1、高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试,英语（二）试题,(2)2023年下半年高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试 英语(二) 试卷 (课程代码00l5) PART ONE (50 POINTS) IVocabulary and structure (10 points，l point for each item) 从以下各句四个选项中选出一个最正确答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。 1Under no circumstancesbetray our friends for personal benefit Adid we Bwe should Cshould we Dwe could 2It is
2、said that no cityNew York attracts so many people of different cultures Aother than Bbetter than Cmore than Drather than 3With such a poor score in the entrance exam，itsimpossible for him t0 be admitted to this university Aroughly Babsolutely Cfully Dexclusively 4 A formal dress isto a casual one fo
3、r such an occasion Asuitable Bfavorable Cfashionable Dpreferable 5The book is reserved tocomes first Awhoever Bwhomever Cwhom Dwho 6They all voted for him in the election， was t0 be expected Awhat Bso Cas Dthat 7How is ityour answer on the paper is almost the same as his Awhat Bif Cthat Dso 8On hear
4、ing the news, he felt a wave of angerwithin him A arising B rising C arousing D raising 9I often dream of Paris but Ive never been thereIts me place A where I d like to visit B that 1 want to visit it most Cin which I d like to visit D I most want to visit 10Practicing improperly，you are likely toso
5、me bad habits Apick up Bkeep up Cdraw up Dcatch up II Cloze Test(10 points，l point for each item) 以下短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文要求选出最正确答案，并 在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。 Increasingly, over the past ten years，peopleespecially young peoplehave become aware of the need to change their eating habits。because much of the fo
6、od they eat ,particularly processed food，is not good for the health11，there has been a growing interest in natural foods：foods which do not contain additives(添加物)and which have not been12by chemical fertilizers(肥料) Natural foods are vegetables，fruit and grain which have been grown in13that is rich i
7、n organic(有机的)matter14simple terms，this means that the soil has been 15 by unused vegetable matter, which provides it with vitamins and mineralsThis in itself is a natural process compared with the use of chemicals and fertilizers，the main purpose of 16is to increase the amountbut not the17of foods
8、grown in commercial farming areasNatural foods also include animals which have been allowed to feed and move18in healthy pastures(牧草场)Compare this with what happens in the mass production of poultry：there are battery farms，for example，where thousands of chickens live crowded together in one building
9、 and are fed on food which is19better than rubbishChickens raised this way are20as food，and their eggs lack important vitamins 11AAccidentally BConsequently CSubsequently DConclusively 12Aeffected Binterfered Cdisturbed Daffected 13Asoil Bearth Cfield D1and 14AIn BBy CFor DOn 15Aflourished Bnourishe
10、d Cfurnished Denriched 16Awhich Bit Cthat Dthis 17Aquantity Bquality Csupply Ddemand l 8Acasually Boccasionally Cfreely Drandomly 19Amuch Bfar Ceven D1ittle 20Anutrient Babundant Ctasteless Dvalueless . Reading Comprehension (30 points,2 points for each item) 从以下每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最正确答案，并在答题卡上将相应的
11、字母涂黑。 Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage Today people all over the world are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollutionPollution is caused either by mans release of completely new and often artificial substances into the environment, or by
12、 releasing greatly increased amounts of natural substance，such as oil from oil tankers into the sea The whole industrial process，which makes many of the goods and machines we need and use in our daily life, is bound to create a number of waste products which upset the ecological balanceMany of those
13、 waste products can be disposed of sensibly, but when more new goods are produced，there will be new, dangerous wastes to be disposed ofMany people，therefore，see pollution as only part of the larger and more complex problemthe whole process of industrial production and consumption of goodsOthers agai
14、n see the problem mainly in connection with agriculture，where new methods make farmers grow more on their land to feed populationHowever，the land itself is gradually becoming worn out as it is be-mg usedChemical mixture cannot restore the balance Whatever its underlying causes，there is no doubt that much of the pollution problem could be controlled if only everyone would make more effortIn the home there is an obvious need to control little and wasteFood comes wrapped up three or four times in packages that all have to be disposed of；drinks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins whi