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1、旅游英语选读试题全国2009年1月自考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 completes the sentence.1. The China National Tourism Administration was established in _.;A. 1
2、954 ;B. 1964;C. 1974 ;D. 19842. Tourism comprises the activities of persons traveling outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for business, _ and other purposes.;A. meeting ;B. leisure;C. trade ;D. profession3. The head of the housekeeping department heads the numerica
3、lly largest departments in the hotel, _ ,members come into direct contact with the guests.;A. all of who ;B. any of whose;C. many of whose ;D. many of whom4. Britain had its _ tour on the train _ by Thomas Cook in 1841.;A. first, organized ;B. second, organizing;C. third, to organize ;D. fourth, org
4、anize5. Tourism is an _ product which customers are obliged to purchase without having the opportunity to inspect it.;A. independent ;B. indirect;C. international ;D. intangible6. The WTO defines a domestic _ is a visitor traveling in his country of residence for any of the reasons given for tourist
5、s, but who stays less than _ hours at the destination.;A. tourist, 48 ;B. visitor, 36;C. excursionist, 24 ;D. traveler, 127. Often the tourism industry _ for offering low wages but in these areas there may be no alternative jobs available.;A. criticize ;B. criticizes;C. is criticizing ;D. is critici
6、zed8. The removal of barriers to trade and travel will definitely enhance Chinas position as a country for financial _ , international business, and business and leisure travel.;A. investment ;B. evaluation;C. circulation ;D. administration9. Owing to their desire for greater _ , changes in the life
7、-style of the young also threaten the traditional forms of holiday accommodation.;A. convenience ;B. adventure;C. flexibility ;D. self-catering10. _ played an important role in the early history of hospitality.;A. Trade ;B. Religion;C. Temples ;D. Churches11. The Chinese government _ the development
8、 of the domestic tourism industry as a very important means of _ currency from circulation.;A. consider, withdraw ;B. considered, withdrew;C. considers, withdrawing ;D. considering, withdraws12. Only in the case of “special interest tours”, the cultural exchange may take the form of _ group trips to
9、 a concert, museums or art galleries.;A. carefully escorted ;B. carefully escorting;C. cautiously guided ;D. cautiously guiding13. Since May 1,1995, leisure time over the two-day weekend _ urban residents demand for domestic travel and tourism.;A. stimulates ;B. is stimulating;C. has stimulated ;D.
10、has been stimulating14. _ may form an impenetrable barrier to genuine local contact and this limitation may lead to mutual misunderstanding.;A. Literature ;B. Location;C. Language ;D. Landscape15. In more recent times, it was the _ themselves who developed the first air package tours.;A. travel reta
11、ilers ;B. travel agents;C. travel directors ;D. travel principalsII. Reading comprehension: (2 10=20);Directions: Read the following passages and make your proper choices.(1)If the old maxim that the customer is always right still has meaning, then the airlines that fly the worlds busiest air route
12、between London and Paris have a fight on their hands.The Eurostar train service linking the UK and French capitals via the Channel Tunnel is winning the customers in increasing numbers. In late May, it carries its one millionth passengers, having run only a limited service between London, Paris and
13、Brussels since November 1994, starting with two trains a day in each direction to Paris and Brussels. By 1997, the company believes that it will be carrying 10 million passengers a year, and continue to grow from there.From July, Eurostar steps its service to nine trains each way between London and
14、Paris, and five between London and Brussels. Each train carries almost 800 passengers, 210 of them in first class.The airlines estimate that they will initially lose around 15% to 20% of their London-Paris traffic to the railways once Eurostar starts a full service later this year, with 15 trains a
15、day each way. A similar service will start from London to Brussels. The damage will be limited, however, the airlines believe, with passenger numbers returning to previous levels within two to three years.In the short term, the damage caused by the 1 million people-level traveling between Londonand
16、Paris and Brussels on Eurostar trains means that some air services are already suffering. Someof the major carriers say that their passenger numbers are down by less than 5% and point to their rivals - particularly Air France - as having suffered the problems. On the Brussels route, the railway company had less success, and the airlines report anything
