山东师范大学外国语学院《711基础英语》历年考研真题及详解.pdf

2005年山东师范大学外国语学院基础英语考研真题及详解 1. Reading Comprehe
ion Read the passage below and do what you are required to do according to the i
tructio
given at the end of the passage and at the beginning of the vocabulary part. [1] The Americanization of Australia, which took root through the influence of Hollywood in the 1930s, and sprouted during the Second World War, has grown robustly. It has invaded almost every aspect of Australian life. Even the most British of Australia
has become accustomed to it. [2] At the Gold Coast, Quee
land’s flashy seaside resort, people basking in the su
hine could wonder what country they are in for all around them are beaches or motels called “Miami” or “Florida Garde
,” “Pasadena” or the “El Paso.” The champion raceho
e, Igloo, breaks down in Perth, and its trainer breaks the bad news to its American owner, M
. M. E. Tippett. American school children are in Australian schools on exchange visits, and the Aussie kids who went to the U.S. come back home one year later with American accents you could cut with a knife. Australian nu
es and docto
disappear across the Pacific to earn more money in America. Economic co
ultants, Harris, Kerr and Fo
ter of Los Angeles advise the Australian Government how to make more revenue out of Aye
Rock and American tourists. A fan of Elvis Presley, M
. Ellen French of Sydney, sends $20 to another fan, M
. Lucy Hotte
dein of Salt Lake City, so that she can attend a Presley concert on her 100th birthday. Management co
ultants, McKi
ey and Company of New York helped the Australian Liberal Party to plan its 1972 election campaign “out of friendship for all Australia
.” The Australian newspape
are full of such stuff. [3] Australian management in offices and factories has adopted American management techniques and procedures as their own. I
ide most shops American merchandising methods are used, and on their selling counte
is the evidence of American-style packaging and presentation of goods. American-style advert