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《外经贸英语函电》试题库
I.
Translate the following terms into
English
目录
按照要求
订单
实盘
市场经济
虚盘
电子邮件
汇票
询盘
装运
报盘
还盘
报价
利润
信用证
折扣
你处
形式发票
供你参考
一式两份
信誉
以
……
为准
支付条款
唛头
代理
与
……
建立
业务关系
确认
保险费
即期
索赔
投保
保险单
电子商务
装船通知
集装箱
托收
汇付
成交
检验证书
已脱销
毛重
净重
纸箱
捆
一切险
发票金额
提单
运输单据
仲裁
会签
II. Choose the best answer for each of
the following questions.
(
) 1. We thank you for your letter of
March 13 and the _____ catalogue.
A. given
B. sent
C. enclosed
D.
presented
(
) 2.
They found an opportunity to purchase six _____
leather shoes.
A. thousands
pairs
B. thousand
pair of
C. thousands of pair
D. thousand pairs of
(
) 3. The letter we sent
last week is an enquiry _____ digital
cameras.
A. about
B. of
C. for
D. as
(
) 4. What kind of products do you think
_____ particularly interested _____
A. are they, in
B. they are,
in
C. are they, /
D. they are, /
(
) 5. We owe your name and
address _____ Italian Commercial Bank who informed
us
that you are in the market _____
table-cloths.
A. from, for
B. to, with
C.
from, with
d. to, for
(
) 6. While _____ an
enquiry, you ought to enquiry into quality and
price etc..
A. making
B. sending
C. offering
D. giving
(
) 7. In order to obtain the needed
information, the inquirer should simple, clearly
and
concisely write _____ he wants to
know.
A. that
B. so
C. what
D. because of
(
) 8. We are a specialized corporation,
_____ the export of animal by-products.
A. dealing with
B. dealing
C. handling
D. dealt
in
(
) 9. We are
willing to enter into business relations with you
on the _____ of equality
and mutual
benefit.
A. base
B.
basis
C. bases
D.
based
(
)
would not give you any
lower price _____ you could place an order for
more than
500 tons.
A. expect
B. until
C. unless
D.
besides
(
)
11.
We
_____
some
brochures
_____
to
illustrate
the
types
of
materials
we
manufacture.
A.
enclose you, /
B. enclose, you
C.
enclose, /
D. enclose, to
you
(
) 12. They
have _____ us that you are _____ the market _____
chemicals.
A. inform, in, on
B.
informed, in, for
C. advise,
in, on
D. advised, in, of
(
) 13. We are not in a
position to offer firm, as the goods are
_____.
A. without stock
B. outside in
stock
C. no stock
D.
out of stock
(
)
14. Please let us _____ your firm offer before the
end of this month.
A. had
B. have
C. having
D. to have
(
) 15. If you can _____ your price by
5%, we may conclude the transaction with
you.
A. offer
B.
bring down
C. fix
D.
quote
(
) 16. If
you are interested, we will send you a sample lot
_____ charge.
A. within
B. with
C. for
D. free of
(
) 17. It may interest you to know that
there is a good demand here for Chinese Black
Tea _____ prices.
A. at moderate
B. in cheap
C. for low
D. on
dear.
(
) 18.
Please reply as soon as possible, _____ the
earliest shipment date and terms of
payment.
A.
stated
B. as stated
C.
stating
D. state
(
) 19. There is a steady
demand in Europe _____ leather gloves _____ high
quality.
A. for, with
B. for, of
C. at, with
D. in, of
(
) 20. We would recommend you _____ this
offer.
A. accept
B.
accepted
C. to accept
D.
accepting
(
) 21.
For your information, our products enjoy a ready
_____ in Europe.
A. sell
B. sale
C. selling
D. sail
(
) 22. A firm offer _____ a time limit
for acceptance.
A. may
specify
B. never
specifies
C. sometimes
specifies
D.
must specify
(
)
23. The commodities you offered are _____ line
with the business scope of our clients.
A. outside
B. out
C. out of
D.
without
(
) 24.
We are offering you firm _____ on the same terms
and conditions as the previous
contract.
A. as
following
B. as follow
C.
as is following
D. as
follows
(
) 25.
We _____ to allow you a special discount if you
increase your order to 5,000 pairs.
A. have prepared
B.
are prepare
C. are prepared
D.
were prepared
(
)
26. It should be _____ if you could immediately
_____ what quantity you can supply
us
at present.
A. thankful,
advise
B. appreciate,
advise
C. appreciated,
advise
D.
appreciating, inform
(
) 27. We have pleasure in enclosing a
detailed price list for the goods you _____ in
your
letter.
A.
informed
B. said
C.
told
D. required
(
) 28. Our corporation
_____ foodstuffs.
A. deals
B. handles
C. handles in
D. specializes
(
) 29. Your price is too high to
interest our buyers _____ a counter
offer.
A. making
B.
in making
C. make
D.
to be made
(
)
30. We shall inform you _____ the date of
shipment.
A. at
B.
in
C. of
D.
to
(
)
are writing to you ______
establishing business relations.
A. hope
B. in hope
C. in
the hope of
D. hoping
(
) 32. We hope you could
_____ us a special discount of 3% on
orders.
A. admit
B.
offer
C. send
D.
let
(
) 33. If
you could increase the _____ to 10%, we shall be
pleased to buy the complete
stock.
A. cost
B. stock
C. discount
D. price
(
) 34. We can grant you a special
discount of 5% _____ repeat orders.
A. in
B.
of
C. for
D. on
(
) 35. Please _____ me if you need any
further information.
A.
contact
B. contact with
C.
contact on
D. contact to
(
)
36.
We
shall
be
glad
to
send
you
sample-cutting
books
and
pamphlets
of
our
new
products
_____.
A. with request
B. as request
C. upon request
D. at request
(
)
37.
We
specialize
_____
all
kinds
of
metals
and
are
always
ready
to
buy
in
large
quantities.
A. in
B. from
C. on
D. at
(
) 38. We confirm exchange of letter
_____ the subject article.
A. to regard
B. regarded
C. regarding
D. is
regarded
(
) 39.
Please note that the insurance on our CIF terms
_____ All Risks for 110% of the
invoice
value.
A. makes
B.
takes
C. covers
D.
ourselves
(
) 40.
WPA coverage is too narrow _____ a shipment of
this nature.
A. for
B. to
C. over
D. with
(
) 41. We _____ your name and address
_____ the Commercial
Counselor
’
s Office of the
Chinese Embassy in Ghana.
A. have known
…
in
B. have learned
…
by
C. have given
…
by
D. have come to know
…
from
(
) 42. We are looking
forward to _____.
A. hearing
from you soon
B. receive your reply
soon
C. receiving from you
soon
D. you reply
soon
(
)
43.
When
_____,
please
state
your
terms
of
payment
and
a
trade
discount
for
companies that buy in fairly large
quantities.
A. reply
B. replied
C.
to reply
D. replying
(
) 44. As this model was so
popular with our customers, we would like to know
if it is still
______.
A. available
B.
respectable
C. acceptable
D.
reasonable
(
)
45. I would appreciate ______ me an up-to-date
price list for your building materials.
A. you to send
B. your send
C.
you send
D. your
sending
(
) 46.
_____ is our S/C in duplicate, a copy of which
please sign and return to us for our
file.
A. Enclose
B. Enclosed
C.
Enclosing
D. Encloses
(
) 47. We are looking
forward to _____ your further order.
A. receiving
B. receive
C.
hearing from
D. being hearing
from
(
) 48. As
soon as we are ______ a position to accept new
orders, we will contract you
immediately.
A.
at
B. on
C. in
D. for
(
) 49. While _____ an order for the
first time, a letter is often used.
A. collecting
B. planning
C. placing
D.
receiving
(
) 50.
Payment _____ L/C as contracted.
A. by
B. will be
C. is by
D. is to be
made by
III.
Complete the following letters with proper
words.
(1)
Dear Sirs,
Sub: TABLECLOTH
We
1
your
name
and
address
2
the
Commercial
Office
of
Chinese
Embassy
in
Pakistan. We take this opportunity to
write to you with a view to setting up
3
with
you.
We are a
state-owned company dealing specially
4
the export of
tablecloth. We are
5
to
accept
orders
according
6
the
customer
’
s
samples.
In
the
customer
’
s
samples,
request about the
assorted pattern, specifications and package of
the needed
7
can be
indicated
particularly.
In
order to give you a general idea of various kinds
of the
8
we are handling, we are
airmailing
you
by
separate
post
our
latest
catalogue
for
your
9
.
Please
let
us
know
immediately
if
you
are
interested
10
our
products.
We
will
send
our
price
11
and
sample to you as soon as we receive
your
12
inquiry.
Yours faithfully,
Looking forward to your
early reply, we are.
(2)
Dear
Sirs,
Referring
1
your letter of
5 June, we very much regret that we are unable to
make you
an
2
for the goods you demand.
The reason is that the
3
you need has been out of
4
.
What
’
s
5
our
manufacturers
have
declined
orders
because
of
shortage
6
raw
materials.
We
shall, however, file your
7
and E-mail you our offers
as soon as we get
8
.
Sincerely yours,
(3)
Dear Sir,
We
are
a
1
dealer
in
waterproof
garments
in
this
city.
Our
customers
have
expressed
interested in your
raincoats and enquired
2
their quality.
Provided
quality
and
price
are
satisfactory
there
are
prospects
of
good
sales
here,
but
before placing a firm
3
we
should be glad if you would send us, on 14
day
’
s approval, a
selection of
men
’
s and
women
’
s raincoats. Any of
the
4
unsold at the end of the period,
which we decide not to keep as
5
,
would be returned at our expense.
We look forward to hearing from you
soon..
Yours sincerely,
(4)
Dear
Sirs,
You
will
be
1
to
hear
that
we
have
recently
developed
our
new
product,
2
is
selling very
strongly on the home market.
Because
3
its success in
this country, we thought there
4
be a
5
sale abroad,
and we would
welcome your advice as to whether, in your
6
,
there is a
7
in your
district.
If you agree, we shall be
8
to
supply you with our samples for you to
9
to the
potential
10
.
You
will
find
enclosed
an
order
form
in
11
you
wish
to
make
an
immediate
12
.
Your
truly,
(5)
Dear
Sirs,
Your fax of July 5 has been received
with many thanks.
The
quotation you faxed us is on CIF
1
.As we are in
an open cover
2
with our
3
, we prefer that you send
us CFR quotations.
However,
we
will
also
be
interested
to
know
what
4
we
are
likely
to
get
if
consignments are to be covered at your
5
.
Yours
sincerely
(6)
Gentlemen:
1 : Contract No. F333
We wish to draw
your attention
2
our Contract No. F333
3
2,000 cartons of
We are
looking forward to your early reply.
China Green Tea, for which we opened
the confirmed, irrevocable L/C No. BA5177 in your