p a r t n e r.According to a recent U.S.census（人口普查）,25 percent of allhouseholds in the U.S.are made up of just one person.A、It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream.B、He says,zl like being by myself/C However,even more people are living alone because they have chosen to.D、Theres more pressure to get married nowadays.【正确答案】C第6题【单选题】【填句补文】Mothers Day is a special day for everyone!We use this day to honor our mothers allover the w o r l d!I t is held on the second Sunday of May in many countries,such as Australia,Canada and the United States.It is held exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday in the UnitedKingdom.Sundays are usually non-school and non-working days in these countries.A、She wanted to memory her mother,Ann Jarvis.B、When is the earliest Mothers Day celebrationC Many families begin Mothers Day with breakfast in bed.D、Mothers Day falls on different days in different the countries.【正确答案】D第7题【单选题】【完成句子】The same year Henry Ford shocked the world with the$5 a-day minimum wagescheme,the greatest contribution he had ever made.The average wage in the auto industry thenwas$2.34 for a 9-hour shift.Ford not only doubled that,he also took an hour off the workday.Inthose years it was unthinkable that a man could be paid that much for doing something that didntinvolve all awful lot of training or education.The Wall Street Journal called the plan an economiccrime,and critics everywhere laughed at Ford.But as the wage increased later to daily$10,itproved a critical component of Fords dream to make the automobile accessible（可及的）to all.Thecritics were too stupid to understand that because Ford had lowered his costs per car,the higherwages didnt matterexcept for making it possible for more people to buy Cars.Fords cars becameavailable to ordinary people thanks to.A、criticized by the mediaB、the low wage in the auto industryC、their lower pricesD、produce cars in large numbers【正确答案】C第8题【单选题】填句补文 As part of their study,the researchers used a special machine to take action photos ofthe students*br a i ns.This is the same part of the brain that becomes active when goodreaders read.This activated brain area appears to include a structure that helps people recognizefamiliar written words quickly.A、Do you have difficulty reading in class?B The pictures showed an increase in activity in the back of the brain on the left side.C As part of the study,37 struggling readers received special tutoring.D、By the end of the school year;these children could read faster than before.【正确答案】B第 9 题【单选题】【阅读理解】Two thousand years ago the Chinese had already developed a workingcompass.A piece of lodestone（天然磁石）would be cut into the shape of a ladle（长柄勺）.Placed on a stone board with a smooth surface,the lodestone wouldmove round until the handle of the ladle pointed south while the bulk（主体）ofthe ladle was attracted to magnetic north.This interestingly shaped device ismentioned in a book from about 80