[专升本类试卷]2016年武汉纺织大学专升本(英语)真题试卷.doc

As diners thirst for leading brands, bottlers and restaurateurs salivate (垂涎) over the profits. A restaurant's typical mark-up on wine is 100 to 150 percent, whereas on bottled water it's often 300 to 500 percent. But since water is much cheaper than wine, and many of the fancier brands aren't available in stores, most diners don't notice or care. As a result, some restaurants are turning up the pressure to sell bottled water.

According to an article in The Street Journal, some of the more shameless tactics include placing attractive bottles on the table for a visual sell, listing brands on the menu without prices, and pouring bottled water without even asking the dinners if they want it. Regardless of how it's sold, the popularity of bottled water taps into our desire for better health, our wish to appear cultivated, and even a longing for lost purity.

46 What do we know about Iceberg Water from the passage?

（A）It is a kind of iced water.

（B）It is just plain tap water.

（C）It is a kind of bottled water.

（D）It is a kind of mineral water.

47 By saying—My dog could tell the difference between bottled and tap water ( Para. 2 ), von Wiesenberger wants to convey the message that_________.

（A）plain tap water is certainly unfit for drinking

（B）bottled water is clearly superior to tap water

（C）bottled water often appeals more to dog's taste

（D）dogs can usually detect a fine difference in taste

48 The fancier brands ( Para.5) refers to_________.

（A）tap water from the Thames River

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（B）famous wines not sold in ordinary stores

（C）PepsiCo's Aquafina and Coca-Cola's Dasani

（D）expensive bottled water with impressive names

49 Why are some restaurants turning up the pressure to sell bottled water?

（A）Bottled water brings in huge profits.

（B）Competition from the wine industry is intense.

（C）Most diners find bottled water affordable.

（D）Bottled water satisfied diners' desire to fashionable.

50 According to the passage,why is bottled water so popular?

（A）It is much cheaper than wine.

（B）It is considered healthier.

（C）It appeals to more cultivated people.

（D）It is more widely promoted in the market.

二、Cloze

50 Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play?【C1】______ an event takes place,

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newspapers are on the streets【C2】______ the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to【C3】______ the news.

Newspapers have one basic【C4】______ , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to【C5】______ it. Radio, telegraph, television, and【C6】______ inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication.【C7】______ , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the 【C8】______ and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are 【C9】______ and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out into many other fields.

Besides keeping readers 【C10】______ of the latest news, today's newspapers【C11】______ and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers' economic choices 【C12】______ advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very【C13】______ .Newspapers are sold at a price that【C14】______ even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main【C15】______ of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The【C16】______ in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers. This【C17】______ in terms of circulation.

How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends【C18】______ on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment【C19】______ in a newspaper's pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper' s value to readers as a source of information【C20】______ the community, city, country, state, nation, and world-and even outer space.

51 【C1】

（A）Just when

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（B）While

（C）Soon after

（D）Before

52 【C2】

（A）to give

（B）giving

（C）given

（D）being given

53 【C3】

（A）gather

（B）spread

（C）carry

（D）bring

54 【C4】

（A）reason

（B）cause

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