浙江省2003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
 Ⅰ.Choose one answer that best explains the underlined part of the following statements or best completes them:(30%)
1.It is reported that China will carry out some massive tariff cuts.(     )
  A. a lot of      B. solid
  C. severe      D. big in degree
2.The trade surge is regarded as a natural result of the new policy.(     )
  A. increase      B. strengthening
  C. appearance     D. reconstruction
3.The deficit of this company last year was 1 million yuan.(     )
  A. surplus     B. shorthand
  C. shortage     D. shortfall
4.Speculators profited handsomely from the price fluctuation of the 1990s.(     )
  A. stability     B. flexibility
  C. volatility     D. regulation
5.Periods of inflation and deflation had alternated for generations.(     )
  A. altered     B. merged
  C. become different   D. happened by turns
 6.The successful outcome to negotiations is expected to boost trade between the two countries.(     )
   A. stop     B. stimulate
   C. decrease    D. add to
 7.Facing the challenge of cheap American corn in the 1870s,Danish farmers developed a lucrative market exporting butter, eggs, and bacon to the UK.(     )
   A. smooth    B. profitable
   C. substantial   D. sophisticated
 8.The combined industrial output of the 15 coastal areas is reportedly equal to a quarter of the nation’s total.(     )
   A. together     B. gather
   C. single     D. separated
 9.The negotiators knew that delay would jeopardize approval of any agreement by America’s Congress.(     )
  A. cancel     B. promote
  C. endanger     D. negate
 10.Europe,wrapped up in project 1992 and its plans for economic and monetary union,has a vision of its own.(     )
  A. protected by     B. troubled by
  C. concentrated on    D. weakened by
11.The Uruguay round was an American initiative.(     )
  A. started and promoted by America   B. in favour of America
  C. controlled by America     D. important to America
12.Like tariffs, they distort prices.(     )
  A. stabilize prices    B. lower prices
  C. increase prices    D. change prices artificially
13.Western companies are supposed to be the masters of innovation.(     )
  A. newly introduced ideas or methods
 B. market research
  C. effective production
 D. sophisticated products
 14.And falling a small step behind is not so threatening once brand loyalty has been established.(     )
  A. popularity of a product   B. trust in the product and company that produces it
  C. the role of a best-seller   D. years to establish a brand
15.This route shields the buyer from the risks and uncertainties of off-shore procurement.(     )
 A. cultural difference in supply markets
 B. obtainment of products from foreign countries
 C. special requirement of overseas suppliers
 D. complete ignorance of foreign gesture languages转贴于：自学考试_博学在线

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26.外商独资
27.自然资源
28.国内生产总值
29.供需
30.市场导向
31.商业周期
32.质量证书
33.贸易逆差
34.市场力量
35.活期帐户
Ⅳ.Read the following passages and answer the following questions in English:(24%)
Passage 1
    Output for the developing countries advanced by 1.9 percent during 1991—comparable to the weak performance they registered in 1990.In terms of per capita income, real output in developing countries apparently eased somewhat by 0.1 percent. A number of factors—some broadbased, others more specific—contributed to the weakness of performance.
    Because slowdown in industrial country growth dampened demand for exports of both primary commodities and manufacturers from developing countries, the volume of merchandise exports of developing countries declined by 2 per cent.
36.What does ″output″ refer to in the first sentence and what does ″ease″ mean in ″real output in developing countries apparently eased…″?
37.How do you understand ″broad-based(factors)″ and ″more specific(factors)″?
38.What is ″merchandise exports″?What is the other kind of trade?转贴于：自学考试_博学在线

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Passage 2
    What the statistics do not reveal is how much is unofficially re-exported from the country. This is acknowledged by Dubai’s customs department.″The re-exported figures are indicative of markets rather than volumns″,a spokesman says.″If you add up the import figures and work out that 85 percent of it is supposed to stay in the country then the UAE would be the best stocked warehouse in the world.″
39.Do the UAE’s statistics on trade show the volumn of all its re-exports?
40.What is meant by ″The re-exported figures are indicative of markets rather than volumns″?
 41.What does ″stay″ in the sentence ″… 85 percent of it is supposed to stay in the country …″ mean and imply?
 Ⅴ.Read the following two passages and decide whether the statements are true or false. Mark T for true and F for false in the brackets given:(15%)
Passage 1
    The Japanese economy remains in trouble, with output falling two quarters in a row for the first time in decades. An appreciation of more than 15 percent in real terms in the yen over the past two years has hurt Japanese competitiveness, Dornbush notes. The fiscal package to stimulate the economy, to be implemented next April,″will help some but not much″.
    At best, Dornbush predicts, the Japanese economy will grow a real 1 percent next year.″Japan is in