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1、2021安徽考研英语考试真题卷（3）本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.Text 4Penny-pinching consumers and fierce price wars are bad news for the travel industry. Bad, that is, for everyone except the booming online travel giants. Consider the sharp rebound of such online playe

2、rs as Travelocity and Expedia. While they suffered in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, with bookings off as much as 70%0 in the weeks that followed, business has snapped back. The speed with which those businesses bounced back surprised even the people most bullish about the sector, s

3、ays Mitchell J. Rubin, a money manager at New York-based Baron Capital, an investor in online travel stocks.The travel industry’s pain is often the online industry’s gain, as suppliers push more discounted airline seats and hotel rooms to win back customers. And many of those deals are a

4、vailable only online. At the same time, online agencies rely primarily on leisure travelers, where traffic has rebounded more quickly than on the business side.The two biggest players, Travelocity. Com Inc. and Expedia Inc , are locked in combat for the top spot. Both sold some $ 3 billion worth of

5、travel last year, though Expedia topped Travelocity in the fourth quarter in gross bookings. And thanks in part to a greater emphasis on wholesale deals with suppliers, Expedia is more profitable. For the quarter ended in December, Expedia posted its first net profit, $ 5.2 million, even with noncas

6、h and nonrecurring charges, compared with Travelocity’s $ 25 million loss.The airlines’ latest cost-cutting moves may only spur the online stampede. Major carriers are eliminating travel agent commissions in the U. S. That could lead to growing service charges for consumers at traditiona

7、l agencies, driving still more travelers to the Web. Jupiter Media Metrix is predicting that online travel sales in the U.S. will jump 29%, to $ 31 billion this year, and to $ 50 billion by 2005. About half of that is from airlines’ and other suppliers’ own Web sites, but that still leav

8、es plenty of room for the online agents.This growing market is drawing plenty of competition and new players. Hotel and car rental franchiser Cendant Corp. snapped up Cheap Tickets last October. Barry Diller’s USA Networks Inc. bought a controlling stake in Expedia. And a group of hotels, incl

9、uding Hilton Hotels and Hyatt Corp. , are launching their own business this summer to market hotel rooms on the Net.Is the field too crowded Analysts and online agencies aren’t worried, figuring that there’s plenty of new business to go around. But, for now, the clear winners are consume

10、rs, who can count on finding better service and better deals online.It can inferred from Paragraph 4 that airlines cost-cutting moves（）Awill be of great benefit to agent commissions.Bare intended to cater to the needs of consumers.Cwill help plenty of new business to go around.Dmight have affected t

11、he gain of online agencies.2.Text 4Penny-pinching consumers and fierce price wars are bad news for the travel industry. Bad, that is, for everyone except the booming online travel giants. Consider the sharp rebound of such online players as Travelocity and Expedia. While they suffered in the wake of

12、 the September 11 terrorist attacks, with bookings off as much as 70%0 in the weeks that followed, business has snapped back. The speed with which those businesses bounced back surprised even the people most bullish about the sector, says Mitchell J. Rubin, a money manager at New York-based Baron Ca

13、pital, an investor in online travel stocks.The travel industry’s pain is often the online industry’s gain, as suppliers push more discounted airline seats and hotel rooms to win back customers. And many of those deals are available only online. At the same time, online agencies rely prim

14、arily on leisure travelers, where traffic has rebounded more quickly than on the business side.The two biggest players, Travelocity. Com Inc. and Expedia Inc , are locked in combat for the top spot. Both sold some $ 3 billion worth of travel last year, though Expedia topped Travelocity in the fourth

15、 quarter in gross bookings. And thanks in part to a greater emphasis on wholesale deals with suppliers, Expedia is more profitable. For the quarter ended in December, Expedia posted its first net profit, $ 5.2 million, even with noncash and nonrecurring charges, compared with Travelocity’s $ 2

16、5 million loss.The airlines’ latest cost-cutting moves may only spur the online stampede. Major carriers are eliminating travel agent commissions in the U. S. That could lead to growing service charges for consumers at traditional agencies, driving still more travelers to the Web. Jupiter Medi

17、a Metrix is predicting that online travel sales in the U.S. will jump 29%, to $ 31 billion this year, and to $ 50 billion by 2005. About half of that is from airlines’ and other suppliers’ own Web sites, but that still leaves plenty of room for the online agents.This growing market is dr

18、awing plenty of competition and new players. Hotel and car rental franchiser Cendant Corp. snapped up Cheap Tickets last October. Barry Diller’s USA Networks Inc. bought a controlling stake in Expedia. And a group of hotels, including Hilton Hotels and Hyatt Corp. , are launching their own bus

19、iness this summer to market hotel rooms on the Net.Is the field too crowded Analysts and online agencies aren’t worried, figuring that there’s plenty of new business to go around. But, for now, the clear winners are consumers, who can count on finding better service and better deals onli

20、ne.The word bullish (Paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to（）Askeptical.Bdoubtful.Coptimistic.Dshocked.3.Text 4Penny-pinching consumers and fierce price wars are bad news for the travel industry. Bad, that is, for everyone except the booming online travel giants. Consider the sharp rebound of such on

21、line players as Travelocity and Expedia. While they suffered in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, with bookings off as much as 70%0 in the weeks that followed, business has snapped back. The speed with which those businesses bounced back surprised even the people most bullish about the

22、 sector, says Mitchell J. Rubin, a money manager at New York-based Baron Capital, an investor in online travel stocks.The travel industry’s pain is often the online industry’s gain, as suppliers push more discounted airline seats and hotel rooms to win back customers. And many of those d

23、eals are available only online. At the same time, online agencies rely primarily on leisure travelers, where traffic has rebounded more quickly than on the business side.The two biggest players, Travelocity. Com Inc. and Expedia Inc , are locked in combat for the top spot. Both sold some $ 3 billion

24、 worth of travel last year, though Expedia topped Travelocity in the fourth quarter in gross bookings. And thanks in part to a greater emphasis on wholesale deals with suppliers, Expedia is more profitable. For the quarter ended in December, Expedia posted its first net profit, $ 5.2 million, even w

25、ith noncash and nonrecurring charges, compared with Travelocity’s $ 25 million loss.The airlines’ latest cost-cutting moves may only spur the online stampede. Major carriers are eliminating travel agent commissions in the U. S. That could lead to growing service charges for consumers at

26、traditional agencies, driving still more travelers to the Web. Jupiter Media Metrix is predicting that online travel sales in the U.S. will jump 29%, to $ 31 billion this year, and to $ 50 billion by 2005. About half of that is from airlines’ and other suppliers’ own Web sites, but that

27、still leaves plenty of room for the online agents.This growing market is drawing plenty of competition and new players. Hotel and car rental franchiser Cendant Corp. snapped up Cheap Tickets last October. Barry Diller’s USA Networks Inc. bought a controlling stake in Expedia. And a group of ho

28、tels, including Hilton Hotels and Hyatt Corp. , are launching their own business this summer to market hotel rooms on the Net.Is the field too crowded Analysts and online agencies aren’t worried, figuring that there’s plenty of new business to go around. But, for now, the clear winners a

29、re consumers, who can count on finding better service and better deals online.We can learn from the beginning that the competition in the travel industry revolves chiefly around（）Asuppliers markets.Bprice battles.Ctravel stocks.Donline services.4.On the afternoon of April 19th, 1587, Sir Francis Dr.

30、 ake led his convoy of 31 ships into the port of Cadiz, (1) the Spanish navy was being prepared to (2) England. The Spanish were (3) completely by surprise, and Dr. ake’s men quickly looted, sank or burnt every ship in sight. After clearing the harbour of stores and (4) off a Spanish attack, D

31、r, eke and his ships (5) without the loss of a single man. Back in England, Dr. aka became a national hero, and his daring attack became known as the singeing of the King of Spain’s beard,As well as (6) back the Spanish plan to invade England by several months, Dr. ake’s daring attack (7

32、) the success of a popular new drink. For among the stores that he (8) from Cadiz were 2,900 large barrels of sack, a wine made in the Jerez region of Spain, and the (9) of today’s sherry. The wine makers of Jerez looked for overseas markets, and sack started to take off in England,. In 1587,

33、the celebratory drinking of the sack brought back from Cadiz by Dr. ske gave it a further (10) and made it hugely fashionable, (11) its Spanish origin.For (12) chemical reasons, sack was an unusually long-lasting and (13) wine. This made it ideal for taking on long sea voyages, (14) which alcoholic

34、drinks acted as a vital social lubricant that (15) the hardship of spending weeks packed into a (16) ship. Columbus took sack with him to the new world in the 1490s, making it the first wine to be (17) into the Americas.In 1604, sack was (18) official recognition of (19) when James I (20) an ordinan

35、ce limiting its consumption at court. By this time sack was popularly known as sherris-sack (sherris being a corruption of Jerez), which eventually became the modern word sherry.Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, and D on ANSWER SHEET 1.1（）Afen

36、dingBfencingCdefeating D, bringing5.On the afternoon of April 19th, 1587, Sir Francis Dr. ake led his convoy of 31 ships into the port of Cadiz, (1) the Spanish navy was being prepared to (2) England. The Spanish were (3) completely by surprise, and Dr. ake’s men quickly looted, sank or burnt

37、every ship in sight. After clearing the harbour of stores and (4) off a Spanish attack, Dr, eke and his ships (5) without the loss of a single man. Back in England, Dr. aka became a national hero, and his daring attack became known as the singeing of the King of Spain’s beard,As well as (6) ba

38、ck the Spanish plan to invade England by several months, Dr. ake’s daring attack (7) the success of a popular new drink. For among the stores that he (8) from Cadiz were 2,900 large barrels of sack, a wine made in the Jerez region of Spain, and the (9) of today’s sherry. The wine makers

39、of Jerez looked for overseas markets, and sack started to take off in England,. In 1587, the celebratory drinking of the sack brought back from Cadiz by Dr. ske gave it a further (10) and made it hugely fashionable, (11) its Spanish origin.For (12) chemical reasons, sack was an unusually long-lastin

40、g and (13) wine. This made it ideal for taking on long sea voyages, (14) which alcoholic drinks acted as a vital social lubricant that (15) the hardship of spending weeks packed into a (16) ship. Columbus took sack with him to the new world in the 1490s, making it the first wine to be (17) into the

41、Americas.In 1604, sack was (18) official recognition of (19) when James I (20) an ordinance limiting its consumption at court. By this time sack was popularly known as sherris-sack (sherris being a corruption of Jerez), which eventually became the modern word sherry.Read the following text. Choose t

42、he best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, and D on ANSWER SHEET 1.2（）AstimulusBincentiveCconducive m. boost6.On the afternoon of April 19th, 1587, Sir Francis Dr. ake led his convoy of 31 ships into the port of Cadiz, (1) the Spanish navy was being prepared to (2) England. The Spanis

43、h were (3) completely by surprise, and Dr. ake’s men quickly looted, sank or burnt every ship in sight. After clearing the harbour of stores and (4) off a Spanish attack, Dr, eke and his ships (5) without the loss of a single man. Back in England, Dr. aka became a national hero, and his daring

44、 attack became known as the singeing of the King of Spain’s beard,As well as (6) back the Spanish plan to invade England by several months, Dr. ake’s daring attack (7) the success of a popular new drink. For among the stores that he (8) from Cadiz were 2,900 large barrels of sack, a wine

45、 made in the Jerez region of Spain, and the (9) of today’s sherry. The wine makers of Jerez looked for overseas markets, and sack started to take off in England,. In 1587, the celebratory drinking of the sack brought back from Cadiz by Dr. ske gave it a further (10) and made it hugely fashiona

46、ble, (11) its Spanish origin.For (12) chemical reasons, sack was an unusually long-lasting and (13) wine. This made it ideal for taking on long sea voyages, (14) which alcoholic drinks acted as a vital social lubricant that (15) the hardship of spending weeks packed into a (16) ship. Columbus took s

47、ack with him to the new world in the 1490s, making it the first wine to be (17) into the Americas.In 1604, sack was (18) official recognition of (19) when James I (20) an ordinance limiting its consumption at court. By this time sack was popularly known as sherris-sack (sherris being a corruption of

48、 Jerez), which eventually became the modern word sherry.Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, and D on ANSWER SHEET 1.4（）AinBonCduringDto7.On the afternoon of April 19th, 1587, Sir Francis Dr. ake led his convoy of 31 ships into the port of Cadiz,

49、 (1) the Spanish navy was being prepared to (2) England. The Spanish were (3) completely by surprise, and Dr. ake’s men quickly looted, sank or burnt every ship in sight. After clearing the harbour of stores and (4) off a Spanish attack, Dr, eke and his ships (5) without the loss of a single man. Back in England, Dr. aka became a national hero, and his daring attack became known as the singeing of the King of Spain’s beard,As well as (6) back the Spanish plan to