2018自考英语（一）练习试题
1.单选题
[阅读理解]The other sideof a state legal apparatus is a state military apparatus. While the oneprotects the individual from violence， the othersacrifices the individual to violence in the interests of the state. In war thestate affirms supreme power over the individuals within its own borders. War isnot simply a trial by combat to settle disputes between states; it is themoment when the state makes its most powerful demands upon its people for theircommitment， allegiance， and supreme sacrifice.
The word “allegiance” is closest in meaning to ______.
A、loyalty
B、objective
C、survival
D、motive
正确答案：A
答案解析：解本题可用同类词关系进行判断。在“allegiance”前后的两个词分别是commitment和 sacrifice，应能判断出这三个词相对于国家而言是同一类词，再利用排除法，不难选出正确答案A。
2.单选题
[阅读理解]In the digitalrealm， the next big advance will be voice recognition. The rudiments arealready here but in primitive form. Ask a computer to “recognizespeech，” and it is likely to think you want it to “wreck a nicebeach.” But
in a decade or so we‘ll be able to chataway and machines will soak it all in. Microchips will be truly embedded in ourlives when we can talk to them. Not only to our computers， we’ll also beable to chat with our automobile navigation systems，telephoneconsoles， browsers， thermostats. VCRs， microwaves and any other devices we want to boss around. T
he techniques of voice recognition______.
A、are matureenough for extensive use
B、are in itsinitial stage of development
C、will aidpeople to chat through computers
D、will assistpeople to recognize each other‘s voice
正确答案：B
答案解析：答案选B。本段的第一句、第二句提供了答案。 A不是正确选项，因为根据整篇文章，尤其是本段的内容，语音识别技术虽然处于初始阶段，但在十年左右的时间里，这种技术将得到广泛应用。语音技术使人们得以和机器对话，所以C和D都是错误的选项。
