2022年华北科技学院自考英语（二）练习题汇总（附答案解析）.docxVIP

2022年华北科技学院自考英语（二）练习题汇总（附答案解析） 第1题【单项选择题】 【阅读选择】In 1841, a book was published which astonished the world. It was called Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan”. The author John Loud Stephens had just returned from a long, difficult and dangerous journey through the thick rain forest of southern Mexico and Guatemala. He had once been there with Frederick Catherwood, an architect and artist, to search for the remains of a lost civilization known as the Mayas（玛雅）.Very little was known about the Mayas at that time, but Catherwoods drawing in the book showed incredible cities with temples, pyramids and other buildings as impressive as those of their northern neighbors, the Aztecs. These cities, however, were deserted. The inhabitants（居民） had disappeared almost a thousand years before.Stephens book astonished the world because. A、 it was the first time people heard about Mayas. B、the Mayas were excellent builders and farmers. he had experienced so many difficulties to find this lost civilization. it described that the Mayas used to be an advanced civilization. 【正确答案】D 【答案解析】根据问题中的关键词astonished,把本问题定位在第一句In 1841, a book was published which astonished the world,对下面的几个重要事实的归纳概 括就得出正确答案：Do第2题【单项选择题】 【阅读判断】Five neighbors at a central Missouri retirement community who are all centenarians （百岁老人）get asked all the time： ”How did you live to be 100?Q.: The第21题【单项选择题】 [2007.04] Having decided to rent a flat, we contacting housing agenciesin the city. A、set about B、set down C、set out D、set up 【正确答案】A 【答案解析】此题考查关于set的短语。contacting housing agencies：联系房屋 中介。根据句意，应该选set about。set about：开始做某事。set down：放下, 搁下；记下，记载，写下。set out：出发，开始，后面跟to do sth。set up：建 立（事业）；成立（组织）；为某人提供必需品或有用的东西。 第22题【单项选择题】 【阅读选择】The riches of the sea yet to be developed by mans technology are impressive. Oil and gas explorations have existed for nearly thirty years. Valuable amounts of minerals such as iron, copper and so on exist on the ocean floor.According to the author, technology is importan