2020年成人自学考试综合英语二试题及答案有哪些考点？

二、Cloze Test(10 points,1 point for eachitem)下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。

1. If you asked people what the most important invention has been,many wouldsay the printing press.Others 1 say the wheel.But even though it’s 2 whether theappearance of the printing press affected the course of history more than thewheel，the printing press 3 within the top two or three inventions in history. 4the telephone，the television,the radio，and the computer,the written word was theonly way to 5 ideas to people too far away to talk with.Until the 6th or 7thcentury,all books had to be written 6.Creating a book was difficult，and very fewexisted.Therefore，very few people read books.

In the 6th and 7th centuries，the Chinese invented a way to print pages by 7characters and pictures on wooden，ivory，or clay blocks.They would print a pagefrom the block by putting 8 on the block and pressing paper onto the ink.This 9is called letterpress printing.The invention of letterpress printing was a greatadvance in communication 10 each block could be inked many times and many copiesof each page could be made.Many books could now be made.Therefore，many peoplecould 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