Part One 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.
1. The ______ will have a rotating honorary chairman.
A.Board of Directors
B.Boards of Director
C.boards of director
D.Board Directors
A B C D
A
2. Only one of the job applicants can keyboard as fast as ______.
A.mine
B.myself
C.I
D.me
A B C D
C
3. Because of the construction decline, ______ housing is available.
5. After inspection of the above shipment, they found 6 cases ______.
A.loss
B.missing
C.missed
D.losing
A B C D
B
6. It might have been ______ who made the bid.
A.himself
B.his
C.him
D.he
A B C D
D
7. ______ must be done to solve this problem.
A.Everything
B.Something
C.Some thing
D.Anything
A B C D
B
8. She is unhappy with ______ of the order.
A.your handle
B.your handling
C.you handle
D.you handling
A B C D
B
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
A B C D
C
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
A B C D
A
11. The outer packing of the black tea in small wooden cases looks ______.
A.attractive
B.attractively
C.beauty
D.beautifully
A B C D
A
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
A B C D
A
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
A B C D
D
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
A B C D
A
15. I have received ______ professional training.
A.three-month
B.three-months
C.a three-month
D.three-month's
A B C D
C
16. ______ our general agent, you would also have to look after the advertising.
A.Be
B.For
C.To be
D.As
A B C D
D
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
A B C D
A
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
A B C D
D
19. The goods are urgently needed. We ______ hope you will deliver them immediately.
A.in the case
B.so
C.therefore
D.for
A B C D
C
20. We appreciate your suggestion ______ establish agency relationship between our two banks.
A.that
B.for
C.we
D.to
A B C D
D
Part Two 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.
1. The computer, which is a very useful tool, is more and more dispensable in both our work and our life.
dispensable→indispensable
2. Comparing with the same type of products of other companies, your product is the best.
Comparing→Compared
3. Nowadays surfing on the net is become a necessary part of our everyday life.
is become→is becoming/has become
4. I wish I could speak English as fluent as native speakers do.
fluent→fluently
5. "I've got used to do E-commerce on the net," he said to me proudly.
do→doing
6. Surely it was them who left the package last night.
them→they
7. Our age, as we all know, is a information age.
a→an
8. The contract, which stipulations have been negotiated over the past six months, is to be signed again.
which→whose或which stipulations→the stipulations of which
9. This letter is accompanied by a questionnaire and a self-addressed envelope.
by→with
10. Writing for Business Week, the TV networks were commended by the editor for their coverage of economics.
the TV networks were commended by the editor →the editor commended the TV networks
Part Three Write logical sentences with the words and phrases given.
1. generally expect/to have/we/in today's workplace/good computer skills/all employees
In today's workplace we generally expect all employees to have good computer skills.
2. how well/are eager to/is performing/find out/the sales representatives/the promotion team
The sales representatives are eager to find out how well the promotion team is performing.
3. will have/with exchange rate/you visit/in any of the 8 countries/you and your staff/ no trouble
You and your staff will have no trouble with exchange rate in any of the 8 countries you visit.
4. import tax/permits goods/with little or no/to enter this country/the open-door policy
The open-door policy permits goods to enter this country with little or no import tax.
5. a free bestseller/will send/join now/if you/the Time Book Club/you
The Time Book Club will send you a free best-seller if you join now.
6. like the WTO/to regulate the economic/international economic bodies/and trade development/the world/needs
The world needs international economic bodies like the WTO to regulate the economic and trade development.
7. the enclosed draft/be able to review/you will/the next two weeks/within/I hope
I hope you will be able to review the enclosed draft within the next two weeks.
8. have been employed/in an effort/different methods/the energy problem/by different countries/to solve
Different methods have been employed by different countries in an effort to solve the energy problem.
9. the group/similar investments/in other parts/according to/is making/a recent report/of the world
According to a recent report the group is making similar investments in other parts of the world.
10. during a given time period/the imports/of a specified commodity/or exports/a quota limits
A quota limits the imports or exports of a specified commodity during a given time period.
Part Four 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.
1. I doubt that he can answer your question
question→question.
2. In short employees must work hard and creatively.
short→short,
3. We are considering Boise, Idaho or Phoenix Arizona as a possible site for our factory.
Phoenix→Phoenix,
4. Everybody knows that, we have a very challenging sales quota to fulfill this year.
that,→that
5. The aircraft exhibition will be open seven days a week from 9 am. to 6 p. m.
am→a. m. 或 p. m. →pm
6. The machines arrived today, we plan to install them next week.
today, →today;
7. If you desire additional information please sign and return the enclosed card.
information→information,
8. Although, he joined the firm only last year, he is already senior to me.
Although, →Although
9. The rent is reasonable, moreover, the location is perfect.
reasonable, →reasonable;
10. They have been working for hours without a moments rest.
moments→moment's
Part Five Write a memo in about 50 words.
1. 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 in 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 interview.
To: Miss Kate Bush From: (Your name, Personnel Manager) Subject: IT Department job interview Date: (Today's date) I have received over 100 applications for the three new positions in the IT Department and have put together a short list of 10 candidates. I will shortly write to the candidates inviting them for interview. Please let me know when and where you would like the interview to take place so that I can inform the candidates when I write to them.
To whom it may concern, We have learned on the internet that you are in the market for silk garments. Here we are introducing ourselves as one of China's leading exporters of the same line of business. And we would like to establish business relations with you on the basis of equality and mutual benefit. Our silk garments are made of super pure silk materials and in the traditional skills. They are magnificent and have wide popular appeal, and therefore, have long enjoyed a great fame both at home and abroad. We enclose a catalogue and a price list for your reference and trust some of these items will be of interest to you, and we would appreciate it very much if you could email us your inquiries. We are looking fovward to your favorable reply.