08国际贸易班英语试题2008——2009学年
注意：答案写在答题纸上，否则不得分。
一、阅读理解（每题2分，共20分）
(1)
Of all the problems facing modern astronomers, perhaps the most fascinating is: “Can intelligent life exist elsewhere?” Since the earth is an unimportant planet moving round an unimportant star, it would be a pride on our part to suppose that we are the only intelligent beings in the universe. But to obtain proof is difficult.
The main trouble is that our neighbor worlds, the bodies in the Solar System appear to be unsuitable for advanced life-forms. The Moon may be ruled out at once; it has hardly any atmosphere. Venus is little better; the surface temperature is extremely high and the atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide. Mars with a very thin atmosphere and a severe shortage of water, may well support simple plant life but there seems no hope of finding animals, while the attractive Martians of the story-tellers have long since been given up.
Of course this has not stopped the flow of bright ideas for communicating with the supposed people on Mars. In the early nineteenth century the great mathematician Gauss suggested planting tree-patterns in Siberia, so that the Martians would see them and reply suitably. Following up this idea, the Austrian scientist Karl Littrow proposed digging very wide ditches in the Sahara, triangular in pattern, and then filling them with petrol or some such substance so that, when lit, the ditches would present Martian observers with a "flaming triangle" which would show the existence here of intelligent minds. Even better were the plans of Charles Cros, a French writer of the eighteen- seventies, who wanted to build a large mirror to reflect the sun's rays and concentrate them on the surface of Mars, thereby making a vast burning- glass. By swinging the mirror around, Cros explained it would be practicable to write words in the Martian deserts simply by burning the sand. For many years he bombarded the French government with literature about this plan and was very disappointed when no official interest was shown.
1.The opinion of the writer is that
A.there may be other intelligent beings in the universe
B.there are other intelligent beings in the universe
C.people living on the earth are almost certainly the only intelligent beings in
the universe
D.people living on the earth are definitely the only intelligent beings in the
universe
2.There is unlikely any life on Venus because
A.the surface temperature is too hot
B.the weather is too cold
C.it is severely short of water
D.it has a very thin atmosphere
3.It seems that Mars
A.may be inhabited by attractive Martians
B.may have some vegetable life
C.can have no life at all
D.may have both vegetable and animal life.
4.Gauss wanted to establish contact with the Martians by ______
A.planting trees in triangular shape
B.filling wide ditches with oil
C.building a large mirror
D.making patterns with trees
5.Charles Cros felt _______
A.angry when the government paid little attention to his ideas
B.pleased when the government did take notice of his plan
C.surprised that the officials were interested in his suggestion
D.disappointed at the lack of interest shown in his plan
(2)
Most of us have an image of such a normal or standard English in pronunciation, and very commonly in Great Britain this is "Received Pronunciation", often associated with the public schools, Oxford, and the BBC. Indeed, a pronunciation within this range has great prestige throughout the world, and for English taught as a foreign language it is more usually the ideal than any other pronunciation. At the same time, it must be remembered that, so far as the English- speaking countries are concerned, this "Received Pronunciation" approaches the status of a "standard" almost only in England: educated Scots, Irishmen, Americans, Australians, and others have their own different images of a standard form of English.
Even in England it is difficult to speak of a standard in pronunciation. Pronunciation is infinitely variable, so that even given the will to adopt a single pronunciation, it would be difficult to achieve. The word dance may be pronounced in a dozen ways even by people who do not think of themselves as dialect speakers: there is no sure way of any two people saying the same word with precisely the sam
e sound. In this respect, pronunciation much more closely resembles handwriting than spelling. In spelling, there are absolute distinctions which can be learnt and imitated with complete precision: one can know at once whether a word is spelt in a "standard" way or not. But two persons' handwriting and pronunciation may both be perfectly intelligible, yet have obvious differences without our being able to say which is "better" or more "standard".
6.What does the passage mainly discuss?
A.English pronunciation, spelling and handwriting.
B.The status of Received Pronunciation in the English-speaking countries.
C.The difficulty of achieving a standard in English pronunciation.
D.Variations in the pronunciation of the word "dance
7.What can we learn about "Received Pronunciation" from the passage?
A.It is a sub-standard form of the English language.
B.It is an ideal form of English pronunciation in English-speaking countries.
C.It is a standard form of English pronunciation among intellectuals everywhere
in the world.
D.It is a somewhat standard form of English pronunciation in England.
8.In what way is pronunciation more like handwriting than spelling according to
the passage?
A.They can both be learnt with complete precision.
B.They vary from individual to individual.
C.Neither of them is essential to the acquisition of the English language.
D.They can hardly be imitated.
9.Why is it so difficult to achieve a single standard pronunciation even in England?
A.Because most people do not go to public schools.
B.Because there is a lot of controversy over the pronunciation of "dance".
C.Because no two people can be said to pronounce words in exactly the same
way.
D.Because dialect speakers do not want to change their pronunciation.
10.What can be inferred from the passage?
A.There is no such thing as a single standard English in pronunciation in the
English-speaking world.
B.It is necessary for people to agree on a single English pronunciation in order
to avoid misunderstanding.
C.The American model of pronunciation is gaining higher prestige in the
English-speaking countries.
D.Received pronunciation will disappear soon.
二、选择填空（每题1分，共20分）
1.You will soon get used to ________ tea.
A. drink
B. drinking
2. We suggest _________ again.
A.him to do it
B. that he do it
3. Please ________ us as soon as you arrive.
A. contact with
4.The workers ________ the bad working conditions.
A. complained about
B. complained
5. The exam was so difficult that ________ students passed it
A. few
B. a few
6. Are you _________ in literature?
A.interesting
B. interested
7. That moive is worth ________.
A. to see
B.seeing
8.John was born  ________  a rich family.
A. into
B. at
9. ________ happens, don’t be afraid.
A. Anything
B.Whatever
10.We ________ go to the moives quite frequently.
A. used to
B. are used to
11. Only hotel guests have the ________ of using the private beach.
A. occasion
B. possibility
C. privilege
D. habit
12. The driver was driving the car at a high ________.
A. quickness
B. acceleration
C. rapidity
D. speed
13. Although he was neat and well-dressed, he was slightly unattractive in________.
A. outlook
B. appearance
C. look
D. expression
14. Nobody can explain the  ________of this commonly-used expression .
A. beginning
B. starting-point
C.cause
D. origin
15. We don’t like the story. It’s very ________ .
A.irritable
B. annoying
C. boring
D.weary
16. The ________ cat found on the street has become a member of my family
A. savage
B. cruel
C. fierce
D.wild
17. The music aroused an ________ feeling of homesickness in him.
A. intense
B. intentional
C. intending
D. intended
18. She felt ______ because of the cold grey weather and the after-effects of flu.
A. depressed
B. deprived
C. disgusted
D.bored
19. Your usual teacher ahs lost his voice and ________ I am taking his place today.
A. besides
B. nevertheless
C. however
D. therefore
20. Income tax rates are ______ to one’s annual income.
B. dependent
C.associated
D. based
三、判断正误，T为正确，F为错误（每题2分，共10分）
Today, synthetic materials are so widely used that we can no longer say the world around us is completely natural. Engineers and manufacturers often prefer plastics to natural materials. Wherever we look, in planes, ships and trains as well as in houses, labs and factories, we see plastics. In fact, perhaps the only thing wse can’t do with plastics today is to eat them – and before long we shall not be very much surprised to find plastic food on our plates.
(1). Today, synthetic materials are so widely used that world around us is completely
unnatural.
(2). Engineers and manufacturers often prefer plastics to natural materials.
(3). Plastics are not natural materials.
(4). Wherever we look, we can see houses, labs and factories made of plastics.
(5). Sometime in the future we shall be very much surprised to find plastic food on
our plates.
四、选词填空（每题1分，共10分）
A. rambling
B.amateur    C temporary    D. vision    E. cost
F. benefit
G. frustrating
H. environmental
I. scientific
J. shortage
1.I am sorry for this ________ letter.
2.The old scientist took a ________ approach to the problem.
3.His excitement was ________ and he calmed down.
4.The ________ of skilled workers is our main difficulty.
5.John has a ________ of the future.
6.He is an ________ in tennis.
7.The bookstore keeper reduced the ________ of each book by 10%.
8.The program has been endorsed by ten ________ groups.
9.Learing is not always fun. It can usually be quite ________.
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10.These changes are to our ________.
五、完成句子（每题1分，共10分）
1. She wears a swimming cap ________ she goes swimming.
2. He’d smoked 20 cigars ________ it was his turn to speak.
3. They gave us the results ________ we’d been waitng for 2 hours.
4. The survivors waited for 24 hours ________ they were rescued.
5. I try to do plenty of revision ________ I take an exam.
6. They waited in silence ________ the police had gone past.
7. He took his coat and hat off ________ he came into the house.
8. You shouldn’t have called to her ________ she was crossing the road.
9. I haven’t laughed so much ________ Jim died.
10. I stayed awake ________ the clock struck 12.
六、短语翻译（每题1分，共10分）
1. free port
2. comparative advantage
3. foreign trade
4. transportation operations
5. advertising media
6. insurance company
7. the accumulation of capital
8. investment demand 9. the differentiation of the product 10. economic growth
七、句子翻译（每题1分，共10分）
1．他们已经通知我们谈判的结果。
2．请通知厂长会议已经推迟至星期五。
3．做广告的目的之一就是推销厂家的产品。
4．对中国制造的自行车的需求可能大于供给。
5．国际市场钢价可能要下跌。
6．学生们不能迟于星期一交作业。
7．我们劝他快点离开，可他还在犹豫。
8．我们说服了经理改变计划。
9．公司的管理人员应对这次损失负责。
10．医院那边有家工厂。
八、短文翻译（共10分）
Britain was the first highly industrialized country and for a long time led the world in industrial production. In 1870, Britain made one third of all the world’s manufactured goods. From about 1870, however, she began to lsoe her lead. Today Britain produces 11% of the world’s exported manufactured goods.
Britain needs to export to pay for all the food she imports. The country is the fifth most densely populated in the world with 56 million people on 0.18% of the world’s land.