商务英语习题练习

商务英语考试BEC中级易错题（2018/10/15）
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、7、8、9、10、11、12、13、14、15、16、17、18、19、20题：. One answer has been given as an example.
Three Bootleggers Jailed 
Three men who ran a cross-channel smuggling group ,selling cheap. 
French beer ,wine and champagne in Britain ,were jailed yesterday. 
The men were leaders of an 11-man group which made at least 42......example......on the Dover-Calais ferry in three months.
Trucks of cheap drink were brought into the country and sold ... ...21 ... ...at Sunday market, And corner shops in South Wales , Two secret teams of customs officers ... ... 22... ...vehicles between Kent and Cardiff in an operation called "chancer". Eleven men admitted their part in a.. ...23... ...to avoid paying duty on beer and spirits.
Mr. Roger Thomas said it was ......24 ...... that 70, 000pounds of unpaid duty was involved between January and April last year when the gang was ...... 25 ......the smuggling group. Cases of beer, wine and champagne were brought to a rented warehouse in Cardiff before being ...... 26 ...... to traders. Mr. Richard Nichols, a former market trader, Mr. Qichard Spencer ,a shopowner, and Mr Raymond Tout , were put in prison for ... ... 27... ..of nine, four and three months ...... 28 ...... Judge Michael Burr said the group had used "an army of helpers "in an organized conspiracy to make ... ... 29 ... ... money. He ordered six other men to carry out community service and conditionally .. ... 30... ...two others who had played a lesser role.
After the ...... 31 ..... customs investigators said that the group made as many as four cross channel trips a day ... .. 32... ... to a hypermarket near Calais. They went into business only three weeks after the new customs laws came into ...... 33......on New Year's day last year. The investigators added : "We hope these jail .. ... 34... ...will be a big help to tackle this . ...35... ...crime which is causing concern to the retail industry.
example 
A. holidays B. tours C. trips D. voyages 
Answer: C
21. A. lawfully B. secretly C. legally D. illegally 
22. A. tracked B. travelled C. saw D. watched 
23. A. accident B. conspiracy C. hope D. dream 
24. A. calculated B. considered C. counted D. estimated 
25. A. meeting B. talking C. organizing D. using 
26. A. moved B. rented C. distributed D. using 
27. A. times B. lengths C. terms D. periods 
28. A. each B. altogether C. long D. respectively 
29. A. hard B. easy C. comfortable D. simple 
30. A. closed B. discharged C. opened D. liberated 
31. A. trial B. sentence C. accident D. case 
32. A. occasionally B. particularly C. mainly D. consequently 
33. A. being B. force C. strength D. use 
34. A. words B. sentences C. phrases D. punishment 
35. A. widespread B. terrible C. serious D. rare
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第21、22、23、24、25、26、27、28、29、30、31、32、33、34、35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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第36、37、38、39、40、41、42题：1. The company has businesses in four continents of the world. 
2. The company has appointed a new manager in charge of medicines. 
3. New automobiles will be developed in its program centers. 
4. A reform is being carried out in its organizations. 
5. Goods for hair protection makes a lot of money for the company. 
6. It tries to be more ready to meet the needs of the customers. 
7. The company is made up of fourteen subcompanies all over the world.
A . FORD 
To save up to $ 3 billion a year, Ford is merging its manufacturing, sales, and product development operations in North America and Europe-and eventually in Lation America and Asia. And in a move toward a more horizontal organization the company is setting up five program centers with worldwide responsibility in develop new cars and trucks.
B. IBM 
Big Blue is reorganizing its marketing and sales operations into 14 worldwide industry groups ,such as banking ,retail ,and insurance. In moving away from an organization based on geography, IBM hopes to eliminate turf wars and make itself more responsive to customers.
C. BMS 
Bristol-Meyers Squibb is revamping its consumer business by appointing a new chief responsible for its worldwide consumer medicines business such as Bufferin and Excedrin. The 
11, 400 million U. S. dollars drug company also has formed a new unit with worldwide 
responsibility for its Clairol and other hair-care products.
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第43题：We have to hold you responsibility for the loss we've been made to sustain. . . responsible. . .
This serves to authorize the Chairman of the F. T. Arbitration Commission to 
41. appoint an arbitrator on behave of this corporation to settle the dispute 
42. existed between the plaintiff and the defendant ,concerning the defendant's. 
43. failure to meet their oblige under contracts concluded for the supply of 
44. 8,000 metric tons of Aluminium ingots. Should the defendant failing to 
45. appoint an arbitrator with in the time specific by the F. T. Arbitration . 
Commission ,this corporation would have an arbitrator appointed for 
the defendant.
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