商务英语习题练习

商务英语考试BEC中级易错题（2015-10-25）
第1、2、3、4、5题：You state on February 13th that New Mexico has "few natural resources ",... ...example...... In 1991 New Mexico ranked fourth in the United States in production of natural gas , seventh in oil and tenth in non-fuel minerals ... ...8... ... Non-fuel minerals contributed about $ 1 billion and coal $ 509 million. 
Taxes from production of fuels and minerals, and lease payments on state lands have been set aside by legislative acts to endow two permanent funds worth about $ 5. 65 billion, ...... 9 ...... In addition, during fiscal year 1991 , payments to New Mexico from taxes on federal lands were S 108 million ,all earmarked for public education. 
...... 10 ...... About $566 million came from taxes and permanent-fund earnings attributable to oil and gas production. ......11 ...... Tourism is an important industry in New Mexico, yet its economic impact on the public sector is dwarfed by that of mineral production. 
New Mexico came through the recent recession in much better shape than most other states. It does not have a deficit. ... ... 12... ... States that rely primarily on a sales tax or on an income tax have big problems during economic downturns. Income growth per head in New Mexico averaged 6. 1/00 in the year to October 1992-one of the fastest growth rates in the United States. 
Charles Chapin
Example :C
A. It has a broadly based tax structure an important point. 
B. In 1992 it produced more oil than Colorado and Kansas combined. 
C. However, the extractive mineral industry in New Mexico is one of the state's strongest economic forces. 
D. During fiscal year 1992 New Mexico raised permanent funds worth about $6.1 billion. 
E. The combined value of oil and gas production was $ 2. 8 billion. 
F. Some 16, 000 employees work in the extractive industries and their wages are among the highest of any major industry. 
G. The $39 million earned by these funds in 1991 was used to finance education and other public services. 
H. Only S 25 million came from agricultural taxes. 
I. New Mexico's extractive mineral industries contribute about a third of the state's $ 1. 9 billion general-fund income in fiscal year 1991.
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第6题：Because we Turks are famous for hospitality, you may just find yourself. . . √. . . 
Thinking therefore we're an important centre of modern civililzation. . . therefore. . .
ISTANBUL 
For centuries, istanbul was the ce4tre of ancient civitisation. And today 
36. it's easy to see why. Although much has changed, but Istabul is still 
37. very central when traveling to the Middle East or Asia. And possibly 
38. it's very central to the enjoyment of your trip as well as. On Turkish 
39. Airlines ,you'll have the comfort of our modern planes which offer 
40. to you extra room for your legs and wide Business Class seating ,not to 
mention the ordinary recreations.
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第7、8、9、10、11、12、13题：The company invests a large sum of money in high technology. 
Answer: E 
1. It is engaged in the expansion of a telecommunications line. 
2. No other steel industries have such a high rating. . 
3. The company is the chief holder of a British company's shares. 
4. As much as forty million U. S. dollars are invested in Taiwan. 
5. It has business transactions with an American company. 
6. The company gets a very high interest rate from its stocks. 
7. Agreements were signed between two companies about technological cooperation.
A. Telecom Asia Corporation Limited (Thailand ) 
-It serves as international advisor in connection with the debt and equity financing for a US $3 billion telephone line expansion project in Bangkok. (Current)
B. Singapore Telecom international Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) 
- It acquires its 50/00 interest in Cambridge Holding Ltd. ,the controlling shareholder of Cambridge Cable Ltd. of the U. K. (6/1992)
C. Pohang Iron 6 Steel Co. ,Ltd. (Korea) . 
In connection with its ratings with Standard & Poor's and Moody's investor Services. The company obtained the highest rating of any steei company in the world. (II/1991)
D. Goldstar Co. ,Ltd. (Korea) 
In its investiment in ,and technology agreements with ,Zenith Electronics of the U. S. -the first transaction of this type in Korea. (2/1991 )
E. Concord Venture Capital Co. , Ltd.(Taiwan) ' 
-Structured ,marketed to investors and made a principal investment in the Fund with total equity of NT $ 940 million(US $ 40 million) to invest in Taiwanese high-technology venture capital opportunities. (I/1991)
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第14题：Mr. Davidson works hardly every day and he is a model worker . . . hard. . .
Dear Mrs. David, 
I received your letter dated December the 21st complaining 
41. about the qualify of our TL135 camera! checked with our 
42. manager and I am now answer your questions: Your can mail 
43. the flawed camera to us and paying the postage by yourself. Then 
44. upon receiving your package, we'll immediate send you a new one. 
45. And the postage is on us. I look forward to hear from you. 
Thank your for your letter.
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第15、16、17、18、19、20、21、22题：Dear Sir or Madam : 
We received your letter dated 2nd July, expressing your dissatisfaction with the present level of your sales in Nigeria. We shall try to explain as briefly as possible how it is that your competitors are doing so well so that you may see why it is that we are not. We shall also suggest ways of improving the present situation. Our difficulties may be summarized as follows :
1. Your competitors pay for extensive advertising in newspapers and magazines that reach every corner of Nigeria. We receive no financial help for advertising and do not receive sufficient commission to pay for it ourselves.
2. The company referred to in your letter sent a two-man team on a tour of six provinces in a specially equipped lorry containing the models they wished to publicize. Their agent had arranged displays in the towns they were due to visit and had announced them in the local press. With such backing from the manufacturer ,high sales are inevitable !
3. What sells well in Europe does not necessarily sell well elsewhere. Your competitors know this and plan accordingly. They give maximum publicity to three or four models that are sure to sell well here. We would suggest that you do the same and concentrate on the 98cc Speedy, the 250cc Hunter and the 350cc Hawk.
4. In spite of the excellent containership service between England and West Africa we are still having to wait for too long for orders to be shipped. Once they have placed an order, customers are impatient to receive it. Our present commission of 10/00 does not allow us to undertake sales tours in other regions. Nigeria covers an area of over 350 , 000 square miles and our present commission will not stand the expense of such trips.
If you are prepared to increase our commissions ,contribute to our travel expenses on the longer journeys and back us with advertising. We are convinced that we can do as well as your competitors. We look forward to your comments. 
Yours faithfully , 
Williams and Co. 
Questions 13-16 
. For questions 13 -16 ,choose the correct title for each paragraph from the box below. 
. For each paragraph (1-4) mark one letter (AG) on your Answer Sheet. 
. Do not mark any letter twice. 
13. Paragraph 1.......... 
14. Paragraph 2.......... 
15. Paragraph 3.......... 
16. Paragraph 4..........
A Deliveries and commission 
B A two-man team 
C Proper models. 
D More advertisements 
E Your competitors' successful methods 
F Expenses for trips 
G Sales promotions
Questions 17-20 
17. We are going to give a brief explanation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
18. Your competitors' advertisements often appear in popular publications 
19. Hear is our suggestion that you follow their example and. . . . . . . . . 
20. If you give us more financial assistance ,we believe., - . . . . . . . . - 
A. Why your competitors are doing better than us. 
B. that they wished to publicize. 
C. that we can catch up with your competitors. 
D. that you concentrate on three models. 
E. that are sure to sell well. 
F. which they would certainly visit. 
G. that reach every corner of Nigeria.
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第23、24、25、26、27、28、29、30、31、32、33、34、35、36、37题：  Gianni Agnelli ,Chairman of Fiat , Italy's largest private industrial corporation ,is known in Italy as the lawyer ,because he trained in law at Turin University. ... ...example......he has never practiced , his training may soon be useful. On April 17th Mr. Agnelli admitted to a group of Italian industrialists in Venice ...... 21...... Fiat had been ...... 22 ...... in some corruptions in Italy. On April 21st, Fiat's lawyers and Cesare Romiti , its managing director , met Milan magistrates to ...... 23 ...... the firm's involvement in bribery to win business from state-owned companies. 
Fiat is not the ...... 24 ...... Italian company caught up in Italy's increasing Political corruption scandal. According to the latest figure ,some 200 businessmen and politicians were sitting in prison ... ... 25 ... ... a result of judicial inquiries into kickbacks paid to politicians by firms. Hundreds more are still ... ... influence of Fiat, ......27...... sales are equal to 4/00 of Italy's home product ,the scandal at the company has ... . .. 28 ... ...the industrial establishment. 
Though neither Mr. Agnelli ....,. 29 ...... Mr. Romiti has been ...... 30...... of wrongdoing, several other senior Fiat managers have allegedly been involved in paying kickbacks to win state-owned contracts. ...... 31 ...... arrested include Francesco Mattiol , Fiat's finance director , and Antonio Moscon , the ... ... 32 ... ... head of its Toro insurance branch. ... ... 33... ...men have been ... ...34... ... about their previous roles on the board of Cogefar-Impresit, Fiat's construction subsidiary. Last May, Enzo Papi admitted paying a 1.5 million-dollar bribe for a contract , . .. ... 35 ... ... to Milan's underground.
Example 
A Though B That C Because D What 
Answer D
21. A what B that C when D if 
22. A involved B connected C related D done 
23. A talk B say C speak D discuss 
24. A one B single C worst D only 
25. A as B for C with D after 
26. A in B under C at D on 
27. A who B which C whose D its 
28. A rocked B ruined C damaged D destroyed 
29. A or B also C and D nor 
30. A accused B charged C criticized D blamed 
31. A Who B Those C He D That 
32. A old B former C late D last 
33.A Either B All C Every D Both 
34. A solved B answered C questioned D replied 
35. A contracted B related C connected D communicated 
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第38、39、40、41、42、43、44题：1. The government didn't want to cancel a meeting in its capital. 
2. This country did something that went against the international agreements. 
3. The king declared that he was unable to stop the civil war. 
4. A fierce quarrel broke out between this country and its neighbour. 
5. A national budget is going to be approved by the parliament some time in July.
6. An opposition .party plans to turn down its enemy who now controlls the government. 
7. A nuclear reactor aroused the suspicion of the United Nations which sent inspectors there to investigate.
A . North Korea announced that it had begun to change the fuel at a nuclear reactor at Youngbyon without the presence of international inspectors, a move that is contrary to international agreements.
B. The Khmers Rouges claimed to have captured the town of Mongkol Borei, in north-western Cambodia. As King Sihanouk prepared to leave for China to resume cancer treatment ,he said he had lost hope of resolving the Cambodian conflict.
C. Japan's main opposition party, the Liberal Democrats, said it would try to bring down the minority government of Tsutiomu Hata once the budget is passed by parliament in mid-July.
D. The Philippines refused a demand by Indonesia to ban a conference in Manila on East Timor, provoking the worst dispute between the countries for several years.
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第45题： If the line is correct ,put a tick (√) in the space on your .4nswer Sheet. 
. If there is an extra word in the line ,write that word in the space on your Answer Sheet. 
Example : 
New Mexico's mineral industries make up for about one third of. . . for 
the state's 1.9 billion general-fund income in fiscal year 1991. . . √ . .
LETTER TO THE EDITOR 
Sir-you say that New Mexico has "few natural resources". 
36. However ,the mineral industry in New Mexico is one of the 
37. state's most strongest economic forces. In 1991 New Mexico 
38. ranked fourth one in the United States in production of natural gas. 
39. Ten combined value of those oil and gas production was S 2. 8 billion dollars. 
40. New Mexico came through the recent recession in much better shape than most other 
states.
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第46、47、48、49、50题：. Read this memorandum. 
. Choose the lest sentence from the list A-I to fill each of the blanks. 
. For each blank (8-12) mark one letter (A-I) on your Answer Sheet. 
. De not mark any letter twice. 
. One answer has teen given as an example.
MEMORANDUM 
To: Filma Williams ,school of Architecture 
From : Ram S. Johnson ,Physical Plant Operations 
Subject : Air-conditioning Installation Costs for East Hall. 
Date : 4.4.94 
As you requested in your memo of March 15, we have studied the costs of installing air conditioning for the seven offices and two studio classrooms in Eest Hall ... ...example....`. . 
Office and Classroom installation 
Estimates were obtained from three contractors on the costs of covering the offices and classrooms ... ... 8... ... The work would take about three weeks. 
Because the central unit would be installed on the roof, some noise problems might occur during a four-or five-day period......9...... Sheet metal work to build out lest in the classes could be done on weekends , and the overtime labour costs of about $1,500 have been included in the estimates. 
Arrangements were not made to do the office space installation on weekends `.. ... 10... .. 
Additional Installation 
Because a larger installation, including a more powerful central unit, would be necessary to handle the halls and stairways ,an additional $6 , 000 would be required for the equipment. .....11 ...... If this additional work were delayed until a later time, a new central unit would be required along with changes in the pipe way ......12...... 
Summary 
The total job for the building would be about $ 35, 000 if done at one time. A two-stage installation would cost about $55 ,000. I can get official bids at your request.
Example: A 
A As you suggested, we also sought information on the additional cost of air 
conditioning in the entrance halls and stairways. 
B All these three were in the $ 20,000 to $25,000 range. 
C This later installation would cost about $20,000. 
D However, class interruption should be minimal. 
E In the same way, each of these three would take at least one month. 
F Therefore ,the total cost was this $6 ,000 plus another $5,000. 
G Labour costs would be an additional S 5 ,000,bringing the total cost of the addition to $11 ,000. 
H Each faculty member could expect to have workers in the office for about one day. 
I So faculty members can continue their office work as usual.
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第51、52、53、54、55、56、57、58、59、60、61、62、63、64、65题：Jack Cohen and his wife Tessa began their small grocery business on London's High Street in the early 1950s. Since that. . . . . . example. . . . . . . the company , TESCO , has grown to become .the UK's leading food retailer with annual sales of 6.4pounds billion and has . . . . . . 21. . . . . . a new reputation for quality and service. Its 384 stores in England, Scotland and Wales . . . . . .22. . `.` . . more than nine million customers per week. 
In the 34 year old Colin Smith we can see TESCO's . . . . . . 23. . . . . . on value plus quality and service. Upon. . . . . . 24. . . . . . TESCO's management team in 1987 as trading director for fresh meats ,he immediately focused . . . . . . 25. . . . . . improving supply and distribution systems. He set up a supplier certification program with strict specifications for processing facilities and livestock quality, plus . . . .. . 26. . . . . . quality checks at each TESCO distribution center and store. 
One of Smith's priorities has been an. . . . . . 27. . . . . . lamb program. TESCO could not obtain enough fresh lamb to .. . . . 28. . . , . . deman4 and was . . . . . . 29. . . . . . to fill in with frozen product. Smith turned to Cryovac specialists who . . . . . .30. . . . . . with TESCO and its meat suppliers to . . . . . . 31. . . . . . the Problem. 
The . . . . . . 32. . . . . . was a new packaging system from Cryovac featuring a harder Cryovac Barrier Bag which dramatically. . . . . . 33. . . . . . package damages. Vacuum packaged fresh lamb now arrives at TESCO stores in the best condition year-round and sales have. . . . . . 34. . . . . . to more than than 60 million pounds . . . . . . 35. . . . . .
Example: 
A. period B. time C. year . D. day 
Answer: B
21. A. had B. done C. made D. established 
22. A. sell B. serve C. meet D. hold 
23. A. emphasis B. idea C. name D. import3nce 
24. A. becoming B. being C. entering D. joining 
25. A. on B. in C. at D. with 
26. A. nearby B. far C. further D. farther 
27. A. old B. improved C. impossible D able 
28. A. ask B. answer C. satisfy D. question 
29. A. tried B. forced C. led D. set 
30. A. cooperate B. link C. study D. sit 
31. A. attack B. answer C. ask D. demand 
32. A. next B. first C. result D. beginning 
33. A. prevented B. stopped C. reduced D. increased 
34. A. enriched B. reached C. arrived D. grown 
35. A. daily B. annually C. usually D. particularly
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