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2007年4月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：00015
Ⅲ.Reading Comprehension(30 points,2 points each)
从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。
Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Among the company was a lawyer, a young man of about twenty-five. On being asked his opinion, he said, “Capital punishment and life imprisonment are equally immoral. If I were to make a choice between them, I would rather choose the latter Anyway, it's better to live than not to live at all.”
A lively discussion followed. A banker, who was then younger and more nervous than the lawyer, suddenly lost his temper and cried out, “It's a lie. I bet you two million .You wouldn't stick in a cell even for five years.”
“If you mean it,” replied the young lawyer, “I bet I'll stay there longer; make it fifteen instead of five.”
“Fifteen! Done!” cried the banker. “Gentleman, I bet you two millions.”
“Agreed. Two millions for my freedom,” said the lawyer.
So this wild, ridiculous bet came to pass. The banker could not hide his excitement During supper he said to the lawyer jokingly, “Come to your senses, young man, before it's too late. Two millions are nothing to me, but you stand to lose three or four of the best years of your life. I say three or four because you'll never stick it out any longer Don't forget that voluntary imprisonment is much harder to put up with than a enforced one. The idea that you have the right to free yourself any moment will poison your life in the cell. I pity you.”
And now the banker, pacing from comer to comer, recalled all this and asked himself, “Why did I make this bet? What's the good? The lawyer lost fifteen years of hi life and I threw away two millions. Will it convince people that capital punishment is worse or better than imprisonment for life? No, no! Rubbish! On my part, it was the caprice （心血来潮） of a well-fed millionaire; on the lawyer's part, it's the pure greed c gold.”
21．The lawyer would choose life imprisonment because.
A.he was younger than the banker
B.capital punishment was immoral
C.it was better than capital punishment
D. the banker would give him $200,000
22. The author considers the bet between the lawyer and the banker.
A. interesting
B. ridiculous
C. capricious
D. instructive
23. The word 'company' in the first paragraph refers to __.
A. companions
B. bankers
C. lawyers
D. prisoners
24. The banker was extremely excited because __.
A. he was too rich to care for the money
B. he was sure of his winning the bet
C. the lawyer would give up in 15 years
D. the lawyer would give up before 5 years
25. In the end, the banker considers his bet with the lawyer __.
A. rational
B. reasonable
C. beneficial
D. unreasonable
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
Online learning is also called distance education, which helps students who take classes by computer over the Internet to learn certain courses and earn a degree. And it has become more and more popular with both young people and educational institutions.
The School of Continuing and Professional Studies of New York University in Manhattan began online classes in 1992. Its Virtual School has taught more than 10,000 students from across the United States and other countries.
Last year，the school launched NYU Online. It offers NYU's first online Programs for a bachelor's degree. Programs are offered in three areas; leadership And management, information systems management and social sciences. The classes are highly interactive where students communicate with each other and their teachers. Some classes require students to log in at the same time so they can attend live lectures by a professor Students can also ask questions and work together on team projects.
The cost to attend NYU Online depends on how many classes a student is to take It costs as much as fifteen thousand dollars a year. NYU offers no financial aid for international students in this program. If you are interested in the program, you can gel more details at the website: www..nyu.edu. Many other schools, too, offer online education. Students should be especially careful of programs that offer a degree in return for little or no work. These are known as diploma mills, and are illegal in the United States.
Educational advisers also say that before you enter any program, make sure the work will be recognized in your country. You should also make sure the schools you are considering are officially approved.
26. The third paragraph is mainly about the __ of the programs of the School.
A. academic goal and system
B. courses and learning mode
C. learning methods and classes
D. courses and requirements
27. It can be inferred from the passage that international students in the programs __.
A. get full scholarship
B. pay no tuition
C. get no financial support
D. earn more money
28. Many American schools offer online programs, and international students __.
A. should be careful of being cheated
B. are certain to earn a degree
C. should know about programming
D. are faced with many difficulties
29.The word 'work'in the second line of the last paragraph most probably means.
A.what a student has written at school
B.what a student has learned at school
C.what a student has read at school
D.what a student has achieved academically
30. The payment for online programs of NYU is based on.
A.the number of classes a student attends
B.the number of students a professor instructs
C.the number of semesters a student spends
D.the number of presentations a student makes
Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
An understanding of man's effect on the balance of nature is crucial (关键的) to being able to find the appropriate remedial action. It is a very common belief that the problems of the population explosion are caused mainly by poor people living in poor countries who do not know enough to limit their reproduction. This is not true. The actual number of people in an area is not as important as the effect they have on nature. Developing countries do have an effect on their environment, but it is the populations of richer countries that have a far greater impact on the earth as a whole.
For example, tropical forests are known to be essential to the balance of nature, yet we are destroying them at a great rate. They are being cleared not to benefit the natives of that country, but to satisfy the needs of rich countries. Central American forests are being destroyed for grassland to make pet food in the United States cheaper; in Papua slew Guinea, forests are destroyed to supply cheaper cardboard packaging for Japanese electronic products; in Burma and Thailand, forests have been destroyed to produce more attractive furniture in Singapore and Hong Kong. Therefore, a rich person living thousands of miles away may cause more tropical forest destruction than a poor person living in the forest itself.
In short, it is everybody's duty to safeguard the future of mankind—not only through population control, but by being more aware of the effect his actions have on nature. Nature is both fragile and powerful. It is very easily destroyed; on the other hand, it can easily destroy its most dangerous enemy—man.
31.According to the first paragraph, people usually believe that .
A.poor people in poor countries contribute to the imbalance of nature
B. rich people know how to protect the environment by taking actions
C. people in poor areas know a lot about the birth control
D. rich people in rich countries have done a lot to balance nature
32. In the author's opinion, __.
A. developing countries should be responsible for environmental problems
B. overpopulation in the world is created by the developed countries
C. rich countries exercise worse influence on environment than poor countries
D. all countries should bring the population growth under control
33. The purpose of the second paragraph is mainly to illustrate __.
A. how the forests in the U. S. are being destroyed
B. which countries are the victims of the imbalance of nature
C.what Japan has done to develop its own economy
D. how South Asian countries make quality furniture
34. Nature is very easily destroyed by __.
A. rich people
B. poor people
C. natural disasters
D. mankind
35. The topic of the passage is that __.
A.the control of population is essential to the development of a nation
B.natural resources are important to the economic development of a country
C.awareness of the effects of man's actions is as important as population control
D. developed countries should do more to protect natural environment on the earth
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