2012商务英语试卷B卷

2012年6月高等学校英语应用能力考试B级真题Part I Listening Comprehension（15 minutes）Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections.Section ADirections:This section is to test your ability to give proper responses. There are 5 recorded questions in it.After each question, there is a pause. Thequestions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you shoulddecide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D)given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letteron the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Example: You will hear:You will read: A) I’m not sure.B) You’re right.C) Yes, certainly. D) That’s interesting.From the question we learn that the speaker is asking the listener to leave a message. Therefore, C) Yes, certainly is the correct answer. You should mark C) on the Answer Sheet.〔A〕〔B〕〔C〕〔D〕Now the test will begin.1. A) Don’t mention it C) You’re right.B) This way, please. D) No, thanks.2. A) It’s over there. C) That’s very kind of you.B) Sorry, he isn’t in. D) I’d love to.3. A) Yes, I will. C) I’m sorry to hear that.B) You’re welcome. D) Not too bad.4. A) That’s too bad. C) No problem.B) Thanks a lot. D) Here you are.5. A) Good idea. C) Never mind.B) See you soon. D) Hold on, please.Section B6. A) A fax. C) A newspaper.B) A report. D) A letter.7. A) Buy a new computer. C) Ask someone to repair the computer.B) Restart the computer. D) Borrow a computer from the company.8. A) She hasn’t sent the email. C) She won’t read the email.B) She hasn’t got any email. D) She won’t reply to the email.9. A) The price of the books. C) The way to pack the books.B) The author of the books. D) The time to get the books.10. A) Very nice. C) Very humorous.B) Very strict. D) Very shy.Section CI am working with a computer company. My family lives near the railway station, and within five minutes’ walk to a shopping 11 . We live in a flat with 3 bedrooms and a very large 12 .There is a beautiful garden, too. The house is very 13 to live in. However, for my convenience to go to work and 14 lost on the way, I would like to exchange my house for a similar one or even a bit smaller one near my workplace.If you are interested, please call me at 5538765 15 or email me at bhousinggmail. .Part II Vocabulary & Structure ( 15 minutes)Section A16. We have got to a new way to solve this problem.A) tell about C) think ofB) put out D) take over17. I agree to the idea our staff should use recycled (再生的) paper to savemoney.A) what C) whichB) as D) that18. The Quality Control staff is responsible the quality of the products thatcome out of the factory.A) for C) withB) of D) to19. The new manager has greatly changed the company he took over theposition.A) if C) althoughB) since D) while20. the members cooperate well, the team will keep winning games.A) As far as C) As long asB) As well as D) As soon as21. Thank you for your letter of May th6, in which you about the bicycles ofModel 897.A) ask C) knowB) feel D) think22. I’m told that I will share an office room five other newcomers.A) in C) toB) with D) at23. Can you help me to a sales plan in that area?A) set up C) put onB) give in D) work out24. Those are interested in the job position need to send an email to us.A) what C) whichB) whom D) who25. I’m pleased to tell you that the fax machines you ordered arenow.A) available C) wonderfulB) convenient D) importantSection B26. (fortunate) , you have many articles online to help you in finding ajob.27. The Tokyo Branch of our company is doing (well) this year than lastyear.28. If they agree with us, we (carry out) the plan immediately.29. In order to keep a high level of safety, all the staff are required (wear)protective clothes.30. It is announced that the lunch time will (shorten) from one hour to 45minutes.31. We are planning to provide (serve) to small companies in the city.32. Yesterday I (receive) an email from one of our suppliers about theorder.33. Your work plan is much better now, but there is still room for(improve) .34. We would like you to give a speech at our meeting, (start) at 9:00 am onOctober th8.35. If you decide on the more expensive model, you can bring this one back and paythe (different) .Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Task 1A) contact the manufacturer in personB) write a letter to the service centerC) refer to the instructions providedD) visit the service center online37. Most manufacturers’guarantee just covers the repairs of your computer dueto .A) hardware damage B) wrong operationC) material faults D) missing data38. When registering for the use of Care Center tools, you need to show .A) the manufacturer’s guarantee cardB) your receipt of the computerC) a telephone message recordD) your credit card number39. The enclosed Computer Center CD is used to .A) protect your data B) write your emailsC) take photos D) play music40. The product will be replaced if .A) your valuable data has been lostB) you have paid the extra service feeC) the same fault needs a third repairD) it is still within the guarantee periodTask 2Being a salesman, the most important thing is to understand people. You’ve got to know what they’re thinking. If you can figure that out, you can get them to do a lot. They come in with an idea about what they want. You get them taking about themselves, about what they like.If it’s a man, you talk about football, or something like that. If it’s a woman, you ask her about fashions. That way they get comfortable with you. You ask them a lot of questions and get into the habit of saying yes.In the end, you can put them into anything you want, if you’re really good. For example, if they need a little car for the city; you send them home a truck. Of course, I wouldn’t really do that. It wouldn’t be right. You’ve got to sell on this job, but you also have to be fair. It’s not fair to take advantage of people too much. There are some people in this business who’d do anything. But I don’t believe in that.41. To be a good salesman, the most important thing is to .A) learn from different kinds of peopleB) understand what people are thinkingC) see what people usually do in daily lifeD) watch what changes people have made42. According to the passage, you can make a woman feel comfortableby .A) talking about fashions B) playing football togetherC) sending a small gift to her D) saying yes to her questions43.One way to make people get into the habit of saying yes is to .A) ask them to say what they likeB) tell them to do anything you wantC) help them feel confident in themselvesD) get them to say yes to a lot of your questions44. According to the last paragraph, the author believes that .A) it is right to do anything in businessB) it is useless to believe in what customers sayC) help them feel confident in themselvesD) it is dangerous to listen to the advice of a salesman45. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A) Most women like to talk about sports events.B) Some business people do anything by talking with them.Task 3To: All Manager and Department HeadsSubject: New Communication Training ProgramClear, friendly, efficient communication skill are essential for building relationships with your customers. You can use it for the business. A new onlinetraining program is available on the Learn Well website. It will help Company employees create “customer-friendly” communication.Please visit the website for a memo from the organizer. The memo provides a general view of this customer-friendly communication training program. It also explains how employees can register for the online training. Please forward this email to you employees and encourage them to sign up for training at their leisure time as soon as possible.Thank you for your support as we work to improve your employees’customerA …………………job objectiveB ……………….... interests and hobbiesC …………………personal dataD ………………... degree certificateE ………………... first nameF …………………last nameG .………………... marital statusH …………………date of birthI …………………. job qualificationJ …………………. ReferenceL …………………work experienceM …….…………. education backgroundN …………………sexO ………………….. permanent addressP …………………... contact numberQ …………………. place of birthExamples: (K) 证明人（G）婚姻状况Make your payroll (工资表) faster and easier with our Easy Online Payroll!If you’re spending more time than 10 minutes a week or over ＄30 a month on making a payroll, then you need to use the software Easy Online Payroll. It helps you organize your accounting process, so you can save money and spend more time actually running your business. The main benefits you will get from Easy Online Payroll include:◆Enter your payroll any time, anywhere◆Pay all your employees by direct deposit (直接存款) to their checkingaccounts with Bank of America and receive a ＄15 monthly discount(折扣)◆Printing of paychecks from the company’s computer◆Free telephone and email support.Put us to work for you to make your work simpler. Take advantage of the best value for small businesses with employees. To speak to the Banking Center, call 1.888.6000.40000 or visit . Bankofamerica..56. What can Easy Online Payroll do for making a payroll?It can help to make a payroll .57. What is one of the advantages of Easy Online Payroll?It can help to organize your process.58. How can a company pay their employees with Easy Online Payroll?By direct deposit to their with Bank of America.59. Where can the paychecks be printed?From the company’s .60. How can you contact the Banking Center?Call 1.888.6000.40000 or .Part IV Translation—English into Chinese (25 minutes)61. One purpose of market research is to learn about people – the people who will buyfrom you.A) 市场调查的对象之一是你周围的让人，即帮你推销产品的人。

Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (15 minutes)Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections. Section ADirections: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C), D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Example: You will hear:You will read: A. New York City B. An evening partyC. An air tripD. The man’s jobFrom the dialogue we learn that the man is to take a flight to New York. Therefore, C. An air trip is the correct answer. You should mark C. on the Answer Sheet.. Now the test will begin.1. A) The old coat isn't worth repairing.B) He can repair the hole in the coat.C) He just saw the woman's new coat.D) The woman should take something for her cold and sore throat.2. A) In a post office. B) In a bank.C) In a supermarket. D) In a department store.3. A) She feels it is no concern of hers.B) She is astonished that the bus company is doing it.C) She is sure that many people will stop riding the bus.D) She is surprised by the lack of public surprise.4. A) A doctor they know. B) The woman's health.C) A new medicine for headaches and sore throats.D) The changeable weather.5. A) He will not learn computer language.B) He has no idea of computer language.C) He will design a new kind of computer language.D) He does not like to use computer language.Section BDirections: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorder conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. Both the conversations and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C), D) given in your test paper.Conversation 16. A) She has some troubles in reading. B) She can't look up new words.C) She can't find a teacher. D) She has to help.7. A) To ask for help. B) To find a tutor.C) To make friends. D) To practice reading more.8. A) At teacher's office. B) At the student services office.C) In the university. D) At an information desk.Conversation 29. A) Doctor and patient. B) Boss and secretary.C) Salesman and consumer. D) Teacher and student.10. A) He eats too much. B) He only stays at the office.C) He doesn't like sports. D) He works too hard and doesn't have a healthy lifestyle.Section CDirections: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You will hear a recorded passage. After that you will hear five questions. Both the passage and questions will be read two times. When you hear a question, you should complete the answer with a word or a short phrase (in no more than 3 word). The questions and incomplete answers are printed on your test paper. You should write your answer on the Answer Sheet correspondingly. Now the passage will begin.11. Paul had to write ____________________________________________yesterday.12. In fact he wrote ______________________________________________ to his family.13. Last time he wrote to his family __________________________________.14. After getting up he got ________________________________________________.15. Maybe the paper was ____________________________________________ to write.Part II Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic ofCreating a Green Campus. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:1. 建设绿色校园很重要2. 绿色校园不仅指绿色的环境…3. 为了建设绿色校园，我们应该….Part III Reading comprehension(skimming and scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: There is a passage followed by some questions. You should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C), D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.As a result of its strength in science, the United States has consistently led of the world in the world in the commercialization of major new technologies, from the mainframe computer and integrated circuit of the 1960s to the internet infrastructure(基础设施)and applications software of the 1990s. The link between university-based science and industrial application is often indirect but sometimes highly visible: Silicon Valley was intentionally created by Stanford University, and Route 128 outside Boston has long housed companies spun off from MIT and Harvard. Around the world ,governments have encouraged copying of his model, perhaps most successfully in Cambridge, England, where Microsoft and scores of other leading software and biotechnology companies have set up shop around the university.For all its success, the United States remains deeply hesitant about sustaining the research university model. Most politicians recognize the link between investment in science and national Economic strength, but support for research funding has been unsteady. The budget of the National Institutes of Health doubled between 1998 and 2003, but has risen more slowly than inflations since then. Support for the physical sciences and engineering barely kept pace with inflation during that same period. The attempt to make up lost ground is welcome, but the nation would be better served by steady, predictable increases in science funding at the rate of long-term GDP growth, which is on the order of inflation plus 3 percent per year.American politicians have great difficulty recognizing that admitting more foreign students can greatly promote the national interest by increasing international understanding. Adjusted for inflation, public funding for international exchanges and foreign-language study is well below the levels of 40 years ago. In the wake of September 11, changes in the visa process caused a dramatic decline in the number of foreign students seeking admission to U.S. Universities, and a corresponding surge in enrollments in Australia, Singapore and the U .K. Objections from Americans university and business leaders led to improvements in the process and a reversal of the decline, but the United States is still seen by many as unwelcoming to international students. Most Americans recognize that universities contribute to the nation’s well-being through their scientific research, but many fear that foreign students threaten American competitiveness by taking their knowledge and skills back home. They fail to grasp that welcoming foreign students and like immigrants throughout history-strength the nation; and second, foreign students who study in the United States become ambassadors for many of its most cherished(珍视) values when they return home. Or at least they understand them better. In America as elsewhere, few Instruments of foreign policy are as effective in promoting peace and stability as welcoming international university students.1．From the first paragraph we know that present –day universities have becomeA．more and more research-orientedB．in-service training organizationsC．more popularized than ever beforeD．a powerful force for global integration2．Over the past three decades, the enrollment of overseas students has increasedA．by 2.5 millionB．by 800,000C．at an annual rate of 3.9 percentD．at an annual rate of 8 percent3．In the United States, how many of the newly hired professors in science and engineering are foreign-born? A．10%B．20%C．30%D．38%4．How do Yale and Harvard prepare their undergraduates for global careers?A．They organize a series of seminars on world economyB．They offer them various courses in international politicsC．They arrange for them to participate in the Erasmus programD．They give them chances for international study or internship5．An example illustrating the general trend of universities’globalization isA．Yale’s collaboration with Fudan University on genetic researchB．Yale’s helping Chinese universities to launch research projectsC．Yale’s student exchange program with European institutionsD．Yale’s establishing branch campuses throughout the world6．What do we learn about Silicon Valley from the passage?A．It houses many companies spun off from MIT and HarvardB．It is known to be the birthplace of Microsoft CompanyC．It was intentionally created by Stanford UniversityD．It is where the Internet infrastructure was built up7．What is said about the U.S. federal funding for research?A．It has increased by 3 percentB．It has been unsteady for yearsC．It has been more than sufficientD．It doubled between 1998 and 20038．The dramatic decline in the enrollment of foreign students in the U.S after September 11 was caused by ______________________________.9．Many Americans fear that American competiveness may be threatened by foreign students who will _________________________.10．The policy of welcoming foreign students can benefit the U.S. in that the very best of them will stay and _____________________________.Part IV Reading comprehension(reading in depth) (15 minutes)Section A:Directions: there is a passage with ten blanks. You should decide on the correct answer for each blank from a list of choices given in a word blank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choice. Please mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.As war spreads to many comers of the globe, Children sadly have been drawn into the center of conflicts. In Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Colombia, however, groups of children have been taking part in peace education 47 .The children, after learning to resolve conflicts, took on the 48 of peacemakers. The Children’s Movement for peacemakers was even nominated(提名) or the Nobel peace prize in 1998. Groups of children 49 is peacemakers studied human rights an poverty issues in Colombia, eventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota known a The Schools of Peace.The classroom 50 opportunities for children to replace angry, violent behaviors with 51, peaceful ones. It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children to take a step 52 toward becoming peacemakers. Fortunately, educators have access to many online resources that are 53 useful when helping children along the path to peace. The Young Peacemakers Club, started in 1992, provides a Website with resources for teachers and 54 on staring a Kindness Campaign. The World Centers of Compassion for Children International call attention to children’s rights and how to help the55 of war. Starting a Peacemakers’ Club is a praiseworthy venture for a class and one that could spread to other classrooms an ideally affect the culture of the 56 school.Section B:Directions: there is a passage followed by some questions. You should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C), D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Our risk of cancer rises dramatically as we age. So it makes sense that the elderly should be routinely screened for new tumors —or doesn’t it? While such vigilant（警觉的）tracking of cancer is a good thing in general, researchers are increasingly questioning whether all of this testing is necessary for the elderly. With the percentage of people over age 65 expected to nearly double by 2050, it’s important to weigh the health benefits of screening against the risks and costs of routine testing.In many cases, screening can lead to additional biopsies and surgeries to remove cancer, which can cause side effects, while the cancers themselves may be slow-growing and may not pose serious health problems in patients‟ remaining years. But the message that everyone must screen for cancer has become so ingrained that when health care experts recommended that women under 50 and over 74 stop Screening for breast cancer, it caused a riotous reaction among doctors, patients and advocacy groups. It’s hard to uproot deeply held beliefs about cancer screening with scientific data. Certainly, there are people over age 75 that have had cancers detected by routine screening, and gained several extra years of life because of treatment. And clearly, people over age 75 who have other risk factors for cancer, such as a family history or prior personal experience with the disease, should continue to get screened regularly. But for the remainder, the risk of cancer, while increased at the end of life, must be balanced with other factors like remaining life expectancy（预期寿命）.A recent study suggests that doctors start to make more objective decisions about who will truly benefit from screening- especially considering the explosion of the elderly that will soon swell our population. It’s not an easy calculation to make, but one that make sense for the whole patient. Dr. Otis Brawley said, “Many doctors are ordering these tests purely to cover themselves. We need to think about the rational use of health care and stop talking about the rationing of health care.” That means making some difficult decisions with elderly patients, and going against the misguided belief that when it comes to health care, more is always better.1. Why do doctors recommend routine cancer screening for elderly people?A. It is believed to contribute to long life.B. It is part of their health care package.C. The elderly are more sensitive about their health.D. The elderly are in greater danger of tumor growth.2. How do some researchers now look at routine cancer screening for the elderly?A. It adds too much to their medical bills.B. It helps increase their life expectancy.C. They are doubtful about necessity.D. They think it does more than good.3. What is the conventional view about women screening for breast cancer?A. It applies to women over 50.B. It is a must for adult women.C. It is optional for young women.D. It doesn’t apply to women over 74.4. Why do many doctors prescribe routine screening for cancer?A. They want to protect themselves against medical disputes.B. They want to take advantage of the medical care system.C. They want data for medical research.D. They want their patients to suffer less.5. What does the author say is the general view about health care?A. The more, the better.B. Prevention is better than cure.C. Better early than late.D. Better care, longer life.Part V multiple selection (10 minutes)Directions:There are some statements, each of statement followed by 4 choices marked A), B), C), D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.1 No sooner had he got home it began to rain.A whenB thatC thanD while2 We the football match for half an hour by the time she arrives at the sports center.A might have watchedB must have watchedC will have watchedD ought to have watched3 15 years old he was, Tom had a desire to join the army.A forB sinceC whenD as4 That T-shirt was so tight that he decided to have it .A be enlargedB enlargeC enlargedD to enlarge5 She made up her mind back home in spite of the heavy rain.A goingB to goC goD gone6 more careful, his ship would not have sunk.A. If the captain wereB. Had the captain beenC. Should the captain be D If the captain would have been7 I didn’t hear the phone. I asleep.A must beB must have beenC should beD should have been8 It is ten years ___ Miss Green returned to Canada.A. thatB. whenC. sinceD. as9 It was last night ___ I see the comet.A. the timeB. whenC. thatD. which10 I see no in leaving my company since I am doing quite well there.A. reasonB. excuseC. pointD. chance11 The streets were deserted the policeman on duty.A. exceptB. except forC. butD. besides12 You might have the accident if you had had your headlights on.A. missedB. avoidedC. escapedD. dismissed13. This case is quite _____ today with the great development of science and technology.A. commonB. generalC. simpleD. alike14. Lucy changed her major from physics to computer, _____.A. with hopes to be able to locate employment more easilyB. hoping she can easily get a jobC. with the hope for the ability to find a better jobD. hoping to find a job more easily15 Only in this way _____ progress in your English.A. you makeB. can you makeC. you be able to makeD. will you able to makePart VI Translation (5 minutes)Directions: complete the sentences on Answer Sheet by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.1. I finally got the job I dreamed about. Never before in my life___________(我感到如此激动)!2. With the noise going on outside the classroom, I had great difficulty _____________(集中注意力复习功课).3. He had _______________________(他一回来就买了一栋房子) and went to live there.4. ____________________________( 就能力而言), Mike is the right person for the job.5._________________________(最重要的是)she should be aware of her mistakes.。

2012剑桥商务英语BEC中级阅读真题（四）PART FOURQuestions 21-35·Read the text below about job prospects at the Provincial Bank.·Choose the correct word A, B, C, or, D on the opposite page to fill each gap.·For each question 21-35, mark one letter (A, B, C, or D) on your Answer Sheet.Employment Opportunities for Graduates with the Provincial BankThe Provincial Bank is one of the biggest (example) ____________ institutions in the U.K. With its 1,900 branches and 58,000 employees, it has (21) ____________ a household name. Almost 4,000 of these employees (22) ____________ managerial or executive positions. The bank has an outstanding (23)____________ of profitability, which has been achieved by introducing innovations at the same time asmaintaining leadership of the (24) ____________.The bank’s comprehensive training programme concentrates on (25) ____________ the most important skills that graduates need in order to (26)____________ early management responsibility. Trainees take responsibility for their own continuous self-development through visiting other branches and departments, and by (27)____________ courses in management skills. They also receive training in order to increase their knowledge of the bank’s (28)___________. The bank supports (29)____________ of staff who wish to take professional examinations, and its Graduate Training Scheme is (30)_____________ to the nationally recognized Diploma in Management.Obviously the quality of its mangers is of (31)____________ importance to the bank’s performance. It welcomes good graduates in any subject area, (32)____________ they can demonstrate the ability to influence events, and have the potential to(33)____________ both as leaders and as part of a team. Most graduate trainees join the Retail Banking division initially. Those starting on this programme will soonhave the (34)____________ to work in other parts of the bank and can (35)____________ a varied and flexible working life.Example:A budgetaryB fiscalC financialD economic0 A B C DExample21 A opened B entered C turned D become22 A hold B do C keep D own23 A career B catalogue C record D experience24 A area B trade C record D market25 A making B reaching C developing D heightening26 A present B treat C deal D handle27 A observing B attending C involving D staying28 A services B goods C creations D abilities29 A colleague B members C people D persons30 A qualified B combined C fastened D linked31 A main B vital C necessary D superior32 A therefore B thus C provided D only33 A succeed B realize C gain D overcome34 A choice B chance C likelihood D probability35 A forecast B believe C suppose D expect。

全国外经贸从业人员考试国际商务英语等级考试（中级）试卷2012年12月Ⅰ．Listening: 20%（听力，20分）Section ADirections:Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with the words or phrases you’ve heard.Payment plays a very important in international trade. It is much more complicated than that in domestic trade. No export can be said to be successful until payment has been for the goods delivered overseas. If payment is not ensured, then all will be meaningless. Therefore, it is vitally important to ensure payment in a sound way. Among many of payment in international trade, there are three basic ones which are commonly used: remittance, and letter of credit.Section BDirections: Listen to the tape and translate the sentences into Chinese.1. .2. .3. .4. .5. .Section CDirections:In this part, you will hear 5 short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, there will be a question about what was said. After you hear a conversation and question about it, read the four choices in your paper and decide which is the correct answer to the question you have heard.（）1. A.in the office.B.over the phone.C. in the street.D. at a trade fair.（）2. A. teacher and student.B. driver and passenger.C. lawyer and client.D. seller and buyer.（）3. A. No discount.B. 15%.C. 5%.D. 50%.（）4. A. $ 50.B. $ 30.C. $ 15.D. $ 13.（）5. A. To look for the manager.B. To give the manager a call.C. To write to the manager.D. To give the manager a message.II．Reading & Comprehension: 40%（阅读理解，40分）Section ADirections: There are ten incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then write down the right answer in the brackets for each sentence. This section totals 10 points, one point for each sentence.（）1. Thank you for the order of December 12 for 1,000 shirts.A. captionedB. captioningC. to captionD. caption（）2. We have received the documents and taken of the above order which arrived at Shanghai on the S.S. “Dashun”.A. shipmentB. consignmentC. lotD. delivery（）3. An L/C should be established in our favor by documentary draft at sixty days’ sight.A. availableB. paymentC. payingD. paid（）4. If you can us a 5% discount, we shall give you our initial order amounting to US$ 15,000.A. provideB. warrantyC. guaranteeD. grant（）5. In our fax of November 8, we made clear that shipment is to be effected in December.A. youB. themC. thatD. it（）6. We can supply these items very favorable terms.A. onB. forC. byD. to（）7. We assure our customers delivery within 30 days after receipt of the L/C.A. aboutB. atC. ofD. with（）8. Shipment is to be made during October to December three equal lots.A. inB. atC. byD. on（）9. we are appreciating the good quality of your black tea, we regret that your price appears to be on the high side.A. WhileB. WhenC. AsD. But（）10.The goods will be packed in cartons innerlined with materials.A. water-provedB. water-protectedC. water-proofD. water-tight Section BDirections: There are ten blanks in the following letter. You are required to choose the best one from the given four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Then write down the correct answer in the brackets. This section totals 10 points, one point for each blank.国际商务英语等级考试（中级）试卷第3页（共10页）（）1.A. on B. for C. at D. of（）2.A. consignment B. shipment C. purchase D. insurance （）3.A. involving B. involved C. involvement D. involves（）4.A. down B. up C. out D. off（）5.A. But B. Yet C. So D. As（）6.A. at B. of C. in D. by（）7.A. understand B. grate C. appreciate D. thank（）8.A. extend B. expand C. enlarge D. stretch（）9.A. with B. on C. to D. by（）10.A. establish B. draw C. recommend D. amend Section CDirections: There are two passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then write down the correct answer in the brackets for each question or statement. This section totals 20 points, two points for each question.Passage OneEconomic "globalization" is a historical process, the result of human innovation and technological progress. It refers to the increasing integration of economies around the world, particularly through trade and financial flows. The term sometimes also refers to the movement of people(labor) and knowledge (technology) across international borders. There are also broader cultural, political and environmental dimensions of globalization that are not covered here.At its most basic, there is nothing mysterious about globalization. The term has come into common usage since the 1980s, reflecting technological advances that have made it easier and quicker to complete international transactions—both trade and financial flows. It refers to an extension beyond national borders of the same market forces that have operated for centuries at all levels of human economic activity-village markets, urban industries, or financial centers.Markets promote efficiency through competition and the division of labor-the specialization that allows people and economies to focus on what they do best. Global markets offer greater opportunity for people to tap into more and larger markets around the world. It means that they can have access to more capital flows, technology, cheaper imports, and larger export markets. But markets do not necessarily ensure that the benefits of increased efficiency are shared by all. Countries must be prepared to embrace the policies needed, and in the case of the poorest countries may need the support of the international community as they do so.（）1. G lobalization is ______.A. a novelty in recent yearsB. mysterious as it hasn’t been well known by the majority of peopleC. not new to peopleD. a historical event（）2. Globalization refers to______.A.the increasing integration of economies around the worldB. the movement of people (labor) and knowledge (technology) across internationalbordersC. an extension beyond national borders of the market forcesD. all of the above（）3. When did the term “globalization” first come into usage?A. since 1990s.B. since the 1980s.C. since 1970s.D. since 2000s.（）4. What are the benefits of globalization?A. increased efficiency of the market.国际商务英语等级考试（中级）试卷第5页（共10页）B. cheaper imports.C. larger markets.D. all of the above.（）5. Which of the following is not true?A. All the countries will share the same benefits from globalization.B. Globalization makes it easier and quicker to complete international transactions.C. Countries must take active measures to embrace globalization.D. The benefits of increased efficiency will not be shared by all the countries.Passage Two1 Flexible working, often through a job share, is pushing its way up corporate agendas as a way to attract and retain staff in the unceasing ‘war for talent’. More than 90 percent of job shares are women, and most of them have childcare responsibilities. The industries keenest on job shares include banking and finance, IT and public services. A recent report from Incomes Data Services says the number of workers in job shares has doubled to about 200,000 in ten years. Management jobs are now being shared, whereas formerly only occupations such as nursing and secretarial work featured.2 Angela Baron, adviser (employee resources) at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, believes all jobs can be shared, up to the highest level. She says: “After all, hospital nurses and doctors make life-affecting decisions based on handed-over information. What is more important than that?3 Most employers who allow job shares like them. Staff are more motivated because they can work the hours that suit them. There is less absenteeism, staff working half-weeks are often fresher, and two workers on the same job can be more creative. Ms Baron says: “When there’s a tricky problem, you actually have two brains instead of one.” One disadvantage for employers is potential difficulty finding a replacement if a job-share partner leaves. Extra training and equipment may also be necessary.4 Workers like job sharing because it allows them to keep a firmer footing on the job ladder, when, for example, returning from maternity leave. There is, however, no blanket legal obligation on an employer to offer a job share or part-time working. If management opposes the creation of a job share, there may be no easy way to secure it. It is often easier in areas with a history of jobsharing. They are far more prevalent in the public sector, for example. If your company has a flexible working culture, you are more likely to achieve a job share. Most shares operate on a 50/50 basis, with one partner working from Monday to Wednesday and the other from Wednesday to Friday.5 The key to a successful job share is a compatible and trusting relationship with your partner, underpinned by a satisfactory contract. If you hoard and play power games with information, this sort of arrangement is unsuitable. Individuals need to be organized and good communicators. Sue Monk, chief executive of flexible workers’ charity Families at Work, and a job sharer herself, says: “You’ve got to be prepared to put in extra effort to make it work. For example, if you’re busy, you may need to put in a phone call in the evening. You have to be very responsible. It’s easy to leave things for someone else to do.”（）6. Job sharing is ______.A. more common among men than womenB. a form of flexible workingC. not often found in the public sectorD. only found in hospitals（）7. In Paragraph 2, the statement “Nurses and doctors make life-affecting decisions based on handed-over information.” means that they make decisions based on informationthat ______.A. they get from somewhere elseB. they get from each otherC. is out of dateD. is of no use（）8. In Paragraph 3, the statement “Staff working half-weeks are often fresher.” means that the employees who only work half-weeks ______.A. have only just started in the companyB. are more enthusiasticC. are less tiredD. are motivated（）9. In Paragraph 3, the statement“When there’s a tricky problem you actually have two brains instead of one.” means that ______.A. it’s easier for two people to solve problems than oneB. tricky problems can only be solved by two intelligent people国际商务英语等级考试（中级）试卷第7页（共10页）C. when someone has a tricky problem, they use twice their normal intelligence tosolve itD. those with two brains are more intelligent（）10. According to the writer, which of the following is the right heading for Paragraph 5?_______.A. Advantages and disadvantages of job sharingB. The increasing popularity of job sharingC. The influence of job sharing on the companyD. The secret of successful job sharingIII．Business Translation: 20%（商务翻译，20分）Section ADirections: There are ten terms in this section. Translate the English terms or phrases into Chinese and the Chinese terms or phrases into English. Then write down the translation on the paper. This section totals 10 points, one point for each term.1. sales literature2. sample cutting3. Letter of Intent4. size assortment5. collecting bank6. 议付行7. 单独海损 8. 麻袋9. 船期表 10. 索款通知书Section BDirections: Translate the following five Chinese sentences into English. Then write down the translation on the paper. This part totals 10 points, two points for each sentence.1. 报价时，请说明你方付款条件和交货时间。

四、完型填空Many Chinese students don't pay much attention to spoken English at school. They think it necessary to practice speaking English in class. Here is a story to show you how important it is to speak the English language1 in everyday life.A foreigner once got hungry and went into a restaurant in London. He sat down at a table.When the waiter came, he opened his mouth, put his fingers 2 it and took them out again in order to express that he wanted something to eat for he could not speak English.The waiter soon brought a cup of tea. The man shook his head. The waiter then took away the tea and brought a cup of coffee. The man again shook his head. The man tried again and again, but he wasn't able to make 3 understood. Finally another man came in. He spoke English clearly and fluently. In a few minutes, there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table 4 him.So you see a man often goes hungry if he doesn't 5 a foreign language.A：into B：freely C：before D：himself E：master(1)、B (2)、A (3)、D (4)、C (5)、EIt seems quite clearly unjust to pay two people different amounts of money for doing the same work. But it is not as easy as it appeals at first __1__ to introduce equal pay for equal work.Two people may be working side by side in a factory and doing the same work, but one may be doing it twice as fast as the __2__; or one may be making no mistakes, while the other is making a lot. In some kinds of work, one can solve the problem of speed if one pays by the amount of work to be done and not by the hour: work paid for in this__3__ is called piece-work. But it is not always possible to do this, so it is sometimes useful to pay workers at different rates, which take differences in skill into __4__. This usually means that the younger and therefore less experienced worker gets less than the __5__ and more experienced one, which seems reasonable enough.A：other B：sight C：older D：way E：account(1)、B (2)、A (3)、D (4)、E (5)、CThere is an old saying that husbands and wives start to look and behave like each other after a time. I don't know if this was true of my mother and father.Both of my parents had brown hair and brown eyes and low voices. My father, __1__, was eight years older than my mother and taller and thinner. He was built as straight as an arrow. My mother was shorter and had a rounder and fuller face and she looked as soft as a pillow.My mother was quieter and talked less than my father did. She was also a much more patient person than my father. My father was more experienced in life. He was __2__ to doing everything quickly. My mother, on the other hand, worked and spoke more slowly.They were fond of nature and sports, such as walking, gardening and swimming. They were both __3__ in reading and music, but my father preferred history books, while my mother liked to read romantic novels. In music, their types were similar, and they were never proud of listening to it. Most of the time they were in agreement on bringing __4__ their children. They both believed in giving them love and neither one believed in punishing them physically. At times, their personalities were very much alike, but at other times, they seemed very __5__. Perhaps that is why none of their children knows which parent he looks or behaves like.A：however B：interested C：up D：used E：different (1)、A (2)、D (3)、B (4)、C (5)、EMan can not go on increasing his number at the present rate. In the__1__ 30 years man will face a period of crisis. __2__ experts believe that there will be a widespread food shortage. Other experts think this is too pessimistic, and that man can prevent things from getting worse than they are now. But remember that two thirds of the people in the world are under-nourished（有营养的）or starving now.One thing that man can do is to limit the __3__ of babies born. The need __4__ this is obvious, but it is not __5__ to achieve. People have to be persuaded to limit their families.A：for B：easy C：Some D：number E：next(1)、E (2)、C (3)、D (4)、A (5)、BOne night, a thief broke into an old man's house. He ___1___ a noise and woke up the old man and his wife. The husband told his wife to be silent, while he said loudly, "My dear, these days thieves are cleverer. If they take ___2___ their clothes and put them on the table, the people in the room will fall asleep and can't wake up."When the thief ___3___this, he took off his clothes at once and was ready to set out to work. At this___4___, the husband suddenly shouted in a loud voice:"Stop thief! Stop thief!" The thief was very frightened. He ran away as fast as be could and ___5___ his clothes on the table.A：made B：moment C：off D：left E：heard(1)、A (2)、C (3)、E (4)、B (5)、DKelly is a clerk. She works in a town. She is busy from morning to___1___.She gets up at six o'clock in the morning and goes to do morning exercise at half past six. Then she has breakfast ___2___ the family at a quarter past seven. She goes to work at a quarter past eight.She ___3___ work at half past four and goes home. She arrives home at a quarter to five. At half past six she makes supper. After supper, she has a little rest. Sometimes she ___4___ TV for a little while. She studies for about an hour ___5___ she goes to bed.A：watches B：finishes C：with D：before E：night(1)、E (2)、C (3)、B (4)、A (5)、DMany Americans like to have their vacation in ___1___countries. One day an American woman comes to visit China. This is her first time to China and she ___2___ to make some friends there. She meets a Chinese. This Chinese wants to talk in English with the American. When he sees her, he comes up, says"___3___"to her, then he begins his first talk with a person ___4___ an English-speaking country."How old are you?" the Chinese ___5___."I'm sorry. Please don't ask a lady about her age."The Chinese is surprised. He doesn't know why. Can you help him?A：wants B：other C：hello D：asks E：from(1)、B (2)、A (3)、C (4)、E (5)、DDo you know the story about the fox and the grapes? A fox is ___1___ food. He is very hungry. Now, he stands near a wall. The wall is very___2___.The fox is looking up. He sees a lot of fine grapes ___3___ the wall. He smiles and says, "How nice they are! I want to eat them."The fox jumps and jumps, but the wall is too high. He ___4___ get the grapes.The fox says, "I must go now. I don't like those grapes. They are green. They are not ___5___ to eat."A：looking for B：good C：on D：high E：can't(1)、A (2)、D (3)、C (4)、E (5)、BMumu is a Chinese boy. But now he___1__in the UK. He lives and___2__ with Mr and Mrs Green in London. They are very nice to him. But they like different food.For breakfast, Mr and Mrs Green would like milk, eggs and some vegetables, sometimes they have fruits. Mumu would like milk and eggs, but he wouldn't like vegetables at the breakfast time.Lunch is at one ___3___. Mr and Mrs Green usually have large hamburgers. Mumu doesn't like them. He thinks they're ___4___. He would like some rice. After that, he'd like some fruits. ___5___ Mr and Mrs Green usually have afternoon tea.For dinner, Mr and Mrs Green have soup, beef, vegetables and fruit. Mumu wouldn't like any beef, he'd like some noodles.A：eats B：is C：But D：o'clock E：bad(1)、B (2)、A (3)、D (4)、E (5)、CThis is my timetable. I study at No.3 Middle School of Dongfang. From Monday to Friday I get up ___1___ 6:30 a.m. I have ___2___ at 7:00 and then I go to school. I don't like to be late. Our classes ___3___ at 8:30 a.m. We have four classes in the morning. I often have lunch at school with my classmates.In the afternoon, we have two classes. Classes are over at 3:30, and I get home at 4:00. But sometimes I don't ___4___ school so early becauseI play basketball on the playground. I have supper at about 6:00. After supper I do my homework. I often watch TV, but sometimes I ___5___ to do some reading and the story books are very interesting. I usually go to bed at about 10:00 p.m.A：leave B：at C：like D：breakfast E：start(1)、B (2)、D (3)、E (4)、A (5)、CMany people would agree that stress is a major problem in modern life. It is certainly true that worry and quarrel can cause all kinds of illnesses, 1 backache to severe headaches, or even more serious complaints such as high blood pressure.Many of us think 2 stress as something that other people impose on us. We often complain about how other people put us 3 pressure. But we should try not to let such pressure affect us. We should not forget that we are largely responsible for some of the stress ourselves. We sometimes take 4 more work than our bodies and our minds can handle. We should learn to 5 our limitations. We should be aware of which things are really important and which are not.A：of B：under C：accept D：from E：on(1)、D (2)、A (3)、B (4)、E (5)、CModern zoos are very different from zoos that were built fifty years ago. At that time, zoos were places 1 people could go to see animals from many parts of the world. The animals lived in cages that were made 2 concrete with iron bars, cages that were easy to keep clean.Unfortunately for the animals, the cages were small and impossible to hide in. The zoo environment was anything but natural. 3 the zoo keepers took good care of the animals and fed them well, many of the animals did not thrive; they behaved in strange ways, and they often became ill.In modern zoos, people can see animals in more natural habitats. The animals are given more 4 in large areas so that they can live more comfortably as they would in nature. Even the appearance of zoos has changed. Trees and grass grow in the cages, and streams of water flow5 the areas that animals live in.A：of B：Although C：where D：over E：freedom (1)、C (2)、A (3)、B (4)、E (5)、DThe world is not only hungry; it is also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 75% of the earth's surface is covered with water. But about 97% of this huge amount is seawater, 1 salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3% of the fresh water that comes from rivers, lakes, underground, and other 2 .And we can't even use all of that, because some of it is in the form of icebergs and glaciers. Even worse, some of it has been polluted. However, as things stand today, this small amount of fresh water,which is constantly being replaced by rainfall, is still enough for us. But our need 3 water is increasing rapidly - almost day by day. We all have to learn how to stop wasting our previous water. One of the first steps we should 4 is to develop ways of reusing it.Experiments have already been done in this 5 , but only on a small scale. The systems that have been worked out resemble those used in spacecraft.A：take B：or C：sources D：for E：case(1)、B (2)、C (3)、D (4)、A (5)、EMan can't go on increasing his number at the present rate. In the next 30 years man will face a period of crisis. 1 experts believe that there will be a widespread food shortage. Other experts think this is too pessimistic（悲观的）, and man can prevent things 2 worse than they are now.One thing that man can do is to limit the number of babies born. The need for this is obvious, 3 it is not easy to achieve. People have to be persuaded to limit their families. In the countries of the population explosion, many people like big families. The parents think that this 4 a bigger income for the family and ensures there will be someone in the family who will look after them in old age.Several governments have 5 birth control policies in recent years. Among them are Japan, China. India and Egypt. In some cases the results have not been successful. Japan has been an exception. People wereencouraged to limit their families in the 1950's, which has effectively reduced the birth rate in Japan.A：From getting B：Some C：But D：Adopted E：Brings (1)、B (2)、A (3)、C (4)、E (5)、DGlasses protect people's eyes from bright light. Microscopes make tiny things larger __1__ we can examine them. Telescopes make objects that are far away appear __2__ closer to us. However in recent years plastics have replaced glass __3__ conditions where glass might be easily broken there are new uses to be developed for glass that were never imagined in the __4__. Perhaps the greatest __5__ of glass is that its constituent (构成的) parts are inexpensive and can be found all over the world.A：much B：so that C：advantage D：past E：on(1)、B (2)、A (3)、E (4)、D (5)、COnce upon a time a poor farmer taking a sack of wheat to the mill did not know __1__ to do when it slipped from his horse and fell __2__ the road. The sack was __3__ heavy for him to lift, and his only hope was that presently some one would come riding by and lend a hand.It was not long __4__ a rider appeared, but the farmer's heart sank when he recognized him, for it was the great man who lived in a castle near by. The farmer would have dared to ask __5__ farmer to help, or any poor man who might come along the road, but he could not beg a favor of so great a man.A：another B：what C：too D：onto E：before(1)、B (2)、D (3)、C (4)、E (5)、ALast Saturday, Tony went to see Benny. But he didn't know ___1___ Benny lived. On the way, he stopped in front of a yellow house, and asked an old woman the ___2___ to Benny's house. "His house is not far from my house," said the woman. "It's behind the trees. But you can't get there easily.You can go there by bus. It'll ___3___ you hours to get there ___4___ foot.""What's wrong with her?" Tony thought. "I can see Benny's house from here now. It's behind the trees."Then Tony walked to the other side of the trees. He found the oldwoman was right. There was a river in front of him, and he couldn't see a boat. The house was on the other side of the ___5___.A：on B：where C：way D：river E：take(1)、B (2)、C (3)、E (4)、A (5)、DEveryone has hobbies. A hobby can be almost anything a person likes to do in his spare time. People who take up hobbies are hobbyists. They paint pictures, sing pop songs, ___1___ music instruments and collect stamps or other things. They grow flowers, ___2___ fishing and hunting. They climb mountains, swim, skate and play games.People today have ___3___ time than ever for hobbies. In early times, people were ___4___ busy making a living to have hobbies. Nowadays machines have taken the place of many workers. More people retire at an earlier age. They have hobbies ___5___ these activities offer them enjoyment, friendship, knowledge, and relaxation.A：because B：more C：play D：go E：too(1)、C (2)、D (3)、B (4)、E (5)、ATraffic accidents killed more than 104,000 people in China last year. Chinese cities have more cars than before. Every day many people are___1___ while they cross the road. Most of ___2___ are old people and children. Old people are often killed because they usually can't see clearly or hear very well. ___3___ are killed because they are careless.A car, truck or bus can't stop very quickly if it is going very fast. The faster a car is traveling, the longer it takes to stop. But people walking in the street do not always understand this. It's ___4___ for people to know how fast a car is traveling.The new traffic laws were put into use ___5___ May 1st, 2004. The new traffic laws will make the streets safer for walking and driving.A：killed B：on C：children D：difficult E：them(1)、A (2)、E (3)、C (4)、D (5)、BWater is very important to living things. Without water there can be___1___ life on earth. All animals and plants need water. Man need water, too. We need water to drink, to cook our food and to clean ___2___.Water ___3___ almost everywhere. Even in the driest part of the would there is some water in the air. You can not see it or feel it when it is part of the air. The water ___4___ seas and rivers is a liquid. The water in the air is not a liquid but a gas.Clouds are made of water. They may ___5__ made of very small drops of water. Water, you have found,is very useful, so we must save water.A：ourselves B：is found C：be D：in E：no(1)、E (2)、A (3)、B (4)、D (5)、C。

2012剑桥商务英语BEC中级阅读真题（一）PART ONE Questions 1-7 Look at the sentences below and the job advertisements on the opposite page. Which job does each sentence 1-7 refer to? For each sentence, mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet. You will need to use some of these letters more than once. 1 You will be responsible for the operation of a computer system.2 You must be able to forecast what people will want to wear.3 You will be able to work with people from many different countries and backgrounds.4 You will have a qualification which covers two subject areas.5 It is necessary to have worked in this sector before.6 You will need to keep in contact with the headquarters of the organization.7 The advertisement emphasises the need to have a suitable approach to important people. A BUSINESS MANAGER You will be responsible for our global business within specific countries and will have a goodunderstanding of international distribution, possibly based on previous experience, plus the ability to work in markets that are highly varied in their culture. You will be fluent in a second language, be willing to travel extensively, and preferably have a degree. B DEPARTMENT STORE BUYER Based at our head office in London, you will select and order stock from our suppliers in Italy. You will need to predict fashion trends and build a strong relationship with our Italian office. You will have gained your buying experience in women’s fashion and will hold a degree in design with a business studies component. C LEGAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR As head of the legal office, your work will include managing the office IT network, typing reports, diary maintenance and supervision of another staff member. You will need good organizational skills in order to keep ahead of a varied workload. You will be dealing with senior executives and government officials, so a mature and efficient manner is essential D REGIONAL LEISURE SITES MANAGER You will be responsible for budgetary planning, contract negotiations, local marketing and effectiveadministration. You will communicate frequently with our main office using the latest technology. Your experience could be from any business sector but you should enjoy outdoor life and will ideally possess an estate management qualification.。

Computer-based English Listening and Speaking Test of Guangdong VersionBPart A Reading AloudThe absence or presence of water governs life on land. It determines where and how animals live. But falling rain is not always welcome. The power of water is immense. Once on land, it begins its journey back to the sea, carving its way through the earth. 65% of the human body is water. It is our absolute necessity. We cannot live without it. We need it for drinking, for bathing and to grow food. And we have gone to great lengths to get it to where we want it to be. Water, the giver of life, essential to all and forever sacred.(103words) Part B Role PlayNow please ask the speaker three questions. You have twenty seconds to prepare the question. When you hear a beep, begin to ask the question.1. 我为什么不能与朋友们一起开车？Question：Why can’t I drive with my friends?Answer: Teenagers are not mature enough to drive carefully, especially when they are driving together. I mean, they speed, they ride for pleasure, they drivearound town while after midnight. What is more, who really needs a carwhen a bike can work? I mean, life was different when I was your age. Infact, I used to go to school by bike.2. 我真的需要这些规则吗？Question: Do I really need these rules? / Are these rules necessary for me? Answer: Absolutely. Oh, where were we? Oh, yes, rule No. 2 –you must always wear your seat belt and obey the rules of the road. OK, rule No.3 –youcan’t drive long distances at night because you might get sleepy and driveoff the road. And rule No.4 –you should never use a mobile phone whiledriving – that could cause an accident.3. 这些规则有什么用处？Question: What are these rules for? / What’s the use of these rules?Answer: Oh, that’s rule No.5 –remember that I love you and I’m just a loving father who wants his daughter to always be safe and the best dad in theworld.Now please get ready to answer five questions. Y ou are allowed ten seconds to prepare the answer. When you hear a beep, begin to answer the question.1. Question: What news did you tell your father?Answer:I got my driving license.2. Question: Where did your mother say you could drive to?Answer:School.3. Question: How did your father go to school when he was young?Answer:By bike.4. Question: What’s the danger of driving long distances?Answer: Getting sleepy and driving off the road. / You might get sleepy and drive off the road.5. Question: Why has your father made so many rules?Answer: He loves me and wants me always to be safe.Part C RetellingWhen Tom was six years old, he suffered from a rare disease and was put in a hospital. Bored of watching TV there, he went on the Internet. He soon found a website that taught people how to cook. He found it extremely interesting, and found it kept his mind off everything. He fell in love with cooking. After he recovered, Tom tried his best to learn to cook at home. Most of his spare time was spent learning to cook. He’d try a recipe over and over until he got it right. Now, five years later, Tom is a famous cook and has his own cook book. He uses his skills to raise money for children suffering from the same disease he had. He’s raised over 100000 dollars so far. He says, “Children can do much more than watch TV –they can also learn to cook by themselves.”。

1Captain Cook Arrow Legend It was a great legend while it lasted, but DNA testing has finally ended a two-century-old story of the Hawaiian arrow carved from the bone of British explorer Captain James Cook who died in the Sandwich Islands in 1779.―Th ere is no Cook in the Australian Museum,‖ museum collection manager Jude Philip said not long ago in announcing the DNA evidence that the arrow was not made of Cook's bone. But that will not stop the museum from continuing to display the arrow in its exhibition, ―Uncovered: Treasures of the Australian Museum,‖ which does include a feather cape presented to Cook by Hawaiian King Kalani‘opu‘u in 1778.Cook was one of Britain‘s great explorers and is credited with discovering the ―Great South Land,‖ now Australia, in 1770. He was clubbed to death in the Sandwich Islands, now Hawaii.The legend of Cook‘s arrow began in 1824 when Hawaiian King Kamehameha on his deathbed gave the arrow to William Adams, a London surgeon and relative of Cook‘s wife, saying it was m ade of Cook‘s bone after the fatal fight with islanders.In the 1890s the arrow was given to the Australian Museum and the legend continued until it came face-to-face with science.DNA testing by laboratories in Australia and New Zealand revealed the arrow was not made of Cook‘s bone but was more likely made of animal bone, said Philp. However, Cook‘s fans refuse to give up hope that one Cook legend will prove true and that part of his remains will still be uncovered, as they say there is evidence not al l of Cook‘s body was buried at sea in 1779. ―On this occasion technology has won,‖ said Cliff Thornton, president of the Captain Cook Society, in a statement from Britain. ―But I am sure that one of these days...one of the Cook legends will prove to be true and it will happen one day.2Avalanche and Its SafetyAn avalanche is a sudden and rapid flow of snow, often mixed with air and water, down a mountainside. Avalanches are among the biggest dangers in the mountains for both life and property.All avalanches are caused by an over-burden of material, typically snowpack, that is too massive and unstable for the slope that supports it. Determining the critical load, the amount of over-burden which is likely to cause an avalanche, is a complex task involving the evaluation of a number of factors.Terrain slopes flatter than 25 degreesor steeper than 60 degrees typically have alow risk of avalanche. Snow does notgather significantly on steep slopes; also,snow does not flow easily on flatslopes. Human-triggered avalanches have thegreatest incidence when the snow's angle ofrest is between35 and 45 degrees; thecritical angle, the angle at which the humanincidence of avalanches is greatest, is 38degrees. The rule of thumb is: A slope that isflat enough to hold snow but steepenough to ski has the potential to generate anavalanche, regardless of the angle.Additionally, avalanche risk increases withuse; that is, the more a slope is disturbed byskiers, the more likely it is that an avalanchewill occur.Due to the complexity of the subject,winter travelling in the backcountry is never100% safe. Good avalanche safety is acontinuous process, including routeselection and examination of the snowpack,weather conditions, and human factors.Several well-known good habits can alsoreduce the risk. If local authorities issueavalanche risk reports, they should beconsidered and all warnings should be paidprice to. Never follow in the tracks of otherswithout your own evaluations; snowconditions are almost certain to havechanged since they were made. Observe theterrain and note obvious avalanche pathswhere plants are missing or damaged.Avoid traveling below others who mighttrigger an avalanche.3Animal's "Sixth Sense"A tsunami was triggered by anearthquake in the Indian Ocean in December,2004. It killed tens of thousands of people inAsia and East Africa. Wild animals, however,seem to have escaped that terrible tsunami.This phenomenon adds weight to notionsthat1they possess a "sixth sense" fordisasters, experts said.Sri Lankan wildlife officials have saidthe giant waves that killed over 24,000people along the Indian Ocean island's coastclearly missed wild beasts, with no deadanimals found."No elephants are dead, not even a deadrabbit. I think animals can sense disaster.They have a sixth sense. They know whenthings are happening," H. D. Ratnayake,deputy director of Sri Lanka's WildlifeDepartment, said about one month after thetsunami attack. The waves washedfloodwaters up to 2 miles inland at YalaNational Park in the ravaged southeast, SriLanka's biggest wildlife reserve and home tohundreds of wild elephants and severalleopards."There has been a lot of apparentevidence about dogs barking or birdsmigrating before volcanic eruptions orearthquakes. But it has not been proven,"said Matthew van Lierop, an animalbehavior specialist at Johannesburg Zoo."There have been no specific studiesbecause you can't really test it in a lab orfield setting2," he told Reuters. Otherauthorities concurred with this assessment."Wildlife seem to be able to pick upcertain phenomenon, especially birds...there are many reports of birds detectingimpending disasters," said Clive Walker,who has written several books on Africanwildlife.Animals certainly rely on the knownsenses such as smell or hearing to avoiddanger such as predators.The notion of an animal "sixth sense"—or some other mythical power —is anenduring one3which the evidence on SriLanka's ravaged coast is likely to add to.The Romans saw owls as omens ofimpending disaster and many ancientcultures viewed elephants as sacred animalsendowed with special powers or attributes.4Singing Alarms Could Save theBlindIf you cannot see, you may not be ableto1find your way out of a burning building—and that could be fatal. A company inLeeds could change all that2with directionalsound alarms capable of guiding you to theexit.Sound Alert, a company run by theUniversity of Leeds, is installing the alarmsin a residential home for blind people inSommerset and a resource centre for theblind in Cumbria. The alarms produce awide range of frequencies that enable thebrain to determine where the sound iscoming from.Deborah Withington of Sound Alertsays that the alarms use most of thefrequencies that can be heaed by humans. "Itis a burst of white noise that people saysounds like static on the radio," she says. "Itslife-saving potential is great."She conducted an experiment in whichpeople were filmed by thermal-imagingcameras trying to find their way out of3alarge smoke-filled room. It took them nearlyfour minutes to find the door without asound alarm, but only 15 seconds with one.Withington studies how the brainprocesses sounds at the university. She saysthat the source of a wide band offrequencies can be pinpointed more easilythan the source of a narrow band. Alarmsbased on the same concept have alreadybeen installed on emergency vehicles.The alarms will also include rising or fallingfrequencies to indicate whether peopleshould go up or down stairs. They were developed with the aid of a large grant from British Nuclear Fuels.5Car Thieves could Be Stopped RemotelySpeeding off in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch. But he is in a nasty surprise. The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer and a radio signal from a control center miles away will ensure that once the thief switches the engine off, he will not be able to start it again.For now, such devices are only available for fleets of trucks and specialist vehicles used on construction sites. But remote immobilization technology could soon start to trickle down to ordinary cars, and should be available to ordinary cars in the UK in two months.The idea goes like this. A control box fitted to the carincorporates a miniature cellphone, a microprocessor and memory, and a GPS satellite positioning receiver. if the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal will tell the unit to block the vehicle‘s engine management system and prevent the engine being restarted.There are even plans for immobilizers whose shut down vehicles on the move, though there are fears over the safety implications of such a system.In the UK. an array of technical fixes is already making life harder for car thieves. ―The pattern of vehicles crime has changed,‖ says MartynRandall of Thatcham, a security research organization based in Berkshire that is funded in part by the motor insurance industry.He says it would only take him a few minutes to teach a novice how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools. But only if the car is more than 10 years old.Modern cars are a far tougher proposition, as their engine management computer will not allow them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition key. In the UK, technologies like this have helped achieve a 31 per cent drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997.But determined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars. Often by g etting hold of the owner‘s keys in a burglary. In 2000, 12 per cent of vehicles stolen in the UK were taken using the owner‘s keys double the previous year‘s figure.Remote-controlled immobilization system would put a major new obstacle in the criminal‘s w ay by making such thefts pointless. A group that includes Thatcham, the police, insurance companies and security technology firms have developed standardsfor a system that could go on the marketsooner than the customer expects6An Intelligent CarDriving needs sharp eyes, keen ears,quick brain, and coordination between handsand the brain. Many human drivers have allthese and can control a fast-moving car. Buthow does an intelligent car control itself?There is a virtual driver in the smart car.This virtual driver has―eyes,‖‖brains,‖‖hands‖ and ‖feet,‖ too. Theminicameras on each side of the car are his―eyes,‖ which observe the road conditionsahead of it. They watch the traffic to thecar‘s left and right. There is also a highlyautomatic driving system in the car. It is thebuild-in computer, which is the virtualdriver‘s ―brain,‖ His ‗brain‖ calculates thespeeds of other moving cars near it andanalyzes their positions. Basing on thisinformation, it chooses the right path for theintelligent car, and gives instructions to the―hands‖ and ―feet‖ to act accordingly. In thisway, the virtual driver controls his car.What is the virtual driver‘s bestadvantage? He reacts quickly. Theminicameras are sending imagescontinuously to the ―brain.‖ It completes theprocessing of the images within 100milliseconds. However, the world‘s bestdriver at least needs one second to react.besides , when he takes action, he needs onemore second.The virtual driver is really wonderful.He can reduce the accident rate considerablyon expressways. In this case, can we let himhave the wheel at any time and in any place?Experts warn that we cannot do thatjust yet,. His ability to recognize things isstill limited. He can now only drive anintelligent car on expressways.7A Biological ClockEvery living thing has what scientistscall a biological clock that controls behavior.The biological clock tells plants when toform flowers and when the flowers shouldopen1. It tells insects when to leave theprotective cocoons and fly away, and it tellsanimals and human beings when to eat, sleepand wake.Events outside the plant and animalaffect the actions of some biological clocks.Scientists recently found, for example, that atiny animal changes the color of its furbecause of the number of hours of daylight.In the short days of winter, its fur becomeswhite. The fur becomes gray brown in colorin the longer hours of daylight in summer.Inner signals control other biologicalclocks. German scientists found that somekind of internal clock seems to order birds tobegin their long migration flight twice eachyear. Birds prevented form flying becomerestless when it is time for the trip, but theybecome calm again when the time of theflight has ended.Scientists say they are beginning tolearn which parts of the braincontain biological clocks. An Americanresearcher, Martin Moorhead, said a small,group of cells near the front of the brainseems to control the timing of some of ouractions. These cells tell a person when toawaken,when to sleep and when to seekfood. Scientists say, there probably are otherbiological clock cells that control other bodyactivities.Dr. Moorhead is studying how ourbiological clocks affect the way we do ourwork2. For example, most of us have greatdifficulty if we must often change todifferent work hours.it can take3 many days for a human body toaccept the major change in work hours. Dr.Moorhead said industrial officials shouldhave a better understanding of biologicalclocks and how they affect workers. He saidsuch understanding could cut sickness andaccidents at work and Would help increase afactory's production.8Wonder WebsSpider webs are more than homes, andthey are ingenious traps. And the world‘sbest web spinner may be the Golden OrbWeaver spider. The female Orb Weaver spinsa web of fibers thin enough to be invisible toinsect prey, yet tough enough to snare aflying bird without breaking.The secret of the web‘s strength? Atype of super-resilient silk called dragline.When the female spider is ready to weavethe web‘s spokes and frame, she uses herlegs to draw the airy thread out through ahollow nozzle in her belly. Dragline is notsticky, so the spider can race back and forthalong it to spin the web‘s trademark spiral.Unlike some spiders that weave a new webevery day, a Golden Orb Weaver reuses herhandiwork until it falls apart, sometimes notfor two years. The silky thread is five timesstronger than steel by weight and absorbs theforce of an impact three times better thanKevlar, a high-strength human-madematerial used in bullet-proof vests. Andthanks to its high tensile strength, or theability to resist breaking under the pullingforce called tension, a single strand canstretch up to 40 percentlonger than its original length and snapback as well as new. No human-made fibereven comes close.It is no wonder manufacturers areclamoring for spider silk. In the consumer pipeline: High-performance fabrics for athletes and stockings that never run. Think parachute cords and suspension bridge cables. A steady supply of spider silk would be worth billions of dollars –but how to produce it? Harvesting silk on spider farms does not work because the territorial arthropods have a tendency to devour their neighbors.Now, scientists at the biotechnology company Nexia are spinning artificial silk modeled after Golden Orb dragline. The first step: extract silk-making genes from the spiders. Next, implant the genes into goat egg cells. The nanny goats that grow from the eggs secrete dragline silk proteins in their milk. ―The young goats pass on the silk-making gene without any help from us,‖ says Nexia president Jeffrey Turner. Nexia is still perfecting the spinning process, but they hope artificial spider silk will soon be snagging customers as fast as the real thing snags bugs.9Germs on BanknotesPeople in different countries use different types of money: yuan in China, pesos in Mexico, pounds in the United Kingdom, dollars in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. They may use different currencies, but these countries, and probably all countries, still have one thing in common1 : Germs on the banknotes.Scientists have been studying the germs on money for well over2100 years. At the turn of the 20th century , some researchers began to suspect that germs living on money could spread disease.Most studies of germy money have looked at the germs on the currency within one country. In a new study, Frank Vriesekoop3 and other researchers compared the germ populations found on bills of different countriesVriesekoop3is a microbiologist at the University of Ballarat in Australia4. He led the study, which compared the germ populations found on money gathered from 10 nations. The scientists studied 1, 280 banknotes in total; all came from places where people buy food, like supermarkets, street vendors and cafes, because those businesses often rely on cash.Overall, the Australian dollars hosted the fewest live bacteria — no more than 10 per square centimeter. Chinese yuan had the most —about 100 per square centimeter. Most of the germs on money probably would not cause harm.What we call ―paper money‖ usually isn't made from paper. The U. S. dollar, for example, is printed on fabric that is mostly cotton Different countries may use different materials to print their money. Some of the currencies studied byVriesekoop and his team, such as theAmerican dollar, were made from cotton.Others were made from polymers.The three currencies with the lowestnumbers of bacteria were all printed onpolymers. They included the Australiandollar, the New Zealand dollar and someMexican pesos.The other currencies were printed onfabric made mostly of cotton. Fewer germslived on the polymer notes. This connectionsuggests that germs have a harder timestaying alive on polymer surfaces. Scientistsneed to do more studies to understand howgerms live on money — and whether or notwe need to be concerned. Vriesekoop is nowstarting a study that will compare theamounts of time bacteria can stay alive ondifferent types of bills.Whatever Vriesekoop finds, the factremains: Paper money harbors germs. Weshould wash our hands after touching it;after all5, you never know where yourmoney's been. Or what's living on it.10Chicken Soup for the Soul:Comfort Food FightsLonelinessMashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese,may be bad for your arteries, but accordingto a study in Psychological Science, they'regood for your heart and emotions Thestudy focuses on ―comfort food1‖ and how itmakes people feel.―For me personally, food has alwaysplayed a big role in my family, ‖ says JordanTroisi, a graduate student2 at the Universityof Buffalo3, and lead author4 on the study.The study came out of the research programof his co-author Shira Gabriel. It has lookedat non-human things that may affect humanemotions. Some people reduce loneliness bybonding with their favorite TV show,building virtual relationships with a pop songsinger or looking at pictures of loved ones.Troisi and Gabriel wondered if comfort foodcould have the same effect by making peoplethink of their nearest and dearest5.In one experiment, in order to makeprofessors feel lonely, the researchers hadthem write for six minutes about a fight withsomeone close to them. Others were given anemotionally neutral writing assignment.Then, some people in each group wroteabout the experience of eating a comfortfood and others wrote about eating a newfood. finally, the researchers hadparticipants complete questions abouttheir levels of loneliness6.Writing about a fight with a closeperson made people feel lonely. But peoplewho were generally secure in theirrelationships would feel less lonely bywriting about a comfort food. ―We havefound that comfort foods are consistentlyassociated with those close to us, ‖ saysTroisi. ―Thinking about or consuming thesefoods later then serves as a reminder of thoseclose others. ‖ In their essays on comfortfood, many people wrote about theexperience of eating food with family andfriends.In another experiment, eating chickensoup in the lab made people think moreabout relationships, but only if7 theyconsidered chicken soup to be a comfortfood. This was a question they had beenasked long before the experiment, along withmany other questions, so they wouldn'tremember it.Throughout everyone's daily lives8 theyexperience stress, often associated with ourconnections with others, ― Troisisays. ‖Comfort food can be an easy remedyfor loneliness.11Climate Change Poses MajorRisks for Unprepared CitiesA new examination of urban policieshas been carried out recently by PatriciaRomero Lankao. She is a sociologistspecializing in climate change and urbandevelopment. She warns that many of theworld's fast-growing urban areas, especiallyin developing countries, will likely1 sufferfrom the impacts of changing climate. Herwork also concludes that most cities arefailing to reduce emissions of carbondioxide and other greenhouse gases. Thesegases are known to affect atmosphere.―Climate changes a deeply local issue andposes profound threats to the growing citiesof the world，‖ says Romero Lankao. ―Buttoo few cities are developing effectivestrategies to protect their residents. ‖Cities are major sources of greenhousegases. And urban populations are likely to2be among those most severely affected byfuture climate change. Lankao's findings3highlight ways in which city-residents areparticularly vulnerable, and suggest policyinterventions that could offer immediate andlonger-term benefits.The locations and dense constructionpatterns of cities often place theirpopulations at greater risk for naturaldisasters. Potential threats associated withclimate include storm surges4 and prolongedhot weather. Storm surges can flood coastalareas and prolonged hot weather can heatheavily paved cities5 more than surroundingareas. The impacts of such natural events canbe more serious in an urban environment.For example, a prolonged heat wave canincrease existing levels of air pollution,causing widespread health problems.Poorer neighborhoods that may lack basicfacilities such as drinking water or a dependable network of roads, are especially vulnerable to natural disasters. Many residents in poorer countries live in substandard housing without access to reliable drinking water, roads and basic services.Local governments,therefore, should take measures to protect their residents. ―Unfortunately, they tend to move towards rhetoric rather than meaningful responses7, ‖ Romero Lankao writes. ― They don't impose construction standards that could reduce heating and air conditioning needs. They don't emphasize mass transit and reduce automobile use. In fact, many local governments are taking a hands-off approach8. ‖ Thus, she urges them to change theiridle policies and to take strong steps to prevent the harmful effects of climate change on cities.12Free Statins With Fast Food Could Neutralize Heart Risk Fast food outlets could1provide statin drugs free of charge so that customers can reduce the heart disease dangers of fatty food, researchers at Imperial College London2 suggest in a new study.Statins reduce the amount of unhealthy ―LDL‖ cholesterol3 in the blood. A wealth of trial data4has proven them to be highly effective at lowering a person's heart attack riskIn a paper published in the American Journal of Cardiology5, Dr Darrel Francis and colleagues calculate that the reduction in heart attack risk offered by a statin is enough to offset the increase in heart attack risk from eating a cheeseburger and drinking a milkshake.Dr Francis, from the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London, who is the senior author of the study, said: ―Statins don't cut out all of the unhealthy effects of cheeseburgers and French fries6. It's better to avoid fatty food altogether. But we've worked out that in terms of your possobility of having a heart attack, taking a statin can reduce your risk to more or less the same degree as a fast food meal increases it. ‖―It's ironic that people a re free to take as many unhealthy condiments in fast food outlets as they like, but statins, which are beneficial to heart health, have to be prescribed. It makes sense7to make risk-reducing statins available just as easily as the unhealthy condiments that are provided free of charge. It would cost less than 5 pence per customer—not much different to a sachet of sugar8, ‖Dr Francis said.When people engage in risky behaviours like driving or smoking, they're encouraged to takemeasures that lower their risk, like wearing a seatbelt or choosing cigarettes with filters. Taking a statin is a rational way of lowering some of the risks of eating a fatty meal.。

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