2012年5月国际商务英语等级考试(初级)试卷及答案

全国外经贸从业人员考试

国际商务英语等级考试（初级）试卷

2012年5月

Ⅰ．Listening: 20%（听力，20分）

Section A

Directions: Listen to the following dialogue and fill in the blanks with the word or words you have heard.

Wang: Can I help you?

Foreigner: No, _________________. I‟ve got my ticket, so I‟m all set.

Wang: Can I ask where you are going?

Foreigner: Right now to Xi‟an. I‟ve just come from Suzhou, and before that from Shanghai and Beijing.

Wang: Wow! So many places. I‟m Chinese and I haven‟t even been to so many places. Foreigner: Well, I‟ve always _________________ traveling in China. I‟ve been working for a long time to save enough money to come.

Wang: But you look so young! What kind of work do you do?

Foreigner: I study East Asian History, and I also work in a Japanese restaurant, you know, to pay _________________ and get some practical experience. I‟ve been working there since I was 16. Wang: You study and work at the same time? You must be so busy. Why work? Doesn‟t your family pay for your studies?

Foreigner: Well, I wanted to be _________________. I like living in my own apartment, and paying my own bills. I feel free that way, even if I do have to budget my time very carefully. But I‟m proud to be independent of my family. Besides, I‟ve got an older sister in college and two younger brothers. My parents are not poor, but they can‟t help everyone. I‟ve got scholarships, loans, a job. I‟m busy, but I‟m doing fine. I don‟t need to go to them for money.

Wang: Aren‟t you lonely living on your own? Do you still see your family?

Foreigner: No, I‟m not lonely, and sure I see my family, they only live a few miles away, so I see them __________________________________. We are very close now that we don‟t live together. As they say, “absence makes the heart grow fonder!”

Section B

Directions: Listen to the tape and translate the sentences into Chinese.

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Section C

Directions: Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the word or words you have heard.

The bulk of experience of recent years is that foreign direct investment brings important advantages through new technologies and enhanced ____________ to overseas markets, stimulating production and trade. Foreign investment, like domestic investment, increases income and employment in the process of capital formation and in due course increases capacity to reach even higher income levels after capital has been formed. The gains from trade liberalization can be enhanced by allowing investment to pursue the more ____________ production capabilities from comparative advantage and hence achieve also the ____________ consumption possibilities associated with trade. If markets are functioning efficiently, foreign investment, like foreign trade, increases global economic welfare and can also eventually help to equalize the returns to the different ____________. With appropriate pricing and regulatory policies, many of the fears of foreign direct investment are proving _____________.

II. Put the following Chinese into English：15%（汉译英，15分）

1.现金折扣（1分）