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
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