全国2009年10月自学考试旅游英语选读试题课程代码：00837请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上I．Multiple choice：(1×15=15)Directions：Beneath each of the following sentences，there are four choices marked A，B， C and D．Choose the one that best completesthe sentence．1．Local people usually see tourism as a cultural and________ factor．A．historical B．business C．employment D．education2．An international tourist is defined as anyone visiting a country, other than that which is hisusual place of residence，for________ hours．A．more than 48 B．more than 24 C．less than 48 D．less than 243．As in any business，there must be one person called ________who is highlytrained，capableof directing a complex successful hotel．A．assistant manager B．resident managerC．vice manager D．general manager4．Recent promotions by Amtrak have emphasized the ________benefits of taking the train．A．safety B．comfort C．relaxation D．cost5．Business travel is greatly influenced by business related attractions such as________．A．conferences and exhibitions B．inelastic pricesC．big-city orientations D．executive’s needs6．________is the most widely recognized international organizations in tourism today．A．International Civil Aviation OrganizationB．International Hotel AssociationC．World Association of Travel AgenciesD．World Tourism Organization7．Wastage can be reduced by establishing standards ________which we can monitor the performance of travel agents．A．upon B．with C．against D．within8．Airlines will________ to allow for the high number of________ ，but must exercise caution．A．overbook, independent travelers B．overbook, no-shows C．underbook，business travelers D．underbook，repeat travelers9．The sum of all incomes in a country is called the________ ．A．economic income B．productive incomeC．financial income D．national income10．The governments of many developing nations give priority in their strategic tourism planning to the development of________，because it generates badly-needed hard currency．A．professional tourism B．convention tourismC．business tourism D．international tourism 11．During the 1920s and 1930s，________was one of the fastest growing segments of the international tourism industry．A．train tourism B．coach tourism C．cruise tourism D．air tourism12．However, other travel agents have recognized that the technological revolution will affect their business to a greater extent than almost ________ ．A．other industry B．any other industry C．other industries D．any other industries 13．Since China opened to the outside world in ________，the number of hotels has increased considerably．A．1970 B．1978 C．1980 D．199714．Tourism，________，has the potential to help bridge the psychological and cultural distances that separate people of diverse races，colors，religions and stages of social and economic development．A．proper design and develop B．properly designing anddevelopingC．proper designing and developing D．properly designed and developed15．Ecotourism is one of the most rapidly growing form of specialized travel in the West，with central American countries，such as Costa Rica，________the principal destinations at present．A．be B．to be C．being D．beenⅡ．Reading comprehension：(2×10=20)Directions：Read the following passages and make your proper choices．(1)Culture is the total sum of all the traditions，customs, beliefs，and ways of life of a given group of human beings．In this sense，every group has a culture, however savage，undeveloped，or uncivilized it may seem to be．To the professional anthropologist，there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist there is no intrinsic rank or hierarchy among languages．People once thought of the languages of backward groups as savage，undeveloped forms of speech，consisting largely of grunts and groans．While it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans，it is a fact established by the study of“backward”languages that no spoken tongue answers that description today．Most languages of uncivilized groups are，by our most severe standards，extremely complex，delicate，and ingenious pieces of machinery for the transfer of ideas．They fall behind our Western languages not in their sound pattern of grammatical structures，which usually are fully adequate for all language needs，but only in their vocabularies，which reflect the objects and activities known to their speakers．Even in this department，however, two things are to be noted．First，all languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion，either by putting together words already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system．Second，the objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in“backward”languages，while different from ours，are often surprisingly numerous and complicated．A Western language distinguishes merely between two degrees of remoteness(“this”and“that”)；some languages of the American Indians distinguish between what is close to the speaker, or to the person addressed，or out of sight，or in the past，or in the future．This study of language，in turn，casts a new light upon the claim of the anthropologists that all cultures are to be viewed independently, and without ideas of rank or hierarchy．16．According to the author, to the professional linguists，_________．A．all languages came from grunts and groansB．all languages in the world are equal and independentC．Western cultures are better than Eastern culturesD．the superiority of one culture over another is difficult to explain 17．We can infer that the author is________．A．a professional anthropologistB．a linguist as well as an anthropologistC．a language researcher from the WestD．a language researcher on“backward culture”18．The languages of backward groups fall behind those of the West in terms of the________．A．vocabulariesB．history and cultureC．machinery for vocabulary expansionD．sound patterns and grammatical structures19．According to the article，some languages of American Indians are________．A．too undeveloped to be understoodB．more civilized than Western languagesC．derived from their own remote systemD．able to distinguish more degrees of remoteness20．What is implied in this passage is that the study of languages________．A．has challenged anthropological studiesB．has reinforced the view of the anthropologistsC．is the same as the study of anthropologyD．has contradicted the result of the study of anthropology(2)The Concorde，plane of the rich and famous，is also probably the world’s safest．The fireball outside Paris Tuesday was the supersonic jet’s firstfatal accident ever in 24 years of regular operation．And Air France officials said their current fleet was fit to fly safely until 2007．Yet the plane had been having mishaps—little things．In October a piece of tail fell off in mid-flight．Last January, within a span of 24 hours，two British Airways Concordes had to make emergency landings for technical reasons—one engine failure，one mysterious false alarm．A few months ago，small cracks，said to be“microscopic”in size，were detected in all seven British Concordes，a British Airways spokeswoman said Monday；one of them was grounded because the cracks had gotten wider．Has the Concorde hit old age ahead of schedule? Only 20 of the supersonic passenger jets were ever built，of which 13 are still in service，operated by British Airways and Air France．They were all built between 1975 and 1980．Both companies hope to keep the planes flying for another 14 or 15 years，and in fact both have recently upped their estimate of the number of“cycles”—roughly one transatlantic flight—the plane could stand，to 8,500．By this calculation，the planes are cleared for takeoff until 2006 at least．This view is supported by the fact that although its flights are high-stress and its takeoff and landing more labored than other planes，the Concorde makes only about a fifth of the trips more popular．After the crash，Air France asserted，perhaps prematurely, that the crash was due not to any wing problem，like sneaking cracks，but to an exploding engine．That makes it the fastest investigation on record．They have not grounded the fleet beyond a thorough maintenance check，which on these delicate birds，with their 30-year-old technology, will be。