外刊经贸知识选读模拟测试.doc

1外刊经贸知识选读 模拟测试一I. Choose one answer the best explains the underlined part of the following statements or best completes them (30%)1. As Europe’s economy soured, free-market ideas that are new to much of Europe face new challenges. ( B )A. improved B. worsened C. strengthened D. reinforced2. A commodity breakdown of China’s trade shows that fuels accounted for 24% of total exports in 1982, food products for 13%, textile fibres and mineral ores for 7% and manufactured goods for 55%. (C )A. failure B. collapse C. record D. classification3. This is stimulating a very large spin-off in terms of an influx of people requiring accommodation and services. ( A )A. inflow B. input C. item D. inbox4. Nakasone gives every sign of being sincere in his desire to reduce a Japanese surplus in trade with the US that hit 36.8 billion dollars in 1984 and could soon top 50 billion. (C )A. on the top of B. head C. increase to D. increase by5. The once provincial capital of Seoul teems with energy and sophistication, Korea’s expectations for a better life are high and rising fast. ( B )A. copes with B. is full of C. accelerates D. reserves6. America objected to that , and asked whether the proposed “direct payment” were not really production subsidies in disguise. ( A )A. a deceptive covering B. different approaches C. related problems D. over the past few decades7. By Jan. 1 we will have passed 95% of what we sought in 1986 to create the single market, and much of that will already have been translated into national law. B2A. turned up B. changed C. concluded D. fulfilled8. Sooner or later they will begin to lose their edge, much as the United States did against Japan. DA. ritual B. side C. balance D. advantage9. If European aren’t bursting to give the single market a coming out of the party, it may simply be that markets aren’t the kinds of things people gush about. AA. eager to B. pouring C. exploding D. breaking10. Jean-Pierre Soisson, the farm minister, has said France may block the EC’s acceptance of a new farm-trade deal, and thereby wreck the round. DA. deny B. stand C. insist D. ruin11. In California’s Silicon Valley Koo’s white-frocked research scientists delve into the mysteries of state-of-the-art semiconductor technology. ( C )A. artistic B. fashion C. the most advanced D. unveiling12. Such opportunities come too rarely to be squandered. ( A )A. wasted B. spurt C. squabbled D. cherished13. Now, with China poised to join the WTO, the pattern is repeating higher on the technology ladder. BA. posed B. was ready C. balanced D. supported 14. International traders forecast bleak outlook this year for the grain production for the bad weather. ( D )A. bright B. so-so C. encouraging D. discouraging15. The falls in platinum and gold was aggravated by the withdrawal of investment support as the dollar regained ground.( B )A. improved B worsen C. eliminated D. increased3II. Translate the following phrases into Chinese (10%)16. trade reprisal 贸易报复17. trade balance 贸易差额18. OPEC 石油输出国组织19. on a conservative estimate 据保守估计20. hard sell 强行推销21. barter 易货贸易22. infrastructure 基础设施23. import quota 进口限额24. countervailing duty 反补贴税25. carbon tax 双重税III. Translate the following phrases into English (10%)26. 补偿贸易 compensation trade27. 经营机制 operation mechanisms28. 利率 interest rate29. 市场份额 market share30. 倾销 dumping31. 经济封锁 economic blockade32. 知识产权 intellectual property right33. 贴现率 discount rate34. 利润汇款 profit-remittance35. 最惠国待遇 most-favored nation treatmentIV. Read the following passages and answer the following questions in English: (24%)4Passage 1The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, is a multilateral treaty between governments, which is concerned with international trade. It came into operation on January 1, 1948. in the 1930s, when the world was suffering from an intense economic depressions, many governments attempted to seek shelter behind various kinds of protective barriers: high tariff protection, quota restriction on imports, exchange controls, and so on. It became evident during the Second World War that these restrictions might become permanently fastened upon the world unless resolute attempts were made to dismantle and outlaw them. The GATT is today the major result of efforts, which were made in this direction.36. Could you explain the term GATT in your own worlds? It is a multilateral treaty between governments, which is concerned with international trade. It came into operation on January 1, 1948.37. Why did people decide to set up the GATT? It was held with view to warding off an overall trade war triggered off by trade protectionism in the 1930s, which led to a global great slump.38. What was necessary to do during the WWII for the world economy according to this passage?It was necessary to demolish the trade protectionism; otherwise, it might restrict the world economy permanently.Passage 2Even though Enron shareholders have been ess。