云南师范大学2009-2010学年上学期统一考试
《商务英语阅读》试卷(A卷)
学院:经济与管理学院班级:姓名:学号:
考试方式:闭卷考试时间:150分钟
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一.READING
PART ONE
Questions1-7
.Read the ntences and the instructions that follow.
.
Which method does each ntence describe?
.For each ntence mark one letter(A,B,C or D)on your answer Sheet.
Example
You can dictate a message almost anywhere at your convenience.
Answer:B
1.You speak,while your cretary types down your words.
2.You have to speak slowly and very clearly.
3.One of the methods can be ud when you are in a hurry.
4.While dictating,you u some tapes.
5.One of the disadvantages of this method is that you are totally strange to the transcriber.
6.the dictation is done with your speaking,a machine's recording,and your cretary's transcribing.
7.the machine records your words and then provide the transcription.
A.Dictation to your own cretary-"live"dictation,taken by a person who becomes familiar with your dictating characteristics.
B.Dictation to a machine,with your cretary transcribing.
Inexpensive castte recorders provide GREat flexibility in dictation.
You can dictate in the office,at home,in an automobile,in an airplane,and in any out-of-the-office situation.Your dictation tapes can be transcribed by being played back on modern transcribing equipment.
C.Dictation to a machine,with a word-processing center providing the transcription in this ca, the transcriber will probably not be familiar with your dictation manners and peculiarities.
D.Other dictation methods,such as by telephone calls or by direct cretarial transcription at the typewriter.The methods are not routine but are ud typically in"rush"situations.They require a slow voice speed and clear pronunciation.
PART TWO
Questions8-12
.Read this text about electrical power in Canada.
.Choo the best ntence from the list A-I to fill each of the blanks.
.For each blank(8-12)mark one letter(A-I)on your Answer Sheet.
.De not mark any letter twice.
.One answer has been given as an example.
ELECTRICITY:WEALTH,MONEY,POWER
Canadian industries have prospered for more than a century on the country's abundance of cheap, reliable In fact,Canada consumes more electricity on a per person basis than any country except 8...
Electricity is a significant source of export income 9...But in the1970s,Canadian exports ro sharply to address the U.S.demand for cheaper and more reliable.
In1985,exports of Canadian electrical power reached1,400million 10...Net electricity exports account for more than60%of Canada's balance of trade.
Domestically,Canada continues to generate electrical power,primarily 11...
Exports of electricity are now subject to forces far beyond the control of 12... Example:B
A.Besides,electricity from coal and nuclear is50/00to75/00cheaper than many other industrial nations.
B.Generated primarily by water,our power supplies have attracted and supported energy-intensive industries such as mining.
C.It also ranks among the top three electricity producers in the world,behind the U.S.and Russia.
D.Next to electricity,Canadian paper exports came to900million US dollars every year in the 1960s.
E.Two large nuclear power plants began to generate electricity.
F.Since then,electricity'exports have declined but they have continued to exceed700million US dollars.
G.Environmental and trade policies all influence electrical production and trade.
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H.Canada and the U.S.imported and exported power in almost equal measures after1901.
I.therefore,the Canadian government has little influence on the forces.
PART THREE
Questions13-20
Read this text about south Korea's economic development,and answer the questions that follow.
The Koreans e the Seoul Olympics as a chance to show their rapid proGREss.The Tokyo Olympic Games in1964rved the same purpo for a developing Japan.Within13years, according to a detailed development plan,Korea is determined to be among the world's ten largest trading nations,up from the13th now.
1.Much of the economy's development in recent years comes from what Korean leaders call the three blessings-lower oil prices,lower world wide interest rates,and a currency that is weak against the Japane yen.The Korean won is cloly related with many other currencies,though the finance ministry will not say which ones.Obviously the U.S.dollar is the most important. When its value drops against the Japane yen,the Korean won went down too.Since September 1985the won has decread about40%against the yen,giving Korea a huge advantage over Japan in the U.S.market.
2.the Koreans made good u of this advantage,pouring40%of their exports into America.When the sponded with tough protectionism talk,they pretended to be surprid and angry.The Koreans still e themlves as relatively poor dependents of the U.S.and take American protectionism as betrayal by a big brother.They are right.The Korean economy is only6%of Japan's.Tall buildings in Seoul remble tho in Tokyo,but the Korean capital is full of narrow streets and poor hous like a village.In the countryside some20%of home lack running water. Moreover,Korea has a heavy defen burden as well as that big foreign debt.
manage什么意思3.And Korea has suffered t tacks before In the1970s the government supported heavy industry,creating some big but uless enterpris.The Treasury Ministry is still quietly supporting some ill shipping and overas companies.Meanwhile the government does not know how to t up
wining industries.
4.the Koreans are also quick to point out that their7.1billion trade surplus with the U.S.is just 4%of the total American trade deficit.Japan account for35%.In the U.S.the Koreans are competing with Japane not American,Products.They complain that U.S.protectionism punishes them for Americans'lazy work habits and drug abu.They say the union rules have ruined petitiveness.
Questions13-16
.For questions13-16,choo the correct title for each paragraph for the box below.
.For each paragraph(l-4)mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet.
.D o not mark any letter twice.
A.Economy's development
B.Lessons from the past
C.Korean products in U.S.market
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D.Exports into America
E.Favourable economic background
F.Trade surplus
G.Disadvantageous factors
Questions17-20
Using the information in the text,complete each ntence17-20,with a phra from the List (A-G)..
below(A-G)
.
For each ntence(17-20)mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet.
.Do not mark any letter twice.
17.For the Japane,the Tokyo Olympic Games
18.the Koreans think of the U.
19.the recent economic development of south Korea
20.the Japane trade
< have three advantages.
B.among the ten biggest countries in foreign trade.
C.for thirty-five percent of the total American trade deficit.
D.as an exhibition of rapid economic growth.
E.against the Japane currency.
F.of narrow streets and poor hous.
G.as cheating a little brother.
PART FOUR
Questions21-35
.Read this news.
.Choo the best word to fil1each gap.
.For each question(21-35)mark one letter(A,B,C or D)on your Answer Sheet.
.One answer has been given as an example.
Three Bootleggers Jailed
Three men who ran a cross-channel smuggling group,lling cheap French beer,wine and champagne in Britain,were jailed yesterday.
The men were leaders of an11-man group which made the Dover-Calais ferry in three months.
Trucks of cheap drink were brought into the country 21...at Sunday market,And corner shops in South Wales,Two cret teams of 22...vehicles between Kent and Cardiff in an operation called"chancer".Eleven men admitted their part 23...to avoid paying duty on beer and spirits.
Mr.Roger Thomas said 24...that70,000pounds of unpaid duty was involved between January and April last year when the 25...the smuggling group.Cas of beer,wine and champagne were brought to a rented warehou in Cardiff 26...to traders.Mr. Richard Nichols,a former market trader,Mr.Qichard Spencer,a shopowner,and Mr Raymond Tout,were put in 27...of nine,four and 28...Judge Michael Burr said the group had ud"an army of helpers"in an organized conspiracy 29...money. He ordered six other men to carry out community rvice 30...two others who had played a lesr role.
31...customs investigators said that the group made as many as four cross channel trips 32...to a hypermarket near Calais.They went into business only three weeks after the new cust
oms laws 33...on New Year's day last year.The investigators added:"We hope 34...will be a big help to 35...crime which is causing concern to the retail industry.
Example
A.holidays
D.voyages
Answer:C
21.A.ly C.legally D.illegally
avelled C.saw D.watched
23.A.spiracy C.hope D.dream
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24.A.unted D.estimated
ing B.talking Canizing D.using
d C.distributed D.using
27.A.times B.s D.periods
28.A.each B.altogether C.spectively
29.A.hard B.fortable D.simple
30.A.clod B.discharged C.opened D.liberated
C.accident D.ca
asionally B.particularly C.quently
33.A.being B.force C.strength D.u
34.A.s C.phras D.punishment
35.A.ible C.rious D.rare
PART FIVE
Section A
Questions36-40structure是什么意思
.Read this text about Turkish Airlines
.In most of the lines(36-40)there is one extra word which does not fit in.One or two lines, however,are correct.
快速去痘的方法.If the line is correct,put a tick(√)in the space on your Answer Sheet.
.If there is an extra word in the line(36-40)that word in the space on your Answer Sheet. Example:
Becau we Turks are famous for hospitality,you may just √...
Thinking therefore we're an important centre of
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Section B
Questions41-45
e mail是什么.Your friend works as cretary in a British company in China.He has written a letter in answer to a Canadian Customer's complaint.
.In each line there is one wrong word.
.For each numbered line(41-45)write the correct word in the space on your Answer Sheet.