装 订 线 内 请 勿 答 题四川外语学院2011 2012 学年第 一 学期商务英语阅读半期考试试卷考试时间： 100分钟系部：国际商学院 年级： 2010级 班级： Part I Vocabulary (20%)In each of the following sentences, one word is being underlined. Read the sentence and select the one that best keeps the original meaning of the sentence.1. Boreal Water Collection will have a banner year as sales growth projections confirmed and surpassed A. flagB. sloganA. prosperousD. worse2. The report tallies with your description of the accident. A. agrees B. counts C. records D. grows3. We were resigned to our fate, and we remained resigned until we aroused to the fact that we were drifting along the north shore not a hundred feet away. A. active B. submissive C. described D. designed4. It is difficult to pinpoint the source of his lifes inspiration.A. agree with B. fight againstC. criticize D. locate5. The company has been forced to sell land to recoup some of the losses.A. make up for B. rejectC. offer D. maintain6. With the markets being so volatile, investments are at great risk.A. fixed B. inflexibleC. unstable D. stable7. They have made great effort to help users accommodate to the realities of todays marketplace. A. adopt B. adapt C. admit D. hold 8. They made a futile attempt to keep fans from getting onto the stage.A. weak B. strongC. unsuccessful D. successful9. Few, however, questioned the basic premise of Mehlmans remarks: namely, that the Republican Party had achieved its reemergence in the South and return to majority status in the nation by exploiting the white backlash against the civil rights movement. A. retreat B. resistanceC. advance D. sloping line10. Many people believe that the new taxes were a major impediment to economic growth, especially at this crucial stage. A. stimulant B. hindrance C. input D. milestone11. An average prongid begins to talk after about a year, and has a good command of the language by age five.A. person B. child C. animal D. plant12. Smoking has been shown to be extremely kroon to the health.A. beneficial B. sickC. dangerous D. expensive13. The rapid increase in yugfristy has brought jobs and foreign currency to the island, but also several unsightly hotels, organized crime, and, most seriously, the widespread abandonment of traditional occupations. A. employment B. literacy C. tourism D. foreign investment14. Some teachers prefer docile students, but others prefer students with creative mind.A. stubborn B. obedientC. funnyD. intelligent15. She was about to speak but checked herself and waited. A. examinedB. ascertainedC. found outD. stopped16. I slept badly; I had a fitful night.A. irregularB. suitableC. monotonousD. unvaried17. Soldiers camouflaged themselves to blend in with the jungle by wearing green uniforms. A. strengthenedB. disguisedC. changedD. replaced18. She did not agree to all the terms in the contract.A. wordsB. argumentationsC. itemsD. appearances19. Soaring rates of interest have recently made it difficult for young couples to buy their own homes.A. rapidly risingB. very expensiveC. slowly risingD. painful20. Contemporary hearing aids can be so minuscule that they fit within the frame of a pair of eyeglasses.A. tinyB. tightC. decorativeD. flexiblePart II. Stems and Affixes (20%)Directions: Match the word in the first column with its definition in the second one. COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 Group A 21. phonology A. sth that happened or existed beforeanother thing22. chronic B. resembling humans23. antecedent C. the study of speech sounds24. anthropoid D. long-lasting; constant; habitual25. polygamy E. the practice of having several marriage partnersGroup B 26. manicure A. care of the hands and fingernails27. introspection B. made up of similar parts28. intervene C. to come between people or points in time29. homogeneous D. the career one believes oneself called to30. vocation E. the examination of ones own thought processPart III. Sentence Comprehension (14%)31. When there is an absence of reliable information about drugs, the risks involved in using them are greatly increased