湖南广播电视大学开放教育期末考试英语报刊选读考试样题（2） （开卷）注意事项一、将你的学号 、姓名及分校 (工作站 ) 名称填写在答题纸的规定栏内。考试结束后，把试卷和答题纸放在桌上。试卷和答题纸均不得带出考场 。二、仔细阅读题目的说明，并按题目要求答题。答案一定要写在答题纸指定的位置上，写在试卷上的答案无效。三、用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题无效。精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 1 页，共 6 页英语报刊选读考试样题第 1 页 （共 3 页）Part I. Translate the following into Chinese: (20小题，每题 2分，共 40分)1. International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2. United Nations Economic Council 3. World Trade Organization (WTO) 4. European Union 5. Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) 6. the Common Wealth 7. Group of Eight (G8) 8. The Times 9. The Guardian 10. Financial Times 11. The Economist 12. Washington Post 13. News Week 14. Reader?s Digest 15. Fortune 16. financial crisis 17. political asylum 18. Downing Street 19. Foreign Secretary 20. the House of Lords Part II. Read the following news and choose the best answer. (5 小题，每题2 分，共 10 分 ) Every human being, no matter what he is doing, gives off body heat. The usual problem is how to get rid of it. But the designers of the Johnstown campus of the University of Pittsburgh set themselves the opposite problem how to collect body heat. They have designed a collection system which uses not only body heat, but the heat given off by such objects as light bulbs and refrigerators as well. The system works so well that no fuel is needed to make the campuss six buildings comfortable. Some parts of most modern buildings theaters and offices as well as classrooms are more than sufficiently heated by people and lights and sometimes must be air-conditioned even in winter. The technique of saving heat and redistributing it is called “ heat recovery” . A few modern buildings recover heat, but the Universitys system is the first to recover heat from buildings and reuse it in others. Along the way, Pitt has learned a great deal about some of its producers. The harder a student studies, the more heat his body gives off. Male students send out more heat than female students, and the larger a student is, the more heat he produces. It is tempting to conclude that the hottest prospect for the Johnstown campus would be a hard-working overweight male genius. 21. What is characteristic of the buildings on Johnstown campus of the University of Pittsburgh? A. They are more comfortable to live in than other buildings. B. They collect body heat to regulate the temperature inside. C. They use light bulbs to heat the classrooms. D. They consume less fuel to keep the classrooms cool. 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 2 页，共 6 页英语报刊选读考试样题第 2 页 （共 3 页）22. According to the passage, the technique of heat recovery is used _. A. to provide a special form of air-conditioning B. to provide heat for the hot water system C. to find out the source of heat D. to collect heat and reuse it 23. The phrase “ the hottest prospect” in this passage refers to _. A. the person who suffers most from heat B. the person who needs more heat than others C. the person who gives off most heat D. the person who make better use of body heat 24. Which of the following statements is NOT true according the passage? A. The harder a student works, the more heat he or she produces. B. The bigger a student is, the more heat he or she sends out. C. A girl student sends out more heat than a boy student. D. A large and hard-working boy student gives off the most heat. 25. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage? A. Recovery of Body Heat C. Modern Building?s Heat System B. Body Heat and Sex D. Ways of Heating Buildings Part III. Answer the questions according to the report: (5小题，每题 5分，共 25分) Commodities Report: The Bullish Case for Oil in 2011 Triple-digit oil prices have reappeared on the horizon, and this time when crude passes that milestone, it might stay a while. Global oil demand is slowly rising as the U.S. and other major economies recover. Inventories of oil and fuel stockpiles in the U.S. the world?s largest oil consumer have steadily declined from 27-year highs in September. Demand in Latin America and Asia continues to grow as well. Add to that a slower, steadier rise in oil prices than was seen in 2007-08, and there?s a good chance that oil can continue to push higher. ,It?s a combination of all these countries increasing demand,? says Mark Waggoner, president of Excel Futures in Bend, Oregon. , A little bit here, a little bit there when you p ut it all together, it?s a lot.?Some big investors have increased bets that oil prices will continue their ascent. Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and a growing roster of major energy-trading banks expect prices to rise above $100 a barrel in 2011 and stay there. Mr. Waggoner estimates oil could push as high as $130 a barrel next year. The net long position or bets futures will rise of hedge funds and other money managers has nearly tripled since July, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The last push above $100 a barrel is still fresh on investors? minds. The rally ended in mid-2008, with crude priced at nearly $150. Within three months, however, prices were back below $100 and on their way to a nearly five-year low. The economy was in recession at the time, and prices couldn?t hold amid falling consumer spending and a slowdown in manufacturing and global trade. 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 3 页，共 6 页英语报刊选读考试样题第 3 页 （共 3 页）This time, economists and other market watchers anticipate that the oil prices will not collapse, partly because the global economy is stronger, but also because the increases have been gradual. Oil futures took all of 2010 to rise from $80 to $90 a barrel; in late 2007, that gap was covered in five weeks. The slower increase has given consumers more time to adjust their household budgets. Also, prices for gasoline and home heating oil two years ago were much higher, which reset expectations about what a steep price increase feels like. ,As long as gasoline prices go up fairly slowly, it?s generally not a big problem,? says Bill O? Grady, chief market strategist at Confluence Investment Management. U.S. retail gasoline prices, one of the key ways oil prices affect consumers, are up only 8.6% this year, averaging $2.86 a gallon at the end of November. Last weekend, ministers from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to maintain quotas despite the recent oil price rally, signaling that they are comfortable with prices inching toward triple digits. The cartel, which controls about a third of the world?s oil output, won?t meet again until June 2011. And an official from Saudi Arabia, the de facto leader of OPEC, said sharp supply drops must accompany prices above $100 a barrel before the group increases production. Reported by Jerry A. DiColoQuestions: 26. What does the underlined phrase “ Triple-digit oil prices ” in Paragraph 1 mean? 27.Which country is the largest oil consumer in the world? 28. What does the underlined word ascent in Paragraph 4 mean? 29. Why do economists and other market watchers anticipate that the oil prices will not collapse? 30. How much does OPEC control the world?s oil output ? Part IV. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese: (1 题， 25 分 ) 31. Some American economists believe that if the price of oil does rise further, it won?t necessarily do economic damage. For one, the price spike of 2008 led many people and companies to cut back on energy consumption, a shift that could make them more resilient to price increases this time around. Beyond that, oil-price increases can have little to no impact if they correspond to a decrease in the value of the dollar against other currencies. Because oil is bought and sold in dollars, it doesn?t become more expensive for most of the world? s buyers unless the price increase exceeds the drop in the dollar. And in the U.S., the export boost from a cheaper dollar can create more jobs, offsetting the pain of higher prices at the gas pump. 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 4 页，共 6 页英语报刊选读考试样题答题纸第 1 页 （共 2 页）湖南广播电视大学开放教育期末考试英语报刊选读考试样题（2）答题纸题 号Part I Part II Part III Part IV 总 分得 分得分评卷人Part I. Translate the following into Chinese: (20 小题，每题2 分，共 40 分)1. International Monetary Fund (IMF) _ 2. United Nations Economic Council _ 3. World Trade Organization (WTO) _ 4. European Union _ 5. Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) _ 6. the Common Wealth _ 7. Group of Eight (G8) _ 8. The Times _ 9. The Guardian _ 10. Financial Times _ 11. The Economist _ 12. Washington Post _ 13. News Week _ 14. Reader?s Digest _ 15. Fortune _ 16. financial crisis _ 17. political asylum _ 18. Downing Street _ 19. Foreign Secretary _ 20. the House of Lords _ 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 5 页，共 6 页英语报刊选读考试样题答题纸第 2 页 （共 2 页）得分评卷人Part II. Read the following news and choose the best answer. (5小题，每题 2分，共 10分) 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 得分评卷人Part III. Answer the questions according to the report: (5 小题，每题 5 分，共 25 分) 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 得分评卷人Part IV. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese: (1 题， 25 分) 31. 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 6 页，共 6 页