1 / 9 2014年江苏省专转本英语模拟题
Part I Reading Comprehension (共20小题，每小题2分，共40分)
Directions：There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or
unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should
decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line
through the center.
Passage One
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.
The sea is the common property of all nations. It belongs equally to all. None can
appropriate it exclusively to themselves, nor is it foreign to any.
This was the decision of John Marshall, chief justice of the United States from 1801 to
1835. It was stated as a fundamental rule of the sea that no one, and therefore everyone,
owns the ocean. This means that outside territorial waters (the waters within three miles of
a country’s coast) the law is whatever nations agree on in peacetime and whatever the
strongest naval powers can enforce in wartime.
After the United States purchased Alaska, Americans began to seize Canadians who
were hunting seals outside Alaskan territorial waters. The Americans claimed that the seals
were American property because they often came in to the Alaskan shores owned by the
United States. International arbitrators disagreed with this reasoning. In some cases,
however, the special rights of a nation that makes use of an open-sea area are recognized.
All of the sea’s rules are established by international conferences and treaties.
1. The idea that the sea “belongs equally to all” was established
by ________.
A) an unwritten agreement C) an international conference
B) a U.S. Supreme Court decision D) a written treaty
2. The fundamental rule of the sea means that ________.
A) any powerful nation may control the sea
B) any area of the sea belongs to the nation close to it
C) no one has exclusive rights to the open sea
D) no nation has any sea rights
3. Territorial waters are those waters that ________.
A) nations acquire through use C) border a nation’s coast
B) nations share by agreement D) belong equally to all nations
4. The Americans claimed the seals because ________.
A) the seals came to American shores
B) the sealers were in American territorial waters
C) the United States had purchased all the waters off Alaska 2 / 9 D) there were no regulations for sealing
5. International arbitrators decided that ________.
A) Canada had no sealing rights off Alaska
B) the Canadians could hunt the seals
C) the United States could claim the seals
D) the United States could not hunt the seals
Passage Two
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.
After-sales service and guarantee become an integral and essential part of a “good
brand” on both local and regional levels, and the provision of such service also produces
solid ground for customer loyalty.
Customer today are a lot more demanding than before. Being able to find after-sales
service creates a feeling of convenience and a sense of responsibility from the manufacturer.
This is very important to build customer loyalty and explains why more 24-hour hotline
centers are available nowadays.
Product guarantee is also one of the major factors when a potential customer decides
to make a purchase. Whether this be in the form of a written guarantee or a guarantee based
on reputation, the importance to the consumer is self-evident. A brand’s research and
development, an unavoidable investment, usually back up safety guarantees for marketers
nowadays. Product testing and refinement are conducted for both new and existing products.
With the help of computerized machinery, quality control has achieved the highest level
than ever before to enable consistency in production. For the consumer this means a quality
of guarantee for that brand whether it be available at home or abroad.
6. After-sales services and guarantee can provide the customers with ____.
A) solid ground for loyalty C) a feeling of convenience
B) sense of responsibility D) sense of satisfaction
7. More 24-hour hotline centers appear because ____.
A) more companies have come to realize the importance of after-sales services
B) there are more customer complaints
C) it’s a new type of investment
D) more customers demand that goods be delivered
8. Product guarantee ____.
A) must be in written form
B) can be based on the company’s reputation
C) is not often provided by the companies
D) often fails to meet in reality
9. Product testing and refinement are conducted for ____.
A) only new products C) degraded products
B) quality products D) both new and existing products
10. Which is not mentioned in the introduction to product guarantee?
A) A brand’s research and development. C) Quality control.
