【正文】 s rail at the port of Investment 2. 直接投資Investment in which a resident of one country obtains a lasting interest in, and a degree of influence over, the management of a business enterprise in another country.3. 信用證 A standard, mercial letter of credit is a document issued mostly by a financial institution, used primarily in trade finance, which usually provides an irrevocable payment undertaking.4. 傾銷The word is now generally used only in the context of international trade law, where dumping is defined as the act of a manufacturer in one country exporting a product to another country at a price which is either below the price it charges in its home market or is below its costs of production.5. 紅利/股息Dividends are payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members. It is the portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders.Section B (sample translation) The Chinese official statistics say that the average rise in property prices was per cent in February. The increase is accelerating from a yearonyear rise of per cent in January. However, my friends in Shanghai and Beijing say the rate of price increases of typical housing units is above 50 percent a year and may reach 100 per cent.高等學(xué)校商務(wù)英語專業(yè)考試（四級）口 試 試 題=====================================================================高等學(xué)校商務(wù)英語專業(yè)考試（四級）TEST FOR BUSINESS ENGLISH MAJORS (Band Four)(TBEM4) SPEAKINGSection A Answering questions (2 minutes)Good morning/ afternoon, may I have your mark sheets please?My name is …, and this is my colleague…She is not going to ask you any questions, instead she will be just listening to us.So you are…? And you are…First of all, we’d like to have your understanding of some knowledge in international business and trade. So I’m going to ask you some questions about it.(Interlocutor chooses 23 questions for each candidate) (To a student)l Where do you prefer to work, a foreignfunded enterprise or a staterun enterprise? Why?l What should Chinese people be careful about when municating with foreigners? Can you give us an example?l How do you feel about products “made in China”? Why? l How would you promote a new product focusing on young people?(To an adult)l Do you like taking business trips? Why?l What should Chinese people be careful about when municating with foreigners? Can you give us an example? l Would you explain why some luxurious products are cheaper abroad than in China?l How would you promote a new product focusing on middleaged people?Section B Presentation (4 minutes)In this section, I’ll give each of you one topic, and I’d like you to make a presentation of your ideas on this topic for about 2 minutes.This is for you, Candidate A, and this is for you, Candidate B.You have 2 minutes to prepare. Card for Candidate A Suppose you are an assistant manager in an advertising pany and your boss Ron Miller would like to find a new office site and rent it for one year. He assigned you to find a suitable location and make a presentation accordingly. The statistics you get are as follows. Table 1 Civil Square vs. Garden SquareLocationFeaturesCosts per monthNet rentOperating costParking costCivil Squarein CBD。t find fulltime work or a place in further study.12. It39。高等學(xué)校商務(wù)英語專業(yè)四級樣題答案Module I Section OneCBACASection Two6. the biggest rise 7. Government39。s facing a big problem. 9. The World Bank revised up its forecasts for China39。s from to per cent this year. 10. The World Bank’s quarterly China report suggested that higher migrant wages could help boost rural ines and reduce the between rural and city lifestyles.Section ThreeIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and answer the questions that follow.Questions 11 to 13 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 5 minutes to answer the following three questions. Now listen to the interview. 11. Describe the impact of the economic downturn on teenagers who left school without pleting year 12 in 2008. 12. Describe the current economic downturn in Australia. 13. How did the retail industry perform in this economic downturn? Module IIBusiness Reading and Writing 40% (50 minutes)Section A 5%Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in Blanks 1418 with the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheets.America sounds increasingly determined to push its exports, and its attitude to China has 14 . Mr Obama has set a goal of 15 exports in five years and has promised to “get much tougher” over what it regards as unfair petition from China. Speculation is rising in Washington, DC, that the Treasury will brand China a currency “manipulator” in its next exchangerate report. With America’s unemployment at % and the midterm elections approaching, the appeal of Chinabashing is rising in Congress, too. Several senators recently revived a mothballed demand that the Commerce Department should investigate China’s currency regime as an unfair trade 16 . Beijing, in turn, shows little sign of budging on the yuan, even though the latest figures show surprisingly strong export growth and higherthanexpected 17 . Zhou Xiaochuan, the head of China’s central bank, caused a brief flurry in currency markets when he argued on March 6th that keeping the yuan stable against the dollar was “part of our 18 of policies for dealing with the global financial crisis” from which China would