商务英语泛读期末考试试卷

1、1 / 6商务英语泛读期末考试试卷题号1-二三四总分得分评卷人复查人题号合分-一-一、Readi ng in DepthDirections: In this secti on, there is a passage with ten bla nks. You are required to select one word foreach blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage throughcarefully before making your cho

2、ices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark thecorresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a sin gle line throughthe cen tre. You may notuse any of the words in the bank more tha n once.矚慫润厲钐瘗睞枥庑赖賃軔朧。Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.（将正确答案的

3、序号填入题中的括号 内，错选、多选均不得分。本大题共30 小空，每空 1 分，共 30 分）聞創沟燴鐺險爱氇谴净祸測樅。TEXT AEvery year in the first week of my English class, some students inform me that writing is too hard. Theyn ever write, uni ess assig nments _1_ it. They find the writi ng process _2_ and difficult.残骛楼諍锩瀨濟溆塹籟婭骤東。How awful to be able to

4、speak in a Ian guage but not to write in it - _3_ En glish, with its richvocabulary. Being able to speak but not write is like living in an _4_ mansion（ 豪宅） and n ever leaving one small room. When I meet stude nts who think they can as a teacher my _5_ is to show themthe rest of the rooms. My task i

5、s to build flue ncy while providi ng the opport un ity in here nt in any writing activity to _6_ the moral and emoti onal developme nt of my stude nts. One great way to do this isby havi ng stude nts write in a journal in class every day.酽锕极額閉镇桧猪訣锥顧荭钯。Writing ability is like strength training. Writi

6、ng needs to be done _7_, just like exercise; just as musclesgrow stronger with exercise, writing skills improvequickly with writing practice. I often see a rise in student con fide nee and _8_ after only a few weeks of journal writi ng.彈贸 摄尔霁毙攬砖卤庑诒尔肤。Express ing on eself in writ ing is one of the mo

7、st importa nt skills I teach to stre ngthe n the wholestude nt. When my stude nts practice jour nal writi ng, they are practici ng for their future academic,political, and _9_ lives. They build skills so that some day they might write a great no vel, a pieceof sorely n eeded legislati on, or the per

8、fect love letter. Every day that they write in their journ alsputs them a step _10_ to flue ncy, eloque nee（雄辩），and comma nd ofIan guage.謀荞抟箧飆鐸怼类蒋薔點鉍杂。TEXT BFire can 11 many thin gs. It is dan gerous to every one, but it is 12 useful. We cannot live without13.ln other words, fire is both the 14 and

9、en emy of us. This 15 on whether we use it wisely or not.厦礴恳蹒骈時盡继價骚卺癩龔。（A）closer（B）require（C）emotional（D）enhance（E）enormous（F）especially（G）hin der（H）professi on（1）painful（J）performa nee（K）mission（L）remarkably（M）daily（N）sen sitive（O）urgeTo the people16live in the forest area, fire is particularly dan

10、gerous. It is the location 17 most of theirhouses are made of wood, which 18 catches fire. Especially in win ter the air is 19 and the wind isoften 20f one of these houses is on fire, the wind will 21 the fire to the neighboring houses quickly,and the fire will soon22 all over the area. If this happ

11、ens 23 , it may not be too bad. 24 if it happensat night, the situation will be very bad, for most people are 25 ,and many of them cannot run away intime. If they can, they will just 26 all the things beh ind. Some people even do not know 27 is goingon, and they 28 in their dreams.茕桢广鳓鯡选块网羈泪镀齐鈞。We s

12、hould do our best to29 the breakout of fire, which is mostly caused by people s careless ness.Therefore, not only the people of the 30 areas but every one else should be verycareful in usi ng fire鹅娅尽損鹤惨歷茏鴛賴縈诘聾。t write, I kno ts,11. A. makeB. buildC. loseD. destroy籟丛妈羥为贍债蛏练淨槠挞曉。12. A. alsoB. tooC. ha

13、rdlyD. not13. A. waterB. airC. foodD. fire預頌圣鉉儐歲龈讶骅籴買闥龅。14. A. helpB. friendC. companion D. neighbor渗釤呛俨匀谔鱉调硯錦鋇絨钞。15. A. happensB. liesC.dependsD. decides铙誅卧泻噦圣骋贶頂廡缝勵罴。16. A. whereB. whichC. whatD. who17. A. becauseB. soC. whyD.that擁締凤袜备訊顎轮烂蔷報赢无。18. A. easilyB. hardlyC. carefullyD. friendly贓熱俣阃歲匱阊邺镓

14、騷鯛汉鼉。19. A. thickB. thinC. wetD. dry20 . A. coldB. freezingC. gen tleD. strong坛搏乡囂忏蒌鍥铃氈淚跻馱釣。21 . A. makeB. letC. blowD. give蜡變黲癟報伥铉锚鈰赘籜葦繯。22.A. crossB. passC.happenD. spread買鯛鴯譖昙膚遙闫撷凄届嬌擻。23.麦。A. at ni ghtB. on Sun day C. in the evening D. in the day time綾镝鯛駕櫬鹕踪韦辚糴飙铳24.A. ButB. WhenC. SoD. Even驅踬髏彦浃绥

15、譎饴憂锦諑琼针。25.A. carelessB. sleep ing C. afraidD.frightened猫虿驢绘燈鮒诛髅貺庑献鵬缩。26.A. leaveB. takeC. bringD. have锹籁饗迳琐筆襖鸥娅薔嗚訝摈。27.A. thatB. whatC. whoD. which構氽頑黉碩饨荠龈话骛門戲鷯。2 / 628.A. thi nkB. smileC. dieD. live輒峄陽檉簖疖網儂號泶蛴镧釃。29.A. helpB. preve ntC. developD. keep尧侧閆繭絳闕绚勵蜆贅瀝纰縭。30.A. cityB. developing C. factory

16、 D. forest识饒鎂錕缢灩筧嚌俨淒侬减攙。题号合分-二二二、Readi ng Comprehe nsionDirections: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks f or you to f ulfill. Y ou shouldread the reading materials carefully and do the tasks ns you are instructed.（在每小 题的四个备选答案中，选出一个正确答案，并将正确答案的序号填在题干后的括号内。本大题有 4 段短文，每段短文各有5

17、小题，共 20 小题，每小题 2 分，共 40 分）凍鈹鋨劳臘错痫婦胫籴铍賄鹗。TASK 1Uni ess we spe nd money to spot and preve nt asteroids(小行星)now，one might crash into Earth anddestroy life as we know it，Asteroids are bigger vers ions of the meteoroids( 流星)that race across the ni ght sky.Most orbit the sunfar from Earth and dont threate

18、 n us. But there are also thousads whose orbits put themonacollisioncoursewitliEarth,Buy $ 50 milli on worth of new telescopes right no w.The n spe nd $ 10 millio n a year for the next 25years to locate most of the space rocks.By the time we spot a fatal one ， the scientists say, have a wavto change

19、 its course.Some scientists favor pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapons.But the cost would nt becheapIs it worth it? Two things experts con sider whe n judgi ng any risk are: 1) How likely the eve nt is; and2) How bad the con seque nces if the event occurs.Experts think an asteroid big e

20、no ugh to destroy lotsof life might strike Earth once eve ry 500，000 years.So unds prettyrare-but if one did fall ， it would be the end of the world.If we dont take care of theseasteroids，theyll take care of us ,迟野百 suenrist/lfs that simple】The cure, though, might be worse than the disease.Do we rea

21、lly want fleets of nuclear weap onssitti ng around on Earth?“ The world has less to fear fromdoomsday(毁灭性的)rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against them, ” said a NewYork Times article.31. What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids?A) They are heave nly bodies differe nt in co

22、mpositi on.B) They are heave nly bodies similar in n ature.C) There are more asteroids tha n meteoroids.D) Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids.恥諤銪灭萦欢煬鞏鹜錦聰櫻郐。32. What do scientists say about the collision of an asteroid with Earth?A) It is very un likely but the dan ger exists.B) Such a col

23、lisi on might occur once every 25 years.C) Collisi ons of smaller asteroids with Earth occur more ofte n tha n expected.D) Its still too early to say whether such a collision might occur.33. What do people think of the suggesti on of using nu clear weap ons to alter thecourse of asteroids?A) It soun

24、ds practical but it may not solve the problem.B) It may create more problems tha n it might solve.C) It is a waste of money because a collision of asteroids with Earth is veryun likely.D) Further research should be done before it is proved applicable.34. We can con clude from the passage that .A) wh

25、ile pushi ng asteroids off course nu clear weap ons would destroy the worldB) asteroids racing across the night sky are likely to hit Earth in the near futureC) the worry about asteroids can be left to future gen erati ons since it is un likely to happe nin our lifetimeD) workable soluti ons still h

26、ave to be found to preve nt a collisi on of asteroidswith Earth.35. Which of the follow ing best describes the authors tone in this pass age?A) Optimistic. B) Critical. C) Objective. D) Arbitrary.鯊腎鑰诎漣鉀沩懼統庫摇饬 缗。TASK 2Believe it or not , optical illusion ( 错觉)can cut highway crashes.Japan is a case i

27、n point.It hasreduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusi on .Bent stripes, called chevr ons (人字形)pa in ted on the roads make drivers think that they are d rivingfaster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.Now the AmericanAssociation Founda

28、tion for Traffic Safety in WashingtonD.C.is planning to rep eat Japans bigsuccess.Start ing next year,the foun dati on will paint chevro ns and other patter ns of stripes onselected roads around the country to test how well the patter ns reduce highway crashes.Excessivespeed plays a major role role

29、in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic accidents,according to thefoundation .To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will con duct its tests in areas wherespeed - related hazards are the greatest - curves, exit slopes,3 / 6traffic circles , and bridges.Some studies suggest that straight

30、, horiz on tai bars pain ted acrossroads can initially cut the average speed of drivers in half.However , traffic often returns to fullspeed with in mon ths as drivers become used to see ing the pain ted bar.Chevr ons, scie ntistssay, not only give drivers the impress ion that they are driving faste

31、r than they really are but alsomake a lane spear to be n arrower.The result is a Ion ger last ing reducti on in highway speed andthe nu mber of traffic accide nts.36. The passage mainly discusses .A) a new way of highway speed con trolB) a new patter n for painting highwaysC) a new approach to train

32、ing driversD) a new type of optical illusi on37. On roads pain ted with chevr ons drivers tend to feel that.A) they should avoid speed - related hazardsB) they are driving in the wrong laneC) they should slow dow n their speedD) they are approach ing the speed limit38. The America n Associati on Fou

33、n dati on for Traffic Safety pla ns to .A) try out the Japa nese method in certa in areasB) change the road sig ns across the countryC) replace straight, horizontal bars with chevronsD) repeat the Japanese road patterns39. The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontalbars is that the former .A

34、) can keep drivers awakeB) can cut road accide nts in halfC) will have a Ion ger effect on driversD) will look more attractive40. What does the author say about straight , horizontal bars painted acr oss roads?A) They are falli ng out of use in the Un ited States.B) They tend to be ignored by driver

35、s in a short period of time.C) They are applicable only on broad roads.D) They cannot be applied successfully to traffic circles.硕癘鄴颃诌攆檸攜驤蔹鸶胶据。TASK 3The Jan uary fashi on show, called FutureFashi on, exemplified how far gree n desig n has come.Orga ni zed by the New York-based non profit Earth Pledg

36、e, the show in spired many top designers to work with susta in able fabrics for the first time. Several have since made pledges to include orga nic fabrics in their lin es .阌擻輳嬪諫迁择植秘騖輛埙鵜。The desig ners who un dertake gree n fashi on still face many challe nges. Scott Hahn, cofo un derwith Gregory of

37、 Rogan and Loomstate, which uses all-organic cotton, says high-quality susta in able materials can stillbe tough to find. “ Mostdesig ners with existi ng labels are finding there aren t comparable fabrics that can justreplace what you re doing and what yourcustomers are used to, he says. For example

38、, organic cotton and non-organic cotton are virtually in disti nguishableonce wove n into a dress. But some popular syn thetics, like stretch nylon, still have few eco-friendly equivalents.氬嚕躑竄贸恳彈濾颔澩纷釓鄧。Those who do make the switch are finding they have more support. Last year the in flue ntial trad

39、e show Designers &Agents stopped charging its participation fee for young green entrepreneurs (企业家) who attend its two springtimeshows in Los Angeles and New York and gave special recog niti on to desig ners whose collect ions are at least 25%susta in able. It now counts more tha n 50 gree n des

40、ig ners, up from fewer tha n a doze n two years ago. This weekWal-Mart is set to announce a major initiative aimed at helping cotton farmers go organic: it will buy transitional(过渡型的)cotton at higher prices, thus helping to expand thesupply of a key susta in able material.“ Mai nstream is about to o

41、ccult鹆資贏車贖孙says Hahn.滅獅赘慶獷緞。Some analysts (分析师)are less sure. Among consumers, only 18% are even aware that ecofashion exists, up from 6%four years ago. Natalie Hormilla, a fashion writer, is an example of the uncon verted con sumer. When asked if sheowned any susta in able clothes, she replied:“ No

42、t that I m aware of. ” Like most consumers, she finds littletime to shop, and whenshe does, she s on the hunt for“ cute stuff that isn t too expensive. ” By her own adngreen just isn t yet on her mind. Bthanks to t combined efforts of designers, retailersand suppliersone day it will be.怂阐譜鯪迳導嘯畫長凉馴鸨撟

43、。41. What is said about FutureFashio n?A)It inspired many leading designers to start going green.谚辞調担鈧谄动禪泻類谨觋鸾。B)It showed that designers using organic fabrics would go far.嘰觐詿缧铴嗫偽純铪锩癱恳迹。C)It served as an example of how fashion shows should be organized.熒绐譏钲鏌觶鷹緇機库圆鍰缄。D)It convinced the public that f

44、ashionable clothes should be made durable.鶼渍螻偉阅劍鲰腎邏蘞阕簣择。42. Accord ing to Scott Hahn, one big challe nge to desig ners who will go orga nic is that_ .纣忧蔣氳頑莶驅藥悯骛覲僨鴛。A)much more time is n eeded to finish a dress using susta in able materials颖刍莖峽饽亿顿裊赔泷涨负這。B)they have to create new brands for clothes ma

45、de of organic materials濫驂膽閉驟羥闈詔寢賻減栖綜。C)customers have difficulty telli ng orga nicfrom non-organic materials銚銻縵哜鳗鸿锓謎諏涼鏗穎報。4 / 6罷鸨。43. We learn from Paragraph 3 that designers who undertake green fashion_ .赔荊紳谘侖驟辽輩袜錈極嚕辫。A)can atte nd various trade shows freeB)are readily recog ni zed by the fashi on

46、worldC)can buy orga nic cott on at favorable pricesD)are gai ning more and more support44. What does the author think of gree n fashi on?A)Gree n products will soon go main stream.B)It has a very promis ing future.C)Con sumers have the final say.D)It will appeal more to young people.45. What is Nata

47、lie Hormilla s attitude toward e塤礙籟馐决n穩賽釙冊庫麩适绲。A)She doesn t seem to care about it.B)She does n t think it is susta in able.C)She is doubtful of its practical value.D)She is very much opposed to the idea.TASK 4Why does cream go bad faster than butter? Some researchers think they the answer , and it

48、comesdown to the structure of the food , not its chemical composition - a finding that could help rid someprocessed foods of chemical preservatives.C ream and butter contain pretty much the samesubstances so why cream should sou r muchfaster has been a mystery.Both are emulsions - tinyglobules( 小球 )

49、of one liquid evenly distributed throughout another.The differenee lies in whats in theglobules and whats in the surrounding liquid , says Brocklehurst , who led the investigation.ln cream ,fatty globules and whats in the surrounding liquid , says Brocklehurst, who led the investigation.lncream , fa

50、tty globules drift about in a sea of watern butter, globules of a watery solution are lockedaway in a sea of fat.The bacteria which make the food go bad prefer to live in the watery regi ons of themixture.means that in cream, the bacteria are free to grow throughout the mixture , ” he says.When thes

51、ituation is reversed , the bacteria are locked away in compartments ( 密圭寸仓)buried deep in the seaof fat.Trapped in this way , in dividual colonies cannot spread and rapidly run out of nutrients.They alsoslowly poison thems elves with their waste products.，“ you butterself - limiting system which sto

52、ps the bacteria growing, ” says Brocklehurst.The researchersare already worki ng with food com panies kee n to see if their products can be made resista nt tobacterial attack through alteratio ns to the foods structure.Brocklehurst believes it will be possible tomake the emulsions used in salad crea

53、m, for instance, more like that in butter.The key will be to dothis while keep ing the salad cream liquid and not turning it i nto a solid lump.46. The sig ni fica nce of Brocklehursts research is that_.A) it suggested a way to keep some foods fresh without preservativesB) it discovered tiny globule

54、s in both cream and butterC) it revealed the secret of how bacteria multiply in cream and butterD) it found that cream and butter share the same chemical compositi on47. Accord ing to the researchers.cream sours faster tha n butter because bacteria_ .A) are more evenly distributed in creamB) multipl

55、y more easily in cream than is butterC) live on less fat in cream than in butterD) produce less waste in cream than in butter48. According to Brocklehurst , we can keep cream fresh by_ .A) removi ng its fatB) killi ng the bacteriaC) reduci ng its water contentD) alteri ng its structure49. Commercial

56、 application of the research finding will be possible if salad creamcan be made resista nt to bacterial attack_ .A) by varying its chemical compositionB) by turning it into a solid lumpC) while keeping its structure unchanged D) while retaining itsliquid form 50. The word“ colonies ”(Ljne32ra.4) ref

57、ers to_.A) tiny globulesB) watery regi onsC) bacteria communitiesD) little compartments裊樣祕廬廂颤谚鍘芈蔺递灿扰。题号合分三三、answer the questions(本大题共 10 小题，每小题 2 分，共 20 分。)TEXT AWhen Dan Shaw gets up from the sofa in his home, Cuddles is never far away. When he wants to gooutside, he doesn ta ke Cuddles out for wal

58、k Cuddles takes him for a walk. Cuddles is clearly noordinary family pet. It is a two-foot-high miniature horse and serves as the guiding eyes of Shaw, who isblind.仓嫗盤紲嘱珑詁鍬齊驚絛鯛鱧。ThisWhen Shaw lost his sight, his wife suggested he apply for a guide dog. Shaw, an ani mal lover, said hecouldn t bear to

59、 part with a dog (which usually lives about eigho ten years) and get used to a new one,perhaps several times in his life.绽萬璉轆娛閬蛏鬮绾瀧恒蟬轅。Then Shaw heard of a program about the tiny guide horses. He lear ned that the horse possess manyqualities that that make them an excellent choice for guiding people

60、. They are clean frien dly, smartand have great memories. They can be trained to rema in calm in no isy and crowded places. Best ofall, they live for 25-25years, which would en able Shaw to have the same guide companion for most or5 / 6all of his life.骁顾燁鶚巯瀆蕪領鲡赙骠弑綈。Shaw immediately applied to be and was