2010 届钻石卡学员英语预备阶段补充习题1阅读理解习题阅读理解习题经济类Unit 1Some of the concerns surrounding Turkeys application to join the European Union, to be voted on by the EUs Council of Ministers on December 17th, are economic-in particular, the countrys relative poverty. Its GDP per head is less than a third of the average for the 15 pre-2004 members of the EU. But it is not far off that of one of the ten new members which joined on May 1st 2004 (Latvia), and it is much the same as those of two countries, Bulgaria and Romania, which this week concluded accession talks with the EU that could make them full members on January 1st 2007.Furthermore, the countrys recent economic progress has been, according to Donald Johnston, the secretary-general of the OECD, “stunning“. GDP in the second quarter of the year was 13.4% higher than a year earlier, a rate of growth that no EU country comes close to matching. Turkeys inflation rate has just fallen into single figures for the first time since 1972, and this week the country reached agreement with the IMF on a new three-year, $10 billion economic programme that will, according to the IMFs managing director, Rodrigo Rato, “help Turkey. reduce inflation toward European levels, and enhance the economys resilience“.Resilience has not historically been the countrys economic strong point. As recently as 2001, GDP fell by over 7%. It fell by more than 5% in 1994, and by just under 5% in 1999. Indeed, throughout the 1990s growth oscillated like an electrocardiogram recording a violent heart attack. This irregularity has been one of the main reasons (along with red tape and corruption) why the country has failed dismally to attract much-needed foreign direct investment. Its stock of such investment (as a percentage of GDP) is lower now than it was in the 1980s, and annual inflows have scarcely ever reached $1 billion (whereas Ireland attracted over $25 billion in 2003, as did Brazil in every year from 1998 to 2000).One deterrent to foreign investors is due to disappear on January 1st 2005. On that day, Turkey will take away the right of virtually every one of its citizens to call themselves a millionaire. Six noughts will be removed from the face value of the lira; one unit of the local currency will henceforth be worth what 1m are now-ie, about 0.53 ($0.70). Goods will have to be priced in both the new and old lira for the whole of the year, but foreign bankers and investors can begin to look forward to a time in Turkey when they will no longer have to juggle mentally with indeterminate strings of zeros.1. What is Turkeys economic situation now? CA Its GDP per head is far lagging behind that of the EU members.B Its inflation rate is still rising.2010 届钻石卡学员英语预备阶段补充习题2C Its economy grows faster than any EU member.D Its economic resilience is very strong.2. We can infer from the second paragraph that_B_.A Turkey will soon catch the average GDP level of the 15 pre-2004 EU membersB inflation rate in Turkey used to be very highC Turkeys economy will keep growing at present rateD IMFs economic program will help Turkey join the EU3. The word “oscillated” (Line 3, Paragraph 3) most probably means_D_. A fellB climbedC developedD swang4. Speaking of Turkeys foreign direct investment, the author implies that_C_.A its stock is far less than that of other countriesB it does not have much influence on Turkeys economic progressC steady GDP growth will help Turkey attract more foreign direct investmentD Turkeys economic resilience relies on foreign direct investment5. We can draw a conclusion from the text that_A_.A foreign investment environment in Turkey will become betterB Turkeys citizens will suffer heavy loss due to the change of the face value of the liraC the local currency will depreciate with the removal of six noughts from the face valueD prices of goods will go upUnit 2 Charlie Bell became chief executive of McDonalds in April. Within a month doctors told him that he had colorectal cancer. After stockmarket hours on November 22nd, the fast-food firm said he had resigned; it would need a third boss in under a year. Yet when the market opened, its share price barely dipped then edged higher. After all, McDonalds had, again, shown how to act swiftly and decisively in appointing a new boss.Mr Bell himself got the top job when Jim Cantalupo died of a heart attack hours before he was due to address a convention of McDonalds franchisees. Mr Cantalupo was a McDonalds veteran brought out of retirement in January 2003 to help remodel the firm after sales began falling because of dirty restaurants, indifferent service and growing concern about junk food. He devised a recovery plan, backed by massive marketing, and promoted Mr Bell to chief operating officer. When Mr Cantalupo died, a rapidly convened board confirmed Mr Bell, a 44-year-old Australian already widely se