商务英语试题二十.doc

Unit 18 Future trends 18.1 Making predictions (1) Language in use Read this article. Where do the sentences in the box belong? (2) Reading Read the article again. Then match the numbers to their explanations like this: 1 ?7 billion a the monthly rate of increase in the number of Internet users 2 10% b the amount American business will spend advertising on the Internet by 2002 3 $30 billion c the number of Internet users in 1998 4 $2 billion d the amount that British business now spend on administration 5 35 million e the amount spent on online shopping by 2005 (3) Writing How will you use the Internet? Write sentences about what you will and won’t use the Internet for like this: 1 (banking) I’ll do my banking on the Internet. 2 (lectures) __________________________________ 3 (shopping) _________________________________ 4 (music) ____________________________________ 5 (books) ____________________________________ 6 (holidays) __________________________________ 18.2 Talking about the future (1) Language in use Read these sentences. How sure are the speakers that things will happen? Write the numbers of the sentences in the list below. ( ) 1 I’m certain the cost of living will rise. ( ) 2 I think more people will work at home. ( ) 3 I’m sure robots won’t replace factory workers. ( ) 4 I’m sure people will want to learn foreign languages. ( ) 5 It’s possible that people will use their cars even more. ( ) 6 I expect people will spend more money on holidays. ( ) 7 I’m certain people won’t eat out so often. ( ) 8 I expect most people will shop with credit cards. ( ) 9 It’s possible that people will want to work until they are seventy. ( ) 10 I don’t expect computers will become more user friendly. Certain it will happen: 1 Likely to happen: 2 Note sure: Not likely to happen: