2001年上全国自考外刊经贸知识选读

2001年上全国自考外刊经贸知识选读,后面附有答案,可以参考下

2001(上)外刊经贸知识选读

I. Put the following phrases into Chinese:(9%)

1. barrier-free market

2. test market

3. budget deficit

4. capital-intensive investment

5. top-of-the-line technology

6. visible trade account

7. punitive import tariff

8. intellectual property right

9. most-favored-nation status

II. Translate the following phrases into English: (15%)

1． 人均收入

2． 基础设施

3． 市场份额

4． 经济特区

5． 独家代理协议

6． 制成品

7． 工农业生产

8． 贸易差额

9． 经常项目

10． 兼并

III. Choose one answer that best explains the underlined part or what is required in the following statements: (21%)

1. The new American administration does not think it a far-fetched prediction that China could surpass both Japan and the United States to become the world’s the world’s largest economy by 2020.

A. distant B. improbable C. relevant D. spectacular

2. Official recognition that foreign technology could play a major role in modernizing the Chinese economy had caused imports to rise by more than 50% in 1978, placing undue strain on the national economy.

A. realization B. knowing C. acceptance D. refusing

3. Trade and investment liberalization will aggravate the competition on the domestic and international markets.

A. alleviate B. approve C. worsen D. eliminate

4. In 1991, for the second year in a row, the economies of low-income and middle-income countries virtually stagnated.

2001年上全国自考外刊经贸知识选读,后面附有答案,可以参考下

A. in a straight line B. in a column

C. in succession D. in agreement

5. Which of the following measures shall be excluded from

anti-inflationary policies?

A. Raise discount rates.

B. Cut public spending.

C. Raise interest rates.

D. Increase money supplies.

6. The world economy has bottomed out, notes an economist who takes a monthly look at global economic trends for a number of corporations.

A. has seen the worst and is recovering.

B. has rocketed from the bottom

C. has lost its direction

D. has come to the top

7. 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.

A. relying on more exports to boost economy

B. resuming exports once recession is over

C. cutting exports because of the recession

D. exporting to recession-ridden countries.

8. America insisted that Japan should come up with specific measures that would enable it to meet new import targets.

A. arrive at B. put up C. think over D. put forth

9. Diplomats say that OPEC is hoping to head off the threatened taxes, which may slow the growth in demand for oil.

A. insist on B. prevent

C. go ahead with D. postpone

10. Dubai’s total non-oil trade grew strongly and was seemingly unaffected by the recession.

A. the situation where population grew fast

B. the economy that enjoyed rapid growth

C. the economic condition that stimulated demand

D. the period when economic activities were reduced.

11. Twice America has complained to GATT that Europe is in breach of its undertaking.

A. striving to reach B. trying to meet

C. failing to understand D. failing to fulfil

2001年上全国自考外刊经贸知识选读,后面附有答案,可以参考下

12. “It’s raining out there, and Seven-Up hasn’t put up an umbrella yet.” The above sentence means __________.

A. the competition is already severe in the market but Seven-Up is not prepared for it yet

B. there are no competitors in market, so Seven-Up hasn’t met any competition yet

C. the competition in the market is so weak that Seven-Up doesn’t have to worry about it

D. there is a big rain outside but Seven-Up has failed to use an umbrella

13. The major outlets for white eggs are hotels, western-style restaurants and fast food shops.

A. houses where eggs are stored

B. channels through which eggs are transported

C. ways in which eggs are sorted

D. places where eggs are consumed

14. Speculators profited handsomely from the price volatility of the 1970s.

A. stability

B. flexibility

C. fluctuation

D. regulation

IV. Read the following passages and answer the questions in English: (24%)

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Having spent years fattening up its leading companies, South Korea is now forcing the ten largest chaebols to slim down. The ten largest chaebols were allowed to name three sectors each, the next 20 to name two sectors. They have done so now. Firms which play by the new rules will continue to receive preferential state-backed financing. Those, which flout the rules, will not.

The government claims it has three clear aims: to encourage

competition and foster small businesses; to wrest power from the old industrial dynasties and hand it over to professional managers; and, above all, to stem the “octopus-like growth” of the chaebols into unrelated areas.

2001年上全国自考外刊经贸知识选读,后面附有答案,可以参考下

The chaebols’ spectacular diversification, often driven by dynastic feud as much as commercial sense, has chewed up funds for long-term research and development. Worse, these buying sprees were usually funded by debt——borrowed partly on the assumption that government would not let the conglomerates go bankrupt. The debts of the average chaebol are 3 times as its equity.

Questions:

(1) In what way did the government require the chaebols to slim down?

(2) How do you explain the expression “octopus-like growth”?

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