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2008~2009第一学期商务英语期末试卷

一、 单词翻译. 1’×20=20’

（1）中翻英

1.human resources manager 2.run out of 3.personnel 4.line manager 5.joint venture 6.head office 7.turnover 8.take place 9.over the counter 10.stationery (2) 英翻中

1.会计师 2有限责任公司 3大量生产 4达到平衡、趋于稳定 5副作用 6操作说明 7私有化 8命令、处方 9登记、注册 10义务、职责

二、 单项选择（根据每题的口信或留言条等，选出正确的一项）2`×1 0=20`1. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the conference will be postponed. A. The conference will take place as planned B. The conference will take not place

C. The conference will take place at a later date 2. For additional charges, please refer to page 10. You should turn to page 10 A. to see about possible discounts B. to find out about extra costs C. for information about the product

3. Tick if you wish to make an immediate purchase.

You have to tell the company if you want A. to buy the product B. more information

C. a production demonstration 4. Punctuality improves on bus services.

A. The quality of service is improving buses B. More buses are now running on time C. Buses are becoming cheaper to use

5. Mrs Rothe called ---she’s unavailable for the meeting tomorrow. Mrs Rothe will

A. be late for the meeting tomorrow

B. take part in the meeting tomorrow C. not be at the meeting tomorrow 6. European sales have recovered this year.

Compared to last year, European sales have A. improved B. remained steady C. decreased 7.Chris

Call Annette Pohl. She’s on her way to a meeting so try her mobile on 0486 366 57. Annette Pohl is in A. her office B. a meeting C. her car

8. Mr Ranson called while you were on the phone. He’ll try again this afternoon. Mr Ranson

A. promised to call back B. left a message C. was put through

9. Sales were good but distribution problems led to a slight drop in profits. The company had problems with

A. producing enough goods B. delivering enough goods C. selling enough goods

10. Delegates are asked to check out by 10.30 a.m. The delegates should leave their rooms

A. before half past ten B. at half past ten

C. earlier than half past eleven

三、 完形填空1.5`×12=18`

New call centre creates 2000 jobs in north-east

More good news. Barclays Bank is setting up a call in Sunderland(1) of the growth of its telephone banking service. This is a welcome decision for the north-east, (2)--- companies considered less attractive (3)--- regions such as London and Scotland in(4)---list of the best locations for call centres. Opening early next year, the centre(5)---expected to employ

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2000 people over the next three years.

Barclaycall, the telephone banking services,(6)---introduced in 1994 and has(7)---than 600,000 customers. The service has 650 employees in Coventry and(8)---200 at a centre in Manchester. Barclaycall is (9)---25,000 new customers every month and the bank expects one million customers(10)---the next two years. One director said:“Opening another call centre shows (11)--- popular our telephone banking service is (12)--- our cuswtomers” Barclays will continue to invest to satisfy their needs. 1. A because B despite C due 2. A where B what C which 3. A that B than C as 4. A there B their C its 5. A are B be C is 6. A was B were C have 7. A more B many C much 8. A extra B different C another 9. A attractive B attracted C attracting 10. A at B over C on 11. A why B very C how 12. A with B between C through

四、 阅读理解2`×1 5=30`

A

Twenty-three senior high school graduates of 1997 from Wuhan ,Hubei Province ,have recetly left for Germany on a work -study program ,according to Xi’an Evening News. They will study hotel managment in Bavaria Hotel Management School for a year and then take up two -year practice in Germany.Upon graduation ,they will also get diplomas recognized internationally .During their two-year practice ,they can earn no less than 1，200 Deutsche Marks （德国马克）a month .

The program ,organized by a company in Wuhan ,aims at providing the city‘s high school graduates with new job opportunities .

Applicants must first pass an exam given by the German side and pay 140,000yuan covering the three years’study and live expenses in Germany .In spite of this ,the program still attracted a lot of high school graduates and their parents .And applicants came in a continuous stream .

\-study program an equally way for him,\igh costs because the total income from the two-year -long practice will be quite enough to clear them.\ 1.This text is mainly about___________.

A.a hotel management school in Bavearia ,Germany B.students form Wuhan studying in Germany C.students going abroad on work-study program D.new job opportunities offered in Germany

2. Which of the following words best describes the parents of these 23students? A.wastful B.wise C.sorry D.worried 3.We can infer that these applicants found it hard _____________. A.to go to college at home B.to pay for the cost

C.to pass the test given by the Germans

D.to get a job when they return home

B

At Harton College-an English boarding school for boys -there are many rules .15year -old Bob Sanders often breaks them .

The boys can go into the town in the afternoon after class .But they must return to the school at six o’clock .One afternoon Bob walked to the town .He looked at the shops and then went to the cinema .After the film,he looked at his watch .It was after eight o‘clock .He was a little worride .He walked back to Harton College as fast as possible .

When he arrived ,he ran quickly to the main entrance .It was locked .He went round the school building to another door ,which was locked too .He looked up at the window of his dormitory on the third floor .The window was open .But it was quite dark and he could not climb up the wall easily .Then he saw another open window on the ground floor .It was the window of the headmaster’s study .

He looked into the foom-no one was there .Bob quickly climbed on to the window still （窗台）and jumped into the room .Just then he heard a noise .Then someone turned on a light in the corridor. Bob looked around and then hid under the sofa .One minute later ,Mr Mannering ,the headmaster ,came in .He turned on the light on his desk ,and sat down on the sofa .Then he opened a look and began to read .

Bob lay under the sofa as quietly as possible .He couldn‘t move .The floor was cold and nu-comfortable .He looked at the headmaster’s shoes and scols for an hour .

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Mr Mannering read his book for another hour .Finally ,the headmaster closed his book and stood up .He put the book on a shelf and walked towards the door . \ Then Mr Mannering stopped and spoke towards the sofa. \ He said ,and left the study .

4.Bob didn‘t go to his cormitory because__________. A.its door was locked B.the window was shut C.it was quite dark

D.the wall was too high for him to climb up 5.Who had turned on a light in the corridor? A.Bob himself B.Another pupil C.An office clerk D.Mr mannering

6.When the headmaster came in ,Bob_______________. A.was sitting on the sofa B.was lying under the sofa C.hid himself behind the bookshelf Dhid himself under the desk

7. It can be inferred that Mr Mannering___________. A.knew that Bob was still at the cinema B.knew that Bob was in the dormitory C.knew exactly where Bob was Ddidn’t know clearly where Bob was

C

TICONDEROGA,New York-A company is trying to remove an embarrassing mistake it

made on pencils bearing an anti -drug message . The pencils carry the words:\

But a sharp -eyed fourth -grader in notrhern New York noticed that when the pencils are sharpened ，the message turns into \

As a result of the discovery by 10-year -old Kodi Mosier of Ticonderoga Elementary School ,the company ,called The Bureau for At-Risk Youth of Plainview ,recalled the pencils .

\actually a little embarrassed that we didn’t notice that sooner ,\Darlene Clair told the local newspaper .

A new batch（批）of pencils will have the message written in the opposite direction ,so when they are shorpened ,they read\the problem ,Moiser earned his class a letter of apology from the company and box full of Tshirts.

Why does Kodi think the company didn‘t catch the mistake themselves? \

8.When a pencil is sharpened now ,the last word left on it is _____________. A.Too B.To C.Do D.Drugs

9. The word\ A.not hot 。not very cold B.calm 。unexcited C.unfriendly D.pleassant。 fine 10. Who or what may have helped discover the mistake ? A.Kodi‘s teacher or parents B.Kodi’s classmates C.A sharpener used by Kodi

D.A pencil with the message written in the opposite way

D

There are many famous museums throughout the word where people can enjoy

art .Washing-ton ,D.C.has the National Gallery of Art。Paris has the Luvre 。London ,the British Museum . Florida International University （FIU）in Miami also shows art for people to see .And it does so without a building ，or even a wall for its drawings and paingitns FIU has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States .You don‘t have to visit the University to see the art .You just need a computer linked to a telephone .

You can call the telephone number of a University computer and connect your own computer to it .All of the art is stored in the school computer .It is computer art ,produced eletronically by artists on their own computers .In only a few minutes ,your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings.

Robert Shostak is director of the new computer nuseum .He says he starts the museum because computer artistes had no place to show their work .

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