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1、广西师范大学2009年非英语专业研究生学位英语考试试卷Part Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the co
2、rresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage OneQuestions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued credit card. They give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and ev
3、en abroad, and they make many banking services available as well. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatically, making it possible to withdraw or deposit money in scattered locations, whether or not the local branch bank is opened. For many of us the “cashless society” is not on the
4、 horizonits already here.While computers offer these conveniences to consumers, they have many advantages for sellers too. Electronic cash registers can do much more than simply ring up sales. They can keep a wide range of records, including who sold what, when, and to whom. This information allows
5、businessmen to keep track of their list of goods by showing which items are being sold and how fast they are moving. Decisions to record or return goods to suppliers can then be made. At the same time these computers record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient, allowing
6、 personnel and staffing assignments to be made accordingly. And they also identify preferred customers for promotional campaigns. Computers are relied on by manufacturers for similar reasons. Computer-analyzed marking reports can help to decide which products to emphasize now, which to develop for t
7、he future, and which to drop. Computers keep track of goods in stock, of raw materials on hand, and even of the production process itself.Numerous other commercial enterprises, from theaters to magazines publishers, from gas and electric utilities to milk processors, bring better and more efficient
8、services to consumers through the use of computers.1.According to the passage, the credit card enables its owner to _B_. A) withdraw as much money from the bank as he wishesB) obtain more convenient services than other people doC) enjoy greater trust from the storekeeper D) cash money wherever he wi
9、shes to2. From the last sentence of the first paragraph we learn that _C_. A) in the future all the Americans will use credit cardsB) credit cards are mainly used in the United States todayC) nowadays many Americans do not pay in cashD) it is now more convenient to use credit cards than before3. If
10、computers record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient, what will businessmen do? AA) They will arrange for different employees to do different jobs according to their abilities and performance.B) They will fire some employees and raise the work efficiency.C) They will a
11、ssign more work for the employees to do.D) They will allow the personnel to do whatever work they want to do.4. The phrase “ring up sales” in Line 2, Paragraph 2, most probably means _ D_. A) make an order of goodsB) keep track of the goods in stockC) call the sales managerD) record sales on a cash
12、register5. What does the passage mainly discuss? CA) Approaches to the commercial use of computers.B) Conveniences brought about by computers in business. C) Significance of automation in commercial enterprises.D) Advantages of credit cards in business.Passage TwoQuestion 6 to 10 are based on the fo
13、llowing passage.Birds that feed in flocks commonly retire together into roosts. The reasons for roosting communally are not always obvious, but there are some likely benefits. In winter especially, it is important for birds to keep warm at night and conserve precious food reserves. One way to do thi
14、s is to find a sheltered roost. Solitary roosters shelter in dense vegetation or enter a cavity horned larks dig holes in the ground and ptarmigan burrow into snow banks but the effect of sheltering is magnified by several birds huddling together in the roosts, as wrens, swifts, brown creepers, blue
15、birds, and anis do. Body contact reduces the surface area exposed to the cold air, so the birds keep each other warm. Two kinglets huddling together were found to reduce their heat losses by a quarter, and three together saved a third of their heat.The second possible benefit of communal roosts is t
16、hat they act as “information centers”. During the day, parties of birds will have spread out to forage over a very large area. When they return in the evening some will have fed well, but others may have found little to eat. Some investigators have observed that when the birds set out again next morning, those birds that did not feed well on the previous day appear to follow those that did. T
