商务英语(高职班)试卷B

2007——2008学年第一学期 商务英语（高职班）试卷B

题号 一 二 三 四 五 七 八 总分 姓

得分 名 ：Part 1 Reading (1.5points for each)

Passage 1

Flight to the unknown

The world’s airline industry will change 1 quickly in the next twelve months than in any year since aviation began. Watch out for the 2 trends: 准Passenger traffic will go 3 by 4% a year in Europe. Asia will see even faster 考growth-up 4 9% a year.

证Flight delavs will become a nightmare. 5 travel under 700km, high speed 号trains will be the answer. Paris to Lyon by train 6 two hours; by plane it can take ： up to three-city centre to city centre.

Air fares will not fall. Last year, airlines lost money 7 they will have to increase prices, or go bankrupt.

There will be more competition. More small airlines will start 8 . Good. But as the number of flights increases, so will the congestion in the airports. 9 governments will need to spend more money on them. 10 there will be even more delays. 1. A. less B. little C. more 2. A. following B. followed

C. follow 班 3. A. down B. up C. to 级4. A. to B. down C. for ：5. A. To B. For C. As 6. A. take

B. took C. takes 7. A. so B. because C. and 8. A. down B. up C. back 9. A. Because

B. As C. So 10. A. Otherwise

B. So

C. Then

Passage 2

Telecommuter Portrait: Editing Facts by Fax

Jennifer Porter is the managing director of Healthcare, a publication of the American Pharmaceutical Association. 1 her private office in her Virginia home, she assigns 2 to ten articles for each issue of the magazine. The writers send their stories on a computer disk, usually 3 means of an overnight delivery service. Porter checks them and than sends them 4 the designer’s office in New York.

Porter’s biggest problem 5 electric publishing is training her writers. One sent the story on a wrong-sized disk; 6 used a disk that my computer couldn’t read; a third used software I couldn’t decipher.

The disk problems should improve on the next issue. 7 Porter has recently invested in a modem 8 writers can send their stories directly to her computer.

Porter says she is a skeptical technical consumer. I like a computer the same way I 9 a pencil. They are both tools that must work. 10 something goes wrong with my electric equipment out here in the middle of Virginia, I have to put it in the car and take it someplace. 1. A. From B. To C. For 2. A. /

B. up C. down 3. A. with B. as C. by 4. A. with B. to

C. and 5. A. with B. and C. or 6. A. other B. one C. another 7. A. So

B. Because C. Therefore 8. A. so that B. that C. then 9. A. be fond B. like C. dislike 10. A. Whether

B. As

C. If

Part two close and reading( 2 points for each)

Passage 1

Flight to the unknown

The world’s airline industry will change 1 quickly in the next twelve months than in any year since aviation began. Watch out for the 2 trends:

Passenger traffic will go 3 by 4% a year in Europe. Asia will see even faster growth-up 4 9% a year.

Flight delves will become a nightmare. 5 travel under 700km, high speed trains will be the answer. Paris to Lyon by train 6 two hours; by plane it can take up to three-city centre to city centre.

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Air fares will not fall. Last year, airlines lost money 7 they will have to increase prices, or go bankrupt.

There will be more competition. More small airlines will start 8 . Good. But as the number of flights increases, so will the congestion in the airports. 9 governments will need to spend more money on them. 10 there will be even more delays.

姓 1. A. less B. little C. more 2. A. following B. followed C. follow 名：3. A. down B. up

C. to 4. A. to B. down C. for 5. A. To B. For C. As 6. A. take B. took C. takes 7. A. so B. because C. and 8. A. down

B. up C. back 准9. A. Because

B. As C. So 考10. A. Otherwise

B. So

C. Then

证Passage 2

号 ：Telecommuter Portrait: Editing Facts by Fax

Jennifer Porter is the managing director of Healthcare, a publication of the American Pharmaceutical Association. 1 her private office in her Virginia home, she assigns 2 to ten articles for each issue of the magazine. The writers send their stories on a computer disk, usually 3 means of an overnight delivery service. Porter checks them and than sends them 4 the designer’s office in New York.

Porter’s biggest problem 5 electric publishing is training her writers. One sent the story on a wrong-sized disk; 6 used a disk that my computer couldn’t read; a third used software I couldn’t decipher.

班 The disk problems should improve on the next issue. 7 Porter has recently 级invested in a modem 8 writers can send their stories directly to her computer. ：Porter says she is a skeptical technical consumer. I like a computer the same way I 9 a pencil. They are both tools that must work. 10 something goes wrong with my electric equipment out here in the middle of Virginia, I have to put it in the car and take it someplace. 11. A. From B. To C. For 12. A. / B. up C. down 13. A. with B. as

C. by

14. A. with

B. to

C. and

15. A. with B. and C. or

16. A. other B. one C. another

17. A. So

B. Because C. Therefore 18. A. so that B. that C. then 19. A. be fond B. like C. dislike 20. A. Whether

B. As

C. If

Part 3 Reading (4 points for each )

A Risky Business

As everyone in business knows, working life can be difficult. At times, it seems impossible to reach a position where everything is running smoothly. Computer failure, client indecision and even mistakes by staff can quickly send a company into crisis. Many disasters are completely unforeseen, and it is becoming increasingly important for managers to learn how to live with the unexpected.

1. After several major disasters in the City of London, a group of managers have got

together to form an organization called Survive. Their objective is to advise companies of the steps they should take in order to maintain business continuity in the event of disaster. So far they have worked with 600 companies in the UK and they are rapidly branching out to locations around the world. Survive Singapore, which offers its services to companies in the Pacific Rim, is the latest branch of the organization to be established. The advice they offer can be broken down into three areas.

2. What ever size your company is, the basic lessons are the same. Firstly, if you listen

to employees and customers then you are far more likely to discover the risks you may be running which you hadn’t thought of. Maybe safety procedures have got a little out of date; it is your employees who can tell you which working practices are dangerous or inadequately supervised. Wider issues, such as polluting a local river, may be discovered through the public. If you have systems to keep in touch with what people are saying about you, then you will have a chance of preventing problems before they arrive.

3. Secondly, many companies don’t have adequate insurance. In fact, many small

companies have very little insurance at all and only discover that they are under insured when it is too late. A fire may break out in the office and destroy not only the

office furniture but also invaluable customer records and legal documents. The effect of the damage to the company can often make recovery impossible. Survive will assist companies in assessing their risk of unexpected events, and point them in the

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direction of suitable insurance companies.

4. The third area to look at is what to do if your office did burn down and

all your records were lost. What you need is a business continuity plan.

Professional assistance in drawing up a plan can be provided by Survive, who will give you access to publications, conferences, databases and workshops where you can discuss problems with people in similar

姓 situations to yours.

For questions 1—4, choose the best title for each numbered paragraph form 名 ：the list below.

For each numbered paragraph 1—4, mark one letter A—G on your Answer Sheet.

Do not use any letter more than once.

1. Paragraph 1 _________ A Plan for the worst 2. Paragraph 2 _________ B How to contact Survive 准3. Paragraph 3 _________ C The Survive organization 考4. Paragraph 4 _________

D Reducing pollution 证号 E Be well insured F Insurance around the world ：

G Listen and learn Part 5 Writing: (14 points) The following are the accounting numbers of

the company’s major product CSA112, the sales performance from the first quarter to the last, then according to these figures, first draw a chart to describe it’s change, second make a presentation of 100 words to illustrate that.

班 级 ：

Time Product First quarter Second Third Fourth CSA112 120.000 225.000 123.000 185.000 答

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