2016年湖北成人学位英语考试冲刺试题三（2）

湖北2016年成人学位英语考试冲刺试题三（2）
16.When he was set free after twenty years in prison, he was amazed (　　)the changed world he found.

　　A.at

　　B.of

　　C.on

　　D.to

　　17.I'd like to (　　)a special table for the coming Valentine's Day.

　　A.preserve

　　B.deserve

　　C.eonserve

　　D.reserve

　　18.Bill doesn't (　　)what people say about him.

　　A. concern

　　B. matter

　　C. care

　　D. disturb

　　19.Mr.Wilson said that he did not want to (　　)any further responsibilities.

　　A.take on

　　B.get on

　　C.put up

　　D.look up

　　20.A curve is a line (　　)no part is straight and which has no angle.

　　A.that

　　B.whose

　　C.in which

　　D.of which

　　Part II Reading Comprehension ( 40 points )

　　Directions: in this part There are 4 passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one you think is the best answer, then mark the eorresponding letter in the Answer Sheet One with a single line through the center.

　　Passage 1

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

　　The market investigation is indispensable to sales promotion.They are closely related as the lips and teeth, so to speak.What you produce is for sale on the market.It would be impossible to succeed in selling a product without first investigating the market.

　　In the international market, goods on sale coming from different countries and suppliers are always facing keen competition. Under such circumstances, they will try everything possible to familiarize themselves with the market conditions.In making investigations, we ought to get information about what similar items the competitors are offering on the market, what prices they are quoting ( 报价 ), what features their products have, who are their regular customers, etc. Then, how can we obtain such information? There are many channels that we ean make use of in doing this sort of work.The commercial counselor's offices of our embassies stationed abroad can help us in making market investigations.

　　Nowadays, our import and export corporations send their trade groups abroad every now and then. One of their purposes is to make market surveys on the spot.

　　Certainly, face-to-face talks with foreign businessmen are also important channels to get market information.The Chinese Export Commodities Fairs and some other fairs of similar nature as well as visits of foreign businessmen provide us with such opportunities.Of course, there are some other ways of making market investigations.

　　21.In making market investigation, one should (　　).

　　A.get enough information Concerned

　　B.advertise his products

　　C.produce high quality goods

　　D.none of the above

　　22.The word "indispensable" in the first line means (　　).

　　A. impossible

　　B. essential

　　C. advisable

　　D. available

　　23.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　A.The relationship between market investigation and sales promotion is just as that of the lips and teeth

　　B.It is impossible to succeed in selling a product without market investigation

　　C.There are various ways of making market investigation

　　D.Production goes before market investigation

　　24.Making market investigation is very important because (　　).

　　A.in market, goods on sale are numerous

　　B.every producer is facing keen competition

　　C.it can greatly promote sales

　　D.all of the above

　　25.All the following are channels to get market information EXCEPT (　　).

　　A.to have commercial counselor's offices of our embassies stationed abroad

　　B.to promote the quality of our own products

　　C.to send trade groups abroad every now and then

　　D.to have face-to-face talks with foreign businessmen