国家开放大学《商务英语4》Unit 8 Self-test试题及答案

—Asyouknow,wehavebeenaprivatelyheld,family-ownedcompanyforover120years,_____________.即回答者的建议，只有选项B是针对第一说话人的问题进行回答，“但是可能是该考虑一些重大变化的时候了”，所以答案是B。正确答案是：butitmaybetimetoconsidersomemajorchanges—Butthenwe'llhavetoacceptaBoardofDirectorschosenbyourstockholders.Wouldn'tthatlimitusinmanyways?—Certainly.Butifyouconsiderthemassivecapitalinvestmentthatwe'llreceive,you'llunderstandthatthiscouldtakeourcompany——————.A.frombeingabigfirmtobeingoneofthemedium-tierplayersB.frombeingamedium-tierfirmtobeingoneofthebigplayersC.frombeingamedium-tierfirmtobeingoneofthesmallplayers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,A和C与假设矛盾，所以答案是B。正确答案是：frombeingamedium-tierfirmtobeingoneofthebigplayersHisideasarelinkedtothetheory________marketsareefficient,whichmeansmarketactorstakingallavailableinformationtocreatethecorrectpriceforthingsatanygiventime.句与先行词之间存在的是所属关系，表示“……的”，起修饰限定作用。从先行是名词，也可以是代词。从语法角度来看，引导同位语从句的that是连词，只起连接作用，在从句中不充当任何成分；而引导定语从句的that是关系代词，语。句中theory是名词，意为“理论”，其后面的句子已经有了主语、系动词和表语，只是对theory具体内容进行说明，因此，修饰theory的是同位语从句,所以答案是C。正确答案是：thatWell，thedayweofferstockforsaleisthedaywewillseehowmuch______thereisinourcompany.解析：fact意为“事实”，是可数名词；fate意为“命运”；faith意为“信念，信仰”；根据句意，所以答案是C。正确答案是：faith译文：同样适用于独资企业。解析：betrueof是固定搭配，意为“对……适用，符合于”；betrueto意为“忠实于,信守”；at不与true搭配使用。根据句意，所以答案是。正确答案是：of—Canyoutelluswhyyouthinkthismakesgoodbusinesssensetoyou?—We'vebeendoingquitewellonourownandwecouldprobablysurvivelikethisforquiteafewmoreyearstocome,butifwereallywanttotakeittothenextlevel,____________.A.theboardofdirectorsneedn'ttakethepresenteconomicsituationintoconsideration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。正确答案是：wearegoingtohavetoconsiderfindingmoreinvestorsOkay,let'ssaywemakeadecision_____;whatkindofpricearewethinkingaboutchargingforourstock?A.togopublicB.goingpublicC.gopublic译文：好,假设我们做出决定上市,我们正考虑我们的股票收取怎样的价格呢？ABCmakeadecision后需接动词不定式todosth.。正确答案是：togopublicCanyoutelluswhyyouthinkthismakesgoodbusiness______toyou?选择一项：C.program解析：dealsenseprogrammakegoodbusinesssenseB。正确答案是：senseC.Itwillbecomeaprivatelyheldcompany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选项B和C说明答话者前后自相矛盾，所以答案是。正确答案是：It'ssomethingweshouldgiveseriousconsiderationtoTheproprietorownsallofthepropertyofthebusinessandisresponsible________everything.解析：beresponsibleforberesponsibleto表示“对某人负责，有责任于……”；at不与responsible搭配使用；所以答案正确答案是：for解析：这三个名词都有“义务”或“职责”之意。obligation指道义上或法律上对他人的义务，强调强制性，也指因作出承诺而被迫履行的某种义务；responsibility指任何义务、职责、责任或职务上所应尽的本分，强调对他人的责任；liability指责任,义务,债务,负债,与assets正确答案是：liability—We'vedoneverywellsofarbutifwewanttoseeseriousgrowth______________.C.itmightbetimetoditchouroldbusinessmodelandgopublic解析：本题考核“提出建议”的交际用语。第一说话人谈话出现转折，表明不是顺着“到目前，我们做得很好”往下谈论，而是提出不同的建议，符合这个的答复只有选项B正确答案是：itmightbetimetoditchouroldbusinessmodelandgoButJerry,haveyoureallythoughtthis______?Youwouldessentiallybegivingupthecompanythatyourgreat-grandfatherbuilt.选择一项：A.throughB.ofC.about的这个公司。thinkthroughthinkofthinkabout表示“思考，考虑”。根据句意，所以答案正确答案是：throughthink,believe,imagine,suppose和consider等表示看法和感觉的动词时，宾语从应该是C。HismethodsupportsMrShiller'sfindingsandhas________effortstopredictpricesinthefinancialindustry.解析：influencedinfluenceinfluentially是副词，表示“有影响地，有势力地”；influence既是名词也是动词，表示“影响，势力”；此处需要一个形容词做定语，所以答案是。二、阅读理解/翻译/完形填空（题型随机）（共50分）完形填空：选择正确答案，补全文章（每题10分）。AlibabaSeekstoRaiseBillionsinIPOInvestorsintheUnitedStatesarepreparingforthefirstpublicsaleofstockintheChinesecompanyAlibaba.Thecompanysellsgoods回答linkingbuyersandsellersinthehugeChineseonlinemarket.Alibabaisexpectedto回答itsinitialpublicoffering,calledanIPO,inSeptemberontheNewYorkStockExchange.Thetotalvalueofthecompany,basedinHangzhou,hasbeenestimatedatabout$200billion.ReportsfromBloombergNewssayAlibabaisofferinginvestorsa12percent回答ofthecompany.Thatwouldmeanthecompanycouldraise回答$20billiondollarsinthepublicstocksale.AftertheIPO,Alibabacouldbecomeoneofthemost回答technologycompaniesintheworld.Apple,forexample,hasamarketvalueofabout$600billion.Googleisvaluedatabout$390billionandMicrosoftisworthabout$370billion.阅读理解：根据文章内容，选择正确答案（每题10分）。OrganizingaBusinessinDifferentWaysBusinessesarestructuredindifferentwaystomeetdifferentneeds.Thesimplestformofbusinessiscalledanindividualorsoleproprietorship.Theproprietorownsallofthepropertyofthebusinessandisresponsibleforeverything.Anotherkindofbusinessisapartnership.Twoormorepeoplegointobusinesstogether.Anagreementisusuallyneededtodecidehowmuchofthepartnershipeachpersoncontrols.Onekindofpartnershipiscalledalimitedliabilitypartnership.Thesehavefullpartnersandlimitedpartners.Limitedpartnersmaynotshareasmuchintheprofits,buttheyalsohavelessresponsibilityforthebusiness.Doctors,lawyersandaccountantsoftenformpartnershipstosharetheirrisksandprofits.Ahusbandandwifecanformabusinesspartnershiptogether.Partnershipsexistonlyforaslongastheownersremainalive.Thesameistrueofindividualproprietorships.Butcorporationsaredesignedtohaveanunlimitedlifetime.Acorporationisthemostcomplexkindofbusinessorganization.Corporationscansellstockasawaytoraisemoney.Stocksrepresentsharesofownershipinacompany.Investorswhobuystockcantradetheirsharesorkeepthemaslongasthecompanyisinbusiness.Acorporationisrecognizedasanentity—itsownlegalbeing,separatefromitsowners.Aboardofdirectorscontrolscorporatepolicies.Thedirectorsappointtopcompanyofficers.Thedirectorsmightormightnotholdsharesinthecorporation.Corporationscanhaveafewmajorshareholders,orownershipcanbespreadamongthegeneralpublic.Butnotallcorporationsaretraditionalbusinessesthatsellstock.Somenon-profitgroupsarealsoorganizedascorporations.1.Thispassageismainlyabout回答C.A.whydifferentformsofbusinessrunB.whendifferentformsofbusinessraisemoneyC.howdifferentformsofbusinessareorganized2.Whatisusuallyneededtodecidetheportionofthepartnershipeachpersoncontrols?回答BA.Arule.B.Anagreement.C.Aregulation.3.Whoarenotincludedinlimitedliabilitypartnerships?回答CA.Fullpartners.B.Limitedpartners.C.Unlimitedpartners.4.Howcancorporationsraisemoney?回答AA.Bysellingstock.B.Bybuyingstock.C.Byholdingcorporationshares.5.Whocontrolscorporatepoliciesinacorporation?回答BA.Chairmanoftheboard.B.Aboardofdirectors.C.Theownerofthecorporation.阅读理解：根据文章内容，判断正误（每题10分）。ThreeAmericansWinNobelEconomicsPrizeTheRoyalSwedishAcademyofSciencesawardedtheNobelPrizeineconomicstothreeAmericans,EugeneFama,LarsPeterHansenandRobertShilleronOct.14,2013.EugeneFamaandLarsPeterHansenarebothprofessorsattheUniversityofChicago.RobertShillerisaprofessoratYaleUniversity.Theywillsharetheprizeworthabout1.2milliondollars.“Thisyear'sprizeineconomicsciencesisaboutpredictions.”Allthreeofthisyear'sprizewinnersaremainlyknownfortheirresearchandexplanationsofpricingforcesinfinancialmarkets.Theyhavehadabiginfluenceonthewaypeoplelookatandtalkaboutfinancialmarkets.EugeneFama'sresearchonfinancialmarketsinthe1960sledmarketwatcherstochangetheirideasaboutinvesting.Hisideasarelinkedtothetheorythatmarketsareefficient,whichmeansmarketactorstakingallavailableinformationtocreatethecorrectpriceforthingsatanygiventime.Thisalsomeansthatovershortperiodsoftime,itisnotpossibletopredictprices.RobertShillerfound,however,thatoverlongperiods,theoppositeistrue.Itispossibletopredictthemovementofpricesandthatpricechangesarelinkedtohumanbehavior.Thefindingsofbotheconomistshaveledtothegrowthofindexfunds,investingmanydifferentsecuritiesasawaytoreducerisk.MrShilleralsohelpedtocreatetheStandard&Poor'sCase-Shillerhomepricesindex.ThatindexfollowshomepricesacrosstheUnitedStates.LarsPeterHansendevelopedamethodforstudyinghistoricalpricinginformation.HismethodsupportsMrShiller'sfindingsandhasinfluencedeffortstopredictpricesinthefinancialindustry.TheNobelPrizeineconomicswasnotcreatedbyAlfredNobel,butwasestablishedinhismemorybySweden'scentralbankin1968.1.TheRoyalSwedishAcademyofSciencesawardedtheNobelPrizeinelectronicstothreeAmericansonOct.14,2013.回答F2.EugeneFama,LarsPeterHansenandRobertShillerwontheprizefortheirresearchandexplanat