商务英语试卷A样稿

一． MultipleChoice单选(10*1’)
1.Over the past 20 years, the Internet helped change our world in_____way or another for the better.

A.any B. one C. every D. either
2.A person ______ e-mail account is full won’t be able to send orreceive any e-mails.

A.who B. whom C. whose D. whoever
3.It is reported that the police will soon ____ the case of two missingchildren.

A.look upon B. look after C. look into D. look out 4. ---- Sorry,I have to ______ now. It’s time for class.

----OK, I’ll call back later.

A.hang up B. break up C. give up D. hold up
5.It is often _____ that human beings are naturally equipped to speak.

6.Try on this red skirt; you will look great _____it.

A.on B. by C. in D. for
7.I’m trying to break the _______ of getting up too late.

A.tradition B. habit C. convenience D. leisure 8. ----May I openthe window to let in some fresh air?

----________
A.Come on B. Take care C. Go ahead! D. Hold on!

9.How much ________ she looked without her glasses!

A.Well B. good C. best D. better
10.I was out of town at the time, so I don’t know exactly how it_______.

A.was happening B. happened C. happens D. has happened

二． Gap-filling词汇填空(10*2’)
1.We shall accumulate new experience and try new solutions as newproblems _________.

2.In considering people for jobs, we give _________ to those with someexperience. 3. The UK is targeting the fast-growing Gulf as a_________ for trade development alongwith India and China.

4.Do you have a _________ or price-list or something that tells meabout your company?

5.The survey of more than 6,000 Australian adults showed that men, lesseducated people and migrants _________ more _________ attach a stigmato depression, Australian news agency AAP reported.

6.For all the information and contents that declared by the applicantsshould BE consideredas the formal and _________ presentation.

7.Before we wrap up everything, I’d like to add a clause to thecontract. I am not__________________ the verbal agreement.

8.Only when function and style _________ perfectly does a great classicemerge. 9. _________ _________ is the difference between the actualcost for acquiring a targetfirm versus the estimate made of its value before the acquisition.

10.Politicians should not _________ _________ business affairs thatmight affect theirpolitical judgement.

三． ReadingComprehension阅读(20*1’)
GoodTable Manners
Mannersplay an important part in making a favorable impression at the dinnertable. Here are some general rules:
Napkin（餐巾）use

Themeal begins when the host unfolds his or her napkin. This is yoursignal to do the same, so place your napkin on your lap. Unfold itcompletely if it is a small napkin, or in half, lengthwise（纵向地）,ifit is a large dinner napkin.

Ifyou need to leave the table during the meal, place your napkin onyour chair as a signal to your server that you will be returning.Once the meal is over, place your napkin neatly on the table to theright of your dinner plate. Do not refold it.

Usea napkin only for your mouth. Never use it for your nose, face orforehead.

Useof utensils（餐具）
Startwith the knife, fork or spoon furthest from your plate, and work yourway in, using one utensil for each course.

Ifsoup is served, remember to spoon away from yourself. This helps stopthe drips. Do not put the entire soup spoon in your mouth. Instead,fill a soup spoon about 75 percent with soup, and sip（啜饮）itfrom the side noiselessly.

Afterfinishing dinner, place the knife and fork parallel to one anotheracross the plate with the knife facing inward toward the plate.

Usingyour fingers
Here'sa list of finger foods: sandwiches, cookies, small fruits or berrieswith stems, French fries and potato chips, and hamburgers.

Chew（咀嚼）withyour mouth closed and don't make noise; don't talk with your mouthfull.

Breadmust be broken with your hands. It is never cut with a knife.

Don'tpick something out of your teeth. Instead, excuse yourself to thebathroom. If possible, try not to cough at the table.

Donot put your elbows（肘）onthe table. In France, it is essential to have both hands above thetable at the same time.

Donot put bones or anything else on the table. Things that are noteaten should be put on your plate.

1.Where is the napkin normally placed during the meal? A. On yourchair.

B.On the table.

C.On your lap.

D.On your plate.

2.The napkin is used only for _______.

A.your forehead
B.your mouth
C.your nose
D.your face
3.Which utensil is used first?

A.The knife.

B.The fork.

C.The spoon.

D.The one farthest from the plate.

4.All of the following are finger foods except _______.

A.soup
B.sandwiches
C.cookies
D.hamburgers
5.Which of the following shows good table manners? A. Talking with yourmouth full.

B.Putting bones on your plate.

C.Putting your elbows on the table.

D.Chewing with your month open.

SavingMoney
Whereyou save your money often depends on what you are saving for. If youare saving to buy a CD(光盘)orto go to a concert, then probably you would keep your money somewherein your room.

Ifyou ale saving for a big purchase like a mountain bike or a schooltrip, where would you save your money?

Oneplace to save money is the bank. Putting your money in a savingsaccount will help your money earn more money. If you put your moneyin a piggy bank(猪形储蓄罐),one year later you'11 still have the same amount of money you put in.If you put your money in a savings account, one year later, you'llhave more money than you put in. Why?

Whenyou keep your money in a bank, your money earns interest. Interest isan amount of money a bank pays you to use your money. The bank usesyour money (and the money of other people too) to loan money topeople and businesses.

Thebank will send you a statement several times a year. A bank statementtells you how much money you have in your account It also tells youhow much interest you have earned If you leave your money in thebank, you can watch it grow! Another way you can save money is to buya certificate of deposit or CD. If you have some money that you don'tneed to use for a long time, this is a good way to make your moneygrow. You Can buy a CD at a bank You agree not to use the money for acertain period of time That period might be from six months to fiveyears. You can't touch your money during that time. If you do, youmust pay a penalty or fee.

6.Your money will earn more money if you put it _______.

A.in your room
B.in a piggy bank
C.in your pocket
D.in a savings account
7.A bank pays you interest for _______.

Awasting your money
Blosing your money
Cusing your money
Ddecreasing your money
8.Among other things, a bank statement tells you _______.

A.the amount of money you have in the bank
B.the current rates of interest
C.the current rates of exchange
D.the best way to save your money
9.If you draw your money before it is due, you will have to _______.

A.pay interest to the bank
B.close your account
C.open a new account
D.pay a penalty or fee
10.The word “touch" in paragraph 5 could be best replaced by_______.

A.“deposit”
B.“lend”
C.“use”
D.“cash”
Cantrees talk? Yes, but not in words. Scientists have reason to believethat trees

docommunicate (交际)with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprisingthings. First a willow tree attacked in the woods by caterpillars(毛虫)changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terriblethat they got tired of the leaves and stopped eating them. Then evenmore astonishing, the tree sent out a special smell---a signal (信号)causing its neighbors to change the chemistry of their own leaves andmake them less tasty.

Communication,of course, doesn’t need to be in words. We can talk to each otherby smiling, raising our shoulders and moving our hands. We know thatbirds and animals use a whole vocabulary of songs, sounds, andmovements. Bees dance their signals, flying in certain patterns thattell other bees where to find nectar (花蜜)for honey. So why shouldn’t trees have ways of sending message?

11.It can be concluded from the passage that caterpillars do not feed onleaves that ______.

A.are lying on the ground
B.have an unpleasant taste
C.bees don’t like
D.have an unfamiliar shape
12.The willow tree described in the passage protected itself by ______.

A.growing more branches
B.communicating with birds and bees
C.changing its leaf chemistry
D.shaking caterpillars off
13.According to the passage, the willow tree was able to communicatewith other trees by______.

A.waving its branches

B.giving off a special smell
C.dropping its leaves
D.changing the color of its trunk
14.According to this passage, bees communicate by ______.

A.making special movement
B.touching one another
C.smelling one another
D.making unusual sound
15.The author believes that the incident described in the passage______.

A.cannot be taken seriously
B.should no longer be permitted
C.must be checked more thoroughly
D.seems completely reasonable
Schoolingand Education
Itis commonly believed in the United States that school is where peoplego to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that todaychildren interrupt their education to go to school. The distinctionbetween schooling and education implied by this remark is important.

Educationis much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Educationknows no limits. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower orin the job, whether in a kitchen or in a theatre. It includes boththe formal learning that takes place in schools and the wholeuniverse of informal learning. The agents of education can range froma respected grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio,from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has acertain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. Achance conversation with a

strangermay lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions.People are engaged in education from infancy（婴儿期）on.Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is alifelong（一生）process,a process that starts long before the start of school, and one thatshould be an integral（基础）partof one's entire life.

Schooling,on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose generalpattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout acountry, children arrive at school at approximately the same time,take assigned（指定）seats,are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, takeexams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned,whether they are words or an understanding of the working ofgovernment, have usually been limited by the boundaries of thesubject being taught. For example, high school students know thatthey are not likely to find out in their classes the truth aboutpolitical problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakersare experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding theformalized process of schooling.

16.Which of the following is true according to the author?

A.School is the place where people get informal education B. Educationmeans schooling
C.Education can be both formal and informal
D.Going to school is the only way to receive education 17. Education isdifferent from schooling in that ______.

A.the former is predictable while the latter is not
B.the former is specific while the latter is not
C.the former is a formalized process while the latter is not
D.the former is more open-ended and all-inclusive than the latter 18.When does education begin?

A.Before one enters school
B.After one enters school
C.After one graduates from college
D.After one retires from work
19.The fact that children arrive at school at about the same time showsthat ______.

A.schooling imposes a lot of strain on the students B. schooling has aclear boundary
C.schooling follows more or less the same pattern.

D.schooling includes different aspects of learning 20. What is theauthor's attitude toward schooling?

A.Positive
B.Negative
C.Neutral（中立）
D.Supportive
Translation—Englishto Chinese英译汉(5*3’)四．

1.If producers can substitute a cheaper foreign source of laborrelative to the domestic wage rate, many will choose to move theirproduction overseas, creating increased unemployment.

假如生产者能够用廉价外国劳动力来替换中国资源，很多生产者将会选择把

她们生产转移至海外，从而造成失业率上升。

2.Business strategy generally has four parts: 1) strategy audit; 2)strategic selection of core business portfolio and capability; 3)core business strategies; and 4) organizational change.

企业战略大致有四个部分：1）战略审计；2）关键业务组合和能力战略选择；

3）关键业务战略；4）组织变革。

3.Customers sometimes doubt corporate environmental claims. To avoidconsumer backlash,Patagonia publishes the results of its internal environmentalassessment.

用户有时候会怀疑企业环境主张。为了避免用户猛烈反应，巴塔哥尼亚企业

公布了其内部环境评定结果。

4.As we are all different, and our perceptions are different, theprocess of communicatingeffectively with other people is rather difficult at times.

因为我们人人全部不一样，我们观念不一样，和她人有效沟通常常会碰到困难。5.The automotive industry had to go through a similar structuralmigration by engagingin cost-cutting, restructuring, and reengineering.

汽车行业必需进行类似结构化改革，进行成本削减，重组和再造

五． Translation—Chineseto English汉译英(15’)
理智购置是一个主动方法，能够让你钱更值钱。你购置一件物品或一份服务

方法真能够给你节省钱或多花钱。以吹风机作一个简单例子。假如你要买一个吹

风机，当你选了一个外观你很喜爱而且价格又是最廉价，你一定认为你买了最好

东西。不过，当你把它买回家，你才发觉它要花两倍于较贵吹风机所花时间来吹

干你头发。电费加上你时间成本很可能使你吹风机成为最贵。

Shoppingrationally is a positive way to make your money more valuable.The wayyou buy something or some service can actually save you money orspend more. Make a simple example of a hairdryer. If you want to buya hairdryer, when you choose a hairdryer with a favourite look and acheapest price, you must think you get the best one.But when you getit home, you find it will take twice times more expensive to dry yourhair. The cost of electricity and your time is more likely to makeyour hairdryer the most expensive one.

六． Writing作文(20’)
Inthis section, you are asked to write a composition entitled HarmfulEffect of Pirated Software on the Society. Your writing should beabout 100-150 words and based on the following outline:
1.盗版软件已对社会产生了不良影响
2.盗版软件泛滥原因
3.怎样阻止盗版软件

Weneed to stop Software Piracy

Nowadays,Chinahas often been criticized for the rampant practice of softwarepiracy. We operate on pirated Windows systems, PC securitysoftwares, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, and etc. It’s noexaggeration that pirated software is everywhere.

Thereasons why pirated software has run wild are as follows. First,there is a huge profit behind it. Each pirated disc will produce 50%of the profit. Second, there is no very strict law to control thepirated software. That last reason is that education or publicity hasfallen behind. People are not aware of the harm which piratedsoftware would bring to the market and they like to buy it.

Despitethese apparent benefits, the practice of software piracy should bebanned, bec ause it represents unfair competition and by nature it’sa no-win situation. But how? T wo approaches are to be taken at thesame time: Technically, software developers sho uld enhance theirantipiracy engineering, so that cracking the software should be virtually impossible. And legally, our government should also tighten itsantipiracy laws a nd toughen up the penalties, so that violationsshould be costly.