商务英语4
一、选择填空,从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Travellers, when ____________ the checks, have to sign the checks in the presence of the bank or service clerks.
A. buy
B. buying
C. to buy
译文:旅客在购买旅行支票时,必须当着银行职员或旅行社职员的面在支票上签字。
解析:动词-ing形式作时间状语,相当于when travellers buy the checks,所以答案是B。
正确答案是:buying
We used to ____________ cash advances.
A. had
B. having
C. have
译文:我们以前是预支现金。
解析:used to do…意思是“过去常常做某事”,表示过去经常做或一直做而现在不做,它只用于过去时态,所以正确答案应该是C。
正确答案是:have
The processing time _______ per embassy.
A. various
B. variety
C. varies
译文:处理时间各个使馆有所差异。
解析:various是形容词,意为“各种各样的”;variety是名词,意为“多样化”;vary是动词,意为“变化”。根据题意,此处需要动词,因为时态为一般现在时第三人称单数,所以答案是C。
正确答案是:varies
If things have _________, the person you’re talking to will want to know the reasons.
A. got up
B. gone wrong
C. turned down
译文:如果事情出了问题,跟你说话的人会想了解其中的原因。
解析:get up意为“起床”,go wrong意为“出错”,turn down意为“关小,调低;拒绝”,所以答案是B。
正确答案是:gone wrong
Some of the customers’ complaints seem _________ .
A. inacceptable
B. unacceptable
C. unaccepted
译文:某些顾客的投诉看起来很难让人接受。
解析:inacceptable构词有误;unacceptable意为“难以接受的;不能容忍的”;unaccepted意为“未被接纳的;被拒绝的”,所以答案是B。
正确答案是:unacceptable
The customer service representative will often allow customers to exchange the product they bought or return it for a full _________.
A. compensation
B. repay
C. refund
译文:客服代表经常会允许客户更换其所购商品或者全额退款。
解析:compensation意为“赔偿”,repay意为“偿还;回报”,refund意为“退款”,所以答案是C。
正确答案是:refund
When the rest of the room ______ emotional, stay cool and use logic to negotiate and close.
A. get
B. gets
C. got
译文:当房间里其他人情绪激动时,你要保持冷静,用逻辑思考来结束谈判。
解析:本句的主语是The rest of the room, 虽然是指房间里其余的人,但主语中的中心词是the room,根据主谓一致的原则,谓语动词还是用第三人称单数形式,所以答案是B。
正确答案是:gets
Their skill and ____ has got them on the sales team.
A. laziness
B. discourage
C. enthusiasm
译文:他们的技术和热情使他们进了那支销售团队。
解析:laziness是名词,意为“懒惰”;discourage 是动词,意为“使沮丧”,enthusiasm是名词,意为“热情”,与skill并列,构成参加销售团队的条件,所以答案是C。
正确答案是:enthusiasm
They wanted to ______ a discussion on economics.
A. initiative
B. initiate
C. initial
译文:他们想发起一次关于经济学的讨论。
解析:initiative 作名词,意为“主动性”,作形容词,意为“自发的,创始的”;initiate是动词,意为“发起”;initial是形容词,意为“开始的,最初的”;wanted 后面应该接动词不定式,所以答案是B。
正确答案是:initiate
It should ____ that franchising is one of the means available for getting investment money without giving up control of the chain operation and building a distribution system for servicing it.
A. recognize
B. be recognizing
C. be recognized
原文:应该承认,特许经营是一种不用放弃连锁经营和建立分销体系为此服务的一种经营方式。
解析:句中It 是形式主语,that是主语从句,it的谓语动词常用被动的形式,但是翻译成汉语时,可译为主动句式“应该承认……”,类似的结构还有It is said that…, “据说……”, 所以答案是C。
正确答案是:be recognized
The franchisor _____ the franchisee should observe the regulations to make the business go well.
A. or
B. as well as
C. either
译文:授予特许者与特许经营者都要遵守规章制度,使生意良好运行。
解析:句中franchisor和franchisee是两个并列的主语,需要用连词将它们连接。选项A不符合法律要求;选项C需和or搭配使用;所以答案是B。
正确答案是:as well as
The instruction describes completely the ____ and its safety basis.
A. faculty
B. facilitate
C. facility
译文:说明书完整的描述了设备,和它的安全基础。
解析:faculty是名词,意为“才能,全体教职员”;facilitate 是动词,意为“促进,助长”;facility是名词,意为“设备”;本句谓语动词为describe“描述”,并列的宾语是safety basis,描述的是设备及其安全基础,所以答案是C。
正确答案是:facility
The team members are _______ and helping each other out.
A. going on
B. getting along
C. setting up
译文:团队成员和睦相处、互帮互助。
解析:go on意为“继续、进行”;get along意为“与……和睦相处”;set up意为“建立、创立”;只有和睦相处,才能互相帮助,所以答案是B。
正确答案是:getting along
Teammates who have team spirit are more satisfied ______ their team activities.
A. to
B. with
C. at
译文:有团队精神的队员对团队活动更满意。
解析:be satisfied with是固定搭配,表示“对……感到满意”,所以答案是B。
正确答案是:with
Even though he’s ______ out of college and still a bit green, he is a great co-worker.
A. flesh
B. fresh
C. flash
译文:尽管他刚从大学毕业,还有点生涩,却是个很棒的合作者。
解析:flesh意为“肉、肉体”;fresh意为“刚从……来的,刚经历过……的,无经验的”可与out of搭配使用;flash意为“闪光的,闪耀的”;所以答案是B。
正确答案是:fresh
I’m still working on ______ a few problems.
A. iron in
B. to iron at
C. ironing out
译文:我仍在想办法解决一些问题。
解析:working on 意为“致力于”,后接动词的-ing形式;iron out相当于figure out,solve,settle,意为“解决”,所以答案是C。
正确答案是:ironing out
That’s something you can improve by talking to human _______ .
A. courses
B. resources
C. sources
译文:这是你需要与人力资源探讨改进的地方。
解析:course意为“课程”;resource意为“资源”;source意为“来源”。根据题意,应该“与人力资源探讨”,所以答案是B。
正确答案是:resources
Large organizations will find ______ impossible to manage all these data if manual accounting were used.
A. what
B. that
C. it
译文:对大公司而言,如果运用手工记账,处理所有这些数据难乎其难。
解析:先行词it在句中作形式宾语,真正的宾语是动词不定式to manage all these data。后面可接it作形式宾语的动词有consider,think,make,believe,feel,imagine,understand,take等等,所以答案是C。
正确答案是:it
Without close quality control, we may _____ fraud, and the e-shop may suddenly go offline, so you can’t get a refund.
A. account
B. discount
C. encounter
译文:没有严密的质量控制,我们可能遇到欺诈,网上商店可能会突然关闭,所以你不能得到退款。
解析:account是名词,意为“账户”;discount 是名词,意为“折扣”,encounter是动词,意为“遇到”,所以答案是C。
正确答案是:encounter
Sometimes I surf online shops to check some related information, and then go to a physical store to do the ______ shopping.
A. virtual
B. simulated
C. actual
译文:有时候我逛逛在线商店,查一些产品相关的信息,然后去实体店购买。
解析:virtual意为“虚拟的”;simulated意为“模拟的”;actual意为“真实的,实际的”。选择actual符合句意,所以答案是C。
正确答案是:actual
It’s said that some measures have been taken _____ this problem.
A. dealing with
B. to deal with
C. dealt with
译文:据说已经采取一些措施来应对这个问题。
解析: 选项A是动名词,选项B是动词不定式,选项C是过去分词;词组take measures后需接动词不定式 to do sth.,意为“采取措施做某事”,所以答案是B。
正确答案是:to deal with
Can you tell us why you think this makes good business ______to you?
A. deal
B. sense
C. program
译文:你能告诉我们为什么你认为这对你具有良好的商业意义呢?
解析:deal意为“交易”;sense意为“意义”;program意为“项目”;make good business sense意为“具有良好的商业意义”;根据句意,所以答案是B。
正确答案是:sense
If people ________we’re very valuable they won’t buy our stock.
A. do think
B. think
C. don’t think
译文:如果人们认为我们不具有价值,他们就不会买我们的股票。
解析:英语否定词一般应该放在所要修饰的动词之前,但主句谓语动词是think, believe, imagine, suppose和consider等表示看法和感觉的动词时,宾语从句的否定词需要放在主句中,但语义却是否定后面的宾语从句。根据句意,答案应该是C。
正确答案是:don’t think
One kind of partnership is called a limited ________partnership.
A. obligation
B. responsibility
C. liability
译文:一种合作关系被称作有限责任合伙。
解析:这三个名词都有“义务”或“职责”之意。obligation指道义上或法律上对他人的义务,强调强制性,也指因作出承诺而被迫履行的某种义务;responsibility指任何义务、职责、责任或职务上所应尽的本分,强调对他人的责任;liability指责任, 义务, 债务, 负债, 与assets相对。根据句意,所以答案是C。
正确答案是:liability
In business,whatever you do, do not ____ illegal benefit.
A. chase
B. choose
C. challenge
译文:做生意,无论如何都不能追逐非法利润。
解析:chase意为“追逐”;choose意为“选择”;challenge意为“挑战”;本句宾语是非法利润,选择chase符合句意;所以答案是A。
正确答案是:chase
Many of the banks and travel services in the western countries provide convenience for the travellers by issuing traveller’s ____________.
A. checks
B. cash
C. credit cards
译文:西方国家的很多银行和旅行社发行旅行支票,为旅行者提供便利。
解析:check意为“支票”;cash意为“现金”;credit card意为“信用卡”。根据题意,“为旅行者提供便利”的应该是“旅行支票”,所以答案是A。
正确答案是:checks
While the other people ____ and discussed the problem together, Ted ignored them.
A. interacted
B. intensive
C. interviewed
译文:当其他人互动,一起讨论问题时,泰德却不理他们。
解析:interact 是动词,意为“交往,互动”;intensive是形容词,意为“强烈的”;interview是动词,意为“接见”。本句的主语是people,选项与discussed并列,应为动词,所以答案是A。
正确答案是:interacted
Looking your customers in the eye shows that we are listening to them and hearing _________.
A. why are they saying
B. how are they saying
C. what they are saying
译文:直视顾客的眼睛意味着我们在聆听,也听到了他们所说的话。
解析:hearing是及物动词,后面跟的宾语从句,应该用陈述句语序。选项B和C都是倒装语序,所以答案是C。
正确答案是:what they are saying
Chinese shoppers spent billions online yesterday as they took advantage _____ discounts offered on Singles Day (November 11).
A. in
B. of
C. with
译文:中国购物者昨天趁光棍节(十一月十一日)打折的机会,在线花费数十亿元。
解析:take advantage of是固定搭配,表示“利用,趁机”;take advantage不与介词in 或介词with搭配使用;所以答案是B。
正确答案是:of
We can’t manage that ____ you pay for the installation.
A. if
B. until
C. unless
译文:除非贵方付安装费,否则我方无法承担(此价格)。
解析:条件状语从句unless的选择是个难点。解题方案是:主句是否定句,主句和从句之间的逻辑关系是条件关系。选项A的逻辑关系不通;选项B until 在句法结构上讲得通,但语义上不合适;unless = if not, 意为“除非,假如不”,逻辑关系合理,所以答案是C。
正确答案是:unless
Can you tell us why you think this makes good business ______to you?
A. deal
B. sense
C. program
译文:你能告诉我们为什么你认为这对你具有良好的商业意义呢?
解析:deal意为“交易”;sense意为“意义”;program意为“项目”;make good business sense意为“具有良好的商业意义”;根据句意,所以答案是B。
正确答案是:sense
They exchanged tales of ____ or disappointing news of popular items sold out minutes after the spree began at midnight.
A. bargains
B. deals
C. goods
译文:他们交流便宜货的故事或受欢迎商品在午夜购物狂欢开始几分钟后被卖光的失望的消息。
解析:bargain意为“便宜货”;deal意为“交易”;goods意为“商品”;本句“交流便宜货的故事或失望的消息”, 选择bargains符合句意,所以答案是A。
正确答案是:bargains
Among the critiques were allegations ____ some franchise uses its political influence to increase its profits.
A. which
B. what
C. that
译文:在批评意见中有人断言,一些特许经营店利用其政治影响力提高利润。
解析:本题考核同位语从句的用法。同位语从句与定语从句容易混淆,区别在于:同位语从句只能由that引导,that不在同位语从句中担任任何成分,同位语从句只对所修饰的词的内容进行补充说明;定语从句可由关系代词which或that引导,关系代词在定语从句中既可以做主语,又可以作宾语。句中allegations是名词,意为“主张”,其后面的句子已经有了主语和宾语,只是对allegations的具体内容进行说明,因此,修饰allegations的是同位语从句, 所以答案是C。
正确答案是:that
The customer service representative will often allow customers to exchange the product they bought or return it for a full _________.
A. compensation
B. repay
C. refund
译文:客服代表经常会允许客户更换其所购商品或者全额退款。
解析:compensation意为“赔偿”,repay意为“偿还;回报”,refund意为“退款”,所以答案是C。
正确答案是:refund
If people ________we’re very valuable they won’t buy our stock.
A. do think
B. think
C. don’t think
译文:如果人们认为我们不具有价值,他们就不会买我们的股票。
解析:英语否定词一般应该放在所要修饰的动词之前,但主句谓语动词是think, believe, imagine, suppose和consider等表示看法和感觉的动词时,宾语从句的否定词需要放在主句中,但语义却是否定后面的宾语从句。根据句意,答案应该是C。
正确答案是:don’t think
I really ______ the effort you have put in on your team’s current project.
选择一项:
A. thank
B. grateful
C. appreciate
译文:我非常感激你为团队当前所做的项目付出的努力。
解析:这三个单词都表示“感激、感谢”。thank通常作动词,常见于thank sb. for sth., 意为“感谢某人做某事”;grateful是形容词,表示“感激的”;appreciate是动词,意为“感激”。此处需要动词作谓语,所以答案是C。
正确答案是:appreciate
There are more and more ______ of software for accounting, this has made the different types of software more accessible in terms of costs and variety.
选择一项:
A. manufacturers
B. manufacturing
C. manufactures
译文:有越来越多的会计软件生产商。
解析:manufacturer意为“生产商”;manufacturing意为“生产”;manufacture意为“产品”。根据题意,能使不同类型的软件容易获取的是“越来越多的会计软件生产商”,所以答案是A。
正确答案是:manufacturers
What’s more, it’s not always so ______ for us to pay online as hackers might steal our user name and password.
A. safety
B. safe
C. safely
译文:而且网上付费对我们来说有时也不安全,黑客可能会偷走我们的用户名和密码。
解析:句型It is+形容词+for sb. to do sth.中的it 是形式主语,动词不定式是真正主语, 选项A是名词,意为“安全”;选项C是副词,意为“安全地”;从词性和句法的角度,应该选safe,所以答案是B。
正确答案是:safe
Some in the market now want government _____ in order to reduce costs.
A. regulation
B. regulate
C. regular
译文:市场上现在有人想要政府来管理以降低成本。
解析:regulation是名词,意为“管理,规则”;regulate是动词,意为“调节”;regular是形容词,意为“有规律的”。句中的动词不定式作目的状语,希望通过政府管理达到这一目的。根据词性和句意,应该选用regulation,所以答案是A。
正确答案是:regulation
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