2003年上半年全国高等教育自学考试英语（二）试题

Ⅰ.V ocabulary and S tructure 10 points 1 point for each item 从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。1 .It took a long time for her to 　　　　　　the fact that her 　　husband was dismissed. 　　　[A]come up against [B]come up to 　　　[C]come up with [D]come to terms with 2.Was it in that school　　　　　　　he developed his interest in 　　physics? 　　　[A]which [B]from which 　　　[C]where [D]that 3.　　　　　　for your help, I wou…     

Stress and Fracture Strength Analysis for Three-Way Pipes

l lgtroductionIt is well known that the safety of pipeline systemsfor transpofting oil or gas is very important in the oil orgas industry, and it will be a catastTophe if an accidentoccurs. Howevef, there are a lot of methods for ensuringthe safety of such pipeline systems, for instance,TopRAM program['] (TransCanada Pipeline RiskAssessment Model), IAP program['] (The integrityAssessment Program), In-line inspection tools for crackdetection in gas and liquid pipeline['l etc. The safety …     

灯光!摄像机!英语!

We all hear about foreign actors making it big[成功] in Hollywood.But many acknowledge that they were shaking in their boots[胆战心惊]the first time they were waiting for the director to shout:"Action !"     

趣味推理

1.The parliamentary election[国会选举] is tobe held in two weeks.In orderto win a seat.Mr.Johnson consults[请教]two senior[资深的]scholars[学者]for advice.The first scholarsays that if Mr.Johnson follows what hetells him to do,the likelihood of winning     

整容青年日见多(英文)

It is said that many teenagers and children,for whom mor ey is not an issue,are undergoing[接受]plasticsurgery in China. More and more teenagers go to the hospital-usually with their parents-seeking the services of one ofthese plastic surgeons[整容医生].Most ask for double eyelids[眼皮]or a higher nose bridge.     

A Block Difference Compression Algorithm for Digital Image Supervision

1 IntroductionDigital image compression techniques haveexperienced a rapid development in recent tWenty years.Especially in current infonnation society, thesetech-niques become more and more impotent. In order tomeet this situation, ISO and ITU-T have establishedseveral standards for adage compression. One of thesefamous standards is JI,EG[i] for still damages. Some otherstandards such as H.26112], H.263 and MPEG[3] aredesigned tO process image seqllchces. Motinn estimationand compens…     

聪明的金发女郎

A blonde[金发女郎] walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer[信贷员].She says she’s going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security[抵押] for the Ioan,so the blonde hands over the keys to a new Rolls Royce[劳斯莱斯].     

《哈利·波特》是邪书吗?(英文)

No matter what the product is, there will always be someone who does not like it for some reason, and the Harry Potter books surely have their critics. The focus on wizardry[巫术] and magic in the books made them the most challenged books in 1999. Opponents[反对者] of the Harry Potter series believe that anything that mentions a witch or a magic spell[符咒] is equated with evil[罪恶].     

MTV时尚人物艾希莉·辛普森(英文)

Ashlee Simpson was born on Octo- ber 3, 1984 in Texas, USA. She's the younger sister of pop star Jessica Simpson. Ashlee has been preparing for a career in entertainment[娱乐] since she was a child. At the age of four she started dancing, and by the time she was 11, she became the youngest person ever admitted[接纳] into the prestigious[有名望的] School of American Ballet. She began to dance professionally[专业的] at age 14.     

与我们的外国编辑聊聊天(英文)

中国留学生是不是很难在美国找工作? 沈阳辽宁肖立:I was told that Chinese students in the U.S.generally[一般]lead a hard life if they are not from an extremely[非常地]rich family,and they have to take odd jobs,such as dish-washing and baby- sitting. Is it true that it is difficult for Chinese to find proper[适当的]jobs in the U.S.?     

My wife is missing

A man met[遇到]a very beautiful woman in a large supermarket[超级商场].He asked the woman:“you know,I lost my wife here in the supermarket.Can you talk to me for a few minutes?”     

阅读理解精练

正A German Etiquette Group Targets Workplace Kissing A society in Germany which advises on etiquette[礼仪]and social behaviour has called for kissing to be banned in the workplace.The Knigge Society says the practice of greeting colleagues and business partners with a kiss on the cheek is uncomfortable for many Germans.     

五种常见的邀请信写法(英文)

(1)Dear sir/madam:I'm delighted you have accepted our invitation to speak at the Conference in [city] on [date].As we agreed, you'll be speaking on the topic from [time] to [time]. There will be an additional minutes for questions.     

你的盲点

Close your left eye,Keep your right eye looking at the dog and move the bookback and forth[来回地]in front of you.At one point the cat disappears!You have justfound your blind spot.Everyone has one.It is the spot where the optic nerve[视神经]cord[索状组织,神经]leaves your eye,and there are no nerve cells to see the image.If youuse both eyes as you look as the dog,you won’t have a blind spot.The image fromyour left eye will make up for[弥补]the blank[空白] in your right eye.     

花花围巾打扮大法

以下是几种经典的围巾系法,不妨同时学习一下如何用英语进行简单说明吧——Folding基本折法Bias[斜纹] Fold (for squares) 1．Place scarf on a flat surface,wrong side[反面] up. 2．Fold in points to meet in the center．3．Continue to fold ends in until desired width is achieved     

GRAMMARMAN

Welcome, everyone, to the first episode[一集] of our new comic strip[连环漫画] feature, Grammarman. Grammarman is the work of Brian Boyd, an English teacher who works for British Council in Bangkok[曼谷]. Who is Grammarman? Quite simply, he's th     

Study on Regeneration of Powdered Activated Carbon by Electron Beam

1 IntroductionActivated carbon is very useful for removal ofpollutants in wastewater and raw drinking water for itslarge adsorbing power. After a cedain time of use, theabsorbing power of activated carbon decreased so that theused activated carbon must be regenerated for economicalreuse.There are many methods for activated carbonregeneration, such as medicamellt method['], oxidizingm.thodl'] and heating method .iC[3]. For reversibleadsorption of organic pollutants with high concenthaonand low…     

Fast Sub-Pixel Motion Estimation Algorithm For H.264

The latest international coding standard H.264/AVC[1]extends motion compensation to quarter-sampleaccuracy[2]. Generally,integer-pixel motion search costsmuch more time than sub-pixel search during which 16points are checked in total when implemented in f…     

2005年上半年全国高等教育自学考试英语（一）试题

I.Vocabulary and Structure(10points,1point for each)从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,填在该题后的括号内。1.or not you're conscious of it,you're con-stantly valuing items in dollars.()[A]As[B]Whether[C]However[D]If2.Other people stop at each new word a     

美国热门电视剧《橘子郡男孩》

Plot Outline: Ryan is a troubled teenage youth from the wrong side of the tracks who was thrown out of his own house．He finds a place to stay in the posh[豪华]home of the Cohens in the wealthy community of the OC(Orange County),California．Ryan is accepted by the stern[严厉]but compassionate[有同情心的]Sandy Cohen,a lawyer who has represented Ryan in the past for his misdeeds Ryan develops a crush on Marissa Cooper(Mischa Barton),one of the neighbors who lives down the street．And so begins a new life for Ryan in the wealthy and turbulent[吵闹的]community of Orange County．