May 6th
Dear Mr. Hanks,
I am pleased to confirm our ability to meet your requirements for the HDC Graphics Workstation.
Taking your special needs into consideration, I suggest you place your order for the agreed equipment as soon as possible. The (19) time for hardware, for example, is 6 weeks from receipt of order to (20) Thus, an order placed with us tomorrow will (21) delivery to your site by the week commencing Thursday, May 31st.
All orders must be accompanied by a (22) of 20% of the total amount shown on the attached (23) .The (24) amount should be paid no later than one week following delivery. Please note that (25) charges have not been included, and a separate invoice covering these charges will be (26) at the time of delivery.
As I (27) you on the phone, this particular hardware runs the (28) version of EUCEID-IS, 2.2b. However, it is not expected that this software will be (29) in this country until next month.
We have every (30) in the suitability of our hardware for such software. Moreover, you can be assured of our (31) to solve any minor difficulties through our experienced customer service team.
As I informed you, the equipment carries a one-year (32) During this period, we undertake to send one of our staff to carry out repairs on site within a period of 12 hours. For your future (33) , however, we also operate an insurance scheme, covering the equipment against breakdowns for a small additional cost.
Sincerely
Jack Chen

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[精析] 全文都在讨论交付日期(delivery time)。故选A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[精析] 根据句意理解,这里的意思是“从订货到安装”。故选D。
单选题 A compel B.ensure C.promise D.maintain
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[精析] 根据句意理解,这里的意思是“订单会确保5月31日之前货到”,四个答案中只有B选项意思适合。故选B。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[精析] 根据句意理解,这里说明订单要附上总额的20%的定金。四个选项中,前两个选项: portion和percentage,表示“比例、比率”,和后面的20%重复,故排除。选项D的意思是“折扣”,与意思不符,也排除。故选C。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[精析] 根据句意理解,应该是贴在发货单上。根据意思,此处选择B,意思是“发货单”。故选B。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[精析] 上下文理解,下订单时先付20%的定金,剩下的余款在一周后交付。outstanding amount的意思就是“未付款项”。故选D。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[精析] 这里需要表达的意思是“运输费用”,符合这个意思的应该是选项A。选项B意思是“(财产等的)转卖,转让,交付”,选项C意思是“转化”,选项D意思是“传递,移转,传播”。故选A。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[精析] “票据的签发”应该是用动词issue。故选C。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[精析] 根据句意,正如我在电话里向您保证的,这里需要选择表示“保证、确信”的意思。故选D。
单选题 A latter B.latest C.last D.late
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[精析] 四个选项中,选项A意思是“后者”,选项C意思是“最后”,选项D意思是“迟的,晚的”。选项B的意思是“最新的”,符合句意,表明最新版本。故选B。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[精析] be available意思是“可以用到,可用”。在四个选项中是最佳答案。故选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[精析] have confidence in意思是“对……有信心”,固定搭配。故选A。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[精析] 这里的意思是“相信我们解决问题的能力”,故这里正确选项为ability,故选C。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[精析] 根据上下文理解,表明仪器有一年的保修期,符合该义项的词语为B。故选B。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[精析] 根据上下文理解,这里的意思是“作为将来的参考”,符合该义项的词语为D。故选D。