旅游英语选读2012年1月真题试题及答案解析（00837）

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In a small hotel, all the functions may be combined and the duties performed by one person, be it the owner or an employee. The larger the hotel and the greater the volume, the more staff is needed to service the guests properly. The major convention hotels, with 1000 or more employees, require more supervisors, thus creating more departments and, as a result, assigning more specific duties to each employee.Hotels vary not only in size but in character, in type of clientele, and in scope of activities. Every function exists, but priorities differ from hotel to hotel. The management of each must determine the departments, and the number of employees in each, needed for its own operation.

Generally there are two types of tour guides, one in charge of local sightseeing and the other accompanying a group throughout its travels and making all the arrangements for the group. In China, they are usually known as local guide and national guide. The sightseeing guide must be familiar with the points of interest that he is showing to the visitors. He usually gives prepared talk but he must also be prepared to answer a lot of questions. And of course he has to deal with any problems that occur during the tour. These may include bad weather, sudden illness, an accident and so on. It would be impossible to name everything that might happen. A sightseeing guide needs two qualifies---an outgoing personality and language skill.The tour guide who stays with a group throughout its trip needs these two qualifies. He also needs to have a thorough knowledge of the workings of all kinds of transportation systems and regulations that the tourists will meet when going from one country to another.

优惠政策

街头小贩

自然环境

会议饭店

游船公司

劳动密集型产业

旅游宣传册

运载能力

娱乐型旅游者

commercial interest

activity facilities

tailor-made services

economic recession

trekking holidays

WTO guidelines

fuel-hungry

the best quotation

resident manager

Your voice ____________________ your mother’s.

hospitality industry

It is not good ____________________ Hemingway ____________________ James because their styles are completely different.

We must ____________________ to prevent the spread of flu.

We played a trick on him and he really ____________________ it.

The social significance ____________________ the great appreciation of other cultures.

Several people ____________________ for the chairmanship.

The European Common Market ____________________ in 1958.

Let’s ____________________ the usual formalities and open the meeting at once.

His mind ________________ the sad events.

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He ____________________ the success ____________________ the good teamwork.

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According to the passage, the author’s attitude towards women is ______.

People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields of religious shrines.26are looking for culture, or simply want to have their picture27in front of famous places. But most European tourists are looking for a28beach to lie29.Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and30a lot of inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it. Residents of cities like London, spend a lot of their winter in the dark31the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain. This is the reason the Mediterranean has always32them. Every summer, more than 25 million people travel to Mediterranean33and beaches for the same reason: sun!The huge crowds34lots of money for the economies of Mediterranean countries. Italy’s 30,000 hotels are35solid every summer. And 13 million people36out on French beaches, parks, and roadsides. Spain’s long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere37.But there are38that the area is getting more tourism than it can handle. The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted39on earth. And with increased tourism, it’s getting worse. The French can’t figure out what to40all the garbage left by campers around St. Tropez.

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In the eyes of the author, supermarket managers are only too pleased ______.

Which of the following is NOT true of a weekly shopping?

The italicized word “curbed” (Para.4) probably means “______”.

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One of the things I really looked forward to in my retirement was the weekly shopping expedition. I imagined pushing the trolley slowly, around the supermarket and picking out odd items that took my fancy. But, alas, my innocent dreams were rudely shattered.

First it is necessary to secure a shopping trolley. Carefully designed not only to hold all shapes and sizes of purchases but also all ages and types of small children, a single trolley is hard to get out of the line of trolleys where it is parked. Each trolley defies separation from its fellows without sharp jerks or the assistance of two strong men.

The next lesson is that women never follow a logical route when shopping. Your wife has disappeared. After ten minutes of searching, when you eventually find her in a far comer, she enquires rather tersely: “Where have you been all this time, dear?”

Supermarket managers are sent on courses to learn how to tempt the customers and persuade them to buy goods they do not really need, at prices they are not able to afford. As a newcomer, I was a sucker for their clever techniques and took many goods off the shelves. But my innocence was soon curbed by my wife. “Put it back, dear.” “You’ve tried that before and didn’t like it”. “No, it’s too expensive.” I soon learnt to be a wheeler of trolleys and not a dealer in goods.

But the most frightening hazard is supermarket trolleys driven by the so-called weaker sex. These women adhere to no code and give no quarter, and constant evasive action is necessary to avoid skinned knuckles, crushed toes or bruised shins. Their usual parking methods are either sideways across the aisles, or side by side with a friend to exchange gossip, and a polite “Excuse me” from traffic usually meets with no response.

Families in frontier settlements used to entertain strangers ______.

The tradition of hospitality to strangers ______.

It could be inferred from the last paragraph that ______.

The italicized phrase “take in”(ParA.3) most probably means “______”.

The most immediately apparent form of environmental “pollution” is ______ rather than physical.

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In 1862, the first true package tours were provided by ______ known as “the father of modern tourism”.

Owing to the extremely competitive nature of the retail travel business, two factors become paramount if the travel agent is to succeed: ______ and ______.

The more democratic spirit of American inns was reflected in the special status conferred on innkeepers, regarded as honorable professional who could be ______ with information and whose opinions were ______.

The progress of printing must be supervised throughout by ______.

This motivation is frequently referred to as the “VFR” market. It’s the short form for “______”.

Investment in tourism remains ______ it does in any other industry.

Travel and tourism, as a ______ behavior, is very closely related to advances in the economy and culture of a society.

Tourism is a ______ of activities, services, and industries that drivers a travel experience.

The Grand Tour is a tour of certain cities in ______.

Some national tourism organizations have found it useful to make a further distinction between international travel and travel between ______.

Some steps ______ to control the overuse of tourism resources, but more needs ______ and the sooner the better.

The inclusion of western words and phrases in language is due to ______

____Which group of executives can be expected to enjoy luxurious accommodations, staying only at five-star hotels or equivalents?

The World Tourism Organization is ______ that represents all national and official tourist interests.