2016自学考试英语（二）阅读试题及答案

　　2.1阅读下⾯短⽂，请从短⽂后所给各题的4个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出1个最佳选项，并在答题卡相应位置上将该项涂⿊。

　　As they entered the 21st century, people could not help looking back to the past 20 years when they managed to cope with a new threat–the computer. By the year of 1980, computers had become a fact of life. They were, the magazine DISCOVER noted that December, “in cars,offices, schools and homes, toys and watches. In some airplanes, pilots need not handle the controls; they are‘flight managers’ who watch thecomputer manage the flight and landing. On the way are voice-driven typewriters, robots that can ‘see’, and hand-held computers that canover the contents of the Library of Congress.”

　　But at the same time, observed the writer John Leo, a large number of Americans were “computerphobes” (电脑恐惧者) and “techno-peasants”, who feared that computers were “designed to destroy privacy, eliminate jobs, carry the TV generation even further away fromliteracy, read few words on food boxes so that the grocer can cheat his customers more easily, and allow World War III to be launchedentirely by technical error.”

　　Some executives especially hated computers, Leo reported. They worried that they would lose status – and their assistants –if they wereseen at keyboard. Publishers and journalists, he continued, were frightened that the printed word would be eliminated. “True, the newspapertravels well–you can not put a computer under your arm while rushing for a train,” he wrote, “Not now, but a more advanced and complicatedportable version, about the size of a hand-held electronic game, may not be far off.”

　　Today those same executives and journalists who feared computers wouldn’t be found without having their portable computers on theirlaps. The widespread fear of computers seems a thing of the past–a shift that Leo correctly predicted.”Every one will accept computers,” hewrote, “because there is no alternative.”

　　2.1.1 The magazine listed the uses of computers in the following fields EXCEPT _____D_____.　　A education　　B transportation　　C publication　　D medicine

　　2.1.2 Some executives did not like computers in that ___A_______.　　A they might lose their importance and respect　　B they had to learn how to use computers　　C they had to hire more assistants

　　D they had to buy expensive portable computers

　　2.1.3 Which of the following is NOT what the computer phobes are expecting?___D___　　A More privacy.　　B More jobs　　C More literacy.　　D More world wars.

　　2.1.4 Today the same executives and journalists can be found to ____C______.　　A dislike computers　　B fear using computers　　C use computers frequently　　D use computers rarely

　　2.1.5 When the author says:“…there is no alternative” in the last sentence of the passage, he means that ____B______.　　A computers provide no choice　　B computers are to be accepted　　C computers offer no help to pilots

　　D more complicated computers have to be made in factories

　　2.2阅读下⾯短⽂，请从短⽂后所给各题的4个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出1个最佳选项，并在答题卡相应位置上将该项涂⿊。

　　Today, many people are starving to death. There is a shortage of food and the available food is too expensive for hungry people to buy.Therefore, they go without food, or each day have only one or two small meals lacking the necessary vitamins to maintain good health.　　Recently, a man who wanted to understand the conditions of such people conducted an experiment. He only ate one meal a day for amonth but continued to work as he normally did.

　　During the first five days he was hungry at his regular meal times,but after he had drunk a glass of water his hunger went away. In theevening,when he ate his one meal,he ate quickly and consumed a large amount. During the next few days, although he was not hungryduring the day, he quickly noticed every food stall, and the smell of food caught his attention. During the third and fourth weeks, he had

hunger pains and lacked physical strength. He looked forward to his one meal and ate it very slowly, enjoying every bite. Without it, he knewhe would have hardly enough energy to work.

　　This experience changed his attitude about some things. Having a cup of tea was not just a pastime,it also gave him strength. He morefrequently noticed overweight people and people who threw away leftover food. He realized the importance of food for the very hungry

person. He could no longer easily pass by a hungry beggar on the street. But most importantly, he could now sympathize in a small way withthe starving people of the world.

　　2.2.1 According to the first paragraph, today the problem with many people is that____B______.　　A they don’t eat

　　B they are too poor to buy food　　C the food they

　　D not enough food is provided to them

　　2.2.2 The man ate only one meal a day because____C______.　　A there was a serious shortage of food　　B it was an effective way of losing weight

　　C he wanted to know how hungry people could be　　D he could not afford to have three meals a day

　　2.2.3 At first, when he was hungry he found that a glass of water______B____.　　A got rid of his thirst

　　B could remove his hunger　　C hardly produced any effect

　　D Only made him feel hungrier

　　2.2.4 The experiment made the man realize that_____C_____.　　A most people are just eating for fun　　B overweight people are wasting food　　C food has a different meaning for people　　D leftover food shouldn’t be thrown away

　　2.2.5 After the experiment was over, the man might have felt that____D______.　　A hunger is less painful once you get used to it

　　B a man can survive for years on only one meal a day　　C you enjoy your food more if you go hungry for a while

　　D something should be done for the hungry people of the world【2016⾃学考试英语(⼆)阅读试题及答案】