物流专业英语课后习题答案.docx

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物流专业英语课后习题答案

Exercises1

Part

Vocabularyexercises

1.B2.C3.D4.B5.D6.B7.A8.C9.C10.B

Fillintheblankswithwordsorphrasesfromthelistbelow:

1.“Logistics”isaterm,whichoriginatesfromboththearmyandFrench.AccordingtotheFrench,theBaronofJomini,whoofSwissoriginwhohadservedinNapoleon’sarmybeforejoiningtheRussiansandwholaterfoundedtheMilitaryAcademyofSt.Petersburg,firstusedthetermintheearly19thcentury.Soinamilitarysense,theterm‘logistics’encompassestransportorganization,armyreplenishmentsandmaterialmaintenance.

2.Logisticsdealswithsatisfyingthecustomer.Thisimpliesthatmanagementmustfirstunderstandwhatthoserequirementsarebeforealogisticsstrategycanbedevelopedandimplementedtomeetthem.Aswillbediscussedinmoredetaillater,customerserviceisthemostimportantoutputofanorganization’slogisticssystem.Thisfocusoncustomersatisfactionwillbeemphasizedthroughthetextjustasitshouldbeinthefirm.

Part

Vocabularyexercises

1.B2.D3.A4.C5.D6.D7.A8.A9.C10.A

Fillintheblankswithwordsorphrasesfromthelistbelow:

1.Transportationreferstothephysicalmovementofgoodsfromapointoforigintoapointofconsumptionandcaninvolverawmaterialsbeingbroughtintotheproductionprocessand/orfinishedgoodsbeingshippedouttothecustomer.

2.Sincetheseinputscanhaveadirectimpactonboththecostandqualityofthefinalproduct/serviceofferedtotheconsumer,thisactivityisvitaltotheoverallsuccessofthelogisticseffort.Inaddition,themoveawayfromlocalsourcinginfavorofglobalbuyinghascomplicatedthisentireprocessdramaticallyinrecentyears.

Part

Vocabularyexercises

1.D2.C3.B4.D5.A6.C7.D8.D9.B10.C

Fillintheblankswithwordsorphrasesfromthelistbelow:

1.Costhasarelationtoservice.Theygohandinhand.Asyoudefineyourserviceagainstyourcostsorcostsagainstservice,thegiveandtakedevelopsintoyouroperatingcostsandbudgets.Thenyouhavetomakesurethatthecostcanbemanaged.Otherwisecostscangooutofcontrol,orseemto.

2.Logisticsisaprocess,whichrunsfromthevendor'sdoorthroughtothecustomer's.Itinteractswithalmosteverygroupwithinthecompanyandwithmanycompaniesoutsidethecompany,includingitscustomers.Effectivelogisticsrevolvesaroundfivekeyissues--movementofproduct,movementofinformation,time/service,costandintegration.Eachofthisiscriticaltothesuccessoflogisticsandtocreatingvalue-addedtothecompanyandimprovingcompetitiveness.

Exercises2

Part

Vocabularyexercises

1.A2.B3.B4.B5.A6.B7.B8.B9.A10.A

11.B12.B13.B14.B15.D

Part

Vocabularyexercises

1.A2.C3.A4.D5.A6.D7.B8.B9.D10.B

Structure

1.C2.C3.C4.D5.C

Part

Vocabularyexercises

1.A2.B3.C4.A5.A6.C7.A8.C

Structure

1.C2.C3.C4.A5.B

Exercises

PartI

I.Clickonthewordorphrasethatfitsthesentence:

.ThePublicsector______animportantroleintransport,throughtheconstruction,ownership

andcontrolofroads,railroadsandinmostcountries.

（A）do（B）get（C）play（D）plays

2.Thisdoesnotonlyrelatetothehandlingtechniques,_______totheequipmentitself.

（A）and（B）which（C）butalso（D）too

3.Ashipmaybemovedfromonetradeorroutetoanother,_______a portcannotbemoved.

（A）that（B）which（C）while（D）why

4.Thehighcostofprovision,longevityandscaleeconomiesassociated_______thefixedcomponents

createtendenciestowardsmonopolycontrol,whiletheeaseofentry,flexibilityandlackofscaleeffets

tendtostimulatecompetitioninthemobilesector.

（A）on（B）in（C）to（D）with

5.Publicauthoritiesaremostoftenresponsible

（1）planning,constructionandmaintenanceofthefixedelementsoftransport,theinfrastructure.Itisassumedthattheirmain

（2）istosecuretheinternationaltradetoandfromaregionoracountry.Buttheinvestmentstheyarewillingtoundertakemustinmostcasesbedemonstratedtohaveaviableeconomicbasisthroughprojectionsofcargoflowsand（3）nationalgains.Thecarefulplanningand（4）ofroadandportprojectsareexamplesofthis.Theshipowners,asthesuppliersofships,willhavesimilarinterestsinevaluatingthecargoflowtoandfromaspecificarea.Butastheyoperateinternationallyandtheirshipsmostlikelyserveotherregionsorcountries,atleastinlineroperations,theirconsiderationswillhaveawiderscopewithinsomeprofitmotive.Theymaynotbewillingtoaddcapacitytoaservicetocaterforlocalneeds.

（1）（A）on（B）in（C）to（D）for

（2）（A）objective（B）object（C）objectively（D）objecting

（3）（A）result（B）resulting（C）results（D）resulted

（4）（A）evaluation（B）improvement（C）development（D）increase

II.Fillintheblankswithwordsorphrasesfromthelistbelow:

1.mobile,relate,infrastructure,influenced,link,consists,

（1）The_____elementsarealsogenerallycheap.

（2）Thisdoesnotonly______tothecargohandlingtechniques,butalsototheequipmentitself.

（3）Itisthefeaturesofthefixedandmobilecomponentsoftransportthathave_______thepresentinstitutionalarrangementsintheindustry.

（4）Aparticularlyimportant________betweentransportanddevelopmentisininternationalinteraction.

（5）Atransportsystem_______ofinlandtransport,portsandoceangoingvessels.

（6）Theimportanceofbuildingupatransportthatinvolvesconsiderablecosthasmadethisawidelyacceptedpublictask.

PartII

Exercises:

I.Clickonthewordorphrasethatfitsthesentence:

1.Thecapabilitytoefficientlytransportlargetonnageoverlongdistanceisthemainreason_____continuetohandlesignificantinter-citytonnageandrevenue.

（A）motorcarrier（B）watertransport（C）railroads（D）pipelines

2._______istheoldestmodeoftransportation

（A）Motorcarrier（B）Watertransport（C）Railroads（D）Airtransport

3._____cannotbetransportedbypipelines.

（A）gas（B）generalcargo（C）liquid（D）slurry

4.One______aspectofairtransportisthehighcost.

（A）prohibitive（B）limited（C）obstacle（D）advantage

5.Therehasbeenanincreasing_

（1）__onthesevehiclesbothindevelopedandindevelopingcountry.Theconstructionofmotorwayandtrunkroadnetwork,theconcentrationofmanufactureintobiggerproductionunitsandthegeneraltrendtowardscontainerizationhavesupportedand

（2）tothistrend.Roadtransportsharestheroadorhighway（3）otheruser.The（4）ofroadsarenormallyfinancedeitherthroughdirecttaxes（tollroads）,bypetrolorotherindirecttaxesorbycombination.

（1）（A）torely（B）rely（C）relied（D）reliance

（2）（A）lead（B）led（C）leading（D）tolead

（3）（A）with（B）on（C）and（D）in

（4）（A）build（B）building（C）manufacture（D）construct

II.Fillintheblankswithwordsorphrasesfromthelistbelow:

.unique,complementary,extremely,ranks,shifted,reduced,

（1）.Thebasicnatureofapipelineis______incomparisontoallothermodesoftransport.

（2）Watertransport_______betweenrailandmotorcarrierinrespecttofixedcost.

（3）Thereplacementofsteambydieselpower______therailroads’variablecostperton-mile.

（4）Inmanysituationsroadandrailtransportmaybeseenas______ratherthanacompetitor.

（5）Portandfreightstationareplaceswheregoodsare_____fromonemodeoftransporttoanother.

（6）Themainadvantageofwatertransportationisthecapacitytomovelargeshipments.

PartIII

Exercises:

I.Clickonthewordorphrasethatfitsthesentence:

1.Accordingtothepassage,transporteconomicsisinfluencedby_______factors.

（A）five（B）six（C）seven（D）eight

2.______isamajorinfluenceontransportationcostsinceitdirectlycontributetovariablecost,suchaslabor,fuelandmaintenance.

（A）Productdensity（B）Stowability（C）Market（D）Distance

3.Itemswithstandardrectangularshapesaremucheasiertostow______odd-shapeditems

（A）with（B）than（C）to（D）at

4.Thebillofladingservesasareceiptanddocumentscommoditiesandquantities______.

（A）ship（B）shipped（C）shipping

（D）toship

5.Themulti-modaltransportoperator（MTO）acts

（1）theprincipalfortheperformanceofthemulti-modaltransportcontractand,in

（2）capacityundertakestocontractandprovideforthedifferentmodesoftransportandotherservicesrequiredforexpeditious,efficientandsafetransportofgoodsfromtheplacewherehetakesthegoodsinchargetotheplacewherehedeliverthegoods（3）thecontract.Intheexecutionofthecontracthehasnecessarilytoengagetheservicesofseveralcarrierssuchasshipowners,roadoperators,railways,airlinesorinlandwaterwayoperatorsinadditiontonon-carriersliketerminaloperators,warehouses,containerfreightstations,groupageorconsolidationdepots,container（4）organizationsorfreightforwarders.

（1）（A）on（B）as（C）to（D）at

（2）（A）which（B）what（C）that（D）where

（3）（A）accordingto（B）dueto（C）because（D）inadditionto

（4）（A）lending（B）borrowing（C）owning（D）leasing

II.Fillintheblankswithwordsorphrasesfromthelistbelow:

Applied,decreases,arrange,delivery,lists,required

（1）Specialhandlingequipmentmaybeforloadingorunloadingtrucks,railcars,orships.

（2）Transportationcostperunitofweight________asloadvolumeincreases.

（3）Theshippingmanifest______individualstopsorconsigneeswhenmultipleshipmentsareplacedonasinglevehicle.

（4）Theprimarytaskofforwardingisto______internationaltransportofgeneralcargoonbehalfofothers.

（5）Exportratesmayreduce