自考英语二级练习题.doc

大学英语二级模拟试题
Part I Listening Comprehension
Section A Conversations
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long
conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be
asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be
spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause,
you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the
best answer.

1. A) In an office.B) In a post office.C) At home.D) In a reading-room.

2. A) Twenty-five.B) Fifteen.C) Thirty-five.D) Twenty.

3. A) Wife — Husband.B) Father — Son.
C) Shop assistant — Customer.D) Boss — Secretary.

4. A) Ten o’clock.B) Nine o’clock.C) Nine thirty.D) Five o’clock.

5. A) He gave it to the woman.B) He put it away.
C) He did not have the pen.D) He wrote a letter with it.

6. A) By December fourteenth.B) By New Year’s Day.
C) By November.D) By November fourteenth.

7. A) His teacher.B) His boss.C) His mother.D) His partner.

8. A) Order a dictionary from other libraries.B) Use her dictionary more
often.
C) Take the dictionary out of the library.D) Buy a dictionary for
herself.

Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

9. A) About taking up a sport. B) About obtaining a pair of shoes.
C) About favorite tennis teams. D) About joining a sports club.

10. A) They don’t help sports players at all.
B) They don’t live up to their fame.
C) They may be comfortable but are too expensive.
D) They are good for track and field sports but not for ball games.

11. A) He and his friends have never worn Adidas.
B) Adidas is only for great sports players like the Chicago Bulls.
C) Adidas helps sports players do better.
D) He has always wanted to wear Adidas shoes.

12. A) He thinks Adidas would cost him quite a lot of money.
B) He thinks Mary will be running frequently.
C) He doesn’t think the shoes will help Mary to play better.
D) He doesn’t think Mary will play sports for long.

Questions13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

13. A) Most people don’t think it is a serious problem.
B) Most of our pollution is caused by things people need.
C) The government has not spent enough money to stop it.
D) The seriousness of pollution has not been realized by the government.

14. A) It can kill people. B) It can damage one’s mental ability.
C) It can make it difficult to breathe. D) It can damage steel and
concrete.

15. A) A crowded city. B) A busy airport. C) A steel factory. D) An old
car park.

Section B Short Passages
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. After each passage,
you will hear some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken
only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the
four choices marked A), B), C) and D).

Passage One
Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16. A) How to exchange views with the interviewer.
B) How to handle a difficult job situation.
C) Getting prepared for questions at a job interview.
D) What questions to put to the interviewer.

17. A) What makes you perfect for the job.
B) How the company can benefit from you.
C) How you can beat all other companies.
D) How you would deal with the position.

18. A) Your past and present.B) Your present and future.
C) Your past and future.D) All of the above.

19. A) You are especially good at dealing with customers.
B) You are especially good at learning customers’ needs.
C) You should praise the job advertisement.
D) You should relate your strengths to the job requirements.

Passage Two
Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.

20. A) The birth control policy.
B) The population situation in China.
C) Family planning workers’ responsibilities.
D) Education to keep population below 1.4 billion by 2010.

21. A) To do farm work. B) To improve living standards.
C) To keep up social traditions.D) To continue the family line.

22. A) It will ensure families are happy.
B) It needs support from the urban inhabitants.
C) Farmers should mainly rely on their own efforts.
D) It should go hand in hand with family planning work.

Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

23. A) We live in a world in which people depend more and more on each
other.
B) We live in a world in which people are getting further and further
away from each other.
C) We live in a world which is becoming more and more mysterious.
D) We live in a world which is expanding at a speed that we have never
experienced before.

24. A) They must establish close, meaningful contacts with people in other
countries.
B) They must try hard to understand each other.
C) They must find differences and similarities among themselves.
D) All of the above.

25. A) We have more and more education.
B) We have more and more choices.
C) We have more space for survival and prosperity.
D) We tend to go abroad for more sightseeing.

Section C Compound Dictation
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. You are
required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1) to S8) with the exact words you
have just heard. For blanks numbered S9) to S11) you are required to fill in the
missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or
write down the main points in your own words.

There is a popular S1) ______ among parents that schools are no longer
interested in spelling. No school I have taught in has ever S2) ______ spelling
or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, vastly
different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority it must be given
over S3) ______ language development and writing ability. The problem is, how to
S4) ______ a child to express himself freely and S5) ______ in writing without
holding him back with the complexities of spelling?
If spelling becomes the only S6) ______ point of his teacher’s interest, clearly
a bright child will be likely to “play safe”. He will S7) ______ to write only
words within his spelling S8) ______, choosing to avoid adventurous language.
That’s why S9)_________________________________________________
______________________________________________.
S10)_______________________________________________________________________________:
“This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing
is illegible.
S11)__________________________________________________________________________________,
but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted to read the
essay, which contained some beautiful expressions of the child’s deep feelings.
The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities
had centered on the child’s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the
presentation would have given the pupil more motivation to seek improvement.

Part II Reading Comprehension
Section A: Skimming and Scanning
Directions: In this section, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage
quickly and mark
Y (for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the
passage;
N (for No) if the statement contradicts the information given in the
passage;
NG (for Not Given) if the information is not given in the passage.

Halloween
On October 31st, dozens of children dressed in costumes knock on their
neighbors’ doors and yell “Trick or Treat” when the door opens. Pirates and
princesses, ghosts and popular heroes of the day all hold bags open to catch the
candy or other goodies that the neighbors drop in. As they give each child a
treat the neighbors exclaim over the costumes and try to guess who is under the
masks.
Since the 800’s November 1st is a religious holiday known as All Saints’ Day.
The Mass that was said on this day was called Allhallowmas. The evening before
became known as All Hakkiw e’en, or Halloween. Like some other American
celebrations, its origins lie in both pre-Christian and Christian customs.
October 31st was the eve of the Celtic new year. The Celts were the ancestors of
the present-day Irish, Welsh and Scottish people. On this day ghosts walked and
mingled with the living, or so the Celts thought. The townspeople baked good all
that day and when night fell they dressed up and tried to resemble the souls of
the dead. Hoping that the ghosts would leave peacefully before midnight of the
new year.
Much later, when Christianity spread throughout Ireland and October 31st was no
longer the last day of the year, Halloween became a celebration mostly for
children. “Ghosts” went from door to door asking for treats, or else a trick
would be played on the owners of the house. When millions of Irish people
immigrated to the United States in the 1840s the tradition came with them.
Today school dances and neighborhood parties called “block parties” are popular
among young and old alike. More and more adults celebrate Halloween. They dress
up like historical or political figures and go to masquerade parties (化装舞会). In
larger cities, costumed children and their parents gather at shopping malls
early in the evening. Stores and businesses give parties with games and treats
for the children. Teenagers enjoy costume dances at their schools and the more
outrageous the costume the better!
Certain pranks (恶作剧)such as soaping car windows and tipping over garbage cans
are expected. But partying and pranks are not the only things that Halloweeners
enjoy doing. Some collect money to buy food and medicine for needy children
around the world.
Symbols of Halloween
Halloween originated as a celebration connected with evil spirits. Witches
flying on broomsticks with black cats, ghosts, goblins (小精灵) and skeletons have
all evolved as symbols of Halloween. They are popular trick-or-treat costumes
and decorations for greeting cards and windows. Black is one of the traditional
Halloween colors, probably because Halloween festivals and traditions took place
at night. In the weeks before October 31st, Americans decorate windows of houses
and schools with silhouettes (轮廓) of witches and black cats.
Pumpkins are also a symbol of Halloween. The Pumpkin is an orange-colored
squash, and orange has become the other traditional Halloween color. Carving
pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns is a Halloween custom also dating back to
Ireland. A legend grew up about a man named Jack who was so stingy (吝啬的) that he
was not allowed into heaven when he died, because he was a miser (吝啬鬼). He
couldn’t enter hell either because he had played jokes on the devil. As a
result, Jack had to walk the earth with his lantern until Judgment Day. The
Irish people carved scary faces out of turnips (芜菁根), beets (甜菜根) or potatoes
representing “Jack of the Lantern,” or Jack-o’-lantern. When the Irish brought
their customs to the United States, they carved faces on pumpkins because in the
autumn they were more plentiful than turnips. Today jack-o’-lanterns in the
windows of a house on Halloween night let costumed children know that there are
goodies (糖果) waiting if they knock and say “Trick or Treat!”
Halloween treats
1. Dried Pumpkin Seeds
After carving your pumpkin, separate the pulp from the seeds. Rinse (冲洗) the
seeds and spread them out to dry. The next day, add enough melted butter or
margarine (人造黄油) to coat each seed. Spread the seeds onto a cookie sheet (甜酥饼干)
and bake for 20 minutes in a 300 degree oven or until they are slightly brown.
2. Caramel (饴糖) Apples
Take the paper wrapping off about 100 caramels and put them in a saucepan (炖锅).
Put the saucepan over a pan of boiling water. Boil the water until the caramels
melt. Put a wooden stick into the top of each apple, dip the apple into the
caramel. Let them cool on wax paper and enjoy!
Scary stories
No Halloween party is complete without at least one scary story. Usually one
person talks in a low voice while everyone else crowds together on the floor or
around a fire. The following is a retelling of a tale told in Britain and in
North Carolina and Virginia.
“What Do You Come For?”
There was an old woman who lived all by herself, and she was very lonely.
Sitting in the kitchen one night, she said, “Oh, I wish I had some company.”
No sooner had she spoken than down the chimney tumbled two feet from which the
flesh had rotted. The old woman’s eyes bulged with terror.
Then two legs dropped to the hearth (壁炉地面) and attached themselves to the feet.
Then a body tumbled down, then two arms, and a man’s head.
As the old woman watched, the parts came together into a great, tall man. The
man danced around and around the room. Faster and faster he went. Then he
stopped, and he looked into her eyes.
“What do you come for?” She asked in a small voice that shivered and shook.
“What do I come for?” he said. “I come for YOU!”
The narrator shouts and jumps at the person near him!

26. Halloween is on October 31st, and that day is also known as All Saints Day.
[Y] [N] [NG]
27. October 31st was originally celebrated in Europe as the eve of the Celtic
new year.
[Y] [N] [NG]
28. Halloween was brought by the Irish to the United States as a celebration
mainly for children.
[Y] [N] [NG]
29. School dance parties are welcome by young people while “block parties” are
welcome by senior citizens.
[Y] [N] [NG]
30. When adults go to masquerade parties, they wear costumes which make them
look like dramatic figures.
[Y] [N] [NG]
31. Halloween was celebrated at night; this made black one traditional Halloween
color.
[Y] [N] [NG]
32. After the Irish people moved to America, they celebrated Halloween by
carving faces on turnips, beets or potatoes.
[Y] [N] [NG]
33. On Halloween night, children can get candies from houses whose windows are
decorated with jack-o’-lanterns.
[Y] [N] [NG]
34. Caramel apples are traditionally served as desserts at the Halloween dinner.
[Y] [N] [NG]