I. Complete the letters with the words given. Change the word forms where necessary. (10points)
popular, inquiry, hire, volume, assign, instead of, recommend, cooperation, responsible, branch
                                (1)
Dear Sir
  Owing to the large increase in the ___1___ of our trade with this country, we have decided to open a(n) ____2____here,with Mr. Jackie Black as manager. The new branch will open on 1st July and from that date all orders and ___3____ should be sent to Mr. Black at the above address, ___4___to our London office.
  We take this opportunity to express our thanks for your ____5____ in the past. We hope the new arrangements will lead to even better results.
Yours faithfully
                                (2)
Dear Sir
This letter is to ___6___ Tim Steven as an outstanding salesperson.
I have known and worked with Tim for more than three years. He is a highly __7____ and creative individual. Form the day he came to work for us, he was a welcome member of our sales team. He willingly undertook any task___8___ to him, whether it involved direct sales or not, and his enthusiastic manner made him____9___with all our customers.
I am sorry to lose Tim, but his educational plans call for him to move outside our city. I believe anyone who____10___ him will be truly fortunate.
Yours sincerely
II. Choose the best answer for each question. (10 points)
11. After checking the goods against your invoice, we discovered a considerable shortage ______ number.
A. of            B. in              C. for 
12. As soon as we receive the signed form, we will add your name to the list of people _______ snow shoveling.
A. requiring      B. require          C. required
13. The report is to be _______ to the Directors as soon as possible.
A. prepared      B. promoted        C. presented
14. I am glad that I feel quite _______ for the position you advertised.
商务英语写作A. qualifying    B. qualified          C. qualification
15. We recommended ________ a small quantity for trial.
A. to buy          B. you bought      C. buying
16. _____ the quality, you must assure that we would get the goods produced in 2004.
A. In regard to        B. Due          C. In view of
17. ________ we appreciate your cooperation in giving us the information about your market, we regret that we are unable to reduce our price to the level you indicated.
A. Despite            B. Since          C. While
18. We shall appreciate it if you will effect shipment as soon as possible, thus _______ our buyers to catch the brisk demand at the beginning of the season.
A. enable            B. enabling          C. enables 
19. I am writing _______ your advertisement for the position of Conference Manager.
.A. in view of        B. in reply of        C. in response to
20. I will phone you next week after you ______ a chance to go over the material.
A. have had      B. had          C. had had
Match (10 points)
() In the following, 21-25 describe the problems, and a-e give the solutions. Please match them.
21. The printed shirting clearly does not match the samples you left with us.
22. The bottom corner of the suitcase is broken.
23. We regret to inform you that the above invoice contains a mistake.
24. The color of the goods shipped by you is different form what we need.
25. We only received 80 cartons instead of 95 cartons.
a) We think a little difference in color between them is unavoidable.
b) It seems that some of the materials escaped the examination we normally give to all materials.
c) We doubt the shortage happened due to losses or pilferage.
d) No commercially made suitcase can withstand an impact of this kind.
e) We have checked with our accounting department and found that the figure was wrong.
() Choose from f-j to match 26-30.
26. Herewith please find enclosed a check for US$5,000 in payment of your invoice No.2771.
27. We take the liberty of writing to you with a view to building up business relations with your firm.
28. To step up trade between us, we trust you would allow us a higher rate of discount with your firm.
29. Are your valuables protected from burglary?
30. Since this is our first order, we hope you will do everything possible to ensure punctual shipment.
f) Our lines are mainly textiles and handicrafts.