初级商务英语的阅读考试题

企业都需要商务人员懂得商务英语，而多数国内高校毕业的大学生本身对于商务英语都是不太熟悉的，所以都需要下功夫去学习。下面就来说说初级商务英语的阅读考试题，千万别错过。

初级商务英语的阅读考试题

A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse. He drew the horses very well,but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly(肚子) or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people’s rule.They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar(奇特的) to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy to work in that way.

Now the very same thing is true to literature(文学). And the question, "How shall I begin?" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced(有经验的) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you will

never ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail --that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.

1. A friend of the writer’s drew the horses ____.

A. very well

B. in the way of western rule

C. in the way of his own rule

D. all of the above

2. The writer was surprised because ____.

A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horse

B. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horse

C. the artist made his own rule

D. the artist did not follow other people’s rule

3. You are not yet experienced because ____.

A. you don’t know where to begin

B. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail

C. you always asked question

D. you do not trust to your own powers

4. When you become more experienced you will ____.

A. never ask question

B. often begin at the tail

C. should write the end of the story

D. should think of the beginning

5. The topic of the passage is ______.

A. How to draw a horse

B. How to write a story

C. How to make your own rules

D. Trust to your own powers

参考答案: CDDCD

初级商务英语考试阅读理解试题解析

There is a commonly held view that the only way toget (0) decent pay increase is to move on: to go out into thejob market and find someone (31) is prepared to pay you afigure more in line (32) the talents you can offer. Whilstchanging employers from time (33) time is something weprobably all need to do to advance our careers in the directionswe want them to take, it is nevertheless an activity that carriesquite definite risks. Irrespective of (34) well we researchprospective employers, a new job is still largely a step into the unknown . It may turn (35) to be agood move or it could prove to be a complete disaster : most of us (36) had experience of both.The point here, though, is that changing employers is not something we want to be doing all thetime and certainly not (37) time we feel the urge for better pay . We’d (38) taking more risks thanwe needed to just to achieve a pay rise. Getting a pay rise should always be viewed (39) a seriousbusiness. There are no quick fixes or gold methods with “ guaranteed “ results. Quick fixes onlyserve to trivialize the issues and could (40) some circumstances get you into very serous troubleindeed.

答案及解析

关于加薪的文章，教你怎么样实现加薪。这道题目不难，但是抛开题目，单说文章里谈的加薪的方法，各位还是要辩证的看。要想人生第一份工作就找到自己满意的，是挺难，可是以加薪为目的跳槽，也未必是什么明智的好办法。

31题，太明显的定语从句，前面是someone，那么当然填入表示人的关系代词who。

32题，in line with，和什么一致，固定搭配，在中级的选词版完型里常考到这个词组。这句的意思是，找个一个愿意给你提供和你才能更加一致的薪水的人。

33题，from time to time，时不时的。changing employers from time to time，时不时的换老板。

34题，Irrespective of，同regardless of一样，后面接让步状语从句，不管我们对可能的雇主研究的多么好，新的工作都是一个未知数。用how well。

35题，turn out to be，固定用法。

36题，换工作，要么是个好的举措，要么将成为灾难。而我们大多数人这两种经历都有。有这种经历，是过去完成时，用have+done。

37题，理解前后文意思。换老板不是件我们经常愿意做的事情，并且也不是一想要加薪就要换老板。用every time，表示每次要加薪就准备换老板。

38题，这题有点难度，考验人的语法功底。首先这个句子是虚拟语气，We’d是we would的缩写，而不是we had。是表示对将来的假设，我们要承担更多的风险。所以用would be。

39题，比较明显的，view as，将什么视作什么。

40题，和circumstance相关的词组，很容易想到under/on some circumstance，在某种情况下

初级商务英语考试阅读理解答题技巧

1. 词汇方面

如commercials指广播、电视或电影院中播放的广告，还可指商业公司的股票。例如：

The TV show was interrupted by too many commercials.

电视节日被太多的广告给打断。

2. 短语方面

如soft selling软推销，指一种使用静悄悄的，不引人注意的诱导手段推销商品的方法，是一种“间接的”销售方法。与hard selling相对。hard selling是“商接的”销售方法，通过不断重复产品的名称及其优秀的品质，使用一些有力的，但不一定受欢迎的手段去推销产品。例如：

Some salespeople adopt a direct‘hard sell’approach, while others use a more indirect‘soft sell’approach.有些商人采用直接的“硬销售法”，而有的商人使用更间接的“软销售法”。

3. 句型方面

有必要掌握一些国际商务英语中常用的句型，例如：

We are writing in connection with„ 今来函关于„„

I noted with interest your advertisement for...我饶有兴致地读到贵公司„„的广告。 Yes, that’s true，but on the other hand，„没错，但另一方面„„

That’s exactly what I think.这和我不谋而合。

Maybe.but don’t you think„?也许吧，但是你认为„„如何?

这些句型看似简单，但要做到在从事国际商务活动中对这些常用句型信于拈米也非易事。平时要多积累这样一些非常实用的句型和短语。又例如：

You are wanted on the phone. 有你的电话。

As requested.we enclose„for your attention.应贵方要求，今随函寄上„„请查收。

4. 旧词“新义”

有些单词，可能学生早已学过，但在商务环境下，意思有所不同。那么，对他们来说便是新单词，必须同样牢记。例如：

protest 拒付(票据等)

The cheques he issued were a all protested.他开出的支票均遭拒付。

honour 承兑

All credit cards honoured here. 各种信用卡这里均通用。

protect 备款以支付„„

We hope you will duly protect our draft on presentation.望贵方在汇票提示时及时予以兑付。

factor 独立代理商。在英国，factor是一种特殊代理人，受他人委托进行贸易活动，收取佣金，佣金的多少取决于其业绩。

The factor is active in financing product imports to the US. 该代理商为产品输入美国积极筹资。

royalty 专利/版权等的使用费;提成费;特权。

Besides copyright，the writer got a 10-percent royalty on sales. 除拥有版权外，作者得到百分之十的版税。

5. 同义词、近义词、相似词的辨析

国际商务英语学习者往往对一些商务英语中的同义词、近义词、相似词分辨不清，特别是在工作中由于选词不当，造成误解。例如，credit card(信用卡)与letter of credit(信用证)之间其实毫无关系，但有的学生不知其问的差别。又如，quotation和offer都有“报价”的意思，有什么区别呢?再如，表示公司的英语单词有不少，如：firm，company，corporation，branch，incorporation subsidiary，affiliated company等，它们之间意思有何不同?又如，B/L和B/E有什么差别呢?对这样一些词之间的差别，商务英语学生应该明白。

举个例子：

Chairman，President，C.E.O.，Managing Director，General Manager

Chairman的意思是“董事长”，他是股份公司董事会的比较高负责人，是常设的业务执行及代表人，是负责主持公司董事会会议的人。当董事会成员对某项决策意见不统一时，董事长拥有决策权。许多公司董事长兼作公司的执行总裁。

President在美国英语中相当于英国英语的Chairman(of the Board)。

C.E.O.是Chief Executive Officer的首字母缩写，其意思是“首席执行官”，也可以将其翻译为“总裁”。“总裁”是公司的比较高行政主管。在美国英语中，“President”也指“总裁”。有的公司的董事长和总裁由两人担任。总裁的位置仅次于董事长(chairman)，高于副董事长(Vice-Chairman)。

Managing Director与General Manager都可翻译为“总经理”，但是，两者有所不同。对一个普通的没有董事会的公司来说，“总经理”是该公司的比较高领导者。但是，假定A公司是一个设有董事会的股份有限公司，该公司管辖许多分公司，分公司的比较高领导者也被称为是“总经理(G.M.)”，而总公司(Head Office/Headquarters)的“总经理”应翻译成“Managing Director(M.D.)”。Managing Director仅次于Chairman。C.E.O.有逐步取代M.D.的趋势。