商务与英语(高职班)试卷B.docVIP

2007——2008学年第一学期 题号 一 二 三 四 五 七 八 总分 得分 商务英语（高职班）试卷B Part 1 Reading (1.5points for each) Passage 1 Flight to the unknown The world’s airline industry will change 1 quickly in the next twelve months than in any year since aviation began. Watch out for the 2 trends: Passenger traffic will go 3 by 4% a year in Europe. Asia will see even faster growth-up 4 9% a year. Flight delavs will become a nightmare. 5 travel under 700km, high speed trains will be the answer. Paris to Lyon by train 6 two hours; by plane it can take up to three-city centre to city centre. Air fares will not fall. Last year, airlines lost money 7 they will have to increase prices, or go bankrupt. There will be more competition. More small airlines will start 8 . Good. But as the number of flights increases, so will the congestion in the airports. 9 governments will need to spend more money on them. 10 there will be even more delays. 1. A. less B. little C. more 2. A. following B. followed C. follow 3. A. down B. up C. to 4. A. to B. down C. for 5. A. To B. For C. As 6. A. take B. took C. takes 7. A. so B. because C. and 8. A. down B. up C. back 9. A. Because B. As C. So 10. A. Otherwise B. So C. Then Passage 2 Telecommuter Portrait: Editing Facts by Fax Jennifer Porter is the managing director of Healthcare, a publication of the American Pharmaceutical Association. 1 her private office in her Virginia home, she assigns 2 to ten articles for each issue of the magazine. The writers send their stories on a computer disk, usually 3 means of an overnight delivery service. Porter checks them and than sends them 4 the designer’s office in New York. Porter’s biggest problem 5 electric publishing is training her writers. One sent the story on a wrong-sized disk; 6 used a disk that my computer couldn’t read; a third used software I couldn’t decipher. The disk problems should improve on the next issue. 7 Porter has recently