Question

5. It has also been the practice for the seller to quote (报价) to his        customers and to new customers who may have interest without waiting for an inquiry.

   A. regular   B. random   C. rough   D. rare

Answer 1

5. A句意为:"对于老客户或对商品有兴趣的新客户，卖方为销售自己的商品可以不等对方询盘即发出报价，这也是通常的一种做法。" regular customers是一个固定短语，指"老客户，老顾客"。其余三个选项random (任意的，随便的，胡乱的) 、rough (粗糙的，粗略的，大致的) 、rare (稀罕的，杰出的，珍贵的) 均不合适。