2010年4月高等教育自學考試外貿英語寫作試題

2010年4月高等教育自學考試外貿英語寫作試題

Part One: Questions 1-20

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Directions: There are 20 sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. (在下列各題中選擇一個最佳答案填空。) 20%

1. The ______ will have a rotating honorary chairman.

A. Board of Directors B. Boards of Director

C. boards of director D. Board Directors

2. Only one of the job applicants can keyboard as fast as ______.

A. mine B. myself

C. I D. me

3. Because of the construction decline, ______ housing is available.

A. fewer B. less

C. least D. more

4. Checking accounts differ ______ saving accounts.

A. with B. on

C. between D. from轉自環 球 網 校

5. After inspection of the above shipment, they found 6 cases ______.

A. loss B. missing

C. missed D. losing

6. It might have been ______ who made the bid.

A. himself B. his

C. him D. he

7. ______ must be done to solve this problem.

A. Everything B. Something

C. Some thing D. Anything

8. She is unhappy with ______ of the order.

A. your handle B. your handling

C. you handle D. you handling

9. A committee of four men and five women ______ to be appointed in this week’s meeting.

A. were B. was

C. is D. are

10. The President has asked for budget cuts, and Congress has indicated ______ willingness to legislate some of them.

A. its B. their

C. it’s D. his

11. The outer packing of the black tea in small wooden cases looks ______.

A. attractive B. attractively

C. beauty D. beautifully

12. ______ you have entered your new office building, you probably would like to refurnish it.

A. Now that B. So that

C. For D. Because

13. In addition to setting the price of a product, business firms must decide ______ to offer special discount and credit terms to their customers.

A. if B. which

C. whatever D. whether

14. I think your sister is old enough to know ______ to spend all her money on fancy goods.

A. better than B. than

C. other than D. rather than

15. I have received ______ professional training.

A. three-month B. three-months

C. a three-month D. three-month’s

16. ______ our general agent, you would also have to look after the advertising.

A. Be B. For

C. To be D. As

17. Although ______ primarily to promote trade relations, these agreements also foster technological cooperation.

A. designed B. they are to be designed

C. it is designed D. they are being designed

18. The importer will submit references if these ______ given in the preliminary negotiations.

A. are not B. had not been

C. has not been D. were not

19. The goods are urgently needed. We ______ hope you will deliver them immediately.

A. in the case B. so

C. therefore D. for

20. We appreciate your suggestion ______ establish agency relationship between our two banks.

A. that B. for

C. we D. to

Part Two: Questions 21-30

There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Detect and correct the mistakes. Write your corrections together with the mistakes on the answer sheet.(下列每句各有一個錯誤，找出錯誤並改正。請將錯誤及改正寫在答題紙上。) 20%

Example: Who’s taking care the dog while you’re away?

taking care → taking care of

21. The computer, which is a very useful tool, is more and more dispensable in both our work and our life.

22. Comparing with the same type of products of other companies, your product is the best.

23. Nowadays surfing on the net is become a necessary part of our everyday life.

24. I wish I could speak English as fluent as native speakers do.

25. “I’ve got used to do E-commerce on the net,” he said to me proudly.

26. Surely it was them who left the package last night.

27. Our age, as we all know, is a information age.

28. The contract, which stipulations have been negotiated over the past six months, is to be signed again.

29. This letter is accompanied by a questionnaire and a self-addressed envelope .

30. Writing for Business Week, the TV networks were commended by the editor for their coverage of economics.

Part Three: Questions 31-40

Write logical sentences with the words and phrases given. (用所給的詞和詞組寫出符合邏輯的句子。) 10%

31. generally expect / to have / we / in today’s workplace / good computer skills / all employees

32. how well / are eager to / is performing / find out / the sales representatives / the promotion team

33. will have / with exchange rate / you visit / in any of the 8 countries / you and your staff / no trouble

34. import tax / permits goods / with little or no / to enter this country / the open-door policy

35. a free bestseller / will send / join now / if you / the Time Book Club / you

36. like the WTO / to regulate the economic / international economic bodies / and trade development / the world / needs

37. the enclosed draft / be able to review / you will / the next two weeks / within / I hope

38. have been employed / in an effort / different methods / the energy problem / by different countries / to solve

39. the group / similar investments / in other parts / according to / is making / a recent report / of the world

40. during a given time period / the imports / of a specified commodity / or exports / a quota limits

Part Four: Questions 41-50

Each of the following sentences contains one punctuation error. One punctuation in each is either missing or misused. Detect the error and write the missing punctuation or your correction together with the word before the punctuation on the answer sheet.(下面每句都有一個標點符號錯誤，該用標點處未用標點或標點符號用錯。改正錯誤或補寫標點，並將其與前面的一個單詞一起填寫在答題紙上。) 10%

Example: A. What a nice present you gave me. me!

B. You think you are right don’t you? right,轉自環 球 網 校

41. I doubt that he can answer your question

42. In short employees must work hard and creatively.

43. We are considering Boise, Idaho or Phoenix Arizona as a possible site for our factory.

44. Everybody knows that, we have a very challenging sales quota to fulfill this year.

45. The aircraft exhibition will be open seven days a week from 9 am to 6 p.m.

46. The machines arrived today, we plan to install them next week.

47. If you desire additional information please sign and return the enclosed card.

48. Although, he joined the firm only last year, he is already senior to me.

49. The rent is reasonable, moreover, the location is perfect.

50. They have been working for hours without a moments Five: Memo Writing

Write a memo in about 50 words. (寫一份50個單詞左右的備忘錄。)15%

51. You are the Personnel Manager of a company, and have been

approached by your IT Department to recruit three new members of staff. Write a memo to Miss Kate Bush, the Manager of the IT Department,·informing her you have received over 100 applications and have selected 10 candidates for interview,

·telling her you will write to the candidates inviting them for interview, and

·asking her to tell you the time and the place of the Six: Letter Writing

Write a letter in 130-150 words. (寫一封字數爲130-150的信函。)25%

52. 根據下列信息寫一封希望與一家外國公司建立業務關係的書信, 字數在130-150之間。

1) 從網上獲悉貴公司求購絲綢服裝。

2) 我們公司是我國最大的絲綢服裝出口公司之一, 願在平等互惠的基礎上建立業務關係。

3) 我們公司的絲綢服裝採用高檔純絲作原料，按傳統工藝製作而成，給人以雍容華貴之感，令人愛不釋手。現附上商品目錄和價格單供貴公司參閱。

4) 希望貴公司來函詢盤。