旅游英语选读真题2009年10月.Multiple choiceDirections: Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.1、 Local people usually see tourism as a cultural and _ factor. A. historical B. business C. employment D. education2、 An international tourist is defined as anyone visiting a country, other than that which is his usual place of residence, for _ hours. A. more than 48 B. more than 24 C. less than 48 D. less than 243、 As in any business, there must be one person called _ who is highly trained, capable of directing a complex successful hotel. A. assistant manager B. resident manager C. vice manager D. general manager4、 Recent promotions by Amtrak have emphasized the _ benefits of taking the train. A. safety B. comfort C. relaxation D. cost5、 Business travel is greatly influenced by business related attractions such as _. A. conferences and exhibitions B. inelastic prices C. big-city orientations D. executives needs6、_ is the most widely recognized international organization in tourism today. A. International Civil Aviation Organization B. International Hotel Association C. World Association of Travel Agencies D. World Tourism Organization7、 Wastage can be reduced by establishing standards _ which we can monitor the perform ance of travel agents. A. upon B. with C. against D. within8、 Airlines will _ to allow for the high number of _, but must exercise caution. A. overbook, independent travelers B. overbook, no-shows C. underbook, business travelers D. underbook, repeat travelers9、 The sum of all incomes in a country is called the _. A. economic income B. productive income C. financial income D. national income10、 The governments of many developing nations give priority in their strategic tourism planning to the development of _, because it generates badly-needed hard currency. A. professional tourism B. convention tourism C. business tourism D. international tourism11、 During the 1920s and 1930s, _ was one of the fastest growing segments of the international tourism industry. A. train tourism B. coach tourism C. cruise tourism D. air tourism12、 However, other travel agents have recognized that the technological revolution will affect their business to a greater extent than almost _. A. other industry B. any other industry C. other industries D. any other industries13、 Since China opened to the outside world in _, the number of hotels has increased considerably. A. 1970 B. 1978 C. 1980 D. 199714、 Tourism, _, 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. A. proper design and develop B. properly designing and developing C. proper designing and developing D. properly designed and developed15、 Ecotourism 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 present. A. be B. to be C. being D. been.Reading comprehensionDirections: Read the following passages and make your proper choices. 16 Culture is the total sum of all the traditions, customs, beliefs, and ways of life of a given group of human beings. In this sense, every group has a culture, however savage, undeveloped, or uncivilized it may seem to be. To 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 languages. People once thought of the languages of backward groups as savage, undeveloped forms of speech, consisting largely of grunts and groans. While 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 today. Most languages of uncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely complex, delicate, and ingenious pieces of machinery for the transfer of ideas. They 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 speakers. Even in this department, however, two things are to be noted. First, 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 system. Second, the objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in backward