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1、英语通用职业技能竞赛 （个人赛项目） 初赛职业能力在线试题 For the contestantsI. Listening Comprehension and typing (英文听打) Directions：In the following practice, you will hear a short dialogue. Please type the correct information on the answer sheet according to the5 questions given bellow:Zhang Hui去失物招领处寻找手机事宜，请听录音（附音频文件），根据录音内
2、容填写下面的相关信息：Items InformationWhats the lost property?1. When did she lost it ?2.Where did she lost it ?3.Name of person turning in the lost property4.Description of the lost property5.II. Reading Comprehension (阅读理解)Directions: in the following practice，you are going to read 5 passages. After reading
3、 a passage, you will find questions or unfinished statements. For each question or statement, you are required to make the correct choice among A,B,C and DPassage 1What makes money valuable? Why is a piece of paper marked $ 10 worth more than one marked $1? You could say there is no reason. Its true
4、 that a special kind of paper is used to make dollar bills, and they are pretty, but thats not what makes them valuable. The real reason money is valuable is that everyone believes it is.Ancient economies had no paper money or coins. Some used barter- trading one thing for another. Others used all k
5、inds of objects as money. Any object would do, as long as there was not an unlimited amount of it. Animals or metals were popular, and so were manufactured products like jewelry or weapons. Wealth in ancient Greece was measured in tools or cattle. This kind of money had two purposes. First, it was u
6、seful in itself. Tools and cattle can be used for farming. And second, it was a way to symbolize and measure value. A house, for example, would be valued at a certain number of tools or cattle. This greatly simplified trade. Other societies used money that was totally symbolic. For instance, America
7、n Indians used wampum, which is made from seashells. And until recently on the pacific island of Yap, people use large stone discs as money.In most places these types of money died out because more practical forms of money were invented. People started using precious metals, such as gold and silver,
8、 that were easier to carry around than tools or stones. And in the eighteenth century, paper money was introduced. At first people were suspicious of new currency, but they came to accept it because the government or bank issuing it would exchange an equal amount of gold for the paper. A $ 10 bill r
9、eally was worth $ 10 for gold. But now, people are used to the idea that the government doesnt have to back its money with gold. Everyone believes that a $ 10 bill is worth $10 and that is good enough. But if, for some reason, people ever lost faith in paper money, ten dollars wouldnt be worth the p
10、aper its printed on.1. According to the writer the real reason money is valuable is that everyone believes _ .A. money is valuable B. gold is valuable C. money is gold D. money can buy gold2. The writer of this selection mentioned animals, metals and manufactured products like jewelry or weapons bec
11、ause _.A. they were valuable B. they were used as money in ancient timesC. people liked them D. they were useful3. Paper money was invented _.A. to take the place of other types of moneyB. to be replaced by other types of moneyC. in the nineteenth centuryD. in the seventeenth century4. At first peop
12、le did not have trust in paper money because _.A. people can make it by themselvesB. the paper was not of good qualityC. it looked like an ordinary piece of paperD. it was not worth much5. People came to accept paper money when _.A. the government began to issue itB. the bank began to issue itC. the
13、y could exchange it for the same amount of goldD. people see it for the first time. Passage 2Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车) A small
14、car can hold(容纳)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤). A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together. Mr.Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This mad
15、e them sell a second car and bus a van. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparentshome , the suitcases are brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents. Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All t
