2011年4月自学考试05844《国际商务英语》真题及部分答案

国2011年4月高等教育自学考试国际商务英语及答案

课程代码：05844

  Ⅰ. Translate the following words and expressions from English into Chinese. (10%)

  1. in a detour 迂回

  2. competitive devaluation 竞争性贬值

  3. consignor 寄售人

  4. customer mobility 客户流动性

  5. escape clauses 豁免条款

  6. share holders 股东

  7. potential loss 潜在损失

  8. carrying vessel 运载船只

  9. negligent 粗心大意

  10. specific duty 从量税

  Ⅱ. Translate the following words and expressions from Chinese into English. (10%)

  11.债权国 The credit country

  12.国际合同 International contract

  13.定期付款/分阶段付款 Term payment

  14.被保险人 The insured

  15.人口计划 The population plan

  16.特惠税 The preferential duty

  17.基础设施项目 Infrastructure construction project

  18.装箱单 Shipping list

  19.破产 Disrupted

  20.土地和劳动力 Land and labor force

Ⅲ. Match the words and expressions on the left with the explanations on the right. (10%)

  21. facilities( d )a. the price or cost of transportation

  22. premises( g ) b. easily to go bad

  23. middleman( f ) c. not to do something that has been arranged or

decided upon

  24. perishable ( b ) d. something designed, built or installed to serve a specific

  function or perform a particular service

  25. access( j ) e. the act of paying a bill, debt, charge, etc.

  26. controversy( i ) f. trader through whom goods pass between the producer and

  the customer

  27. carriage( a ) g. a tract of land including its buildings

  28. settlement( e ) h. an official group of persons who direct or supervise some

  activities of a firm

  29. board( h ) i. public argument about something which many people   disagree with

  30. cancel( c ) j. a way by which a place, esp. property can be reached or

  entered or used

  Ⅳ. Make brief explanations of the following terms or give the full name of the abbreviation in English. (10%)

31. term draft 远期汇票

A draft which requires to pay after sight or in a given period of time

after representation of relevant documents.

32. transferable credit 可转让信用证

Credit which can be transferred to other parties during the transportation of goods.

33. direct quote 直接报价

A certain amount of foreign currency, usually one unit or one hundred

unit, is marked with equivalent amount of home currency.

34. acquisition 收购

Buying existing facilities

35. GATT 关税和贸易总协定

The General Agreement of Tariff and Trade.

  V. Answer the following questions in English. (20%)

36. What are the five major modes of the modern freight transportation system?

Water, air, road, rail, pipeline

37. What do “valued” policies mean?

Valued policies mean that a country provide investors with preferential policies for insured return in order to attract foreign investment.

38. What is the purpose to establish GSP(the Generalized System of Preference)?

The purpose of GSP is to help development of developing countries by provide tariff concession to them.

39. What is the relationship between MNEs and their host countries?

The relationship of MNEs and their host countries is interdependable and interactive.

  Ⅵ. Translate the following into Chinese. (15%)

40. The Bank for International Settlement (BIS) is a unique institution.

Many of its operations are of types normally performed by a commercial bank, but it is owned principally by central banks, and managed by central banks and its principal customers are central banks. The objects of BIS are to promote the cooperation among central banks and to provide additional facilities for international operations.

国际结算银行是一个独特的机构。尽管它拥有商业银行的许多常规业务，但它却是由中央银行拥有，管理并将各国央行作为其主要客户。它的目标是促进各国央行间的合作，从而为国际贸易提供额外的支持。

41. In the 1970s and 1980s counter trade was different from the old

practice although some similarities remained. Current counter trade partners are not necessarily familiar partners and goods exchanged are sometimes vertically related. Current counter trade can be categorized as follows.

20世纪七八十年代，对销贸易尽管保留一些与过去相似的地方，但它却与过去明显不同。它的贸易伙伴不再是熟悉的伙伴，交易的商品也并不总是垂直相关的。现行的对销贸易可分类如下。

  Ⅶ. Translate the following into English. (25%)

42．跨国公司是在一个以上国家拥有、控制和经营资产的商业组织。

MNC refers to an commercial organization which owns, controls and manages asset in more other one country.

43．世界各国被世界银行分为三大领域：高收入国家，中等收入国家和低收入国家。

Countries in the world are grouped into four categaries by the World Bank:high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries.

44．企业投保的主要刺激是他们可以腾出资金，进行其他项目的投资。

The main stimulas for intreprises to insure is that they can release their funds and invest in other projects.

45．信用证的付款方式对买卖双方都提供了保障。

The payment of credit provides assurance to both the buyers and the sellers.

46．世界上任何一个地方任何一种社会的经济增长都与利用运输有直接的关系。

In any place of the world, the economic growth of any society has a direct relation with the adoption of transportation.

全国2010年7月高等教育自学考试

国际商务英语试题

课程代码：05844

Ⅰ. Translate the following words and expressions from English into Chinese （10%）

1. income distribution of a market 市场收入分布

2. set forth 陈述,阐明

3. clean credit 光票信用证

4. equity investment 股权投资

5. akin to 同类,近似

6. endowment of nature 自然的赋予

7. all risks 一切险

8. non-trade settlement 非贸易结算

9. standing committee 常务委员会

10. comparative advantage 比较利益

Ⅱ. Translate the following words and expressions from Chinese into English（10%）

11.自由贸易区 free trade zone

12. 进口税 import duty

13. 开证银行 opening bank

14. 中间产品 intermediate product

15. 对外直接投资 foreign direct investment

16. 技术转让 transfer of technology

17. 特别提款权 special drawing rights

18. 制成品 finished goods

19. 外汇短缺 foreign exchange shortage

20. 配额限制 quota restraint

Ⅲ. Match the words and expressions on the left with the explanations on

the right（10%）

21. productive a. one in which one of the parties agrees to supply, at the

contract price, a complete product ready for use,

such as a new home, factory, ship, etc.

22. primary commodities b. absence of agreement

23. hyperinflation c. to substitute a claim against one person for a claim against

another person

24. discrepancy d. a person who owns money

25. practitioner e. producing in high efficiency or in large quantity

26. turnkey project f. those commodities not processed, or only slightly processed,

usually farm produce or raw materials

27. constitute g. money held aside to meet future demand

28. subrogate h. make up; amount to; form

29. reserve i. a person engaged in the practice of a profession or

occupation

30. debtor j. soaring of prices beyond control

21.__e____ 22. ___f___23. ___j___24. ___b___25. __i____

26. __a____27. ___h___28. ___c___29. ___g___30. __d____

Ⅳ. Make brief explanations of the following terms or give the full name

of the abbreviation in English （10%）

31. drawback:

a tariff treatment under which a country is required to extend to all the

signatories any tariff concessions granted to any participating countries. 32. confirmed credit:

If a credit is confirmed by a bank other than the issuing bank, it is a confirmed credit.

33. dirty float:

The central banks take various measures to intervene in the price of its currency, the current practice is often called a managed float or dirty float. 34. international licensing:

In international licensing, a firm release the right to use its intellectual property to an firm in another country. Such property may be trademarks, brand names patents, copyrights, or technology.

35. IMF:

Short for International Monetary Fund, was created in December, 1945 to oversee the functioning of the international monetary system.

Ⅴ. Answer the following questions in English（20%）

36. Why is it necessary to change the term “marine insurance” into “transportation insurance”?

Because goods do not go overseas solely by sea