一、单项选择题(共 10 道试题,共 50 分。选择下列物流专业名词合适的汉译。)
1. shipping line
A. 船舷
B. 航线
C. 运输
D. 路线
参考答案:B
2. supply and demand
A. 供应
B. 需求
C. 供求
D. 提供需求
参考答案:C
3. customs clearance
A. 集装箱
B. 出口
C. 标准箱
D. 报关
参考答案:D
4. finished product
A. 包装
B. 成品
C. 传送带
D. 进口
参考答案:B
5.
retailer
A. 零售商
B. 评估
C. 递送
D. 范围
参考答案:A
6. offer
A. 报盘
B. 惯例
C. 定期
D. 回扣
参考答案:A
7. shipping cost
A. 运输货物
B. 运输成本
C. 运输价格
D. 运输收益
参考答案:B
8. net weight
A. 毛重
B. 货物名称
C. 净重
D. 总量
参考答案:C
9.
export cargo
A. 出口
B. 进口
C. 出口货物
D. 进口货物
参考答案:C
10.
open policy
A. 开放政策
B. 开口保单(预约保险单)
C. 打开单据
D. 条件宽泛
参考答案:B
二、阅读理解(共 2 道试题,共 50 分。)
1.
All over the world, more and more ocean freights are carried out with containers. This trend will continue because containerized shipment offers so many advantages. Among them are:
1. Economy. Overall transportation costs can be reduced by the container shipment. In the case of general cargo of 10,000 tons, it takes 48 hours to load and unload, but for the container ship of 35,000 tons, only 6-8 hour needed to load and unload.
2. Safety. The cargo can be handled in any weather and is efficiently protected from theft and damage, because it is completely enclosed.
3. Large scale. Container ship has become giant from 10,000 tons in 1970 to 100,000 tons, now it continues to grow bigger and bigger.
There are two kinds of containers, 20’ and 40’, mostly adopted. 20’ container is called TEU, Twenty-feet Equivalent Unit, and standard container. One 40’ container is equals two 20’s.
Containers are used in ocean, railway and highway transportation. In recent years, many container terminals have been established. The continental bridge transport is introduced to load containers by trains. The road transportation follows this tendency: the tractors pull the container with the speed in 100 km per hour in highway.
1). What is container shipment?
A. To load goods in container
B. Container is only choice for transportation.
C. Containerized transportation
D. Container ship, container train and container track
2). What is not the advantage of containerized shipment mentioned in the passage?
A. Economy.
B. Large scale
C. Safety.
D.
Speed.
3). Only 20’ and 40’ container are available. Is it a fact?
A. Correct
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
D. I don’t know
4). 20’ container is standard container. Is it true or not?
A. Yes
B. Not
C. It is old concept
D. It is new kind of container
5). Container ships need the container terminal to load and unload goods. Is it correct or not?
A. Correct
B. Wrong
C. Depend
D. No mention
参考答案:CDBAA
2.
Now, we discuss the relation between the international trade and logistics. As you know, trading involves several steps:
1. Making deal. In this stage, the buyer and seller should negotiate the price of the goods, the way to pay, finally sign the contract.
2. Payment. It is a core step in the trading. General speaking, buyers can’ t pay to sellers directly. They usually ask their bank to write the Letter of Credit (L/C) to the sellers. L/C is the promise to pay from the buyer, transferred to sellers’ band under the conditional articles.
3. Transportation. After receiving qualified L/C, the seller begins to deliver the goods. Then transportation takes the main place of the trading. So, international transportation is similar word to international logistics. Logistics can move the commodities form one country to another with ships, trucks and air. Logistics may fix the cost of transportation to the trading partners with the terms of FOB and CIF. FOB means the deal price without insurance and freight. CIF contains cost of goods, insurance and freight. Transportation as the main function of the logistics has the very close relationship with foreign trade.
4. Customs clearance and Inspection. In the final step, logistics helps customers and customs in two ways, on one hand, arrangement of goods to be cleared on the other, handing in the documents to be examined.
1). There is not close relationship between international trade and logistics. Is it correct?
A. Correct
B. Wrong
C. This is not main topic in the page.
D. I don’t know
2). What is contract?
A. Paper
B. Arrangement
C. Arrangement by both sides of deal
D. Memo
3). L/C is a letter from buyer to seller. Is it true or not?
A. True.
B.
Maybe.
C.
Not mentioned.
D. Wrong
4). What do the customs do?
A. Inspecting goods and collecting duty
B. Government organ
C. Collecting tax
D. Inspecting commodities
5). Does the author talk about the transportation equipment?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Only a little
D. Dropping a hint
参考答案:BCADB