自考英语一（00012）2015年10月真题试卷及答案

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South AmericaLocated mostly(most) in the southern half of the earth, South America is a very（41）_____(interest) continent. The northern part of the continent is（42）_____(cover). By the Amazon Rainforest, which is home to thousands of the plant animal species. It is a very important force（43）_____(shape) the world's weather and climate patterns. And it is also important for the（44）_____(develop) of the economy of South America. Products such as chocolate, rubber, coffee and many kinds of medicine are（45）_____(harvest) from the plants found in the rainforest. Even the liquid from the skin of some species of tree frogs are being used as（46）_____(experiment) medicines. Other parts of South America are very（47）_____(differ).The Andes Mountains spread over the（48）_____(west) part of South America. The ranges, about 5500 miles long, are a continuous barrier, with many peaks rising beyond 2000（49）_____(foot). Southern South America is an extremely（50）_____(wind) and cold place where many species of penguins（企鹅）, seals and whales live._____

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Gold RushMy name is John Carter. I am from the state of Virginia. At the close of the Civil War I found（31）_____ without a home, without money and without work, I decided to search for gold in the great（32）_____ of the American Southwest.I spent almost a year（33）_____ for gold with another former soldier, Captain James Powell, also of Virginia. We were（34）_____ lucky. In the winter of 1865, we（35）_____ rocks that held gold. Powell was trained as a mining（36）_____. He said we had uncovered over a million dollars（37）_____ of gold in only three months. But the work was（38）_____ with only two men and not much equipment. So we decided Powell should go to the（39）_____ settlement to seek equipment and men to help us with the work. On March the third, 1866, Powell said good-bye. He（40）_____ his horse down the mountain toward the valley. Two days later, Powell came back with everything we needed to change our life forever._____A．slowB．worthC．rodeD．fortunatelyE．myselfF．engineerG．discoveredH．searchingI．fastJ．nearestK．extremelyL．deserts

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The Strength of ThreeThere was once a family of three sons. The boys were not kind to one another. In fact, they fought constantly, each one trying to beat the others in some sort of sport. For instance, if one boy were building a raft（筏子）,another had to build a canoe（独木舟）.（26）_____ Because each of them worked alone, their work was difficult, and the results were not always worthwhile.Their father feared they would never learn to cooperate.（27）_____He gathered up a large bundle of reeds（一大捆芦苇杆）and tied them together. At dinner, he announced a contest: "I challenge you to break this bundle of reeds in half, for whoever figures out the secret will win a life of rich rewards."（28）_____He took the bundle in his hands and used all of his strength to try to break the reeds, but they would not break. His younger brother took on the challenge. He balanced the reed across the top of the table and used all of his weight to try to break the bundle, but it did not break. Finally, he gave up, and the youngest brother took the bundle in his hands.（29）_____Finally, the father took the bundle from them. He divided the bundle into three equal piles. "Now break your bundle, "he said. The task was easy, Each broke his bundle with hardly any effort. "When you divide your work, it is easy and you can accomplish much," the father said. And with that, the young men understood that alone each of them was weak.（30）__________

A man with high self-esteem is more likely to _____.

Toget out of our hiding we need to _____.

A good sportsman may _____.

Self-esteem is about _____.

Self-confidence is about _____.

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Self-esteem（自尊）and Self-confidence1．Think back to when you did something new for the first time. Self-confidence isn't always what we think it is. Many experts say that self-confidence and self-esteem are different. Self-confidence is about what we can do by virtue of our efforts, It grows along with the quality of the effort.2．Self-esteem is more fundamental（基本的）and is about the feeling of being worth something, just because we are, and not because we have done something. A good sportsman can have a huge success and self-confidence, because he's good at his sport. In the same time his self-esteem can be low, if his parents have never recognized and treasured him for the person he is deep inside, but only for his performances in sports.3．Build self-esteem if you were not born with it. Some people just have it, as if they were born with it. They talk in front of a crowd of people, sell themselves at job interviews or start an interesting conversation with people they've never met before.4．Self-confidence isn't something you receive as a birth gift. It's something you develop gradually as you turn over the pages of the thick book of life. If you work goal-directed to improve your belief in yourself, you'll eventually build up your courage to do what self-assured（自信的）people find natural, instead of developing pounding hearts, breathing difficulties and trembling hands.5．Regardless of fear and shyness you'll have to get out of your hiding to improve your self-confidence. Be more visible to your surroundings. Do something else than you used to. Try yourself in different situations. We all have many great abilities that just have to be exposed.Paragraph 1_____

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Which of the following can be the best title from this text?

One morning, when she drove past the flower spot, Mary decided to _____.

The first time Mary carried the flowers to the hospital, she _____.

When her grandmother's health began to get worse in the fall, Mary would make the drive from Washington, DC to Winchester, Virginia, every few days.To make the trip to the hospital, Mary had to get on highway 81. It was here that she discovered a surprising bit of beauty during one of her trips. Along the middle of the highway, there were a long stretch of wild flowers. They were beautiful and almost poetic（诗意的）in appearance.The first time she saw the flowers, Mary was seized by an urge（冲动）to pull over. She then stopped her car and picked a bunch from the soil. She carried them into her grandmother's room when she arrived at the hospital and placed them in a glass by her bed.For a moment her grandmother seemed better than usual. She thanked Mary for the flowers, commented on their beauty and asked where she had gotten them. Mary was filled with joy because of the flowers' seeming ability to wake something up inside her sick grandmother.Afterwards, Mary would pick a bunch of flowers on her way to visit grandma. Each time Mary placed the flowers in the glass, her grandmother's eyes would light up, and they would have a splendid conversation.One morning in late October, Mary got a call that her grandmother had taken a turn for the worse. Mary was in such a hurry to get to her grandmother that she drove past her flower spot. She decided to turn around. She headed several miles back and got a bunch.Mary arrived at the hospital to find her grandmother very weak and unresponsive（无应答的）.She placed the flowers in the glass and sat down to hold her grandmother's hand. She felt a press on her fingers. It was the last conversation they had.Mary drove from Washington, DC to Winchester, Virginia to _____.

When Mary's grandma saw the flowers, she asked Mary _____.

The man did his best even if he was aware that he had no chance to win.

The man came from a small country far away from Sydney.

The man felt sad when he knew he made one of the slowest Olympic records..

When the man finally finished his race, the crowd became angry with him.

The crowd laughed at the man from beginning to end.

The man became very tired when he turned to swim back.

I knew that the man was not able to compete for the medals.

Two swimmers were disqualified because they had started before the official signal was given.

It's easy for an athlete to perform well when having nobody to race against .

Go for It!While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across quite a sight. It was not a world record broken, but a show of determination.The event was swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them false started so they were disqualified（取消资格）. That left only one to compete. It would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is what's important.I watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that he was not out for gold. His arms were flailing（乱摆）in an attempt at freestyle. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. Finally be made his turn to start back. You could tell he was tired out.But in those few difficult strokes（划动）, the crowd had changed.No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shouted things like, "Come on, you can do it!" and "Go for it!" He did.When this young man finally finished his race, the crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man did his best.Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone raced. His country had been asked to Sydney as a polite gesture. But this man gave his all; he knew that he had no chance, but he competed because of the spirit of the game.I saw a world record being broken while watching the Olympics the other night.