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1、专业英语四级(阅读)-试卷166及答案解析 (总分:30.00,做题时间:90分钟)一、READING COMPREHENSIO(总题数:11,分数:30.00)1.PART V READING COMPREHENSION_2.SECTION AIn this section there are several passages followed by ten multiple-choice questions. For each question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one th
2、at you think is the best answer._The cold and rainy weather in Paris has not stopped Joe Schaeffer, an American tourist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from visiting the City of Lights with his family of four. Nor have the citys expensive pricesall the higher because of the huge drop in value of the Amer
3、ican dollar compared to the European euro. We were coming anyway, not matter the price. We might not stay as long. We might eat cheese sandwiches, he said. At Notre Dame Cathedral a few blocks away, Linda Surma from Detroit, Michigan says she is also shocked by high prices in Paris these days. But S
4、urma does not regret deciding to come to Paris, and has no plans to trim tourist attractions from her itinerary because of the expenseeven if she might not buy souvenirs. Paul Roll is managing director of the Paris Convention and Visitors Office. He says American tourists in Pariswho numbered about
5、1.5 million last yeartend to cut expenses when the dollar is weak, rather than cancel their trip. We have no statistics on the subject, but we have seen over the years that when it gets more expensive to go to Europe, they downgrade the type of services they buy. Instead of going to a luxury hotel,
6、they will go to a four-star hotel. Instead of going to a magnificent restaurant, they will go to something that has less stars on the Michelin(restaurant guide). But recently a number of Americans have been staying away from Paris altogetherand from Europe as a wholeas the dollar reaches record lows
7、 against the euro. Right now, it is nearly a $ 1.60 against the European currencya few years ago, the two currencies were about equal. Paris, has weathered a decline in tourism beforenotably in 2003, when trans-Atlantic differences over the Iraq War were at a high. At the time, the French tourist of
8、fice launched a campaign to woo back Americans, hiring American actor and director Woody Allen for a promotional clip titled;Lets Fall in Love Again. Roll says the Paris tourism bureau has no immediate plans for a new charm offensive, although some Paris hotels are offering fixed euro-to-dollar rate
9、s. In Paris, Americans who are paid in dollars are also hurting. That includes Eleanor Beardsley, the correspondent for National Public Radio, the American public radio channel. It is getting so bad I do not even look at the exchange rate every day. I do not go shopping anymore for clothes, she said
10、. It is just depressing. Every time you look at your bank statement onlineI might withdraw 300(euros), that is $500. It is just completely depressing and I do not see any end in sight. But American companies operating in Paris have been less affected by the dollars decline, according to Oliver Griff
11、ith, managing director of the American Chamber of Commerce. Many of them hire Europeans, not Americans, who are paid in eurosnot dollars. American companies that invest in France have not declined that drastically, he explained. Because a lot of the companies are multinational. They have assets in d
12、ollars, euros, all over the place. They get some inputs in euro-denominated countries, others in dollar-denominated countries. Others are profiting from the slump. Griffith says French investment in the United States has climbed sharply during the past two yearsand America exporters are eyeing new o
13、pportunities furnished by a cheaper dollar.(分数:6.00)(1).Which of the following is the measure taken by French to arouse Americans enthusiasm?(分数:2.00)A.Hotel provides stable exchange rate.B.Government relaxes the requirement of tourist visa.C.Tour agencies offer discount to American visitors.D.Airli
14、ne companies give preferential price to Americans.(2).Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?(分数:2.00)A.The value of dollar will increase in the near future.B.Some American companies close down because of the slump.C.Americans are interested in European travels.D.Other countries ben
15、efit from the devaluation of dollar.(3).What can we learn from the passage?(分数:2.00)A.Because of the devaluation of U. S. dollar, American visitors shorten their trip to Europe.B.Europe does not forecast the huge drop of American visitors.C.Not only Paris but the whole Europe witnesses the reduction
16、 of American tourists.D.The value of U. S. dollar has become historical low.Municipal bans on smoking in restaurants and bars are highly controversial, but history shows they can also be highly effective. But are all smoking bans equally successful? The barkeep and blogger who writes as Scribbler50
17、was outraged when, in 2003, New York City enacted one of the first comprehensive smoking bans in bars and restaurants; How can a guy and some board just kick us in the teeth like this? This smacks of fascism. If people are aware of the consequences of smoking or visiting places with lots of secondha
18、nd smoke, should the government really have to tell us what to do? Wont people just vote with their feet and smoke even more when theyre at home and away from restrictions? Scribbler50s post inspired the physician who blogs as PalMD last week to look up the research on the effectiveness of smoking b
19、ans. He found several studies showing that not only did workers in restaurants and bars show improved health shortly after the bans were put in place, but smokers themselves also reduced the number of cigarettes they smoked. Overall, however, smoking rates remain persistently high, despite the commo
20、n workplace smoking bans. Can other government measures help these smokers live healthier lives, or at least prevent people from taking up the habit? In the U. S. , warning messages have been in place on cigarette packages for decades. But the messages are rather clinical, for example; Smoking Cause
21、s Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, And May Complicate Pregnancy. What if packages contained more dramatic warnings? In January, psychologist and science writer Christian Jarrett looked at a small study of smokers reactions to cigarette warnings. The researchers measured self-esteem in student smokers, th
22、en showed them cigarette packages with either death-related warnings(Smckers die earlier)or esteem-related warnings(Smoking makes you unattractive). Students who derived self-esteem from smoking and saw the death-related warnings later viewed smoking more positively than those who saw the esteem-rel
23、ated warnings. For students whose smoking wasnt motivated by self-esteem, the effect was reversed. So not all anti-smoking messages are equal: Depending on who the message is directed at, a morbid(病态的)warning on a cigarette label may actually backfire. Scribbler50, for his part, is now a convert fav
24、oring smoking restrictions, at least in his narrow limits as a bartender. His patrons who havent quit smoking say they smoke a lot less now that they have to go outside to get a nicotine fix. He doesnt miss emptying ashtrays, or the holier-than-thou(自以为是的)customers who complained every time a fellow
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