成教专科英语试卷A

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08工商管理、09工商管理、08经济管理

《英语》期末试卷A

共 6 页 出卷人：孙梦甜 出卷日期：6.10

Part I Reading comprehension (30%) Passage 1

It’s the world’s fastest growing economy and shows no evidence of slowing down. If a British company wishes to stay ahead in international trade, doing businesses with China is now on rig top of the list. Now schools in the United Kingdom want to offer their students Mandarin lessons—and they are making it a required course.

Brighton College is a private school on the south coast of Britain and already teaches Latin, Spanish and French to its 1,200 pupils. Students can choose among these languages, but from the autumn, which is the beginning of the new school year in British schools, every student must study Mandarin whether they like it or not.

Richard Cairns, headmaster of Brighton College, will begin Mandarin classes in September—as a pupil in an ordinary class of students. He said: “One of my key tasks is to make sure pupils are aware of the realities of the 21st century and one is that China has the fastest growing economy.”

Mandarin is getting more and more popular. There is a growing number of students taking language examinations. It is predicted that if that level of growth continues, the studying of Mandarin in the UK could overtake Spanish in less than five years. 1. What does “it” at the beginning of the passage refer to? A. Teaching Mandarin in British schools. B. Chinese economy

C. Doing business with China

D. Studying Latin, Spanish and French

2. What is important for a company to be in a more advanced position in international trade? A. Going to Brighton College to study Mandarin. B. Catching up with the fastest growing economy. C. Paying no attention to the world economy. D. Doing business with China.

3. What are the students in Brighton College required to do from autumn? A. They are required to study Mandarin.

B. They are required to study Mandarin and one other language. C. They are required to choose from Latin, Spanish and French. D. They are required to study either Mandarin or French.

4. Why does the headmaster of Brighton College think it necessary to teach his students Mandarin?

A. Because China has the fastest growing economy. B. Because he was studying Mandarin himself.

C. Because he is aware of the realities of the 21st century.

D. Because his students will be more successful in business if they study Mandarin. 5. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A. No one is studying Spanish in Britain.

B. More and more people are studying Mandarin in Britain. C. The study of Mandarin will be less popular in five years. D. More people will be studying Spanish in five years.

Passage 2

I worked with an author once. He taught me a great deal about being grateful. The whole time he was dying from a genetic disease that had already killed all his brothers. He had lived a good deal longer than many other people with his disease and I was lucky to know him, even if it was only for the last nine months of his life. I don’t believe Bill ever ended a conversation with me without thanking me for publishing his book.

About two weeks before he died, Bill called me and spent a whole hour telling me how blessed his life had been. He told me how grateful he was for everything he had been given. He told me about how much he valued his wife and all the people he had met, how thankful he was for seeing his book in print before he died, and much more.

Thankfulness is not something that can be faked very successfully. When I made a major move across the country some years ago I often fell lonely and homesick. So I took a few moments each evening to recall the past. I didn’t make anything up, and didn’t offer thanks for things I wasn’t grateful for. It was hard to do at first, and it didn’t decrease my sadness right away. My sadness was the stronger feeling and controlled more of my attention than joy did. But over time it helped me shift my focus to the gifts of my new life, instead of the losses from my old one. 6. I once worked with Bill from whom _______. A. I knew the importance of being grateful B. I knew about his past experiences

C. I learned that thankfulness can be faked

D. I knew that my sadness helped me shift my focus to the gifts of my new life 7. The whole time we worked together Bill was dying from a disease__________. A. that was passed from husband to wife B. that was passed from wife to husband C. that was running in the family

D. that was running from one family to another 8. Even though Bill was dying, he_______.

A. still told me how grateful he was for everything he had been given B. still remembered to thank me for publishing his book C. still worked day and night

D. told me about his blessed feeling

9. According to the passage, _______ is not something that can be pretended successfully. A. hatred B . compassion C. sadness D. thankfulness

10. How did the author overcome loneliness and homesickness some years ago? A. He offered thanks for things he wasn’t grateful for.

B. He made something up and it decreased his sadness right away.

C. He didn’t focus on the gifts of his new life but on the losses from his old one.

D. He developed the practice of taking a few moments each evening to recall people of that day.

Passage 3

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