2004年4月自考大学英语(二)试题及答案

16. A. Nearly B. Near C. Next to D. Nearby

17. A. the other B. others C. another D. each other

18. A. Then B. However C. Therefore D. Consequently

19. A. Since B. Before C. After D. While

20. A. initiated B. invented C. created D. discovered

III. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points for each item)

Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history. An American university president once commented that Einstein had created a new outlook, a new view of the universe. It may be some time before the average mind understands fully the identity (特性) of time and space and so on — but even ordinary men understand now that the universe is something larger than ever thought before.

By 1914 the young Einstein had gained world fame. He accepted the offer to become a professor at the Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. He had few duties, little teaching and unlimited opportunities for study, but soon his peace and quiet were broken by the First World War.

Einstein hated violence. The misery of war affected him deeply, and he sat unhappily in his office doing little. He lost interest in his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work,

In the years following the First World War, honors were increasingly heaped on him. He became the head of the Kaiser Whilhem Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921 he won the Nobel Prize for Physics, and he was highly honored in Germany until the rise of Nazism (纳粹主义) when he was driven from Germany because he was a Jew.

21. The first paragraph is mainly about _____.

A. a new outlook of the universe

B. the feelings of an American college president

C. the change in human thought caused by Einstein

D. the difficulty in teaching Einstein's theory

22. From the second paragraph, we know Albert Einstein ____.

A. enjoyed world popularity B. was the head of an academy

C. was a famous teacher D. enjoyed studying wars

23. Which of the following statements about Einstein is true?

A. He achieved more than any other scientists in history.

B. Our ideas about the universe differ from one another because of him.

C. He kept working until peace came in 1918.

D. His research practically stopped during the First World War.

24. In the years following the First World War, _____.

A. Einstein began to be accepted even by ordinary men

B. more and more honors were granted to Einstein

C. Einstein became the head of the Prussian Academy of Science

D. Einstein was not honored in Germany until the rise of Nazism

25. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that _____.