2003.4自考经贸知识英语试题与答案

2003年4月全国自学考试--经贸知识英语试题及答案 Ⅰ．Translate the following words and expressions:(10%)1.From English into Chinese:a. consignment contract b. give rise to disputesc. inquiry d. correspondent banke. commercial invoice2.From Chinese into English:a.可转让信用证b.采取法律行动c.运载船只d.受票人e.债权人Ⅱ.Match the words and expressions on the left with the explanations on the right:(5%)(　　)3.discrepancy a. after presentation of draft(　　)4.liability b. absence of agreement(　　)5.clean credit c. suffer(　　)6.after sight d. a credit that does not require shipping documents for payment(　　)7.sustain e. what one is responsible for according to law Ⅲ.Make brief explanations of the following terms in English:(20%)8.customs union9.counter purchase10.most-favored-nation treatment11.insurance12.CTDⅣ.Fill in each of the following blanks with an appropriate word from the list(You can only choose 10 from the following 12 words in the square):(10%)    powerful international currencies membership subscription loanableVolume remainder quota revised voting quantity    Upon joining the IMF, each nation was assigned a (13) based on its economic importance and the (14) of its international trade. The size of a nation's quota determined its (15) power and its ability to borrow from the Fund. The total (16) to the Fund was set in 1944 at $ 8.8 billion. As the most (17) nation, the United States was assigned by far the largest quota, 31 percent. Every five years, quotas were to be (18) to reflect changes in the relative economic importance and (19) trade of member nations. At the beginning of 1994, the total subscription of the Fund had grown to 144.8 billion SDRs ($ 205.4 billion)through increases in (20) and periodic increases in quotas.    Upon joining the IMF, a nation was to pay 25 percent of its quota to the Fund in gold and the (21) in its own currency. In borrowing from the Fund, the nation would get convertible (22) approved by the Fund in exchange for depositing equivalent amounts of its own currency into the Fund, until the Fund held no more than 200 percent of the nation's quota in the nation's currency.Ⅴ.Translate the following into Chinese:(15%)23.Business as we know it today would be impossible if there was no agreement or contract to bind the contracting parties. Long ago, people devised a means for bargaining for the conduct of others by exchanging promises. The exchange of promises came to be known as “agreements” and gradually became very important in the live of the people and in the field of business. A promise or agreement is reached as a result of the process of offer and acceptance. When an agreement is reached, a contract is formed, which creates legal obligations enforceable by law.    Contracts can