全国2010年1月高等教育自学考试电子商务英语试题4

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Have you ever been in a meeting while someone was making a speech and realized suddenly that your mind was a million miles away？ You probably felt sorry and made up your mind to pay attention and never have daydreaming again. Most of us， from earliest school days， have been told that daydreaming is a waste of time.“On the contrary，” says L. Giambra， an expert in psychology， “daydreaming is quite necessary. Without it， the mind couldn‘t get done all the thinking it has to do during a normal day……You can’t possibly do all your thinking with a conscious min D. Instead， your unconscious mind is working out problems all the time. Daydreaming then may be one way that the unconscious and conscious states of mind have silent dialogues.”

    Early experts in psychology paid no attention to the importance of daydreams or even considered them harmful. At one time daydreaming was thought to be a cause of some mental illnesses. They did not have a better understanding of daydreams until the late 1980s. Eric Klinger， a professor of psychology， is the writer of the book Daydreaming. Klinger says， “We know now that daydreaming is one of the main ways that we organize our lives， learn from our experiences， and plan for our futures…… Daydreams really are a window on the things we fear and the things we long for in life.”

    Daydreams are usually very simple and direct， quite unlike sleep dreams， which may be hard to understan D. It‘s easier to gain a deep understanding of your life by paying close attention to your daydreams than by trying to examine your sleep dreams carefully. Daydreams help you recognize the difficult situations in your life and find out a possible way of handling them. Daydream cannot be predicted； they move off in unexpected directions which may be creative and full of useful ideas. For many famous artists and scientists， daydreams were and are a main source of creative energy. So the next time you catch yourself daydreaming， don’t stop. Just pay attention to your dream. It may be more important than you think. 37. Which of the following is a case of daydreaming？

    A. You are in a meeting and make up your mind to pay attention. B. You are in a meeting and someone is making a speech. C. You are in a meeting and you are not listening to the speaker. D. You are in a meeting and you are giving a speech. 38. Daydreaming used to be considered _____. A. very simple and direct B. unimportant or even harmful C. a necessary part of thinking D. the result of an unconscious mind 39. Compared with sleep dreams， _____. A. daydreams are easier for us to understand. B. daydreams are not so easy for us to control and direct. C. daydreams help to develop an unconscious mind. D. daydreams help us to handle more difficult situations. 40. The writer of the article thinks that _____. A. Professor Eric Klinger has a better idea than L. Giambra B. daydreaming with an unconscious mind will do good to health C. daydreaming is more helpful than sleep dreams D. many artists and scientists are famous because they have daydreams

四、单词汉译英（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）根据给出的汉语词义和规定的词类写出相应的英语单词。每词的部分字母已给出。请将整个单词写在答题纸上。

    41. 保险；保险费 n. i _ su _ _ _ c e 42. 收入；岁入 n. re_ _ n _ _ 43. 保证 v. & n. gu_ r _ _ t _ _ 44. 证实；确认 v. c_ _ f _ _ m 45. 转移；调动 v. tr_ _ _ f _ _ 46. 基金；经费 n. f _ _ d 47. 尝试，试图，努力 v. att _ _ p _ 48. 可用的，可获得的 adj. av _ _ l _ ble 49. 口令，密码 n. pa _ _ w _ _ d 50. 抵押 v. & n. m _ _ t _ _ ge 51. 报答，报偿，奖赏 n. & v. r _ w_ _ d 52. 卖主，卖方 n. v _ _ dor 53. 流行；货币 n. c_ rr _ _ _ y 54. 商品；货品 n. m_ _ ch _ _ dise 55. 幸存；比…长命 v. s _ _ vi _ _

    五、单词英译汉 （本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

    56. online marketing 57. financial transaction 58. customer service 59. dispute resolution 60. intangible benefit 61. balance sheet 62. DigiCash 63. global market 64. web server 65. Federal Express 66. search engines 67. information network 68. place an order 69. smart cards 70. net loss