物流专业英语期末测试(二)

物流专业英语期末测试（二）

I. Translate the following items into Chinese or English. (20points)

1. 及时配送11. outsourcing

2. 出货清单12. inventory control system

3. 规模经济13. after-sales service

4. 零售店14. industrial packaging

5. 目标市场15. global positioning system

6. 系统整合16. direct procurement

7. 政府采购17. storage facilities

8. 材料流动18. warehouse operation

9. 通关19. industry standards

10. 库存管理20. production cost

II. Tell whether the following stetements are Ttrue or Ffalse, marking an “A”for true statements and a “B”. for false ones. (10 points)

( ) 21. A well-run supply chain compresses time, increases expensive distribution processes as well as costly inventories.

( ) 22. Despite their high costs, ships have large capacity and are well suited to large and bulky cargoes which could not be carried safely or economically by other forms of transport. ( ) 23. A bill of lading is not the actual contract, which is inferred from the action of the shipper or ship-owner in delivering or receiving the cargo, but it forms excellent evidence of the

terms of the contract.

( ) 24. The primary goals of the distribution network are to minimize the service to the

customer while maximizing the cost of distribution.

( ) 25. Inventories are stockpiles of raw materials, supplies, components, work in process, and finished goods that appear at numerous points throughout a firm’s production and

logistics channel.

( ) 26. Packaging is the material (for example, carton, wood, and steel) in which a product or a group of products are wrapped and consists of the containment, protection,

apportionment and unitization of goods.

( ) 27. Logistics refers to series of activities associated with flow of merchandise, information and payments only among suppliers.

( ) 28. Air transport has a vast network of airlines and highways, which can reach remote places in the interior across high mountains, which are hardly accessible by rail or road

transport, to say nothing of sea transport.

( ) 29. Procurement deals with the buying of goods and services that keep the organization functioning.

( ) 30. Logistics received recognition in military operations during World War II, and gained its momentum as it contributed to the effective distribution of machinery and supplies to

common people.

III. Complete each statement by choosing the best answer from the four choices. (15points) ( ) 31. is used when the goods are dispatched by courier service，usually involving small parcels and packets.

A. Courier receipt

B. CIM consignment note

C. Air waybill

D. Bill of lading ( ) 32. The CMR consignment note is not a negotiable or transferable document or a document of title.

A. title

B. class

C. level

D. possession ( ) 33. If a company has a famous 3PL provider, the provider can indirectly increase _______ through a solid logistics network.

A. inventories

B. salaries

C. expenses

D. revenues ( ) 34. One of the hottest trends today is the _______ of logistics or third-party logistics (3PL).