全国2009年10月高等教育自学考试旅游英语选读试题课程代码：00837请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上IMultiple choice：(115=15) Directions：Beneath each of the following sentences，there are four choices marked A，B， C and DChoose the one that best completes the sentence1Local people usually see tourism as a cultural and_ factorAhistoricalBbusiness Cemployment Deducation2An international tourist is defined as anyone visiting a country, other than that which is hisusual place of residence，for_ hoursAmore than 48 Bmore than 24 Cless than 48 Dless than 243As in any business，there must be one person called _who is highly trained，capableof directing a complex successful hotelAassistant manager Bresident managerCvice manager Dgeneral manager 4Recent promotions by Amtrak have emphasized the _benefits of taking the trainAsafety Bcomfort Crelaxation Dcost5Business travel is greatly influenced by business related attractions such as_Aconferences and exhibitions Binelastic pricesCbig-city orientations Dexecutives needs6_is the most widely recognized international organizations in tourism todayAInternational Civil Aviation Organization BInternational Hotel AssociationCWorld Association of Travel Agencies DWorld Tourism Organization7Wastage can be reduced by establishing standards _which we can monitor the performance of travel agents Aupon Bwith CagainstDwithin8Airlines will_ to allow for the high number of_ ，but must exercise cautionAoverbook, independent travelers Boverbook, no-showsCunderbook，business travelers Dunderbook，repeat travelers9The sum of all incomes in a country is called the_ Aeconomic income Bproductive incomeCfinancial income Dnational income10The governments of many developing nations give priority in their strategic tourism planning to the development of_，because it generates badly-needed hard currencyAprofessional tourism Bconvention tourismCbusiness tourism Dinternational tourism11During the 1920s and 1930s，_was one of the fastest growing segments of the international tourism industryAtrain tourism Bcoach tourism Ccruise tourism Dair tourism12However, other travel agents have recognized that the technological revolution will affect their business to a greater extent than almost _ Aother industry Bany other industry Cother industries Dany other industries13Since China opened to the outside world in _，the number of hotels has increased considerablyA1970 B1978 C1980 D199714Tourism，_，has the potential to help bridge the psychological and cultural distances that separate people of diverse races，colors，religions and stages of social and economic development Aproper design and develop Bproperly designing and developingCproper designing and developing Dproperly designed and developed15Ecotourism is one of the most rapidly growing form of specialized travel in the West，with central American countries，such as Costa Rica，_the principal destinations at presentAbe Bto be Cbeing DbeenReading comprehension：(210=20)Directions：Read the following passages and make your proper choices(1)Culture is the total sum of all the traditions，customs, beliefs，and ways of life of a given group of human beingsIn this sense，every group has a culture, however savage，undeveloped，or uncivilized it may seem to beTo the professional anthropologist，there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist there is no intrinsic rank or hierarchy among languagesPeople once thought of the languages of backward groups as savage，undeveloped forms of speech，consisting largely of grunts and groansWhile it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans，it is a fact established by the study of“backward”languages that no spoken tongue answers that description todayMost languages of uncivilized groups are，by our most severe standards，extremely complex，delicate，and ingenious pieces of machinery for the transfer of ideasThey fall behind our Western languages not in their sound pattern of grammatical structures，which usually are fully adequate for all language needs，but only in their vocabularies，which reflect the objects and activities known to their speakersEven in this department，however, two things are to be notedFirst，all languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion，either by putting together words already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own systemSecond，the objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in“backward”languages，while different from ours，are often surprisingly numerous and complicatedA Western language distinguishes merely between two degrees of remoteness(“this”and“th