工商管理英语考试题期末

Part II Reading Comprehension (40%)

Directions: Read the following passages carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.

Text 1

On a practical level, teachers need a wide variety of skills and abilities. They have to be ready to spend many hours at home planning their lessons and preparing homework. They have to be well organized in class, patient with students, able to appear bright and interested even if they are in fact tired or unhappy, and lively enough to control a group of young people for almost 200 days a year. Outside the classroom, they may have to prepare teaching materials, to choose books to use as texts, to help organize the work of other teachers, or to organize spare time activities for students.

If you think that you have all the necessary qualities, you may feel that you would like to be a teacher. One way to decide, if you live in the United States, is by joining a club for future teachers, such as Student Action for Education. Clubs like this give advice about your field, and also allow you to watch teachers at work, attend meetings and experiment with teaching methods and equipment. You could also talk with the job advisor at your school or university. Finally, you could try teaching a younger student or becoming an advisor at a summer camp for children. Any activity in which you are dealing with children will help you decide whether you have a calling for teaching.

1. The first paragraph is mainly about ________.

A) how to plan lessons and prepare homework

B) how to help organize the work of other teachers

C) various skills and abilities teachers need

D) how to prepare teaching materials

2.The second paragraph is mainly concerned with ________.

A) the ways of deciding one's future employment

B) the ways to decide whether teaching should be one's future employment

C) joining a club for future teachers

D) talking to an advisor when choosing future employment

3. According to the author, a teacher should show a firm mind ________.

A) that suffers only from tiredness

B) that suffers only from unhappiness

C) that suffers only from unusual tiredness or unhappiness

D) that is able to control tiredness and unhappiness

4.Student Action for Education is ________.

A) a summer camp for children

B) an activity at a summer camp

C) a club for future teachers

D) a club for job advisors

5. Which of the following does the author suggest to a person who wants to be a teacher?

A) Watching teachers at work, or organizing students' spare time activities

B) Preparing and correcting homework, experimenting with teaching methods and

equipment

C) Joining a future teachers' club, talking with job advisors, or working with children

D) Planning lessons, or attending teachers' meetings

Passage 2

There are different ideas about pets in different parts of the world. In most cultures, animals are in a worse position than human beings. In some cases, however, people treat their pets like members of their families, or perhaps better. In the United States and Europe, there are special shops that sell clothing and food for cats and dogs.

In many countries of the world, there is special food for pets. It is common for big markets in many places to sell cat food and dog food. However, in a small town in France, there is a special restaurant for dogs. Dogs are the only customers. There is seating for twenty of them. The dogs choose from a variety of dishes on the menu.

Of course, in most parts of the world, pets don't live in such wealth and comfort. People treat their pets in a more practical way. People own cats and dogs because they keep away mice and other unwanted animals. Owners have some loving feelings for their pets, but they do not see them as equal to family members. In most places in the world, there isn't any special clothing or fine food for animals. There aren't any special restaurants for dogs.

Pets around the world live in a great variety of ways, just as people do.

6. According to the passage, in most countries _________.

A) people treat their pets like members of their families

B) there are special shops that sell clothing for dogs and cats

C) animals are in a worse position than human beings

D) pets such as dogs and cats are very popular

7. According to the passage, there are ___________.

A) restaurants for dogs in every city in France

B) no dogs or cats that wear clothing

C) some people who treat their pets far better than they treat their children

D) many owners of dogs and cats in the United States and Europe

8. For many people, pets may have a more practical function because _________.

A) cats and dogs can be used to keep away mice

B) pets are often useful companions for old people

C) pets can sometimes be sold to make money

D) some pets may show loving feelings for their owners.

9. In your opinion, which of the following sentences is probably true?

A) Dogs and cats like to wear expensive clothing.

B) Many people visit the dog restaurant in France.

C) People in every part of the world like to buy fine clothing for their pets.

D) In some cases, animals have better food and clothing than people.

10. The main idea of this reading passage is: _______.

A) Dogs enjoy fine restaurants

B) A rich cat can afford to go to any restaurant

C) People treat pets in very different ways in different parts of the world

D) It is stupid to have special food and clothing for animals

Passage 3

What makes Americans spend nearly half their food dollars on meals away from home? The answers lie in the way Americans live today. During the first few decades of the twentieth century, canned and convenience foods freed the family cook from full-time duty at the kitchen range. Then, in the 1940s, work in the wartime plants took more women out of the home than ever before, setting the pattern of the working wife and mother.

Today about half of the country’s married women are employed outside the home. But, unless family members pitch in with food preparation, women are not fully liberated from that chore. Instead many have become, in a sense, prisoners of the completely cooked convenience meal. It is easier to pick up a bucket of fried chicken on the way from work or t take family out for pizzas, or burgers than to start opening cans or heating up frozen dinners after a long, hard day.

Also, the rising divorce rate means that there are more single working parents with children to feed. And many young adults and elderly people, as well as unmarried and divorced mature people, live alone rather than as part of a family unit and don’t want to bother cooking for one.

Fast food is appealing because it is fast, it doesn’t require any dressing up, it offers a “fun”break.

11. American women left home to work in large numbers because of_________.

A) the improved living standard

B) the increase in food price

C) the need of wartime industry

D) the modernization of the kitchen

12. The phrase “pitch in” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_________.

A) “offer help and support”

B) “eat with good appetite”

C) “offer compliment”

D) “disagree with”

13. What is a working mother’s best choice if she does not have time to prepare dinner for the

family according to the passage?

A) Making a meal out of canned food.

B) Buying some chicken on the way home and frying it.

C) Taking the family to dinner at a pizza place.

D) Heating up frozen dinners.

14. Which of the following groups of Americans are most likely to cook their meal at home?

A) Single working mothers.

B) unmarried mature people.

C) elderly people living alone.

D) Unemployed women with family.

15. What is this passage mainly about?

A) Women’s liberation in America.

B) Changes in the American family during Word War II.

C) Reasons for the popularity of fast food in America.

D) Rising divorce rate in America today.

Passage 4

There are different ideas about pets in different parts of the world. In most cultures, animals are in a worse position than human beings. In some cases, however, people treat their pets like members of their families, or perhaps better. In the United States and Europe, there are special shops that sell clothing and food for cats and dogs.

In many countries of the world, there is special food for pets. It is common for big markets in many places to sell cat food and dog food. However, in a small town in France, there is a special restaurant for dogs. Dogs are the only customers. There is seating for twenty of them. The dogs choose from a variety of dishes on the menu.

Of course, in most parts of the world, pets don't live in such wealth and comfort. People treat their pets in a more practical way. People own cats and dogs because they keep away mice and other unwanted animals. Owners have some loving feelings for their pets, but they do not see them as equal to family members. In most places in the world, there isn't any special clothing or fine food for animals. There aren't any special restaurants for dogs.

Pets around the world live in a great variety of ways, just as people do.

16. According to the passage, in most countries ______________________________.

A. animals are in a worse position than human beings

B. people treat their pets like members of their families

C. there are special shops that sell clothing for dogs and cats

D. pets such as dogs and cats are very popular

17. According to the passage, there are ______________________________.

A. many owners of dogs and cats in the United States and Europe

B. restaurants for dogs in every city in Franc

C. no dogs or cats that wear clothing

D. some people who treat their pets far better than they treat their children

18. For many people, pets may have a more practical function because ____________________.

A. pets are often useful companions for old people

B. cats and dogs can be used to keep away mice

C. pets can sometimes be sold to make money

D. some pets may show loving feelings for their owners

19. In your opinion, which of the following sentences is probably true?

A. Dogs and cats like to wear expensive clothing.

B. Many people visit the dog restaurant in France.

C. People in every part of the world like to buy fine clothing for their pets.

D. In some cases, animals have better food and clothing than people.

20. The main idea of this reading passage is ____________________________.

A. Dogs enjoy fine restaurants

B. A rich cat can afford to go to any restaurant

C. People treat pets in very different ways in different parts of the world

D. It is stupid to have special food and clothing for animals

1-5 C B D C C

6-10 C D A D C

11-15 C A C D C

16-20 A A B D C

Cloze

Children model themselves largely on their parents. They do so mainly through identification. Children identify 66 a parent when they believe they have the qualities and feelings that are 67 of that parent. The things parents do and say—and the 68 they do and say to them—therefore strongly influence a child’s 69 , However, parents must consistently behave like the type of 70 they want their child to become.

A parent’s actions 71 affect the self mage that a child forms 72 identification.

Children who see mainly positive qualities in their 73 will likely learn to see themselves in a positive way. Children who observe chiefly 74 qualities in their parents will have difficulty 75 positive qualities in themselves.

Children may 76 their self image, however, as they become increasingly 77 .

Isolated events, 78 dramatic ones, do not necessarily have a permanent 79 on a child’s behavior. Children interpret such events according to their established attitudes and previous training. Children who know they are loved can, 80 ,accept the divorce of their parent’s or a parent’s early 81 .But if children feel unloved, they may interpret such events 82 a sign of rejection or punishment. In the same way, all children are not influenced 83 by toys and games, reading matter, and television programs. 84 in the case of a dramatic change in family relations, the 85 of an activity or experience depends on how the child interprets it.

66.A. to B. with C. around D. for

67.A. informed B. characteristic C. conceived D. indicative

68.A. gesture B. expression D. way D. extent

69.A. behavior B. words C. mood D. reactions

70.A. person B. humans C. creatures D. adult

71.A. in turn B. nevertheless C. also D. as a result

72.A. before B. besides C. with D. through

73.A. eyes B. parents C. peers D. behaviors

74.A. negative B. cheerful C. various D. complex

75.A. see B. seeing C. to see D. to seeing

76.A. modify B. copy C. Give up D. continue

77.A. mature B. influenced C. unique D. independent

78.A. particularly B. partially C. especially D. finally

79.A. idea B. wonder C. stamp D. effect

80.A. luckily B. for example C. at most D. theoretically

81.A. death B. rewards C. advice D. teaching

82.A. as B. being C. of D. for

83.A. even B. at all C. alike D. as a whole

84.A.Oh B. Alas C. Right D. As

85.A. result B. effect C. scale D. cause

Key: 66—70 BBCAA 71—75 CDBAB 76—80 ABCDB 81—85 AACDB

1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the title: “My View on Job-hopping” Your composition should be in three paragraphs and based on the outline given below in Chinese.

1．有些人喜欢始终从事一种工作，因为…

2．有些人喜欢经常换工作，因为…

3．我的看法。

Different people have diffhrent views on job-hopping. Some people would like to always engage in one work because they think that if one sticks to one work, he will be quite familiar and skillful with the work. However, others would like to change jobs constantly because they consider it fashionable to do so and besides they think they can get different work ex- periences.

As to me, I am in favor of the former group of people's attitude. I think that if one always works in one field,he can accumulate a lot of experience in that field which in turn will further improve his work. Therefore he will become an expert in that field. However, if one hops from one job to another, he can never amass experience in one field. Although he can get difihrent work experiences, he can't make use of these experiences in one particular work. Therefore,he will always be a jack-of-all-trades.

In concluslon, if one wants to be an expert in one field, he should not hop from one job to another.

2.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the title: “Aid-Education in China” Your composition should be in three paragraphs and based on the outline given below in Chinese. Your composition should be no less than 120 words. Remember to write clearly.

1. 每年，高校许多大学生受到鼓舞去贫困地区支教。

2. 支教活动的意义。

3. 我的看法。

Each year, college students, encouraged to aid students in the poverty-stricken areas, volunteer themselves in poor villages for a year and try to improve education in poor areas.

Aid-education has been beneficial in two aspects. On the one hand, college volunteers are really devoted to the cause. They have opened the eyes of students in underdeveloped regions to the outside world by bringing them new knowledge and thoughts. As a result, they are extremely well-received by the children there. On the other hand, college students have received a rigorous training by adapting to the harsh living conditions. They are enjoying the appreciation and no-distance friendship from the children. What’s more, they are greatly inspired by the moving and tireless spirit of the children.

In my opinion, China’s educational development can’t be isolated from each individual and we college students should take the lead in response to the appeal for offering aid to children in poor areas.