2000年上半年全国高教自考英语（二）

PART ONE   
Ⅰ.Vocabulary and Structure（10 points,1 point for 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.Almost everything a manager does ________ decisions; indeed, some suggest that the management    process is decision making.   
[A] imposes   
[B] improvises   
[C] involves   
[D] indicates   

2.Astronomers and scientists think that a black hole is a region of space _______ which matter has   fallen and ________ which nothing can escape.   
[A] towards … towards   
[B] into … from   
[C] out of … from   
[D] through … through   

3.American men don’t cry because it is considered not ________ of men to do so.   
[A] characteristic   
[B] tolerant   
[C] symbolic   
[D] independent   

4.At the end of 1994 the British Government introduced new measures to help ________ domestic   workers from abuse by their employers.  
[A] protect   
[B] suspect   
[C] expect   
[D] inspect   

5.Robots differ from automatic machines ________ after completion of one specific task, they can be  reprogrammed by a computer to do another one.   
[A] so that   
[B] in which   
[C] given that   
[D] in that   

6.The specific use of leisure ________ from individual to individual.   
[A] ranges   
[B] distinguishes   
[C] varies   
[D] covers   

7.Coffee delays the body clock in the morning, and advances ________ at night.   
[A] it   
[B] them   
[C] the coffee   
[D] the body   

8.Nations are ________ as "aged" when they have 7 per cent or more of their people aged 65 or above.   
[A] limited   
[B] classified   
[C] originated   
[D] processed   

9.It is touching to see how a cat or dog — especially a dog — ________ itself to family and wants to    share in all its goings and comings.   
[A] attributes   
[B] applies   
[C] assigned   
[D] attaches   

10.You needn’t ________ him about this since he could find out for himself.   
[A] tell   
[B] be telling   
[C] have told   
[D] have to tell

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  Ⅱ.Cloze Test（10 points, 1 point for 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。  

Ⅲ.Reading Comprehension（30 points, 2 pints for each）   
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，并在答案纸上将相应的字母 涂黑。  
Passage One   
Question 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.   
Art, said Picasso, is a lie that makes us realize the truth. So is a map. We do not usually associate the precise work of the map maker with a fanciful object of art. Yet a map has many qualities that a painting or  a poem has. It is truth realized in a symbolic way, holding meanings it does not express on the surface. And    like work of art, it requires imaginative reading.   
Thus, map and reality are not, and cannot be, identical. No aspect of map use is so obvious yet so   often overlooked. Most map reading mistakes occur because the user forgets this vital fact and expects a    one-to-one correspondence between map and reality. A map, like a painting, is just one special version of    reality. To understand a painting, you must have some idea of the medium which was used by the artist.    You wouldn’t expect a water color to look anything like an oil painting or a charcoal （木碳）drawing, even    if the subject matter of all three were identical. In the same way, the techniques used to create maps will   greatly influence the final representation. As a map reader, you should always be aware of the invisible   hand of the map maker. Never use a map without asking yourself how it has been biased by the methods   
used to make it.   
If the entire map making process operates at its full potential, communication takes place between the   map maker and the user. The map maker translates reality into the clearest possible picture under the   circumstances, and the map reader converts this picture back into an impression of the environment. For   such communication to take place, the map reader as the map maker must know something about how  maps are created.   
21. Map is a lie _________ .   
[A] that has little truth in it   
[B] that few of us believe   
[C] that we use to express the truth   
[D] that cheats people in a tricky way   

22. Map resembles art in that ________ .   
[A] they are both absolute lies   
[B] they are both precise as well as fanciful   
[C] they must be read with imagination   
[D] they both express meanings in a superficial way   

23. Most map reading mistakes occur because ________ .   
[A] the map is not made according to reality   
[B] there are obvious differences between the map and reality   
[C] the user forgets the one-to-one correspondence between the map and reality   
[D] the user overlooks the gap between the map and reality   

24. “the invisible hand of the map maker”（in Paragraph 3）refers to ________ .   
[A] the techniques used to create maps   
[B] the subject matter of the map   
[C] the symbols used in the map   
[D] the final representation of the map   

25. The last paragraph describes mainly ________ .   
[A] how maps are created   
[B] what the communication between the map maker and the reader is   
[C] how the map maker translates reality into a picture   
[D] how the reader converts the picture back into real