外贸英语期末复习范围

单选题（阅读下面的句子，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个正确答案。）

To begin a business, the most important thing is _______, narrowly speaking it is money, but actually it also includes machinery, equipment, etc.

A. bonus

B. capital

C. investment

D. stock

We sell ______ and ______ to others and at the same time we buy what we want from others.

A. foods, services

B. goods, services

C. services, necessities

D. foods, tools

The U.S.A. imports raw silk _______ Japan every year.

A. to

B. from

C. in

D. on

It is _________ our mutual interest to cooperate.

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. to

Our prices are practical and reasonable. There is not much room _______ bargaining.

A. from

B. for

C. at

D. on

The quality of our products _______; it is always excellent.

A. never varies

B. varies

C. never various

D. various

The customer has a preference for a black dress ______ a white one.

A. for

B. of

C. to

D. on

Demand for a consumer product depends on the incomes of buyers, their subjective preferences, and _________.

A. competing products are priced

B. the prices of competing products

C. what are the competing products’ prices

D. how high the prices of competing products

We can meet your demand _________ Dabao SOD Milk products.

A. on

B. for

C. to

D. at

The flowers are made ________ plastic.

A. out of

B. from

C. of

D. up of

Their offer has lost its _________ by the time of writing.

A. valuable

B. valid

C. validity

D. valley

Please tell me the ________ of these food products.

A. original

B. originality

C. origin

D. originate Supermarket discounting has spread ______ the country.

A. on

B. above

C. across

D. through

Discounting must be in step ______ the times since its number and variety of converts grow steadily from one year to year.

A. with

B. to

C. for

D. against

The company _________ trade with South Africa in 1980.

A. initial

B. initiation

C. initiated

D. initiate

In recent cases, however, such contracts have usually been regarded _______ merely voidable.

A. as

B. to

C. for

D. like

In order to get more capital to invest in the foreign market, the company converted some assets ______ cash.

A. in

B. for

C. into

D. as

Despite many turns of negotiations, the two parties didn’t come ______ an agreement.

A. through

B. for

C. in

D. to

We have reduced the quantity _____800 ______ 400 kilos.

A. at, to

B. from, to

C. with, and

D. to, from

For the transaction, the exporter insisted ____ payment by L/C.

A. for

B. on

C. at

D. in

They must find new markets _______ their commodities.

A. for

B. with

C. of

D. through

We agreed _______ more specific payment terms.

A. on

B. in

C. to

D. at

Owing _______ unusual shortage of stock, this offer is made subject to the goods being unsold.

A. for

B. at

C. to

D. with

There are trade exhibition going on all over China ______ this time of the year.

A. at

B. from

C. in

D. for

________the right price, he lost the chance to export the products to that foreign company.

A. Do not quote

B. quoting not

C. Not quoting

D. Having quoted How much did you pay ________ that car？

A. over

B. off

C. on

D. for

China has _______ been exporting to Africa large numbers of machines.

A. once

B. late

C. accordingly

D. lately

Our company is adjacent ________ a river.

A. in

B. to

C. at

D. on

This product is particularly subject _______ breakage and heat damage.

A. to

B. from

C. in

D. against

There is a very high tariff _______ jewelry.

A. about

B. to

C. in

D. on

Several countries put a boycott _______ this product.

A. of

B. on

C. under

D. about

Strong domestic demand _____ textiles in Japan boosted cotton consumption to nearly 2.9 million bales.

A. for

B. to

C. from

D. about

We bought the things _______ the rate of 50 pence a hundred.

A. at

B. with

C. for

D. about

完形填空（阅读下列句子，针对每个句子中空缺部分，请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个正确答案。）

1. The store _______ mountain-climbing gear.

2. After the ________ of the new technology, they have greatly improved their productivity.

3. If a country’s exporting is more than its importing, we say that this country’s trade is in ________.

4. New duties were ________ on alcohol.

1. A. surplus B. specializes in C. imposed D. application