西南大学1912课程考试[0848]《高级英语一》大作业（资料）

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西南大学网络与继续教育学院课程考试试题卷

类别：网教                                  2019年 12 月
  课程名称【编号】： 高级英语一 【0848】               B卷
& Q' x+ G9 I1 Q; a, L( X: Y大作业                                      满分：100 分
6 c4 F6 m  P+ e5 K9 `; N6 Z________________________________________
+ Z: b9 W2 t# @Exercise 1                E-C Translation (1x30=30)
; ]1 y6 s( ~/ Z( m% _- ?. U  BChoose any one of the following passages to translate into Chinese.
/ k4 p8 ]5 W4 P6 g$ \Passage 1 (From Unit 1)
! V( ?9 _% a/ a% t. GObviously no one can be a whiz at everything. In fact, success in one area often precludes success in another. Certain kinds of success can indeed be destructive. The danger of too early success is particularly acute whenever a child demonstrates special talent. I recall from my childhood a girl whose skill on ice skates marked her as “Olympic material”. While the rest of us were playing, bicycling, reading, making things and just loafing, this girl skated — every day after school and all weekend. Her picture often appeared in the papers, and the rest of us envied her glamorous life. Years later, however, she spoke bitterly of those early triumphs. “I never prepared myself for anything but the ice,” she said, “I peaked at 17 — and it’s been downhill ever since.”
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Passage 2 Passage 2 (From Unit 3)
* q( ?4 _+ z$ L% A0 @If you look around you at the men and women whom you can call happy, you will see that they all have certain things in common. The most important of these things is an activity which at most times is enjoyable on its own account, and which, in addition, gradually builds up something that you are glad to see coming into existence. Women who take an instinctive pleasure in their children can get this kind of satisfaction out of bringing up a family. Artists and authors and men of science get happiness in this way if their own work seems good to them. But there are many humbler forms of the same kind of pleasure. Many men who spend their working life in the city devote their week-ends to voluntary and unremunerated toil in their gardens, and when the spring comes they experience all the joys of having created beauty.

Passage 3 (From Unit 15)
The race will intensify year by year — with far-reaching impacts on society. Who “owns” the bottom of the ocean and the marine life that covers it? As ocean mining becomes feasible and economically advantageous, we can expect the resource balance among nations to shift. The Japanese already extract 10,000,000 tons of coal each year from underwater mines; tin is already being ocean-mined by Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Before long nations may go to war over patches of ocean bottom. We may also find sharp changes in the rate of industrialization of what are now resource-poor nations.
6 J" c$ O0 J- h. [" T3 nExercise 2                Skimming and Scanning (10x3=30)
In this part, you are required to go over the passage quickly.
For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A. B. C and D.
# W4 m  O: k2 o( C/ F/ YFor questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
1.        Television is attractive advertising medium in that ________.
0 L7 t" ^" X2 c# p5 e8 n* W        A. it has large audiences                B. it appeals to housewives
        C. it helps build up a company’s reputation                D. it is affordable to most advertisers
2 {; r9 F' z; P0 Z  C% \; Q& W2.        With the increase in the number of TV channels, ________.
3 l$ m+ v3 E" y5 ~8 V- u$ y: y, x        A. the cost of TV advertising has decreased                B. the number of TV viewers has increased
        C. the number of TV ads people has increased         D. advertisers’ interest in other media has decreased
3.        Compared with television, newspaper as an advertising medium ________.
7 c1 `/ c  i4 X& h+ z- W        A. earn a larger annual ad revenue                B. convey more detailed messages
        C. use more production techniques                D. get messages out more effectively
* i+ D. G* s  k! P4.        Advertising on radio continues to grow because ________.
        A. more local radio stations have been set up                B. modern technology makes it more entertaining
$ d2 B$ [+ D  Z        C. it provides easy access to consumers                D. it has been revolutionized by Internet radio
5.        Magazines are seen by advertisers as an efficient way to ________.
        A. reach target audiences                B. appeal to educated people
% S1 i5 V" c2 F8 U4 ~/ [1 P        C. attract diverse audiences                D. convey all kinds of messages
6 m& p3 d' w, T+ \. b1 y! m6.        Out-of-home advertising has become more effective because ________.
        A. billboard can be replaced within two hours  
        B. consumers travel more now than ever before
        C. such ads have been made much more attractive
+ n7 z- y, Z/ I0 [8 z2 V3 E        D. the pace of urban life is much faster nowadays
7.        The challenge to Internet advertisers is to create ads that are ________.
! s2 ?6 o! D; I" w        A. quick to update                B. pleasant to look at        C. easy to remember        D. convenient to access
8.        Internet advertisers will have to adjust their methods to reach audiences that tend to be ___________.
9 F3 N6 |: X$ B& g( R5 |) ?9.        Direct mail is an effective form of advertising for businesses to develop __________.
4 Y+ ?8 z5 }& ]6 X& W3 M' a) z10.        This passage discusses how advertisers select __________ for advertisements.
Media Selection for Advertisements
        After determining the target audience for a product or service, advertising agencies must select the appropriate media for the advertisement. We discuss here the major types of media used in advertising. We focus our attention on seven types of advertising: television, newspapers, radio, magazines, out-of-home advertising, Internet, and direct mail.   
Television
( P/ I. k" w' b( d        Television is an attractive medium for advertising because it delivers mass audiences to advertisers. When you consider that nearly three out of four Americans have seen the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? You can understand the power of television to communicate with a large audience. When advertisers create a brand, for example, they want to impress consumers with the brand and its image. Television provides an ideal vehicle for this type of communication. But television is an expensive medium, and not all advertisers can afford to use it.   
$ H. E: W" x0 G6 K        Television’s influence on advertising is fourfold. First, narrowcasting means that television channels are seen by an increasingly narrow segment of the audience. The Golf Channel, for instance, is watched by people who play golf. Home and Garden Television is seen by those interested in household improvement projects. Thus, audiences are smaller and more homogeneous than they have been in the past. Second, there is an increase in the number of television channels available to viewers, and thus, advertisers. This has also resulted in an increase in the sheer number of advertisements to which audiences are exposed. Third, digital recording devices allow audience members more control over which commercials they watch. Fourth, control over programming is being passed from the networks to local cable operators and satellite programmers.   
Newspaper
! t  g, H3 A" x* k        After television, the medium attracting the next largest annual ad revenue is newspapers. The New York Times, which reaches a national audience, accounts for $1 billion in ad revenue annually, it has increased its national circulation by 40% and is now available for home delivery in 168 cities. Locally, newspapers are the largest advertising medium.
" ^/ k' r4 r/ G" T4 {        Newspapers are a less expensive advertising medium than television and provide a way for advertisers to communicate a longer, more detailed message to their audience than they can through 48 hours, meaning newspapers are also a quick way of getting the message out. Newspapers are often the most important form of news for a local community, and they develop a high degree of loyalty from local reader.   
Radio
        Advertising on radio continues to grow. Radio is often used in conjunction with outdoor bill-boards and the Internet to reach even more customers than television. Advertisers are likely to use radio because it is a less expensive medium than television, which means advertisers can afford to repeal their ads often. Internet companies are also turning to radio advertising. Radio provides a way for advertisers to communicate with audience members at all times of the day. Consumers listen to radio on their way to school or work, at work, on the way home, and in the evening hours.
8 m6 e# K! t+ r0 D2 }        Two major changes—satellite and Internet radio—will force radio advertisers to adapt their methods. Both of these radio forms allow listeners to tune in stations that are more distant than the local stations they could receive in the past. As a result, radio will increasingly attract target audiences who live many miles apart.   
1 d& D+ ]9 S3 J, P! d$ c1 iMagazines
        Newsweeklies, women’s titles, and business magazines have all seen increases in advertising because they attract the high-end market, magazines are popular with advertisers because of the narrow market that they deliver. A broadcast medium such as network television attracts all types of audience members, but magazine audiences are more homogeneous, if you read sports illustrated, for example, you have much in common with the magazine’s other readers. Advertisers see magazines as an efficient way of reaching target audience members.
        Advertiser using the print media—magazines and newspapers—will need to adapt to two main changes. First, the internet will bring larger audiences to local newspapers, these audiences will be more diverse and geographically dispersed than in the past. Second, advertisers will have to understand how to use an increasing number of magazines for their target audiences. Although some magazines will maintain national audiences, a large number of magazines will entertain narrower audiences.   
3 j" O# Y* }) H( s' T# j7 ^Out-of-home advertising
        Out-of-home advertising, also called place-based advertising, has become an increasingly effective way of reaching consumers, who are more active than ever before. Many consumers today do not sit at home and watch television. Using billboards, newsstands, and bus shelters for advertising is an effective way of reaching these on-the-go consumers. More consumers travel longer distances to and from work, which also makes out-of-home advertising effective, technology has changed the nature of the billboard business, making it a more effective medium than in the past.
        Using digital printing, billboard companies can print a billboard in 2 hours, compared with 6 days previously. This allows advertisers more variety in the types of messages they create because they can change their messages more quickly.   
: m2 V4 A1 c4 Y" FInternet
4 Y; \1 `, ]# N- g. \5 g! f0 T        As consumers become more comfortable with online shopping, advertisers will seek to reach this market as consumers get more of their news and information from the Internet, the ability of television and radio to get the word out to consumers will decrease. The challenge to Internet advertisers is to create ads that audience members remember.
        Internet advertising will play a more prominent role in organizations’ advertising in the near future. Internet audiences tend to be quite homogeneous, but small. Advertisers will have to adjust their methods to reach these audiences and will have to adapt their persuasive strategies to the online medium as well.   
8 A4 u& h  H* {$ u* G& ~, L: O9 W  |Direct mail
; C1 J0 N9 P. ?6 K        A final advertising medium is direct mail, which uses mailings to consumers to communicate a client’s message. Direct mail includes newsletters, postcards and special promotions. Direct mail is an effective way to build relationships with consumers. For many businesses, direct mail is the most effective form of advertising.
& H) F- M. [3 I) H& m. xExercise 3                Writing (1x40=40)
: \7 q7 n! s$ ^5 P7 A, `Write a composition of about 200 words on any one of the following topics:
* F% |* o* I/ g7 N9 J( I/ L% r: ~, J. UThe Advantages of Reading Extensively
* k; m$ s$ i" ~! M1 v3 P: [, FLife without Smart Phone
Easier Said Than Done
You are to write in three paragraphs.
        In the first paragraph, state clearly what your view is.
        In the second paragraph, support your view with details.
        In the last paragraph, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with a summary or suggestion.
        Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.