2012年高等教育自学考试英语(二)冲刺模拟试卷(4)

Have you heard about new compact Discs? They're the latest invention from Sony. A CD consists of a piece of aluminium coated with transparent plastic，12 cms across，for producing sound.

It's similar to an ordinary record，except that it's read by a laser beam，and the information recorded on the aluminium is digital.

The makers claim that a CD can reproduce the original sound perfectly，without any distortion or background hiss. As the system is computerized，there's no loss of quality between the studio master and the record you buy.

Also，a CD is much tougher-than a vinyl(乙烯基)record，so it doesn't need such careful handling. Dust and dirt won't damage it，and as there's no contact between the laser and the disc, it will never wear out.

随着研究技术的日益先进，用于实验的动物的数量可能会减少。

反对者认为病人并不一定真正希望结束生命，可能请求之后另有请求。

科学家们正致力于研究预报地震何时何地发生的计划。

他相信某些植物物种正受到灭绝的威胁。

在她死亡前，她没让歹徒知道，偷偷把微型录音带放进了自己的衣袋里。

They removed personal items-bags，notebooks，her six-year-old son's ______(belong)from the car.

It is imperative that the students______(finish)writing their papers before July lst.

The pioneer type was the characteristic one at the turn of the seventeenth century and also fit the beginning of the______(twenty)century，but it is much less evident today.

 Every worker has a highly developed sense of how much work______(expect)of him.

A bullet______(hit)the tree behind which he was hiding.

As research techniques become more______(advance)，the number of animals used in experiments may decrease，but stopping testing on animals altogether is a long way away.

Charles is now an actor. ______(give)half a chance I would have been the same.

We do not yet fully understand the implications of Einstein's______(relate)theory.

Many a writer of newspaper articles______(have)turned to writing novels.

There are estimated to be more than 20，000 overseas domestic servants______(work)in Britain.

影响；打动 v. a_ _ _ _ _

调查；调查研究 v. i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

管理；行政 n. a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

旋转；绕转 v. r_ _ _ _ _ _

柔韧的；灵活的 a. f_ _ _ _ _ _ _

青少年的 a. j_ _ _ _ _ _ _

自愿的；自发的 a. v_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

生命的；极为重要的 a. v_ _ _ _

误导的；引起误解的 a. m_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

详情；细节 n. d_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

近似的；大约的 a. a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

绝对的；压倒性的 a. o_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

全体人员；人事(部门) n. P_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

满意；满足 n. s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

机带4；机理 n. m_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

最小的；最少的 a. m_ _ _ _ _ _

年轻的；有朝气的 a. y_ _ _ _ _ _ _

客观的；真实的 a. o_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

(使)爆炸 v. e_ _ _ _ _ _

法律上的；合法的 a. L_ _ _ _

Which of the following is NOT true?

If people are exposed to red，which of the following statements does not happen?

Our preferences for certain colours are______.

Passage Three

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

Human feelings are affected by colour unconsciously. Manufacturers have discovered by trial and error that sugar sells badly in green wrappings，that blue foods are considered by consumers as tasteless，and that cosmetics should never be packaged in brown. These discoveries have grown into a whole discipline of colour psychology. Some of our preferences are clearly psychological. Dark blue is the colour of the night sky and therefore associated with quiet and calm：White yellow is a key colour in association with energy. For primitive men，activity during the day time meant hunting and attacking，which he soon saw red，the colour of blood and the fire. So it was natural that green, the complementary colour to red，should be associated with passive defence. Experiments have shown that colours also have a direct psychological effect. People when exposed to bright red，show an increase in breathing rate，heart beat and blood pressure. Red is exciting. Similar exposure to pure blue has exactly the opposite effect，because it is a calming colour. Because red has an implication of exciting，it was chosen as the signal for danger. Some analysis shows that a vivid yellow can produce a more basic state of alarm. So fire engines and ambulances in some advanced countries are now rushing around in bright yellow colours that stop traffic deed.

 The passage is about______.

Manufacturers have discovered the secret of colours in marketing______.

If you are alone and you stumble into quicksand，you should______.

To escape from quicksand you should be______.

According to the passage，quicksand is usually found______.

For detecting quicksand the author recommends______.

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

In our day of the automobile and paved highway few people ever encounter quicksand(流沙). Yet quicksand is still common in many pans of the country. It may be more dangerous for being less familiar.

Quicksand is usually found along the shores and in the beds of rivers. It is simply sand saturated(使饱和)with water from beneath，as from a spring. The water flowing into the sand separates the grains. The suspended grains give rather easily and a heavy object placed on the surface is likely to sink. How fast it sinks depends on its weight and surface area.

How does one detect quicksand? It cannot be done by the eye alone，since sand which looks firm may suddenly collapse and trap anyone who ventures out on it. The only way to be sure is to test the sand before walking on it. For test a probing(探索)pole or long stick should be used. If the pole sinks more than six inches，the sand is probably quicksand.

In Para. 3. the word “check” could best be replaced by which of the following?

According to the passage，a preliminary step in the creation of the Canadian Wheat Board was the appointment of______.

According to the passage，most farmers' debts had to be paid______.

According to the passage. wheat prices became unmanageable because of conditions caused by______.

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

During the early years of this century，wheat was seen as the very lifeblood of Western Canada. When the crops were good，the economy was good；when the crops failed. there was depression. People on city streets watched the yields and the price of wheat with almost as much feeling as if they were growers. The marketing of wheat became an increasingly favorite topic of conversation.

War set the stage for the most dramatic events in marketing the western crop. For years farmers mistrusted speculative(投机的)grain selling as carried on through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Wheat prices were generally low in the autumn，but farmers could not wait for markets to improve. It had happened too often that they sold their wheat soon after harvest when farm debts were coming due，only to see prices rising and speculators getting rich. On various occasions，producer groups asked for firmer controls，but governments had no wish to become involved，at least not until wartime wheat prices threatened to run wild.

New and more ______methods have to be found for collecting earthquake data and analyzing it.

Traveling can be fun and easy. A vacation trip to another country is especially enjoyable when the traveling conditions are good. Good traveling conditions (11) a comfortable mode of transportation，knowledge of the country's language，familiarity (12) the customs and habits of the people in the country，and pleasant traveling companions. All of US have had nice trips (13) this.

Most of us have also had trips that we would (14) to forget. Many conditions Can produce a bad traveling experience. For example，if the four conditions listed above do not exist，we will probably have a bad experience， (15) at best a difficult (16) . Students who travel to a foreign country to study often have a difficult trip. They usually travel alone. They don't know the language of the new country (17) . They often arrive in the new country (18) a huge international airport. From the airport，they need to find their way to their school. Maybe they need to change airplanes，to take a bus，a train，or a taxi. They need to do all this in a country (19) everything is unfamiliar. Later，after the experiences are over，they Can laugh. But at the (20) ，they feel terrible.

A life ______without fantasy and daydreaming. is a seriously impoverished one.

The degree to which and the ways in which a school encourages participation in games，sports and cultural pursuits are likely to contribute to the shaping of leisure attitudes ______the part of the students.

Weinstein's body，with hands and feet______，was discovered by a hiker on March 17.

Generally speaking，______according to directions，the drug has no side-effect.

As a result of the radio ______for help for the earthquake victims. over a million pounds has been raised.

______the contrary，the rapid growth in enrollment over the last 40 years has come to an end.

The third type of composer I can only call，______a better name。the traditionalist type.

But too much of that lengthened experience，even in the wealthy West，will be experience of poverty and neglect，______we do something about it.

Many people，______，are totally against the practice of euthanasia.