电大学习资料变化中的英语试题

电大学习资料变化中的英语试题

中央广播电视大学—第一学期“开放本科”期末考试

英语专业经贸英语(上)试题

1月

注意事项

一、将你的准考证号、学生证号、姓名及分校(工作站)名称填写在答题纸的规定栏内。考试结束后，把试卷和答题纸放在桌上。试卷和答题纸均不得带出考场。

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Paper 1 Listening Test (15 points) Information for candidates

□ There are three parts to the test and you will hear each part twice.

□ Thee will be a pause before each part to allow you to look through the questions and other pauses to let you think about your answers.

□Write your answers in the spaces indicated in the test paper.

Part 1

You will hear a short talk. As you listen, mark the following statements True or False according

to the information you have heard. (8 points)

1. This talk is concerned with politeness in English.

2. The British have a rich choice of expressions to show their reasonableness.

3. "You" is used for both singular and plural and for both informal and formal situations.

4. The British lady refused to say "please"

at the shop.

5. The Spanish people tend to say "thank you" more often than the British.

Part 2

You wilt hear part of a presentation about Marks and Spencer. As you listen, fill in the blanks marked 6-10. (5 points)

Marks and Spencer, the UK's leading retailer, was founded in 1984 by Michael Marks and has grown from being a market stall

in Leeds to being a very successful international retailer. They hart (6)

stores worldwide, employing a total of 68,208 people, (7) of whom work in the UK.

Last year turnover rose by 8.4% to ￡ 7,841.9 million and group profit before

tax was ￡ 1,002 million, an increase of (8) %.

In the same 12-month period, earnings per share went up to 26.7p and dividends per share were (9) p, up 14. 0%.

Marks and Spencer made a contribution of some ￡ 10 million to the community last year, and the company won the Queen's Award for Export Achievement for she

fifth time.

They currently have (10) shareholders; why don't you join them?

Part 3

You are going to listen to part of a conversation. Choose the best answer according to what learn from the conversation. (5 points)

11. Jane does not want to use a consultant agency because.

a) it is too expensive

b) it is not a systematic approach e) it is not safe to ask for external help

12. Henry thinks that.

a) the company needs to spend a lot of money on the research immediately

b) the company shouldn't spend a lot of money on research for the moment

c) the company will have to spend a 1ot of money on research in the future

13. Which of the following is mentioned as

a way of finding out about the competition?

a) Talking to loyal older customers.

b) Making some enquiries via email.

c) Visiting the local libraries.

14. Which of the following is true?

a) Jane agrees that they should try the simpler tactics first.

b) Henry agrees with Jane because she is familiar with press coverage.

c) John obviously agrees with his colleagues at the end of the conversation.

15. What are the people talking about?

a) Ways of raising money for a competition research.

b) Ways of doing a competition