全国2010年4月高等教育自学考试外刊经贸知识选读试题
课程代码:00096
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一、Choose one answer that best explains the underlined part of the following sentences. (本大题共15小题,每小题2分,共30分)
在每小题列出的四个备选项中只有一个是符合题目要求的,请将其代码填写在答题纸相应的位置上.错选、多选或未选均无分.
1. Owing to the financial crisis, economic problems were exacerbated all over the world.
A. deteriorated
B. improved
C. enlarged
D. transformed
2. The authorities are willing to permit a run-down in the country’s international reserves over the next few years.
A. run away
B. reduction
C. enhancement
D. downward
3. Figures show that the bulk of our foreign obligations consist of non-bank trade-related credits.
A. investments
B. profits
C. revenues
D. debts
4. Foreign investors want to enjoy the same tax status as the domestic ones.
A. treatment
B. decline
C. support
D. objection
5. More than a decade of fast growth makes China to supplant Japan as West’s main trade worry in Asia.
A. exceed
B. replace
C. agree
D. defeat
6. Many governments have promised to take measures to help the unemployed.
A. action
B. size
C. degree
D. care
7. Discrimination against goods from foreign countries is prohibited by WTO.
A. equality
B. fairness
C. different treatment
D. strict policy
8. America’s embrace of the free-trade agreements balanced all the criticism from the developing countries.
A. suggestion
B. insistence
C. opposition
D. acceptance
9. Because of the mutual benefits no one would take a breach of those law lightly.
A. offence
B. obedience
C. strike
D. rest
10. Economists reckon Japanese bilateral trade surplus with America is also growing rapidly.
A. recognize
B. calculate
C. predict
D. suggest
11. Korea’s ambitious plans include a wholesale revamping of the country’s basic industries.
A. reconstructing
B. retracting
C. releasing
D. reverting
12. Even the well established consultants are finding it hard to secure definitive lucrative projects.
A. profitable
B. reasonable
C. safe
D. risky
13. Japanese managers act more like western managers, putting profits before their firm’s market share .
A. opportunity
B. prospect
C. protection
D. part
14. In the U.S. soft drink industry is dominated by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.
A. competed
B. balanced
C. made
D. controlled
15. Investment funds have moved out of commodities and into liquid assets.
A. in the form of water
B. moving
C. easily changed into cash
D. clear
二、Put the following phrases into English.(本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
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16.最惠国待遇
17.企业家精神
18.人均收入
19.贸易制裁
20.资本市场
21.(企业等的)总部
22.有价证券
23.批发商
24.市场力量
25.新兴工业
三、Put the following phrases into Chinese.(本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
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26. coupon
27. fiscal packages
28. visible trade
29. Gross Domestic Product
30. trade balance
31. countervailing duty
32. consumer goods
33. export quota system
34. convertible currency
35. futures
四、Read the following passages and answer the questions in English.(本大题共6小题,每小题3分,共18分)
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Passage 1
　　America wants Japan to meet import targets for some American goods. An unwilling Japan has decided to draw the line.
　　It is the persistent surplus that has provoked anger in Washington —— and Mr Clinton’s remark that "the possibility of obtaining real, even access to the Japanese market is somewhat remote". This year the surplus has been growing fast. A Japanese economist estimates that Japan’s surplus could reach $200 billion if the yen stays at current level. With the economy still barely growing, despite two fiscal packages in the past nine months, Japan’s critics say that the country is once more exporting its way out of recession.
　　MITI argues a persistent surplus is inevitable as long as Japanese households save more than American ones, and America’s budget deficit remains untamed. This is a familiar point: trade balances are determined by macroeconomic factors, not by trade policy.
36. What’s the meaning of "draw the line" here?
37. What’s the meaning of "exporting its way out of recession"?
38. How do you understand the underlined sentence?
Passage 2
　　The sleeper among the products turns out to be Cherry Coke, which contains no fruit juice at all. Cherry Coke has captured shares of 4% to 8% in test market

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