自考英语二0015历年真题及答案(2006-2012)六年来完整收藏版 - 图文

working with politicians,religious leaders,businessmen and the local Young Men’s

Christian Association to bring life to her idea of an annual Father’s Day. Eventually all her hard work paid off. On June 19,1910,the first Father’s Day was

celebrated in Spokane,Washington.

In 1972 President Richard Nixon established a permanent national celebration of

Father’s Day to be held on the third Sunday in June. Since then,fathers have been

honored and recognized by their families throughout the U. S. on that date. Father’s Day has become a day to not only honor your father,but all men who

act as a father figure. Stepfathers,uncles,grandfathers,and adult male friends are all honored on Father’s Day. It’s also another day for greeting card companies and

shop owners to celebrate because sales of the most popular gifts for Dad（shirts,ties,and electric shavers）increase considerably.

(1). The passage mainly tells about______. (A). Mrs. Dodd’s love for her father

(B). the origin and establishment of Father’s Day (C). the importance of honoring fathers in the U. S.

(D). Mrs. Dodd’s contribution to the government decision

(2). Mrs. Dodd loved her father because he______. (A). had a large family (B). was a single parent

(C). was a respected minister

(D). was courageous,selfless and loving

(3).

In the United States,the first Father’s Day was celebrated nationwide

in______.

(A). (B). (C). (D).

1972 1910 1909 1900

(4). The author of the passage seems to believe that______. (A). stepfathers should not be honored on Father’s Day (B). Father’s Day has nothing to do with Mother’s Day

(C). Father’s Day started with Mrs. Dodd’s love for her father (D). card companies should not make money on Father’s Day cards

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(5). Greeting card companies welcome Father’s Day because______. (A). their sale increases (B). it is a national holiday

(C). adult male friends are also honored

(D). they can sell ties,shirts and electric shavers

3. This green and blue planet spinning in space is under severe stress. If

we

continue to exploit the planet at the present rate,human and animal life will be

threatened. Human pride will be followed by nature’s punishment. To save our earth

and ourselves,we need first develop an unbiased understanding of ourselves,nature and life. Everyone understands the meaning of the sentence“Man should respect animal life and

nature”. But the exact meaning of man,nature and animal life is not always clear.

Many refer to man and animals as if they were essentially different. I consider man

to be an animal and only differing in degree and not in kind from other animals. Although I discuss in conventional terms human rights and animal rights as if they

were separate,strictly speaking,human rights should be considered a branch of animal rights.

The word“nature”is one of the most complex words in the language,but it has developed three main areas of meaning. These are,first,the essential quality and

character of something（as in human nature,or the nature of wood）;second,the inherent force which influences the world（as in Mother Nature）;third,the entire world itself. The last can be taken to include or to exclude human beings,as the

phrase man and the natural world implies.

I consider humans to be an integral part of nature, although they are also the beings most capable of interfering with its processes. Unfortunately a central drive of Western“man”has been to conquer“nature”, as if it were an object separate from him. Hence it has become common to distinguish between what is natural（existing without man’s interference）and artificial（manmade）. In this

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