精选广东外语外贸大学成人高等教育商务英语（专科）2018学年第1学期《商务英语阅读》试题（A 卷）年级： 考试形式：闭卷 考试时间：90分钟Part I Multiple Choices (15 points, 1 point each) Direction : There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four Choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.1. The fifth generation computers, with artificial intelligence, _______ and perfected now. A. developed B. have developedC. are being developedD. will have been developed 2. Y ou _______ her in her office last Friday; she’s been out of town for two weeks. A. needn’t have seen B. must have seen C. might have seenD. can’t have seen3. She’s always been kind to me – I can’t just turn ______on her now that she needs my help. A. my back B. my head C. my eye D. shoulder4. Careful surveys have indicated that as many as 50 percent of patients do not take drugs _______ directed. A. like B. so C. which D. as5. The _______ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research and teaching, particularly the gap between researchers and teachers. A. joint B. intensive C. overall D. decisive6. W e can accept your order _______ payment is made in advance. A. in the belief that B. in order that C. on the excuse that D. on condition that7. The medical experts warned the authorities of the danger of diseases in the _______ of the earthquake. A. consequence B. aftermath C. results D. effect8. Research universities have to keep up with the latest computer and scientific hardware _______ price. A. on account of B. regardless of C. in addition to D. not to mention 9. I am surprised _______ this city is a dull place to live in. A. that you would think B. by what you are thinking C. that you should think D. with what you were thinking 10. Don’t let the child play with scissors _______ he cuts himself. A. in case B. so that C. now that D. only if 11. They always give the vacant seats to _______ comes first. A. whoever B. whomever C. who D. whom12. Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true _______ itcomes to classroom tests. A. when B. since C. before D. after13. Personal computers are no longer something beyond the ordinary people; they are _______ available these days.A. promptlyB. instantlyC. readilyD. quickly14. Owing to _______ competition among the airlines, travel expenses have been reduced considerably . A. fierce B. strained C. eager D. critical 15. Doctor often ______uneasiness in the people they deal with. A. smell B. sense C. hear D. tough Part II Word Match (15 points, 1 point each) Direction : Match the following words with their definitions within each group of five words. Write Group 11. authentic A. having powers of learning, reasoning or understanding2. commitment B. twist; changing shape3. exaggerate C. a promise or decision to do something4. intelligent D. real; true and accurate5. distortion E. say more than the truth about something Group 26. authority A. basic; central; forming the necessary basis of something7. donate B. something that is considered more important than other matters8. substantial C. the right or ability to control9. priority D. give something for the benefit of others 10. fundamental E. large in size, value or importancePart III Sentence Completion (10 points, 1 point each)1. George is not only a skillful painter, but also a ______ writer. (talent)2. The ________ John to Mary was announced in the newspapers yesterday . (engage)3. I love the movie because the _______ is my favorite. (act)4. _______ to say , this absent-minded professor left his umbrella in the classroom again. (need)5. I'm afraid the girl is a little ________ for her age and height. (weight)6. Because of his _______ words, the widow committed suicide. (responsibility)7. Reading English novels helps _______ your vocabulary. (large)8. His conduct ______ with his words, so now nobody believes in him. (agree)9. I was annoyed by that __________ man. (mind, narrow)10. Most people think that we have more natural resources than we need, but it is not ________ true. (necessary)Part IV Cloze (20points, 1 point each)Direction: For each blank in the following passage, choose the most suitable word from this list of words provided underneath. Each word can be used once only. Write your choice of word in the corresponding blank on the ANSWER SHEET.corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage 1Every animal is a living radiator — heat formed in its cells is given off through its skin. W arm-blooded animals maintain a steady temperature by constantly replacing lost surface heat; smaller animals, which have more skin for every ounce of body weight, must produce heat faster than bigger ones. Because smaller animals burn fuel faster, scientists say they live faster.The speed at which an animal lives is determined by measuring the rate at which it uses oxygen. A chicken, for example, uses one-half cubic centimeter of oxygen every hour for each gram it weighs. The tiny shrew uses four cubic centimeters of oxygen every hour for each gram it weighs. Because it uses oxygen eight times as fast, it is said that the mouse-like shrew is living eight times as fast as the chicken. The smallest of the warm-blooded creatures, the hummingbird, lives a hundred times as fast as an elephant.There is a limit to how small a warm-blooded animal can be. A mammal or bird that weighed only two and a half grams would starve to death. It would burn up its food too rapidly and would not be able to eat fast enough to supply more fuel.1. The passage says that every animal is a living radiator because it_____.A. produces heat in its body cellsB. burns fuel to produce heatC. sends out heat from its bodiesD. requires oxygen to produce heat2. W arm-blooded animals maintain a steady temperature by_____.A. restoring heat continuallyB. storing heat in their body cellsC. regulating the amount of heat producedD. regulating the amount of heat given off3. The amount of oxygen an animal uses depends on_____.A. how much it weighsB. what food it eatsC. what it is likeD. how long it lives4. An animal weighing less than 2.5 grams would starve because it would not be able to _____.A. get enough oxygenB. maintain its body temperatureC. burn its food fast enoughD. eat fast enough to supply fuel5. What is implied but not stated in the passage?A. There is no limit as to how large a warm-blooded animal can be.B. The hummingbird lives faster than any other warm-blooded creature.C. Small animals have less skin for their body weight than large ones.D. The hummingbird is the smallest of the warm-blooded animals.Passage 2California is a land of variety and contrast. Almost every type of physical land feature, short of arctic ice fields and tropical jungles can be found within its borders. Sharply contrasting types of land often lie very close to one another.People living in Bakersfield, for instance, can visit the Pacific Ocean and the coastal plain, the fertile San Joaquin Valley, the arid Mojave Desert, and the high Sierra Nevada, all within a radius of about 100 miles. In other areas it is possible to go snow skiing in the morning and surfing in the evening of the same day, without having to travel long distances.Contrast abounds in California. The highest point in the United States (outside Alaska) is in California, and so is the lowest point (including Alaska). Mount Whitney, 14 494 feet above sea level, is separated from Death Valley, 282 feet below sea level, by a distance of only 100 miles. The two areas have a difference in altitude of almost three精选miles. California has deep, clear mountain lakes like Lake Tahoe, the deepest in the country, but it also has shallow, salty desert lakes. It has Lake Tulainyo, 12 020 feet above sea level, and the lowest lake in the country, the Salton Sea, 236 feet below sea level. Some of its lakes, like Owens Lake in Death Valley, are not lakes at all; they are dried-up lakebeds. In addition to mountains, lakes, valleys, deserts, and plateaus, California has its Pacific coastline, stretching longer than the coastlines of Oregon and Washington combined. 6. Which of the following is the lowest point in the United States? A. Lake Tulainyo. B. Mojave Desert. C. Death Valley. D . The Salton Sea. 7. Where is the highest point in the United States located? A. Lake Tahoe. B. Sierra Nevada. C. Mount Whitney. D. Alaska. 8. How far away is Death Valley from Mount Whitney? A. About 3 miles. B. Only 100 miles. C. 282 feet. D. 14 494 feet.9. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage as being within a radius of about 100 miles of Bakersfield? A. The Pacific Ocean. B. San Joaquin Valley. C. Mojave Desert. D. Oregon and Washington.10. Which statement best demonstrates that California is a land of variety and contrast? A. The highest lake in California is Lake Tulainyo. B. It is possible to go surfing and snow skiing in some parts of California without having to travel long distance. C. Sierra Nevada, San Joaquin Valley, Mojave Desert and the Pacific Ocean all lie within a radius of about 100 miles. D. Owens Lake, in Death Valley, is not really a lake at all. Passage 3 Children are a relatively modern invention. Until a few hundred years ago they did not exist. In medieval and Renaissance painting you see pint-sized men and women, wearing grown-up clothes and grown-up expressions, performing grown-up tasks. Children did not exist because the family as we know it had not evolved. Children today not only exist; they have taken over, in no place more than in America, and at no time more than now. It is always Kids’ Country here. Our civilization is child -centered, child-obsessed. A kid’s body is our physical ideal. In Kid’s Country we do not permit middle -age. Thirty is promoted over 50, but 30 knows that soon his time to be overtaken will come. W e are the first society in which parents expect to learn from their children. Such a topsy-turvy (颠倒) situation has come about at least in part because, unlike the rest of the world, ours is an immigrant society , and for immigrant the only hope is in the kids. In the Old Country , that is, Europe, hope was in the farther, and how much wealth he could accumulate and pass along to his children. In the growth pattern of America and its ever-expanding frontier, the young man was ever advised to GO WEST; the farthe r was ever inheriting from his son. Kids’ Country may be the inevitable result. Kids’ Country is not all bad. American is the greatest country in the world to grow up in because it is Kids’ Country . W e not only wear kids’ clothes and eat kids’ food; we dream Kids’ dreams and make them come true. It was, after all, a boy’s game to go to the moon. If in the old days children did not exist, it seems equally true today that adults, as a class, have begun to disappear, condemning all of us to remain boys and girls forever, jogging and doing push-ups (俯卧撑) against eternity . 11. The author uses the example of the Renaissance painting to show that _______. A. adults showed less concern for children than we do now B. adults were smaller and thinner at that time, but they still had a lot of work to do C. children looked and acted like adults at that time D. children were not permitted to appear in family paintings at that time 12. In the third paragraph, the Old Country is contrasted with America _______. A. to show differences in family size B. to show differences in attitudes towards family relations C. to sow two kinds of geography D. to show two different kinds of economic relations between generations 13. Going to the moon is an example of _______. A. Am erica’s dreams and creativity B. America’s childish and queer behavior C. why America hasn’t grown up D. why America is considered the greatest country in the world 14. According to the passage, which of the following is true? A. It is very difficult for the middle-aged to live in America. B. America is Kids’ Country because the majority of its people are young and vigorous. C. Kids’ Country was taking shape in America when immigrants poured into the country D. America is more of Kids’ Country than a ny other countries in the world.15. By saying “condemning all of us to remain boys and girls forever, jogging doing push -ups against eternity ,” the author means that _______. A. she thinks people shouldn’t be so concerned about physical fitness B. she feels too old and tired to do such hard exercise C. American society is overemphasizing youth and physical appearance D. what happened to children centuries ago may occur to adults in America soon Passage 4 By far the most common snake in Britain is the adder. In Scotland, in fact, there are no other snakes at all. The adder is also the only British snake with a poisonous bite. It can be found almost anywhere, but prefers sunny hillsides and rough open country , including high ground. In Ireland there are no snakes at all. Most people regard snakebites as a fatal misfortune, but not all bites are serious, and very few are fatal. Sometimes attempts at emergency treatment turn out to be more dangerous than the bite itself, with amateurs heroically , but mistakenly , trying do-it-yourself surgery and other unnecessary measures. All snakes have small teeth, so it follows that all snakes can bite, but only the bite of the adder presents any danger. British snakes are shy animals and are far more frightened of you than you could possibly be of them. The adder will attack only if it feels threatened, as can happen if you take it by surprise and step on it accidentally or if you try to catch it or pick it up, which it dislikes intensely . If it hears you coming, it will normally get out of the way as quickly as it can, but adders cannot move very rapidly and may attack before moving if you are very close. The effect of a bite varies considerably . It depends upon several things, one of which is the body-weight of the person bitten. The bigger the person, the less harmful the bite is likely to be, which is why children suffer far more seriously from snake bites than adults. A healthy person will also have better resistance against the poison. V ery few people actually die from snakebites in Britain, and though these bites can make some people very ill, there are probably just as many cases of bites having little or no effect, as there are of serious illness. 16. Which of the following statements is NOT true?-----------------------A. The adder is the only poisonous snake in Britain.B. In Scotland there are no other snakes except the adder.C. Snake bites seem more dangerous than they actually are.D. People’s attempts at emergency treatment are utterly unnecessary.17. Adders are most likely to be found _______.A. in wilder parts of Britain and IrelandB. in Scotland and nowhere elseC. on uncultivated land throughout BritainD. in shady fields in England18. W e are told that British snakes are _____.A. afraid of human beingsB. poisonous including the adderC. dangerous except the adderD. friendly towards human beings19. When will the adder not attack you?A. When you try to catch it.B. When you are some distance away from it.C. When you happen to step on it.D. When you try to pick it up.20. If an adder hears you coming, it will usually ______.A. attack you immediatelyB. disappear very quicklyC. wait to frighten youD. move out of the wayB. Drunken Drivers.C. Drunken Pedestrian Accidents.D. A Severe Highway Safety Problem.。
