高级商务英语

Model test I

I.Word forms (15%)

Complete each of the following sentences with the correct forms of the following words.

A.pride,

B.proud,

C.proudly

1. Jose was given a watch; he is very _____.

A B C

2. He shows it _____.

A B C

3. His mother looks at him with love and _____.

A B C

A.apology,

B. apologizes,

C.apologetic,

D.apologetically

4. Mr. Sean arrives at the hospital; he _____ to his boss.

A B C D

5. He says ______ that he didn’t heat the alarm clock.

A B C D

6. The head nurse accepts his ______ because he is seldom late.

A B C D

7. And he is very ______ when he is late.

A B C D

A.boredom,

B. bored,

C.boring

8. It can be very ____ to do the same thing day after day.

A B C

9. Office ladies often complain of the _____.

A B C

10. Some young volunteers visit the old people who are alone at home and _____ because they have nothing to do.

A B C

A.formality,

B.formal,

rmal

11. A diplomat has to go to many _____ ceremonies, elegant and strictly oraganized.

A B C

12. There is less _____ in private life.

A B C

13. Most people prefer ____ gatherings, without ceremony or rules.

A B C

A.efficiency,

B.efficient

14. An _____ car is one that doesn’t use much gasoline.

A B

15. Some cars, which are not very attractive, are popular because of their _____.

A B

II. Vocabulary and structure (20%)

1.Our new neighbor seemed to ________ to speak to us.

A. beckon

B. accrue

C. condone

D. disdain

2.For countries undergoing a recession, large cuts in government spending seem to be ___________.

A. the order paper

B. the order of the day

C. in correct order

D. orderly

3.The idea of opening a new supermarket here was ______, because there were two here already.

A. ill-assorted

B. ill-collocated

C. ill-conceived

D. ill-informed

4._____________ that is found is valuable.

A. Not every pearl

B. Every pearl that is not

C. It is not every pearl

D. No pearl

5.Are you ______ for the run this Sunday?

A. at bay

B. on order

C. in trim

D. on preparation

6.He swore he would ________ for all she had done to him.

A. pay away

B. pay back

C. pay off

D. pay with

7.This gadget can keep electric appliances running___________.

A. when electricity be cut out

B. if electricity cut out

C. should electricity be cut out

D. in case electricity cut out

8.I will give you _____ it finish it.

A.two weeks time

B. two week’s time

C. two-week time

D. two weeks’time