M.C 10 - MLH 9

UNIT15. INTERNATIONAL TRADE TEST1 I. Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the others. 1. a.allow b.how c.account d.country 2. a.trade b.payment c.relation d.bank 3. a.value b.change c.actual d.transaction 4. a.holder b.bore c.important d.score 5. a.credit b.service c.letter d.specified II. Choose the right word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 6. The bank____you your money when you need it . a.is paying b.pay c.will pay d.paid 7. They are singing their _____ anthem a.international b.national c.nation d.nation’s 8. It is _____ blood a.like b.alike c.likely d.as 9. Would you explain _____ what international trade is? a.me b.to me c.for me d.I 10. In the old days,people exchange goods _____ goods. a.with b.to c.by d.for 11. It is _____ white ______ snow. a.like-like b.as-like c.like-as d.as-as 12. The two girls look _____. a.like b.alike c.likely d.as 13. Today international trade _______ more and more important. a.is becoming b.has become c.has been become d.has been becoming 14. Time and patience ______ certainly necessary. a.is b.was c.are d.were 15. People save money in banks_____future use. a.because b.with c.because of d.for III. Find the one choice that best completes the sentence. 16. Metallic paints are used to paint bridges,______? a.aren’t they b.isn’t it c.no d.isn’t that so 17. ______ is the buying and selling goods among countries in the world. a.National trade b.Nation’s trade c.International trade d.Nation trade 18. In barter,people could only exchange what they _____ equal value. a.considered as b.consider of c.considered to be of d.have considered to be 19. Thousand of years ago giraffes had much ______ necks than they have now. a.shorter b.less short c.short d.least short 20. You_____your mother. a.look like b.look at like c.look as d.look at as 21. The difference in value between currencies is called______. a.barter b.letter of credit c.rates of exchange d.foreign exchange 22. ______ may take the place of money. a.Imports b.Direct exchange c.A letter of credit d.Rates of exchange 23. Her name is Sarah.But she is usually______ a.calling Mary b.calling is Mary c.called Mary d.called is Mary 24. You needn’t take my adviced.Do as_____ a.me b.I showed you c.you like d.you 25. There has been a (an) ______ of measurement units in this country recently. a.change b.exchange c.changing d.exchanged IV. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English. 26. They change souvenirs when the conference ended. a b c d 27. Trade between countries is as the barter of long ago. a b c d 28. If one country will have more things than it can use,it may exchange a b them with another country for what they need. c d 29. The things a country sells to another country are called are exports. a b c d 30. The difference of value between currencies is called rates of exchange. a b c d 31. The money is to be used for a specify purpose. a b c d 32. Payment for imports and exports makes through a system called foreign exchange. a b c d 33. In transactions in internationale trade,actual money does not actualy change hands. a b c d 34. We had fried chickens for dinner ,after which we went to an ice cream for dessert. a b c d 35. As you know ,I have just receive a letter of John. a b c d V. Choose the word (a,b,c or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces. Trade among (36) _____ has been going on for olong time.The first international (37) _____ were Phoenician merchants who travelled in long caravans from one desert oasis to another.Suppose you could have watched the(38)_____in long caravans.They might have been carrying great(39)_____of silks and bags of spices,or they might have been carrying(40)____stones,gold and silver,and cakes of salt. Later, merchants travelled farther and found more(41) _____ to trade. The (42) _____ these merchants travelled were name after the goods carried over them. Silk (43) ______ China was carried through Middle Asia over the Silk Road.Salt was carried in caravans over the Salt Road in Africa.And(44) _____ in the New World donkeys carried fortunes of gold and silver from South American over the(45) _______Gold Road. 36. a.roads b.parts c.nations d.people 37. a.traders b.business c.trade d.sellers 38. a.camels b.horses c.elephants d.animals 39. a.boxes b.bags c.rolls d. packs 40. a.new b.useful c.normal d.precious 41. a.goods b.products c.routes d.ways 42. a.routes b.streets c.way d.roads 43. a.by b.in c.of d.from 44. a.later b.again c.now d.then 45. a.special b.new c.famous d.route VI. Read the following passage and choose the item (a,b,c or d) that best answers each of the questions about it. A crowd of people were standing in the street.They were looking at a new car.The car was outside a showroom.It was a new model and many people wanted to see it.A salesman noticed the crowd and came into the street. ‘It’s a beautiful model,isn’t it?’The salesman said. ‘It certainly is!’a man agreed. ‘It is automatic?’ ‘Oh yes!’The salesman answered proudly. ‘There aren’t any gears in this car.You press your foot down and drive away.It’s very easy to drive .Even a woman can drive it without any difficulty!’ ‘I didn’t like that remark.’A woman said. ‘I’m sorry,madam!’The salesman answersed. ‘I didn’t notice you; anyway I was only joking.’ ‘Give us a demonstration’. The woman said. ‘Drive a few yards. ’The salesman smiled with pleasure.He got in to the car and started the engine. Then the pressed a button and the car suddenly went backwards.There was a loud crash and the car went through the window of the showroom . 46. Many people were standing and looking at the car______ a.in the street b.outside the street b.in the showroom d.inside the showroom 47. The salesman said the car________ a.was easy to drive b.was difficult to drive c.was hard to drive d.was not easy to drive 48. The salesman said the car was automatic and he was______ a.pleased with it b.proud of it c.worried about it d.proudly of it 49. The woman wanted the salesman to______ a.give a demonstration b.get into the car c.drive the car away d.sell her the car 50. The salesman was pleased, got into the car and started the engine. When he pressed the engine,the car didn’t_____ a.have forwards b.go backwards c.move forwards d.make backwards TEST2 I.Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the others. 1. a.rate b.trade c.place d.barter 2. a.concerned b.received c.attached d.concealed 3. a.shake b.miraculous c.occasion d.occupation 4. a.double b.through c.country d.rough 5. a.nation b.national c.international d.nationality II. Choose the right word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 6. Buy_____ I buy. a.like b.alike c.likely d.as 7. Do_____her mother a.like b.alike c.likely d.as 8. It’s not_____that the boss will agree. a.like b.alike c.likely d.as 9. You look exactly _____ your father a.like b.alike c.likely d.as 10. The difference _____ value between currencies is called rates of exchange. a.between b.at c.in d.on 11. A letter of credit may take____of money. a.place b.a place c.the place d.places 12. Payment for imports and exports is made______a system called foreign exchange. a.by b.with c.through d.in 13. In transactions in international trade,actual money does not usually change______. a.hand b.arm c.hands d.arms 14. If one country has more things than it can use,it may exchange them ____ another countries _____ what it needs. a.for/from b.with/from c.for /for d.with/for 15. The things a country sells to another country____exports. a.calls b.are calling c.called d.are called III. Find the one choice that best completes the sentence. 16. n the old days,people exchange_____That was called barter a.goods for goods b.goods by goods c.money for goods d. goods by money 17. Are you _____ your debts to them? a.pay b.payment c.paying d.paid 18. _____ are there in the United Nations Organization? a.How much nation b. How many nation c. How much nations d. How many nations 19. Nowadays every country in the world____from other coutries and_____to them. a.buys-sells b.is buying-is selling c.has bought-has sold d.will buy-will sell 20. He may____to put some of his money in a bank for _____. a.decide-safekeep b. decide-safekeeping c. deciding-safekeep d. deciding-safekeeping 21. They _____ us at football for the last five years. a.beat b.were beaten c.have beaten d.have been beaten 22. Can you tell me ______? a.when Mr.Allen bought that carb. bWhen did Mr.Allen buy that car c.when bought Mr.Allen that car d.when has Mr.Allen bought that car 23. Payment for imports and exports _____ a system called foreign exchange. a.is made with b.are made of c.was may by d.is made through 24. A (n) _____ is the official song of a country that is played at public events. a.nation song b.national song c.national anthem d.international anthem 25. The things _____ are called exports. a. a country buys from another country b. a country buys another country c. a country sells to another country d. a country sells another country IV. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English. 26. Like mots of his friends,he is now working like a doctor in a hospital ab c in the country. d 27. Like usual,we will be paid on the last day of the month. a b c d 28. As our mother suggested, we intend to call our daugher is Marie. a b c d 29. It is believed that today international trade is becoming Importanter a b c d 30. Remember that both time and patient are necessary. a b c d 31. The things a country buys of another country are called imports a b c d 32. That is the letter from the principal requiring that John is allowed to a b b join the school sports team. c 33. It is hard imagine how the complex business affairs of the trade among a b nations could be carried out without the mary. c d services that a bank provides. 34. When we were young,we were not allowed bathe in the rain. a b c d 35. Do you know that their exports are just like our? a b c d V. Choose the word (a,b,c or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces. The coastal village of Breedon today welcomed home Frank Davies at the end of his two-year yoyage (36) _____ the world. Mr.Davies, 75, was born in the village and was (37) ____ at a school for 50 years.When he retired he (38) _____ his house to buy a boat and see the world. Now he has returned to the village(39) ____ he has so many friends. When asked what he was going to do (40) _____ Frank replied that he wanted to write a book about his travels.He had kept a diary (41) ____ the voyage and (42) ____ over 600 photographs of the (43) ______ places he had visited.Frank hopes the book will (44) _____ people of all ages to take up the sport of (45) _____. 36. a.around b.through c.in d.along 37. a.teaches b.taught c.a teaching d.a teacher 38. a.sold d.managed c.bought d.owned 39. a.which b.where c.what d.who 40. a.then b.next c.recently d.last 41. a.during b.after c.in d.before 42. a.seen b.taken c.drawn d.shown 43. a.exciting b.terrible c.funny d.usual 44. a.invite b.offer c.inform d.encourage 45. a.sailing b.travelling c.writing d.photography VI. Read the following passage and choose the item (a,b,c or d) that best answers each of the questions about it. When Mr.Finch retired,he bought a small cottage in a seaside village. The cottage was built in fifteen eighty-eight but was in very good condition. Mr.Finch was looking forward to a quiet life,but in the summer holidays he got a shock.Hundreds of tourists came to the seaside village.Mr.Finch’s cottage was the most interesting building in the village and many of the tourists came to see it.From morning till night there was tourists outside the cottage.They kept looking through windows and many of them even went into Mr.Finch’s garden.This was too much for Mr.Finch.He decided to drive the unwelcome visitors away,so he put a notice in the window.The notice said: ‘If you want to satisfy your curiosity, come in and look around.Price:two shillings and sixpence’. Mr.Finch was sure that the visitors would stop coming but he was wrong.The number of the visitors increased and Mr.Finch spent every day showing them around his cottage. ‘I came here to retire,not to work as a guide,’he complained.In the end,he sold the cottage and bought a small,modern house.It is an uninteresting little place and no one wants to see it.But it is certainly quite and peaceful. 46. Mr.Finch bought a small cottage in a seaside village because he wanted_____ a.a very good condition b.a quiet life c. a summer holiday d.an old cottage 47. Hundreds of tourists came to see Mr.Finch’s cottage, but he ____. a.was interested in it b.was pleased with it c.liked it d.disliked it. 48. Mr.Finch decided to _____. a.welcome the visitors b.satisfy the visitors c.drive the visitors away d.ask the visitors to come in 49. Two shillings and sixpence didn’t make the number of visitors______. a.decrease b.increase c.decreasing d.increasing 50. In the end,the cottage was _____. a.bought b.sold c.quiet d.peaceful [...]... foreign exchange c.calling rates of exchange d called rates of exchange 18 They _TV when I visited them a.were watching b.are watching c.have watched d.watch 19 When I _to him,I him your news a.talk-give b.will talk-give c.talk-will give d.will talk-will give 20 I’m afraid I _all the money a.already spent b.was already spending c.have already spent d.had already spent 21 This car _every week a.cleans... d V Choose the word (a,b,c or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces A thirteen-year-old does not spend as much money as his parents suspect-at least not (36) _ the findings of a recent survey, Money and Change The survey (37) _ three hundred teenagers,1 3-1 7 years old from (38) Britain By the time they ( 39) their teens,most children see their weekly allowance rise dramatically to an... b.alike c.likely d.as 7 She doesn’t have a ruler.She uses her pen a ruler a.like b.alike c.likely d.as 8 t’s very _that she’ll pass that exam a.like b.alike c.likely d.as 9 His two daughters look _ a.like b.alike c.likely d.as 10 You should do it I showed you a.like b.alike c.likely d.as 11 Here’s today _news a.nation b.nation’s c.nations d.national 12 would like to exchange this shirt a bigger... singers sound cats a.like b.alike c.likely d.as 8 The things a country buys from another country are called _ a.import b.imports c.export d.exports 9 The difference in value between _ is called rates of exchange a.imports b.exports c.money d.currencies 10 He will _buy that old building a.like b.alike c.likely d.as 11 A letter of credit may _the place of money a.bring b.sit c.take d.replace 12 He... spaces In17 69 George and Eleanor Coade bought a factory manufacturing artificial stone in Southeast London on a plot at Pedlar’s Acre, south (36) _ the river.The family were already running a successful factory in the southwest of England.Within a year of moving(37) _the capital,George Coade died,leaving his wife and daughter to(38) _on the business,The Coade Stone they perfected( 39) to become... growing recognition.In view of the general increase in this field,it is not surprising that many people with literary interests and knowledge of languages should think of adopting translating as a full-or part-time job.Some advice may usefully be given to such would be translators 46 What is the role of the translator? a.to enable literature b.to pass beyond its fronties c.to receive growing recognition... 3 mean? a.recognition b.receiving growing recognition c.the general increase d.literature 48 Who should adopt translating as full or part-time occupation a.everyone b.people who are interested in literature c.people who have knowledge of languages d.both b and c 49 What does the phrase “would be translators”mean? a.people whose job is translating b.people who will be translators c.people who have literary... Rome do like the Romas do a b c d 27 How can another coutries have money to pay our country if they buy a b c our goods? d 28 Fammers should know the related between weather and a b c crops thoroughly d 29 Why do you always talk about boring things as your job? a b c d 30 They need the complex services are provided by banks a b c d 31 As her father could not drive her to the airport,she requested a b her... c.will sleep d.had slept 17 I the door quietly and left a.was shutting b.had shut c.shut d.had been shutting 18 She _ expensive clothes and drove a Mercedes a.wears b.wore c.had worn d.was wearing 19 In _people could only exchange what they considered to be of equal value;but not exactly for what they needed a.money system b.barter c.international trade d.exchange 20 When I got to the hospital,she... movie, however a b good, if it is late in the night c d 27 Be careful! The floor has been polished.It’s as walking on ice a b c d 28 He didn’t tell her why did he have to go up in the spacecraft a b c d 29 Hundreds business houses and banks are engaged in work a b c d 30 This book will be of great valueble to him in his studies a b c d 31 When she was a student,she hasn’t had many friends a b c d 32 You . b.trade c. place d.barter 2. a.concerned b.received c. attached d.concealed 3. a.shake b.miraculous c. occasion d.occupation 4. a.double b.through c. country. a.go b.carry c. get d.run 38. a.claimed b.had c. was d.would 39. a.experimented b.tried c. experienced d.tested 40. a.managed b.succeeded c. achieved d.completed