全国2009年4月高等教育自学考试外刊经贸知识选读试题
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1.While exports are reasonably robust, domestic consumption remains moribund —a sign of the country’s common anxiety about the future.（　　）
A.stagnant
B.moving
C.dynamic
D.motivated

2.If that happens, the backlash from Mr.Obama’s supporters could be fearful.（　　）
A.support
B.backing
C.deduction
D.opposition

3.The concept that we can turn this around right now is patently ridiculous. （　　）
A.patiently
B.rightly
C.pervasively
D.obviously

4.To move the Japanese government, Washington must move an entire nation. （　　）
A.remove
B.touch
C.influence
D.change

5.Even during buoyant economic growth, unemployment remains as high as 10%. （　　）
A.slow
B.vigorous
C.floating
D.slackening

6.The consumers welcomed the slash in meat prices. （　　）
A.remarkable drop
B.obvious spanision
C.vigorous growth
D.apparent rise

7.In 1991, for the second year in a row, the economies of low瞚ncome and middle-income countries virtually stagnated. （　　）
A.repeatedly
B.successively
C.respectively
D.successfully

8.A number of economics and political blogs have recently caught onto the political futures market craze, particularly focusing on Intrade (the popular site where people can bet on, among other things, the presidential elections). （　　）
A.indefinite time
B.near future
C.prospective time
D.commodities transacted at a future date

9.Small manufacturers serving niche markets and wealthy customers are proving recession瞤roof. （　　）
A.mainstream markets
B.large-scale markets
C.targetable markets
D.current markets

10.You can also segment your targets by size of business based on number of employees or total sales. （　　）
A.spanide
B.seek
C.shoot
D.narrow

11.Falling sales in Thailand were offset by good returns in other markets. （　　）
A.influenced
B.balanced
C.offended
D.bargained

12.The new trade agreement has facilitated economic growth. （　　）
A.made easier
B.made slower
C.made more difficult
D.made more complicated

13.It is an area in which ABC Company reigns supreme.（　　）
A.rapidest
B.most famous
C.highest in rank or position
D.deepest

14.Speculators profited handsomely since the price fluctuated from the 1990s.（　　）
A.was stable
B.was flexible
C.was volatile
D.was regular

15.The property will be sold to pay off their creditors. （　　）
A.owners
B.borrowers
C.loaners
D.believers

16.vested interests

17.wholesaler 　

18.a hermit nation

19.buzzword

20.insolvency

21.take title

22.market regulation

23.public tender

24.countervailing duty

25.consortium

三、将下列汉语词组译成英文（本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分）

26.反通胀

27.贸易制裁

28.产地证明书

29.市场动力

30.转让人　

31.现货市场　

32.经常项目

33.收盘价　

34.出口配额制

35.服务贸易

四、简答题（本大题共 6小题,每小题 3分,共 18分）
Passage 1
For South Korea as a whole, that seems as much a prophecy as an ambition.Like Japan in the 1960s, the country is poised for an assault on the world’s export markets.Its surging $81 billion economy is churning out a flood of increasingly sophisticated products, from shoes, toys and telephones to video recorders and microprocessors.Korea’s mighty conglomerates dominate Middle East construction, and they command key shares of the world’s shipbuilding, textile and steel industries.Their affiliates, joint ventures and subsidiaries girdle the globe, stretching from Australia, Indonesia and India to Norway, Spain and Gabon, Hyundai and Daewoo, with annual sales of $10 billion and $6 billion respectively, are pushing into the U.S auto market, riveting the attention of American and Japanese manufacturers.Another colossus, the $9 billion Samsung, has started marketing a "supertech" 256K computer chip-encouraging some Koreans to speak confidently of the day when they will become the world’s second largest manufacturer of basic electronic components, outstripping America and running just behind Japan.

36.Please rewrite the first sentence of the passage in plainer words, having the central ideas clarified.

37.Is the clause introduced by the underlined "when" an adverbial clause or an attributive one?

38.What’s the meaning of the underlined word "outstripping" in the last sentence?

Passage 2
Computerized data storage and electronic mail were to have heralded the paperless office.But, contrary to expectations, paper consump

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