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D002·00015（专卡）
专业★启用前
2019年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试
英语（二）
（课程代码 00015）
本试卷共8页，满分100分，考试时间150分钟。 考生答卷前必须将自己的姓名和准考证号写在答题卡上。 必须在答题卡上答题，写在试卷上的答案无效。
第一部分：阅读判断（第1~10题。每题1分，共10分）
下面的短文后列出了10个句子，请根据短文的内容列每个句子作出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，选择B；如果该旬的信息文中没有提及，选择C。在答题卡相应位置上将答案选项涂黑。
A Pay Rise or Not?
“Unless I get a rise,I'll have a talk with the boss,Henry Manley,\Strong said to himself.George liked his job and he liked the town he lived in,but his wife kept telling him that his pay was not enough to meet the needs of the family.That was why he was thinking of taking a job in Birmingham,a nearby city,about 50 miles away.He had been offered a job in a factory there,and the pay was far better.
George lived in Wyeford,a medium-sized town.He really liked the place and didn't like the idea of moving somewhere else,but if he took the job in Birmingham,he would have to move his family there.
Henry Manley was the manager of a small company manufacturing electric motors.The company was in deep trouble because,among other reasons,the Japanese were selling such things at very low prices.As a result,Manley had to cut his own prices and profits as well.Otherwise he would not get any orders at all.Even then,orders were still not coming in fast enough,so that there was no money for raises for his workers.Somehow,he had to struggle along and keep his best workers as well.He sighed.Just then the phone rang.
His secretary told him that George Strong wanted to see him as soon as possible.Manley sighed again.He could guess what it was about.George was a very young engineer.The company had no future unless it could attract and keep men
like him.Manley rubbed his forehead；his problems seemed endless.
1.Henry Manley was already deeply in debt. A.True B.False C.Not Given
2.The job that had been offered to George in Birmingham paid better. A.True B.False C.Not Given
3.If George took the job in Birmingham,he would have to leave his family at Wyeford. A.True B.False C.Not Given 4.Henry Manley's company was in deep trouble. A.True B.False C.Not Given
5.Henry Manley's company was making enough profits to raise the workers' wages. A.True B.False C.Not Given
6.Henry Manley had no idea at all why George Strong wanted to see him. A.True B.False C.Not Given
7.George Strong was the best engineer in Henry Manley's company. A.True B.False C.Not Given
8.The electric motors produced by Henry Manley's company are cheaper than those made in Japan. A.True B.False C.Not Given
9.Men like George Strong are important to the future of the company. A.True B.False C.Not Given
10.Different children learn their native languages at sharply different speed. A.True B.False C.Not Given
第二部分：阅读选择（第11~15题，每题2分。共10分）
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。
The Definition of Price
Prices determine how resources are to be used.They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers.The price system of the United States is a complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad of services,including labor,professional,transportation,and public-utility particular product or service is linked to a broad,complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else.
If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define “price”,many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or,in other words,that price is the money value of a product or service as agreed upon in a market transaction.This definition is,of course,valid as far as it goes.For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction,much more than the amount of money involved
must be known.Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount,but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged,the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made,the form of money to be used,the credit terms and discounts that apply to the transaction,guarantees on the product or service,delivery terms,return privileges,and other factors.In other words,both buyer and seller should be fully aware of all the factors that comprise the total \”being exchanged for the asked-for amount of money in order that they may evaluate a given price.
11.What is the best title for the passage?
A.The Inherent Weaknesses of the Price System. B.The Complexities of the Price System. C.Credit Terms in Transactions.
D.Resource Allocation and the Public Sector.
12.According to the passage,the price system is related primarily to A.labor and education B.transportation and insurance C.utilities and repairs D.products and services
13.According to the passage,which of the following is NOT a factor in the complete understanding of price?
A.Instructions that come with a product. B.The quantity of a product. C.The quality of a product.
D.Warranties that cover a product.
14.In the last sentence of the passage,“they\A.return privileges B.all the factors C.buyer and seller D.money
15.The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses. A.unusual ways to advertise products B.types of payment plans for service
C.theories about how products affect different levels of society
D.how certain elements of a price “package”influence its market value
第三部分：概括段落大意和补全句子（第16~25题。每题1分。共10分）
阅读下面短文，请完成短文后的2项测试任务：（1）从第16~20题后所给的6个选项中为第?~?段每段选择1个正确的小标题；（2）从第21~25题后所给的6个选项中选择5个正确选项。分别完成每个句子。
Science Fiction
? Amongst the most popular books being written today are those which are usually
classified as science fiction.Hundreds of titles are published every year and are read by all kinds of people.Furthermore,some of the most successful films of recent years have been based on science fiction stories.