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试卷第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 姓名：_ 姓名：________________ 班级：________________ 学号：________________ 密封 线 自考试卷：英语阅读（二）自考试题及答案 考试时间：120分钟 考试总分：100分 题号 一 二 三 四 五 总分 分数 遵守考场纪律，维护知识尊严，杜绝违纪行为，确保考试结果公正。 更多英语阅读（二）历年真题可查看“自考英语阅读（二）历年真题”栏目。 自考真题答案购买请点击这里》》》 全国2010年10月自学考试英语阅读（二）真题 全部题目用英文作答(翻译题除外)，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上 I. Reading Comprehension. (50 points, 2 points for each) Directions: In this part of the test, there are five passages. Following each passage, there arefive questions with four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and thenwrite the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. Passage One Animal life first appeared on the earth about 400 million years ago. Through the passing millennia, thousands of animal species have come and gone. Until recently, this process was gradual, the result of changes in climate, in habitat, or in the genes of the animals themselves. But the tremendous expansion of modern civilization now threatens to upset this natural balance, putting unprecedented pressure on the survival of our wildlife. Of all the continents, the most drastic reduction in wildlife has occurred in North America, where the transition from a rural to a highly industrialized society has been most rapid. Among the victims are birds, mammals, and fish. We will never again see the passenger pigeon or the eastern elk. They have been wiped out. Of many other species, only a few representatives still survive in the wild. The U.S. Department of the Interior has put no fewer than 109 species on the endangered species list. This list includes everything from the timber wolf to the whooping crane. Even the bald eagle, our national symbol, is threatened. Animals that kill other game for food are called predators. The predators include the wolf, mountain