2011年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英语（二）试卷（课程代码00015）Vocabulary and Structure(10points 1 point each)从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。1.You may use bike_ you give it back to me tomorrow morning.A. unless B. provided C. though D. because2.He could not _his tears on hearing that he was not admitted to the university A. hold up B. hold back C. get over D. get through3.Good parents have the ability to communicate messages of love, trust, and self-worth _their childrenA. on B. for C. with D. to4.The teacher required that all errors should be _eliminated before the students turn in their term paper.A. deported B. eliminated C. deprived D. implemented5.A person is lucky if his career _with his interest and hobby.A. concerns B. competes C. coinciders D. compares6.Out sleep influences our mood. our mood, _,affects our performance.A. in return B. in vain C. in short D. in turn7.It was _of you not to disturb us while we were sleeping.A. considerate B. considering C. considerable D. considered8.Id appreciate it very much if you could make some _on my recent article at the conference.A. requests B. referencesC. remarks D. restrictions9.He is _absorbed in his own thoughts that he seems unaware of whats going on in the room.A. so B. each C. very D. much10.No sooner (选C)had I reached home than Michael arrived with Jane in his car.A. did I reach B.I had reached C. had I reached D.I reached.Cloze Test(10point,1 point each)下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项，根据上下文要求选出最佳答案。并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。It is difficult to escape the influence of television. If you fit the statistical messages, by the age of 20 you will have been esposed_11_at least 20,000 hours of television. You can add 10,000 hours for each decade you have lived _12_the age of 20. The only things Americans do more than them watch the television are work an sleep.Calculate for a moment what could be done with even a part of those _13_.Five thousand, I am sold, are what a typical college undergraduate_14_working in a bachelors degree. In 10,000 hours you corded have learned several lauguages fluently, you could be reading Shakespeare in the _15_,and you could have walked around the world the world and _16_a book about these hours.The trouble with television is_17_it discourages concentrations. Almost anything interesting and rewarding in life_18_some constructive effort .The dultest , the least gifted of us can achieve things that seem remarkable to those_19_never concertrate on anything .But television encourages us not to make any_20_.It makes the time pass without gain.11.A.to B. under C. for D. at12.A.at B. from C. after D. before13.A.decades B. hours C. years D. things14.A.spends B. castsC. takes D. uses15.A.origin B. beginning C. source D. original16.A.written B. write C. wrote D. writing17.A.what B. that C. which D. why18.A.requests B. asks C. orders D. requires19.A.what B. whose C. which D. who20.A.money B. time C. effort D. skill.Reading Comprehension(30point,2points each)从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。Passage oneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Michael Stadtlander set Torontos restarant world on fire in the 1980s with his original food, and eastablished a national and international fame. In 1994,however,he decided to leave the city restaurant scene and seek a quiet life in the country, where he has been preparing meals on his farm two hours borth of Toronto and asks guests to bring their own wine.Not long ago, Stadlander was charged with selling liquer without a licence, He said when a guest asked for wine at a dinner in December, he provided two bottles from his private stock.But the customer turned out to be an undercover Ontario Provincial Police(OPP)officer who returned a few days later along with four armed officers to seize 83 bottles of wine,and to search the farmhouse for records. The punishment could run as high as $100,000 in fines and a year in jail.When Mr and Mrs Smisth arrived at the farm on a weekend befre Christmas, they said that it was their annual celebrstion and asked if they could get some wine.Nobuyo,Stadtlanders wife,told them the policy was thar guests peovide their own.Given the occasion, though, Stadtlander agreed to provide a bottle of white wiee from own cellar,at cost,as a favor, Later, Mr Smith asked for a second bottle and a detailed receipt that included the price of thr wine.He turned out to be OPP Detective Paul Smith and “his wife,”an assistant who went as a witness.“I was shocked,”Nobuyo Stadtlander recalls.”How could thy do this to us when we did them a favor?We sold them our wine at our cost.”.But Mr.Smith say,” No.they made $20.”Stadtlander is determined to prove his innocence and continue the business.“People who l