剑桥商务英语初级试题卷Unit5b.docx

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剑桥商务英语初级试题卷Unit5b

Unit5b

PartIGrammar

Task1

Completethedialoguewiththepresentperfectorpastsimpleformoftheverbsinbrackets.

Kate:

Hello.KateHawthornspeaking.

Jason:

HiKate,it’sJason.I（1just/comeback）______________________fromholidayandIwaswonderingaboutthequarterlysalesfigures…

Kate:

Ohright.Hangon.We（2get）_____________________themacoupleofweeksago.

Jason:

So,howwe（3we/do）____________________lastquarter?

Kate:

Right,heretheyare.Well,it’sdifficulttosay,really.AndI’mafraidsomeoftheoffices（4still/notsend）______________________theirfiguresinyet.

Jason:

Sowho（5send）_______________________theirresultssofar?

Kate:

Germany.They（6do）___________________quitewelllastquarter.They（7beat）___________________theirsalestargetby12%.

Jason:

Howthey（8they/manage）_______________________that?

Theirsales（9be）_________________________downwhenI（10be）________________________thereinAugust.

Kate:

Iknow,butthey（11win）_________________________abigcontractinSeptember.

Jason:

SowhataboutSpain?

Kate:

We（12not/hear）___________________________fromthemyet,I’mafraid…

Answers:

1.‘vejustcomeback2.got3.didwedo4.stillhaven’tsent

5.hassent6.did7.beat8.didtheymanage9.were

10.was11.won12.haven’theard

Task2

Completethee-mailwiththecorrectformofthepastsimpleorpresentperfect.

Answers:

1.got2.had3.haven’tallcome4.sent5.got/‘vegot

6.‘vealreadyasked7.didn’tallarrive8.Didyoumention9.were

10.‘salwaysbeen11.‘vearranged/arranged12.haven’tcome13.saw

14.went15.told16.‘sjustcome17.made

18.promised19.didn’ttell20.haven’tevenstarted

Task3

Usetheproperformoftheverbsinbracketstocompletethepresentation.

Goodafternooneveryone.Welcometothepresentationofthecompany’shalfyearsalesresults.Asyoucansee,thisyear（1be）______verysuccessfulsofarandthecompany（2already/achieve）______manyofitstargetsfortheyear.Oursalespeople（3work）______veryhardandthedepartment（4perform）_____verywell.Thesuccessisespeciallypleasingwhenyouthinkbacktotheproblemswe（5have）____summer.Sales（6be）_____downby10%andthings（7not/look）______goodatall.We（8make）______somedifficultdecisionslastyear,whichalotofpeople（9not/be）____happywith.However,sincethenwe’rehappytosaythatperformance（10improve）_______sharply.

Keys;

1hasbeen2hasalreadyachieved3haveworked4hasperformed5had6were7didnotlook8made9werenot10hasimproved

PartIIVocabulary

Whichwordistheoddoneout?

1.goalobjectivesalestarget

2.graphpredictionchartdiagram

3.profitexpenditureoverheadscosts

4.valueturnoverincomeearnings

5.resultforecastpredictionbudget

6.currentpresentexistingprevious

7.capitalprojectfinanceassets

8.possibilitychancepositionopportunity

Answers:

1.sales2.prediction3.profit4.value

5.result6.previous7.project8.position

PartIII

Matchthesentencehalves.

1.ExportstoFrancedecreasedduetoa）anincreaseinmarketshare.

2.Areductioninoverheadsmeantb）theweaknessoftheeuro.

3.Productiontimeswerecutasaresultofc）the$2.2bnacquisitionofIndigo.

4.Asuccessfuldiscountingpolicyledtod）asharpfallintheshareprice.

5.Pre-taxprofitsweredownbecauseofe）investmentinnewmachinery.

6.Poorthirdquarterresultscausedf）anincreaseinprofitability.

Answers:

1.b2.f3.e4.a5.c6.d

PartIV

Rewritethesentencesusingthecorrectformofthewordsinbrackets.

1.It’sdifficulttoexporttosomecountries.Theyhavecomplexregulations.

（dueto）It’sdifficulttoexporttosomecountriesduetocomplexregulatons.

2.Weproducelocally.Theproductioncostsarelower.

（becauseof）__________________________________________________

3.We’renowtradingineuros.we’vehadtoupdatealloursystems.

（mean）__________________________________________________

4.Therewereproblemswithasuppliersothereweredeliverydelays.

（cause）__________________________________________________

5.Productioncostsarerising.Marginsaregettingsmaller.

（leadto）__________________________________________________

6.Europeanexportshaverisen.Thevaluefotheeuroisfalling.

（dueto）__________________________________________________

7.Itwillbeeasierotdistributedirectlytocustomers.Internetusagehasincreased.

（becauseof）__________________________________________________

8.Therearesomenewregulations.Theywillincreaseourexportbusiness.

（leadto）__________________________________________________

Keys:

2Weproducelocallybecauseof（the）lowerproductioncosts.

3Tradingineurosmeans（that）wehavehadtoupdatealloursystems.

4Thedeliverydelayswerecausedbyasupplier.

5Risingproductioncostsareleadingtosmallermargins.

6Europeanexportshaverisenduetoafallinthevalueoftheeuro.

7ItwillbeeasiertodistributedirectlytocustomersbecauseofanincreaseinInternetusage.

8Newregulationswillleadtoanincreaseinourexportbusiness.

PartVReading

Questions1-5

●Lookatquestions1-5.

●Ineachquestion,whichsentenceiscorrect?

●Foreachquestion,markoneletter（A,BorC）onyourAnswerSheet.

1.

Taylorsrang—orderfordesksheldupbystrike.

Theyexpecttodispatchthemon10thMay.

Whatistheproblemwiththeorder?

A.Thegoodsaredelayed.

B.Thegoodsarelost.

C.Thegoodsaredamaged.

2.

Thisfactorywillbecloseduntil11amon3November

duetoessentialreorganization.

A.Theywillclosethefactoryon3November.

B.Theywillmovetoanewfactoryon3November.

C.Theywillopenthefactoryagainon3November.

3.

TownleyVehicleshave

appointedKenRoberts,

formerlyofWestonMotors,

asSalesManager.

WhatdoweknowaboutKenRoberts?

A.HeusedtoworkforTownleyVehicles.

B.Heisapplyingforajobasasalesmanager.

C.HewasemployedbyWestonMotorsinthepast.

4.

EXPRESS-PRINThasopenedanewofficeinthisarea.

Pleasecallintodiscussyourphotocopyingrequirements.

A.Telephoneournewofficeifyouwanttoorderanything.

B.Visitournewofficeandtalktousaboutwhatyouneed.

C.Contactuswithyourrequirementswhenyouopenanewoffice.

5.

SalesgrowthatMedicoplcis1.8%thisyear,

comparedtoanearlierforecastof2.5%.

Thecompany’ssalesgrowthforthisyearis

A.lowerthanexpected.

B.thesameasexpected.

C.higherthanexpected.

Answers:

1-5ACCBA

Questions6-10

●Lookatthechartsbelow.Theyshowtheincomefromsalesandtheincomefromadvertisementsineightdifferentnewspapersoverathree-monthperiodin2001.

●Whichchartdoeseachsentence（6-10）describe?

●Foreachsentence,markoneletter（A-H）onyourAnswerSheet.

●Donotuseanylettermorethanonce.

6.Whileincomefromadvertisementsrosesteadilythroughouttheperiod,incomefromsalesincreasedinJunebutthenfelltobelowtheMaylevel.

7.IncomefromadvertisementsfellslightlyinJuneandbyalargeramountinJuly,whereasincomefromsalesremainedsteadyinthefinalmonth.

8.AlthoughincomefromsalesovertookincomefromadvertisementsinJune,itthendroppedbackagainattheendoftheperiod.

9.IncomefromsalesreachedalowpointinJunewhileincomefromadvertisementsleveledoffattheendoftheperiod.

10.IncomefromadvertisementsreachedapeakinJulyandincomefromsaleswasatitslowestpointinJune.

Answers:

6-10DFBEA

Questions11-16

●Readthetextbelowaboutaretailgroup.

●Foreachquestion11-16,choosethecorrectanswer.

●Markoneletter（A,BorC）onyourAnswerSheet.

NOTJUSTASHOP!

Inhisearlyreport,theChairmanofachainofretailoutletswritesaboutthefinancialaspectsofthebusinessanddescribestheworkwhichthecompanyhasdonetobenefitpeopleintheareaswheretheirshopsarelocated.

Itcontinuestobeanimportantpartofourcompanypolicytoberesponsibleforthehealthandwelfareofpeopleintheareaswhichweserve.Inthepastyear,wehaveconcentratedespeciallyoneducationandtraining,andhaveinvestedover￡4,000,000inthisandotherareasrangingfromthecareoftheoldtothearts.

Letuslookatthesefirst.Wehave,asalways,financedhealthresearchandcareprojectshelpingnotonlytheoldbutchildrenandthedisabledtoo.Wewereespeciallypleasedthisyeartoprovidealarmsfordisabledpeoplewholivealoneandtorunprogrammeswhichhelpchildrenunderstandbettertheproblemsfacingdisabledpeople.

TheGroundworkFoundationencouragesyoungpeopleinpoorareastoimprovetheirenvironment,whiletheSchoolsPromconcertattheRoyalAlbertHallinLondonincludes20,000childrennationwide.Bothoftheseweregivenfinancialhelp.

Asmentionedabove,inthelastyearwehavebeenactiveinsupportingarangeofeducationprojects.Twoofourmanagersarenowoutofthecompanyon1-yearprojects,trainingyoungpeopleforworkintheretailindustryandimprovingthequalityoftheteachingtheyreceive.Inaddition,wehavestartedaprogrammeof3-monthschemeswhichourmanagerialstaffareabletobenefitformwithouthavingtotakealongbreakfromtheirjobs.

Schoolsanduniversitieshavealsobenefited.ALondonBusinessSchoolreceived￡50,000todevelopatrainingprogrammeforUKschoolstaff,givingthemtheskillsnecessarytomanagetheirownschools.AmajorUniversityahsreceivedapromiseof￡100,000over5yearstofundanewteachingpostininternationalretailing.Thiswillallow22morestudentstostudythissubjecteachyear.

Itisnotonlythecompanyth