全国2004年7月高等教育自学考试外刊经贸知识选读试题

 课程代码：00096
 一、单项选择题（每小题2分，共30分）
 Choose one answer that best explains the underlined part of each of the following statements or best completes them.
 1. Far from capitulating to this new thrust of American trade policy, Japan is taking a stand that could lead to a trans-Pacific confrontation. （　　　）
 A. point of view      B. pressure
 C. prospect       D. area
 2. The value of exports increased by 10 percent, but imports jumped 38 percent at the same time.  （　　　）
 A. decline sharply       B. decline slowly
 C. increase sharply      D. increase slowly
 3. Soon, $2,000 million in financing will have to be arranged for the next phase of development.  （　　　）
 A. plan        B. department
 C. stage        D. career
 4. The four SEZs have specifically designed tax and other incentives for the foreign investors.   （　　　）
 A. measures        B. stimulus
 C. taxes        D. laws
 5. The major outlets for white eggs are hotels, western-style restaurants and fast food shops.  （　　　）
 A. channels        B. suppliers
 C. customers       D. outings
 6. China has the most dynamic economy in the world.  （　　　）
 A. vigorous       B. interesting
 C. huge        D. flexible
 7. Agricultural productivity has grown rapidly across the board.  （　　　）
 A. across the world      B. comprehensively     
 C. worldwide       D. greatly
 8. The decline was partly caused by India’s reining in of its budget deficit.  （　　　）
 A. slackening       B. raining
 C. easing        D. controlling
 9. “1992 is a set of laws, and because of the mutual stakes no one would take a breach of those laws lightly. ”  （　　　）
 A. branches       B. risks
 C. benefit        D. cooperation
 10. In tea and sugar, it is already taking its toll in the form of reduced purchases by cash-strapped oil producing states.  （　　　）
 A. enjoying popularity      B. getting unwelcoming
 C. suffering losses       D. succeeding 
 11. Per capita income, now $2,000, could reach $5,000 by the end of the century.  （　　　）
 A. every year       B. every person
 C. per month       D. per week
 12. Particular forms of foreign trade are eligible for exemption from customs duties and taxation.  （　　　）
 A. freedom       B. example
 C. exception       D. compensation
 13. Re-exports to Kuwait have seesawed from Dh 183 million in 1990 to Dh 1,161 million in 1991 and Dh 757 million in 1992.  （　　　）
 A. changed        B. fluctuated
 C. been seen       D. soared
 14. It’s too early to tell how the reincarnated Coke is selling, since many bottlers are still working off old inventories.  （　　　）
 A. producing       B. continuing
 C. providing        D. dealing with
 15. What foreign businessmen find encouraging is that ideology is no longer in the driver’s seat and replaced by entrepreneurship. （　　　）
 A. permanent        B. dominant
 C. useful        D. successful 转贴于：自学考试_博学在线

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 30. 无壁垒市场
 31. 惩罚性进口关税
 32. 外汇储备
 33. 经常项目
 34. 技术转让
 35. 市场多样化
 四、Read the following passages and answer the questions in English. （共18分）
 Passage 1
　　“Sweat”: In this sense, South Korea is treading a path not taken by Japan. While Japanese interests span the globe, few foreign firms have successfully penetrated Japan’s home turf. Korea, too, has a legacy of xenophobia; and the Koreans are clearly wary of opening their markets to high-powered western competitors. But they are tentatively doing just that, so far with a momentum unmatched by Japan. The aim is to defuse the protectionist pressures that have hobbled U. S. -Japanese trade relations and, in time, to enter the ranks of the world’s developed nations. That’s no small order, but the Koreans think it can be filled fairly simply. At bottom, says Nam Duc Woo, chairman of the Korea Traders Association, South Korea needs only “some degree of sweet and some degree of technological sophistication” And that’s precisely what has already lifted Korea, Inc. into contention.
 36. What is compared to an order in the given context?(2分)
 37. 1)What does the writer mean by the word “sweat”?(2分)
2)What does “technological sophistication” refer to? (2分)
 38. Can you explain “…lifted Korea, Inc. into contention”?(3分)
 Passage 2
　　Nations with serious debt problems, such as Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, have been compelled to devote almost all their export earnings to debt service, leaving themselves with virtually no surplus to pay for imports. With barter, however, debtor nations can continue to import goods while, in effect, concealing export earnings from creditors.
　　But counter-trade is not the exclusive province of debtor nations. Says Yoffie, “Even countries with strong foreign exchange positions, such as Australia, Canada and Indonesia, are insisting on counter-trade in certain areas. Linking imports and exports is a way to exert power over multinational corporations. Countries that lack expertise in international marketing try to use counter-trade as leverage to tap the networks of global firms.”
 39. What is “debt service”?(1分)
 40. 1)What does “global firms” refer to?(2分)
2)What does the network of a so-called “global firms” usually consist of?(5分)
 41. What’s meant by “tap the networks of global firms”?(1分)转贴于：自