2023年湖南电大1月商务英语阅读试题

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Ｂ．False．ﻩﻩ ﻩ C.Noｔｍentioｎed.22.YoucanｃaｌltｈeＣusｔomerServiceDｅｐａrtmentinCanａda2４hoursａday，ｓeveｎdａysａweｅｋ．Ａ.True．ﻩ ﻩﻩﻩ B.Faｌse. ﻩﻩﻩ C.Notmentioned.23.Abrｉefｎｏｔeｉncludｉｎgthｅｃuｓtoｍer’sｎaｍｅaｎdretｕｒnshippｉnｇaddrｅssandadaytimｅｔｅlｅphｏｎenumｂｅｒｓhｏｕldbｅsenttｏLawreｎｃeforpropertesｔinｇ，repａirsaｎdservice．Ａ.True． ﻩ ﻩ ﻩB.Falｓe.ﻩ ﻩ ﻩＣ.Notmeｎtｉｏnｅd．24.IfyｏuneedserviｃｅorrｅpairsinｔheＵS,youshouldcaｌlthｅtoll-frｅeｎｕmbeｒ８０0-３２4－1３56．A.Tｒuｅ．ﻩ ﻩﻩ B.Ｆalse. ﻩ ﻩＣ.Ｎotmｅｎtionｅd．２5.Lａwrｅｎcewiｌlpayｆｏｒtheshｉpmenｔiｆyouhavｅtomailyoｕrunittotｈｅｄｅａler.A.Truｅ． ﻩﻩ Ｂ.Ｆalse．ﻩ ﻩﻩC．Notｍeｎtionｅd．ＩV.ＲeaｄｉngChａrｔｓandＴablesDiｒecｔｉoｎs：Ｌookattheｔａblｅsandｃhaｒｔsｂｅlow.Foreachtaｂｌeorcharｔｓ,thｅrearｅfourstatｅmentsｄesｃribｉngiｔ．ChｏｏseｔhｅbeststatemenｔfrｏmthefourchoｉcｅsmarkedA,Ｂ,CandDｔｏmatchit.ThｅｎｍａｒkｔhecｏrｒesponｄingletｔeｒｏｎｔｈeAnswerSheeｔwithａsinglelinｅthroughｔhecentｅr.(５小题,每题４分，共2０分)２６.AｐpｒoximatｅWｅeｋｌyTｉｍeAlloｃatｉonforPrｏgrａmDeliveryＡ.Ｉttakesmｏsｔｏftheｔiｍetoｐroｖｉｄeinｆormａtiｏｎinpｒｏgｒamdelｉvery.B.Instrｕcｔｉonｔakｅsｕphalｆoftｈｅtimeｉnproｇramdeｌiveryｂｅcauseitishaｒｄｆｏｒpeopletofoｌlowtheinstrｕctions.C.Peopｌespｅndｅqualｔｉｍeonmanagemｅnｔandmaｒkeｔiｎgｉnproｇraｍdｅlivery.D.Ｔｉmｅspenｔoncｏllｅctiｏnｄｅｖelopmeｎtisfｏｒcolleｃtinginfoｒmatｉon．2７.LargeＴrｕcksRｅgisterｅdfrom19９０to202３A．Therｅareｎotrｕcｋｓｒegiｓｔeｒedbeforetheｙear19９0.B.Thｅrｅｉｓaｓteaｄｙincreａseｉｎｒegistratioｎofｌargetｒｕcksfromtheyeａr１９９０totheyｅaｒ2０23．C.Morｅtruckｓregｉstｅreｄmeanｓlａrｇerｃonsumptionoｆｔrｕcｋs.D.Ｔhｅyear1997totｈe1998seesｔheshaｒpestiｎcｒeaｓeiｎrｅgistrationoflaｒgerconｓｕmptiｏｎｏftrucks.2８．ＬoｗｅllAreaSｃｈｏｏlsHisｔｏｒicａlExpeｎseｓ(10yeaｒs）１99５--2０23A.Moremoｎeyiｓsｐentonsalaｒiｅsintheyeａｒs199４-1995thaninｔhｅyeaｒs1999-２023.B．Ｔhetｏtalschoｏｌexpensｅsａreiｎcreasiｎgfromthｅyeaｒ1995tｏtｈｅyeaｒ２023.C.Tｈｅexpｅｎseｐｅrcenｔａgｅoｎutiｌitｉesishigheriｎtheyｅａrs１999－20２３thａniｎｔｈeｙears1９９4-１9９5.D.Theeｘｐanｄinｇｏfｔｏtalexｐensesmeanslargerｅnrolｍｅnｔｏfｓtuｄents．29．VaｌｕeofCropsＳｏld:2023（U．S.Tｏtａl:＄98Biｌlｉon）A.Cｏttoｎcｏntriｂutestｈeｓaｍeamounttovalｕeofｃｒopssoldaswｈeat.B.Cornfoｒgrａincontｒibutesｍoｓtｔothｅvalｕeofcｒopsｓｏldin2023intｈeU.Ｓ.C．Thｅreａreninekindsofcrｏpsｃontrｉbutingtotheｔｏtalvaｌｕeofcropｓsoldin202３intheU.S.D.TｈｅｐiechaｒtｉnｄicatesagｏodharvｅstintheＵ.Ｓ.intheyｅａｒ２023.30.PlacesBusNo.Ｂus１Ｂus２Ｂuｓ３Ｂus4Bus５Ｂus6BＬACＫPＯOＬ(Ｄeparture)06:0006:400７:10０7：50０8：3008:４５LＡTHAM０6:200７:0007：3008:5009:05ＰＲESTOＮ0６：350７:10０7:4508：２009:0509:2０LEＹＬANＤ0６:４507:5508:300９:3０CHＯRＬEＹ06:550７：2508:0５08：４0０9:200９:40WGＡＮ07：１507:４509:50０9:40ＭＡNCＨＥSTＥＲ（Ａrｒｉval）07:450８：1508:40０９:３０１0:1010:２5A．ItｔakｅstｈｅsｈorteｓtｔimetoridｅonBus2ｔogetfromBlaｃkｐooltoＭａｎｃhester.Ｂ.TｈｅreｉsnostopforＢus3atLａthaｍ.C.Ｂｕs1frｏmBlacｋpoolｔoＭａnchesteｒtakesonehourandforｔy-fivｅminuteｓ.D．Tｈeｒｅarｅseveｎstopsｆoreacｈｂus.Ｖ.RｅaｄｉnｇCoｍpreheｎsiｏnDiｒectioｎｓ：Ｒeadthefｏlｌｏwiｎgtwopassages．CｈooｓｅthｅbｅstansｗｅrfｏreａchstatｅmｅntｏrquestionfｒomｔhｅｆourｃhｏicesｍarｋeｄA,B，CandＤ,andmaｒkthｅcorｒesｐonｄiｎgletｔerontheAｎsweｒSheeｔwiｔhasｉngｌelinｅｔｈrｏwｔhecenter.(10小题，每题３分,共３0分)PａssaｇeOｎeWheｎshｉppingtoaｆorｅignmａrkeｔ,cａrｇｏinsuranｃeｉsｓtronglyrecommeｎded.Itiｓｅsｓenｔｉalifthｅtermsofsaｌerequiretheｅxｐortertoarraｎgeｆoriｎsurａncｅ,ｆorｅxaｍpleaCIＦconｔract(cost,inｓurａnce,freight).Inanｙeｖenｔ，thecosｔofcargoinsｕranceｉsnoｍiｎａliｎmostｃａsｅs,ａmｏuｎtingｔolessｔｈａn１%ofthevalueofｔhｅsｈipｍenｔandthefrｅｉｇｈtbill．Wｉｔｈtheｐroperiｎsuraｎcｅpｏlicy，eｘportｅrscanrecoｖerlosｓesifthｅiｒｓｈipｍeｎｔsarｅａccideｎｔalｌylost,stoｌen,damagedordelayｅｄ，althｏugｈtｈeextenｔof'ｒecovｅrywillｄepｅndonｔhetypeoｆinsuｒaｎcepuｒchaｓｅd．Ｗithouｔinｓｕｒaｎｃe,anexporteｒcouｌdｈaｖｅnorecｏurｓe．Unfoｒtｕnately,ｉnsuraｎｃedoesｎotcｏvｅrtｈepoｓsｉｂleｌｏssｏｆacustｏmer,wｈomａｙshifttｏanｏthｅrsoｕrceofsupplybｅcaｕsethegoodsoｒdeｒeddｏnｏtarrｉveinaｕsablｅcondｉtionorarｅlaｔeinaｒriviｎg.Wｈenbｕyｉnginsuｒance,theeｘpoｒtersｓhouｌdcoｎｓiｄｅｒsevｅrａlthings,sｕchasｔhｅａｍoｕntｏfcoveraｇe（allrｉｓksorｌimｉted),timeｏfyear,routeaｎddｅsｔinaｔionport(ｔhｅＮｏrthAｔlantiｃdurｉngthewinteｒmontｈscａnbｅdangerous；ｓoｍeportｓｃanhavehighｅrtｈａnｕｓｕaｌratｅsｏfpilferage)，theｌoｓｓａnddamagｅrecoｒdofcompetｉｎgcarｒiｅrs,aｎdｃａｒgosｔowageaｎdｐackinｇ.Ｉnｓuranceｓｈouｌdbeｌookedatａｓpaｒtofthｅtｏｔaｌｒａｔｅanｄｓerｖiｃepaｃkａgethatｔｈecaｒrier(ｏｒforｗardｅr）ｏffｅrs,sodon'tlookａtinsｕrａnｃeinｉｓｏlation.Ｅvｅnthoughａｃaｒrｉｅｒmaｙnothaveaｎyrｅcordofmｉstake,ｔhereisalwayｓaneｌemｅntoｆriskａndｅｘｐorｔｅｒsｓhouldprotectthemselｖesａgaiｎｓtthｉsrisｋ.Ｍorｅover,ｉnsurａncecoverａgeiｓpartｏfacaｒrｉer’ｓmａrkeｔingｓtrａtegy.Itｉsｍｏretｈaｎlｉｋelyｔhatcost，coｖerａgｅaｎdtｈｅｎumｂｅｒoflossaｎddａmａｇecｌaｉｍsｗillvarｙfromcarrｉeｒtocarrier,ｓｏtheexportｅrｓhｏulｄaｓkｓeveｒａｌandcｏmpare.Theexpｏrｔerｓhouldaｌsｏmaｋeiｔcｌearｗhetheｒthｅcarrｉeｒｉsaｒail,mｏｔor,mａrineｏrinter-moｄaｌcａrｒiｅｒ,whatitcｈargesｆorinsurａnce,wｈatthｅｉnsurancecoｖers，thｅｄeduｃtibｌe(ifany)andhowclａｉmｓaｒｅhandｌｅd.Thissuggｅｓtｓthatthｅfirststepininｓurancｅｓeleｃｔiｏnｉｓtｏaｓｋthｅcａｒｒiｅｒabｏuｔiｔslｏssandｄamａgerｅcｏrd.Aｓkotｈerexpoｒｔersｉfｔheyｈａveanyrecｏrdoｎaｐａｒticularcarrier．Befｏrｅeｘportiｎg,makesurethatthｅｔermｓoｆsａlespeｃｉfywhoｉsrｅsponｓibleｆorarrangｉngiｎsurａnｃe．Foreｘamｐle,ａｎexporｔｅrsellinｇ“ＣIF”wiｌlｂereｓponsiｂleforarrangｉngandpayiｎgｆｏｒfreiｇhｔinsuｒance.Insｕraｎｃecａnbeａrrａｎgｅddirectlywithacarriｅr,aninsｕrer,ａninsurancebrｏkeroragentorthroｕghafreightforwarｄeｒoｒcusｔomｓｂrｏｋeｒ.Whetheryoupurｃhasｅfroｍacaｒrierｏｒathirdｐarty,ｍakeｓureｔhattheｉnｓurａncｅpurchasedｃｏvｅrstheenｔirejourney,thａｔｉsfromｔhetimeｉtleａvｅsｙoｕrpｌantoｒｗaｒehｏuｓｅuｎtiｌitiｓintｈeｉmporter'swarｅhoｕse．Insomｅinstａｎces,ａcaｒｒiｅrwillprｏvidecoveｒageonｌyｗhilｅitｉｓhａndｌiｎｇｔｈeshipｍent.Ｉｔsｈoｕｌdbenｏtedｔhatthisｄiscussioｎｉsmeantfｏｒｓｈｉpmentsoｆgeｎeralｆreightandfｏrｌostorｄamａｇedcaｒｇｏ．Ｉnsuｒanｃeforpｒoduｃtｓsuchasdangeroｕsｇｏodsanｄhazａrｄｏuswａstesarｅcoｖｅredbysepaｒaｔeinｓurａｎｃemethｏds.31.Iｎmｏstcases,tｈecostofcargoinsurancｅis_____＿__．A．verｙhｉgｈﻩ B.ｖeｒyloｗﻩﻩﻩC．ｎon－ｅxisｔent ﻩD.fluctuaｔing32.Whａｔdoｅscargoｉnｓurancecovｅr？A．Eｘpoｒteｒ'sdangｅroｕsｇoodsanｄhazardouｓwastes.B.Ｅxpｏｒter'saccｉdeｎtaｌｌylostanddelaｙedshipｍentｓ．C.Importer'sａcciｄenｔallylosｔanｄdelayedｓhipmeｎtｓ.Ｄ.Imporｔeｒ＇sｄangerousgoｏdsaｎdｈaｚaｒdouswasteｓ.33.Acｃordingtothepaｓsage，＿_＿_＿_ｉsoｎeoｆthｅfactoｒstheｅxｐorteｒshouldcｏnsidｅrwｈｅｎbｕｙinｇinsuｒancｅ.A.ｔｈecostofiｎsuraｎceﻩ ﻩﻩ ﻩﻩＢ.timeｆｏrdelｉveryC.theｌｏｓsaｎddamａgerecoｒdofｃompeｔｉngcaｒrierｓﻩＤ.cｏveｒageoftheiｎsurａｎcecompａｎy３４.Whichoｆthefoｌlowingstａｔemenｔsistrｕe?A.Inｓｕraｎcｅｉｓiｓｏlatedfromthｅcarrier'ｓseｒviｃepackage.B．Ａcａrrierwｉthoｕtａnｙreｃordoｆmiｓtakesｃanguaraｎteｅthｅexｐorｔerfｒomriｓkｓ.C.Whenselｅcｔinｇinsuranｃe,theｅxpｏrｔerｃaｎpｕttrｕｓtinapartiｃularｃarｒieriftheyｈａveｋeｐｔaｌong-teｒmbusineｓsrelatioｎship．D．Insuranｃｅcoverageiｓparｔofａcａrｒier'smarkｅtingstrategy.35.Whenaｒrａnｇinｇｉnｓuranｃe，wｈａtｓhoulｄｔheeｘporｔerｄo?A.Ｍaｋｅｃlｅａrwitｈｗｈomtｈeinｓurａｎcｅcanbearrａngｅd.Ｂ.Maｋesurｅthattheinｓurancepｕｒcｈasedcoversthｅjouｒnｅyｆｒomｔhesｈｉpｐｉngportｔothedesｔinatiｏn.Ｃ.Spｅciｆythetｅｒmsofsａle．D．Cｏnfirmtｈetypeｏｆｉnsuｒａnceｐurchａｓed．ＰａｓｓａgｅＴwｏＴhｅｒeareｅssｅntiaｌｌyｆivediffeｒentｐaymeｎtｔechｎiquｅsthatimporｔｅｒsandexporｔeｒscanｕseｉnthｅiｒｉntｅｒnａtｉonａｌｔradeｔｒaｎｓactiｏns.Thesepａyｍentｔeｃhｎiｑuｅsincｌuｄe:openaccoｕnt,collecｔioｎ,adviseｄletterofｃredｉt,coｎｆｉｒmeｄletteｒofcrｅdｉtandcaｓhinadvancｅ.Tｈｅreferencedpaｙmenttｅｃhniquｅsprovidediｆferentleｖeｌsofｓｅｃuｒitytoimportｅrsａndexporters.Iｎgｅneｒal，ｔhegreaｔestｔｏｌoｗｅｓtlｅvｅlofpａymｅnｔsecuｒityforanimｐorteｒｒｕnｓasｆollows：ｏpenaccouｎt,ｃolleｃtion,advｉｓｅdlｅtｔerofcｒedit,ｃonfirｍedｌetterｏfcreditａndcasｈｉnaｄvａnｃe.Ｆｏｒexｐorterｓ，ontｈｅoｔherhand，ｔheｇreatestleｖelofpayｍentsecurityiｓｆｏundincasｈinaｄvanｃefolｌoｗedbｙｃonfirｍedlｅtterofｃreditandadvｉseｄｌettｅrofcｒeｄiｔ,whereａsｔhｅlｏｗeｓtｌeveｌofpaymｅntseｃurityｉsfouｎdｉnoｐｅｎaccountfolloｗｅdbycollection.Thechoｉｃｅofonｅpaｙmenｔｔecｈｎiquｅoｖeranothｅｒshｏｕlｄｂebasｅduｐonａcasｅ-ｂｙ-ｃasｅevａlｕaｔｉonofｄivｅrsefactorsiｎcludinｇ:thefinancialstrengtｈoｆｔheｂｕyeｒ,ｔhefinancialstrenｇthofthebｕｙer'sbaｎk，ｔｈｅeconomicｓｔaｂilityｏfｔheｂuｙeｒ'sｃｏuｎtryｏfreｓidence,ｔhｅpoｌitｉcalstabilｉtyofｔheｂuyer'sｃountryｏｆreｓiｄencｅ,tｈeｓellｅｒ'srｅpuｔationｆorｐeｒfoｒｍａｎｃe,marketconditionsaｎdｔｈeamｏunｔｏfthｅtradetraｎｓactｉｏn.Thｅoｂｊecｔiveofconductinｇsuchaｎevaｌｕatｉonｉstoidentｉfytherisksinｈeｒｅntinanindiｖｉdualtｒaｄｅtransａcｔionaｎｄtｏseｌectaｐaｙmeｎｔｍethｏdthaｔisaｐpropriａte，givｅnthｅｐresenceofsuｃhrisks.Tｈeleｖeloｆ"payｍeｎtｓeｃuriｔyaffordedbyａｐａｒticｕlaｒpaymｅnｔtｅchniquｅtｈａtｉｓsｅlecｔedforａspｅcifｉcｔｒadetraｎｓaｃtionshouldbeｍatchingwiththelevelｏfrｉｓkiｎhｅrenｔinsuchtransａcｔioｎ．Choosｉnｇaｐaymｅnttechniｑuetｈａtｐｒｏｖｉdespaymenｔseｃｕrｉtythaｔｉsnｏｔｍａtchｉngｗｉththeleｖelofrｉskinanｉｎternａtioｎａｌｔraｄｅtransactiongｅnerａｌｌyaddｓｕnneｃessarycｏsｔtoｔheｔraｄｅtraｎsaｃtion．Rankingｉｎdivｉdualinternatｉonalpaｙmｅnｔtｅｃhnｉqｕｅｓintｅｒmsofloweｓtcostｔoｈighｅｓtｃostyieldsthｅｆｏｌlowinｇresult:opｅnaｃcount／ｃａｓhinadvaｎcｅ，cｏllｅctioｎ，advisedｌetterofｃredｉt,coｎｆirmeｄlｅtterｏfcredit.Theｆａctthataparｔicuｌarpａymenｔｔｅchnｉquｅｉsselectedｆoｒuｓｅiｎasｐecｉfiｃtｒaｄetransactiｏｎonoｎｅoccasｉｏndｏｅsnｏtelimｉｎａtetｈeｎeｅdｆoｒｆｕtuｒｅpaymeｎtｔechniqｕｅeｖalｕatｉons.Rathｅr,impoｒteｒｓandexpｏｒterssｈoｕldｒoutiｎelyｒeeｖaluatｅtheｐａymｅnttecｈniqｕｅstheyhaｖeusｅdｉnｓpｅｃiｆiｃtraｄetrａnｓａｃｔｉｏnｓ,giｖiｎgconｓideratｉｏｎtocuｒｒｅnｔfactsaｎdcirｃumｓtances．Ｄｏｉngsoiｎｓuｒｅsthatthepayｍentmetｈodofｃhoｉcｅｉｓthｅpaymｅnｔmｅthodthａtismｏstapproｐｒiａｔeforthetranｓaｃtｉｏｎｔhａtiｓｕnｄerconsideratｉon.Banksdevｅlopsｔandａrdrａteｓcheduleswｈichesｔａｂlishstandardfeｅsforeaｃhofthefiｖeｄifｆerｅntinternatｉｏnalpaｙmenｔtechniquesdiscusｓedａbｏve．Ｗhｉｌｅthｅratｅｓｃｈｅduleｓdevelopeｄｂyｂanksiｎonｅgｅoｇｒapｈiｃareaareｏfｔensiｍｉlar,ｔheyaｒegｅnerallynｏtidentical.Impoｒｔｅｒｓandeｘportersｓhｏｕldtakeｎｏteofthｉｓdiscrｅpａnｃyanduseittotheiｒaｄvantage.Addiｔｉonａｌly，iｍporterｓａndｅxｐortersshoulｄｒealｉzethatｔheycanoftenacｈievｅarｅｄｕcｔｉoninaｂａnkbynｅｇotiaｔingｗithｔheｉrｂankandbｙtakiｎgadvaｎtaｇeofａnypriceincｅntivｅsoｆfeｒedbytｈeiｒbank.Banksｔypicalｌyｏffertheｉrcｕstoｍersｐricｅiｎcenｔiveswhenaspｅcｉｆicwayoftraｎsａctinｇbankingbusｉnessresuｌｔsiｎｒedｕcedoperａtionalcoｓtｓｆoｒthｅbａｎkｓ.36．Whaｔｉsthｅｌoｗesｔlｅveｌｏfpayｍentsｅcuｒityforeｘｐoｒtersaccｏrdinｇtothｅpasｓａgｅ?A.Collectiｏｎ.ﻩ ﻩ Ｂ.Advisedｌetteroｆｃrediｔ.Ｃ.Ｏpｅｎaｃcｏunｔ． ﻩD.Ｃａsｈinadｖance.３７.ManyｆaｃtorssｈouldbeevaｌuatedfｏrthecｈｏｉｃeｏfoｎepaｙmｅｎtｔｅchniqｕeｏverａnotherEＸCＥPT_＿_＿＿＿.A.theseller'srepuｔaｔioｎｆoｒperformancｅB．ｔheｆinancｉａlｓtreｎgthoｆtｈｅbuyerａnｄitsbaｎkＣ.theｅｃoｎomicandｐoｌｉtiｃalstabilityofｔhebｕｙer＇ｓｃoｕntryofresｉｄenceD.thｅbｕsinｅｓsrelationshｉpbetｗeenthｅbｕyerandtｈeseｌler38．Whatwillhappeniｆtｈｅpaｙmentsecｕrｉtyofaseleｃtｅdｐａｙmenttechｎiquｅdoｅsnotmatｃhwitｈｔheｌevｅｌofriskinatradｅtranｓａcｔｉon?A.Theｔraｎsacｔiｏｎwilltｏtaｌｌyfaｉl.B.Theｒewillbeａdditiｏｎaｌunｎｅcｅssaryｃosttotｈｅtｒansａｃtｉoｎ