进退两难网络教育公共基础课全国统一考试(英语)B级21

2021年1月13日发(作者：滕杲)
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网络教育公共基础课全国统一考试(英语)B级
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第一部分：交际用语(5*3)
1. — Excuse me, sir. Where is Dr. Brown's office?
—___.
A. You can't ask me B. Pardon? I have no idea
C. Please don't say so D. Sorry I don't know, but you can ask the man over there
2. — Mary, your dress is really beautiful. How is John?
—___.
A. Thank you very much B. No, no. John is not bad
C. Thank you. He is fine D. Don't say that. It's ugly. John is good
3. — What can I do for you, madam?
—___.
A. I want a kilo of apples B. You can go your own way
C. Thanks D. Excuse me. I'm busy
4. — I'd like to take you to the coffee house on the corner.
—___.
A. Thank you. You shouldn't do that B. Thanks, I'd like to go with you
C. No, you can't say so D. No, no. You can't do that
5. — Do you mind telling me where you're from?
—___.
A. Certainly. I'm from London B. Sure. I was born in London
C. Not really, you can do it D. Certainly not. I'm from London
第二部分：阅读理解 (10*3)
Passage 1
What is making this man's wallet so fat? Is it money? You might think so, for the man takes his
wallet out when he buys things he wants and needs. But the man doesn't pay cash when he buys
something. He has credit cards, which he uses in place of money.
Like many other people today, this man buys on credit. This means that some stores and
businesses are willing to let him have their goods or services now and pay for them later. At each of
these stores he has a charge account. People charge when they don't have the money to buy all at once
or when they don't want to carry a lot of money.
Charge accounts are of two main kinds. With a regular charge account, the store gives a customer
credit for no extra charge. That is, if he pays for the products that he buys soon after he gets his bill,
there is no extra charge. Thus a pair of trousers that cost $$14.95, plus 75 cents state sales tax, would
still cost $$15.70 at the end of the month when the bill is sent to the buyer. The store managers don't feel
that a month is too long to wait for their money. They are willing to wait this long because they are
competing with other stores that offer the same service. The store's waiting time is one of the costs of
doing business. (A store that sells only for cash may be able to sell the same trousers for less than
$$15.70 because one of its costs is less.)
The other kind of charge account, called budget account, is like installment buying. It lets a buyer
use goods longer before paying his whole bill. With most of these charge accounts, the buyer has to pay
only 10% or 15% of the total charge each month.
6. According to the passage, people charge when___________.
A. they want to pay in cash
B. they sell goods
C. they buy goods on credit
D. they don't have money to buy goods
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7. With a regular charge account, the store allows you to pay later for the goods you buy
because___________.
A. the store managers don't need a high profit
B. it is a good way to promote sales
C. the store wants to make more profit
D. the store is competing with other stores by reducing its profit
8. For a budget account the buyer has to pay___________.
A. the price and an interest for the credit
B. much more than the price marked
C. less than the price marked
D. as much as he pays in cash
9. From the passage we know that state sales tax can be___________.
A. very low B. neglected C. quite high D. as high as 5%
10. From the passage it can be inferred that___________.
A. American stores offer good services willingly
B. a budget account is more favored than a regular account
C. American stores are competing severely
D. Americans don't have enough cash to pay
Passage 2
Not very long ago, a special family system existed in certain parts of South India. In this system,
the actual head of a family unit was the mother's eldest brother, though the mother also had an
important position in the family. In families of this kind, a husband was actually no more than a visitor.
He did not live with his wife, but with his own mother, brothers and sisters in another house. He saw
his sons and daughters sometimes, but the man who actually fed and cared for them and acted as their
father was their uncle——their mother's brother.
But this system, in which brothers take the place of the father, no longer exists in South India
except in a few villages. Economic changes have had far-reaching effect on family life, family life
began to change when men went out to work in factories and offices instead of working with their
mothers, brothers, and sisters on the land. When a man went out to work he had money of his own and
could buy his own land and build his own family, instead of depending on his mother and his brothers.
He wanted to be independent. This is an example of the way in which economic relations can have an
effect on family relationships.
11. The best title of this passage is ___________.
A. Husband, Actually A Visitor in Family
B. Family System in South India
C. Wife Has Important Position in Family
D. Life Affected by Economic Relation
12. Who had the actual control of a family in South India not long ago?
A. Mother. B. The mother's eldest brother.
C. The father. D. The father's mother.
13. In this system, the husband lived together with his __________.
A. wife B. sons and daughters
C. mother, brothers and sisters D. wife's brother
14. Now in South India there are_________ of this system in which a husband has no control of his
family.
A. no families B. many more families
C. very few families D. not any families
15. What has caused such a strange family system to die away?
A. The fact that the mother has not got any brother.
B. The fact that the father has got his own house and land.
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