1、Economy及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：1，分数：5.00)BPart A/BI For questions 1 - 5, you will hear a passage. Listen and answer the questions with the information youve heard. Write not more than 3 words in each blank. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read th
2、e questions below./I（分数：5.00）(1).America enjoyed an _ in the 1920s.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).The new electrical appliances coming on the market included radios, refrigerators, _ and the like.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).The _ and the farmers did not prosper in the 1920s.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).A great crash of _ occur
3、red in 1929.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Franklin D. Roosevelts program was called _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_二、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).What is the marketing concept discussed in the passage?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).What was the main concern of industrialists before the marketing concept was widely accepted?（
4、分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).On the other hand, what does marketing focus on?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).What are the two sides to every business transaction?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Through which is the surest route to profit?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_三、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)IQuestions 11 -13 are based on the following passage.
5、 You now have 15 seconds to read questions 11 -13./I（分数：3.00）(1).In the market-oriented economic system, _.（分数：1.00）A.consumers spend their money at willB.consumers spend their money in accordance with producers desireC.consumers actions in the marketplace have nothing to do with the businessmenD.co
6、nsumers actions affect production greatly(2).How does price system in the American economic system work?（分数：1.00）A.It only regulates the relative demands of consumers.B.It only influences the supplies of seller-producers.C.It regulates the relative demands of consumers and suppliers offered by selle
7、r-producers.D.Price doesnt rise or fall.(3).What is the passage mainly about?（分数：1.00）A.American consumers.B.American seller-producers.C.American economic system.D.American price system.IQuestions 14 -16 are based on the following passage. You now have 15 seconds to read questions 14 -16./I（分数：3.00）
8、(1).Almost all companies involved in new production and development must _.（分数：1.00）A.rely on their own financial resourcesB.persuade the banks to provide long-term financeC.borrow large sums of money from friends and people they knowD.depend on the population as a whole for finance(2).The money whi
9、ch enables these companies to go ahead with their projects is _.（分数：1.00）A.repaid to its original owners as soon as possibleB.raised by the selling of shares in the companiesC.exchanged for part ownership in The Stock ExchangeD.invested in different companies on The Stock Exchange(3).When the savers
10、 want their money back, they _.（分数：1.00）A.ask another company to obtain their money for themB.look for other people to borrow money fromC.put their shares in the company back on the marketD.transfer their money to more successful companyIQuestions 17 -20 are based on the following passage. You now h
11、ave 20 seconds to read questions 17 -20./I（分数：4.00）(1).From the passage we can see, the author is quite _ with the prospect of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.（分数：1.00）A.optimisticB.pessimisticC.excitedD.puzzled(2).The author gives a detailed description of the preparation of a feast, in
12、 order to _.（分数：1.00）A.show the hospitality of the hostB.suggest the promising prospect of the forumC.set a contrast between the friendly atmosphere and the dim prospect of the forumD.celebrate New Zealands survival of the financial turmoil(3).Which information is INCORRECT about APEC?（分数：1.00）A.It
13、was founded when Asian economy is in blossom.B.It makes decisions according to the wish of most member countries.C.It aims at free trade and investment.D.New Zealand is one of its member countries.四、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)People in the United States in the nineteenth century were U(21) /U by
14、the U(22) /U that unprecedented change in the nations economy would bring social U(23) /U . In the years following 1820, after several decades of relative stability, the economy U(24) /U a period of U(25) /U and extremely rapid growth that continued to the end of the nineteenth century. U(26) /U tha
15、t growth was a structural change that U(27) /U by increasing economic diversification and a gradual shift in the nations labor force from agriculture to manufacturing and other nonagricultural pursuits.Although the birth rate continued to decline from its high level of the eighteenth and early ninet
16、eenth centuries, the population roughly doubled every generation during the rest of the nineteenth century. As the population grew, its U(28) /U also changed. Massive waves of immigration brought new ethnic groups into the country. Geographic and social mobility-downward as well as upward- U(29) /U
17、almost everyone. Local studies U(30) /U that nearly three-quarters of the population in the North and South, the emerging cities of the Northeast, and in the restless rural counties of the West changed their residence each decade. As a U(31) /U , historian David Donald has written, “Social atomizati
18、on affected every segment of society“, and it seemed to many people that “all the recognized values of orderly civilization were gradually being eroded.“Rapid industrialization and increased geographic mobility in the nineteenth century had special U(32) /U for women because these changes tended to
19、U(33) /U social distinctions. As the roles men and women played in society became more rigidly defined, so did the roles they played in the home. In the U(34) /U of extreme competitiveness and dizzying social change, the U(35) /U lost many of its earlier functions and the home came to serve as a U(3
20、6) /U of tranquillity and order. As the size of families decreased, the roles of husband and wife became more clearly U(37) /U than ever before. In the middle class especially, men participated in the productive economy while women U(38) /U the home and served as the custodians of civility and cultu
21、re. The intimacy of marriage that was U(39) /U in earlier periods was rent, and a gulf that at times seemed unbridgeable was U(40) /U between husbands and wives.（分数：20.00）A.hauntedB.frequentedC.obsessedD.tormentedA.prospectionB.prospectC.foresightD.previsionA.confusionB.chaosC.disorderD.muddleA.boar
22、dedB.joinedC.enteredD.penetratedA.abidedB.enduredC.maintainedD.sustainedA.GuidingB.AccompanyingC.WithD.InA.characteristic.B.headlinedC.featuredD.markedA.makeupB.constitutionC.structureD.organizationA.affectedB.contactedC.impressedD.touchedA.demonstrateB.indicateC.denoteD.showA.resultB.effectC.conseq
23、uenceD.outcomeA.hintsB.suggestionsC.implicationsD.indicationsA.enlargeB.expandC.magnifyD.increaseA.situationB.conditionC.circumstancesD.contextA.householdB.broodC.familyD.homeA.anchorageB.asylumC.harborD.havenA.differentB.differentiatedC.specialD.variousA.ruledB.commandedC.controlledD.directedA.usua
24、lB.generalC.commonD.ordinaryA.causedB.formedC.producedD.created五、BSection Readi(总题数：4，分数：20.00)BPassage 1/BIn a breath-taking turn of events, Asias economies have gone from miracle to meltdown in a matter of weeks. Many forecasters who recently predicted GDP growth of 6% in South Korea and southeast
25、 Asia for 1998 are suddenly projecting zero or even negative growth. In tine often short-sighted world of international finance, a new conventional wisdom is quickly forming: that inept policy-making is dragging down Asian economies, and that only the tough austerity medicine of the International Mo
26、netary Fund, plus a good stiff recession, will bring the regions economies back to track.In recent years, foreign and domestic investors in East Asia got a touch of what U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has famously termed irrational exuberance. Spurred by years of high economic growth i
27、n Asia, these investors poured billions of dollars of loans into the region, financing many worthwhile investments but also an unsustainable real estate boom.This over-investment need not have caused a crisis. A healthy reaction would involve a gradual cutback in foreign lending, a gradual weakening
28、 of Asias overvalued currencies and gradual shift of investments from over-inflated property sectors back to longterm export-oriented projects. Most short-term booms are brought down to earth without extreme crisis, and such an adjustment was the most likely scenario until the summer in 1997.In the
29、event, Asia experienced a financial meltdown. A gradual withdrawal of funds from Thailand suddenly became a stampede. Thailands government dallied in responding to the overheating long after it had become apparent, and as a result squandered Thailands foreign exchange reserves in a misguided attempt
30、 to defend the overvalued bat. The stampede came when foreign creditors realized that Thailand had more short-term foreign debts than the remaining short-term foreign reserves. A “rational“ panic began. Each investor started to dump assets simply to get out of Thailand ahead of other investors. The
31、chain reaction of nervous withdrawals led to a meltdown that now includes most of East Asia.Confidence has been so drained that Asias positive “fundamentals“-historically high rates of growth, savings and exports-are being overlooked. Economies rely on confidence, and what they most need to fear is,
32、 indeed, fear itself.（分数：5.00）(1).What is the most appropriate title for this passage?（分数：1.00）A.The Nervous Action of Market EconomyB.A Vicious Circle Is at WorkC.The Asian Miracle Takes Some FlitsD.The Prophesies of Financial Doom(2).The word “meltdown“ in Paragraph 1, sentence 1 is closest in ana
33、logy to _.（分数：1.00）A.the radioactive core of a nuclear powerB.a controlled nuclear reactionC.nuclear energy slips out of control and ends up a full-blown disasterD.the breakdown of the cooling system(3).According to the author, in normal cases, over-investment _.（分数：1.00）A.can be reduced by a quick
34、slash in foreign lendingB.does not necessarily lead to a critical stageC.may be solved by an abrupt depreciation of currenciesD.should be shifted to boom-town real estate speculations(4).The chain reaction of investment withdrawals from the East Asian countries can best be said as _.（分数：1.00）A.irrat
35、ional exuberanceB.long-term adjustmentC.market economy under siegeD.contagion effect(5).According to the passage, what is supposed to be the key link to the economic recovery in East Asia?（分数：1.00）A.To attract more foreign fund.B.To boost the exports.C.To stop dumping assets.D.To regain confidence.B
36、Passage 2/BWith euro hills and coins now circulating across much of Europe, the European Monetary Union is fully in place. The post-World War European leaders dream of an economically and politically unified continent is one large step closer to realization, and membership in the monetary union coul
37、d easily grow to 20 or more countries from the current 12 as the larger European Union expands to the east. A fully operational European Monetary Union does not come, however, with a guarantee of success. There is one enormous problem: This union creates a single monetary policy for a group of quite
38、 different national economies that often experience divergent business-cycle patterns.As long as business-cycle conditions differ significantly among European Monetary Union countries, there is no way for the central banks policies to avoid creating serious problems for some members. The patterns of
39、 economic ups and downs remain far more diverse in the European Monetary Union countries, and it is not clear that this will change soon. The designers of the monetary union thought that the imposition of a single monetary policy, combined with free trade among the members, would cause cyclical cond
40、itions to converge quickly, producing a unified group of economies.A 1997 agreement also limits the power of the individual nations in the European Monetary Union to use government spending or tax cuts to ease national downturns. They can be fined if they run budget deficits of more than 3 percent o
41、f their gross domestic products. No fines have been levied yet, but the threat is there.Even if the economies of the original European Monetary Union members become more similar in their cyclical behavior, it will take far longer for the convergence to include the new member nations expected to come
42、 in within the next 10 or 15 years. The chances for consensus on the Governing Council, however thin now, will become far more distant with more members representing divergent national economies. And the larger nations, like Germany, France and Italy, might well resent the power of representatives f
43、rom much smaller nations to outvote them on monetary policy.All of this does not mean that the European Monetary Union is likely to fail. But clearly the arrival of the euro as the standard currency does not guarantee the unions success.（分数：5.00）(1).According to Para. 1, which of the following is tr
44、ue?（分数：1.00）A.The euro has become an exclusively universal currency now.B.The dream of a unified European has become a reality.C.The European Monetary Union is affiliated to the European Union.D.There are 20 member nations in the European Monetary Union.(2).The dilemma facing the European Monetary U
45、nion is the contradiction between _.（分数：1.00）A.universal policy and different economiesB.monetary consensus and different opinions among member nationsC.member nations serious budget deficits with the Unions restrictionD.original member nations and new member nations(3).Which of the words below can
46、replace the word “levied“ (Line 3, Para. 3)?（分数：1.00）A.Collected.B.Fined.C.Forced.D.Asked.(4).What is the main idea of Para. 4?（分数：1.00）A.Original European Monetary Union members become more similar in their cyclical behavior.B.New member nations will challenge the originals authority.C.Germany, Fra
47、nce and Italy resent the joining of new nations into the European Monetary Union.D.There are lots of difficulties to reach consensus in monetary policy.(5).From the passage, we can infer that _.（分数：1.00）A.all European nations are eager to become members of the European Monetary UnionB.there is much
48、uncertainty for the success of the EuroC.the euro will make critical contributions to a unified EuropeanD.it is not a wise idea to have the euro as a standard currency in such a hurryBPassage 3/BIt can be argued that much consumer dissatisfaction with marketing strategies arises from an inability to aim advertising at only the likely buyers of a given product. Th
