外刊经贸知识选读试题全国自考2008年7月外刊经贸知识选读试题湖北自考网11月27日整理课程代码：00096一、单项选择题(本大题共15小题，每小题2分，共30分)在每小题列出的四个备选项中只有一个可替代句中划线的单词或词组，请将其代码填写在题后的括号内。错选、多选或未选均无分。1.Economic problems were exacerbated by three bad harvests with the result that national income and the volume of foreign trade contracted during 19601962.(; )A. exaggerated;B. celebrated;C. worsened;D. facilitated2.The following year, a tax law for joint venture was promulgated.(; )A. announced;B. prolonged;C. transformed;D. upgraded3.Growing ties between Chinas traders and their partners in Taiwan and Hong Kong are creating an unofficial but formidable “greater China” trade bloc.(; )A. formal;B. powerful;C. fundamental;D. rational 4.The index of nonoil primary commodity prices in nominal dollar terms declines for the third consecutive year, and the index in real terms hits an all-time low.(; )A. communicative;B. intensive;C. selective;D. successive5.This push to expand U.S. manufacturing exports is considered essential politically to fulfill the Presidents promise.(; )A. promotion;B. purpose;C. pressure;D. pull6.One of the central justifications for the single market was its ability to create greater prosperity, but it is making its debut just as Europe traverses one of its roughest economic storms in years. (; )A. goes through;B. goes off;C. goes down;D. goes on7.Japans government is deeply opposed to a new policy geared to “quantifiable results” for some products. (; )A. generated to;B. suitable for;C. followed by;D. acquainted with8.The Japanese will not be able to keep a lid on their high-tech know-how forever. Sooner or later they will begin to lose their edge.(; )A. hope;B. heart;C. advantage;D. disadvantage9.The most visible result of this buoyant market in both centers is a plethora of new multi-storey commercial and residential buildings.(; )A. positive;B. active;C. passive;D. negative10.The U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is providing at least $120 million to spur investment in three Central American nations that are signatories to a free-trade agreement with the United States.(; )A. restrict;B. restrain;C. support;D. stimulate11.The Northrop Corporation of the United States located a purchaser for Swiss elevators in Egypt. (; )A. seller;B. distributor;C. broker;D. buyer12.Pepsi is concentrating on distributing Slice through bottlers who have no conflict.(; )A. contracting;B. distributing;C. focusing;D. promoting13.Chinese eggs dominate the fresh egg market with more than an 80-per cent share.(; )A. control;B. concentrate;C. constrain;D. comply14.For most people involved in the production and trading of “soft” or agricultural commodities, this is proving to be a grim decade.(; )A. communities;B. products;C. commands;D. districts15.But a recovery was made on the back of sterlings weaker trend against the dollar.(; )A. supporting;B. surrounding;C. influencing;D. following二、将下列词组译成中文（本大题共10小题，每小题1 分，共10分）16. invisible account17. SEZ18. soft commodity19. per capita income20. trade sanctions21. strategic stockpile22. managed trade23. brain trust24. carbon tax25. intellectual property三、将下列词组译成英文（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）26. 试销市场27. 外汇收入28. 中央银行29. 消费品30. 高技术31. 国内需求32. 特别提款权33. 强硬政策34. 产地证明书35. 补偿协议四、简答题(本大题共6小题，每小题3分，共18分)Passage 1Already though, Chinas commercial strength is starting to worry competitors. Last year Chinas trade surplus surged, buoyed by exports of toys, textiles and consumer electronics. Its trade surplus with the United States hit a record $18 billion. Only Japans was larger. With the U.S. Congress due to consider the renewal of Chinas most-favored nation trade status in June, officials in Beijing fear the trade imbalance could surpass human rights as a source of U.S. opposition to preferred status for China. “The trade surplus itself will be the No. 1 problem this year,” says one Chinese official. “After Japan, well be first in line for retaliation.”36. What is the meaning of the underlined word “though”? And why is it used here?37. Why would trade surplus be a problem?38. For what reason(s) or on what excuse will we be “first in line for retaliation”?Passage 2Yet in its current dour mood, Europe risks almost overlooking the revolutionary step forward it has taken in creating the worlds largest and wealthiest barrierfree market?and on a continent where, for centuries, economic battles have led to some of historys bloodiest wars. Moreover, a failure to reinforce the single market by pushing forward with European integration could lead to an unraveling of what the internal market program has achieved, some observers say.39. What do “dour” and “revolutionary” mean in the first sentence?40. What did the writer worry about for Western Europe?41. What did some observers think might cause the failure of the internal market program?五、正误判断题（本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）正确的在题后括号内写“T”，错误的写“F”。Passage 1What causes a person to choose one store or one product over another? We know that a person weighs both positive and negative