2014上半年商务英语中级冲刺试题及答案(第三套)

　　一. READING

　　PART ONE

　　Questions 1-7

　　Read these sentences and the following new reports.

　　Which country does each sentence describe?

　　For each sentence mark one letter (A ,B ,C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

　　Example:

　　the head of state went to China to treat his disease.

　　Answer: B

　　1. the government didn't want to cancel a meeting in its capital.

　　2. This country did something that went against the international aGREements.

　　3. the king declared that he was unable to stop the civil war.

　　4. A fierce quarrel broke out between this country and its neighbour.

　　5. A national budget is going to be approved by the parliament some time in July.

　　6. An opposition .party plans to turn down its enemy who now controlls the government.

　　7. A nuclear reactor aroused the suspicion of the United Nations which sent inspectors there to investigate.

　　A . North Korea announced that it had begun to change the fuel at a nuclear reactor at Youngbyon without the presence of international inspectors, a move that is contrary to international aGREements.

　　B. the Khmers Rouges claimed to have captured the town of Mongkol Borei, in north-western Cambodia. As King Sihanouk prepared to leave for China to resume cancer treatment ,he said he had lost hope of resolving the Cambodian conflict.

　　C. Japan's main opposition party, the Liberal Democrats, said it would try to bring down the minority government of Tsutiomu Hata once the budget is passed by parliament in mid-July.

　　D. the Philippines refused a demand by Indonesia to ban a conference in Manila on East Timor, provoking the worst dispute between the countries for several years.

　　PART TWO

　　Questions 8-12

　　Read this memorandum.

　　Choose the lest sentence from the list A-I to fill each of the blanks.

　　For each blank (8-12) mark one letter (A-I) on your Answer Sheet.

　　De not mark any letter twice.

　　One answer has teen given as an example.