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1、-高等学校商务英语专业四级样题Module IListening prehension35%Section OneIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question.Question 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 sec

2、onds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 1. What is the specific field of study for Johns dissertationA. the current state of universities in San FranciscoB. western philosophyC. philosophy with an emphasis on Buddhist studiesD. eastern religions 2. Which is

3、NOT True about Suen MokA. It has got a very good program for ten day meditation retreats. B. Their meditation programs teach only foreigners. C. Their meditation programs teach meditation techniques.D. It is not the only temple John studies. 3. What is so special about Tam KrabokA. It teaches people

4、 to meditate and overe their drug addiction. B. It organizes meditation retreats for foreigners. C. It organizes workshops to promote Thailands version of Buddhism. D. It teaches people the essence of Theravada. 4. How many people have been cured in Tam KrabokA. about one hundredB. about one thousan

5、dC. about one hundred thousandD. more than one hundred thousand5. Which of the following statement is Not True according to the interviewA. Opium was illegal in Thailand until 1959.B. Opium was legal in Thailand until 1959.C. Drug addiction is a big problem in many different countries.D. In Johns un

6、derstanding, Buddhism basically tries to help people live better lives.Section TwoIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and fill in blanks that follow. Questions6 to 10 are based on a news broadcast. At the end of the news broadcast you will be given 10 seconds to fill

7、 in each of the following five blanks. Now listen to the interview. 6. The number of new homes being constructed across Australia rose by 15 per cent in the December quarter, which is since 2001.7. Department store owner David Jones says sales are e*pected to slow over the ne*t few months as ta*paye

8、r handouts and thedry up. 8. The World Bank has warned Chinas facing a big problem. 9. The World Bank revised up its forecasts for Chinas from 8.7 to 9.5 per cent this year. 10. The World Banks quarterly China report suggested that higher migrant wagescould help boost rural ines and reduce the betwe

9、en rural and city lifestyles.Section ThreeIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and answer the questions that follow.Questions 11 to 13 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 5 minutes to answer the following three questions. Now liste

10、n to the interview. 11. Describe the impact of the economic downturn on teenagers who left school withoutpleting year 12 in 2021. 12. Describe the current economic downturnin Australia. 13. How did the retail industry perform in this economic downturn Module IIBusiness Reading and Writing 40% (50 mi

11、nutes)Section A 5%Directions:Read the following passage. Fill in Blanks 14-18 with the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheets.America sounds increasingly determined to push its e*ports, and its attitude to China has 14. Mr Obama

12、 has set a goal of15e*ports in five years and has promised to “get much tougher over what it regards as unfair petition from China. Speculation is rising in Washington, DC, that the Treasury will brand China a currency “manipulator in its ne*t e*change-rate report. With Americas unemployment at 9.7%

13、 and the mid-term elections approaching, the appeal of China-bashing is rising in Congress, too. Several senators recently revived a mothballed demand that the merce Department should investigate Chinas currency regime as an unfair trade16. Beijing, in turn, shows little sign of budging on the yuan,

14、 even though the latest figures show surprisingly strong e*port growth and higher-than-e*pected17. Zhou *iaochuan, the head of Chinas central bank, caused a brief flurry in currency markets when he argued on March 6th that keeping the yuan stable against the dollar was “part of our18of policies for

15、dealing with the global financial crisis from which China would e*it “sooner or later. But he made it quite clear that China would be cautious and gave no hint that sudden e*it was imminent. In recent days various other Chinese officials have put even more emphasis on the stability of the currency,

16、bristled at outside pressure to hurry up and denounced American “politicisation of the e*change-rate issue.14. A. stabled B. hardened C. toughed D. firmed15. A. two B. twice C. doubling D. double16. A. surplus B. allowance C. help D. subsidy17. A. inflation B. appreciation C. depreciation D. stagfla

17、tion18. A. parcel B. package C. bundle D. seriesSection B 5%Directions:Look at the tables and graphs below. For each table or graph, there are one or two statements describing it. Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Shee

18、t.Question19 is based on the following graph.19. When did Hong Kong inflation rate rise to 2.9%A. June, 2021 B. August 2010 C. November 2021 D. January 2021Questions 20-21 are based on the following graph.20. In which month did Chinas Monthly Passenger Vehicle Sales drop to about 63% on a year-on-ye

19、ar basis A. August 2021B. October 2009 C. February 2021D. March 202121. Which of the following statements is CORRECTA. The growth rate of Chinas monthly passenger vehicle sales fell most notably in February 2021.B. Chinas monthly passenger vehicle sales climbed to the peak at the end of 2021.C. From

20、 August 2021 to December 2021, the monthly passenger vehicle sales continued to increase in number. D. In terms of the monthly sales volume, June 2021 witnessed the lowest sales volume. Questions 22-23 are based on the following graph.22. According to the graph, in which year does the growth rate dr

21、op most dramatically A. 2021 B. 2009 C. 2021 D. 2021 23. Which of the following statement is INCORRECT A. The sales volume of Chinas online game industry in 2021 added up to 20.78 billion Yuan. B. The year-on-year growth rate of Chinas online game industry is estimated to drop to 9.7% in 2021.C. The

22、 growth rate on a year-on-year basis dropped 9.8% in 2021 than that of the year 2021.D. The sales volume of Chinas online game industry in 2021 will climb to an estimated 46.11 billion Yuan. Section C 10%Directions:Read the following two passages. Choose the best answer for each statement or questio

23、n from the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet.Questions 24-28 are based on the following passage.Passage OneThere is something apt about a social networking website winning a popularity contest. According to industry data, Facebook overtook Googl

24、e among US internet users last week, with more visits to its pages than to the search engine. It is a moment to consider the rapid growth of a site whose 400m-plus users outnumber the population of any single country e*cept India and China.The industry data e with a few caveats. The figures e*clude

25、visits to other Google services, such as YouTube and Google Mail. They omit searches carried out in a bo* on a browser toolbar. Also, the number of visits is just one measure of internet take-up: counting unique users visitors rather than visits gives a different profile. Still, it highlights the mo

26、mentum behind Facebook as it displaces Google. from the weekly lead it has manded on this measure since September 2007.Advertisers find Facebook appealing too. It enables them to reach a mass audience, as television does, but with the e*tra benefit of much greater targeting. Consumer brands could ea

27、sily e*tend their presence beyond the fan pages that already e*ist. Moreover, a social site provides consumers who visit for much longer than they would use a search engine. So increased advertising, and perhaps ways to allow users to shop through the site, should enable Facebook to move from positi

28、ve cash flow to making profits.It will need to tread carefully. There is a risk for advertisers and for the site if Facebook moves to bee mercial in a way that users resent. In amongst personal information, advertisements are more likely to strike a jarring note.The high-growth phase means that Face

29、book can take its time developing ways to increase revenues. The key must be to find ways that bring practical benefits to those who visit the site. There is an intrinsic stickiness about a site where users have assembled their own material, but if people stop updating their pages and social network

30、ing takes a new form, then winning users back is a hard task.What the data do not show is that search engines have had their day. Googles core search advertising business rebounded in the final quarter of 2021, and the group is preparing for renewed growth. Moreover, there is a straightforward remin

31、der of how fragile the fortunes of social networking sites can be: the site that Google overtook in 2007 to bee most popular in the US was MySpace which is now seeking a new role as social users have moved elsewhere. 24. What is the reason for MySpaces withdrawn from the role as social networking si

32、teA. It is overtook by other social networking site like Facebook.B. It has lost its social users.C. It has introduced in too many advertisements.D. It has bee a profit-making site. 25. Which of the following is NOT trueA. Facebook users outnumber that of Google.B. Yourtube is one of Google services

33、.C. Before this week, Google had lead all other websites on the measure of visits since 2007.D. Facebook is a social networking site.26. The word “stickinessin the penultimate paragraph probably means “_A. The website is dirty and making users feel unfortable.B. The website often brings its users in

34、to situation embarrassing. C. The website, in essence, is difficult to tackle with.D. The website is attractive and makes users want to look at it for a long period of time27. Which of the following is not the reason that Advertisers find Facebook appealingA. Facebook can attract a lot of audience.B

35、. Facebook can help to target customers-to-be.C. Facebook allows more chances for the ads to be noticed.D. Facebook is able to move from positive cash flow to making profits.28. The authors attitude toward the development of Facebook is .A. positive B. negative C. objective D. Information is not eno

36、ughQuestions29-33 are based on Passage Two.Passage TwoAS E*ECUTIVES from Toyota, including the firms boss, Akio Toyoda, squirmed before their tormentors in Americas Congress this week, there was little public gloating from rival carmakers. Although it is Toyota that is currently in the dock after a

37、crushing series of safety-related recalls across the world, petitors are only too aware that it could be their turn ne*t. After all, there is not a single big carmaker that has not modelled its manufacturing and supply-chain management on Toyotas “lean production system.That said, there is a widespr

38、ead belief within the automotive industry that Toyota is the author of most of its own misfortunes. In his testimony to the House oversight mittee on February 24th, Mr Toyoda acknowledged that in its pursuit of growth his firm stretched its lean philosophy close to breaking point and in so doing bec

39、ame “confused about some of the principles that first made it great: its focus on putting customer satisfaction above all else, and its ability “to stop, think and make improvements. James Womack, one of the authors of “The Machine that Changed the World, a book about Toyotas innovations in manufact

40、uring, dates the origin of its present woes to 2002, when it set itself the goal of raising its global market share from 11% to 15%. The target was “totally irrelevant to any customer and was “just driven by ego, he says. The rapid e*pansion, he believes, “meant working with a lot of unfamiliar supp

41、liers who didnt have a deep understanding of Toyota culture.By the middle of the decade recalls of Toyota vehicles were increasing at a sufficiently alarming rate for Mr Toyodas predecessor, Katsuaki Watanabe, to demand a renewed emphasis on quality control. But nothing was allowed to get in the way

42、 of another (albeit undeclared) goal: overtaking General Motors to bee the worlds biggest carmaker. Even as Toyota swept past GM in 2021, the quality problems and recalls were mounting. The majority of those problems almost certainly originated not in Toyotas own factories, but in those of its suppl

43、iers. The automotive industry operates as a ple* web. The carmakers (known as original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs) sit at its centre. Ne*t e the tier-one suppliers, such as Bosch, Delphi, Denso, Continental, Valeo and Tenneco, who deliver big integrated systems directly to the OEMs. Fanning ou

44、t from them are the tier-two suppliers who provide individual parts or assembled ponents either directly to the OEM or to tier-one suppliers. (CTS Corp, the maker of the throttle-pedal assemblies that Toyota has identified as one of the causes of “unintended acceleration in some of its vehicles, is

45、a tier-two supplier whose automotive business accounts for about a third of its sales.)On the outer ring of the web are the tier-three suppliers who often make just a single ponent for several tier-two suppliers. Although there are literally thousands of tier-two and tier-three suppliers around the

46、world, their numbers have been culled over the last decade as the OEMs and the tier-one firms have worked to consolidate their supply chains by concentrating business with a smaller number of stronger panies. Toyota revolutionised automotive supply-chain management by anointing certain suppliers as

47、the sole source of particular ponents, leading to intimate collaboration with long-term partners and a sense of mutual benefit. In contrast, Western carmakers tended either to source in-house or award short contracts to the lowest bidders. The quality Toyota and its suppliers achieved made possible

48、the “just in time approach to delivering ponents to the assembly plant. In his book, Mr Womack quotes a Toyota supplier: “We work without a safety net, so we cant afford to fall off the high wire. We dont.Most big car firms now operate in a similar way. Ford, for e*ample, will often work with a tier

49、-one supplier for up to three years before a new model es off the production line to ensure that the design and manufacturing of important ponents is sound. So-called cross-functional teams from both firms strive to eliminate defects. Rather than always going for the low bid, carmakers now look at t

50、he total cost of a ponent, including potential interruptions to production and, further down the line, customer warranty claims if quality is not up to scratch. By and large, the relationships between the OEMs and the tier-one suppliers run smoothly. When problems do crop up, it is usually with the

51、tier-two and tier-three firms. A senior purchasing e*ecutive at one carmaker says that consolidation, the need to trim capacity and the shock to demand that began in mid-2021 have put the weaker parts of the supply chain under great strain: “Some of these are quite fragile businesses. Theres a need

52、for visibility, but we dont always have it. If something goes wrong, we need transparency and speed of munication to make sure it doesnt get to the customer.A consequence of Toyotas breakneck e*pansion was that it became increasingly dependent on suppliers outside Japan with whom it did not have dec

53、ades of working e*perience. Nor did Toyota have enough of the senior engineers, known as sensei, to keep an eye on how new suppliers were shaping up. Yet Toyota not only continued to trust in its sole-sourcing approach, it went even further, gaining unprecedented economies of scale by using single s

54、uppliers for entire ranges of its cars across multiple markets. A senior e*ecutive at a big tier-one supplier argues that although Toyotas single-supplier philosophy served it well in the past, it took it to potentially risky e*tremes, especially when bined with highly centralised decision-making in

55、 Japan. “Theres a trade-off, he says. “If you dont want duplication of supply you have to have very close monitoring, you have to listen to your supply base and you have to have transparency. That means delegating to local managers. With Toyota, it works well at the shop-floor level, but things brea

56、k down higher up.In the aftermath of Toyotas crisis, the industry is now asking itself whether sole-sourcing has gone too far. “It may be safer not to have all your eggs in one basket, but to have maybe three suppliers for major ponents who can benchmark each other, says another purchasing manager.

57、Until very recently, Toyota was the peerless e*emplar. For now, at least, it is seen as an awful warning.29. Which of the following best defines “lean production systemA. The production system is less wasteful and more efficient.B. The production system is not duplicated.C. The production depends so

58、lely on one big supplier.D. All of the above.30. According to James Womack, which of the following was discovered to be the cause of Toyotas crysisA. It lacks close monitoring.B. It is driven by its goals of e*pansion.C. It is self-placent. D. It depends on one supplier.31. When did Toyota vehicle r

59、ecall begin to alarm its leadersA. 2021B. 2002C. 2021D. 200532. With respect to the crisis, what are the advantages of Toyotas supply-chain managementA. More efficient in time.B. More secured in quality.C.With a net of trust and safety.D.More money saving.33. What is the possible meaning of “trade o

60、ff in the penultimate paragraphA. Buy and sell. B. Sell away.C. E*change.D. A balance between two opposing things.Section B Business Writing 20% (20 minutes)You are Michael Leung. You bought 2021 Camry three weeks ago from Toyota, and now you found your car was in the recall list. So write a plaint

61、letter to Toyota and tell the person concerned this:1) Describe to him the item you bought.2) Tell him whats wrong and what troubles this recall has brought to you.3) Say what you want done to remedy the situation, for e*ample, a refund or repair, or a temporary car. Write 100-120 words.Write on you

62、r Answer Sheet.Module IIIBusiness Knowledge and Translation 25% (30 minutes)Section A 10%Directions:Translate the following business terminologies into Chinese and briefly define the terms in English.1. FOB (shipping)Translation Definition:2. Direct investmentTranslation Definition 3. L/CTranslation

63、 Definition4. Dumping Translation Definition 5. DividendsTranslation Definition Section B 15%Directions: Translate the following passage into English and write the English version on the Answer Sheet.中国官方统计数据显示，中国2月份房屋销售价格同比上涨10.7%，涨幅较1月份的9.5%有所扩大。但是我在和的朋友告诉我，典型单元房价格的年涨幅在50%以上，甚至可能到达100%。高等学校商务英语专业四

64、级样题答案Module I Section OneCBACASection Two6. the biggest rise 7. Governments stimulus 8. inflation 9. gross domestic product (GDP) 10. inequalitySection Three11. More than half the teenagers who left school without pleting year 12 in 2021 didnt find a full-time job and they didnt get a place in further study. or More than half the people who left school in 2021 without matriculating couldnt find full-time work or a place in further study.12. Its a milder economic downturn than the recessions of the early 90s and the early 80s, but it shows a larger, more ple*, more trou