《商务英语4》
— How would you like to go?
—__________________.
A. I’ll get in touch with the railroad
B. I’d like to fly to Frankfurt for a stay of two days
C. I expect to depart for Frankfurt on Sunday, September 1st
解析：本题考核“交通方式”的交际用语。选项A表达联系火车站，选项B表达乘坐飞机去法兰克福待两天，选项C表达出发时间为9月1日（周日）。根据提问“你想怎么去呢？”，确定这里是询问交通方式，所以答案是B。
正确答案是：I’d like to fly to Frankfurt for a stay of two days
—__________________?
— Sure, no problem. First, go see Cindy and tell her where you’re going and when.
A. Will the company reimburse everything
B. Will I use the card for everything
C. Can you fill me in
解析：本题考核“请求帮助”的交际用语。选项A询问公司报销的情况，选项B询问公司卡的使用范围，选项C请求帮助。根据答复“当然没问题，首先找Cindy告知其出差的时间和地点”，确定这里是寻求帮助，所以答案是C。
正确答案是：Can you fill me in
— Hello, is that Sail Moving Company?
— _________________?
A. Yes, this is Jack speaking. Thanks for calling. What can we do for you?
B. Yes, I’m Jack. Thanks for calling. What can we do for you?
C. Yes, speaking. What can I do for you?
本题考核“接听电话”的交际用语。在接听电话时，当第一说话人问对方是否是某人/单位，听者应明确说明自己是谁。B选项 “我是杰克”应说成This is Jack而并非I am Jack；C选项没有说接电话的是谁，不正确。所以答案是A。
— What does the customer’s complaint say?
— _________________.
A. He says he will write us a thank-you letter
B. He says he hasn’t gotten back the monitor for repairs
C. He wants to know whether we could give him a discount
解析：本题考核“询问投诉”的交际用语。第一说话人询问客户投诉的内容，选项A说要给我们写一封感谢信，这与投诉相悖；选项B说还未收到送来修理的显示屏；选项C说想知道是否可以给点折扣，所答非所问；所以答案是B。
正确答案是：He says he hasn’t gotten back the monitor for repairs
—I’ll be away on a business trip. Would you mind signing for my express delivery?
—________________.
A. have no time
B. I’d rather not
C. I’d be happy to
解析：本题考核“答应帮忙”的交际用语。根据礼貌原则，当第一说话人提出请求时，听者应该表示很愿意帮忙，所以答案是C。
—Hello, this is Lucas Bowen. I’d like to order some machines.
—___________. When do you need them?
A. Sorry, I am busy
B. No problem
C. No, you can do it online
解析：本题考核“打电话”的交际用语。第一说话人打电话提出订货的请求，接听者第二句询问订货的时间说明，接听者已给对方可以继续商务活动的明确答复，所以答案是B。
—I am going to ask for a pay rise.
—_________.
A. I don’t think you are worth
B. Let me pay for it
C. I think you may talk to your boss
解析：本题考核表达“打算要求涨工资”的交际用语。第一说话人表示打算要求涨工资，听者可以给出相应的建议。选项A的表达很不礼貌；选项Ｂ的表达不符合逻辑；选项C建议“可以找老板谈谈”；所以答案是C。
— Betty, we’ll have a buffet party next Saturday. Will you join us?
— _______ , Susan. Thank you!
A. I’d love to
B. I’m afraid not
C. By no means
本题考核表达“回复邀请”的交际用语。第一说话人邀请对方参加聚会，听者表示有兴趣参加，所以答案是A。
—Are the Project Managers linking up OK?
—They seem to be, yes._________ .
A. One of them hopes to quit now
B. There’s been a good atmosphere at the first management meetings
C. They don’t seem to know each other
解析：本题考核“探讨团队工作”的交际用语。第一说话人询问项目经理们是否联系良好，回答是“是的”，顺着这个正面答复继续谈论的只有选项B“第一次管理会议气氛良好”，所以答案是B。
—Larry is the biggest airhead I’ve ever met. He always makes careless mistakes, and he’s a pain to work with.
— ________ . You’ll always have some co-workers that are harder to work with than others, you know.
A. I have the same feeling to you
B. You really have it
C. You shouldn’t be so negative
解析：本题考核“应对抱怨”的交际用语。第一说话人抱怨自己的同事没脑子，经常犯错误，答语后半句话的意思是“人总会遇到一些比较难相处的同事”，可见第二说话人在安慰前者“你不该如此消极”，所以答案是C。
— Looking at this, if my calculations are correct, we are about five thousand dollars over budget.
— That’s right.__________.
选择一项：
A. It will cost about eight percent more than initially projected
B. We will need another four thousand dollars to cover the cost
C. It’s going to cost about five thousand more to complete the first order
本题考核 “表达倍数”的交际用语。选项A表达“比预期成本增加8%”，选项B表达“还需四千美元才能够本”，选项C表达“首批订单需再增加五千美元费用”。根据前句“已超预算五千美元”，所以答案是C。
— They want to make sure you’re paying taxes on the money you make.
— ________ .
A. We’re paying alright
B. At least, our records for money in are very complete
C. That’s something you can improve by talking to human resources
解析：本题考核“请求确认”的交际用语。选项A表达“纳税没问题”，选项B表达“入账记录很完整”，选项C表达“可与人力资源部门沟通提高”。根据前句“他们想确认你们对于赚的收入要纳税”，答语应为“确认纳税有无问题”，所以答案是A。
—Are there any disadvantages to shopping online?
—___________. But I think this problem will be solved soon.
A. It makes life easy
B. It takes some time for the stuff you buy online to arrive
C. The stuff you buy online arrives quickly.
解析：本题考核“谈论网上购物”的交际用语。第一说话人询问网上购物的缺点，听者进行回答，继而又提出：“但是我认为问题不久可以得到解决”。选项A和选项C都讲述的是网上购物的优点，而非缺点；所以答案是B。
—Have you ever tried shopping online?
—No, never. ____________, especially for clothes and shoes.
A. I prefer to actually see and touch what I’m buying before I pay for it
B. I prefer not to actually see and touch what I’m buying before I pay for it
C. I would rather surf online and I pay for it immediately
解析：本题考核对网上购物“表达偏好”的交际用语。当第二说话人陈述从不进行网上购物时，给出自己的理由；选项B和选项C第二说话人自我前后矛盾，不符合句意，所以答案是A。
—But then we’ll have to accept a Board of Directors chosen by our stockholders. Wouldn’t that limit us in many ways?
—Certainly. But if you consider the massive capital investment that we’ll receive, you’ll understand that this could take our company _________.
A. from being a big firm to being one of the medium-tier players
B. from being a medium-tier firm to being one of the big players
C. from being a medium-tier firm to being one of the small players
解析：本题考核“说服某人”的交际用语。第二说话人给予第一说话人肯定答复后，解释和说明限制之外的益处，用“但如果你认为我们会收到巨大的资本投资,你会明白这可能会把我们公司从中等公司变成大公司之一”来说服对方；选项A和C与假设矛盾，所以答案是B。
—Can you tell us why you think this makes good business sense to you?
—We’ve been doing quite well on our own and we could probably survive like this for quite a few more years to come, but if we really want to take it to the next level, ____________.
A. the board of directors needn’t take the present economic situation into consideration
B. it’s not necessary for us to develop the company any more
C. we are going to have to consider finding more investors
解析：本题考核“说服某人”的交际用语。针对第一说话人的问题，回答者首先解释缘何对自己具有良好的商业意义的原因，然后转折话题，“但是如果我们真正要更上一层楼，我们将不得不考虑寻求更多的投资者”来说服对方。选项A和B表明前后自相矛盾。所以答案是C。
— How much of a problem meeting the budget?
— _______.
A. The product should finance itself
B. Well, it seems that we underestimated the costs
C. You only need a budget increase for the first order
解析：本题考核“表达可能性”的交际用语。选项A表达“该产品可以自筹资金”，选项B表达“看起来是低估了成本”，选项C表达“只需对首批订单增加预算”。根据提问“应对预算的问题如何？”，确定答语是查找相关问题，所以答案是B。
—Did you get your financial records into shape for your audit next month?
— _______. Keeping a strict account of all our incoming and outgoing is not an easy task.
A. It seems our records are always a little incomplete
B. It’s a piece of cake
C. I’m still working on ironing out a few problems
解析：本题考核“工作进度”的交际用语。选项A表达“财务记录一直不太完整”，选项B表达“小菜一碟”，选项C表达“仍在解决几个问题”。根据下句“严格记录出入账不是一件容易的事情”，确定前句应该是“还有个问题有待处理”，所以答案是C。
—I’ll also throw in the discount of 10% on your up front deposit. What do you think about this suggestion?
—______________.
A. Ok, I think we’ve both have done our best for this
B. No, the suggestion is too bad
C. Ok, you will benefit more than us
解析：本题考核商务谈判中“达成协议”的交际用语。第一说话人给了达成协议后的折扣数额，听者应该有礼貌地肯定双方的努力，所以答案是A。
—You mean… like becoming a publicly-traded company?
—That’s right. ______________ .
A. It’s something we should give serious consideration to
B. It will still be a privately held company
C. It will become a privately held company
解析：本题考核“说服某人”的交际用语。选项A对于问话者做出积极的正面回应，使用强调句型，进一步给予说明和解释：“这事儿，我们应该认真考虑”；选项B和C说明答话者前后自相矛盾，所以答案是A
—________________ , but I still have the feeling that it’s not safe enough.
—I couldn’t agree more. That’s why I only do street shopping.
A. Paying online is much unsafe than before
B. Paying online is less safer than before
C. Paying online is much safer than before
解析：本题考核“进行比较”的交际用语。根据说话逻辑，当第一说话人对网上付费安全情况进行今昔对比，使用了连词but，表明此人前后要表达的是相反的意思，选项A和B不符合句意，所以答案是C。
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