2009年10月自学考试英语(二)模拟题及解析(2)

　　9.Parents, teachers in schools , work associates and communicators in or using the mass media are all capable of ______ our potential interests.

　　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。

　　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.

　　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.