2008年10月高等教育自学考试物流英语模拟试题(二)

 

Part One (50 Points)

Ⅰ. Vocabulary and Structure. (20points)

Directions: In this section, there are 20 incomplete sentences. For each sentence, there are four choices A, B, C, D. You can required to complete each sentence by deciding on the most appropriate choice.

1. Now our foodstuff can be _______ since you bring some bread, mutton and biscuit.

A. enough        B. adequate        C. self-sufficient     D. self-depend

2. A supply chain is usually _______factories, suppliers, retailers, etc.

A. consist of      B. composed of      C. consisted of       D. compose of

3.Our factory needs _______material, electricity power, and workers to produce products.

A. crude         B. raw             C. unripe          D. uncooked

4. I think your understanding is ________ the basis of your experience, so I would say you are right too.

A. in            B. with            C. on              D. to

5. If you passed the _______test, you will go to college.

A. customer      B. producing        C. supply           D. crucial

6. If one day people can _______ alcohol from potatoes, then the price of oil may reduce.

A. extract        B. attract          C. contract         D. retract

7. We could not make our success _______other’s failure.

A. rely in        B. rely to           C. rely with         D. rely on

8. The changes to the national health system will be________ next year.

A. carried with   B. gone on          C. done            D. implemented

9. Do they have ______ water and food for a whole week.

A. sufficient      B. many           C. some            D. overall

10. In that case, you don’t _________make the call.

A. must         B. should           C. have to          D. would

11. To achieve his goal, he set _______develop the world’s largest ocean vessel.

A. in to         B. on to            C. over to           D. out to

12. I will put in a good _________ for you when I see the human resource manager.

A. words        B. word            C. phrase           D. sentence

13. A growing number of customers require that product _________tracked as it moves through the supply chain.

A. being         B. to be            C. have been         D. be

14. 1994 Asian _______ crisis led to a negative effect in many countries.

A. financial      B. finance          C. economic          D. economy

15. The _______code is a universal standard that supply information of products.

A. bar          B. stick             C. can             D. finger

16. I don’t want to make decision _____, so I need more time to think twice.

A. rudely       B. blindly           C. wisely           D. crippled

17. Could you _______me a good doctor? I caught a cold yesterday.

A. give         B. guide            C. recover          D. recommend

18. The bus has its fixed _________to shuttle(往返)

A. way         B. road             C. route            D. path

19. As an accountant(), he usually _________many companies’ capital.

A. evaluates      B. values          C. valuates         D. devalues

20. The company is well _______ for its good service to its customers.

A. know         B. known          C. seen            D. see

 

Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension. (30points)

Passage 1

     Chipolbrok has been running a regular liner service between China and Europe since 1951. Over the past 51 years, Chipolbrok has achieved a great development of this business and grown into a reliable shipping company with a high reputation all Over the world.

Today Chipolbrok owns a fleet of 20 modern multipurpose triple deck(甲板) vessels with a total capacity of over 425,000 DWT(载重吨) and a container capacity of over 15,200 TEU ideal for carriage of investment goods including oversized pieces, heavy lifts, conventional and bulk cargo as well as containers.

Under the guideline “safe, quick and reliable services”, and supported with 51 year’s shipping experience, Chipolbork is always capable of satisfying the requirement of al clients on ocean transportation service.

Chipolbrok has transported all kinds of awkward(难办的) cargoes, such as heavy lifts, over-sized pieces and complete sets of factory equipments like Shentou Power Plant, Gezhouba Project, Baoshan Steel Mill etc. , which gave us rich experience in transportation of General cargo. In recent years, Chipolbrok has succeeded in winning three tenders for the carriage of metro equipments and wagons from Hamburg to Shanghai, Guangzhou and Singapore as well as train wagons from S.Korea to Europe, manifesting an outstanding ability and expertise of Chipolbrok in ocean transportation.

1. From the article, we can infer the Chipolbrok mainly has business with______.

A. America    B. S. Korea    C. Asia     D. Europe

2. Chipolbrok company is good at _________>

A. maritime transportation           B. managing supply chain

C. providing information             D. packaging

3. What’s the meaning of “guideline”?

A. Behavior      B. Target      C. Motto       D. Method

4. This article most possibly appear in ______.

A. a letter    B. an advertisement     C. a contract     D.  a post

5. To manifest an outstanding ability means to_______.

A. show one’s excellent capability       B. tell one’s excellent capability

C. show one’s weak capability          D. tell one’s weak capability

Passage 2

    Dear Sirs,

We are pleased to receive your inquiry of 2 March, and to hear that you liked our range of sweaters.

There would certainly be no trouble in supplying you from our wide selection of garments, which we make for all age groups.

We can offer you the quality discount you asked for which would be 5% off net prices for orders over $ 20,000,000, but the usual allowance(津贴) for a trade discount in our country is 10%, and we always deals on payment by sight L/C. However, we would be prepared to review this once we have established a firm trading relationship with you.

We are enclosing our summer catalogue and price list quoting prices CIF London.

We are sure you will find a ready sale for our products in UK as have other retailers throughout Europe and America, and we do hope we can reach an agreement on the terms quoted.

Thank you for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you.

1. What does Tom’s company sell?

A. Machines.        B. Food        C. Clothes.       D Drinks.

2. It seems that the customer is ________ at Tom’s company.

A. interested        B. uninterested       C. disappointed      D satisfied

3. What’s mean when Tom said “ but the usual allowance for a trade discount is 10%”?

A. He dropped a hint that company can offer more discount

B. He suggested a refusal to discount.

C. He wanted the customer to pay instant.

D. He suggested his company is telling the lie.

4. If you order sweaters at $ 30,000,000 at first time, you actually need to pay___.

A. $ 30,000,000     B. $ 27,000,000      C. $ 28,500,000      D $ 33,000,000

5. From the letter we can see Tom’s company want to_______.

A. review its discount       B. make a long term relationship with its customer

C. sale products in UK      D. find more retailers in Europe and America

Passage 3

The purpose of insurance is to provide compensation for those who suffer from loss or damage; in other words, it is a contract of indemnity(赔偿), a contract to restore to someone, either the full amount of the loss that may be incurred, or a specified percentage of the amount of the loss.

A contract of insurance, which is generally made in the form of an insurance policy, is one between a party who agrees to accept the risk (the insurer) and a party seeking protection from the risk (the insured). In return for payment of a premium(保险费), the insurer agrees to pay the insured a stated sum ( or a proportion of it) should the event insured against occur. The premium, being the name given to the sum of money paid by the insured, is quoted as a percentage of the sum insured.

There are a great many insurance companies in the world. Lloyd’s is a famous organization incorporated in London in 1871. The People’s Insurance of China(PICC), established in 1949, is the state-owned(国有) insurance organization in China. It underwriters almost all kinds of insurance and has agents in practically all practice of our foreign trade corporations to have their imports insured with the PICC. Insurance on China’s exports may also be covered here if the foreign buyers deem it advisable to do so. But never should the buyers be forced to accept CIF terms if they intend doing business on CFR or FOB basis with insurance at their discretion(意愿).

1. When the loss happens, an insured may _________.

A. receive no compensation          B. need no worry about it

C. get some of his money back        D. shun（避免）the risk

2. Which party hopes the damage happen, after a contract of indemnity goes into affect?

A. The insurer.     B. The insured     C. Both of them    D. Neither of them

3. The premium is _________>

A. the money a insured paid          B. the money a insured receive        

C. the value of goods                D. the value of ship

4. PICC “underwriters almost all kinds of insurance” means _________.

A. PICC pays all kinds of insurance     

B. PICC refuses all kinds of insurance

C. PICC writes off all kinds of insurance contracts 

D. PICC has business on all kinds of insurance

5. CIF terms is a _________.

A. price terms               B. insurance terms   

C. delivery terms            D. international terms

 

Part Two (50 Points)

Ⅲ. translate the following words and expressions.(10points)

1.官僚,官僚作风

2.过时

3. play a role

4. frequency

5. capacity

1.便利型产品

2.海上运输

3. Letter of Credit

4. patronage

5. middleman

 

Ⅳ. match the words.(10points)

1. scatter                                A. 供应链

2. supply chain                             B. 资格

3. Booking note                            C. 放弃，遗弃   

4. qualification                             D. 集装箱堆场

5. Customs House                           E. 积载图

6. relevant                                 F. 海关

7. container yard                           G. 第三方物流

8. stowage plan                             H. 消散，分散

9. Third-party Logistics                      I. 相关的

10. abandon                                J. 定舱单，托运单

 

Ⅴ. Answer the following questions in English. (10 points)

1. How many sectors of economic activities are involved in logistics? What are they?

 

 

2. What is the major function of the Third Party Logistics companies?

 

 

Ⅵ. (A)Translate the following sentences into Chinese. (10 points)

1. Supply chain is defined as a network composed of factories, suppliers, retailers, etc, that supply to each other raw materials, components, products and services.

 

 

2. Our company has a perfect customer services information system.

 

 

3. Information technology and advanced management help our company become a cost-effective carrier.

 (B)Translate the following sentences into English. (10 points)

1.通过经验，我们发现良好的采购实践能够避免运营上的问题。(avoid)

 

 

2. 包装必须防止商品在搬运、存储和运输过程中受损坏。(protect …from)

 

 

3. 由于产品的特性，我们无法指望制造商们确保质量，弹性配送。(expect)