One of the important things they are 12 is, of course, how to swim. In the old days, many sailors were unable to swim, 13 nowadays it is rare to find one that cannot.
3. The eyes need several minutes to ______to the darkness.
A．adjust
B．adopt
C．apply
D．descend
[解析]adjust to适应….，使适用；adopt接受，采纳；apply应用，申请；descend下降，下来；本句的意思是：眼睛需要几分钟才能适应黑暗。
C．to have been robbed
D．robbed
[解析]句型….be said/reported/thought/believed to do sth.这句话的意思是：据当地地方报纸报道这家银行昨天在光天化日之下被抢劫。to have been robbed是动词不定式的完成形式，表示动作发生在谓语动作之前。
自学考试英语二模拟试题（一）
I. Vocabulary and Structure 1．The bank is reported in the local newspaper ______ in broad daylight yesterday.
A．being robbed
B．having been robbed
2．______ difficulties we may come across, we'll help one another to overcome them.
A．Wherever
B．Whatever
C．However
D．Whenever
[解析]whatever引导的让步状语从句。这句话的意思是：不管我们会遇到什么困难，我们都将互相帮助去克服它们。however的后面经常接形容词。
6．______, the basketball match will be resumed on Thursday.
A．Weather permits
B．Weather permitting
C．Weather is permitting
D．Weather ted
[解析]本题的考点：分词的独立主格结构。Weather是permitting的逻辑主语。这句话的意思是：天气允许，篮球赛就在星期四继续进行。
7．Euthanasia doesn’t take into ______ that there are ways of caring for the dying.
A．account
B．amount
C．access
D．attention
[解析]词组take…. into account把….考虑进去；amount的意思是总数，总额；access进入之路；通路；入口；本句的意思是：安乐死没有考虑到照顾临终的病人有多种方式。
10．The problem of Jet Lag is one every international traveler comes ______ at some time.A．along
B．around
C．across
D．about
Ⅱ.Cloze Test
Some boys join the Navy(海军) when they are quite young, and are then given a course of training as sailors. It is a long course, both on land and at sea.During it, the boys study things like mathematics and science as well as learning to tie knots（系鞋带）, fire guns and to 11 other practical things.
5．It isn’t what you know ______ matters, but who you know.
A．which
B．that
C．who
D．why
[解析]条件句句型It is +被强调的部分+ that…….。本题的关键是要判断出是强调句。本句的意思是：重要的并不是你知道什么，而是你认识谁。
A．arising
B．arousing
C．raising
D．rising
[解析]本题的考点是四个词型相近词的词义辨析：arouse唤醒，引起，激发（及物动词）；arise产生，发生（不及物动词）；raise增加，提高，上升（及物动词）；rise上升，上涨（不及物动词）。本句话的意思是：父母、学校教师、我们所做的工作以及大众传媒都能激发我们的潜在的兴趣。
8．A Filipino maid was executed in Singapore after being convicted of murder, ______ protests from various quarters.
A．despite
B．besides
C．without
D．beyond
[解析]despite尽管，不管；besides除了…之外，另外；without没有….；beyond除了，超越；本句的意思是：一个菲律宾女佣在被判谋杀罪后，在新加坡被处决，尽管有来自各方面的抗议。
9．Parents, teachers in schools , work associates and communicators in or using the mass media are all capable of ______ our potential interests.
4．Robots are programmed to ______ many jobs without human intervention.
A．take on
B．take up
C．take over
D．take in
[解析]带有take的词组辨析，take on呈现，承担；take up占有，从事；take over接管，接任；take in吸收，欺骗。本句话的意思是：机器人被设定程序可以在无人干预下接管人的许多工作。