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1、全国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对应位置上I. Multiple choice: (115=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.Business people see tourism as an opportunity to make _ by supplying the goods and
2、services. A. a promiseB. an advance C. a profitD. a friend2.Tourist expenditures have direct, indirect and induced effects on a/an _ economy. A. accommodationB. destination C. transportationD. national3.The WTO has suggested several _ for domestic tourism definitions. A. guidelines B. principles C.
3、policies D. facilities4.One of the objectives of WTO is to raise standards of living in the less developed areas of the world by helping to provide _ for foreign tourism. A. educationB. policies C. facilities D. markets5.The tour operators brochure is a/an _tool, being the main influence on the cust
4、omers decision to buy. A. informing B. communicating C. managing D. marketing6.The removal of coral, either for souvenirs collected by the public or for commercial sale by tourist enterprises, _ some coastal regions of Australia and elsewhere. A. developsB. threatens C. promotesD. improves7.Charter
5、services do not operate according to _. A. middlemans ordersB. charted routes C. agreed practices D. published timetables8.With the invention of _ in 1853, hotels began to expand upward. A. telephoneB. electricity C. elevatorsD. cars9.As in any business, there must be one person responsible for the_
6、. That person is the general manager.A. managing directionB. overall operationC. marketing operation D. hotel direction10. The resort or _ chosen will depend on the form of relaxation required.A. destinationB. scenic spotC. hotel D. transportation11. The entire tourism industry rests on a base of_.
7、A. national economyB. natural resourcesC. hotel and transportation D. government policy12. Tourism has the _ to help bridge the psychological and cultural distances that separate people.A. potentialB. profit C.benefitD. energy13. Standardization and rigidity are very clear characteristics of _ tours
8、 offered on al arge scale.A. international B. in-boundC. package D. business14. The realization of ones desire to travel depends on many complex social and political factors, including the social _ of the destination. A. changeB. awareness C. policyD. stability15. There is great potential in China f
9、or specialized tourism, focusing on ethnic roups and _ adventure. A. environmentalB. minority C. mountainD. rural. Reading comprehension: (210=20) Directions: Read the following passages and make your proper choices.(1) Some seven or eight hundred years ago, Hangzhou, known as Lingan then, was the c
10、apital of the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, watching the tidal bore was already a grand occasion in town when the whole population would turn out for the spectacle. The best time to do this was from the 15th to the 18th of the eighth month of each year. But beginning from about the tenth day
11、of the month, that part of the river bank that offered the best vantage point for ride watching would already be a busy gathering place for little open-air booths and stalls where vendors piledcolourful wares on their carts or boxes. There would be all kinds of snacks and cooked meats in shining pot
12、s and pans. The taverns and restaurants would put up mulfi-coloured lanterns and flags or pennants, displaying meanwhile an attractive array of meat and vegetable dishes with a lot more exotic delicacies on the menu. In the tea-houses would be hung painting scrolls and calligraphy scrolls by famous
13、artists while the antique vases would be filled with flesh flowers. In addition, there would be vendors displaying plasters and medicinal herbs for sale on the ground, roving artists with their monkeys for variety, shows or folk artists ready to entertain the crowds. Even before the days of the tida
14、l bore, these people would be gathered on the river bank doing whatever they could to attract pleasure-seekers. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of people, visitors from other towns as well as local residents of Ling an, would be hustling and bustling about, clogging up the way and making traffic imposs
15、ible. In the large riverside mansions that lined the banks, there would be opulently dressed men and women, some leaning against the windows or the balconies looking into the distance and some looking down gazing fixedly at something going on down below.16. In the Southern Song Dynasty, people _ to watch the tidal bore.A. were usedB. usedC. were anxious D. were extremely eager17. At that time people came to watch the tidal bore _ of the eighth month of each year.A. from 15th to the 18th B. starting around 10thC. from 15th to the end D. at the
