2009年12月国际商务英语等级考试(中级)试卷及答案

全国外经贸从业人员考试国际商务英语等级考试（中级）试卷2009年12月Ⅰ．Listening: 20%（听力，20分）Section ADirections:“ alike”and “different”Listen to the descriptions, and then listen to each question. Circle around “yes” or “no”. This section totals five points.1. yes no2. yes no3. yes no4. yes no5. yes noSection BDirections: Here is part of the dialogue between Mr. Charles Wright and Tom Yang, listen to the tape and fill in the blanks with the words you have just heard. This section totals 10 points.Wright: Well, Mr. Tom, what do you think of our （1）?国际商务英语等级考试（中级）试卷第1 页（共14页）Yang:Quite （2）, Charley. I enjoyed having a look. Yang:Good. Tom, what do you think? Do you have an idea of what（3）you want to order?Yang:Charley, if the （4）is right, we’re prepared to order （5）of each model.Wright: I know you’ll be （6）that you came to Quality Machine Tools. Like our name sys, our machine tools are of the highest（7）. Tom, l think if you look into the（8）, you’ll find that our prices compare（9）.Yang: I’m afraid that l can’t agree with you, Charley. l have looked into the market.Although your machines are of high quality, your prices are much too high. Likethat I said, a 5% （10）in price would make it moreacceptable.Section C:Directions:Listen to the tape and translate the sentences into Chinese. This section totals five points.1. .2. .3. .国际商务英语等级考试（中级）试卷第2 页（共14页）Section ADirections: There are ten incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then write down the right answer in the brackets for each sentence. This section totals 10 points, one point for each sentence.（）1 There are too many examples in aviation and other _______________ of what has happened to companies that have tried to do that.A. sectionsB. sectorsC. segmentsD. components （）2 He is impressed, he says, by the way in which oil companies have ___________ from losing national images.A. obtainedB. gotC. reachedD. benefited （）3 If a company wishes to enter the Chinese market, it usually looks for a local _______________ who will cooperate in setting up a joint venture.A. manB. talentC. managerD. partner（）4 As companies move towards ‘remote working’, the need for the right tone of voice ________________ to every level of the organization.A. extendsB. stretchesC. expandsD. attaches（）5 When customers want last-minute changes to clothing, the plants cannot meet customers’ tight _______________.A. timesB. periodsC. datesD. deadlines （）6 We would appreciate it if we could be your sole distributor.A. pointed outB. appointedC. acted asD. represented （）7 Please note that the goods you ordered can be certainly promised for immediate shipment receipt of your L/C.A. uponB. withC. inD. without（）8 As we are one of the leading importers in this line, we are ____________ tohandle large quantities.国际商务英语等级考试（中级）试卷第3 页（共14页）A. at a positionB. of a positionC. on a positionD. in a position （）9 We offer you the following items ______________ your reply reaching here by May 21 our time.A. subjecting toB. to subject toC. subjects toD. subject to （）10 We are confident that the package of our products will _____________ the roughest handling in transit.A. suffer fromB. stand up toC. stand toD. put upSection BDirections: There are ten blanks in the following letter. You are required to choose the best one from the given four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Then write down the correct answer in the brackets. This section totals 10 points, one point for each blank.国际商务英语等级考试（中级）试卷第4 页（共14页）（）1. A. refer B. reference C. regards D. regarding（）2. A. regret B. regretted C. regretting D. regrettable （）3. A. inconvenience B. issues C. problem D. question（）4. A. made B. open C. ready D. produced（）5.A. regulation B. stipulation C. rule D. specification （）6. A. remain B. sell C. supply D. keep（）7. A. regard B. respect C. view D. term（）8. A. not later than B. later than C. no more than D. none later than （）9. A. call B. reject C. refuse D. cancel（）10. A. grateful B. thankful C. appreciated D. obligedSection CDirections: There are two passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then write down the correct answer in the brackets for each question or statement. This section totals 20 points, two points for each question.Passage OneLife assurance has existed, in one form or another, for thousands of years. When Roman soldiers were paid, part of their earnings went into a fund on their behalf. If they were in battle then this money was given to their families. Or, if they were retired from the army, they were given this money to help them start a new career.In the days when pirates used to attack ships at sea, many sea captains used to club together by putting money into a fund. Then when one of these captains was unlucky enough to get captured, money from the fund was used to pay his ransom and so get them released as soon as possible. Gradually, over the centuries, the basic principles of life assurance were growing.One very important idea or principle that began to develop was that —if life assurance was to work well —a fund of money was needed. People who wanted to have国际商务英语等级考试（中级）试卷第5 页（共14页）assurance would join a club or society and pay money regularly into the society’s fund each year.In this way, the fund would gradually grow, and if one of the society’s members did die there should be enough in the fund to be able to pay out the amount assured. The problem that remained was this: how much should each person put into the fund?This important question was solved by a mathematics teacher who worked in London two hundred years ago. He was James Dodson. He realized that the amount each person should pay into the fund rested on the principle of probability. That is —how probable or likely was it that the person might die?Using his mathematics, James Dodson calculated the probability of death for each individual who wanted life assurance. Today, we say that we are working out a person’s life expectancy —how long the person can expect or hope to live.Much will depend on the age of the person, how healthy he or she is, and how risky the job he or she does. James Dodson realized that the more likely a person was to die, the fewer years he or she would be expected to pay into the fund and, therefore, the more he or she should pay each year. With this information, James Dodson could calculate mathematically the fixed amount that each person should pay each year, in order to be assured that an agreed sum of money would be given to his or her family when he or she died. This fixed amount of money is known as a level premium —because it remains at the same level for as long as he or she keeps up the policy.So, in 1762, the first scientifically calculated life assurance began —although, sadly, James Dodson himself died before his scheme started working properly.（）1. Life assurance has existed for thousands of years. This statement is supported by two examples given in this passage, they are .A. Roman soldiers’ fund and James Dodson’s schemeB. pirates’ attack and sea captains’ fundC. level premium and James Dodson’s schemeD. Roman soldiers’ fund and sea captains’ fund（）2. The problem that how much each person should put into the fund was solved by James 国际商务英语等级考试（中级）试卷第6 页（共14页）Dodson based on the principle of .A. probabilityB. healthC. level premiumD. club fund（）3. If a person wants to have assurance he has to pay money regularly into the club’s or society’s fund each year. What the person does is generally referred to as“”.A. paying a premiumB. raising the fundC. collecting moneyD. paying the ransom（）4. A person’s life expectancy has much to do with the following factors except .A. ageB. healthC. hobbyD. job（）5. Which of the following is the most proper title of this passage? .A. Life Assurance. .B. History of Life Assurance.C. Basic Principles of Life AssuranceD. A Person’s Life ExpectancyPassage TwoYou hear the refrain all the time: the U.S. economy looks good statistically, but it doesn’t feel good. Why doesn’t ever-greater wealth promote ever-greater happiness? It is a question that dates at least to the appearance in 1958 of The Affluent (富裕的）Society by John Kenneth Galbraith, who died recently at 97.The Affluent Society is a modern classic because it helped define a new moment in the human condition. For most of history, “hunger, sickness, and cold” threatened nearly everyone, Galbraith wrote. “Poverty was found everywhere in that world. Obviously it is not of ours.” After World War II, the dread of another Great Depression gave way to an economic boom. In the 1930s unemployment had averaged 18.2 percent; in the 1950s it was 4.5 percent.To Galbraith, materialism had gone mad and would breed discontent. Through advertising, companies conditioned consumers to buy things they didn’t really want or need. Because so much spending was artificial, it would be unfulfilling. Meanwhile, government spending that would make everyone better off was being cut down because people instinctively—and wrongly—labeled government only as “a necessary evil.”国际商务英语等级考试（中级）试卷第7 页（共14页）It’s often said that only the rich are getting ahead; everyone else is standing still or falling behind. Well, there are many undeserving rich—overpaid chief executives, for instance. But over any meaningful period, most people’s incomes are increasing. From 1995 to 2004, inflation-adjusted average family income rose 14.3 percent, to $43,200. People feel “squeezed” because their rising incomes often don’t satisfy their rising wants—for bigger homes, more health care, more education, faster Internet connections.The other great frustration is that it has not eliminated insecurity. People regard job stability as part of their standard of living. As corporate layoffs increased, that part has eroded. More workers fear they’ve become “the disposable American,” as Louis Uchitelle puts it in his book by the same name.Because so much previous suffering and social conflict stemmed from poverty, the arrival of widespread affluence suggested utopian（乌托邦式的）possibilities. Up to a point, affluence succeeds. There is much less physical misery than before. People are better off. Unfortunately, affluence also creates new complaints and contradictions.Advanced societies need economic growth to satisfy the multiplying wants of their citizens. But the quest for growth lets loose new anxieties and economic conflicts that disturb the social order. Affluence liberates the individual, promising that everyone can choose a unique way to self-fulfillment. But the promise is so extravagant that it predestines many disappointments and sometimes inspires choices that have anti-social consequences, including family breakdown and obesity（肥胖症）. Statistical indicators of happiness have not risen with incomes.Should we be surprised? Not really. We’ve simply reaffirmed an old truth: the pursuit of affluence does not always end with happiness.（）6. What question does John Kenneth Galbraith raise in his book The Affluent Society?A. Why statistics don’t tell the truth about the economy.B. Why affluence doesn’t guarantee happiness.C. How happiness can be promoted today.D. What lies behind an economic boom.（）7. According to Galbraith, people feel discontented because .国际商务英语等级考试（中级）试卷第8 页（共14页）A. Public spending hasn’t been cut down as expectedB. The government has proved to be a necessary evilC. They are in fear of another Great DepressionD. Materialism has run wild in modern society（）8. Why do people feel squeezed when their average income rises considerably?A. Their material pursuits have gone far ahead of their earnings.B. Their purchasing power has dropped markedly with inflation.C. The distribution of wealth is uneven between the rich and the poor.D. Health care and educational cost have somehow gone out of control.（）9. What does Louis Uchitelle mean by “the disposable American” （Line 3, Para. 5）?A. Those who see job stability as part of their living standard.B. People full of utopian ideas resulting from affluence.C. People who have little say in American politics.D. Workers who no longer have secure jobs.（）10. What has affluence brought to American society?A. Renewed economic security.B. A sense of self-fulfillment.C. New conflicts and complaints.D. Misery and anti-social behavior.III．Business Translation: 20%（商务翻译，20分）Section ADirections: There are ten terms in this section. Translate the English terms or phrases into Chinese and the Chinese terms or phrases into English. Then write down the translation on the paper. This section totals 10 points, one point for each term.1 negotiating bank2 specific enquiry国际商务英语等级考试（中级）试卷第9 页（共14页）3 debit note4 operative instrument5 fancy goods6 指示性标志7 原产国 8 售货确认书9 形式发票 10 装船通知Section BDirections: Translate the following five Chinese sentences into English. Then write down the translation on the paper. This part totals 10 points, two points for each sentence.1作为折衷办法，我们对这笔交易破例接受见票后30天付款交单，希望你认为我们的建议是可接受的。