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《高級商務英語視聽說（二）》2023-2024學年第一學期期末試卷題號一二三四五六總分得分第一部分（共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分）1、ThatAmericanshavenohistorywhileChinesehavenofuturesounds________;ithasraisedathoughtprovokingquestion,though.A．artificialB．arbitraryC．allergicD．reluctant2、_____tomanagetimewisely,andyoucanmakethemostoutofeachday.A．LearningB．TolearnC．LearnedD．Learn3、Thecrazyfans________patientlyfortwohours,andtheywouldwaittillthemoviestararrived.A．werewaiting B．hadbeenwaitingC．hadwaited D．wouldwait4、Smoking______inthekitcheninmyhouse.A．doesn’tallowB．didn’tallowC．isn’tallowedD．won’tallow5、Dellaturnedallofherpocketsinsideoutonlytofind$1.87buyJimapresentforChristmas.A．withwhatto B．withthatshecan C．inwhichto D．withwhichto6、Guangdongprovincerolledoutnewguidelines,_____offensivenicknamesandonlineviolenceasschoolbullying.A．defining B．definedC．todefine D．havingdefined7、Havingpicturestocolorwillkeepchildren______forhours.A．amused B．amusingC．amuse D．toamuse8、Thegirlissuretobecomeagoodactress__________shegetstherighttraining.A．until B．if C．although D．unless9、Iwouldn’thavemissedthetrainifI______upearlier.A．got B．hadgot C．willget D．havegot10、Afterheconsultedwithhisprofessor，anideawasbeginningto____________inhismind.A．payoff B．takeshapeC．workout D．makeup第二部分閱讀理解（滿分20分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。AAndthentherewerenineThepasttwodecadeshaveseenastronomers’catalogueofplanetsexpandovertwohundredtimes,asnewtechniquesandbettertelescopeshavefoundmorethan2,000ofthemorbitingstarsotherthanthesun.Butinthesolarsystemitself,thelistofplanetshasactuallyshrunk,Pluto（冥王星）havingbeendowngradedfromthatstatusin2006.Thenumberofthesun’splanetarycompanionshasthusfallenfromninetoeight.Now,apairofastronomersfromtheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnologythinktheyhaveevidencethatwillrestorethesun’srecordtoitspreviousvalue.TheiranalysisofobjectsorbitingintheKuiperBelt（柯伊伯帶）,aringoffrozenasteroids（小行星）thatcirclebeyondtheorbitofNeptune(andofwhichPlutoisnowregardedasthelargestmember),suggeststothemthatsomethingabouttentimesasmassiveasEarthhaschangedthoseorbits.Ifyouknewwheretolook,thisplanet-sizedobjectwouldbevisiblethroughasuitabletelescope.AndKonstaninBatyginandMichaelBrownbelievetheydoknow.AstheywriteintheAstronomicaljournal,theyhaveanalyzedtheorbitsofKuiperBeltobjectsandfoundsixthatbehaveinapeculiarway.Asthediagramshows,thepointsofclosestapproachoftheseobjectstothesun,knownastheirperihelia（近日點）,almostcoincide.Moreover,theseperiheliaalllieneartheecliptic（黃道）theplaneofEarth’sorbitandalso,approximately,thatoftheotherplanetswhiletheobjects’orbitsareallangledat30°belowtheecliptic.Thechanceofallthisbeingacoincidence,thetworesearchersestimate,isaboutsevenin100,000.Ifitisnotacoincidence,itsuggeststhesixobjectshavebeenguidedintotheirorbitsbythegravitationalinterventionofsomethingmuchlarger.AcomputeranalysisDrBatyginandDrBrownperformedsuggeststhissomethingisaplanetweighing5-15timesasmuchasEarth,whoseperihelionisontheoppositesideofthesunfromthecluster,andwhichthusorbitsmainlyontheothersideofthesolarsystemfromtheobjectsitsorbithasaffected.Thisplanet’sperihelionwouldbe200timesfartherfromthesunthanEarth’s,andthefarendofitsorbitmightbeasmuchassixtimesthatdistanceaway.Thisgivesasearchzone,andDrBatyginandDrBrownareusingSubaru,aJapanesetelescope,toperformthatsearch.GivenotherdemandsonSubaru’stime,itmighttakefiveyearsforthissearchtofind(ornotfind)thehypotheticalplanet.Butlookingatsomeexistingdatafrom.TheWidefieldInfraredSurveyExplore,asatellite,mightalsoshowit,ifitistheretobeseen.Ironically,itwasDrBrownasmuchasanyonewhowasresponsibleforPluto’sdowngrading,forhediscoveredEris,anobjectalmostasbigasPluto,in2005.ThatdiscoverydidmuchtodamagePluto'splanetaryproof.Byhisownadmission,hewasskepticalthattheanomaliesheandDrBatyginhaveinvestigatedactuallywouldpointtotheexistenceofareplacementninthplanet.Heisaskepticnolonger.Whetherheisactuallyrightmaysoonbecomeapparent.1、AccordingtoDrBatyginandDrBrown’sresearch,itisquitepossiblethat________.A．PlutowillrestoreitsstatusasaplanetofthesolarsystemB．thesixobjectsintheKuiperBeltsharingsomesimilaritiesisamerecoincidenceC．therearenineplanetsinthesolarsystemD．Erisisareplacementninthplanetofthesolarsystem2、WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaboutthehypotheticalplanet?A．ItmayhavechangedtheorbitsofsixobjectsintheKuiperBelt.B．Youcanseeitthroughadomestictelescopeifyouknowwheretolook.C．Comparedtoearth,thedistancefromitsperiheliontothesunisabout200timeslarger.D．Asatellitemaybeabletoprovidesomeevidenceofitsexistence.3、Whatdoestheunderlinedwordanomaliesstandfor?A．Sixobjectsbehavinginapeculiarway.B．Pluto’sdowngrading.C．ThediscoveryofEris.D．Someexistingdata.4、Thepurposeofthethirdparagraphisto________.A．explainwhythescientistsbelievethereisanunfoundplanetB．showhowthescientistsanalyzetheorbitsofKuiperBeltobjectsC．tellusthattheperiheliaofthesixobjectsalmostcoincideD．introducethetwoscientists’articleintheAstronomicalJournalBScientistssayweareallbornwithaknackformathematics.Everytimewescanthecafeteriaforatablethatwillfitallofourfriends,we’reexercisingtheancientestimationcenterinourbrain.StanislasDehaenewasthefirstresearchertoshowthatthispartofthebrainexists.In1989,hemetMr.Nwhohadsufferedaseriousbraininjury.Mr.Ncouldn’trecognizethenumber5,oradd2and2.Buthestillknewthatthereare“about50minutes”inanhour.Dehaenedrewanimportantconclusionfromhiscase:theremustbetwoseparatemathematicalareasinourbrains.Oneareaisresponsibleforthemathwelearninschool,andtheotherjudgesapproximateamounts.Sowhatdoesthebrain’sestimationcenterdoforus?HarvardUniversityresearcherElizabethSpelkehasspentalotoftimeposingmathproblemstopreschoolers.Whenheasks5-year-oldstosolveaproblemlike21+30,theycan’tdoit.Buthehasalsoaskedthemquestionssuchas,“Sarahhas21candlesandgets30more.Johnhas34candles.Whohasmorecandles?”Itturnsoutpreschoolersaregreatatsolvingquestionslikethat.Beforethey’velearnedhowtodomathwithnumeralsandsymbols,theirbrains’approximationcentersarealreadyhardatwork.Afterwelearnsymbolicmath,dowestillhaveanyuseforourinbornmathsense?JustinHalberdaatJohnsHopkinsUniversitygaveusananswerinhisstudy.Hechallengedagroupof14-year-oldswithanapproximationtest:Thekidsstaredatacomputerscreenandsawgroupsofyellowandbluedotsflashby,tooquicklytocount.Thentheyhadtosaywhethertherehadbeenmorebluedotsoryellowdots.Theresearchersfoundthatmostwereabletoans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