全国2009年10月高等教育自学考试旅游英语选读试

全国2009年10月高等教育自学考试旅游英语选读试题
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I.Multiple choice:(1×15=15)
Directions: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.employment
D.education

2.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 24

3.As in any business,there must be one person called ________who is highly trained,capable
of directing a complex successful hotel.
A.assistant manager
B.resident manager
C.vice manager
D.general manager

4.Recent promotions by Amtrak have emphasized the ________benefits of taking the train.
A.safety
B.comfort
C.relaxation
D.cost

5.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 needs

6.________is the most widely recognized international organizations in tourism today.
A.International Civil Aviation Organization
B.International Hotel Association
C.World Association of Travel Agencies
D.World Tourism Organization

7.Wastage can be reduced by establishing standards ________which we can monitor the performance of travel agents.
A.upon
B.with
C.against
D.within

8.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 travelers

9.The sum of all incomes in a country is called the________ .
A.economic income
B.productive income
C.financial income
D.national income

10.The governments of many developing nations give priority in their strategic tourism planning to the development of________,because it generates badly-needed hard currency.
A.professional tourism
B.convention tourism
C.business tourism
D.international tourism

11.During the 1920s and 1930s,________was one of the fastest growing segments of the international tourism industry.
A.train tourism
B.coach tourism
C.cruise tourism
D.air tourism

12.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 industries

13.Since China opened to the outside world in ________,the number of hotels has increased considerably.
A.1970
B.1978
C.1980
D.1997

14.Tourism,________,has the potential to help bridge the psychological and cultural distances that separate people of spanerse races,colors,religions and 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 developed

15.Ecotourism is one of the most rapidly growing form of specialized travel in the West,with central American countries,such as Costa Rica,________the principal destinations at present.
A.be
B.to be
C.being
D.been 

Ⅱ.Reading comprehension:(2×10=20)
Directions:Read the following passages and make your proper choices.
(1)
Culture is the total sum of all 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 another, 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 began 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 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 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 requiring 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 distinguish 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 rank 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 superiority of one culture over another is difficult to explain
17.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"backward 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 expansion
D.sound patterns and grammatical structures
19.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 remote system
D.able to distinguish more degrees of remoteness
20.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 study of anthropology
D.has contradicted the result of the study of anthropology
(2)
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 years of regular operation.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 Concordes 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 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 the 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 by 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,like 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 Concordes 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 that 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,then 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 engine exploded
C.a piece of tail fell off
D.the cracks had gotten wider
22.Concordes are expected to fly ___________8,500 times in the coming 14 or 15 years.
A.from Paris to London
B.from London to New York City
C.from Paris to New York City
D.across the Atlantic Ocean
23.British Airways has got prestige from its Concordes because ___________.
A.it is superior to 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 world
24.The word"one-of-a-kind"in the last paragraph probably means" ___________".
A.unique
B.complicated
C.delicate
D.modern
25.It can be seen that the writer’s attitude to the future of Concordes is ___________ .
A.biased
B.objective
C.optimistic
D.pessimistic 

Ⅲ.Cloze:(1×15=15)
Directions: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 fair.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 co-ordinate these events and ensure that there is only one each year.There are various and interlinked objectives 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 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 selling 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 prepares 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.These 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,but sometimes they last for a whole year.
26.A.sought B.have sought C.seek D.has sought
27.A.about. B.at C.of D.for
28.A.altering B.switching C.attracting D.modifying
29.A.basic B.infrastructure C.welfare D.quality
30.A.as well as B.include C.plus D.add
31.A.exact B.identical C.extra D.distinct
32.A.prime B.big C.large D.potential
33.A.boom B.lift C.increase D.boost
34.A.surprised B.surprisingly C.surprising D.surprise
35.A.purpose B.slogan C.title D.theme
36.A.host B.guest C.hospitable D.hostile
37.A.that B.which C.where D.whose
38.A.is B.were C.was D.are
39.A.temporary B.better C.last D.permanent
40.A.provided B.required C.confronted D.acquired

Ⅳ.Phrasal verbs:(1×10=10)
Directions:Fill in the blanks with the proper phrasal verbs given below.Make some changes
if necessary.

apply to gear to associate with have effect on attribute to set the seal on bring about tailor to deter from vary in

41.Education should______________ the children’s needs and abilities.
42.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______________ Haweii folk dance.
46.The open-and-reform policy has______________ miraculous changes in our country.
47.Television sets ______________widely ______________price and quality.
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.

Ⅴ.Phrase translation:(1×20=20)
Part One
Directions:Translate the following into Chinese.
51.cross trait charter flights 52.the modern service industry
53.net discretionary incomes 54.air fare quotations
55.Green Flag International 56.in the capacity of a diplomat
57.inadequate air conditioning 58.enjoy the spectacular scenery
59.give full exposure to China’s tourism resources
60.accommodations...left much to be desired
Part Two
Directions:Translate 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

Ⅵ.Passage translation:(10×2=20)
Directions:Translate the following passages into Chinese.
71.Tourism was brought sharply into international focus at the end of the Second World War.Within 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 industry, 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 arrangements.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 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.