全國2010年1月高等教育自學考試電子商務英語試題3

    二、完形填空（本大題共10小題，每小題1分，共10分）從選擇項中選擇一個最適合短文的選項，錯選、多選或未選均無分。

    It is not surprising that people21 ever associate Britain with wine and in fact it may astonish you to learn that grapes are grown 22 in England and nearly 200，000 bottles of wine were sold in 1975. 23 very new in growing grapes in Britain， in spite of the climate. The Romans planted the first vines about AD 300 and 24 a long time people always drank home-produced wines. What 25 the English wine industry was not so much a change in the climate 26 the fact that an English king， Henry II， inherited the Bordeaux area of France as part of his dominions during the twelfth century and the imported wine provided 27 of competition. The English wine industry did not disappear， however， 28 the sixteenth century， when the monks， who had been the main producers in the meantime， had their estates taken away by Henry VIII. The new owners let the vineyards die out. But now English people， probably 29 their memories of holidays by the Mediterranean， drink more wine than 30 and the new industry is now developing at a modest but consistent rate.

21. A. hardly B. almost C. nearly D. seldom

22. A. wildly B. outwards C. in the open air D. in the wide

23. A. It is nothing B. It is any thing C. There is any thing D. There is nothing

24. A. during B. from C. since D. for

25. A. rended B. developed C. abated D. destroyed

26. A. lice B. for C. as D. that

27. A. much B. many C. a great deal D. a large number

28. A. as long as B. as far as C. since D. until

29. A. because B. for C. because of D. due

30. A. never B. no one C. all D. ever

    三、 閱讀理解（本大題共10小題，每小題2分，共20分）閱讀下面的短文，從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出一個最佳答案填空或答題，錯選、多選或未選均無分。

    Passage 1 The Internet will play a central role in conducting international trade beyond the year 2000. The World Trade Centers Association （WTCA） recently announced a plan to assist developing countries develop a capacity for e-commerce and e-business. The spin off from the decision can pay huge dividends to offshore companies that position themselves on-line right now to supply goods and services to the coming global Internet trading market. E-business will help you set up and operate with a minimum of effort and at reasonable prices. E-business Incorporated works with international companies to set up a web-office， or CyberSuite as its own domain accessible over the Internet via its own domain name or from the e-business Cyberspace Station. If you are a supplier， your CyberSuite would have a showroom where visitors — especially wholesale importers and distributors — can examine images， drawings or listings of what you have to offer. If you are a buyer， your web-office can include a notice board listing products or services or agreements you are looking for and a bidding gallery where suppliers can post bids and link you to their sites to examine products. Trading partners can make purchases， send invoices， hold business meetings， track shipments， and work out potential trade agreements within the E-business Cyberspace Station. E-business seminars and conferences will introduce new potential trade partners to each other. Orders placed on the site are sent immediately to manufacturers and any suppliers integrated into the trade process. For example， established trading partners might include an importer ordering large shipments from a manufacturer and suppliers of parts or raw materials in other countries. By electronically notifying the whole trade net at the same time， each partner is able to trim supply and demand to “just in time” delivery of goods or services. The savings of doing business this way can be substantial — even without the tax advantages.

31. E-business Incorporated can help a company to_____.

A. set up a web-office free of charge B. build a Cybersuite as its domain C. get its own domain name D. have its web site accessible via its own domain name.

32. In a Cybersuite， a supplier can _____.

A. exhibit its products and services B. find more images and drawings C. get many lists of products D. bid for a certain product or service

33. The passage mainly tells about _____. A. the benefits brought by e-business. B. how to do e-commerce via Internet. C. a project by WTCA. D. how to find trade partners via Internet. Passage 2 If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago， we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day， we should be able to give an answer to the question. It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country， but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example， we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4，000 years ago， because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa， because they had not learned to write. Sometimes， of course， even if the people cannot write， they may know something of the past. For most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. This we may call “remembered history”。 Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is， because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing. But where there are no written records， such spoken stories are often very helpful.

34. Why do we know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago？

    A. Because there was nothing worth being written down at that time. B. Because the people there ignored the importance of keeping a record. C. Because the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire. D. Because the people there had not known how to write.

35. “Remembered history” refers to _____. A. history based on a person‘s imagination B. stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouth C. songs and dances about the most important events D. both B and C

36. It can be inferred from the passage that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if our ancestors had _____. A. kept a written record of every past event B. not burnt their written records in wars C. told exact stories of the most important happenings D. made more songs and dances