HONG KONG—Head of Asia-Pacific economics at UBS, Jonathan Anderson says,"China is ____1____ like a rocket." China has ____2____ the financial fallout from the SARS virus ____3____ well that some economists now worry crucial sectors are ____4____ the risk ofoverheating.
The SARS epidemic, ____5____ shuttered (關(guān)閉) Beijing's retail businesses and virtuallyeliminated foreign tourist arrivals, ____6____ cooled an economy that had ____7____ an eye-opening 9.9% first-quarter growth rate. ____8____ now, economists who only weeks ago were ____9____ their growth forecasts are raising them." ____10____ you took away, you're going to have togive back," says Tim Condon, ING Barings'chief Asia economist. Halfway through theyear, most expect Beijing to ____11____ or exceed its 7% growth target.
Here are signs of China's renewed surge: First, exports are up 34% this year. A ____12____ euro (歐元), which makes Chinese products less expensive for ____13____ buyers, hashelped boost exports to ____14____ European Union by 45%. Second, exports to the USA are ____15____ 35% and on pace to ____16____ last year's $125 billion. That means China couldovertake Mexico ____17____ the USA's second-largest source of ____18____ , says Morgan Stanley'sAndy Xie. Third, investment in ____19____ assets—factories, machinery and equipment—jumped 32% the first five months of 2003. Fourth, electricity ____20____ , a barometer(晴雨表) of industrial activity, is up 15%.
1. A.rising B.falling C.floating D.flying
2. A.weathered B.passed C.overtook D.spent
3. A.too B.very C.so D.not
4. A.in B.at C.with D.by
5. A.had been B.had C.has D.which
6. A.accidentally B.temporarily C.permanently D.successively
7. A.delivered B.posed C.posted D.put
8. A.Until B.Not until C.So D.But
9. A.cutting B.falling C.declining D.eliminating
10. A.If B.After C.What D.When
11. A.break B.make C.meet D.proceed
12. A.substantial B.fragile C.stronger D.weaker
13. A.European B.American C.Asian D.Chinese
14. A.is B.the C.a D.an
15. A.down B.up C.below D.at
16. A.abandon B.cover C.top D.surface
17. A.for B.with C.to D.as
18. A.business B.markets C.exports D.imports
19. A.fixed B.stable C.established D.settled
20. A.order B.inquiry C.demand D.desire
參考答案與解析:
1、A 這里形容中國經(jīng)濟(jì)的恢復(fù)現(xiàn)狀如同火箭上天一般,因此用A最為恰當(dāng),B、C、D三項都沒有包含“一直向上的趨勢”之意。
2、A 這里指“中國________非典危機”,大家都知道中國順利度過了非典這一難關(guān),因此選A項“平安度過,經(jīng)得起 (暴風(fēng)雨或困難)”最佳,B項意為“經(jīng)過,越過(某人或某地)”,C項意為“追上,趕上,超過”,D項意為“消磨,度過,使用 (時間)”,均沒有“平安度過(困難)”的意思。
3、C 句中出現(xiàn)了that引導(dǎo)的從句,若把四個選項逐一填入,可以發(fā)現(xiàn)此處用的是so...that 句型,使這句話的意思是“中國從SARS風(fēng)暴恢復(fù)情況如此之好,以至于一些經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家現(xiàn)在擔(dān)心重點疫區(qū)存在著經(jīng)濟(jì)恢復(fù)過熱的風(fēng)險”。
4、B 結(jié)合上題解釋,at the risk of 是固定詞組,意思是“冒…的風(fēng)險”。
5、D shuttered Beijing's retail businesses 和 virtually eliminated foreign tourist arrivals用and 連接,說明它們是并列成分,之后句中又出現(xiàn)cooled an economy...,可以概括前兩者,因此試著填人各個選項可以發(fā)現(xiàn)此處應(yīng)是一個用 which 引導(dǎo)的非限制性定語從句,用來修飾 The SARS,而真正的謂語是 cooled。
6、B 我們經(jīng)歷了非典這場災(zāi)難,都知道它只是暫時性地對經(jīng)濟(jì)起了負(fù)面作用,因此這里最佳答案是B項“暫時地”,A項意為“偶然地”,C項意為“永遠(yuǎn)地”,D項意為“連續(xù)地”,均不符合現(xiàn)實狀況。
7、C 這后半句話意思是“中國經(jīng)濟(jì)曾_________了高達(dá)9.9%的第一季度經(jīng)濟(jì)增長率,著實讓人驚訝”;A項意為“(大聲地)發(fā)表,表達(dá)”,B項意為“擺好姿勢;造成,提出”,C項意為“公布,公告”,D項意為“表達(dá),說,講;散布(壞消息,謠言)”,比較之下可發(fā)現(xiàn)最恰當(dāng)?shù)氖荂。
8、D 前一句指非典使經(jīng)濟(jì)受到了負(fù)面影響,而這一句指幾星期前曾削減經(jīng)濟(jì)增長預(yù)測的經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家們現(xiàn)在正在提高他們的預(yù)測估計,很顯然有一個轉(zhuǎn)折意味,因此選D符合邏輯關(guān)系。
9、A 這后半句話的意思是“幾星期前曾在__________經(jīng)濟(jì)增長預(yù)測的經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家們?nèi)缃裾谔岣咚麄兊念A(yù)測估計”;很顯然,這里是在將經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家們幾個星期前的估計和現(xiàn)在的估計做對照,兩者的趨勢是相反的,因此選擇A項“削減”最恰當(dāng),B項和C項作“下降”解時,都是自動詞,后面不能跟賓語,D項意為“消滅,排除,淘汰”,均不恰當(dāng)。
10、C you're going to have to give back 缺少一個賓語,因此選D項,使what you tookaway 這個名詞性從句成為賓語,并使其前置。
11、C 看到 expect 和 target 兩個詞就可猜出這個片段的意思是“達(dá)到17%的增長目標(biāo)”,而 meet 有“達(dá)到,滿足”之意,因此選用 meet(its 7%growth target),其余幾項均無此用法。
12、C 因為此句有一個比較級less expensive,修飾“歐元”也應(yīng)為比較級,因此可排除A、B兩項,而這句話的意思是“__________歐元使歐洲顧客得到更便宜的中國產(chǎn)品,并使到歐盟的出口額增加了45%”,運用金融常識,歐元只有保持與人民幣的匯率穩(wěn)定或處于上升趨勢,才能用較少的錢買到中國產(chǎn)品,反之,如果歐元下跌,則中國產(chǎn)品對歐洲顧客來說會變得貴些,因此選C項“更堅挺的”為最佳答案。
13、A 這里講到了歐元,因此此處應(yīng)該對應(yīng)地選擇“歐洲的(顧客)”才符合實際情況,而不是美洲或亞洲顧客。
14、B European Union (歐盟)之前必須加定冠詞the。
15、B 本文表明中國經(jīng)濟(jì)遭遇非典之后正在迅速恢復(fù),因此可推測中國到美國的出口額應(yīng)是上升,所以選B最符合上下文邏輯。
16、C 這句話的意思是“第二,中國到美國出口額增長了35%,有望_______去年的1250億美元”;abandon 意為“放棄,拋棄”,cover 意為“覆蓋,包括”,top 作動詞時意為“高于,超過”,surface意為“浮出水面,(給公路等)鋪面”,分別將四項填入,很容易就能發(fā)現(xiàn)C用在此處最佳。
17、D 從上下文可推測出這句話的意思是“這意味著中國能超過墨西哥而成為美國第二大進(jìn)口國”,因而選介詞as“成為,作為”為正確答案,其余三個介詞用在句中均不能使句子符合邏輯。
18、D 根據(jù)上題解釋,此處指美國從中國進(jìn)口商品,因此選D符合文意。
19、A “固定資產(chǎn)”即fixed assets (常用復(fù)數(shù)),這里指廠房,機器設(shè)備等。
20、C 此處指“對電力的________”;A項意為“訂購,訂貨單”,B項意為“詢問,打聽”,C項意為“需要,需求”,D項意為“愿望,欲望”,將四個選項逐一填入,可以發(fā)現(xiàn)C最恰當(dāng)。