Ⅱ.Reading Comprehension:(2×15=30)
Directions: Read the three following passages and then choose the best
answer to each question.
(1)
On November 17,1997,He Guangwei, director e of the National Tourism Administrati(NTA), signed an agreement in Washington with Jonathan Linen, vice-chairman of the American Express, designating the American Express Card as China’s tourist credit card for 1998 to 2000. This is the second time the
card has won this honor.
“Since the American Express Card was designated for the first time in 1994, it has played an important
role in China’s tourism,” said Director He at the signing ceremony.
Over recent years, the number of tourists using the American Express Card to handle business,
tourism and activities related to work in China has increased. According to Bank of China statistics, the
amount of business using American Express Cards occupies 45 percent of the accounts signed with
foreign credit cards. In addition,the number of accounts signed with the card by overseas tourists stands
at 15 percent of China’s tourist income in foreign exchange.
In order to develop China’s tourism, the American Express and the NTA carried out a series of market
promotion activities in North America, including distributing a million copies of the 24-page World of
Wonders —— Hong Kong and China in North America. The American Express has enthusiastically supported China’s tourism education and training. In 1992, in cooperation with the Beijing Tourism
College, it established the tourism training center which has successfully trained more than 600 tourism
administrative personnel.
The new agreement marked the further strengthening of cooperation between the American Express and the NTA. It is also one of the important plans by both parties to boost the long-term development of China“The American company has a wide tourism network in China and we are very honored to be able to make contributions to China’s tourism,” said Linen.
At present, the company has four offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xiamen and 30 tourist service centers in 22 cities offering tour and credit card services, including reissuing lost cards, reporting missing travel checks, consultation, settling of card accounts, handling customers’ post and other services.
21.According to the information given, we can safely say the American Express Card has been used in China
for ______.
A.three years B.four years C.six years D.eight years
22.According to the article, the following statements are true except ____.
A.American Express Card has won the honor of being assigned the credit card for use in China for the
second time
B.55 percent of the accounts signed with foreign credit cards are not occupied by using American
Express Card
C.the number of tourists using the American Express Card in China in tourism and other areas has been
on the rise
D.only the American Express Card is being permitted to use in China in business, tourism and other
related activities
23.The American Express is doing the following services in China except ____.
A.handling customer’s post services B.dealing with loans to businesses
C.settling of annual card accounts D.reporting missing travel checks
24.We can infer from the article that one of the best ways for tourism market promotion is to ____.
A.send out large numbers of brochures
B.designate only one foreign credit card
C.increase the use of American Express Card
D.handle business in foreign exchange
25.We can predict that the effect of the signing of the agreement with the American Express on China’s
tourism will be _____.
A.temporary B.complicated C.superficial D.long-termed本新闻共 6页,当前在第 2页 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
