1、湖南廣播電視大學開放教育期末考試英語報刊選讀考試樣題（2）（開卷）注意事項一、將你的學號 、姓名及分校 (工作站 ) 名稱填寫在答題紙的規定欄內。考試結束后，把試卷和答題紙放在桌上。試卷和答題紙均不得帶出考場 。二、仔細閱讀題目的說明，并按題目要求答題。答案一定要寫在答題紙指定的位置上，寫在試卷上的答案無效。三、用藍、黑圓珠筆或鋼筆答題，使用鉛筆答題無效。Part I. Translate the following into Chinese: (20小題，每題 2分，共 40分 )1. International Monetary Fund (IMF)2. United Nations Ec

2、onomic Council3. World Trade Organization (WTO)4. European Union5. Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)6. the Common Wealth7. Group of Eight (G8)8. The Times9. The Guardian10. Financial Times11. The Economist12. Washington Post13. News Week14. Reader?s Digest15. Fortune16. financial crisis17. pol

3、itical asylum18. Downing Street19. Foreign Secretary20. the House of LordsPart II. Read the following news and choose the best answer. (5 小題，每題2 分，共 10 分 )Every human being, no matter what he is doing, gives off body heat. The usual problem is how to get rid of it. But the designers of the Johnstown

4、 campus of the University of Pittsburgh set themselves the opposite problem how to collect body heat. They have designed a collection system which uses not only body heat, but the heat given off by such objects as light bulbs and refrigerators as well. The system works so well that no fuel is needed

5、 to make the campus's six buildings comfortable.Some parts of most modern buildingstheaters and offices as well as classrooms are morethan sufficientlyheated by people and lights and sometimes must be air-conditionedeven inwinter. The technique of saving heat and redistributing it is called“ hea

6、t recovery” . A febuildings recover heat, but the University's system is the first to recover heat from buildings and reuse it in others.Along the way, Pitt has learned a great deal about some of its producers. The harder a student studies, the more heat his body gives off. Male students send ou

7、t more heat than female students, and the larger a student is, the more heat he produces. It is tempting to conclude that the hottest prospect for the Johnstown campus would be a hard-working overweight male genius.21. What is characteristic of the buildings on Johnstown campus of the University of

8、Pittsburgh?A. They are more comfortable to live in than other buildings.B. They collect body heat to regulate the temperature inside.C. They use light bulbs to heat the classrooms.D. They consume less fuel to keep the classrooms cool.英語報刊選讀考試樣題第1頁（共3頁）22. According to the passage, the technique of h

9、eat recovery is used _.A. to provide a special form of air-conditioningB. to provide heat for the hot water systemC. to find out the source of heatD. to collect heat and reuse it23. The phrase“ the hottest prospect” in this passage refers to _.A. the person who suffers most from heatB. the person wh

10、o needs more heat than othersC. the person who gives off most heatD. the person who make better use of body heat24. Which of the following statements is NOT true according the passage?A. The harder a student works, the more heat he or she produces.B. The bigger a student is, the more heat he or she

11、sends out.C. A girl student sends out more heat than a boy student.D. A large and hard-working boy student gives off the most heat.25. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?A. Recovery of Body HeatC. Modern Building?s Heat SystemB. Body Heat and SexD. Ways of Heating Building

12、sPart III. Answer the questions according to the report:(5 小題，每題 5分，共 25分 )Commodities Report: The Bullish Case for Oil in 2011Triple-digit oil prices have reappeared on the horizon, and this time when crude passes that milestone, it might stay a while.Global oil demand is slowly rising as the U.S.

13、and other major economies recover. Inventories of oil and fuel stockpiles in the U.S. the world?s largest oil consumer have steadilydeclined from 27-year highs in September. Demand in Latin America and Asia continues to grow as well.Add to that a slower, steadier rise in oil prices than was seen in

14、2007-08, and there?s a goodchance that oil can continue to push higher.,It?s a combination of all these countries increasingdemand,? says Mark Waggoner, president of Excel Futures inBend, Oregon. , A little bit here, alittle bit there when you p ut it all together, it?s a lot.?Some big investors hav

15、e increased bets that oil prices will continue theirascent. GoldmanSachs, J.P. Morgan and a growing roster of major energy-trading banks expect prices to rise above $100 a barrel in 2011 and stay there. Mr. Waggoner estimates oil could push as high as $130 a barrel next year.The net long positionor

16、bets futures will riseof hedge funds and other money managershas nearly tripled since July, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The last push above $100 a barrel is still fresh on investors? minds. The rally ended inmid-2008, with crude priced at nearly $150. Within thre

17、e months, however, prices were back below $100 and on their way to a nearly five-year low. The economy was in recession at the time, and prices couldn? t hold amid falling consumer spending and a slowdown in manufacturing and global trade.英語報刊選讀考試樣題第2頁（共3頁）This time, economists and other market watc

18、hers anticipate that the oil prices will not collapse, partly because the global economy is stronger, but also because the increases have been gradual. Oil futures took all of 2010 to rise from $80 to $90 a barrel; in late 2007, that gap was covered in five weeks. The slower increase has given consu

19、mers more time to adjust their household budgets. Also, prices for gasoline and home heating oil two years ago were much higher, which reset expectations about what a steep price increase feels like.,As long as gasoline prices go up fairly slowly , it?s generally not a big problem,? says Bill O?Grad

20、y, chief market strategist at Confluence Investment Management. U.S. retail gasoline prices, one of the key ways oil prices affect consumers, are up only 8.6% this year, averaging $2.86 a gallon at the end of November.Last weekend, ministers from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agr

21、eed to maintain quotas despite the recent oil price rally, signaling that they are comfortable with prices inching toward triple digits. The cartel, which controls about a third of the world?s oil output, won?t meet again until June 2011. And an official from Saudi Arabia, the de facto leader of OPE

22、C, said sharp supply drops must accompany prices above $100 a barrel before the group increases production.Reported by Jerry A. DiColoQuestions:26. What does the underlined phrase “Triple-digit oil prices ”in Paragraph 1 mean?27. Which country is the largest oil consumer in the world?28. What does t

23、he underlined word ascent in Paragraph 4 mean?29. Why do economists and other market watchers anticipate that the oil prices will not collapse?30. How much does OPEC control the world?s oil output ?Part IV. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese:(1 題， 25 分 )31. Some American economists belie

24、ve that if the price of oil does rise further, it won?t necessarily do economic damage. For one, the price spike of 2008 led many people and companies to cut back on energy consumption, a shift that could make them more resilient to price increases this time around. Beyond that, oil-price increases

25、can have little to no impact if they correspond toa decrease in the value of the dollar against other currencies. Because oil is bought and sold in dollars, it doesn?t become more expensive for most of the world? s buyers unless the price increaseexceeds the drop in the dollar. And in the U.S., the export boost from a cheaper dollar can create more jobs, offsetting the pain of higher prices at the gas pump.英語報刊選讀考試樣題第3頁（共3頁）湖南廣播電視大學開放教育期末考試英語報刊選讀考試樣