2011年成人高考全国统一考试高起点英语真题试卷

    The mail-order business is very wide-spread. Some companies hire people to show products listed in the catalogue to possible customers. Perhaps you have had one of these people call you or come by your home. 

    Pay later on. Some companies allow a customer to pay for a product over a long period of time. People can also pay a certain percent of the total price. This is called a down payment. Then the customer pays a certain amount of money every month until the product is completely paid for. People can buy almost everything by mail-order shopping-furniture, tools and even heavy machines. 

47. People prefer to buy things by mail-order because            . 

A. they think the price is lower 

B. they enjoy the shopping service 

C. they can get catalogue they want 

D. they can buy things from big companies 

48. What do we know about mail-order business from the text? 

A. Mail-order shops is very common nowadays. 

B. Mail-order companies respect their customers. 

C. Shopping by mail causes trouble to old people. 

D. Companies spend a lot of money sending catalogues. 

49. What might be a big problem for mail-order customers? 

A. It's possible to get what they don't like. 

B. It's easy to buy more than they can pay for. 

C. They may fail to get what they have paid for. 

D. They will wait for a long time to get the product. 

50. What does "down payment" in the last paragraph mean? 

A. The money a customer saves each month. 

B. The money a customer pays for a product. 

C. Part of the total cost a customer pays first. 

D. Part of the total cost a customer saves. 

五、补全对话(共5句;每句满分为3分，共15分。)

提示:Tom询问秘书Alice有无留言，秘书告诉他Mr. White希望将会面时间改在周五下午三点。不巧，Tom那时要去北京出差，但他周四下午有空。

(Tom=T; Alice=A) 

T: Good afternoon, Alice.  51  ? 

A: Yes. Mr. White called and he wanted to change  52  . 

T: Oh? When does he plan to come then? 

A:  53   . 

T: Well, I don't think it's a good time. I'll  54  this Friday. 

A: Shall I call him back and fix a time again? 

T: Sure. 

A: What time is good for you then? 

T: Let me see. Thursday afternoon  55  . 

A: All right. I’ll call him right away. 

T: Thanks. 

六、书面表达(满分30分)

假设你是李华。写信邀请你的关国朋友John参加玉龙山露营活动，信中主要包括以下内容

注意：1.开头已为你写好

2.词数应为100左右

Dear John, 

    We are going camping on Yulong Mountain this weekend.                           

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