自考《英语二》模拟试题及答案四Word文件下载.docx

1、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作出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，选择A；如果该旬提供的是错误信息，选择B；如果该旬的信息文中没有提及。选择C。1回答1-10题The First Settlement in North AmericaIt is very difficult to say just when colonization began. The first hundred years after Christopher Columbuss journey of discovery in 1492 did not produce any se

2、ttlement on the North America continent but rather some Spanish trading posts further south, a great interest in gold and adventure and some colorful crimes in which the English had their part. John Cabot, originally from Genoa but a citizen of Venice was established as a trader in Bristol, England,

3、 when he made a journey in 1497. But his ship, the Matthew, with its crew of eighteen, did no more than see an island（probably off the New England coast） and return home. He and his son made further voyages across the north Atlantic which enabled the English crown to claim a “legal” title to North A

4、merica. But for a long time afterwards the Europeans interest in America was mainly corffined to the Spanish activities further south.The first beginning of permanent settlement in North America were nearly a hundred years after Columbuss first voyage. The Englishman Sir Walter Raleigh claimed the w

5、hole of North America for England calling it Virginia. In 1585 he sent a small group of people who landed in Roanoke Island, but they stayed only for a year and then went back to England with another expedition led by Drake in 1587. A second group who landed in 1587 had all disappeared when a furthe

6、r expedition arrived in 1590.The first permanent settlement in North America was in 1607. English capitalists founded two Virginia companies, a southern one based in London and a northern one based in Bristol. It was decided to give the name New England to the northern area. The first settlers in Vi

7、rginia were little more than wage slaves to the company. All were men and the experiment was not very successful. Many died. Those who survived lived in miserable conditions. By 1619 the colony had only a thousand people.We know for sure that colonization began at the end of the 15th century. （）A.Ri

8、ghtB.WrongC.Not mentioned2Among the early settlers in South America in the 16th century were Spanish traders. （）3With John Cabots arrival at an island off the New England coast in 1497,the British Crown claimed to be the legal owner of North America. （）4There were eighteen people on board the Matthe

9、w during its voyage to North America in 1497. （）5The first attempt made by European people to settle down permanently in North America occurred in the 1580s. （）6The name Virginia was given to North America by Sir Waiter Raleigh. （）7Sir Walter Raleigh sent some people to Virginia for a year in 1585.

10、（）8The first permanent settlement in North America was in 1607. （）9The name New England was given to the northern area of North America by the boss of one of the two Virginia companies. （）10The first settlers in Virginia were all slaves mixed with men andwomen. （）A.Riht第二部分：阅读选择（第1115题。每题2分，共10分）阅读下

11、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个选项。11回答11-15题The Operation of International AirlinesInternational airlines have rediscovered the business traveler, the man or woman who regularly jets from country to country as part of the job. This does not necessarily mean that airlines ever abandoned their busine

12、ss travelers. Instead companies like Lufthansa and Swissair would right argue that they have always catered best for the executive class passengers. But many airlines could be accused of concentrating too heavily in the recent past on attracting passengers by volume often at the expense of the regul

13、ar traveler. Too often they have seemed geared for quantity rather than quality.Operating a major airline is essentially a matter of finding the right mix of passengers. The airlines need to fill up the back end of their wide-bodied jets with low fare passengers, without forgetting that the front en

14、d should be filled with people who pay substantially more for their tickets.It is no coincidence that the two major airline bankruptcies were among the companies specializing in cheap flights. But low fares require consistently full aircraft to make flights economically viable, and in the recent rec

15、ession the volume of traffic has not grown. Equally the large number of airlines jostling for the available passengers has created a huge excess of capacity. The net result of excess capacity and cut-throat competition driving down fares had been to push some airlines into collapse and leave many others hovering on the brink.Against this grim background, it i