2015年上学期商务英语阅读期中考试.doc

2015年上学期期中考试商务英语阅读试卷时间：90分钟 出卷人：胡丹一 填空题 (20分，每小题2 分)ensure, pocket money , all-time, unproved, promotion, negotiation ,communication, competition, teenager,primary1_is money for incidental or minor expenses.2 _means a person between the age of 13 to 19 .3 Saving people s life is our _responsibility .4 A design _will be held in school.5 “1+1=2”is a famous _math problem.6 You need to choose the best _method that suits the product.7 Modern _enable more and more people to work from home.8 The terms of the contract are still open to _.9 That pushed the countrys imported crude oil to an _high.10 It will _that the oil deficit keeps widening in the coming months.二 短语英汉互译（20分，每小题2分）11 人力资源 12 岗位责任书 13 市场调研 14 产品生命周期15 电子商务16 trade defict 17 free-trade policies 18 franchisor 19 joint ventures 20 international brand三词义匹配题（10分，每小题1分）A 批评家B 身份C 有利润的D 潜在的E 优势F 战术的G 消费者H 激励I 成熟J 交易21consumer 22inspirition23maturity 24profitable 25transaction26 critic27 potential28 tactical29 status 30 advantage 四 阅读理解（40分） Passage A (选择正确的答案，10分，每小题2分)Computers have changed the way we live and work ,and in the future the rate of change will be faster and faster .for example ,no one will use cash in the future ,except for very small business deals such as buying a newspaper .instead ,smart cards plastic cards that contain a microprocessor（微处理器）and a memory (存储器)will replace cash.Not only cash will disappear .in the past , the most important goods have been things like oil ,food ,and metal. the most important commodity in the future will be information.By the year 2035 ,98% of jobs will be in service industries and will need workers who can use computers and other information-processing technologies .these industries ,including financial and insurance industries ,will continue to grow while traditional industries becomes less important.The new global workers of the future will be electronic immigrants .these workers will telework over great distance .it will be possible to work for a company in Great Britain from your home in HongKong.31 cash will become _in the future .A necessary Bun necessary C still important 32 smart card will_cash in the future.A substitute B increase C acquire 33_will be the most important goods in the future .A Food B Labor CInformation 34 “teleworking ”means _A teletalking B telewalking C telecommuting35 In the future many people will work in _industry.A service B manufacturing C trade PassageB (选择正确的答案，10分，每小题2分)The computer is a useful machine. It is the most important invention in many years. The oldest kind of computer is the abacus(算盘), used in China centuries ago, but the first large, modern computer was built in 1946. A computer then could do maths problems quite fast.Today computers are used in many ways and can do many kinds of work. In a few years the computer may touch the life of everyone, even people in faraway villages.In the last few years, there have been great changes in computers. They are getting smaller and smaller, and computing faster and faster, Many scientists agree that computers can now do many things, but they cannot do everything. Who knows what the computers of tomorrow will be like? Will computers bring good things or bad things to people? The scientists of today will have to decide how to use the computers of tomorrow.36. The computer is a _ machine. A. helpfulB. strangeC. large D. dangerous37. The first large, modern computer was built about _ years ago. A. a few B. forty C. sixty D. eighty38. The computers of today are _ than before. A. biggerB. fewerC. smallerD. taller39. Computers can do _. A. everythingB. anythingC. nothingD. lots of things40. The scientists of today _ how to use the computers of tomorrow. A. may decideB. must decideC. can makeD. neednt makePassage C（回答问题，10分，每小题2分）Do you remember when the Nintendo came out in the early 1980s ?Excite Bike and Contra were by far my favorite games, although my parents never let me have one .they said it was too expensive ,and that a newer ,more high-tech version would came out in a few years anyway .well, as much as we thought our parents didnt know anything when we were kids ,they were right .A few years later the Super Nintendo was released .then it was the Nintendo 64 ,then the Game cube .As I grew up during these releases. I started noticing a repeated trend with Nintendos : as old versions became less novel and out-of-date ,a new version would be released to kill off the old .For example ,when the Super Nintendo came out ,it cost around 200.once everyone who already had an NES bought the new Super Nintendo ,prices dropped to around 150,after a couple years ,you could pick up a new Super Nintendo for 100.Thats when Nintendo 64 came out ,and it followed the same cyclical pattern.This cycle that Nintendo has gone through several times and will continue to go through is called the product life cycle .But Nintendo products arent the only ones that go through the product life cycle ,Virtually every product has a life cycle ,especially in a competitive market for that products. 41 Why the authors parents never let him have a Nintendo?42 Are his parents right about Nintendos?43 What is the repeated trend with Nintendo?44 Can you name some other products that have the same trend?45 In what kind of market ,every product has a life cycle? Passage D (判断正误 Tor F,共10分，每小题2分) electronic commerce，commonly known as e -commerce ,consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks .The amount of trade conducted electronically has grown extraordinarily (特别的)since the spread of the Internet .Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web .A small percentage of electronic commerce is conducted entirely electronically for virtual items on a websites ,but most electronic commerce involves the transportation of physical items in some way .Electronic commerce that is conducted between business is referred to as business to business or B2B. 46 E commerce only consists of the buying and selling of products of virtual items on the web .47Rapid development of Internet is the main reason for the growth of e-commerce .48 Modern electronic commerce typically uses the mobile phones .49 Only virtual items can be transacted online.50 E-commerce can be conducted only