M: OK, just change "carriage forward" to "carriage paid". We can't lose this customer.
Q: What did the customer order on May 25?
(12)
A.Invoice.
B.Shoes.
C.Carriage.
D.Error.
Speaker A: I just recently moved into the neighborhood.
Speaker B: __5__ How recently?
Speaker A: Just last week.
Speaker B: What kinds of things have you been doing out there?
Speaker A: __6__
Speaker B: why not?
Speaker A: I don’t know what to do.
Speaker B: There’re all sort of things to do.
Speaker A: __7__
Speaker B: Shopping, or seeing a movie, or even going to the beach.
Speaker A: That sounds great.
A.I haven’t been doing much
B.Really
C.How are you doing
D.Like what
Two hours later, my friend telephoned me from the flat.At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my re- cords after having just had a truly wonderful meal.He had found a pan on the gas stove and fried two eggs and had helped himself to some cold chicken from the refrigerator.Now he said, he was drinking a glass of orange juice and he hoped I would join him.I asked him if he had reached the flat without difficulty, he answered that he had not been able to find the key under the stone, but fortunately the living-room window just by the apple tree had been open and he had climbed in.I listened to all this in astonishment.There is no apple tree in front of my living room, but there is one in front of my neighbor's.
1.When his friend arrived from abroad the writer was______ .
A . at the airport
B . at home
C . still at the office
D . on his way home
2.As the writer was busy and couldn't go home on time, he asked his friend ().
A.to cook something for him
B.to have a meal and drink himself
C.to wait for him to have dinner together
D.to go into the kitchen and cook first
3 .Two hours later, the writer () .
A.got home and met his friend
B.was listening to some records
C.rang up his friend
D.got a phone call from his friend
4.Knowing his friend's arrival, the writer had ().
A.left the living room window open
B.asked his neighbor to receive his friend
C.managed to go home later than usual
D.hid the key for him somewhere near the door
5.The writer was surprised to find that his friend had () .
A.entered his neighbor' s house by mistake
B.entered his living room by climbing the apple tree
C.entered his house through a neighbor' s window
D.got into the living room with a neighbor' s key
The opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can go to such places as much as you wish. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the greeting: “Can I help you, sir?” You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. In a bookshop, an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished reading. You may want to find out where a particular section is. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. But when he has led you there, the assistant should leave politely and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.
6. The best title for this passage may be _________.
A. How to Spend Your Time
B. The Attraction of Bookshops
C. Bookshops and Their Assistants
D. Buying Books
7. According to the author, the best way to escape the realities of everyday life is _____.
A. to take a walk in the open air
B. to stay reading books of various kinds in a bookshop
C. to make some appointment in a bookshop
D. to chat with an assistant in a bookshop
8. In a good bookshop, _____________.
A. all the books there are interesting
B. you can find shelter from a shower
C. you are satisfied
D. you need to buy something you don’t want
9. An assistant in a bookshop helps you _______.
A. on your entering the shop
B. only when you want to find out where a particular section is
C. just before you finish reading
D. when you are reading
10. According to the passage, which of the following statement is true?
A. Time spent in a bookshop can be enjoyable only for book-lovers.
B. A book with an attractive design must not be necessarily interesting.
C. People go to bookshops only to buy books.
D. There are only a few places where it is possible to escape the realities of life.
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B.with, which
C.of, who
D.with, who
(i) Following an investigation you discover that commissions were paid to a senior official in one country to ensure that the local drug licensing agency concerned facilitated the acceptance of one of your principal revenue earning drugs for use within its national health service.
(ii) You have discovered that an agent of your firm, aware that the licensing agreement might be forthcoming,
purchased several call option contracts on your company’s equity.
(iii) A senior member of the firm’s treasury team has been taking substantial positions in currency futures in order to protect the risk of loss on the translation of dollar assets into the domestic currency. Over the last 12 months significant profits have been made but the trades do not appear to have been properly authorised. You discover that a long position in 50, $250,000 contracts is currently held but over the last four weeks the dollar has depreciated by 10% and all the signs are that it will depreciate considerably more over the next two months.
(iv) One drug company has managed to copy a novel drug that you have just released for the treatment of various forms of skin cancer. You have patent protection in the country concerned but your company has not been able to initiate proceedings through the local courts. Contacts with the trade officials at your embassy in the country concerned suggest that the government has made sure that the proceedings have not been allowed to proceed.
The company’s chief financial officer has asked you to look into these issues and, with respect to (iv), any World Trade
Organisation (WTO) agreements that might be relevant, and to advise her on how the company should proceed in each case.
Required:
Prepare a memorandum advising the Chief Financial Officer on the issues involved and recommending how she should, in each case and in the circumstances, proceed.
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B.was just to be
C.was just being
D.had just been
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B.By
C.Of
D.From