12-13商务英语第一阶段测试
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2012-2013学年第一学期第一阶段测试卷(阅读、词汇)Ⅰ For each italicized word or expression in the following sentences, please choose the best meaning below.1. The plane crashed shortly after take-off.A. speeded upB. slowed downC. had an accident and broke in piecesD. had an accident and changed its direction2. It’s difficult to cross the desert by car, but not absolutely impossible.A. nearlyB. oftenC. alwaysD. completely3. My car has a device which opens the garage doors.A. a brakeB. a designC. a planD. an instrument4. As she turned the knob, the sound in the room diminished.A. became sharperB. became louderC. became weakerD. became harsher5. I hated the big formal dances and felt very awkward.A. pleasantB. happyC. uncomfortableD. boring6. My cousin is an acquaintance of the president of that company; theygreet each other when they meet.A. a close friendB. a person who works withC. a classmateD. a person one has met but doesn’t know very well7. Because of their different opinions on the issue, there is now openhostility between the two leaders.A. friendly feelingsB. cooperationC. unfriendly feelingsD. relationship8. Making mistakes is inevitable, so do not be discouraged.A. cannot be blamedB. cannot be avoidedC. cannot last longD. cannot be found9. Stop dwelling on your problems and do something about them.A. living inB. thinking a little aboutC. forgetting aboutD. thinking too much about10. Efforts have been made to wipe out poverty in the rural areas.A. cityB. countrysideC. mountainD. coast11. The woolen clothes will shrink in the wash, so buy a large size when you want them.A. become darkerB. become lighterC. become largerD. become thinner12. The trend of prices is still upwards.A. tendencyB. partC. majorityD. minority13. My friend is an emotional person. She cries and gets excited easily.A. full of movementsB. full of feelingsC. full of energy14. Will the strike affect the price of coal?A. raiseB. lowerC. influence15. The stormy sea engulfed the small boat.A. carriedB. coveredC. hit16. Different from tigers and lions, horses and dogs are domestic animals.A. four-leggedB. grass-eatingC. not wild17. His descendants still live in the same village.A. ancestorsB. supportersC. children or grandchildren18. In the forest, people are forbidden to kindle a fire.A. startB. handleC. put out19. The new military government banned strikes.A. allowedB. didn’t allowC. called for20. Do they observe Christmas Day in that country?A. watchB. findC. celebrateII. Reading Comprehension:Questions 21 to 40 are based on the following passagePassage 1When one looks back upon the fifteen hundred years that are the life span of the English language, he should be able to notice a number of significant truths. The history of our language has always been a history of constant change—at times a slow, almost imperceptible change, at other times a violent collision between two languages. Our language has always been a living growing organism, it has never been static. Another significant truth that emerges from such a study is that language at all times has been the possession not of one class or group but of many. At one extreme it has been the property of the common, ignorant folk, who have used it in the daily business of their living, much as they have used their animals or the kitchen pots and pans. At the other extreme it has been the treasure of those who have respected it as an instrument and a sign of civilization, and who have struggled by writing it down to give itsome permanence, order, dignity, and if possible, a little beauty.As we consider our changing language, we should note here two developments that are of special and immediate importance to us. One is that since the time of the Anglo-Saxons there has been an almost complete reversal of the different devices for showing the relationship of words in a sentence. Anglo-Saxon (old English) was a language of many inflections. Modern English has few inflections. We must now depend largely on word order and function words to convey the meanings that the older language did by means of changes in the forms of words. Function words, you should understand, are words such as prepositions, conjunctions, and a few others that are used primarily to show relationships among other words. A few inflections, however, have survived. And when some word inflections come into conflict with word order, there may be trouble for the users of the language, as we shall see later when we turn our attention to such maters as WHO or WHOM and ME or I. The second fact we must consider is that as language itself changes, our attitudes toward language forms change also. The eighteenth century, for example, produced from various sources, a tendency to fix the language into patterns not always set in and grew, until at the present time there is a strong tendency to restudy and re-evaluate language practices in terms of the ways in which people speak and write.21. In contrast to the earlier linguists, modern linguists tend to___ .A. attempt to continue the standardization of the languageB. evaluate language practices in terms of current speech rather than standards or proper patternsC. be more concerned about the improvement of the language than its analysis or historyD. be more aware of the rules of the language usage22. Choose the appropriate meaning for the word “inflection” used in line4 of paragraph 2.A. Changes in the forms of words.B. Changes in sentence structures.C. Changes in spelling rules.D. Words that have similar meanings.23. Which of the following statements is not mentioned in the passage?A. It is generally believed that the year 1500 can be set as the beginning of the modern English language.B. Some other languages had great influence on the English language at some stages of its development.C. The English language has been and still in a state of relatively constant change.D. Many classes or groups have contributed to the development of the English language.24. The author of these paragraphs is probably a(an) ___.A. historianB. philosopherC. anthropologistD. linguist25. Which of the following can be best used as the title of the passage?A. The history of the English language.B. Our changing attitude towards the English language.C. Our changing language.D. Some characteristics of modern English.Passage 2Culture is one of the most challenging elements of the international marketplace. This system of learned behavior patterns characteristic of the members of a given society is constantly shaped by a set of dynamic variables: language, religion, values and attitudes, manners and customs, aesthetics, technology, education, and social institutions. To cope with this system, an international manager needs both factual and interpretive knowledge of culture. To some extent, the factual knowledge can be learned; its interpretation comes only through experience.The most complicated problems in dealing with the cultural environment stem from the fact that one cannot learn culture—one has to live it. Two schools of thought exist in the business world on how to deal with cultural diversity. One is that business is business the world around, following the model of Pepsi and McDonald’s. In some cases, globalization is a fact of life; however, cultural differences are still far from converging.The other school proposes that companies must tailor business approaches to individual cultures. Setting up policies and procedures in each country has been compared to an organ transplant; the critical question centers around acceptance or rejection. The major challenge to the international manager is to make sure that rejection is not a result of cultural myopia or even blindness.Fortune examined the international performance of a dozen large companies that earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseas. The internationally successful companies all share an important quality: patience. They have not rushed into situations but rather built their operations carefully by following the most basic business principles. These principles are to know your adversary, know your audience, and know your customer.26. According to the passage, which of the following is true?A. All international managers can learn culture.B. Business diversity is not necessary.C. Views differ on how to treat culture in business world.D. Most people do not know foreign culture well.27. According to the author, the model of Pepsi___ .A. is in line with the theories of the school advocating the business isbusiness the world aroundB. is different from the model of McDonald’sC. shows the reverse of globalizationD. has converged cultural differences28. The two schools of thought ____A. both propose that companies should tailor business approaches to individual culturesB. both advocate that different policies be set up in different countriesC. admit the existence of cultural diversity in business worldD. Both A and B29. This article is supposed to be most useful for those ____.A. who are interested in researching the topic of cultural diversityB. who have connections to more than one type of cultureC. who want to travel abroadD. who want to run business on International Scale30. According to Fortune, successful international companies ____.A. earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseasB. all have the quality of patienceC. will follow the overseas local culturesD. adopt the policy of internationalizationPassage 3There are people in Italy who can’t stand soccer. Not all Canadians love hockey. A similar situation exists in America, where there are those individuals you may be one of them who yawn or even frown when somebody mentions baseball. Baseball to them means boring hours watching grown men in funny tight outfits standing around in a field staring away while very little of anything happens. They tell you it’s a game better suited to the 19th century, slow, quiet, and gentlemanly. These are the same people you may be one of them who love football because there’s the sport that glorifies “the hit”.By contrast, baseball seems abstract, cool, silent, still. On TV the game is fractured into a dozen perspectives, replays, close ups. The geometry of the game, however, is essential to understanding it. You will contemplate the game from one point as a painter does his subject; you may, of course, project yourself into the game. It is in this projection that the game affords so much space and time for involvement. The TV won’t do it for you.Take, for example, the third baseman. You sit behind the third base dugout and you watch him watching home plate. His legs are apart, knees flexed. His arms hang loose. He does a lot of this. The skeptic still cannot think of any other sports so still, so passive. But watch what happens every time the pitcher throws: the third baseman goes up on his toes, flexes his arms or brings the glove to a point in front of him, takes a step right or left, backward or forward, perhaps he glances across the field to check his first baseman’s position. Suppose the pitch is a ball. “Nothing happened,” you say. “I could have had my eyes closed.”The skeptic and the innocent must play the game. And this involvement in the stands is no more intellectual than listening to music is. Watch the third baseman. Smooth the dirt in front of you with one foot; smooth the pocket in your glove; watch the eyes of the batter, the speed of the bat, the sound of horsehide on wood. If football is a symphony of movement and theatre, baseball is chamber music, a spacious interlocking of notes, chores and responses.31. The passage is mainly concerned with____ .A. the different tastes of people for sportsB. the different characteristics of sportsC. the attraction of footballD. the attraction of baseball32. Those who don’t like baseball may complain that _____.A. it is only to the taste of the oldB. it involves fewer players than footballC. it is not exciting enoughD. it is pretentious and looks funny33. The author admits that_____ .A. baseball is too peaceful for the youngB. baseball may seem boring when watched on TVC. football is more attracting than baseballD. baseball is more interesting than football34. By stating “I could have had my eyes closed. ” the author means (4th paragraph last sentence)______:A. The third baseman would rather sleep than play the game.B. Even if the third baseman closed his eyes a moment ago, it could make no different to the result.C. The third baseman is so good at baseball that he could finish the game with eyes closed all the time and do his work well.D. The consequent was too bad he could not bear to see it.35. We can safely conclude that the author _____ .A. likes footballB. hates footballC. hates baseballD. likes baseballPassage 4Today, there are many avenues open to those who wish to continue their education. H owever, nearly all require some break in one’s career in order to attend school full time. Part time education, that is, attending school at night or for one weekend a month, tends to drag the process out over time and puts the completion of a degree program out of reach of many people. Additionally, such programs require a fixed time commitment which can also impact negatively on one’s career and family time.Of the many approaches to teaching and learning, however, perhaps the most flexible and accommodating is that called distance learning. Distance learning is an educational method which allows the students the flexibility to study at his or her own pace to achieve the academic goals which are so necessary in today’s world. The time required to study ma y be set aside at the student’s convenience with due regard to all life’s other requirements. Additionally, the student may enroll in distance learning courses from virtually any place in the world, while continuing to pursue their chosen career. Tutorial assistance may be available via regular airmail, telephone, facsimile machine, teleconferencing and over the Internet.Good distance learning programs are characterized by the inclusion of a subject evaluation tool with every subject. This precludes the requirement for a student to travel away from home to take a test. Another characteristic of a good distance learning program is the equivalence of the distance learning course with the same subject materials as those students taking the course on the home campus. The resultant diploma or degree should also be the same whether distance learning or on-campus study is employed. The individuality of the professor/student relationship is another characteristic of a good distance learning program. In the final analysis, a good distance learning program has a place not only for the individual student but also the corporation or business that wants to work in partnership with their employees for the educational benefit, professional development, and business growth of the organization. Sponsoring distance learning programs for their employees gives the business the advantage of retaining career-minded people while contributing to their personal and professional growth through education.36. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of part time education?A. It requires some break in one’s career.B. It tends to last too long for many people to complete a degree program.C. It affects one’s career.D. It gives the student less time to share with the family.37. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of distance learning?A. The student may choose his or her own pace.B. The student may study at any time to his or her convenience.C. They can pursue their chosen career while studying.D. Their tutorial assistance comes through regular airmail, telephone, facsimile machine, etc.38. What benefit will distance learning program bring to a business?A. Recruitment of more talented people.B. Good image of the business.C. Better cooperation with universities.D. Further training of employees and business growth.39. Good distance learning program have the following characteristic EXCEPT ___ .A. distance learning course is the same as students taking courses in campusB. the result diploma or degree should be same as on campus studyC. professor-student relationship is strictly one to one all through the courseD. includes subject evaluation tool40. What benefit will distance learning bring to an employee of a business?A. Professional growth.B. Good relationship with the employer.C. Good impression on the employer.D. Higher salary.III. Cloze: Fill in each of the following blanks with a word given below. neighborhood practical expect door origin carve candle traditions celebrated hollow Halloween is a festival of Scottish-Irish(41)____held on All Hallows Eve, the night of October 31.Halloween (42)________were taken by the Scots and Irish to America. In the late nineteenth century the Irish belief that the “little people” or fairies played joyful and mischievous tricks on Halloween led young children to carry out (43)_______jokes on that night.Today Halloween is (44)______in many ways. Most people buy pumpkins, (45)____ them out and (46)______frightening faces in them. On October 31, when it gets dark they put a (47)______inside the pumpkin and set it in a window or on their porch. Children usually come trick-or-treating between 5 and 7:30. They will be dressed in costumes and will(48) _______a treat (generally small bags of candy, which can be bought at any supermarket). Most Americans keep a bowl of treats by their(49)______so that when children come knocking at their door, they can give them a treat. If you live in a(50) _______where there are small children, you will probably get some trick-or-treaters on October 31.Answer SheetI. Multiple choices1. 2. 3. 4. 5.6. 7. 8. 9. 10.11. 12. 13. 14. 15.16. 17. 18. 19. 20. II. Reading Comprehension21. 22. 23. 24. 25.26. 27. 28. 29. 30.31. 32. 33. 34. 35.36. 37. 38. 39. 40. III. Cloze41. 42. 43.44. 45. 46.47. 48. 49.50.2007-2008学年第一学期考试试题(B)卷I(每小题1分,共20分)1. C2. D3. D4. C5. C6. D7. C8. B9. D 10. B11. D 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. B16. C 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. CII (每小题2分,共40分)21. B 22. A 23. A 24. D25.C26. C 27. A 28. C 29. D30.B31. D 32. C 33. B 34. B35.D36. A 37. D 38. D 39. C 40.AIII.(每小题1分,共20分)41.origin 42.tradtions 43. practical 44. celebrated 45.hollow 46. carve 47. candle 48. expect 49. door 50.neighbours IV.(每小题2分,共20分)S1 How to write a resume.S2 Your name, address and phone number.S3 Start with your distinguished factors.S4 without persuasive presentation, qualification itself doesn’t mean anythingS5 Qualifications or work historyS6 To avoid economic suffering.S7 It owes to its favorable weather and long beaches.S8 A good place of tourism, military and space programs.S9 The change and development of the economy pattern of the SouthS10 Favorable conditions of weather, natural resources, science and technology.。