【真题+答案】2024年10月自考00795综合英语(二)试题

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2024年10月高等教育自学考试全国统一考试

综合英语(二)

(课程代码 00795)

注意事项:
1.本试卷分为两部分，第一部分为选择题，第二部分为非选择题。
2.应考者必须按试题顺序在答题卡(纸)指定位置上作答，答在试卷上无效。
3.涂写部分必须使用 2B 铅笔，书写部分必须使用黑色字迹签字笔。

第一部分 选择题

一、语法与词汇:本大题共 15 小题，每小题1分，共 15 分。阅读下面的句子，从A、B、C和D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项，并在答題卡(纸)上按要求填涂。
1. The world’s supplies of petroleum_______.
A. have gradually exhausted
B. are being gradually exhaustec
C. are gradually exhausting
D. are gradually exhausted

2. He is determined to get_______of the profit than he has been offered.
A. ten percent more
B. ten more percent
C. more ten percent
D. as much as ten percent

3. The pen I bought yesterday_______.
A. writes well
B. is written well
C. can’t be written
D. can be writing

4. The temple was built on a hillside,_______was a pleasant, winding valley.
A. by which
B. under which
C. below which
D. down which

5. The teapot is just like a Chinese duck out of _______open mouth the tea is supposed to come.
A. whose
B. which
C. that
D. its

6. You are asking for too much, I’m afraid you have to get the work done with _______money and people.
A. less, fewer
B. much, many
C. little, few
D. more, moreis

7. There are two computers in the ofice, but_______working.
A. either ofthem
B. neither ofthem
C. none of them
D. neither of which

8. But for the storm we_______earlier.
A. arived
B. had arrived
C. would have arived
D. should arrive

9. I didn’t know your telephone number, otherwise I_______.
A. would have called
B. would call
C. called
D. shouid call

10. The young man_______clever but dishonest.
A. thought to be
B. was thought to be
C. was thought being
D. was thought as

11. It’s time he_______ what has happened.
A. is told
B. was told
C. be told
D. tells

12. The reason_______ he gives for his absence is his mother didn’t let him come.
A. why, because
B. for which, because
C. that, because
D. which, that

13._______common in China even in very remote areas.
A. Woman doctors are
B. Woman doctor is
C. Women doctor is
D. Women doctors are

14. It must be John. Who else would_______he does?
A. work hard as
B. be working as hard as
C. do harder work than
D. work harder than

15. Ifhe had been able to live 5 years longer, he_______ more in his field.
A. achieved
B. wouid achieve
C. must have achieved
D. would have achieved

二、完形填空:本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分。阅读下面短文，从每小题列出的备选项中选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡(纸)上按要求填涂。
Communication is the (16)_______to any social system, and organizations the world over are communicating more and more with such technological (17)_______as voice-mail,electronic mail boxes, fax machines. A few years ago, my department office was one of the first to have a simple (18)_______machine. Now the entire faculty is (19)_______into e-mail, so a message arrives in the electronic mailbox of the (20)_______person and waits for him to get it. The messages can be stored, responded to, passed (21)_______, printed, or deleted as (22)_______.

One of the effects of the new e-mail system is to create (23)_______rapid responses.Letter,or memos that were sent in an envelope through the mail room (24)_______twodays to deliver, and the messages that were (25)_______by machines or offce workerswere not always accurate. In (26)_______, it took three parties to respond to the telephonmessage. Now communication is direct, thus freeing up secretarial time and energy for other tasks.

Furtherore, the use of paper has diminished greatly, and no longer (27)_______we hunt for a scrap of paper with someone’s name and number, Just check your log, and you have automatic reply capacity along with the time and date the person sent you the message.

With the development of modems for home computers, many organizations are (28)that their employees answer mail and work projects from remote locations, Thanks to the Internet and the World Wide Web, you can get and send messages just about any place where you can plug a computer into a telephone line.

This technology is not (29)its shortcomings and can work only if the people with whom you wish to communicate are also plugged into the system. Nevertheless, nearly every organization and the people who work in them are seeing how(30)communication is beginning to affect our organizational lives.

16. A. answer B. core C. key D. solution
17. A. advances B. enhances C.gains D. proofs
18. A. answer B. answered C. answering D. answering-use
19. A. associated B. connected C. hooked D. linked
20. A. asked B. desired C. hoped D. needed
21. A. along B. away C. of D. out
22. A. desire B. desired C. desiring D. having desired
23. A.more B. much C. quite D. rather
24. A. cost B. occupied C. spent D. took
25. A. dealt B. taken C. translated D. treated
26. A. adding B. addition C. extra D. sum
27. A. can B. do C. must D. should
28. A. dreaming B. finding C. looking D. observing
29. A. lack of B. short of C. with D. without
30. A. electric B. electrical C. electronic D. electricity

三、同义转述:本大题共 10小题，每小题1分，共10分。选择与下列句子或斜体部分意义最接近的转述，并在答题卡(纸)上按要求填涂。
31. “Such beggars are not met with every day, Good heavens! What a picture Rembrandt would have made ofhim!”
A.Rembrandt drew a great picture of him
B. Rembrandt would love to draw a picture of him.
C. it is a pity that Rembrandt didn’t draw a picture of him.
D. It is unlikely that Rembrandt would draw a picture of him.

32. By word of mouth during the holidays, by phrases in letters during term time, I was kept up to date with John’s cleverness and progress.
A. …. I was provided with the most recent news of John’s success
B. …. I was supposed to show interest in what John was doing.
C. …. I was expected to keep pace with John’s achievements
D.…. Iwas discouraged by what was happening to John.

33. He stared at her a brief moment, seeing the fear in her face, but also a loathing for allmen involving in the making and dispatch ofnuclear weapons.
A. … but also worry about those who were threatened by the coming nuclear weapons
B. … but also a look of strong hatred for those who produced and launched nuclear weapons.
C. … but also concern for those who were risking their own lives in nuciear weapon research.
D. … but also trust in those who were using nuclear weapons to fight against theintruding enemies.

34. I have got heaps of old clothes at home-do you think he would care for any ofthem?
A. … do you think he would mind ifI tear off these clothes?
B. … do you think he would like to take care of these clothes?
C. … do you think he would like to accept any of these clothes?
D. … do you think he would mind if I put on any ofthese clothes?

35. If you have wide and keen interests and activities in which you can still be effective, you have no reason to think
about the merely statistical fact ofthe number ofthe years you have already lived…
A. … the exact length of your lifetime should be your only concern..
B. … the value of the years you have lived would be self-evident…
C. … you have every reason to forget about the pain in old age…
D. … you don’t have to worry about your old age..

36. Kaz Tanaka had wakened in a frightening new world-a world whose dominant sound was a silence broken only by the cries ofthe dying.
A. …. a silent world where people could overwhelm the place only with dying cries.
B. …. a soundless world in which no one dared to break the dead silence.
C. …. a silent world where one could only permitted with the moans from the dying.
D. … a soundless world in which the threat of death controlled everything.

37. Many apparently naive inquiries like why grass is green, or why the Sun is round,or why we need 55,000 nuclear weapons in the world-are really deep questions,The answers can be a gateway to real insights.
A. .. The answers are accurate and precise not only in numbers but also in the development of mankind.
B. . The answers can lead us to a brave new world with profound achievements in science and technology.
C. .. The answers are the key to great human achievements.
D.… The answers can help us get a deep understanding ofthings.

38. One diffcult but essential thing to remember is to refuse to let other people’s bad manners goad you into retaliating in kind.
A. … to refuse bad manners in a direct way.
B. ….to ignore other people’s bad manners and refrain from taking similar actions.
C. … to refuse other’s bad manners kindly.
D. . to ignore other people’s bad manners and do not respond angrily.

39. The old woman did not want to become a burden,and so bore her burder.
A. She took the duty to support herself, for she hated to bother and depend on others.
B. Being tired of being a burden on others, the old woman started to take care of herself.
C. Instead of becoming a burden on others, the old woman had to take care of others.
D. Despite her will not to bother others, the old woman became their burden.

40. We begin to move restlessly about ifwe feel time is slipping away without some return –be this in terms ofpleasure,work value. or rest.
A. We feel uneasy when we realize our time is being wasted.
B. We feel worried because time is passing and is gone forever..
C. We do things slowly when we realize that they are less rewarding…
D. We keep wasting time without realizing that lost time never returns.

四、阅读理解:本大题共 10小题，每小题2分，共20分。阅读下面2篇短文，请从短文后所给各题的4个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡(纸)上按要求填涂。

Passage l

Picture this: You’re at a movie theater food stand loading up on snacks. You have a choice of a small, medium or large soda. The small is $3.50 and the large is $5.50. It’s a tough decision: The small size may not last you through the whole movie, but $5.50 for some sugary drink seems ridiculous, But there’s a third option, a medium soda for $5.25. Vedium may be the perfect amount of soda for you,but the large is only a quarter more. If you’re like most
people, you end up buying the large(and taking a bathroom break midshow).

If you’re wondering who would buy the medium soda,the answer is alrost no one. In fact, there’s a good chance the marketing department purposely priced the medium soda as a decoy ( 诱饵), making you more likely to buy the large soda rather thanthe small.

I have written about this oecularity m human nature before with my friend Dan Ariely,who studied this phenomenon extensively after noticing pricing for subscriptions (iT阅)toThe Fconomist, The digital subscription was $59, the print subscription was $125. and the print plus digital subscription was also $125. No one in their right mind would buy the print subscription when you could get digital as well for the same price.so why was it even an option? Ariely ran an experimentand found that when only the two “real: choices wereoffered, more people chose the less-expensive digital subscription, But the addition of the bad option made people much more likely to choose the more expensive print plus digital option.

Brain scientists call this effect “asymmetric dominance” and it means that people gravitate toward the choice nearest a clearly inferior option. Marketing professors call it the decoy effect, which is certainly easier to remember, Lucky for consumers, almost no one in the business community understands it.

The decoy effect works because of the way our brains assign value when making choices Value is almost never absolute; rather, we decide an object’s value relative to our other choices. Ifmore options are introduced, the value equation changes.

41. Why does the author ask us to imagine buying food in the movie theater?
A. To illustrate people’s peculiar shopping behavior.
B. To illustrate the increasing variety ofsnacks there.
C. To show how hard it can be to choose a drink there
D. To show how popular snacks are among movie fans

42. Why is the medium soda priced the way it is?
A. To attract more customers to buy it.
B. To show the price matches the amount,
C. To ensure customers drink the right amount of soda.
D. To make customers believe they are getting a bargain.

43.What do we learn from Dan Ariely’s experiment?
A. Lower-priced goods attract more customers
B. The Economist’s promotional strategy works.P
C. The Economist’s print edition turns out to sell the best.
D. More readers choose the digital over the print edition.

44. For what purpose is **the bad option” (Line 8, Para, 3) added?
A. To cater to the peculiar needs of some customers.
B. To help customers to make more rational choices
C. To trap customers into buying the more pricey item.
D. To provide customers with a greater variety of goods.

45. How do we assess the value of a commodity, according to the passage?
A. By considering its usefulness.
B. By comparing it with other choices
C. By taking its quality into account.
D. By examining its value equation

Passage 2

Scientists have created by accident an enzyme (酷)that breaks down plastic drinks bottles. The breakthrough could help solve the global plastic pollution crisis by enabling for the first time the full recycling of bottles.

The new research was spurred by the discovery in 2016 of the first bacterium that had naturally evolved to eat plastic at a waste dump in Japan. Scientists have now revealed the detailed structure of the crcial enzyme produced by the bug.

An international team then adiusted theenzyme to see how it had evolved, but tests showed they had accidentally made the molecule even ibetter at breaking down the plastic used for drinks bottles. “What actually tured out was we improved the enzyme, which was a bit of a shock,” said head researcher Prof, McGeehan, at the University of Portsmouth, UK.

Currently, the enzyme takes a few days to start breaking down the plastic, far faster than the centuries it takes in the oceans,, but the researchers are optimistic this can be speeded up even further and become a viable large-scale process.

“What we are hoping to do is use this enzyme to tum this plastic back into its original components, so we can literally recycle it back to plastic,” said VcGeehan. “It means we won’t need to dig up any more oil and, findamentally, it should reduce the amount of plastic in the environment.”

About l million plastic bottles are sold each minute around the globe and. with just 14% recycled. many end up in the oceans where they have polluted even the remotest parts,hamling marine life and potentially people who eat sea food, “plastic is incredibly resistant to degration,” said McGeehan. “It is one of these wonder materials that has been made a little hit too well.

Currently those bottles that are recycled can only be turned into opaque fibres for clothing or carpets, while the new enzyme indicates a way to recycle old clear plastic bottles back into new clear plastic bottle.

“You are always up against the fact that oil is cheap, so plastic is cheap,” said McGeehar. It is so easy for manufacturers to generate more of that stuff, rather than even try to recycle, but I believe there is a public interest here: perception is changing so much that companies are starting to look at how they can properly recycle these bottles.”

Prof, Adisa Azapagic,at the University of anchester in the UK, agreed the enzyme could be useful but added: “A full life-cycle assessment would be needed to ensure that the technology does not solve one environmental problem-waste-at the expense of others, including additional greenhouse gas emissions.

46. What do we learn from the passage about an enzyme scientists have created?
A. It was identified during a lab experiment accident.
B. It may make full recycling of plastic bottles a reality.
C. It was a breakthrough made with persistent efforts.
D. It may initiate a radical reform in plastic industry.

47. What does the passage say about the bug that produces the important enzyme?
A. It has a natural ability to consume plastics.
B. It is a bacterium that reproduces at a high rate.
C. It is essential to the recycling of plastic bottles.
D. It has a chemical structure unknown to scientists.

48. By adjusting the enzyme produced by the bug, the scientists________.
A. made it more effective by chance
B. discovered an extraordinary chemical
C. altered its basic molecular compositior
D. found its evolutionary process sped up

49. What does Prof, McGechan say about the recycling of plastic botties?
A. Manufacturers are implementing it on an increasingly larger scale.
B. It generates huge business opportunities for plastic manufacturers.
C. It has aroused persistent interest among the general public.
D. Manufacturers are beginning to explore ways of doing it.

50. What is Prof, Adisa Azapagic’s advice concerning the application of the enzyme?
A. Developing technologies to address greenhouse gas emissions.
B. Considering the extra cost involved in producing the enzyme.
C.Assessing its possible negative impact on the environment.
D. Sudying the fuli life cycle of the enzyme as the first step.

第二部分 非选择题

五、词形变换:本大题共 10 小题，每小题1分，共10分。根据句意，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。把答案写在答题卡(纸)相应位置上。
51. A litle girl______around in the Pennsylvania woods near her home feels close to the birds and plants and animals. (tramp)
52. Celebrities do not appear on such a program because of an actual desire-or -ability-to talk, but simply to gain________,and prove, merely by showing up, that they are“somebody.”(recognize)
53. I had________got myself into this jam, What a fool! (deliberate)
54. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with charming self-confidence, and break down________with a sales talk pointing out that on one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home. (resist)
55. It started on a________cold February morning. (bite)
56. It was only at the end of the cencury, with the________of the electric light buib, the telephone, the phonograph, and the like, that the ordinary man began to feel that science could actually benefit him, (perfect)
57. Remembering other and larger countries, we see at once that one of its charms is that it is immensely________ within a small range. (vary)
58. She glanced at Laura, a slim, dark-haired girl of fourteen,________beside her, and felt warm with that most comfortable of parental emotions, gratitude to one’s own child. (sit)
59. The only people a painter should know are people who are beautiful, people who are an________pleasure to look at, and restful to talk to. (art)
60. We move from town to city to suburb, from high school to college in a different state.from a job in one region to a better job else where, from the home where we raise our children to the home where we plan to live in________.(retire)

六、句子翻译:本大题共5小题，每小题3分，共15分。把下列句子翻译成英文，并少们将答案写在答题卡(纸)相应位置上。
61.通常参考书是不能拿出阅览室的，不过我们对你可以放宽规定，仅此一次。
62.那位著名的科学家从巴黎远道来到上海看望他最敬爱的老师。Gsee刘
63.那老人在门前的一张舒适的椅子里安顿下来，开始在那儿晒太阳、打盹。
64.我们选聘人员担任重要职务时，考虑三个条件:受教育程度、经验和业绩。
65.科学家们预言大约 10 亿年以后太阳就会冷得不能维持地球上的生命。

七、写作:本大题共1小题，每小题15 分，共15分。根据所学课文，写一篇150 字左右的作文，并将答案写在答题卡(纸)相应位置上。
66. What do you think is the most important element in love? What do they entail?

2024 年 10 月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试

00795 综合英语(二) 参考答案

一、语法与词汇。
1.B 2.A 3.A 4.C 5.A
6.A 7.B 8.C 9.A 10.B
11.B 12.D. 13.D 14.D 15.D

二、完形填空。
16.C 17.A 18.C 19.C 20.B
21.A 22.B 23.B 24. D 25.B
26.B 27.B 28.B 29.D 30.C

三、同义转述。
31.B 32.A 33.B 34.C 35.D
36 A 37.D 38.B 39.A 40.A

四、阅读理解。
41.A 42.D 43.B 44.C 45.B

Passage 2
46. B 47.A 48.A 49.D 50.C

五、词形变换。
51. tramping
52.recognition
53.deliberately
54.resistance
55. biting
56. perfection
57. varied
58. sitting
59. artistic
60.retirement

六、句子翻译。
61.Normally, reference books are not allowed to be taken out of the library, but we can make an exception for you this time.
62.The famous scientist sent a gift from Paris to his most respected teacher in Shanghai.
63.The old man settled into a comfortable chair in front of the door and began to bask in the sun and doze off.
64.When selecting candidates for important positions,we consider three factors: education level, experience, and achievements.
65.Scientists predict that in about one billion years, the Sun will become too cold to sustain life on Earth.

七、写作(参考)。

The Most lmportant Element in Love: Mutual Respect

Love encompasses various elements, but mutual respect stands out as the cornerstone. Respect entails valuing each others individuality, listening without judgment, and supporting personal growth. For instance, in healthy relationships, partners acknowledge differences and avoid imposing their views.This fosters trust and emotional security Without respect, love risks becoming secontrolling or superficial. Therefore, while passion and communication are vital,respect ensures love endures challenges and evolves meaningfully.
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