成教本科英语试卷B.doc

河海大学常州校区成人教育2010-2011学年第一学期 08工商管理、09工商管理、08经济管理 《英语》期末试卷B 共 6 页 出卷人：孙梦甜 出卷日期：6.10 Part I Reading comprehension (30%) Passage 1 It’s the world’s fastest growing economy and shows no evidence of slowing down. If a British company wishes to stay ahead in international trade, doing businesses with China is now on rig top of the list. Now schools in the United Kingdom want to offer their students Mandarin lessons—and they are making it a required course. Brighton College is a private school on the south coast of Britain and already teaches Latin, Spanish and French to its 1,200 pupils. Students can choose among these languages, but from the autumn, which is the beginning of the new school year in British schools, every student must study Mandarin whether they like it or not. Richard Cairns, headmaster of Brighton College, will begin Mandarin classes in September—as a pupil in an ordinary class of students. He said: “One of my key tasks is to make sure pupils are aware of the realities of the 21st century and one is that China has the fastest growing economy.” Mandarin is getting more and more popular. There is a growing number of students taking language examinations. It is predicted that if that level of growth continues, the studying of Mandarin in the UK could overtake Spanish in less than five years. 1. What does “it” at the beginning of the passage refer to? A. Teaching Mandarin in British schools. B. Chinese economy C. Doing business with China D. Studying Latin, Spanish and French 2. What is important for a company to be in a more advanced position in international trade? A. Going to Brighton College to study Mandarin. B. Catching up with the fastest growing economy. C. Paying no attention to the world economy. D. Doing business with China. 3. What are the students in Brighton College required to do from autumn? A. They are required to study Mandarin. B. They are required to study Mandarin and one other