第三届全国高校商务英语竞赛真题
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The Third National Contest for College Business English Knowledge
Time: 90 mins.
Part I (70%) Business English Skills
Directions: Mark A, B, C or D that best completes the following ntences.
1. The fact that the executives did not ll all the shares they could prior to the steep fall does
indicate that they did not ______ collap in the near future
A. foretell
B. anticipate
C. antedate
D. predict
雨热同期2. I hope the example of my success will convince other women to get into politics – and not
just to stuff envelopes, but to ______ office.
A. run for
商女不知B. go into
C. vie for 兰草谷
D. compete with
3. Managers with Master’s degree overas ______ 80 to 90 per cent of the company’s board.
A. make up
B. consist of
C. compo
D. compri
4. Is it possible that choosing stocks ______ random could be just as effective as getting advice
from financial experts and stockbrokers?
漉菽的拼音A. in
B. on 依法治国的内涵
C. at
D. by
5. Americans eat ______ as they actually need every day.
A. twice as much protein
B. twice protein as much twice
C. twice protein as much
D. protein as twice much
6. ______, people will do business with, and refer others to, tho people they like, know and
trust.
A. All things been equal
B. Anything been equal
C. All things being equal
D Anything being equal
7. As tokens of thanks for our successful negotiation, we exchange with each other a ______
scarf as a gift.
A. long nice yellow
B. yellow nice long
C. long yellow nice
D. nice long yellow8. _____ successful communication, there must be attentiveness and involvement in the
discussion itlf by all prent.
A. For it to be
B. For there being
C. For there to be
D. For it being
9. Federally subsidized crop insurance, _____ farmers pay premiums, would kick in with deeper
loss.
A. for which
B. for that
C. as like
D. as
10. Though _____ rich, she was better off than at any other period in her life. .
A. by means of
B. within her means
C. by all means
D. by no means
11. In today’s fast paced, ever-changing, global environment there cannot be one way to lead or
manage, _____ teams, projects, organizations or countries.
A. whether it
B. it being
C. being it
D. be it
12. The Chine New Year is approaching. All the highways will soon be _____ with peop
le going
back home to join their families.
A. a swarm
B. aswarm
C. a swarmed
D. aswarmed
13. In the latest study, a group of students were asked to count out a _____ of cash consisting of
80 one-hundred dollar bills, or just 80 slips of blank paper.
A. t
B. wad
C. deck
D. chunk
14. Since the state is so dependent upon natural resources, this pattern of _____ caus
instability in revenue streams, leaving communities vulnerable, underdeveloped, and less
economically cure.
A. dooms and glooms
B. busts and dooms
C. glooms and looms
D. booms and busts
15. The rules would require firms to spread at least half of top managers’ incentive pay, including
stock and options, _____ three years.
A. within
B. over
C. through
D. up to
16. The study found that emerging economies continued to grow in the three months to the end
of June, but at a slower pace. The index _____ to 53.0, from 53.6 in the first quarter.
A. slumped
B. slipped
C. climbed
D. ascended
17. The idea that a firm might want change for its own _____ often provokes skepticism.A. concern
B. privilege
C. sake
D. reason
18. They ______ the ri in oil prices for the big increa in inflation.
A. accud
B. blamed
C. charged
D. criticized
19. Some customers requested us to _________ our price becau they consider it too high.
A. put down
B. get down C. pull down D. bring down
20. If parties to a contract desire to ttle disputes, an arbitration clau is usually made in the
contract well before a dispute_________.
A. ris B. aris C. look
D. appear
21. Our club is _____ with a national organization of similar clubs.
A. affected
B. affirmed
C. affiliated
睾丸上长黑痣D. belonged
22. This official rule was drafted by the agency regulators and approved ______ public comment
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Feb. 7.
A. for
B. with
C. to
D. of
悄的多音字23. The details are ______ in a few pages that only a handful of lawyers are aware of i
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