湖北广播电视大学开教育期末考试--2007秋英语本科专业教学资源整合.docVIP

? 湖北广播电视大学开放教育期末考试 ? 2006年1月 ________________________________________________________________________________ I. For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one. (20%) When Sir Stamford Raffles, after whom the world famous Raffles Hotel is named, arrived in Singapore at the beginning of the nineteenth century, there were only few fishermen living there. Today, it is a modern city-state with a (1) ______ of about 3 million people. Singapore is one of the (2) ______ counties in the world where the number of (3) _______ in a year is greater than the population. Some 7 million visitors come to see and enjoy all that Singapore has to offer. (4) ______ , the consistently warm weather, with an average daily (5) ______ of about 26.5℃, makes it possible for tourism (6) ______ the year, although many people try to (7) ______ December, which is usually the wettest month. While many visitors make Singapore their (8) ______ holiday destination, some visit “in transit” on their way to places through Australia, Indonesia and so on. Others (9) ______ Singapore part of a tour of the region, perhaps visiting Thailand and (10) ______ south through Malaysia before crossing the border into Singapore. 1. A. people B. company C. population D. profile 2. A. few B. small C. less D. big 3. A. suppliers B. people C. places D. tourists 4. A. Really B. Fortunately C. Quickly D. Seriously 5. A. temperature B. waiver C. tokens D. weekend 6. A. be spread off B. has spread though C. spreading D. to be spread throughout 7. A. avoid B. arrive C. leave D. spare 8. A. quite B. most C. all D. sole 9. A. make B. name C. prove D. enjoy 10. A. journey B. journeying C. to journey D. journeyed ?? II. Read the following passages and answer questions. (50%)Passage 1 China stores have been developing rapidly in China during the past few years and taking hold of ever-increasing retail (零售) market share, an official survey i