[单项选择]The increase in international trade has lead to the demand for employees with the ability to communicate in a foreign language（）
A. 国际贸易的增加要求员工具备使用外语交际的能力。
B. 国际贸易增加了对员工使用外语交际能力的要求。
C. 国际贸易的增加需要具备外语交际能力的员工。
D. 国际贸易增加了员工使用外语的要求，也提高了他们的外语能力。

[单项选择]The increase in international trade has resulted in a demand for employees with the ability to communicate in a foreign language.
A. 国际贸易的增加要求员工具备使用外语进行交际的能力。
B. 国际贸易的增加需要具备外语交际能力的员工。
C. 国际贸易增加了员工使用外语的要求，也提高了他们的外语能力。
D. 国际贸易增加了对员工使用外语交际能力的要求。

[单项选择]The increase in international business has created a need for managers with skills in cross-culture communication.（）
A. 国际贸易增加了跨国交流的机会，也提高了经理的技能。
B. 国际贸易提高了对经理掌握跨国文化交流技能的要求。
C. 国际贸易的增加需要具有跨国文化交流技能的经理。
D. 国际贸易增加了对经理文化交际能力的需求。

[单项选择]
Foreign trade, the exchange of goods between nations, takes place for many reasons. Every nation wants the opportunity to export its goods and services to other countries. A foreign outlet for sales enables a manufacturer or distributor to increase the volume of his business activity, thus increasing his chance to make a profit and increasing employment opportunities. Every nation also wants the opportunity and privilege of buying from foreign countries products and services that are scarce or unavailable at home that would be useful and beneficial to its people.
Trading with other countries is not the same as trading within one’s own country. At home a company or a bank is familiar with its own people, laws, and business practices. At abroad the picture becomes a complex one. Each country is different and therefore is said to carry different risks. Political risks, for example, relate to such varied f
A. it can earn more money by expanding its production.
B. the employment rate of the country will decrease.
C. the country has to find an outlet for going abroad.
D. it can buy from foreign countries products and services that are scarce or unavailable at home.

[单项选择]The collapse of the World Trade Centre has put US economy in a difficult ______.
A. occasion
B. case
C. situation
D. background

[单项选择]China’’s hi-tech trade surplus has lasted for ________so tar.
A. 4 months
B. 7 months
C. 4 years
D. 7 years

[单项选择]The increase in international business and in foreign investment has created a need for executives with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross-cultural communication. Americans, (1) , have not been well trained in either area and, consequently, have not enjoyed the same level of (2) in negotiation in an international arena as have their foreign (3) .
Negotiating is the (4) of communicating back and (5) for the purpose of reaching an agreement. It (6) persuasion and compromise, but in order to (7) in either one, the negotiators must understand the ways in (8) people are persuaded and how compromise is (9) within the culture of the negotiation.
In many international business negotiations abroad, Americans are perceived as (10) and impersonal. It often appears to the foreign negotiator that the American represents a large multi-million-dollar corporation that can afford to
A. disgusted
B. willing
C. likely
D. easy