Therearetenblanksinthefollowingpassage.Foreachnumberedblank，therearefourchoicesmarkedA，B，CandD.ChoosethebestoneandmarkyouranswerontheANSWERSHEETwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Onafour-daytriptoEthiopia，Ihadadream.Inmydream，Isawtwomen，oneolderandoneyounger，facingoneanotheragainstabackgroundoftemplesandpyramids.Thefatherwasspeakingasheperformedtheoilceremonyforhisson.Ibecameexcitedinthepossibilityofperformingavisitingceremony______mysoninAfrica.ForthenextsixdaysIprivatelywonderedwhat______touseinsuchacere?mony.Graduallythewords_______me.BythetimewearrivedinCairo，Iwasready.ItoldmysonthattherewasaceremonyIwantedto_____himinthetombsinEgypt.Hiseyesshonewith_______.ButIwonderedifhewouldstillbereceptiveaftermynextstatement.InthedreamIrememberedthatthesonwasoiled，asit______，withadrysubstance.Itookthistomeanthatpowder________oilwasused.Butwhatpowder?Iruledoutgroundgrassandflowers，andfinallysettledonsand.SandrepresentstheSahara，andsandalso_____theremainsoftheancientpeopleofEgypt.‘Thatmadephilosophical_____tome，butintherealworld，youngadultsoralmostanybodyforthatmatter，______disinclinedtohavesandpouredontheirhair.

1.A.forB.andC.asD.with

2.A.wordsB.wordC.tongueD.language

3.A.broughttoB.wenttoC.cametoD.arrivedto

4.A.gowithB.enjoywithC.takewithD.performwith

5.A.anticipationB.trembleC.horrorD.terror

6.A.isB.wereC.beingD.was

7.A.ratherthanB.otherthanC.thatwasD.rathertoo

8.A.lieB.implyC.layD.contains

9.A.nameB.senseC.reputationD.beauty

10.A.areB.isC.wasD.were

Questions11-15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Becauseofitspotentialforcuttingcosts，thedistributionstepinthemarketingprocessisreceivingmoreattention.Distributioninvolveswarehousing，transportingandkeepinginventoryofmanufacturedproducts.Takeaneverydayproductlikefabricsoftener.Afteritcomesofftheassemblyline，it’spackedincartonsandtruckedtowarehousesaroundthecountry.Whenorderscomeinfromretailers，thefabricsoftenerisdeliveredtosupermarketshelves.Thisisdistribution.

Probablythemostcrucialareaforcontrollingcostsisinventory.Companiesdon’twanttooverproduceandhaveunsoldstockoftheirproductpiledupinwarehouses.Wholesalecompaniesandlargeretailchainsemployseveraltechniquesforinventorycontrol.Thisiswherethecomputerrevolutionreallyhadanimpact.Computerizedinformationsystemsgivepreciseandup-to-dateaccountsofinventoryonhand.Andthefieldofdistributionoffersgoodentry-leveljobsforpersonswithtrainingincomputerprogrammingordataprocessing.

Overseeingthewholeareaofdistributionisthedistributionmanager.Thisjobisbecomingincreasinglyimportantandcanleadtoanexecutiveposition.

11.Accordingtothepassage，whyisthedistributionstepinmarketinggettingmoreattention?

A.Itiswherecompaniesresearchanddevelopnewproducts.

B.Itiswherecompaniescancutcosts.

C.Itiswhereemployeescanupdatetheircomputerskills.

D.Itprovidesjobsforcollegegraduates.

12.Whydoesthewritermentionfabricsoftener?

A.Toadvertiseanewproduct.

B.Toshowhowcompaniessetthepriceofanitem.

C.Toexplainwhycompaniesmustkeepcostsdown.

D.Toillustratehowthedistributionprocessworks.

13.Whyisinventorycontrolsoimportant?

A.Itisessentialforcontrollingcosts.

B.Itcanleadtoanexecutiveposition.

C.Ithelpscompaniesoverproduce.

D.Itrequireslittleornotraining.

14.Whyarecomputersimportantindistribution?

A.Theycanaccuratelyreportoninventory.

B.Theyprovidegoodtrainingincomputerprogramming.

C.Theymakeiteasierformanagerstosupervisepeople.

D.Theytrainpeopleforexecutivepositions.

15.Whatisthispassagemainlytalkingabout?

A.Theuseofcomputersforsaleofproducts

B.Thedistributionstepinthemarketingprocess

C.Costcontrolininventoryofaproduct

D.Wholesaleandretailchainsofaproduct

参考答案：1.D2.A3.C4.D5.A6.B7.A8.D9.B10.A11.B12.D13.A14.A15.B