2013年10月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试
英语（一）试卷
（课程代码 00012）
本试卷分为两部分，共7页，满分100分；考试时间150分钟。
1.第一部分为选择题，应考者必须在“答题卡”上的“选择题答题区”内按要求填涂，答
在试卷上无效。
2.第二部分为非选择题，应考者必须在“答题卡”上的“非选择题答题区”内按照试题顺
序直接答题，答在试卷上无效。
第一部分选择题（共20分）
一、阅读判断（第1~10题，每题1分，共10分）
下面的短文后列出了10个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，选择C，并在“答题卡”上将相应字母涂黑。
American High School
Have you ever wondered what an American high school is really like? This article will describe a typical high school and it students.
A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students. Every student is given a locker. When students first arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather loan(租借) than buy them. Students must pay back if they lose any of them.
American students have different types of school transport(交通). They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn passing grades in the class and also pass their state?s driver?s exam, they can begin driving themselves to school.
Each day, students take six or seven classes. They must take science, math, English and
social studies. They can choose art, homemaking, fashion design and other classes. In some schools, students are required to take one or more of the following special classes: health education, physical education or foreign language studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because each teacher has their own classroom. There is a five-minute break between classes, to give the students the time to hurry to their next class.
The regular school day usually ends early in the afternoon. After school, more than a half of the students are involved in after-school activities. These activities include sports –especially football, basketball and soccer or clubs, such as yearbook, speech, school newspaper, photograph or student government.
1. A typical American high school has only one large building but with enough space.
A.True
B. False
C. Not Given
2.Students can put away r get their textbooks in their lockers.
A.True
B. False
C. Not Given
3.All students buy their textbooks by themselves at the start of a new term.
A.True
B. False
C. Not Given
4.Students like taking the school bus to go to school
A.True
B. False
C. Not Given
5.Students are not allowed to drive to school before 18 years old.
A.True
B. False
C. Not Given
6.Students take seven classes at most everyday.
A.True
B. False
C. Not Given
7.Students go to different classrooms to take different subjects.
A.True
B. False
C. Not Given
8.Each teacher has their own office in the school.
A.True
B. False
C. Not Given
9.The class break between two classes in 10 minutes long.
A.True
B. False
C. Not Given
10.Many students go to take part in after-school activities after school.
A.True
B. False
C. Not Given
二、阅读选择（第11~15题，每题2分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，请从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出一个最佳选项，并在“答题卡”上将相应字母涂黑。
A Writing Class
I was in my third year of teaching writing at Ralph High School in New York, when one of my students, 15-year-old Mike, gave me a note from his mother. It explained his absence(缺席) from class the day before.
“Dear Mr. McCort, Mike?s grandmother, who is eighty years of age, fell down the stairs and I kept Mike at home to take care of her and his baby sister so I could go to my job. Please excuse Mike and he?ll do his best in the future. P.S. His grandmother is OK.” I had seen Mike writing the note at his desk. I said nothing. Most parental-excuse notes I received were written by my students. The writers of those notes didn?t realize that honest excuse notes were usually dull: “Peter was late because the alarm clock didn?t go off.”
The students always said it was hard putting 200words together on any subject, but when the produced excuse notes, they were excellent. So I decided to type out a dozen excuse notes and gave them to my classes. I said, “They?re supposed to be written by parents, but actually they are not. True, Mike?” The students looked at me nervously.
Now, this will be the first class to study the art of the excuse note – the first class, ever, to practice writing them.”Everyone smiled as I went on, “Today I?d like you to write …An Excuse Note from Adam to God? or …An Excuse Note from Eve to God?. Heads went down. Pens raced across paper. For the first time ever I saw students so immersed(专心的) in their writing.
The next day everyone had excuse notes. But suddenly I saw the headmaster at the door. He entered the classroom, looking at papers, and then said, “I?d like you to see me in my office.”When I stepped into his office, he came to shake my hand and said, “I just want to tell you that the lesson was great. Those kids were writing on the college level.”
11.Why was Mike absent from class according to the excuse note?
A.His clock went wrong
B. He got a bad illness
C. His mother caught a cold
D. He had to look after his grandmother
12. How did the teacher know that excuse note was written by Mike?
A. Mike told the truth.
B. Mike?s parents told the truth
C. The excuse note were written in dull words
D. The teacher saw Mike writing the excuse note
13. The teacher did with the not-true excuse note by _________.
A. reporting it to the headmaster
B. using it as a writing exercise
C. visiting the students? family
D. throwing it out of the window
14. What did the headmaster think of the author?s way of teaching?
A. Effective
B. Difficult
C. Boring
D. Surprising
15. We can infer from the passage that _________.
A. Mike told a lie
B. Mike told the truth
C. Mike looked after his grandmother
D. Mike helped his mother do housework
第二部分非选择题（共80分）
三、概括段落大意和补全句子（第16~25题，每题1分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，请完成短文后的二项测试任务：（一）从第16~20题后所给的六个选项中为第①~⑤段每段选择一个正确的小标题；（2）从第21~25题后所给的六个选项中选择五个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。在“非选择题”答题区内作答。
Pollution
①With the development of modern agriculture and industry, more and more waste is produced. Much of this waste is harmful. It goes into the water, the soil and the air. Some of it is absorbed and made harmless. But where there is too much of it, the poisonous waste may do great harm to the things around us
②When farmers add fertilizer(肥料) to the soil to make plants grow better, or spray(喷洒) poison to kill plant pests, poison is sent into the air, the water and the soil. When birds, fish and people eat the grain, drink the water or breathe the air, harm will be down to their health.
③The air in big cities is often made very dirty by factories. Millions of tons of waste ad
poisonous gases are sent into the air with the smoke. In some places, little is done to make the smoke clean before it goes into the air.
④Oil is burnt in cars, trucks and buses. They produce waste gases almost as harmful as the gases from factories. In big cities during cold winter months, many old people die from the polluted air. In places around big factories, trees and vegetables are often killed by the bad air.
⑤Another kind of pollution is noise. V ery loud noises can make people ill, hurt their ears, or even drive them mad. Houses near airports sometimes have their windows broken by the noise of jet planes passing overhead. Workers in some industries have their hearing harmed by the noise of the machines.
T ask 1 Array 16. Paragraph ①:
17. Paragraph ②:
18. Paragraph ③:
19. Paragraph ④:
20. Paragraph ⑤:
T ask 2
21. The development of modern agriculture and industry produces _________.
22. Farmers add fertilizer to the soil to ________.
23. Cars, trucks and buses produce waste gases because of _________.
24. In cold winter, many old people in big cities die from _________.
25. The noise of the machines will harm _________.
四、填句补文（第26~30题，每题2分，共10分）
下面的短文有五处空白，短文后有六个句子，其中五个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌，并在“非选择题”答题区内作答。
Learn Foreign Languages
Karl Max was born in Germany, and German was his native language. But, he had learned some French and English at school. When he got to England, he found that his English was too limited. __26__.
He made such rapid progress that before long he began to write articles in English for an American newspaper. In fact, his English in one of these articles was so good that Engels wrote him a letter and praised him for it. __27__. However, he went on to explain that he was not too sure about two things – the grammar and some of the idiom.
In the 1870s, when Marx was already in his fifties, he found it important to study the situation in Russia, so he began to learn Russian. __28__.
In one of his books, Marx gave some advice on how to learn a foreign language. __29__. If they do this, it shows they have not mastered it. When they use the foreign language, they should try to forget all about their own. __30__.
A.Marx wrote back to say that Engels? praise had greatly encouraged him
B.He started working hard to improve English
C.After six months, he had learned enough to read newspapers in Russian
D.One of the advice is that people should not translate everything into their own language
E.So parents should sit down to talk more with their child
F.It they cannot forget it, the cannot use it freely
五、填词补文（第31~40题，每题1.5分，共15分）
下面的短文有十处空白，短文后列出十二个词，其中十个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌，并在“非选择题”答题区内作答。
The Use of Bamboo
Did you ever see grass growing high as a tree – a tall tree? Bamboo is this kind of __31__. But the most interesting things about this remarkable __32__ is what people do with it after it is cut down. Bamboo probably has more uses than any other plant in the world.
In warm countries, many people have their houses made almost __33__ of bamboo: the walls, the roof, the floor. Nearly everything within their __34__ is made of bamboo, too. The chairs, tables, curtains, cooking pots, flowers vases, drinking cups, birdcages, and so on are all made of bamboo. And the fence __35__ their garden is made of bamboo too.
Some bamboo is thinner than your little finger. Some is much __36__ than your waist. And because it is hollow, it can be used for pipes to __37__ water. Many farmers?fields are irrigated(灌溉) by water brought from a river or lake through bamboo pipes.
Bamboo is used for more than building. People eat it. They are always found in Chinese or Japanese __38__. Some are put into cans and shipped all over the __39__. Bamboo is also made into paper. Bamboo can also be made into good walking sticks and fishing poles. Who can tell what new use someone may find for this __40__ kind of grass – bamboo?
A. plant E. carry I. special
B. thicker F. houses J. taking
C. grass G. dishes K. world
D. entirely H. around L. different
六、完型补文（第41~50题，每题1.5分，共15分）
下面的短文有十处空白，每处空白后的括号内有一个词，请根据短文内容将其正确的形式填入文中，以恢复文章原貌，并在“非选择题”答题区内作答。
Global Warming
The study __41__ (show) that in some regions, lakes are warming __42__ (fast) than the air around them. This is important because scientists often use __43__ (measure) of air temperature to study how Earth is warming. By __44__ (use) lake temperatures as well, scientists can get a better picture of global warming. The scientists say data on those __45__ (lake) give scientists a new way to measure the impact of climate change around the world.
That?s going to be __46__ (use), since no country is too big or to small to ignore climate change. Scientists aren?t the only ones concerned. Everyone who __47__ (live) on Earth is going to be __48__ (affect) by the rapid warming of the planet. Many world leaders believe we __49__ (be) able to do something about it, __50__ (especial) by reducing the amount of greenhouse (温室)
gases we put into the air.
七、短文写作（第51题，共30分）
请根据要求撰写一篇120词左右的英语短文。将短文写在“非选择题”答题区内。
参考答案
1~10: BABCB AACBA
11~15: DDBDA
16~25: CEFBD FDCBA
26~30: BACDF
31~40: CADFH BEGKI
41~45: shows, faster, measurements, using, lakes
46~50: useful, lives, affected, are, especially
51.
Dear All,
As Christmas is around the corner, I am more than happy to invite you to the English Corner on December, 24, 2013. It will start at 7.30 p.m. in Room 201 of the main building.
As one of the most important festivals of a year for English speaking countries, Christmas is always a chance for family and friends to get together and share a joyful time. Please share your memories and experiences of Christmas with us, and I hope we will have a cheerful and
memorable night.
Let?s celebrate Christmas and of course practice oral English together! I am looking forward to your coming!
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
2013年考研英语一真题原文及答案完整版 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) People are, on the whole, poor at considering background information when making individual decisions. At first glance this might seem like a strength that __1_ the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by _2_ factors. But Dr Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider the big _3_ was leading decision-makers to be biased by the daily samples of information they were working with. _4_, he theorised that a judge _5_ of appearing too soft _6_crime might be more likely to send someone to prison __7_he had already sentenced five or six other defendants only to forced community service on that day. To __8__this idea, they turned their attention to the university-admissions process. In theory, the ____9___ of an applicant should not depend on the few others___10____ randomly for interview during the same day, but Dr Simonsohn suspected the truth was____11____. He studied the results of 9,323 MBA interviews _12_ by 31 admissions officers. The interviewers had _13_ applicants on a scale of one to five. This scale _14_ numerous factors into consideration. T he scores were _15_ used in conjunction with an applicant’s score on the GMAT, a standardised exam which is _16_out of 800 points, to make a decision on whether to accept him or her.
山东省2013年7月高等教育自学考试 英语（二）试卷[14学分] （课程代码：0015 考试时间：150分钟） 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；选择题50分，非选择题50分，满分100分；考试时间150分钟。将全部答案写在答案纸的相应位置上，否则不计分。 PART ONE (50 POINTS) Ⅰ.Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point for each time) 在每小题列出的四个备选项中只有一个是符合题目要求的，请将其选出并将答案代码涂黑。错涂、多涂或未涂均无分。 1. The police offered ____for information about the stolen painting. A. a reward B. an award C. a profit D. a prize 2. Please let me know if any difficulties ____. A. arise B. have C. come D. happen 3. John knows the rule but does not know how to ____ it. A. guide B. direct C. apply D. manage 4. Jack drew a ____ sun and a pale moon in the same picture. A. bright B. light C. clear D. clean 5. You may not like Thomas, but he has his ____. A. merits B. good C. advantages D. feelings 6. It is ____ that no one feels like working. A. a so cold day B. such a cold day C. such cold a day D. a such cold day 7. The boy is quite well now, ____ a slight headache. A. besides B. except C. beside D. except for 8. If the United States had built more homes for poor people in 1955, the housing problems now in some parts of the country____ so serious. A. wouldn’t be B. wouldn’t have been C. will not be D. would have not been 9. John didn’t know the way to the station, so he stopped ____. A. to ask B. asking C. for asking D. to asking 10. It was not until he arrived at the station _____ he realized he had forgotten his ticket. A. there B. that C. then D. where Ⅱ.Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point for each item) 下面短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。请根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并将答题卡的相应代码涂黑。 Good grades and a good job are easy to get. A good education is a _ 11 _ story. Her eyelids sank from lack of sleep, _ 12 _ Teresa’s exams were always perfect, her writings longer _ 13 _ required, and her math problems rewritten to ensure cleanness. She played the violin and the piano, volunteered _ 14 _ the hospital, participated in various school clubs and enjoyed none of them. It seemed that she was born to succeed and was more than willing to sacrifice _ 15 _ in the name of achievement. I watched her as her laughter stopped. And on Teresa’s graduation day, she _ 16 _ the valedictory medal, but her eyes were empty.
绝密★启用前 2013年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（天津卷） 英语 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共130分，考试时间100分钟，第Ⅰ卷1页至10页，第Ⅱ卷11页至12页。 第Ⅰ卷 本卷共55小题，共95分 第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1.---I’m going to Venice next week. ---____________. Carnival will be held then. Have fun! A.You’re crazy B. You’re lucky C. You’d better not D. You never know 2.If you are in trouble, Mike is always willing to ______________a hand. A.lend B. shake C. wave D. want 3.I think watching TV every evening is a waste of time---there are ____________meaningful things to do. A.less B. more C. the least D. the most 4.---Mary’s been offered a job in a university, but she doesn’t want to take it. ---__________? It’s a very good chance. A.Guess what B. So what C. Who cares D. But why 5.____________ small, the company has about 1,000 buyers in over countries. A.As B. If C. Although D. Once 6.We have launched another man-made satellite, _____________is announced in today’s newspaper. A.that B. which C. who D. what 7.While she was in Paris, she developed a ____________for fine art. A.way B. relation C. taste D. habit 8.I had hoped to take a holiday this year but I wasn’t able to ______________. A.get away B.dop in C. check out D. hold on 9.No one ________be more generous; he has a heart of gold. A.could B. must C. dare D. need 10.In some languages, 100 words make up half of all words _________ in daily conversations. https://www.doczj.com/doc/0113365234.html,ing B. to use C. having used D. used 11.It was not until near the end of the letter ________she mentioned her own plan. A.that B. where C. why D. when 12.At our factory there are a few machines similar to _____________described in this magazine. A.them B. these C. those D. ones 13.The water supply has been cut off temporarily because the workers ________one of the main pipes. A.had repaired B. have repaired C. repaired D. are repairing 14.If he had spent more time practicing speaking English before, he ________able to speak it much better now. A.will be B. would be C. has been D. would have been 15._________ I want to tell you is the deep love and respect I have for my parents. A.That B. Which C. Whether D. What
2013年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语一真题及答案Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) People are, on the whole, poor at considering background information when making individual decisions. At first glance this might seem like a strength that 1 the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by 2 factors. But Dr. Uri Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider the big 3 was leading decision-makers to be biased by the daily samles of information they were working with. 4 , he theorised that a judge 5 of apperaring too soft 6 crime might be more likely to send someone to prison 7 he had already sentenced five or six other defendants only to forced community service on that day。 To 8 this idea, he turned to the university-admissions process. In theory, the 9 of an applicant should not depend on the few others 10 randomly for interview during the same day, but Dr. Simonsoho suspected the truth was 11 。 He studied the results of 9,323 MBA interviews 12 by 31 admissions officers. The interviewers had 13 applicants on a scale of one to five. This scale 14 numerous factors into consideration. The scores were 15 used in conjunction with an applicant’s score on the Granduate Managent Adimssion Test, or GMAT, a standardized exam which is 16 out of 800 points, to make a decision on whether to accept him or her。 Dr. Simonsoho found if the score of the previous candidate in a daily series of interviewees was 0.75 points or more higher than that of the one 17 that, then the score for the next applicant would 18 by an average of 0.075 points. This might sound small, but to 19 the effects of such a decrease a candidate could need 30 more GMAT points than would otherwise have been 20 。 1. [A] grants [B]submits [C]transmits [D]delivers 2. [A] minor [B]objective [C]crucial [D] external 3. [A] issue [B]vision [C]picture [D]external 4. [A] For example [B] On average [C]In principle [D]Above all 5. [A] fond [B] fearful [C]capable [D] thoughtless 6. [A] in [B] on [C] to [D] for 7. [A] if [B] until [C] though [D] unless 8. [A] promote [B] emphasize [C] share [D]success
完型 鉴于电子货币的优势,你也许会认为,我们将快速步入无现金社会,实现完全电子支付。然而，真正的无现金社会很可能不会马上到来。事实上,这样的预测已经出现二十年了,但迄今还没有实现。例如,1975年《商业周刊》预测电子支付手段不久将“彻底改变货币本身的定义”，并将在数年后颠覆货币本身。为何人们进入无现金社会的速度如此缓慢呢？ 尽管电子支付手段可能比纸币支付方式更加高效，然而以下几个方面解释了纸币系统“不会”消失的原因。第一，使电子货币成为最主要的支付方式必须的设备包括电脑、读卡器和电信网络，而安装这些设备价格昂贵。第二，纸质支票有提供收据这一优势，这是消费者不愿放弃的。第三，使用纸质支票可以让开票人多几天让钱“悬浮”在帐户里，对方得花上几天才能凭支票取现，这也就是意味着开票方又多赚了几天利息钱。而由于电子支票是即时的，因此也就没有这种优势。第四，电子支付方式还有可能存在安全和隐私隐患。 我们曾多次听到媒体报道说某个非法黑客入侵了用户的数据库并且篡改了里面的信息。这种情况时有发生，这也意味着别有用心之人可能侵入电子支付系统，盗取别人的银行帐号而盗款成功。要防止这类诈骗并非易事，正在研发新的电脑科学领域来处理该类安全问题。此外，人们对于电子支付方式的担忧在于进行电子交易之后所留下的包含个人信息的痕迹。人们担心政府部门，雇员和市场营销人员会看到这些数据，侵犯个人隐私。 Text1 在一篇名为(entitled)《成功（make it）在美国》的文章中，作者亚当·戴维森讲述(relate)了这样一个源自棉花出产国的笑话，笑话是关于现代纺织(textile)作坊(mill)已高度自动化(automate)：现如今，一家普通作坊里只有两名员工，“一个人和一条狗，人在作坊里是为了喂狗，狗在作坊里是为了使人远离(away from)机器。”Davidson’s article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reaso n we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is also because of the advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution,which a re more rapidly than ever replacing labor with machines or foreign workers.最近出现了很多(a number of)类似戴维森所写的文章，它们都表明了这样一种看法(make a point)：之所以失业人数(unemployment)居高难下(stubbornly high)和中产阶级(middle-class)收入(income)持续下降，原因是全球化与信息技术革命已经取得了诸多进步，它们使得机器和国外员工在取代(replace..with)本国劳动力(labor)方面比以往任何时候都要迅速。 以往，具有一般技术、从事一般工作的员工可以赚得(earn)普通的生活。但现如今，普通人才正式地过时了(officially)。继续普通无法再让你过上以前的生活，其原因是当下更多的雇主可以用(have access to)比普通还要低廉的价格，来雇佣国外员工，购买机器人(robotics)和软件(software)，实现自动化(automation)，获得天才(genus)。因此，每个人都需要挖掘身上额外的东西-来让他们做出独特的、有价值的贡献，这种贡献会让他们脱颖而出(stand out),不管他们身处什么工作领域(field of employment)。 确实，新科技在过去、现在和将来都在“吞噬”工作岗位，但这种“吞噬”速度已经提高了。正如戴维森所指出(note)：“（美国）工厂裁员(shed workers)速度是如此之快，以至于从1999到2009十年间裁员人数超过了之前70年新增员工人数的总和；大约有1/3的制造业工作岗位——总约600万——消失了。 未来，改变会一直存在——新工作、新产品和新服务。但我们肯定(know for sure)的一件事情是：随着全球化和信息技术革命所取得的每一个进步，那些最好的工作都将需要劳动者们接受更多、更好的教育，以使他们优于普通员工。 生活在普通人才已正式过时的世界中，我们有很多的事情需要做来扶持就业(employment)，但其中最重要的是为21世纪通过某种“士兵教育促就业法案（于1944年通
2013年江苏高考英语试卷及答案
2013年全国高考英语试题(江苏卷)及答案 第二部分: 英语知识运用(共两节, 满分35 分)第一节: 单项填空(共15小题; 每小题1分,满分15分) 21. Gnerally, students’ inner motivation with high expectations from others _____ essential to their development. A. is B. are C. was D. were 22. —The T-shirt I received is not the same as is shown online. —_____? But I promise you we’ll look into it right away. A. Who says B. How come C. What for D. Why worry 23. —The town is so beautiful! I just love it. —Me too. The character of the town is well _____. A. qualitfied B. preserved C. decorated D. simplified 24. Lionel Messi, _____ the record for the most goals in a calendar year, is considered the most talented football player in Europe. A. set B. setting C. to set D. having set
Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) People are, on the whole, poor at considering background information when making individual decisions. At first glance this might seem like a strength that __1__ the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by __2___ factors. But Dr. Uri Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider the big __3___ was leading decision-makers to be biased by the daily samles of information they were working with. __4___ , he theorised that a judge __5___ of apperaring too soft __6__ crime might be more likely to send someone to prison __7___ he had already sentenced five or six other defendants only to forced community service on that day. To __8__ this idea, he turned to the university-admissions process. In theory, the __9___ of an applicant should not depend on the few others __10___ randomly for interview during the same day, but Dr. Simonsoho suspected the truth was __11___ . He studied the results of 9,323 MBA interviews __12___by 31 admissions officers. The interviewers had__13___applicants on a scale of one to five. This scale __14___ numerous factors into consideration. The scores were __15___ used in conjunction with an applicant’s score on the Granduate Managent Adimssion Test, or GMAT, a standardized exam which is__16___ out of 800 points, t o make a decision on whether to accept him or her. Dr. Simonsoho found if the score of the previous candidate in a daily series of interviewees was 0.75 points or more higher than that of the one __17___that, then the score for the next applicant would __18___by an average of 0.075 points. This might sound small, but to __19___ the effects of such a decrease a candidate could need 30 more GMAT points than would otherwise have been __20___. 1. [A] grants [B]submits [C]transmits [D]delivers 2. [A] minor [B]objective [C]crucial [D] external 3. [A] issue [B]vision [C]picture [D]external 4. [A] For example [B] On average [C]In principle [D]Above all 5. [A] fond [B] fearful [C]capable [D] thoughtless 6. [A] in [B] on [C] to [D] for 7. [A] if [B] until [C] though [D] unless 8. [A] promote [B] emphasize [C] share [D]test 9. [A] decision [B] quality [C] status [D] success 10. [A] chosen [B] studied [C] found [D] identified 11. [A] exceptional [B] defensible [C] replaceable [D] otherwise 12. [A] inspired [B] expressed [C] conducted [D] secured 13. [A] assigned [B] rated [C] matched [D] arranged 14. [A] put [B] got [C] gave [D] took 15. [A] instead [B] then [C] ever [D] rather 16. [A] selected [B] passed [C] marked [D] introduced 17. [A] before [B] after [C] above [D] below 18. [A] jump [B] float [C] drop [D] fluctuate 19. [A] achieve [B] undo [C] maintain [D] disregard 20. [A] promising [B] possible [C] necessary [D] helpful Section II Reading Comprehension Part A Directions:
2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（二）试题 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word（s）for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.（10 points） Given the advantages of electronic money, you might think that we would move quickly to the cashless society in which all payments are made electronically.1, a true cashless society is probably not around the corner. Indeed, predictions of such a society have been2for two decades but have not yet come to fruition. For example, Business Week predicted in 1975 that electronic only to 4itself several means of payment “would s oon revolutionize the very3of money itself,” years later. Why has the movement to a cashless society been so5in coming? Although e money might be more convenient and may be more efficient than a payments system based on paper, several factors work6the disappearance of the paper system. First, it is very7to set up the computer, card reader, and telecommunications networks necessary to make electronic money the8form of payment. Second, paper checks have the advantage that they9receipts, something that many consumers are unwilling to10. Third, the use of paper checks it takes several days11a check is cashed and funds gives consumers several days of “float”— are12from the issuer s account, which means that the writer of the check can earn interest on the funds in the meantime.13electronic payments are immediate, they eliminate the float for the consumer. Fourth, electronic means of payment may14security and privacy concerns. We often hear media reports that an unauthorized hacker has been able to access a computer database and to alter information15there. The fact that this is not an16occurrence means that dishonest persons might be able to access bank accounts in electronic payments systems and17from someone else s accounts. The18of this type of fraud is no easy task, and a new field of computer science is developing to19security issues. A further concern is that the use of electronic means of payment leaves an electronic20that contains a large amount of personal data on buying habits. There are worries that government, employers, and marketers might be able to access these data, thereby violating our privacy. 1. ［A］However
2013年10月真题解析 2013年10月高等教育自学考试 全国统一命题考试 英语（二）试卷真题解析 （课程代码00015） 本试卷分为选择题和非选择题两部分，满分100分，考试时间150分钟。 第一部分为选择题。考生必须在“答题卡”上按要求填涂作答。 第二部分为非选择题。 第一部分选择题 一、阅读判断（第1—10题，共10分） 短文后列出10个句子，根据短文内容判断每个句子。A是正确，B是错误，C是文中未提及。 Farms Appear in Cities When you h ear the word “farm”, you may imagine the countryside with cows and crops. But scientists say the farms of the future could be built in tall buildings in some large cities. It may be difficult to believe, but in fact, the technology for growing crops in doors already exists. Farming in the city is already happening. Some vegetables are already grown in greenhouses. Even the scientists at the South Pole research station can enjoy fresh vegetables they grow in their own greenhouse. Experts say indoor farming solves many problems. First, traditional farming takes up a lot of land. Growing crops in tall buildings — called vertical farming（垂直农业）— can solve the problem. Also, fruits and vegetables grown indoors would not face serious threats from insects and weather. Though vertical farms don’t exist yet, experts have created a plan for recycling in such farms. The water from indoor fish ponds would be used to water crops. Gases from crop waste would be used to heat the building. Waste from chicken or pigs would be reused as a source of energy. But experts believe vertical farming is not going to be easy. They say it can be difficult to control climate conditions indoors. Besides, Plants differ in their weather and lighting needs. For example, some plants like warm, sunny weather, but other plants prefer cooler temperatures. That’s not to say these difficulties won’t be overcome —but it will take time. Most experts suggest it may take about 5 to 15 years before the first vertical farms could be created. 【参考译文】 农场出现在城市里（城中农场） 当听到“农场”一词，你可能联想到乡下的母牛和庄稼等等。但科学家说，未来的农场可能会建在一些大城市的高楼里。 此事可能难以置信，可是事实上，在室内种庄稼已经存在了。城市里的农场已经出现，某些蔬菜已经在温室里生长。甚至在南极科考站，科学家们能享用他们在温室里自己栽种的新鲜蔬菜。 据专家们说室内农场可以解决许多问题。首先，传统农场占据大片土地。在高楼里种庄稼（称之为垂直农业）可以解决此问题。再者说，水果和蔬菜室内种植不会受到害虫和气候的威胁。 尽管垂直农场尚未成为现实，但是专家们已经在一些农场创建了再循环计划：把室内养鱼池的水用于浇灌农作物，把来自于农作物的废气用于建筑物的供热，来自于鸡和猪的粪便重新利用作为能源。 但是专家认为垂直农业并不是一件容易的事。他们说，控制室内气候环境是困难的。除此之外，植物对气候和光照需求有差异。例如，一些植物喜好温暖、阳光普照的气候，但另一些植物更喜欢较凉爽的温度。 并不是说这些困难不能克服——但是这将需要花时间。大多数专家指出，建立起第一个垂直农场可能需要五年到十五年的时间。 word “farm” may m ake you think of the countryside. Given [答疑编号0101]