更多优质自考资料，请访问自考乐园俱乐部http:/tieba.baidu.com/club/53463892010年全国自考英语（二）模拟试卷(八)一、Vocabulary and Structure（10 points,1 point for each item）从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。1.The computer _ the fences around the practical and even the theoreticalintelligence.A. pulls offB.pulls upC. pulls asideD. pulls down答案：D2. Her powers of persuasion were _ no avail.A.toB. in C.offD. on答案：A3.Robots, already taking _ human tasks in the automotive field, arebeginning to be seen, although a lesser degree, in other industries as well.A. over.inB. over.toC. up.toD.up.by答案：B4. But too much of that lengthened experience, even in the wealthy West, will beexperience of poverty and neglect, _ we do something about it.A. whenB. unlessC.becauseD.if答案：B5. Professor David Morton of the department is involved animal research and isconcerned_reducing animal suffering as much as possible.A.to . withB. in . inC. with . inD. in . with答案：D更多优质自考资料，请访问自考乐园俱乐部http:/tieba.baidu.com/club/53463896.For managers, every decision has constraints based on policies, procedures,laws, precedents, and _.A. like theB. the likeC. likely theD. the likely答案：B7.The _ of the talk released by the prosecutor show why Weinstein was abeloved figure at Thorne Middle School.A.experts B. excerpts C. expels D.excess答案：B8. The music becomes as loud and _ as the human ear could stand.A.penetratingB.concentratingC.puncturing D. conciliating答案：A9. There are many _ that organizations wish to attain simultaneously.A.subjects B.subjectivesC.objectivesD. objections答案：C10.Scarcely had he begun to work_John came to see him.A.whenB.ifC.thanD.as答案：A解析：A “hardly/scarcelywhen;no soonerthan”固定结构，指“一就”。二、Cloze Test（10 points,1 point for each item）下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。更多优质自考资料，请访问自考乐园俱乐部http:/tieba.baidu.com/club/53463891.What do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation? In one 1there are as manydifferent kinds of English as there are speakers of it. No two speakers speak inexactly the same 2. We can always hear different forms between them, and thepronunciation of English 3 a great deal in different geographical areas. How do wedecide what sort of English to use as a model? This is not a question that can be 4in the same way for all foreign learners of English. 5 you live in a part of theworld like India or West Africa, where there is a long tradition of speaking Englishfor general communication purposes, you should 6 to acquire a good variety of thepronunciation of this area. It would be a fashion in these circumstances to use as amodel BBC English or anything of the sort. On the other hand, if you live in acountry 7 there is no traditional use of English. You must take as your model someform of 8 English pronunciation. It does not 9 very much which form you choose. Themost 10 way is to take as your model the sort of English you can hear most often. (1).(A).meaning(B).sense(C).case(D).situation答案：B(2).(A).type(B).form(C).sort(D).way答案：D(3).(A).changes(B).varies(C).shifts(D).alters答案：B(4).(A).given(B).responded(C).satisfied(D).answered答案：(5).(A).Because(B).When(C).If(D).Whether答案：C(6).(A).aim (B).propose(C).select(D).tend答案：(7).(A).where(B).that(C).which(D).wherever答案：A(8).(A).practical(B).domestic(C).native(D).new答案：C(9).(A).care(B).affect(C).trouble(D).matter答案：D(10).(A).effective(B).sensitive(C).ordinary(D).careful答案：A更多优质自考资料，请访问自考乐园俱乐部http:/tieba.baidu.com/club/5346389更多优质自考资料，请访问自考乐园俱乐部http:/tieba.baidu.com/club/5346389三、Reading Comprehension（30 points，2 points for each item）从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。1.The electromagnet was invented in England by William Sturgeon, who took an iron rodand bent it into the shape of a horseshoe. This “horseshoe” was coated withvarnish and a layer of copper wire was wrapped around it. An electric current waspassed through the wire, thus making the rod magnetic. The rod was now, because ofmagnetic attraction, able to support nine pounds of iron. In the US, a scientistnamed Joseph Henry improved on Sturgeons electromagnet by insulating the copperwine with silk. He was able to wrap many turns of wire around an iron core withoutdanger of short circuits between the turns. His magnet could hold 2,300 pounds. Thisexperiment prompted Henry to try his hand at converting magnetism into electricity.First he coiled some insulated wire around an iron bar, connecting both ends of thewire to a galvanometer (电流表). The iron bar was p