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The main reason why someAsian countries are suffering from economic depression is that they ______.A．doubt that global financial markets will control national economies
B．fail to follow a global economic model adequately
C．have set their own free economic policies
D．have their power interfere with the markets
【单选题】： A     B     C     D  

第5题：When theAmerican economy was running full tilt two years ago, few places were as breathlessly delighted as Seattle. Its port was thronged with ships bringing goods fromAsi A、TheBoeingCompany could barely keep up with demand for its airliners. Microsoft was hiring hordes of software engineers.After each rain shower, another Internet millionaire sprang up. Here was a city that had it all--OldEconomy, NewEconomy, Not-Yet-InventedEconomy. Now it has all gone sour. The past 12 months have been a non-stop succession of disappointments.Boeing’s headquarters decamped toChicago. The Internet economy popped alike a balloon in a nail factory, taking with it once promising local ventures such as Homegrocer.com and leaving can’t-possibly-miss companies such as drugstore.com barely hanging on.And an already troubledBoeing was hit even harder after September 11th both by a steep drop in airliner orders and by losing a $ 200 billion Joint Strike Fighter contract to Lockheed Martin. Washington State, battered by what is happening in Seattle, now has the highest unemployment rate in the United States--6.6% compared with 5.4% in the country as a whole. Right behind it is next-door Oregon, another former boom state, with 6.5% of its workforce out of a job, the country’s second worst figure. In Oregon, manufacturing’s collapse has caused the loss of nearly 30,000 jobs in a year, those hit range from Freightliner, a maker of heavy lorries, to high-tech companies such as Intel and Fujitsu. What makes the current plunge so painful is that every part of the economy seems to have stepped into an open manhole at the same time. Three years ago, whenBoeing began to remove more than 20,000 people thatBoeing expects to lay off by the middle of 2002 have to compete with unemployed workers not just from the high-tech industry but from construction work and even the retail sector. Portland now has more jobless than the other parts of Oregon: the opposite of how things were years ago. Even worse, the Pacific north west’s downturn, as well as being deeper than the rest of the country, may also last longer. One reason for fearing this isBoeing’s continuing woes. NowadaysBoeing accounts for less than 5% of employment in the Seattle area, down from 9% two decades ago.But it remains the foundation on which the rest is built. Its network of suppliers and subcontractors gives it a far stronger multiplier effect than, say, Microsoft, which is more an island of prosperity than a center of weB、The chances are thatBoeing will not really bounce back until the assumed revival in air travel persuades airline companies to start buying plenty of aircraft again.And that may not be until 2003. What is special about this economic downturn in Seattle A、All sectors have entered recession at the same time. B、The lay-off workers have found jobs elsewhere. C、The OldEconomy is hit harder than other economies. D、The low employment rate will last longer than in Oregon.

【单选题】： A     B     C     D

第6题：TheAfricans’ interest is to guard preferential export rules enshrined in the temporaryAfrican Growth and OpportunityAct, passed byCongress in 2,000. Tariff-free exports of some 6,000 goods fromAfrica to the United States are boosting trade and investment in southernAfric A、Lesotho’s fast-growing textile industry depends almost entirely onChinese investment in factories to make clothes for sale in the United States. The region also wants more access toAmerica’s markets for fruit, beef and other agricultural goods. American interest lies mainly in SouthAfrica, by far the largest economy in the region. Services account for 60% of its GDP, and it increasingly dominates the rest ofAfrica in banking, information technology, telecom, retail’ and other areas. Just asBritish banks, such asBarclays, have moved theirAfrican headquarters to SouthAfrica over the past year,American investors see the country as a platform to the rest of the continent. Agreeing investment rules and resolving differences on intellectual property rights are the most urgent issues.American drug firms want to be part of the fast expansion in SouthAfrica of production of anti-retroviral drugs, used againstAIDS.By 2007 SouthAfrica alone expects 1.2m patients to take the drugs daily. The country might be the world’s biggest exporter of anti-AIDS drugs within a few years. Striking a bilateral deal now should makeAmerican investments easier. But Mr. Zoellick’s greater concern is for multilateral trade talks that stalled inCancun, Mexico, in September.AlecErwin, his SouthAfrican counterpart, helped to organize the G20 group of poor and middle-income countries that opposed jointAmerican-EU proposals there; he is widely tipped to take over as head of the World Trade Organization late next year, and would be a useful ally. So Mr. Zoellick is trying to charm hisAfrican partner by agreeing to drop support for most of a group of issues (known as "Singapore" issues) that jammed up the talks atCancun, and were opposed by poor countries; he says he also favors abolishing export subsidies inAmerica--though only if Japan and theEU agree to do the same. That would pleaseAfrican exporters who say such subsidies destroy markets for their goods. Mr. Zoellick’s efforts to make more friends may be paying off.Even thoughAmerica has treatedAfrica very shabbily on trade in the past, Mr.Erwin hints it is easier doing business withAmerica than withEurope or Japan. A、small sign, but perhaps a telling one. British banks move their headquarters to SouthAfrica because ______. A、SouthAfrica is a safer country compared with others inAfrica B、SouthAfrica is gradually becoming a financial center inAfrica C、SouthAfrica offers preferential banking terms to foreign banks D、SouthAfrica is a platform inAfrica for theAmerican investors

【单选题】： A     B     C     D

Olympic Games are held every four years at a different site, in which athletes {{U}} (21) {{/U}} different nations compete against each other in a {{U}} (22) {{/U}} of sports. There are two types of Olympics, the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics.
In order to {{U}} (23) {{/U}} the Olympics, a city must submit a proposal to the International OlympicCommittee (IOC、.After all proposals have been {{U}} (24) {{/U}}, the IOC、votes. If no city is successful in gaining a majority in the first vote, the city with the fewest votes is eliminated, and voting continues, with {{U}} (25) {{/U}} rounds, until a majority winner is determineD、Typically the Games are awarded several years in advance, {{U}} (26) {{/U}} the winning city time to prepare for the Games. In selecting the {{U}} (27) {{/U}} of the Olympic Games, the IOC、considers a number of factors, chief among them which city has, or promises to build, the best facilities, and which organizing committee seems most likely to {{U}} (28) {{/U}} the Games effectively.
The IOC、also {{U}} (29) {{/U}} which parts of the world have not yet hosted the Games. {{U}} (30) {{/U}}, Tokyo, Japan, the host of the 1964 Summer Games, and MexicoCity, Mexico, the host of the 1968 Summer Games, were chosen {{U}} (31) {{/U}} to popularize the Olympic movement inAsia and in LatinAmericA、
{{U}} (32) {{/U}} the growing importance of television worldwide, the IOC、in recent years has also taken into {{U}} (33) {{/U}} the host city’s time zone. {{U}} (34) {{/U}} the Games take place in the United States orCanada, for example,American television networks are willing to pay {{U}} (35) {{/U}} higher amounts for television rights because they can broadcast popular events (36) , in prime viewing hours.
{{U}} (37) {{/U}} the Games have been awarded, it is the responsibility of the local organizing committee to finance them. This is often done with a portion of the Olympic television {{U}} (38) {{/U}} and with corporate sponsorships, ticket sales, and other smaller revenue sources. In many {{U}} (39) {{/U}} there is also direct government support.
Although many cities have achieved a financial profit by hosting the Games, the Olympics can be financially {{U}} (40) {{/U}}. When the revenues from the Games were less than expected, the city was left with large debts.

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