国际商务英语等级考试(初级)试卷2011.12

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国际商务英语等级考试（初级）试卷

2011年12月

Ⅰ．Listening: 20%（听力，20分）

Section A

Direction: Listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks with word or words you have heard. Jack: It would be nice to see you again, Mary. Are you on Sunday evening? Mary: I’ m sorry, I’m not. I’ve got to visit my aunt in hospital.

Jack: Oh, that’s a pity. Monday’s difficult for me. What about Tuesday evening?

Mary: Tuesday’s bad for me _____________. I’ve got to go to a meeting.

Jack: Wednesday then?

Mary: No, Wednesday’s out for me, I’m afraid. I’ve got to and do some work. I really must.

Jack: Oh, that’s a shame. Well, I can’t make it Thursday. Friday?

Mary: I’m awfully sorry. I’ve got to go out for dinner on Friday.

Jack: Have you got to? Can’t you get out of it?

Mary: I’m afraid not. I’ve got to go.

Jack: Well, it looks as if we’ll have to wait till next week then.

Mary: Yes, I’m sorry, Jack. Look, I must go now. I have to meet Lisa in ten minutes. Ring me .

Jack: Fine. Try and keep an evening free for me.

Section B

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

1. .

2. .

3. .

4. .

5. . Section C

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

A market economy is one in which crucial decisions and choices are made in a decentralized fashion by private individuals, through a price-and-market mechanism. Historically, the self-regulating market economy is a modern an ancient invention, involving rather special assumptions such as the treatment of land and labor as . This kind of economy --- though never in a pure form --- developed considerably at the time of the English Industrial Revolution. Most of the leading English economists of the day, especially Adam Smith, stressed the virtues of limiting government intervention in economic life so that the market, working through private self-interest, could bring benefits to .

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

1.商会（1分）

2.具体询盘（1分）

3.零售网点（1分）

4.实盘（1分）

5.一式三份（1分）

6.保险代理人（1分）

7.销售包装（1分）

8.整套清洁已装船提单（2分）

9.该商品的报价为每打上海港船上交货价18美元。（3分）

10.兹授权你方按发票金额向该银行开立45天远期汇票。（3分）

2. sight draft（1分）

3. passage through Customs（1分）

4. rough handling（1分）

5. insurance premium（1分）

6. export documents（1分）

7. trade discount（1分）

8. available for immediate shipment（2分）

9. We are sure that when you have examined the samples, you will agree that our goods are both excellent in quality and reasonable in price.（3分）

10.As stipulated in the policy, we should have the right to lodge a claim with the insurance

company.（3分）

IV. Choose the best answer for each of the following questions:

15 % (单选题，15分)

（）1. We will arrange to _______ an all-risk insurance on the following consignments.

A. get out

B. make out

C. put out

D. take out

（）2. Please note that our offer will remain valid until the end of this month. The underlined word can be substituted for by all of the following EXCEPT:

A. firm

B. good

C. open

D. opened

（）3. The number of _______ of a shipment is usually entered on the packing list.

A. packages

B. packaging

C. packing

D. packs

（）4. All our sweaters you saw at the fashions show in four sizes.

A. become

B. come

C. get

D. got

（）5. We propose to _______ you on the terms and conditions you specified in your letter of October 10.

A. delegate

B. depute

C. replace

D. represent