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邢台学院
《商务英语阅读（一）》2023-2024学年第一学期期末试卷

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第一部分 （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
1、This January will be very precious for us by which time we ________ reviewing Senior Book I.
A．will finish B．will have finished
C．have finished D．will be finished

2、________ makes our school famous is ________ more than 90% of the students have been admitted to universities.
A．What; that B．That; because
C．That; what D．What; because

3、I ______ have worried before I came to the new school, for my classmates here are very friendly to me.
A．mightn’t B．mustn’t
C．needn’t D．couldn’t

4、You didn’t let me drive. If we ________ by turns, you ________ so tired.
A．drove; didn’t get B．drove; wouldn’t get
C．were driving; wouldn’t get D．had driven; wouldn’t have got

5、Muir succeeds ______ other designers have failed—her clothes are Original, yet stylish.
A．that B．what C．which D．where

6、—Did you pass your driving test?
—Yes, otherwise I ________ to the picnic next month.
A．couldn't drive B．couldn't have driven
C．won't drive D．wouldn't have driven

7、This research has attracted wide _______ coverage and has featured on BBC television’s Tomorrow’s World.
A．message B．information C．media D．data

8、Their flight ______ due to bad weather. They would like to know when the flight will take off.
A．had been delayed B．was delayed
C．has been delayed D．will be delayed

9、There are many famous cultural relics in our country, many _______ thousands of years ago.
A．dating back to B．date back to
C．dated back to D．were dated back to

10、Patrick waited ________ all the luggage was cleared, but his never appeared.
A．until B．before
C．when D．while

第二部分 阅读理解（满分20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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In our life,they are two different types of dreamer，一low-recall dreamers and high-recall dreamers. According to researchers at the Lyon Nero-science Research Center in France, high-recall dreamers reported they remembered their dreams almost every day while low-recall dreamers said they only remembered their dreams once or twice a month, reported Live Science.
Perrine Ruby,a lead scientist at the research center in Lyon, studied 41 people (21 high-recall dreamers and 20 low-recall dreamers) and recorded their brain activity. She found that a part of the brain called the temporo-parietal junction ( 颞顶叶交界处）was more active in high-recall dreamers. This was true both when they were sleeping and awake. This area of the brain is responsible for collecting and processing information from the outside world. This means that high-recall dreamers are more sensitive to what is happening around them. For example, when they are awake, they respond more strongly to hearing their own names. When they are sleeping, they tend to be woken up more easily by sounds and movements.
By closely studying people’s brain activity, Ruby found that high-recall dreamers have twice as much “wakefulness time” during sleep as low-recall dreamers do. And it is during these short periods of wakefulness that the brain memorizes dreams.
This is not hard to understand. Just try to think of your own sleeping experience. If you are restless during the night, you are more likely to remember your dreams, but if you sleep well and soundly, you tend to remember very little in the morning. This is because “you never get a chance to remember”, Robert Stickgold, a Harvard Medical School researcher, told The Washington Post.
As another research project at the University of Turku in Finland showed, dream content can also affect our memory. Negative dreams are easier to recall than ordinary dreams. Nightmares are often recalled because they are emotionally negative, and such dreams cause fear.
1、What can we know about high-recall dreamers according to the article?
A．They have very little brain activity when they sleep.
B．They can remember their dreams clearly.
C．They don’t know how to describe their dreams.
D．They can’t remember their dreams.
2、Which is true about low-recall dreamers compared to high-recall dreamers?
A．They have higher quality sleep.
B．They have more sleepless nights
C．They are more easily woken at night.
D．They respond faster when hearing their names.
3、What is the main purpose of the second to last paragraph?
A．To explain Ruby’s findings.
B．To attract readers, interest in future studies.
C．To show the advantages of being a low-recall dreamer.
D．To suggest what to do to become a low-recall dreamer.
4、What did the research project in Finland find?
A．Ordinary dreams can help our brain rest.
B．Dreams are often affected by our emotions.
C．Nightmares often happen when we don't sleep well.
D．Negative dreams are more likely to be recalled.

B
In a foreign country, a man visited a local restaurant. He didn’t speak their language. He ordered something indecipherable off the menu. When the waiter brought him a plate of delicious looking fried noodles, he smiled and made an OK sign at the waiter with his thumb and forefinger linked in a circle. Looking angry, the waiter then picked up the dish and thrown it to his lap. What he did wrong, he wondered. Well, nothing is quite as it seems when it comes to using hand gesture in another country.
Gestures have been used to replace words in many countries, and they are often specific to a given culture. Gesture may mean something complimentary in one culture, but is highly offensive in another.
The gesture “thumb-up” is commonly misinterpreted. In English, it is popularly known as ‘thumbs up’, despite the fact that the action is commonly performed with only one hand. English-speaking Caucasians use it to signal ‘OK’, which is the same meaning as O.K. ring gesture. The two can in fact be used almost interchangeably.
Avoid using this gesture in Southern Sardina or Northern Greece unless you want to invite a fight. While American, British and Australian would use the thumb up to signal hitch-hiking to the drivers, this message will not encourage a Greek driver or motorist to stop to give them a ride.
There are no right or wrong signals, only cultural differences. Lack of cultural understanding will lead to disharmony among people from different cultures. When we know what to look for, such encounters with other cultures are actually very interesting, fascinating and fun. It is certainly a great topic to discuss over a cup of coffee and cakes.
1、What did the man in the first paragraph do wrong?
A．He misunderstood the waiter. B．He didn’t realize cultural differences.
C．He ordered something off the menu. D．He made the signal in a rude way.
2、What does the underlined word in the second paragraph mean?
A．Full of admiration. B．Full of aggression.
C．Full of complexity. D．Full of certainty.
3、What will happen if you make a thumb up toward a man in Northern Greece?
A．He will stop to give you a lift. B．He will get annoyed and fight against you.
C．He will ask you to give him a lift. D．He will make the same signal toward you.
4、What’s the purpose of the passage?
A．To explain the meaning of different gestures.
B．To tell stories about different cultures.
C．To advise us to have an understanding of cultural differences.
D．To persuade people from different countries live in harmony.

第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．
I was sitting at the dinner table on a summer evening. Dinnertime 1 told me I should eat everything on my plate and then ask to be 2 from the table. As I took a(n) 3 of meat, a tiny voice seemed to 4 into my ear: take that pork bone to Reds.
Reds was a neighborhood dog not 5 to anyone, but he went into our yards on a daily 6 for love and handouts. I had no 7 whether Reds was in our yard at the time, yet the voice was 8 .
There was instant 9 inside my young head as to whether I should risk the 10 of getting up from the table before my plate was empty. Yet the voice continued, 11 me to get up and look for Reds.
12 back my chair despite my parents’ 13 expressions, I walked through the kitchen and out of the back door. I did not see Reds, but I saw our garage, about twenty feet away, was on fire.
I 14 as I rushed back into the kitchen, pork in hand. “ 15 the fire department now---the garage is on fire!”
It seemed that one of my brothers had 16 into a minor fight with some older boys in the neighborhood that day. Although the boys never admitted to it despite a police 17 , we believed they set the garage on fire after 18 oil around its walls.
19 , we lived two blocks from the fire station, and the fire was 20 in time.
What was the whispering voice that told me to get up from the table and go outside? I will never know for sure, but I will always believe it was all because of a whispering angel.
1、A．conditions B．suggestions C．guides D．rules
2、A．kept B．put C．excused D．refused
3、A．inspection B．bite C．step D．picture
4、A．knock B．look C．turn D．whisper
5、A．belonging B．going C．sticking D．holding
6、A．nature B．point C．basis D．schedule
7、A．choice B．demand C．intention D．idea
8、A．primary B．insistent C．innocent D．weak
9、A．explosion B．connection C．conflict D．understanding
10、A．incidences B．functions C．purposes D．consequences
11、A．urging B．holding C．experiencing D．requesting
12、A．Carrying B．Dating C．Pushing D．Taking
13、A．excited B．surprised C．nervous D．considerate
14、A．terrified B．sighed C．screamed D．sniffed
15、A．Go B．Call C．Operate D．Challenge
16、A．stepped B．taken C．brought D．fit
17、A．introduction B．investigation C．knowledge D．performance
18、A．pouring B．picking C．recording D．lifting
19、A．Hopefully B．Desperately C．Regretfully D．Thankfully
20、A．put out B．sent out C．held up D．kept up

第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The novel behind the popular television drama In the Name of People has sold out in book stores, both online and hard copies Written by Zhou Meisen and 1．(publish) in January, the 54-chapter novel 2．(focus) on Chinese politics and officialdom in the ongoing campaign against corruption（腐败） Audiences to the television version（版）3． consists of 55 episodes（集）, have been drawn 4．(watch) the series by the tension, drama and struggle of characters featured Since the TV adaption has been a slow release, many 5．(view) have bought a copy of the original book to get ahead Yet those who haven't got the book may find it difficult to buy the paper copy 6． present And popularity of the book is beyond many sellers’ expectation “We never thought 7． book would be so popular and didn’t store enough 8．(copy),” said a book shop assistant Followers can't wait to turn to the digital version On yuedu9．com, an online reading platform, the book 10．(read) by more than 170 million people and had 2,000 reviews “I couldn’t wait to read the book when I finished episode 5 of the TV version,” a netizen 2S said, “It is 11．(certain) an excellent book”

第四部分 写作（共两节）第一节 短文改错（满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
刪除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词：
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Yesterday I read a story about a group of explorer who got lost in a desert、 The sun was burning hot and everyone quickly ran out water、 Later, the group’s leader took out the water bottle and said, “I found a bottle of water in my bag、 But until we pass through the desert, anybody is allowed to drink it、” The bottle was passing around the members of the team; it felt heavily、 Finally, the explorers made it out of the desert、 With tears of joy, they had opened the bottle, but out poured sand、 Was it a bottle of sand which really saved them in the desert? The answer was no、 Their deep faith in the hope of survive, like a seed, had taken root and grown in their hearts、 That was how led them out of the terrible situation in the end、

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Frank来信说他打算学习汉语，请你帮他推荐一本汉语词典。请根据以下提示给他回信。
1. 推荐现代汉语词典，商务印书馆出版，定价68元
2. 理由：外观设计精美、大字号、方便查阅，词例丰富，适于初学者。
3. 希望对方满意
参考间汇：商务印书馆 The Commercial Press
现代汉语词典 Contemporary Chinese Learning Dictionary
词例entry
Dear Frank.
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Yours,
LiHua

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