2010年4月全國(guó)自考英語(yǔ)(二)真題及答案(二)

二、Cloze Test（10 points,1 point for each item）下列短文中有十個(gè)空白，每個(gè)空白有四個(gè)選項(xiàng)。根據(jù)上下文要求選出最佳答案，并在答題紙上將相應(yīng)的字母涂黑。

1.If you asked people what the most important invention has been,many would say　the printing press.Others 1 say the wheel.But even though it’s 2 whether the　appearance of the printing press affected the course of history more than the　wheel，the printing press 3 within the top two or three inventions in history.4 the telephone，the television,the radio，and the computer,the written word was　the only way to 5 ideas to people too far away to talk with.Until the 6th or 7th　century,all books had to be written 6.Creating a book was difficult，and very few
existed.Therefore，very few people read books.　In the 6th and 7th centuries，the Chinese invented a way to print pages by 7　characters and pictures on wooden，ivory，or clay blocks.They would print a page　from the block by putting 8 on the block and pressing paper onto the ink.This 9 is　called letterpress printing.The invention of letterpress printing was a great　advance in communication 10 each block could be inked many times and many copies of　each page could be made.Many books could now be made.Therefore，many people could　read the same book.
(1).
(A).might
(B).ought to
(C).had to
(D).should
答案：A

(2).
(A).variable
(B).agreeable
(C).reliable
(D).debatable
答案：D

(3).
(A).lists
(B).ranges
(C).ranks
(D).covers
答案：C

(4).
(A).Now that
(B).No longer
(C).Long before
(D).Since then
答案：C

(5).
(A).invent
(B).communicate
(C).generalize
(D).motivate
答案：B

(6).
(A).by hand
(B).at heart
(C).on foot
(D).in mind
答案：A

(7).
(A).drawing
(B).painting
(C).writing
(D).carving
答案：D

(8).
(A).chalk
(B).oil
(C).ink
(D).crystal
答案：C

(9).
(A).definition
(B).action
(C).movement
(D).process
答案：D

(10).
(A).when
(B).because
(C).although
(D).if
答案：B