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missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in you own books. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
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Department stores are large retail stores selling many different kinds of merchandise arranged in separate departments. Such stores are found in nearly every important city in the world, and the large department stores often (36) ______ more than 100 separate departments. The two major (37) _______ of merchandise sold in department stores generally are apparel and home (38) ________.
The organization of a modern department store is often (39) ______ because of the large number of goods and services provided. Typically, the operation of a store is conducted through five (40) _____divisions. There is the merchandising division, which is (41)______for the buying and pricing of merchandise; Then there is the sales (42)_____division, which controls advertising, display, public relations, and other related matters. Of course, there is the (43) ______ division, which supervises employment and the training and welfare of employees. Next, (44) ___________________________________________________
Finally, there is the finance and control division, which deals with accounting, customer credit, expense control, and other financial and budgetary matters. Within these five divisions are many subdivisions. (45) ______________________________________________________. Nowadays,
another kind of store that provides such service is a mall or plaza. A mall is a group of stores built as a unit with on-site parking. (46) _________________________________________. Large malls may also contain such places as hotels, restaurants, libraries, banks, post offices, medical clinics, theaters, and parks.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to
select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use nay of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Don't let vacations or business travel sideline (使退出) your exercise routine. Physical activity is a great way to __47__stress and adjust to a new time zone when you're traveling. Here's how to get the most out of it:
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Find fitness-friendly___48___. Call ahead to make sure your hotel or motel has a good fitness facility — or at least a place where you'll feel safe and __49___ going for a walk.
Take ___50____of the local attractions. Many places offer their own __51___ exercise opportunities — trails through beautiful parks or forests, beach walks, boat rides on the lake, bike rides out of town. Check the travel __52___of your bookstore or look on-line for information before you travel.
Be sure to pack what you'll need. Walking shoes, gym shorts, a T-shirt, resistance bands — make a checklist of all the things you'll need while you're away and make sure to __53___ it all.
Use every opportunity. Too busy to set aside a block of time for ___54___? Look for every opportunity you can to be active. Book a room on the third floor and take the stairs. Walk whenever you can — between meetings, while you're waiting at the airport, on your way from here to there.
Be ___55____. If you're on a hectic business trip, don't add to the stress by trying to do too much. Spending ___56___15 minutes of brisk walking, along with climbing a few flights of stairs instead of taking the elevator, should hold you until you get home again — and back to your regular routine.
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A) pack I) oppose B) realistic J) sketch C) advantage K) unique D) equipment L) potential E) identically M)section F) accommodations N) relieve G) activity O)merely H) enjoyable Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some
questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
Passage One
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Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
When they advise your kids to \they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your society, but not too much that you prove an embarrassment to your society. Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you are occupationally dead, unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison and you can successfully drop out in grade school.
Get a college degree, if possible. With a B.A., you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master's degree, make sure it is an M. B. A., and only from a first-rate university. Beyond this, the famous law of diminishing returns begins to take effect.
Do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more a year than full professors? Yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was24, 000, while the full professors managed to average just 23,930.
A Ph.D. is the highest degree you can get, but except in a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, you are facing a dim future. There are more Ph.D.s unemployed or underemployed in this country than in any other part of the world by far.
If you become a doctor of philosophy in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages or - worst of all - in philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands.
Thousands of Ph.D.s are selling shoes, driving cabs, waiting on tables and filling out fruitless applications month after month. And then maybe taking a job in some high school or backwater college that pays much less than the janitor earns.
You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you. 注意: 此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答.
57. By mentioning Bernard Shaw and Thomas Edison, the author means to support the idea that ______.
A) one’s change to succeed has nothing to do with education B) many talented people become successful without education C) few people can be successful without a high school education D) people as famous as them will succeed without proper education 58. The law of diminishing returns is manifested by the fact that________. A) the elder generations earn less than their children’s generation B) ordinary truck drivers have to work harder than full professors C) a college diploma is more promising than a high school diploma D) people with a B.A earn more than those with a doctor’s degree
59. It is indicated in the passage that it is most likely for the Ph.D.s in philosophy to be ____
A) of little commercial value
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B) not needed by the society
C) difficult to succeed in their profession D) unable to satisfy the country’s demand
60. Your income can parallel your education only when________. A) you are not a Ph.D in liberal arts
B) you get no more than college education
C) what you learn is practical but not theoretical
D) what you learn is not beyond the national demands
61. The author suggests that it’s satisfactory enough for one to get _______. A) a high school diploma B) a college degree C) a master’s degree D) a doctor’s degree
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
Every so often，late at night，David Woodland steals away to the den of his home in Aberdeen，Washington，so that he can check stock prices on the Internet. Mr. Woodland，a 78-year-old retired insurance salesman，delights at how with the click of a mouse, he can tap into the facts and fortunes of Wall Street \idea late at night, '' Mr. Woodland said， \，fire up the computer and put a buy or sell order in.”
While on-line trading is popularly regarded as the province of any traders in their 20s and 30s，jumping in and out of the market to make quick profits, it is now being invaded by millions of people like Mr. Woodland--seasoned investors who bring much 1arger accounts and more stability to this fast-growing comer of the markets．
The low cost of doing business on-line--now as little as $7 a trade--and the excitement of riding a bull market are the 1ures (诱惑)for many older
investors--just as they are for the young．They are dismissing their full-service
brokers，who offer research and advice but often charge more than $100 a trade，and instead are picking their own stocks，after downloading companies' annual reports and other research basics.
\，now in the hands of an individual investor,\ said Carol Potts, 56, a retired crafts designer in Santa Barbara，California．\ no reason for me to have financial advisers．I am very analytical，and I 1ike to get involved in research.”
According to a survey this fall of 630 people over 50 by Charles Schwab &
Co., many older investors say the Internet has made them more confident about their investments and more willing to trust their own judgment . But such confidence may also cause some to gamble away their retirement nest eggs，financial experts warn．\，who are so dependent on their savings．”
62．The main idea of the passage is that_________.
A) on-line trading attracts more and more retiree to get involved B) on-1ine trading is more suitable for the old than for the young now
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