Customer:Can I have a look at the blue jaeket over there?
Salesman:Here you are.
Customer:Oh,it‘S too big.May I have a size smaller?
Salesman:__________.‘
A.Bv all means
B.By no means
C.Bv any means
D.By some means or other
I'd rather have wine ______ beer.
A. instead of
B. in case of
C. because of
D. by means of
A.angry
B.exhausted
C.forgetful
D.careless
A.Within my means
B.Beyond my means
C.By no means
D.By all means
"I ought to be able to have some good fishing there "means "______"
A.I may get chances to fish
B.I would get a lot of fish
C.I will have chances to learn to fish
D.I will be able to get some good fish
"It won't be a crime, but it will certainly be a miracle" means "______"
A.Since no other persons are here, I wont disclose (揭发) it
B.It will certainly be a miracle if I don't disclose it
C.There isn't any fish in the stream
D.I will surely report you to the owner of the stream
Richard:_________ . My name is Richard Stewart. May I take a picture of you? Mrs. Vann: By all means, I'm Mrs. Vann. Glad to meet you.
A. I'm sorry
B. Excuse me
C. Pardon me
D. Attention, please
I’m sorry ,sir. Your identity card ().Do you have any other means of identification?
A.is,too old
B.is not valid
C.has expired
D.looks different to you
M: In that case, I advise you to create a documentary credit. It will reduce the possible risk of export.
Q: Which means of settlement is the safest from the exporter's viewpoint?
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A.Documentary credit.
B.Documentary collection.
C.Payment in advance.
D.Open account.
One recently employed graduate says that she is receiving a great deal of valuable training from the company. "This means that I will be a loyal employee,"she says, "And it also means that the company will want to keep me. I am an important investment for them. So the policy is a good one because it benefits both the employer and the employee. "
Recently, however, attitudes towards lifelong employment are beginning to change. Employees are slowly beginning to accept the idea that lifelong employment is not always in their best interest and that changing firms can have career advantages.
The purpose of lifelong employment is to______
A.adjust the needs of the company to its employees
B.make employees loyal to their company
C.select the best skilled young employees
D.keep the skilled staff satisfied
“We didn’t stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “because we found that most families were away on holiday.”
I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought ‘VACANCIES’ meant ‘holidays’, because the Spanish word for ‘holidays” is ‘vacations’. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said ‘VACANCIES’, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said ‘NO VACANCIES’, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!
We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word ‘DIVERSION’ means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word ‘DIVERSION’ on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hold.
English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris. when someone offered me some more coffee, I said ‘Thank you’ in French. I meant that I would like some more, However , to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that ‘Thank you’ in French means ‘No, thank you.’
11. My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______.
A. learning English
B. finding places to stay in England
C. driving their car on English roads
D. going to England by car
12. I suggested that they stay at bed and breakfast houses because ______.
A. they would be able to practise their English
B. it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels
C. it would be convenient for them to have dinner
D. there would be no problem about finding accommodation there
13. “NO VACANCIES” in English means ______.
A. no free rooms
B. free rooms
C. not away on holiday
D. holidays
14. If you see a road sign that says ‘Diversion’, you will ______.
A. fall into a hole
B. have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself
C. find that the road is blocked by crowds of people
D. have to take a different road
15. When someone offered me more coffee and I said ‘Thank you’ in French, I ______.
A didn’t really want any more coffee
B. wanted them to take the coffee pot away
C. really wanted some more coffee
D. wanted to express my politeness