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1、2023年福建考研英语考试考前冲刺卷（5） 本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。 一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.The horror stories are based on ______. A．Gothic fiction B．tales of evil C．love story D．both A and B 2.A word processor can be looked on as satisfying a need

2、 rather than a want if ______. A．it is used at home to do paper work B．it is used by a writer to type a novel C．it becomes the only means to an end D．a writer does not want to use it 3.Unsought goods ______. A．have to be new B．have to be standardized C．have to be promoted D．h

3、ave to be sent to consumers' homes 4.Staples( in the third paragraph) are commodities ______. A．that people are in constant need of B．that people do not really want C．that people want but don' t need D．that are convenient to purchase 5.Price may be no consideratio

4、n at all when customers buy ______. A．unsought goods B．specialty goods C．shopping goods D．consumer goods 6.Shopping goods that are considered as basically the same are those ______. A．that satisfy similar needs of the consumer B．that consumers don' t care where to buy them C．t

5、hat consumers spend much time to look for D．that can be found in nearly every shop 7.Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 Points) Text

6、 1 At an office in Hampton, Virginia, in the east of the United States, a team of ten net savvy workers sources the web for sexual content, from basic sex education to sex acts. This quality assurance team is making sure that the blocking component of Symantec’s Norton Internet Security 2000 c

7、omputer program remains effective. This is because there is widespread parental concern about blocking websites with sexual content from children. Website blocking is nothing new -- services like Net Nanny and programs like Cyber Patrol and Guard Dog have been around for a few years now, protecting

8、children and reassuring parents that only wholesome websites are accessed by the youngsters. Net Nanny and Cyber Patrol will prevent access to any questionable sites when the program is in place, Now Symantec says it has created a new category in consumer software with a package that combines websit

9、e blocking with a firewall, protecting your computer from hackers and viruses, as well as preventing careless disclosure of personal data. In short, Norton Internet Security, as the program is called, is designed to serve as the guardian of your digital health, keeping the bad things out and the pri

10、vate things in. The Symantec program can be configured in many ways, the website blocking, for example, can be set to be either selectively permissive or total in its banning of websites, or switched off entirely. Also, Symantec’s list of no-go areas, which on the CD now stand at around 36,000

11、 addressed, is not confined to sex sites. The team in Virginia is also on the lookout for sites advocating drags, or which contain references to violence or gambling, and keeps a watch on chat rooms, e-mail services, entertainment portals -- even job search and financial pages. These sites can be bl

12、ocked by the program. Computer users can also refresh the address list online with the Live update feature which is used by Norton Anti-Virus (which is bundled with NIS) to load the latest virus definitions. This service is free for the first year but, including virus definition updates; it costs $1

13、9.95 a year there-after. The system is not perfect, however. Limited testing found the blocking of some questionable sites was not comprehensive. Trying to get access to a well-known US site such as Playboy results in an immediate blocking message with a standard invitation to report an incorrectly

14、categorized site. By contrast, you could find in other countries such as New Zealand a sex site which declared itself to be dedicated to providing sexual material, imaged, and anything a little bit unusual for sex enthusiasts all over the country.Norton Internet Security functions to（） A．shield c

15、omputers from unexpected invasion. B．protect computers from being damaged. C．protect computers from being stolen. D．shield computers from being used properly. 8.Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B

16、, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 Points) Text 1 At an office in Hampton, Virginia, in the east of the United States, a team of ten net savvy workers sources the web for sexual content, from basic sex education to sex acts. This quality assurance team is making sure that the blockin

17、g component of Symantec’s Norton Internet Security 2000 computer program remains effective. This is because there is widespread parental concern about blocking websites with sexual content from children. Website blocking is nothing new -- services like Net Nanny and programs like Cyber Patrol

18、and Guard Dog have been around for a few years now, protecting children and reassuring parents that only wholesome websites are accessed by the youngsters. Net Nanny and Cyber Patrol will prevent access to any questionable sites when the program is in place, Now Symantec says it has created a new ca

19、tegory in consumer software with a package that combines website blocking with a firewall, protecting your computer from hackers and viruses, as well as preventing careless disclosure of personal data. In short, Norton Internet Security, as the program is called, is designed to serve as the guardian

20、 of your digital health, keeping the bad things out and the private things in. The Symantec program can be configured in many ways, the website blocking, for example, can be set to be either selectively permissive or total in its banning of websites, or switched off entirely. Also, Symantec’s

21、list of no-go areas, which on the CD now stand at around 36,000 addressed, is not confined to sex sites. The team in Virginia is also on the lookout for sites advocating drags, or which contain references to violence or gambling, and keeps a watch on chat rooms, e-mail services, entertainment portal

22、s -- even job search and financial pages. These sites can be blocked by the program. Computer users can also refresh the address list online with the Live update feature which is used by Norton Anti-Virus (which is bundled with NIS) to load the latest virus definitions. This service is free for the

23、first year but, including virus definition updates; it costs $19.95 a year there-after. The system is not perfect, however. Limited testing found the blocking of some questionable sites was not comprehensive. Trying to get access to a well-known US site such as Playboy results in an immediate blocki

24、ng message with a standard invitation to report an incorrectly categorized site. By contrast, you could find in other countries such as New Zealand a sex site which declared itself to be dedicated to providing sexual material, imaged, and anything a little bit unusual for sex enthusiasts all over th

25、e country.According to the passage, the NIS program（） A．is always free, so are the virus updates. B．is free, but the virus updates cost $19.95. C．costs $ 19.95 including the virus updates. D．costs $19.95 excluding the virus updates. 9.Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read th

26、e following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 Points) Text 1 At an office in Hampton, Virginia, in the east of the United States, a team of ten net savvy workers sources the web for sexual content, from basic sex educa

27、tion to sex acts. This quality assurance team is making sure that the blocking component of Symantec’s Norton Internet Security 2000 computer program remains effective. This is because there is widespread parental concern about blocking websites with sexual content from children. Website block

28、ing is nothing new -- services like Net Nanny and programs like Cyber Patrol and Guard Dog have been around for a few years now, protecting children and reassuring parents that only wholesome websites are accessed by the youngsters. Net Nanny and Cyber Patrol will prevent access to any questionable

29、sites when the program is in place, Now Symantec says it has created a new category in consumer software with a package that combines website blocking with a firewall, protecting your computer from hackers and viruses, as well as preventing careless disclosure of personal data. In short, Norton Inte

30、rnet Security, as the program is called, is designed to serve as the guardian of your digital health, keeping the bad things out and the private things in. The Symantec program can be configured in many ways, the website blocking, for example, can be set to be either selectively permissive or total

31、in its banning of websites, or switched off entirely. Also, Symantec’s list of no-go areas, which on the CD now stand at around 36,000 addressed, is not confined to sex sites. The team in Virginia is also on the lookout for sites advocating drags, or which contain references to violence or gam

32、bling, and keeps a watch on chat rooms, e-mail services, entertainment portals -- even job search and financial pages. These sites can be blocked by the program. Computer users can also refresh the address list online with the Live update feature which is used by Norton Anti-Virus (which is bundled

33、with NIS) to load the latest virus definitions. This service is free for the first year but, including virus definition updates; it costs $19.95 a year there-after. The system is not perfect, however. Limited testing found the blocking of some questionable sites was not comprehensive. Trying to get

34、access to a well-known US site such as Playboy results in an immediate blocking message with a standard invitation to report an incorrectly categorized site. By contrast, you could find in other countries such as New Zealand a sex site which declared itself to be dedicated to providing sexual materi

35、al, imaged, and anything a little bit unusual for sex enthusiasts all over the country.What do we know from the first paragraph（） A．The net savvy workers are interested in searching the web for sexual content. B．Parents want the workers to make sure that the blocking component works. C．Parents

36、across the world don't want the sexual websites to be blocked. D．Parents across the world worry that their children might get hurt by some websites. 10.Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or

37、D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 Points) Text 1 At an office in Hampton, Virginia, in the east of the United States, a team of ten net savvy workers sources the web for sexual content, from basic sex education to sex acts. This quality assurance team is making sure that the blocking compo

38、nent of Symantec’s Norton Internet Security 2000 computer program remains effective. This is because there is widespread parental concern about blocking websites with sexual content from children. Website blocking is nothing new -- services like Net Nanny and programs like Cyber Patrol and Gua

39、rd Dog have been around for a few years now, protecting children and reassuring parents that only wholesome websites are accessed by the youngsters. Net Nanny and Cyber Patrol will prevent access to any questionable sites when the program is in place, Now Symantec says it has created a new category

40、in consumer software with a package that combines website blocking with a firewall, protecting your computer from hackers and viruses, as well as preventing careless disclosure of personal data. In short, Norton Internet Security, as the program is called, is designed to serve as the guardian of you

41、r digital health, keeping the bad things out and the private things in. The Symantec program can be configured in many ways, the website blocking, for example, can be set to be either selectively permissive or total in its banning of websites, or switched off entirely. Also, Symantec’s list of

42、 no-go areas, which on the CD now stand at around 36,000 addressed, is not confined to sex sites. The team in Virginia is also on the lookout for sites advocating drags, or which contain references to violence or gambling, and keeps a watch on chat rooms, e-mail services, entertainment portals -- ev

43、en job search and financial pages. These sites can be blocked by the program. Computer users can also refresh the address list online with the Live update feature which is used by Norton Anti-Virus (which is bundled with NIS) to load the latest virus definitions. This service is free for the first y

44、ear but, including virus definition updates; it costs $19.95 a year there-after. The system is not perfect, however. Limited testing found the blocking of some questionable sites was not comprehensive. Trying to get access to a well-known US site such as Playboy results in an immediate blocking mess

45、age with a standard invitation to report an incorrectly categorized site. By contrast, you could find in other countries such as New Zealand a sex site which declared itself to be dedicated to providing sexual material, imaged, and anything a little bit unusual for sex enthusiasts all over the count

46、ry.Symantec might not block（） A．sex sites. B．violence site. C．gambling sites. D．shopping sites. 11.Text 2 An Asian engineer is assigned to a U. S. laboratory and almost suffers a nervous breakdown. A U.S. executive tells his staff he’s going to treat them fairly -- and creates dissensio

47、n. A Japanese manager is promoted by his American president, but within six months asks for a transfer. Each of these real-life cases involved people who were regarded as superior employees, but were ill-equipped to cope with the complexities and dangers of intercultural management. Multinational co

48、mpanies have studied everything else, now they’re finally looking at culture, says Clifford Clarke, founder and president of the California-based IRI International Inc. Never show the shoe to an Arab, never arrive in time for a party in Brazil, and in Japan, don’t think ’yes’

49、 means ’yes’, advise U. S. consultants Lennie Copland and Lewis Brown Griggs, who have produced a series of films and a book to help managers improve their international business skills. But simply learning the social dos and don’ts is not the answer, according to the new culture s

50、pecialists. The penalties for ignoring different thinking patterns, they point out, can be disastrous. For example, the American manager who promised to be fair thought he was telling his Japanese staff that their hard work would be rewarded, but when some workers received higher salary increases th

51、an others, there were complaints. You told us you’d be fair, and you lied to us, accused one salesman. It took me a year and a half, sighed the American, to realize that ’fair’, to my staff, meant being treated equally. The Asian engineer who suffered in America was the victim of a

52、nother mistaken expectation. He was accustomed to the warm group environment so typical in Japan, said his U.S. manager. But in our company, we’re all expected to be self-starters, who thrive on working alone. For him, it was emotional starvation. He’s made the adjustment now, but he&rsq

53、uo;d be humiliated if I told you his name, that’s another cultural difference. The Japanese manager who failed to respond to his promotion couldn’t bring himself to use the more direct language needed to communicate with his Boston-based superiors. I used to think all this talk about cul

54、tural communication was a log of baloney, says Eugene J. Flath, president of Intel Japan Ltd. , a subsidiary of the American semiconductor maker. Now, I can see it’s a real problem. Miscommunication has slowed our ability to coordinate action with our home office. That’s why Intel, with

55、the help of consultant Clarke, began an intercultural training program this spring which Flath expects will dramatically reduce decision-making time now lost in making sure the Americans and the Japanese understand each other.The promoted Japanese manager asked for a transfer because（） A．he was n

56、ot competent for the higher position. B．he was not accustomed to working by himself. C．he could not make the adjustment to his new job. D．he lacked adequate communication with his superior. 12.Text 2 An Asian engineer is assigned to a U. S. laboratory and almost suffers a nervous breakdown. A U.

57、S. executive tells his staff he’s going to treat them fairly -- and creates dissension. A Japanese manager is promoted by his American president, but within six months asks for a transfer. Each of these real-life cases involved people who were regarded as superior employees, but were ill-equip

58、ped to cope with the complexities and dangers of intercultural management. Multinational companies have studied everything else, now they’re finally looking at culture, says Clifford Clarke, founder and president of the California-based IRI International Inc. Never show the shoe to an Arab, ne

59、ver arrive in time for a party in Brazil, and in Japan, don’t think ’yes’ means ’yes’, advise U. S. consultants Lennie Copland and Lewis Brown Griggs, who have produced a series of films and a book to help managers improve their international business skills. But simply

60、 learning the social dos and don’ts is not the answer, according to the new culture specialists. The penalties for ignoring different thinking patterns, they point out, can be disastrous. For example, the American manager who promised to be fair thought he was telling his Japanese staff that t

61、heir hard work would be rewarded, but when some workers received higher salary increases than others, there were complaints. You told us you’d be fair, and you lied to us, accused one salesman. It took me a year and a half, sighed the American, to realize that ’fair’, to my staff,

62、meant being treated equally. The Asian engineer who suffered in America was the victim of another mistaken expectation. He was accustomed to the warm group environment so typical in Japan, said his U.S. manager. But in our company, we’re all expected to be self-starters, who thrive on working

63、alone. For him, it was emotional starvation. He’s made the adjustment now, but he’d be humiliated if I told you his name, that’s another cultural difference. The Japanese manager who failed to respond to his promotion couldn’t bring himself to use the more direct language nee

64、ded to communicate with his Boston-based superiors. I used to think all this talk about cultural communication was a log of baloney, says Eugene J. Flath, president of Intel Japan Ltd. , a subsidiary of the American semiconductor maker. Now, I can see it’s a real problem. Miscommunication has

65、slowed our ability to coordinate action with our home office. That’s why Intel, with the help of consultant Clarke, began an intercultural training program this spring which Flath expects will dramatically reduce decision-making time now lost in making sure the Americans and the Japanese under

66、stand each other.Why did the Japanese staff complain to the American manager（） A．The American manager had lied to them. B．The salary increases were insufficient. C．Most staff had not received salary increases. D．There was a misunderstanding of the word fair. 13.Text 2 An Asian engineer is assigned to a U. S. laboratory and almost suffers a nervous breakdown. A U.S. executive tells his staff he’s going to treat them fairly -- and creates dissension. A Japanese manager is promoted by