商务英语(A卷)

**大学201*－201* 学年度第*学期

《商务英语》期末试卷( A卷)(时间120分钟)

Part I Blank Filling (20%)

1. Pizza delivery firms often do ________ in the local area. It’s cheap but lots of people probably throw the leaflet away.

2. ________ reach millions of people but they are so expensive.

3. I tend to listen to my friends’ recommendations more than anything else so ________ is probably the most effective.

4. It’s great when you get a free ________ because you can really see what it’s like.

5. I suppose it’s good if you’re looking for a job locally and ________ are relatively cheap.

6. It used to irritate me but my new anti-virus software seems to block any _______ from my box.

7. I’d like to ________ a brief meeting next week. Do you have time on Monday?

8. As the chairperson, Mike will ________ the meeting.

9. People use ________ less and less because they can just go online if they want to find out what’s available.

10. I’m not sure about ________. When I visit a website, I don’t think I even notice them.

Part II Match (10%)

Match the words 11-20 to definitions A-K.

0 freelance_B_ A You work during different parts of the day (eg nights)

11 teleworking__ B You sell your work or services to a number of different

12 an air__ companies

13 job-sharing__ C You work for different companies for a short time

without a permanent contract

14 shift work__ D You work a number of hours per week or month but you

decide when you start or finish

15 flexitime__ E You don’t have a permanent place or office to work at, but

you find a place to work when you arrive

16 sales pitch__ F You work for a company from home via email, phone or

the Internet

17 a buzz__ G Making a speech to convince people to buy something

H You do your job for part of the week and another person 18 court__ does it for the other part

I The place where legal cases are heard

19 temping __ J Excitement

20 hot-desking__ K Feeling or attitude

Part III Cloze (10%)

Choose one correct word A, B, C or D from below the passage to fill each gap.

International Art Consultants

(21)___in 1979, International Art Consultants has been sourcing and commissioning art

(22)___ for over 25 years. We work (23)___ clients in the corporate, hotel, healthcare and urban regeneration (24)___. Our clients (25)___ from multinational companies with $1 million art budgets to organizations renting art for just $10 a week. A (26)___ of fourteen, we are small enough to care and large enough to cope.

We offer a (27)___ combination of commercial experience, specialist art knowledge and high quality service and support. Whatever the size of the project our (28)___ is for all our clients to be 100% satisfied with the end result. Over 75% of our work comes from (29)___ business or referrals.

We work alongside professional artists who create art of the highest artistic and technical quality, and (30)___ our staff have different areas of specialist art knowledge and expertise.

We hope that you will make an appointment to visit us, look round the galleries, use the visual reference databases, and discuss your particular art requirements with us.

21. A. Founded B. Set C. Since D. Last

22. A. international B. worldwide C. all D. around

23. A. as B. in C. under D. with

24. A. divisions B. industries C. sectors D. sections

25. A. range B. report C. buy D. supply

26. A. department B. building C. unit D. team

27. A. original B. mix C. brand D. unique

28. A. scope B. aim C. outcome D. line

29. A. new B. rental C. reply D. repeat

30. A. few B. all C. more D. any

Part IV Reading Comprehension ( 40%)

Read the following articles and choose one correct answer A, B, C or D.

Passage 1

As is known to all, the organization and management of wages and salaries are very complicated. Generally speaking, the Account Department is responsible for calculations of pay, while the Personnel Department is interested in discussions with the employees about pay.