剑桥商务英语高级考试试题二十五.docx

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剑桥商务英语高级考试试题二十五

剑桥商务英语高级考试试题（二十五）

一、READING（PARTONE）（共8小题,共8.0分）·LookatthestatementsbelowandatthefiveextractsfromanarticleaboutWebhostingprovider,itsresellerandoutsourcing.·Whicharticle（A,B,C,DorE）doeseachstatement1—8referto?

·Foreachstatement1—8,markoneletter（A,B,C,DorE）onyourAnswerSheet.·Youwillneedtousesomeoftheselettersmorethanonce.

第1题

A

Tomaintainastatisticalmeasureofthequantityofgoodsshippedabroadandtoprovideameansofdeterminingwhetherregulationsarebeingmet,mostcountriesrequireshipmentsabroadtobeaccompaniedbyanexportdeclaration.Usuallysuchadeclaration,presentedattheportofexit,includesthenamesandaddressesoftheprincipalsinvolved,thedestinationofthegoods,afulldescriptionofthegoods,andtheirdeclaredvalue.WhenmanufacturersareexportingfromtheUnitedStates,CustomsandtheDepartmentofCormmercerequireanexportdeclarationforallshipments.Ifspecificlicensesarerequiredtoshipaparticularcommodity,theexportlicensemustbepresentedwiththeexportdeclarationforpropercertification.ItthusservesastheprincipalmeansofcontrolforregulatoryagenciesoftheU.S.government.

B

Inexporting,thebillthattheexporterorconsignorsendstotheimporterorconsigneeiscalledacommercialinvoice.Thisinvoicelistsfullparticularsoftheshipment.Themarks,thenumberofpackages,anaccuratepackinglist,andafulldescriptionofthemerchandiseshouldappearonthecommercialinvoice.Itshouldstatethenameoftheship（ifoceantransportationisused）,thenameandaddressoftheconsignee,thecontractnumber,thecodewordforthecontractifoneisused,thepriceperunitofthemerchandise,andthetotalpriceoftheshipment.Thecommercialinvoiceshouldalsoshowthenatureofthepricequotation,whetherthemerchandiseissoldFOBfactory,FASvessel,orClFportofdestination.

C

Anotheressentialshippingdocumentforshipmentstosomecountriesistheconsularinvoice.Thisisadocumentobtainedbytheexporterinhisorhercountryfromthegovernmentalrepresentativeoftheimporter'scountry.Itwasoriginallydesignedtohelpensurethatfairmarketvalueswouldbelistedontheinvoicespreparedbytheexporter.Thustheexportermustprepareandhawcertifiedbeforetheforeignconsulorrepresentativeadocumentcontainingallessentialdetailsofthesale.Aftercertificationthedocumentisforwardedtothebuyerforpresentationtocustomswiththecustomsdeclaration,ostensiblyforuseindeterminingtheamountoftarifftobelevied.

Inrecentyears,anumberofcountriesincludingtheUnitedStatesandthePhilippines,haveeliminatedtherequirementfortheconsularinvoice.Butwheretheyarestillrequired,theymustbeprovided.

D

Thepackinglistissometimesdisplayedonthecommercialinvoice,oritmaybeaseparatedocument,dependingonthenumberofpackagesandthecomplexityofthelist.Itshouldcontain,itembyitem,thecontentsofcasesorcontainersinashipment.Theitemsshould

belistedseparatelywiththeirweightanddescriptionsetforthsoastomakeacompletecheckofthecontentsofeachpackagepossibleuponarrivalattheportofdestinationorthecustomsoffice.Thisinformationisalsousefulfortheconsignee.Anyvariationindescriptionfromthecommercialinvoiceorconsularinvoiceusuallysubjectstheconsigneetolargefines,whicharethenpassedontotheexporter.

E

Thesecontainawidevarietyofspecialinspectioncertificatesissuedbyvariousauthoritiesandmayberequiredbytheimportertomeethisorherownorgovernmentrequirements.Thesedocumentscertifyastopurityandabsenceofdisease,andareissuedtocoverfoodproducts,plants,seeds,andliveanimals.Frequently,theymustbelegalizedbytheconsularrepresentativeoftheimportingcountry.Foodproductsarethoseforwhichsanitarycertificatesaremostoftenrequired.

Specialcertificatesarealsoissuedforcertaintypesofmerchandise,tocertifyarequiredcompositionortheexistenceofspecificingredients.Sometypesofsteel,forexample,aresoldonanalysis.Certainchemicalmixturesmustbeanalyzedandcertifiedwithrespecttothepresenceofdesiredconstituents

Thisinvoicelistsfullparticularsoftheshipment.

【正确答案】：

B

【本题分数】：

1.0分

【答案解析】

[精析]本题意为：

发货清单上列明了装运的各项细节。

比照原文，在B文中有原句，故答案为B。

第2题

Itshouldcontain,itembyitem,thecontentsofcasesorcontainersinashipment.

【正确答案】：

D

【本题分数】：

1.0分

【答案解析】

[精析]本题意为：

它必须包括装运中箱子或者装箱所装何物。

比照原文，在D文中有原句，故答案为D。

第3题

Atbest,itisevidenceoftheintentionsofthepartiesandisanotificationtotheconsigneeofallthefactsandtheamounttobepaid.

【正确答案】：

B

【本题分数】：

1.0分

【答案解析】

[精析]本题意为：

最好，它是双方意向的凭证和对所有细节以及所付金额的提示。

在五段材料中．只有B段材料中列明了发货清单中所需的细节，故答案为B。

第4题

Ifspecificlicensesarerequiredtoshipaparticularcommodity,theexportlicensemustbepresentedwiththeexportdeclaration,forpropercertification.

【正确答案】：

A

【本题分数】：

1.0分

【答案解析】

精析]本题意为：

如果运输某项特殊商品需要特别许可证，那么必须连同出口证明一同出示出口许可证。

比照原文，在A文中看原句，故答案为A。

第5题

Thisisadocumentobtainedbytheexporterinhisorhercountryfromthegovernmentalrepresentativeoftheimporter'scountry.

【正确答案】：

C

【本题分数】：

1.0分

【答案解析】

[精析]本题意为：

这是出口方在进口方国家办事处开具的相关文件。

对比原文，在C文中有原句，故答案为C。

第6题

Foodproductsarethoseforwhichsanitarycertificatesaremostoftenrequired.

【正确答案】：

E

【本题分数】：

1.0分

【答案解析】

[精析]本题意为：

在食品行业中，卫生许可证是必备的。

比照原文，在E文中有原句，故答案为E。

第7题

Anyvariationindescriptionfromthecommercialinvoiceorconsularinvoiceusuallysubjectstheconsigneetolargefines,whicharethenpassedontotheexporter.

【正确答案】：

D

【本题分数】：

1.0分

【答案解析】

[精析]本题意为：

当实物与发货清单所列不同时，收货人常常会面临高额罚款，并且这会由出口方承担。

本句在D文的最后一句出现，故答案为D。

第8题

Itwasoriginallydesignedtohelpensurethatfairmarketvalueswouldbelistedontheinvoicespreparedbytheexporter.

【正确答案】：

C

【本题分数】：

1.0分

【答案解析】

[精析]本题意为：

最初，此举旨在确保公平市场价格都列于出口方准备的发货清单中。

对比原文，在C文中有原句，故答案为C。

二、READING（PARTTWO）（共6小题,共6.0分）·InthispartoftheReadingTestyoureadatextwithgapsinit,andchoosethebestsentencetofilleachgapfromasetofeightsentences.·Firstreadthetextforoverallmeaning,thengobackandlookforthebestsentenceforeachgap.·Makesurethesentencefitsboththemeaningandthegrammarofthetextaroundthegap.·Readthearticleontheoppositepageaboutmanagementbuyoutsofcompanies.·Choosethebestsentencefrombelowtofilleachofthegaps.·Foreachgap1-6,markoneletter（A-H）onyourAnswerSheet.·Donotuseanylettermorethanonce.

第1题

TheOperationsFunction

Goodsaretangibleitemspurchasedbyindividualsororganizationsforsubsequentuses.Servicesareintangibleitemsthatareconsumedwhenbeingprovided,withthecustomertakingawayorretainingthebenefitofthatservice.Butinmanycommercialsituations,whatisprovidedorproducedbyanorganizationcanbeamixtureofbothgoodsandservices.Insomesituationstheproductwilloutweightheservicebutinothersituationsitwillbetheopposite.

Theoperationsfunctionisthepartoftheorganizationthatexistsmainlytogenerateandproducetheproducts.

（1）.Theyhaveaconversionprocess,someresourceinputsintothatprocess,theoutputsresultingfromtheconversionsoftheinputs,andthe

informationfeedbackabouttheactivitiesintheoperationssystem.

（2）.Economistsrefertothetransformationofresourcesintogoodsandservicesastheproductionfunction.（3）.Thisprocessiswhatcreatestherevenueforthecompanymakingtheproductsorprovidingtheservices.（4）.

Whentakingtheconversionprocessintoconsiderationwemusttakeintoaccountthattheprocessissubjecttorandomchangeandfluctuations.Unplannedoruncontrolledinfluencesmaycausetheactualoutputtodifferfromtheplannedoutput.（5）.IfthereisacircumstanceinwhichtheYangziRiverofChinawastoflood,theproductionofricewouldsuffer,thereforecausinganincreasefluctuationinthepriceofrice.（6）.Fluctuationsmayalsotendtobecausedbyinternalproblemsinherentintheconversionprocess.Faultyequipment,materialimperfections,andofcoursehumanerrorsareonlyafewoftheideasthataffectoutputquality.

AOthernaturalproblemssuchaslightning,frost,drought,toomuchrain,etc.,willtendtobethemajorreasonforthefluctuationinproductqualityandpricebecauseofavailability.

BAllproducersofwhetheritbeaphysicalobjectorservicehavesomebasicelementsincommon.

CForexample,allmanagersinanyorganizationwillneedtoknowhowtotraintheiremployees,appraisetheirperformance,andsoforth.

DTheendproductthenbecomesanideawhereitisdeemedausefulideaduetotheform,thetime,ortheplaceoftheiravailabilityfromtheconversionprocess.

EForexample,suchfluctuationsintheproductqualityorpricemaybeduetothegrowingweatherconditionsofmanyplantsoffruitandvegetables.

FOnceaproductismadeavailabletotheconsumer,thatproductissoldandconvertedintocashforthatcompanyandthecyclecontinues.

GThegeneralgoalforallproductionistocreatesomekindofvalueadded,sotheoutputsareworthmoretotheconsumerthanjustthesumoftheindividualinputs.

HInsomesituationstheproductwilloutweightheservicebutinothersituationsitwillbetheopposite.

【正确答案】：

B

【本题分数】：

1.0分

【答案解析】

[精析]该选项意思是不管是提供产品或者是服务的生产商，他们有很多共同点。

此句之后以they开头介绍这些生产商的共同点，可见，该句应该是对后文内容的归纳，总起后文。

故答案为B。

第2题

【正确答案】：

F

【本题分数】：

1.0分

【答案解析】

[精析]该选项意思是：

一旦产品面世，销售之后转换为现金，这一过程可以循环。

此句之后紧跟transformationofresources，故答案为F。

第3题

【正确答案】：

G

【本题分数】：

1.0分

【答案解析】

[精析]该项意思是：

生产的总目的是增加价值，因此产出对于消费者比简单的个人投入更为值价。

此句中的主语production对应前句结尾的productionfunction。

故答案为G。

第4题

【正确答案】：

D

【本题分数】：

1.0分

【答案解析】

[精析]该项意思是：

终端生产会成为一种想