2012年7月外刊经贸知识选读自考试题

全国2012年7月外刊经贸知识选读自考试题

一、Choose one answer that best explains the underlined part of the following sentences.（本大题共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）
1. The company resumes its service in this region. (      )
A. continues  B. consumes
C. assumes D. presumes
2. The latest figures should neutralize the fears of inflation. (      )
A. middle  B. stop
C. increase D. unclear
3. His door was opened on the first summon; and he appeared in person, unarmed, and in a peculiarly defenseless condition.(      )
A. concern  B. service
C. summary D. call
4. It is the legitimacy of American power and American global leadership that has come to be doubted by a majority of Europeans. (      )
A. fair  B. justification
C. right D. possibility
5. The proposed compromise would increase tobacco taxes to help pay for expansion of the child health program. (      )
A. policy  B. regulations
C. concession  D. plan
6. Asia’s affectionate love with real estate has been prompted by easy money and accommodative local government policies. (      )
A. helpful  B. preparatory
C. extensive  D. compositional
7. The deposits in credit institutions have reached enormous figures, and this plethora has caused disastrous results.(      )
A. decrease B. reduction
C. excess D. exaggeration
8. To the administration, Tokyo appears more “results-oriented”, prompting hopes that bargains can be reached with Japan to ease frictions on a range of issues. (      )
A. low prices B. great deals
C. arrangements D. conclusions
9. The effect is amplified, MITI argues, because 35% of American exports to Japan are industrial commodities, which are highly sensitive to the business cycle. (      )
A. intended   B. simplified 
C. exaggerated  D. diversified
10. Sometimes the problem isn’t that we lack sufficient information. We have a precise picture of ourselves or a situation, but we capitulate the first time someone challenges us.(      )
A. accustom  B. succumb
C. capture  D. control
11. There are occasions in some big cities, when ingenuous questions out of the mouths of children can sometimes puzzle the experts. (      )
A. innocent B. tough
C. generous D. gentle
12. The current U.S. administration is adamant about restricting travel and exports to Cuba.(      )
A. permanent B. unyielding
C. frantic D. adverse
13. Great ideas can languish in our mind if we don’t spend time reflecting and digesting the messages we got during the past projects. (      )
A. be neglected  B. be disappeared
C. be prospered  D. be flourished
14. The emergence of Feminine Economy promotes the development of feminine tourist market. (      )
A. emergency B. contribution
C. appearance D. merger
15. One official who is well aware of the confusion afflicting both local authorities and foreign investors is Jing Shuping, president of China International Economic Consultants Inc.(      )
A. bothering  B. affecting
C. worsening D. deadening

二、Put the following phases into Chinese（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
16．Dollar-denominated 17．client state
18．packing list  19．generalized system of preferences
20．debt service 21．tax-cut-induced boom
22．barrier-free market 23.fiscal packages
24．holiday fliers  25．fledgling industries

三、Put the following phases into English（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
26．保税仓库 27. 进口配额
28. 商务顾问 29. 国际品牌
30. 报复性制裁 31．国内需求
32．硬通货 33. 政府采购
34. 特许经营权 35. 反倾销

四、Read the following passages and answer the questions in English（本大题共6小题，每小题3分，共18分）
Passage 1
Oil prices were flat Wednesday, ahead of a weekly report expected to show a rise in crude supplies over the past week.
At 9∶45 a.m., U.S. light crude for March delivery rose 3 cents to $41.61 a barrel. It touched a session high of $42.45 a barrel and a session low of $41.02. Concerns about oversupply helped push oil lower Tuesday. Oil tumbled $4.15 to $41.58 a barrel. The oil market was likely bouncing off a stock market rebound and a weaker U.S. dollar Wednesday. U.S. crude oil price has rebounded from below $33 a barrel over the past week as an economic stimulus package makes it way through Congress. The Energy Information Administration releases its weekly inventory data at 10∶30 a.m. Analysts surveyed by Platts expect an increase of 3.4 million barrels in U.S. crude stockpiles for the week ended Jan. 23.
Oil’s supply-demand picture remains weak, with a large stock build in the United States and extremely weak demand in China, the world’s second-largest energy consumer. Oil supplies in the U.S. have gone up significantly in the past several weeks. Last week, the Energy Department reported supplies of crude increased by 6.1 million barrels in the week ended Jan. 16, when analysts had been expecting an increase of only 1.9 million barrels. Crude prices have dropped more than $100 from a record peak above $147 a barrel in July last year, sunk by plummeting demand amid the recession.
Demand is dependent on the ongoing economic uncertainty and whether the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which produces about 40% of the world’s oil, will meet its pledge to cut output by 2.2 million barrels a day this month.
36. Why is the oil’s supply-demand picture still weak?
37. What helped to prevent the price of oil increase on Tuesday?
38. What has been the highest oil price in the United States last year?
Passage 2
American hopes that pressure from the U. S. will force Japan to suddenly dismantle its trade barriers are almost certain to evaporate in disappointment.
The fact is that Washington faces an obstacle far more formidable than a few power brokers in Tokyo’s government offices. It must buck centuries-old, deeply ingrained Japanese customs. To move the Japanese government, Washington must move an entire nation.
So far, the U.S. has had only limited success despite congressional threats to retaliate. In an April 9 nationwide broadcast, Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone urged the Japanese to buy more imported goods and unveiled a long-awaited three-year plan to ease import restrictions. But this program was far short of what Washington hoped to see. White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan said the Japanese offered “few new or immediate measures.” While the plan did promise fewer curbs on imports of telecommunications gear, medicine and medical equipment, it offered no relief for American forest products—which are among the most contentious trade issues.
Nakasone gives every sign of being secure in his desire to reduce a Japanese surplus in trade with the U.S. that hit 36.8 billion dollars in 1984 and could soon top 50 billion. Yet to rely on any one Japanese political leader, no matter how popular he is at home, to reverse trade policies is to underestimate the culture and traditions that weigh heavily against a breakthrough.
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