黔南民族医学高等专科学校《高级商务英语视听说（二）》2023-2024学年第一学期期末试卷.doc

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《高级商务英语视听说（二）》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、That Americans have no history while Chinese have no future sounds ________; it has raised a thought provoking question, though.
A．artificial B．arbitrary C．allergic D．reluctant

2、_____ to manage time wisely, and you can make the most out of each day.
A．Learning B．To learn
C．Learned D．Learn

3、The crazy fans ________ patiently for two hours, and they would wait till the movie star arrived.
A．were waiting B．had been waiting
C．had waited D．would wait

4、Smoking ______ in the kitchen in my house.
A． doesn’t allow B． didn’t allow
C． isn’t allowed D． won’t allow

5、Della turned all of her pockets inside out only to find $ 1.87 buy Jim a present for Christmas.
A．with what to B．with that she can C．in which to D．with which to

6、Guangdong province rolled out new guidelines, _____ offensive nicknames and online violence as school bullying.
A．defining B．defined
C．to define D．having defined

7、Having pictures to color will keep children ______for hours.
A．amused B．amusing
C．amuse D．to amuse

8、The girl is sure to become a good actress __________ she gets the right training.
A．until B．if C．although D．unless

9、I wouldn’t have missed the train if I _ up earlier.
A．got B．had got C．will get D．have got

10、After he consulted with his professor，an idea was beginning to____________ in his mind.
A．pay off B．take shape
C．work out D．make up

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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And then there were nine

The past two decades have seen astronomers’ catalogue of planets expand over two hundred times, as new techniques and better telescopes have found more than 2,000 of them orbiting stars other than the sun. But in the solar system itself, the list of planets has actually shrunk, Pluto（冥王星）having been downgraded from that status in 2006. The number of the sun’s planetary companions has thus fallen from nine to eight.
Now, a pair of astronomers from the California Institute of Technology think they have evidence that will restore the sun’s record to its previous value. Their analysis of objects orbiting in the Kuiper Belt（柯伊伯带）, a ring of frozen asteroids（小行星）that circle beyond the orbit of Neptune (and of which Pluto is now regarded as the largest member), suggests to them that something about ten times as massive as Earth has changed those orbits. If you knew where to look, this planet-sized object would be visible through a suitable telescope. And Konstanin Batygin and Michael Brown believe they do know.
As they write in the Astronomical journal, they have analyzed the orbits of Kuiper Belt objects and found six that behave in a peculiar way. As the diagram shows, the points of closest approach of these objects to the sun, known as their perihelia（近日点）, almost coincide. Moreover, these perihelia all lie near the ecliptic（黄道）---the plane of Earth’s orbit and also, approximately, that of the other planets---while the objects’ orbits are all angled at 30° below the ecliptic. The chance of all this being a coincidence, the two researchers estimate, is about seven in 100,000. If it is not a coincidence, it suggests the six objects have been guided into their orbits by the gravitational intervention of something much larger.
A computer analysis Dr Batygin and Dr Brown performed suggests this something is a planet weighing 5-15 times as much as Earth, whose perihelion is on the opposite side of the sun from the cluster, and which thus orbits mainly on the other side of the solar system from the objects its orbit has affected. This planet’s perihelion would be 200 times farther from the sun than Earth’s, and the far end of its orbit might be as much as six times that distance away. This gives a search zone, and Dr Batygin and Dr Brown are using Subaru, a Japanese telescope, to perform that search.
Given other demands on Subaru’s time, it might take five years for this search to find (or not find) the hypothetical planet. But looking at some existing data from. The Widefield Infrared Survey Explore, a satellite, might also show it, if it is there to be seen.
Ironically, it was Dr Brown as much as anyone who was responsible for Pluto’s downgrading, for he discovered Eris, an object almost as big as Pluto, in 2005.
That discovery did much to damage Pluto's planetary proof. By his own admission, he was skeptical that the anomalies he and Dr Batygin have investigated actually would point to the existence of a replacement ninth planet. He is a skeptic no longer. Whether he is actually right may soon become apparent.
1、According to Dr Batygin and Dr Brown’s research, it is quite possible that ________.
A．Pluto will restore its status as a planet of the solar system
B．the six objects in the Kuiper Belt sharing some similarities is a mere coincidence
C．there are nine planets in the solar system
D．Eris is a replacement ninth planet of the solar system
2、Which of the following is NOT true about the hypothetical planet?
A．It may have changed the orbits of six objects in the Kuiper Belt.
B．You can see it through a domestic telescope if you know where to look.
C．Compared to earth, the distance from its perihelion to the sun is about 200 times larger.
D．A satellite may be able to provide some evidence of its existence.
3、What does the underlined word anomalies stand for?
A．Six objects behaving in a peculiar way.
B．Pluto’s downgrading.
C．The discovery of Eris.
D．Some existing data.
4、The purpose of the third paragraph is to ________.
A．explain why the scientists believe there is an unfound planet
B．show how the scientists analyze the orbits of Kuiper Belt objects
C．tell us that the perihelia of the six objects almost coincide
D．introduce the two scientists’ article in the Astronomical Journal

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Scientists say we are all born with a knack for mathematics. Every time we scan the cafeteria for a table that will fit all of our friends, we’re exercising the ancient estimation center in our brain.
Stanislas Dehaene was the first researcher to show that this part of the brain exists. In 1989, he met Mr. N who had suffered a serious brain injury. Mr. N couldn’t recognize the number 5, or add 2 and 2. But he still knew that there are “about 50 minutes” in an hour. Dehaene drew an important conclusion from his case: there must be two separate mathematical areas in our brains. One area is responsible for the math we learn in school, and the other judges approximate amounts.
So what does the brain’s estimation center do for us? Harvard University researcher Elizabeth Spelke has spent a lot of time posing math problems to preschoolers. When he asks 5-year-olds to solve a problem like 21+30, they can’t do it. But he has also asked them questions such as, “Sarah has 21 candles and gets 30 more. John has 34 candles. Who has more candles?” It turns out preschoolers are great at solving questions like that. Before they’ve learned how to do math with numerals and symbols, their brains’ approximation centers are already hard at work.
After we learn symbolic math, do we still have any use for our inborn math sense? Justin Halberda at Johns Hopkins University gave us an answer in his study. He challenged a group of 14-year-olds with an approximation test: The kids stared at a computer screen and saw groups of yellow and blue dots flash by, too quickly to count. Then they had to say whether there had been more blue dots or yellow dots. The researchers found that most were able to answer correctly when there were 25 yellow dots and 10 blue ones. When the groups were closer in size, 11 yellow dots and 10 blue ones, fewer kids answered correctly.
The big surprise in this study came when the researcher compared the kids’ approximation test scores to their scores on standardized math tests. He found that kids who did better on the flashing dot test had better standardized test scores, and vice versa (反之亦然). It seems that, far from being irrelevant, your math sense might predict your ability at formal math.
1、From the first two studies, we can learn that estimation center ________.
A．is divided into two separate mathematical areas
B．can help figure out numerals and symbols problems
C．functions independently in both kids’ and adults’ brains
D．works better when symbolic parts are injured or undergrown
2、What most surprised Justin in the study of 14-year-olds?
A．The variety of math abilities in different students.
B．The link between technology skills and estimation skills.
C．The difficulty of the task as the number of dots increased.
D．The connection between estimation skills and formal math ability.
3、What could be the best title for the passage?
A．Born with a Sense of Math
B．Go beyond What You Can Learn
C．Symbolic Math and Estimation Math
D．Our Brain一a Born Mathematician

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．
My most memorable occasion with an old song in a new place was in late April, 1974. While I was then teaching mathematics in an American university, a small grant(拨款)allowed me to teach at the University of New South Wales in Australia.
I had just  1 . One evening I went to a  2 that had a young piano player. Almost all the songs he played were ones I'd never heard before. He asked for  3 , and people asked for other songs completely  4 to me.
Then someone pointed to me, "We have an American  5 - he's new here. Let's hear a request from him. "In my great ignorance of  6 music, either American or Australian, I was on the spot. But I had begun to learn Australian  7 . The University of New South Wales is on a hillside above a major avenue named Anzac Parade,  8 the Australia New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), which  9 for England in World War Ⅰ. Anzac Day is an important Australian holiday honoring the sacrifices (牺牲) made by  10 .The important holiday  11 on April 25, the day the ANZAC forces landed at Gallipoli, in northern Turkey, in 1915.And I did know a song that seemed  12 for the holiday.
I asked the  13 if he could play "The White Cliffs of Dover." He said, "I don't  14 that one. "A visible shock went around the restaurant Then a(n)  15 man said, "Well, ler's sing it for him."
Actually the entire room,  16 everyone over the age of 40, joined in singing the song, which became popular in England in 1942 and  17 throughout the English-speaking world.
It's an old song.  18 it expresses a hope for peace as timely today as it was during the Battle of Britain. And people made it very  19 afterward that they appreciated my knowledge and respect for  20 tradition. The newcomer, in the new place, had made himself one of the gang.
1、A．finished B．arrived C．appeared D．passed
2、A．mall B．restaurant C．school D．hotel
3、A．advice B．help C．requests D．donations
4、A．comforting B．pleasant C．ordinary D．unfamiliar
5、A．hero B．colleague C．student D．visitor
6、A．original B．soft C．modem D．western
7、A．culture B．music C．literature D．lifestyle
8、A．n memory of B．in place of C．in support of D．in terms of
9、A．prepared B．searched C．fought D．cheered
10、A．friend B．soldiers C．the Americans D．the British
11、A．surfaces B．breaks C．ends D．falls
12、A．ready B．appropriate C．reasonable D．responsible
13、A．customer B．manager C．pianist D．waiter
14、A．have B．sing C．play D．know
15、A．older B．younger C．stronger D．higher
16、A．regretfully B．certainly C．anxiously D．normally
17、A．existed B．developed C．spread D．faded
18、A．but B．so C．if D．though
19、A．amazing B．religious C．family D．clear
20、A．local B．religious C．family D．weak

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。
在空白处填入适当的内容（1个词）或括号内单词的正确形式（不多于3个单词）#
Julie: Are you OK, Bill? You look tired
Bill: Tm fine, Julie I just 1． (stay) up late last night to write an English article It is time for me to improve my English writing
Julie: Read as many things you’re interested in as possible,2． soon you’ll realise that there are many different ways of saying 3． same thing After all, having a variety of sentence 4． (structure) in your writing makes your English appear better
Bill: Reading can also broaden my vocabulary What kind of books should I read?
Julie: You can choose books 5． (write) by native speakers They, often contain sentences 6． differ from those commonly seen in English textbooks
Bill: Good idea But sometimes I don’t know what to write about and find 7． hard to write a long article
Julie: I suggest you begin by writing short ones about topics you’re interested in, such as movies and sports
Bill: Yes, III write something every day
Julie: Writing all the time is the key to improving your writing
Bill: Quite right Practice 8． (make) perfect
Julie: It’s 9． (easy)said than done But in the end, it’s worth the work you’ve put in
Bill: Thank you for giving me such 10． (value) advice

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。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划—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。
There is a proverb that went “Honesty is the best policy”、 I still remember the day that I was left alone at home、 I broke a vase by chances, which was quite treasured by my father、 When he came back, I was too fearful that I didn’t tell the truth、 The cat was his excuse、 My father said nothing, and I could read his distrust、 The next morning, after a restless night, I admitted to my father that it was my fault、 I saw relief in his eyes、 He smiled at me、 From now on, I never told lies、 My honesty won me great trust from others, which benefited from my growth a lot、 It is the “crack” that is reminding me all the time that I have long way to go、 With the light through the crack I can see the road ahead clear、

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
高一的学习马上就要结束了。假定你是李放，笔友Mike给你写信，询问你高一英语学习中感兴趣的一个话题，或有趣的一堂英语课，请给他回信。
要求：1. 要有真情实感；
2. 字数不少于80字。
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