全国职称英语等级考试样题——财经类.doc

全国职称英语等级考试样题财经类第一部分 阅读理解 (75分)Passage 1Tourism wasnt as important as it is today. In the past, only people with a good deal of money could travel on holidays to other countries. More people travel today than in the past because there is a growing middle class in many parts of the world, that is to say, people now have more money for travel. Special air plane fares for tourists make travel less expensive and more attractive than ever before.One person doesnt travel for the same reason as another. But most people enjoy seeing countries that are different from their own. They also like to meet new people and new food.Tourism causes many changes in a country and in peoples lives. People build new hotels and restaurants and train native men a women as guides to show visitors interesting places. Therere new night clubs and other amusement.International tourism is clearly a big business.1. In the old days _ could travel to other countries.A. boys or girls, men or women, young or oldB. either kings or queensC. both the poor and the richD. nobody but those who had money2. Many more people travel today than in the past because _.A. people have become more interested in travelingB. travelling today is easier than in the pastC. people now have spare money for travelD. great changes have taken place in the world3. What makes travel more attractive than before?A. Travel by air to other countries is much cheaper today.B. More guides are being trained to show beautiful spots.C. Modern telegraph lines make travel less expensive.D. New hotels and restaurants have been built.4. People make journeys to many parts of the world? This is because _.A. they want to make a study of geographyB. they travel for different reasonsC. they want to taste different kinds of foodD. they dont want to do anything else except that they visit friends5. Which of the following statements is true according to the article?A. Tourism wont bring any changes in peoples minds.B. People have some trouble in making journeys.C. With the development of tourism, great changes will take place in many parts of the world.D. Tourism causes only some changes and in clothing.Passage 2More attention was paid to the quality of production in France at the time of Renc Coty. Charles Deschancl was then the financial minister. He stressed that workmanship (工作质量) and quality were more important than quantity for industrial production. It would be necessary to produce quality goods for international market to compete with those produced in other countries. The French economy needed a larger share of the international market to balance its import and export trade. French industrial and agricultural production was still not enough to meet the immediate needs of the people, let alone long-ranged developments. Essential imports had extended the national credit (信用) to the breaking point. Rents were tightly controlled, but the extreme inflation (通货膨胀) affected general population most severely through the cost of food. Food costs took as much as 80 per cent of the workers income. Wages, it is true, had risen, extensive family allowances (补贴) and benefits were paid by the state, and there was full-time and overtime employment. Taken together, these factors enabled the working class to exist but allowed them no sense of safety. In this precarious (不安定) and discouraging situation, workmen were willing to work overseas for higher wages.The government was not willing to let workers leave the country. It was feared this migration of workers would deplete (使空虚) the labor force. The lack of qualified workers might stop the improvement in the quality of industrial products produced. Qualified workers employed abroad would only increase the quantity of quality produced in foreign countries. Also the quantity of quality goods produced in France would not be able to increase as part of its qualified labor force moved to other countries.6. According to the passage, the French workers were _.A. better paid than the workers in any other European countryB. able to save more money with the increase in his wagesC. anxious to work abroadD. often unable to find work in France7. Which was not true in French?A. Food costs were low.B. Wages had increased.C. The state paid family allowances.D. There was overtime employment.8. According to the passage, French production _.A. was inadequate to meet the needs of the French peopleB. was flooding the international market with inferiorC. emphasized industrial production at the expense of agricultural productionD. was enough for the local market9. According to the passage, the French government _.A. prohibited French to work abroadB. reduced taxed to fight inflationC. paid family allowances and benefitsD. prohibited the French workers to join labor unions10. Which of the following is not true?A. Migration of workers would deplete the labor force.B. The lack of qualified workers might stop the improvement in the quality of products.C. Qualified workers work abroad would increase the quality of products in foreign countries.D. Qualified workers work abroad was good for France.Passage 3Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, summed up the four chief qualities of money some 2,000 years ago. It must be lasting and easy to recognize, to divide, and to carry about.When we think of money today, we picture it as round, flat pieces of metal which we call coins, or as printed paper notes. But there are still parts of the world today where coins and notes are of no use. They will buy nothing, and a traveler might starve if he had none of the particular local “money” to Among remote people, who are not often reached by traders from outside, commerce usually means barter (物物交换). There is a direct exchange of goods. Perhaps it is fish for vegetables, meat for grain, or various kinds of food in exchange for pots, baskets, or other manufactured goods. For this kind of simple trading, money is not needed, but there is often something that everyone wants and everybody can use, such as salt to flavor (给调味) food, shells for ornaments(装饰), or iron and copper to make into tools and pots. These things-salt, shells or metals-are till used as money in out-of-the way parts of the world today.Salt may rather a strange substance to use as money, but in countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often an absolute necessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show their value, were used as money in Tibet until recent times, and cakes of salt will still buy goods in Berneo and parts of Africa.Cowrie sea shells have been used as money at some time or another over the greater part of the Old World. These were collected mainly from the beaches of the Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean, and were traded to India and China. In Africa, cowries were traded right across the continent from East to West. Four or five thousand went for one Maria Theresa dollar, an Austrian silver coin which was once accepted as money in many parts of Africa.Metal, valued by weight, early coins in many parts of the world. Iron, in lumps, bars or rings is still used in many countries instead of money. It can either be exchanged for goods, or made into tools, weapons or ornaments. The early money of China, apart from shells, was of bronze (青铜), ten in flat, round pieces with a hole in the middle, called “cash”. The earliest of these are between three thousand and four thousand years old-older than the earliest coins of the eastern Mediterranean.Nowadays, coins and notes have taken place of nearly all the more interesting forms of money, and although in one or two of the more remote countries people still hold it for future use on ceremonial (仪式的) occasions such as weddings and funerals (葬礼), examples of early money will soon be found only in museums.11. In some parts of the world a traveler might starve _.A. even if his money was of the local kindB. even if the had no coins or notesC. if the did not know the local rate of exchangeD. even if he had plenty of coins and notes12. Barter usually takes the place of money transaction where _.A. there is only saltB. the peoples trading needs are fairly simpleC. metal tools are usedD. only for ceremonial purposes13. Salt is still used as money _.A. in TibetB. in the Maldive IslandsC. in several countriesD. only for ceremonial purposes14. Four or five thousand cowrie shells used to be _.A. as valuable as a Maria Theresa dollarB. valued because they were easy to carryC. useful currency in south AmericaD. useful currency in south America15. The earliest known coins from the eastern Mediterranean _.A. are as old as the earliest known Chinese coinsB. are old than the earliest known Chinese coinsC. are not as old as the earliest known Chinese coinsD. were much larger than their Chinese equivalents第二部分 完成句子 (25分)根据短文内容完成句子，每个空格只能填一个单词。有的单词第一个字母已经给出，请将其余字母补全。Once upon a time (not so very long ago, either!) industrial goods were made to last forever. If you bought a car or a stove, it was a once-in-a-life time investment. You paid good money for it, and you took good care of it. Nowadays industry has persuaded us that products shouldn't last a long time. Its cheaper to throw them away than it is to repair them. This has led directly to the “throw away society” which is a tremendous (巨大的) waste of the earths resources.Just think of the cars that are traded daily, just because they are out of style. Think of the expensive packaging material that is thrown away every time a new object is bought. And we consumers (消费者) have to pay for that material! Our industrial society has turned us into spoiled children. This wastefulness (消费) has got into the mess we are in now. when we have no resources left, then well start to take care of what we have. But why cant we act before this happens? Why cant we go back to being a society in which the prevention (防止) of waste is a virtue (美德)?16. Not long ago, products were made to last to _ as you take care of them.17. People dont repair many things nowadays because they spend _ to buy a new one.18. The shoppers have to pay not only for the goods themselves but also for the _ paper.19. According to the authors idea, we should take care of what we have when there are _ resources left.20. “The mess” (in the 5th Line of 2nd Paragraph) means _.第三部分 阅读理解 (80分)Passage 1One phase of the business cycle is the expansion phase. This phase is a two-fold one, including recovery and prosperity. During the recovery period there is ever growing expansion of existing facilities and new facilities for production are created. More businesses are created and older ones expanded. Improvements of various kinds are made. There is an ever increasing optimism (乐观主义) about the future of economic growth. Much capital is invested in machinery or “heavy” industry. More labor is employed. More raw materials are required. As one part of the economy develops, other parts are affected. For example, a great expansion in automobiles results in an expansion of the steel, glass, and industries. Roads are required. Thus the cement and machinery industries are stimulated. Demand for labor and materials results in greater prosperity for workers and suppliers (供应商) of raw materials, including farmers. This increases purchasing power and the volume of goods bought and sold. Thus prosperity is diffused (扩散) among the various portions of the population. This prosperity period may continue to rise and rise without an apparent end. However a time comes when this phase reaches a peak and stop spiraling (盘旋地移动) upwards. This is the end of the expansion phase.21. We may assume that in the next paragraph the writer will discuss _.A. union demandsB. the status of the farmerC. the higher cost of livingD. the recession period22. The title below that best expresses the idea of this passage is _.A. The Business CycleB. The Recovery StageC. Attaining ProsperityD. The Period of Good Times23. Prosperity in one industry _.A. reflects itself in many other industriesB. will spiral upwardsC. will affect the steel industryD. will end abruptly24. Which of the following industries will probably be a good indicator of a period of expansion?A. Toys.B. Machine tools.C. Foodstuffs.D. Farming.25. During the period of prosperity, people regard the future _.A. cautiouslyB. in a confident mannerC. opportunelyD. indifferentlyPassage 2The value of money is going down. What you could buy in 1970 for 20, now, in 1979 costs 56.40. Thats inflation and nobody likes it, least of all the Bank of England. One of the results of inflation is that people need coins and notes of higher value. At the moment, the note of the highest value which is generally in circulation(流通) is the 20 note. Now, the Bank of England plans to introduce a new, 50 note. And the Bank is trying to decide which famous English man or woman to put on the back of the new note.Quite a problem. The Bank usually chooses safe, historical personalities. We already have Sir Isaac Newton, the scientist, the first duck of Wellington, the famous soldier who led the British army at Waterloo, Florence Nightingale, founder of English nursing and of course Shakespeare. So far, the list of possible choices for the 50 note is quite predictable (可预测的). Theres Sir Francis Drake, to represent the achievements of English explorers in the sixteenth century. Then we have Lord Nelson, another sailor and the man who won the battle of Trafalgar in 1805 for England. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the engineer, is also on the list because of the magnificent bridges which he built. The Bank will not forget music this time either sir Edward Elgar, one of our most famous composers of the nineteenth century is a possible choice. If they choose a woman, the faminist (女权主义者) movement has two representatives; Boadicea, Queen of the early English tribes of the first century, who fought against the Romans, or Emily Pankhurst, who fought to get the vote for women early in this century.What do you think of this selection? Theres no one who was alive in the last fifty years on it and no political leader. Why not? Why doesnt the Bank choose popular heroes-like the Beetles, for example? Write and tell “BBC Modern English” who is on your list for this banknote. Imagine you have to choose some personality to go on a banknote in your own cou