网络教育公共基础课全国统一考试B级

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第一部分：交际用语(5*3)

1. — Excuse me, sir. Where is Dr. Brown's office?

—___.

A. You can't ask me

B. Pardon? I have no idea

C. Please don't say so

D. Sorry I don't know, but you can ask the man over there

2. — Mary, your dress is really beautiful. How is John?

—___.

A. Thank you very much

B. No, no. John is not bad

C. Thank you. He is fine

D. Don't say that. It's ugly. John is good

3. — What can I do for you, madam?

—___.

A. I want a kilo of apples

B. You can go your own way

C. Thanks

D. Excuse me. I'm busy

4. — I'd like to take you to the coffee house on the corner.

—___.

A. Thank you. You shouldn't do that

B. Thanks, I'd like to go with you

C. No, you can't say so

D. No, no. You can't do that

5. — Do you mind telling me where you're from?

—___.

A. Certainly. I'm from London

B. Sure. I was born in London

C. Not really, you can do it

D. Certainly not. I'm from London

第二部分：阅读理解 (10*3)

Passage 1

What is making this man's wallet so fat? Is it money? You might think so, for the man takes his wallet out when he buys things he wants and needs. But the man doesn't pay cash when he buys something. He has credit cards, which he uses in place of money. Like many other people today, this man buys on credit. This means that some stores and businesses are willing to let him have their goods or services now and pay for them later. At each of these stores he has a charge account. People charge when they don't have the money to buy all at once or when they don't want to carry a lot of money. Charge accounts are of two main kinds. With a regular charge account, the store gives a customer credit for no extra charge. That is, if he pays for the products that he buys soon after he gets his bill, there is no extra charge. Thus a pair of trousers that cost $, plus 75 cents state sales tax, would still cost $ at the end of the month when the bill is sent to the buyer. The store managers don't feel that a month is too long to wait for their money. They are willing to wait this long because they are competing with other stores that offer the same service. The store's waiting time is one of the costs of doing business. (A store that sells only for cash may be able to sell the same trousers for less than $ because one of its costs is less.)

The other kind of charge account, called budget account, is like installment buying. It lets a buyer use goods longer before paying his whole bill. With most of these charge accounts, the buyer has to pay only 10% or 15% of the total charge each month.

6. According to the passage, people charge when___________.

A. they want to pay in cash