广东自考本科英语二真题

一单选 1、 Elderly ……A habit 2、 It is ……C rate 3、 Unexpectedly ……C declined 4、 A good manager ……C with 5、 Everything ……C points 6、 Besides ……B additional 7、 The biologist ……D in place of 8、 Scientists ……A with 9、 ——，jane is ……D Rich as she is 10、——I admire ……D Much as二、完型 Courage is an essential attribute in learning a foreign language。……11-----20 DABCD, ABDCBsystem standard 都没选Courage is an essential attribute in learning a language. It takes a lot of courage to speak a foreign language either in front of your friends or to native speakers, but don’t be afraid of making mistakes — that is the way we learn. Nowadays there are many different forms of English, each with its own constructions and accent, and, so long as you can make yourself understood and can understand what is said to you, you have succeeded in communicating, which is the purpose of any language.Curiosity is not only a possible motivation. It is also a great help in your learning. Remember that a language is not just a grammatical system, it is the outcome of a certain culture or different cultures. It is no good learning strings of grammatical rules unless you know as much as possible about the background of the language, so that you can understand the ideas which are being conveyed, the references which are being made, the inferences which can be drawn from the information explicitly given. So learn as much as you can about the different cultures which influence English — watch television programs, listen to the radio, try to obtain newspapers and magazines which are written by native speakers, look at advertisements, and above all, read — not textbooks, but novels and poems and plays. They will show you how language is really used. The English language is not an abstract system; it is a living form of expression which derives much of its meaning from the context in which it is used, and much of its effect from a whole network of extra-linguistic knowledge. If you live in a country where English is the native language, you acquire this knowledge naturally, just as in China you acquired your own cultural knowledge unconsciously. But, because you are unlikely to be able to visit countries where English is spoken as the native language, you have to make a conscious effort to acquire this cultural awareness and knowledge. 11 D either 12 A way 13 B insisted 14 C as a result 15 D for(without)16 A varieties 17 B understood 18 D purpose 19 C ignore 20 B until 三、阅读 段落一 Karen was 14，depressed and not doing well at school。……21------25 CDBDD21 C confidence 22 D always failed in her study 23 B an educational psychologist 24 D support Sally without neglecting her other children 25 D develop into an artist 段落二 the amount of time kids spend online is a source of frustration for many parents。…… 26------30 AABCD26 A the time children consume 27 A have their children properly use the internet 28 B a strong desire to do something 29 C isolated 30 D negative Internet Addiction The amount of time kids spend online is a source of frustration for many parents. Initially, parents welcomed the Internet into their homes, believing they were opening up an exciting new world of educational opportunities for their children. However, many parents soon realized that, instead of using the Internet for homework or research, their kids were spending hours instant messaging with friends, playing online games or talking to strangers in chat rooms.Maintaining a healthy balance between entertainment media and other activities in their children's lives has always been a challenge for parents. The Internet has made this challenge even more difficult. The engaging nature of Internet communications and interactive games means many children and teens have trouble keeping track of time when they're online.Unfortunately, parents and teachers are usually not aware that there is a problem until it becomes serious. This is because it is easy to hide what you are doing online and because Internet addiction is not widely recognized by the medical community. (Mental health practitioners continue to debate whether this behaviour is an "addiction," with some preferring to identify it as "compulsive behaviour.")Children and young people can easily become 'hooked' on online activities such as multi-user games, instant messaging, pornography and chat rooms. The most vulnerable children, according to the Computer-Addiction Services at Harvard Medical School, are those who are "lonely and bored or from families where nobody is at home to relate to after school."Children who are unpopular or shy with peers are often attracted to the opportunities for creating new identities in online communities. Boys, in particular, are frequent users of online role-playing games, where they assume new identities and interact with other players. Although playing these games with thousands of other users may appear to be a social activity, for the introverted child or teen, excessive playing can further isolate them from friends and peers.段落三 American scientist have found that some birds are more intelligent than believed。…… 31-----35 AAABD31 A Griffin , the grey parrot 32 A birds have a very good memory 33 A have some memory skills 34 B understand human brains 35 D remember, communicate and process informationAmerican scientists have found that some birds are more intelligent than experts had believed. The scientists say birds have abilities that involve communication and different kinds of memory. In some unusual cases, their abilities seem better than those of humans.The findings were presented at the yearly meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston, Massachusetts.Irene Pepperberg presented her research about a Grey parrot named Griffin. He lives in her laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.VOICE ONE:Mizz Pepperberg says Griffin can arrange objects in order of size. She says the talking bird also can combine words in the right order. For example, he will combine words when asking for a piece of food.The researcher says experts had thought that only humans and other mammals with large brains have the ability to combine objects and words. She believes that bird brains have the ability to understand that complex tasks must be done in the correct order.VOICE TWO:Some birds have other memory skills. For example, they collect and store thousands of seeds in autumn, and find them later in winter.Alan Kamil (CAMEL) and Alan Bond of the University of Nebraska are studying the memories of birds called jays and nutcrackers. Their experiments suggest that these birds use natural objects to find the seeds they have stored. The researchers say the birds use at least three objects, such as rocks or trees, to find the stored seeds.Mister Kamil also was able to train a jay to choose one object instead of another. The bird used this skill to receive a prize, such as food. Scientists also say some birds can learn as many as two-thousand different songs. They say songs may have developed as a way for birds to communicate with other birds.Verner Bingman of Bowling Green State University in Ohio also presented research at the science meeting in Boston. Mister Bingman believes that birds must have a special guidance system in their brain. He says that understanding how a bird's brain operates may help us better understand how a human brain processes information.((THEME))