2004年10月旅游英语选读试题

全国2004年10月高等教育自学考试

旅游英语选读试题

课程代码：00837

I. Multiple Choice(0.5?20=10)

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. More supporting policies favorable to tourism should be _________. A. decided C. formed

B. determined D. formulated

2. According to WTO’s definition of tourism, Internal tourism refers to _________. A. visits to country by nonresidents

B. visits by residents of a country to another country C. visits by residents of a country to their own country D. internal tourism plus outbound tourism

3 Only in the case of “_________” might there be any cultural exchange. A. special interest tours C. special explore tours A. every other year

B. special education tours D. special package tours B. each year

4. The Pacific Asia Travel Association holds a conference in a member country _________

C. every four years D. every three years

5. China’s attractiveness as a favored international tourism destination is __ __ its 5000-year-old cultural civilization. A. attract to C. attributive to

B. attitude to D. attributed to

6. Scheduled services provided by airlines ________. A. operate on the basis of their published timetables

B. operate on defined routes but not on published timetable C. offer the advantages of convenience and flexibility D. can be tailor-made for passengers

7. Ocean liners used to provide an important link for passengers between _________. A. states B. countries C. provinces

D. continents

8. _________ should be given the least brochures to reduce wastage. A. Top producing agents B. Fair agents

C. Below average agents D. Poor agents

9. Since no hotel can exist without the patronage of its guests, it follows that the only reason for the existence of a staff is to provide for their _________. A. comfort and convenience C. comfortable and convenient

B. comfort and inconvenience D. discomfort and convenient

10. China International Travel Service _________.

A. will use computer management soon

B. was the first to use computer management in China’s tourism industry C. need not use computer management because they have very good staff D. is preparing to use computer management

11. Sightseeing tours to meet these varied interests should provide with both an _________ learning experience. A. physical and spiritual

B. physical and cultural

C. educational and spiritual D. educational and cultural

12. In the new tourism the tourists become “more green” means the tourists _________. A. are less experienced

B. are more experienced

C. haven’t travel much before D. pay more attention to the environment 13. Therefore investment in tourism remains as risky as _________ in any other industry. A. it does C. does nature. A. physical C. psychological

B. chemical D. ecological B. the 18th century D. the 20 century

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B. it doing D. doing

14. A third capacity is _________ in nature, the ability of a region to absorb tourists without destroying the balance of

15. The roots of modern tourism were perceived in _________. A. the 17th century C. the 19 century

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16. Certain sites, regions or nations will be _________ for development than others. A. more favour B. more favourite C. more favourable

D. more favoured

17. The creation of income from tourism _________ employment. A. bind up with B. bound up with C. is binding up with

D. is bound up with

18. Which of the following groups is likely to take a holiday? A. Those who have been promoted or whose wives begin to work. B. Young couples with small children. C. The elderly.

D. Young people who just start their careers

19. By the 1950s, Hilton and Sheraton had been joined by _________ of others. A. tens C. scores A. 36 hours C. 32 hours

B. hundreds D. couples

B. 48 hours D. 24 hours

(1)

The climate of the west coast is the most moderate in Canada. Summers are cool and fairly dry and winters are mild, cloudy and wet. Even in mid-winter, average temperatures are usually above freezing.

20. The WTO defines a domestic excursionist as a visitor traveling in his country of residence for less than _________ .

II. Reading comprehension(2?15=30)

The central plain from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes is characterized by cold winters, short but hot summers, and light precipitation.

The large water-surfaces of Central and Eastern Canada produce considerable modification in the climate. Southern Ontario and Quebec experience cold, damp winters and hot, humid summers.

Most of Atlantic Canada has a humid climate owing to its maritime character. Nevertheless, it experiences weather-systems arriving from the dry continental interior as well as from the sea. The combined influence of these systems creates some of the most variable day-to-day weather conditions to be encountered anywhere in Canada.

The north-central part of Canada is usually snow-covered for more than half the year, with a frostfree period of barely two months. Precipitation is relatively light. Further north, on the islands along the Arctic coast and round Hudson Bay, tundra conditions obtain. Average temperatures stay above freezing for only a few weeks of the year. The Arctic Islands and the northern fringe of the mainland do not have a summer season of the kind known is Southern Canada. 21. According to the passage, in which part of Canada is the climate most changeable? A. The west coast. B. The Arctic coast C. The east coast. A. The-month frost. C. Humidity

D. The central plain B. Modification. D. No summer. B. Hudson Bay. D. the Pacific coast.

22. What character does the north-central part have?

23. Both summers and winters are wet in A. the central part of Canada. C. southern Ontario and Quebec.

24. The passage tells us that the climate of Canada is characterized by A. cold and dry. B. humidity and heat. C. light precipitation.

D. variation.

25. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The temperatures in the west side of the Rocky Mountains are usually above zero. B. It’s hot and dry in the summer of Southern Ontario and Quebec. C. There is no summer in the northern islands along the Arctic coast. D. The north-central part is covered with snow for more than six months.

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Island’s people will be enjoying high-rise living in model towns with all sorts of facilities provided. This is the progressive achievement of the Singapore Housing and Development Board. Singaporeans today are among the world’s best-housed people. The Board’s success is a model for planners in other developing nations.

Roads, usually double-carriage expressways, keep pace with the expanding developments in outlying districts to bring the worker close to his job. Trees, bushes and flowering plants from public nurseries line the roads as they are built and also landscape the housing estates and park grounds. It is truly amazing to find so much tropical greenery in so modern a city.

Land in Singapore, as in Hong Kong, is limited: In order to fulfil its development plans for its people, the Government reclaims land from the sea. New projects for housing, port, transportation, business and recreational purposes are being created.

In the heart of the City itself the Government’s urban renewal policy goes on every day. Slums are cleared and redeveloped into a series of busy sub-cities. In place of narrow streets and old, crumbling ugly buildings one sees broad thoroughfares modern shopping and entertainment complexes, hotels, office blocks and residential towers rising 40 and 50

storeys into the sky.

It is a question of time before Sigapore becomes a total “island city” and probably the finest in Southeast Asia. The face of Singapore is changing every day. New flats are shooting up all over the island. They come in all sizes and rental and sales prices to suit the families of workers, middle-income employees as well as top executives, and businessmen. They are well designed for living, solidly constructed, and carefully maintained. By 1975, half the Republic’s population were living in sparkling modern accommodation.

26. The Singapore Housing and Development Board’s flats are built for ______. A. labourers only B. Government workers only C. middle-income workers only

D. all classes of workers

27. Housing estates and park grounds give a green look because _______. A. the buildings are painted green B. the buildings are new and modern C. they are in the middle of forests

D. trees, bushes and flowering plants are grown as part of the landscape 28. As land is limited, new projects for development are created ______. A. in the sea C. over the sea

B. on land reclaimed from the sea D. under the sea

B. many old buildings are preserved D. many slums are cleared for redevelopment

29. In the heart of the city itself ________. A. many slums are created C. many slums are cleared for roads

30. The main features of the new sub-cities are _________. A. broad thoroughfares and tall modern buildings B. broad thoroughfares and ugly buildings. C. narrow streets and modern buildings

D. narrow streets and old, crumbling buildings.

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Earthquakes may rightly be ranked as one of the most devastating forces known to man: since records began to be written down, it has been estimated that earthquake-related fatalities have numbered in the millions, and that earthquake-related destruction has been beyond calculation. The greater part of such damage and loss of life has been due to collapse of buildings and the effects of rockslides, floods, fire, disease, tsunamis (gigantic sea waves), and other phenomena resulting from earthquakes, rather than from the quakes themselves.

The great majority of all earthquakes occur in two specific geographic areas. One such area encompasses the Pacific Ocean and its contiguous land masses. The other extends from the East Indies to the Atlas Mountains, including the Himalayas, Iran Turkey, and the Alpine regions. It is in these two great belts or zones that ninety percent of all earthquakes take place: they may, however, happen anywhere at any time.

This element of the unknown has for centuries added greatly to the dread and horror surrounding earthquakes, but in recent times there have been indications the earthquake prediction may be possible. By analyzing changes in animal behavior, patterns of movements in the earth’s crust, variations in the force of gravity and the earth’s magnetic field, and the frequency with which minor earth tremors are observed, scientists have shown increasing success in anticipating when and where earthquakes will strike. As a result, a worldwide earthquake warning network is already in operation and has helped to prepare for (and thus lessen) the vast destruction that might otherwise have been totally unexpected.