Passage one
Questions 1 to 4 are based on thefollowing passage.
Fred Marzocchi grew up with dreams ofdrawing for a living. “There aren’t many ways to make a living with yoursketchbook(写生册)，but advertising was one ofthem.”
After a few hopeless attempts to find a job,Fred became desperate for experience. He found a large drugstore chain withan-house advertising unit and offered to work for literally nothing. They tookhim up on the offer, and within weeks not only had he gained professional experience,but the drugstore decided to pay him for his efforts.
After working for a number of advertisingagencies, Fred went on to open his own graphics design and photographybusiness. He often looks back on the offer to work without pay. “I just neededa chance, a start in this business, and I haven’t had to work for free since,”he says with a smile.
College students who served in internships(实习)were 15 percent more likely to find employment after graduation, and 70 percentbelieved they were better prepared for the workplace because of theirinternship experience.
1.From the passage , we can infer____________
A) Fred is very good at doingbusiness
B) Fred had worked without payfor many advertising agencies
C) Fred can only make a livingby drawing
D) People with some workingexperience can have more chance to find a job
2.Fred offer to work for the drugstore without pay, because____________.
A) he wanted to show hisability
B) he thought he would beemployed by the drugstore later
C) he intended to gain someexperience
D) he couldn’t find a job inother companies
3.What would be the best title for the passage?
A) Work for Free
B) Get Experience, Anyway YouCan
C) Experience—the MostImportant Thing
D) How Fred Became Successful
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A) Fred Marzocchi dreamed ofdrawing for a living as a child
B) After some attempts to finda job, Fred didn’t lose heart.
C) After working for severaladvertising agencies, Fred went on to open his own business.
D) College students without internshipexperience were less likely to find employment after graduation.
Passage Two
Question 5 to 8 are based on thefollowing passage.
A dream became true as twoyoung pilots took off to fly around the world.
ChrisWall and Dan Dominguez have been dreaming big since they were 17-year-old highschool students in EL. Paso, Tex. USA. At that time they flew alone in a planeto Alaska and back.
Nowthey were really dreaming big. They were planning to take off this September onan around-the-world flight. And all went well, the 21-year-old pilots at lastbroke a world record by becoming the youngest to fly by themselves around theEarth.
As they circled the world intheir small, two-engine airplane, they would be taking plenty of kids along forthe ride, because students could follow their flight by way of the Internet.The flight took three months and made about 32 stops.
Their plane was highly versatile(多用途的). Dan said, "it can take off from amuddy strip in Bali, the deserts of Egypt, the jungles of Africa, yet it canstill cross the ocean."
Dan, a commercial pilot andflight instructor, recently graduated form the University of Rochester New YorkState. Chris is a three-year student at Rice University in Houston, Tex.
The purpose of their project,called World Flight 2000, was to make education more interactive and toencourage young people to follow their dreams no matter how challenging theyare.
Said Dan: “We want to sharethe spirit of flying and show students that anything is possible with a goodeducation, persistence and perseverance."
At each stop, the two pilotstalked with students about their trip. They also visited schools all over theUnited States to tell about their adventures.
"We've wanted to flysince we could remember," they said. "We started flying before wewere driving."
5.It’s obvious that the flight circling the world _____.
A) was completed on September2000
B) was a nonstop flight fromEL. Paso, Tex. To Egypt
C) took half a year to crossthe ocean
D) could be followed throughInternet and affect many people
6.The plane was a small one with 2 engine, but ______.
A) it drew many young people’sattention and carried them around
B) it could land in manyunusual places
C) it could take off on waterbecause of its special functions
D) it helped do all kinds ofbusiness in the United States
7. The followingstatements tell us the purposes for which the two young pilots flew around theworld EXPECT ______.
A) they wanted to makeeducation more interactive
B) they hoped to encourage theyouths to make efforts to reach their aims
C) they intended to acceptchallenges no matter what they were
D) they had the hope to showthemselves off and gain fame and rewarded
8.According to the story, Chris and Dan’s success suggests that _____.
A) wide interests can make youfamous and successful as well
B) big dreams are importantand easy to come true
C) good education, persistenceand perseverance can lead one to success
D) flying is too difficult butinteresting
Passage Three
Question 9 to 13are based on thefollowing passage.
The market investigation isindispensable to sales promotion. They are as closely related as the lips andteeth, so to speak. What you produce is for sale on the market. It would beimpossible to succeed in selling a product without first investigating themarket.
In the international market,goods on sale coming from different countries and suppliers are always facingkeen competition. Under such circumstances, they will try everything possibleto familiarize themselves with the market conditions. In making investigations,we ought to get information about what similar items the competitors areoffering on the market, what prices they quoting, what features their productshave, who are their regular customers, etc. Then, how can we obtain suchinformation? There are many channels that we can make use of in doing this sortof work. The commercial counselor’s offices of our embassies stationed abroadcan help us in making market investigations. Nowadays, our import and exportcorporations send their trade groups abroad every now and then. One of theirpurposes is to make market surveys on the spot.
Certainly, face-to-face talkswith foreign businessmen are also important channels to get market information.The Chinese Export Commodities Fair and some other fairs of similar nature aswell as visits of foreign businessmen provide us with such opportunities. Ofcourse, there are some other ways of making market investigations.
9. Inmaking market investigations, one should _____.
A) get enough informationconcerned B) advertise his products
C) produce high qualitygoods D) none of the above
10.The word “indispensable” in the first line means _____.
A) impossible B) essential C) advisable D) available
11.Which of the following statements in NOT true?
A) The relationship between marketinvestigation and sales promotion is just as that of the lips and teeth
B) It is possible to succeedin selling product without market investigations
C) There are various way s ofmaking market investigations
D) Production goes beforemarket investigation
12.Making marketing investigation is very important because _______.
A) in market goods on sale arenumerous B) every producer is facingkeen competition
C) it can greatly promotesales D) all of the above
13.All of the following are channels to get market information EXCEPT ______.
A) to have commercialcounselor’s office of our embassies stationed abroad
B) to promote the quality ofour own products
C) to send trade groups abroadevery now and then
D) to have face-to-face talkswith foreign businessmen
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