自学考试-旅游英语选读真题2009年10月

1、旅游英语选读真题2009年10月.Multiple choiceDirections: Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.1、 Local people usually see tourism as a cultural and _ factor.    A. historical B. business    C. emp

2、loyment D. education2、 An international tourist is defined as anyone visiting a country, other than that which is his usual place of residence, for _ hours.    A. more than 48 B. more than 24    C. less than 48 D. less than 243、 As in any business, there must be one person called

3、 _ who is highly trained, capable of directing a complex successful hotel.    A. assistant manager B. resident manager    C. vice manager D. general manager4、 Recent promotions by Amtrak have emphasized the _ benefits of taking the train.    A. safety B. comfort  

4、 C. relaxation D. cost5、 Business travel is greatly influenced by business related attractions such as _.    A. conferences and exhibitions B. inelastic prices    C. big-city orientations D. executive's needs6、_ is the most widely recognized international organization in

5、 tourism today.    A. International Civil Aviation Organization B. International Hotel Association    C. World Association of Travel Agencies D. World Tourism Organization7、 Wastage can be reduced by establishing standards _ which we can monitor the perform ance of travel agents.

6、    A. upon B. with    C. against D. within8、 Airlines will _ to allow for the high number of _, but must exercise caution.    A. overbook, independent travelers B. overbook, no-shows    C. underbook, business travelers D. underbook, repeat travelers9、 The sum

7、 of all incomes in a country is called the _.    A. economic income B. productive income    C. financial income D. national income10、 The governments of many developing nations give priority in their strategic tourism planning to the development of _, because it generates badly-n

8、eeded hard currency.    A. professional tourism B. convention tourism    C. business tourism D. international tourism11、 During the 1920s and 1930s, _ was one of the fastest growing segments of the international tourism industry.    A. train tourism B. coach tourism

9、60;  C. cruise tourism D. air tourism12、 However, other travel agents have recognized that the technological revolution will affect their business to a greater extent than almost _.    A. other industry B. any other industry    C. other industries D. any other industries13、

10、Since China opened to the outside world in _, the number of hotels has increased considerably.    A. 1970 B. 1978    C. 1980 D. 199714、 Tourism, _, has the potential to help bridge the psychological and cultural distances that separate people of diverse races, colors, religions a

11、nd stages of social and economic development.    A. proper design and develop B. properly designing and developing    C. proper designing and developing D. properly designed and developed15、 Ecotourism is one of the most rapidly growing form of specialized travel in the West, wit

12、h central American countries, such as Costa Rica, _ the principal destinations at present.    A. be B. to be    C. being D. been.Reading comprehensionDirections: Read the following passages and make your proper choices.    16    Culture is the total sum of all

13、 the traditions, customs, beliefs, and ways of life of a given group of human beings. In this sense, every group has a culture, however savage, undeveloped, or uncivilized it may seem to be.    To the professional anthropologist, there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture over anothe

14、r,  just as to the professional linguist there is no intrinsic rank or hierarchy among languages.    People once thought of the languages of backward groups as savage, undeveloped forms of speech, consisting largely of grunts and groans. While it is possible that language in general b

15、egan as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of "backward" languages that no spoken tongue answers that description today.    Most languages of uncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely complex, delicate, and ingenious pieces

16、of machinery for the transfer of ideas. They fall behind our Western languages not in their sound pattern of grammatical structures, which usually are fully adequate for all language needs, but only in their vocabularies, which reflect the objects and activities known to their speakers. Even in this

17、 department, however, two things are to be noted. First, all languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion, either by putting together words already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system. Second, the objects and activities req

18、uiring names and distinctions in" backward" languages, while different from ours, are often surprisingly numerous and complicated. A Western language distinguishes merely between two degrees of remoteness( "this" and "that") ; some languages of the American Indians dist

19、inguish between what is close to the speaker, or to the person addressed, or out of sight, or in the past, or in the future.    This study of language, in turn, casts a new light upon the claim of the anthropologists that all cultures are to be viewed independently, and without ideas of ra

20、nk or hierarchy.16、 According to the author, to the professional linguists, _.    A. all languages came from grunts and groans    B. all languages in the world are equal and independent    C. Western cultures are better than Eastern cultures    D. the superior

21、ity of one culture over another is difficult to explain17、 We can infer that the author is _.    A. a professional anthropologist    B. a linguist as well as an anthropologist    C. a language researcher from the West    D. a language researcher on "backw

22、ard culture"18、 The languages of backward groups fall behind those of the West in terms of the _.    A. vocabularies                               B. history and culture    C. machinery for vocabulary

23、 expansion         D. sound patterns and grammatical structures19、 According to the article, some languages of American Indians are _.    A. too undeveloped to be understood    B. more civilized than Western languages    C. derived from their own rem

24、ote system    D. able to distinguish more degrees of remoteness20、 What is implied in this passage is that the study of languages _.    A. has challenged anthropological studies    B. has reinforced the view of the anthropologists    C. is the same as the stud

25、y of anthropology    D. has contradicted the result of the study of anthropology    21    The Concorde, plane of the rich and famous, is also probably the world's safest. The fireball outside Paris Tuesday was the supersonic jet's first fatal accident ever in 24

26、 years of regular opera tion. And Air France officials said their current fleet was fit to fly safely until 2007.    Yet the plane had been having mishaps-little things. In October a piece of tail fell off in mid flight. Last January, within a span of 24 hours, two British Airways Concorde

27、s had to make emergency landings for technical reasons-one engine failure, one mysterious false alarm. A few months ago, small cracks, said to be "microscopic" in size, were detected in all seven British Concordes, a British Airways spokeswoman said Monday; one of them was grounded because

28、 the cracks had gotten wider.    Has the Concorde hit old age ahead of schedule? Only 20 of the supersonic passenger jets were ever built, of which 13 are still in service, operated by British Airways and Air France. They were all built between 1975 and 1980. Both companies hope to keep th

29、e planes flying for another 14 or 15 years, and in fact both have recently upped their estimate of the number of "cycles" -roughly one transatlantic flight-the plane could stand, to 8,500. By this calculation, the planes are cleared for takeoff until 2006 at least. This view is supported b

30、y the fact that although its flights are high-stress and its takeoff and landing more labored than other planes, the Concorde makes only about a fifth of the trips more popular.    After the crash, Air France asserted, perhaps prematurely, that the crash was due not to any wing problem, li

31、ke sneaking cracks, but to an exploding engine. That makes it the fastest investigation on record. They have not grounded the fleet beyond a thorough maintenance check, which on these delicate birds, with their 30-year-old technology, will be expensive.    British Airways says its Concorde

32、s gave the company prestige, shuttling the swells on their surprisingly cramped, 1,336-mph passage at $10,000 a head. Take a trip aboard and one must have been like joining an exclusive but rather cramped and uncomfortable club. But part of its charm-to the small number of people who flew it-was tha

33、t it was superior to the other planes, safer. For the price of a ticket, you were buying a guarantee.    If British and French industry officials, who built the Concorde together in the 60s as a kind of supersonic dove, decide that feeling is gone forever with Tuesday's catastrophe, th

34、en it's not hard to imagine that they will seriously consider retiring this distinctive, one-of-a-kind aircraft.21、 The reason why the Concorde crashed is that _.    A. one engine failed                          B. its en

35、gine exploded    C. a piece of tail fell off                    D. the cracks had gotten wider22、 Concordes are expected to fly _ 8,500 times in the coming 14 or 15 years.    A. from Paris to London        

36、60;             B. from London to New York City    C. from Paris to New York City               D. across the Atlantic Ocean23、 British Airways has got prestige from its Concordes because _.    A. it is superior to

37、other planes    B. it offers a safer though expensive flight    C. it provides cozy and comfortable seats aboard    D. it is the fastest planes in the world24、 The word "one-of-a-kind" in the last paragraph probably means "_".    A. unique

38、                                    B. complicated    C. delicate                                    D. modem2

39、5、 It can be seen that the writer's attitude to the future of Concordes is _.    A. biased                                   B. objective    C. optimistic           &

40、#160;                      D. pessimistic.ClozeDirections: Choose the one from the given A, B, C and D to complete the passage properly.    The Great Exhibition held in London in 1851 was probably the first show to be called a world fa

41、ir. Since then there have been 31 universal exhibitions and many cities  26   to have a world fair. In 1928 the International Bureau of Expositions was founded in Paris to coordinate these events and en sure that there is only one each year. There are various and interlinked objectives

42、60;27   holding a world fair. The stated objectives include encouraging trade, increasing the visibility of a city and country, developing tourism,  28   economic development and increasing employment, stimulating the re-use of land and  29   improvements, the celebration of

43、 a past event, and the entertainment of the masses,  30   the often unstated one of obtaining  31   funds from the higher levels of government. The  32   motive for holding a world fair is to  33   the city; but as well as selling the city; there is also the s

44、elling of ideas. Most expos are linked in some way to the notion of the progress of civilization or modernity. Not  34  ,Expo 92 in Seville, Spain, had the  35   of discovery. Other themes include education and international understanding. The  36   city usually prepare

45、s a special site for the event  37   new buildings and structures of hoped-for architectural distinction and image changing ability are erected. Early examples  38   London's Crystal Palace and Paris's Eiffel Tower and a more recent one is Seattle's Space Needle. Thes

46、e structures will remain a  39   legacy to the area, as will any general infrastructure put in place. The fair itself usually contains exhibitions of both arts and manufactures, with pavilions  40   also by foreign nations. World fairs usually last between five and seven months,

47、but sometimes they last for a whole year.26、 A. sought       B. have sought          C. seek                 D. has sought27、 A. about        B. at              

48、60;   C. of                  D. for28、 A. altering     B. switching            C. attracting            D. modifying29、 A. basic        B. infrastructure  

49、     C. welfare               D. quality30、 A. as well as   B. include              C. plus                 D. add31、 A. exact        B. identical   &

50、#160;        C. extra                D. distinct32、 A. prime        B. big                  C. large                D. potential33、 A.

51、boom         B. lift                 C. increase             D. boost34、 A. surprised    B. surprisingly         C. surprising           D. surprise35、 A.

52、purpose      B. slogan               C. title                D. theme36、 A. host         B. guest               C. hospitable         &

53、#160; D. hostile37、 A. that             B. which               C. where               D. whose38、 A. is           B. were               

54、0; C. was                  D. are39、39, A. temporary    B. better                C. last                  D. permanent40、 A. provided     B. required

55、            C. confronted           D. acquired.Phrasal verbsDirections: Fill in the blanks with the proper phrasal verbs given below. Make some changes if necessary.    apply to          gear to    

56、    associate with     have effect on     attribute to    set the seal on   bring about     tailor to          deter from        vary in41、 Education should _ the children's needs and abilities.42

57、、 This regulation _ every hotel in this country.43、 A word from his teacher _ a great _ my son.44、 His stories _ popular tastes.45、 I always _ this piece of music _ Hawaii folk dance.46、 The open-and-reform policy has _ miraculous changes in our country.47、 Television sets _ widely _ price and quali

58、ty.48、 Both companies have _ the agreement of technical cooperation.49、 Nothing can _ me _ doing what I think right.50、 Mr.Green _ his good health _ careful living.Phrase translationPart OneDirections: Translate the following into Chinese.51、 cross trait charter flights52、 the modern service industr

59、y53、 net discretionary incomes54、 air fare quotations55、 Green Flag International56、 in the capacity of a diplomat57、 inadequate air conditioning58、 enjoy the spectacular scenery59、 give full exposure to China's tourism resources60、 accommodations.left much to be desiredPart TwoDirections: Trans

60、late the following into English.61、重要的第三产业62、旅游业对经济的影响63、定期客运服务64、心理承受力65、需求不足66、签约国67、永久移民68、旅游保险69、国家级“旅游度假区”70、保护世界文化遗产.Passage translationDirections: Translate the following passages into Chinese.71、 Tourism was brought sharply into international focus at the end of the Second World War. Within

61、a mere 20 years of the industry's take-off, international tourism displayed nearly all the characteristics of its manufacturing counterpart-it was mass, standardized and rigidly packaged. By the mid-1970s,tourism was being produced along assembly-line principles, similar to the automobile indust

62、ry, with tourists consuming travel and leisure services in a similar robot-like and routine manner. Understanding the evolution of mass tourism, and the factors that created it, are key to understanding the industry's transformation.72、 Travel, whether for business or pleasure, requires arrangem

63、ents. The traveler usually faces a variety of choices regarding transportation and accommodations; and if the trip is for pleasure, there are a variety of choices regarding destinations, attractions, and activities. The traveler may gather information on prices, value, schedules, characteristics of

64、the destination, and available activities directly, investing a considerable amount of time on the Internet or possibly money on long distance telephone calls to complete the trip arrangements. Alternatively, the traveler may use the services of a travel agency, obtaining these arrangements.答案:.Mult

65、iple choice1、C句意：地方居民经常把旅游业看作是文化和就业的要素。由句意可知选C。2、B句意：国际旅游者的定义是游览一个除了他常住国外的另一个国家，并且超过24小时以上的人。由句意可知，选项B正确。3、D句意：在任何商业中，一定有一个称作总经理的人，他经过很好地培训，并且有能力管理一切一个复杂且成功的旅馆。由句意可知，选项D正确。4、C句意：美国国家铁路客运公司的宣传强调了乘坐火车放松的好处。由句意可知，选项C正确。5、A句意：商务旅游在很大程度上受与商业有关的如会议和展销会等吸引力的影响。由句意可知，选项A正确。6、D句意：世界旅游组织是现今旅游业最广泛认可的国际组织。D项意为“

66、世界旅游组织”，所以答案为D。7、C句意：我们可以通过建立一些标准来减少废物，同时也可利用这些标准来监视旅行社的表现。由句意可知，答案为C。8、B句意：航空公司考虑到大量已预订而未到的旅客而(允许)超预订，但必须小心谨慎。overbook意为“超预订”，no-shows意为“(飞机、旅馆等)已预订而未到的旅客或客人”。9、D句意：一个国家的所有收入叫国民收入。由句意可知，选D。10、D句意：很多发展中国家的政府在其旅游战略规划中，优先考虑发展国际旅游，因为它产生极需的硬通货。由句意可知，选项D正确。11、C句意：在19世纪二十年代到三十年代，乘船旅游已成为国际旅游业发展最快的一个部分了。由句意可知，选项C正确。12、B句意：然而，其他的旅行社已经认识到技术革命在很大程度上比任何其他的工业都会影响他们的生意。当：industry意为“工业”时，是不可数名词；any other暗含除了技术革命外的其他领域。13、B句意：自从中国1978年对外开放后，旅馆的数量在很大程度上增加了。由句意可知，本题答案为B。14、D句意：经过合理地规划和发展，旅游业具有充当人们心理和文化差距桥梁的潜力，即化分人们属于不同民族、种族、宗教和社会与经济发展