this matter of pace to be one of their most difficult adjustments in both business and daily life.
对时间的观念还会影响到我们对耐心的理解。在美国价值体系中～耐心并不是首要考虑的。我们中的很多人被称为
“脾气火爆”。如果我们觉得时间在毫无意义的溜走～既没有娱乐价值～工作价值～也不在休息～那就会开始不停地徘徊。
那些来自时间观念不同的国家的人发现他们在商业和日常生活中最困难的就是对时间节奏的适应。
Many newcomers to the States will miss the opening courtesy of a business call, for example, they will miss the ritual socializing that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee they may be traditional in their own country. They may miss leisurely
business chats in a café or coffeehouse. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talks. We seek out evidence of past performance rather than evaluate a business colleague through social courtesies. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. (348
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许多刚到美国来的人都会想念他们在商业会谈中一些开场礼节。举个例子～他们会想念欢迎你到来而泡的一杯茶或
咖啡这样的社交礼仪～这在他们国家是常规礼仪。他们会想念在咖啡屋悠闲的会谈。而通常～美国人不会与来访者在这
么悠闲的环境中进行一些冗长的小会谈。对于同事～我们总是看他过去的表现而不是与他的社交礼仪。因为我们一般都
是更注重专业性的～而不是社交性的～因此我们总是很快进入正题。 11. Which of the following statements is wrong? __________ 以下哪项陈述是错误的,
A. Americans seem to be always under pressure. B. Americans attach less importance to patience. C. Americans don’t care much about ritual socializing.
D. Americans are impolite to their business colleagues. 美国人对他们的同事不礼貌。
12. In the fourth paragraph, “a high priority” means __________.第四段中的“a high priority”是什么意思,
A. a less important thing B. a first concern 要首要考虑的。 C. a good business D. an attractive gift
13. Americans evaluate a business colleague __________.美国人评价他们的同事是根据__________。
A. through social courtesy B. through prolonged business talks C. by establishing business relations D. by learning about their past performance他们过去的表现。
14. This passage mainly talks about __________. 本文主要讲了___________。
A. how Americans treasure their time 美国人是怎样珍惜时间的。 B. how busy Americans are every day
C. how Americans do business with foreigners
D. what American way of life is like
15. We can infer from the passage that the author’s tone in writing is ___________.
从本文我们可以看出作者写作的口吻是___________。
A. critical B. ironical C. appreciative欣赏的。 D. objective 第三部分:词汇与结构(共5小题;每小题3分，满分15分)
此部分共有5个未完成的句子，针对每个句子中未完成的部分有4个选项，请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出正确选项。
16-20 BAABC
16. Professor Smith promised to look ______ my paper, that is, to read it carefully before the defense.
史密斯教授已经答应帮我看一下我的论文～这就是说要在答辩前在仔细看一下。
A. after B. over C. on D. into
17. Our house is about a mile from the railway station and there are not many houses ______.
我们家离火车站大概一英里左右～而且中间房子不多。
A. in between B. far apart C. among them D. from each other 18. As the bus came round the corner, it ran ______ a big tree by the roadside.
汽车开到转角时撞到了路边的一棵大树。 A. into B. on C. over D. up
19. When Lily came home at 5 p.m. yesterday, her mother ______ dinner in the kitchen.
莉莉昨天五点钟回家时～她妈妈正在厨房里做晚饭。
A. cooked B. was cooking C. cooks D. has cooked 20. Did you notice the guy ______ head looked like a big potato?
你注意到那个头看上去像个大土豆得家伙吗, A. who B. which C. whose D. whom
第四部分:完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)
以下短文中共包含10个未完成的句子，针对每给句子中空缺部分有4个选项，请从A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出正确选项。
21-25 BBCCD 26-30 BABDA
There were once three sons of a wealthy businessman. 21 they met, the two eldest, who were twins, 22 to quarrel about which of them should be his father’s heir(继承人). The youngest, who was not 23 ambitious (野心勃勃的), took no part in their argument. As soon as they left home, the father arranged for an adequate income to be provided for
24 of them, but insisted that apart from this they were to be financially self-supporting. The 25 twin, who had the advantage of good looks and a striking personality, decided that he would take up the stage 26 a career. He 27 a small repertory company, acted in minor parts, was always unpunctual (不准时)at rehearsals and was accordingly 28 with his fellow-actors. He earned little and so had to live mainly on his allowance. He occasionally thought of 29 his profession, but always put off 30 a decision, and he became increasingly bored and disillusioned.
从前有个富商～他有三个儿子。无论他们合适遇到～两个大的～也就是一对双胞胎～都要为谁是他们父亲的继承人
而争吵。而最小的一个～没有丝毫的野心～从不加入他们的争吵中。就在他们要出去找工作时～他们的父亲为他们每个
人提供了一笔足够的收入～但除此以外～必须经济独立。双胞胎中的老大～因为相貌出众且个性鲜明～决定当演员。他
加入了一个小型的戏剧公司～担任了一些小角色～但他排练总时不准时～同事们因此都不喜欢他。他挣的钱很少～所以
主要靠他父亲给他的钱生活。他偶尔会想要换个工作～但总是下不了决心～因此变得越来越烦躁～越来越迷茫。
21. A. whatever B. whenever C. wherever D. however 22. A. are used B. used C. using D. are using 23. A. at least B. at most C. in the least D. in the most 24. A. every B. all C. each D. none
25. A. first B. older C. younger D. elder 26. A. is B. as C. be D. /
27. A. joined B. attended C. went D. joined in 28. A. popular B. unpopular C. welcome D. unwelcome 29. A. living B. turning C. ending D. changing
30. A. making B. make C. decide D. deciding 第五部分:英翻汉(满分15分) 请把下列3句英文翻译成中文。
31. Tom’s father has taught English here since he graduated from Peking University.
32. Please give this book to whoever comes first. 33. Though it was late, they kept on working.
31. 汤姆的父亲从北京大学毕业后就一直在这里教英语。
2017年电大学位英语考试试题复习资料【完整版】
