中央广播电视大学2008-2009学年度第二学期学位考试
英语专业（商务）学位英语 试题
I. 词汇与结构 （20%）
1. There is no water in the bottle, _____ there?
A. isn’t B. is C. hasn’t D. has
2. We tried to settle the problem with them as soon as possible, but they seemed to _____ sincerity.
A. lack of B. be lack of C. lack in D. be lacking in 3. It has been 3 years ______ I last met him.
A. so B. for C. as D. since
4. Changchun, ______ capital of Jilin Province, is as important ______ industrial center as Shenyang.
A. /, an B. the, a C. the, the D. /, the 5. That _____ the case, we have to make some changes in our plan. A. is B. was C. being D. has been 6. We won’t encourage him to do that _____ he is in good health. A. despite B. in case C. even though D. when
7. The Great Wall is the place _____ almost all tourists would like to visit when they come to Beijing.
A. where B. of which C. in which D. which 8. _____ their terms, we would go bankrupt.
A. If we accept B. If we should accept C. If we accepted D. If we are to accept
9. –Why don’t you take _____ to read on the train? --Can you lend me _____ interesting?
A. anything, anything B. anything, something C. something, something D. some, anything 10. The factory has turned out _____.
A. twice as much TV sets this year as last year B. twice TV sets this year than last year
C. twice as many TV sets this year as it has last year D. twice as many TV sets this year as it did last year
11. The earth might look like a perfect sphere, but careful measurements _____.
A. show that it is not B. show that it is C. that show it is not D. show it that is not
12. Nebraska is a state of the U.S. whose name comes from an Indian word _____ “river in the flatness”.
A. means B. the meaning of C. meaning D. is meant
13. Claudius Ptolemy, _____ of the first century A.D., left a good description of the geocentric theory.
A. he was an astronomer and a philosopher
B. being an astronomer and a philosopher
C. who was an astronomer and a philosopher D. was an astronomer and a philosopher
14. Near the White House is another famous landmark _____ the Washington Monument.
A. is which B. which call C. called D. it is called
15. _____ coming of the Space Age, a new dimension has been added to the study of the planets.
A. While B. It is the C. When the D. With the 16. It is useful to science _____ the earth as an object in space.
A. to consider B. which considers C. considers D. the consideration of 17. For many children, nothing seems to exciting ______ their first airplane ride. A. so does B. as C. on D. is
18. _____ our records, you have been in prison six times. A. It is according to B. That it is according C. While according to D. According to
19. _____, Nathan Hale was a young school teacher living in Connecticut.
A. When the American Revolution began B. The American Revolution began C. It was when the American Revolution began D. The beginning of the American Revolution
20. Some bees make the characteristic monotonous noise known as buzzing _____. A. but their wings are vibrated rapidly B. the vibration of their wings is rapid C. by vibrating their wings rapidly D. and their wings rapidly vibrating 21. I have devoted four weekends to writing papers and now I feel I ____ as a rest. A. deserve B. preserve C. conceive D. receive 22. The ball _____ two or three times before rolling down the slope. A. swayed B. bounced C. hopped D. darted
23. A window in the kitchen was _____; there was rubbish everywhere, and the curtains and carpets had been stolen.
A. scattered B. scraped C. scratched D. smashed
24. While nuclear weapons present grave _____ dangers, the predominant crisis of overpopulation is with us today.
A. inevitable B. constant C. overwhelming D. potential
25. The fact that they reacted so differently was a reflection of their different _____. A. performances B. personalities C. qualities D. appearances
26. We should be able to do the job for you quickly, _____ you give us all the necessary information.
A. in case B. provided that C. or else D. as if
27. Over the past 10 years, natural gas production has remained steady, but _____ has risen steadily.
A. dissipation B. disposal c. consumption D. expenditure
28. We don’t _____ any difficulties in completing the project so long as we keep within budget.
A. foresee B. fabricate C. infer D. inhabit
29. This problem _____ all of us.
A. concerns B. states C. proclaims D. relates 30. Every society has its own peculiar customs and _____ of acting. A. ways B. behaviors C. attitudes D. means
31. I found it difficult to _____ my career ambitions with the need to bring up my children.
A. consolidate B. amend C. reconcile D. Intensify
32. The Spanish team, who are not in superb form, will be doing their best next week to _____ themselves on the German team for last year’s defeat. A. remedy B. reproach C. subject D. revenge
33. The prisoner has been _____ of many privileges that average citizens enjoy. A. ensured B. informed C. deprived D. convinced
34. It is one thing to locate oil, but it is quite another to _____ and transport it to the industrial center.
A. permeate B. extract C. distinguish D. concentrate
35. Put on your sun glasses or the sun will _____ you and you won’t be able to see. A. discern B. distort C. distract D. dazzle
36. Most people in the modern world _____ freedom and independence more than anything else.
A. embody B. cherish C. fascinate D. illuminate
37. President Wilson attempted to _____ between the powers to end the war, but neither side was prepared to give in.
A. segregate B. whirl C. compromise D. mediate 38. Their claims to damages have not been convincingly _____.
A. refuted B. overwhelmed C. depressed D. intimidated 39. Weeks _____ before anyone was arrested in connection with the bank robbery. A. terminated B. elapsed C. overlapped D. expired
40. In November 1987 the government _____ a public debate on the future direction of the official sports policy.
A. initiated B. designated C. induced D. promoted
II. 辨别错误（10%）
41. Directing musical works requires a understanding of the range and characteristics A B C of each instrument. D
42. Magnificent mountains and coastal scenery is British Columbia’s chief tourist A B C D attractions.
43. In the 1800’s store owners sold everything from a needle to a plow, trust everyone A B C and never took inventory. D
44. In laboratory experiments, an investigator often begins by work out different A B conditions for two groups of subjects. C D
45. The elephant relies more on its sense of smell than for any other sense. A B C D
46. Being opened in 1918, the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., was the first A B museum in the United States devoted to modern art. C D
47. The Canadian province of Alberta it is believed to have some of the richest oil A B C D deposits in the world. 48. Ponds are noted for their rich and varied types of plant and animal life, all A B maintain in a delicate ecological balance. C D
49. Soil temperatures in Death Valley, California, near the Nevada border, A B have been known to reach 48 degree centigrade. C D
50. Hot at the equator causes the air to expand, rise, and flow toward the poles. A B C D
III. 完形填空 （15%）
When you read to learn English composition, you _51_ regard the language as the main thing.
When you read a _52_ in English, do you read it for the story or for the English? This is a question that is not so foolish _53_ it may seem, _54_ I find that many students of English _55_ far more attention to the story _56_ to the English. They read and enjoy and _57_ a long time afterwards remember the story, but do not _58_ to study the use of words and _59_ in it. For instance, they know the plot of the story _60_, but do not remember a _61_sentence in the story and can not tell _62_ preposition is used before or _63_ a certain word which functions as a noun, a verb or an adjective.
Of course, it is all right to read and enjoy and remember a story, and so long as one -64_ to know the story only, one need not -65_ about the language. But the case is quite different with a student of English. 51. A. ought B. need C. would D. ought to 52. A. writing B. essay C. story D. report 53. A. that B. as C. than D. as if 54. A. for B. when C. since D. therefore 55. A. take B. gain C. put D. pay 56. A. due B. than C. thanks D. rather
57. A. during B. in C. for D. on 58. A. care B. dream C. stop D. expect 59. A. paragraphs B. letters C. terms D. phrases 60. A. in heart B. for mind C. by heart D. to mind 61. A. single B. simple C. long D. compound 62. A. any B. what C. whether D. certain 63. A. under B. after C. over D. behind 64. A. does B. wants C. satisfies D. fails 65. A. concern B. bring C. study D. bother
IV. 阅读理解（30%） Passage 1
People can be addicted to different things — e. g. alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even television. People who have such an addiction are compulsive, i. e. they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders. They feel that they must spend money. This compulsion, like most others, is irrational — impossible to explain reasonably. For compulsive spenders who buy on credit, charge accounts (赊购账) are even more exciting than money. In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything. Their pleasure in spending enormous amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy.
There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices, and discounts. Compulsive bargain hunters, however, of ten buy things that they don't need just because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their budgets, but they are really playing an exciting game. When they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason.
It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also businesspeople. Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business: They consider people's needs for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods.
Psychologists often use a method called \therapy\to help individuals solve their personality problems. In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money.
66. According to the psychologists, a compulsive spender is one who spends large amounts of money ______.
A) and takes great pleasure from what he or she buys B) in order to satisfy his or her basic needs in life C) just to meet his or her strong psychological need
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