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rEAD thE Following Four pAssAgEs.AnswEr thE quEstions BElow EACh pAssAgE By ChoosingA,B,C、orD、mArk your AnswErs onAnswEr shEEt 1.
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AnyonE who DouBts thAt gloBAl FinAnCiAl mArkEts Control nAtionAl EConomiEs nEED only look At thE Crisis FACing thE "tigErs" oF thE FArEAst. lAst yEAr, thE vAluE oF thEir CurrEnCiEs DroppED rApiDly, AFtEr invEstors DECiDED thAt thEir EConomiC poliCiEs wErE not strong Enough; now thE rEgion is suFFEring slowEr growth, lowEr living stAnDArDs AnD rising unEmploymEnt. thE situAtion inAsiA shows how powEr hAs shiFtED From inDiviDuAl govErnmEnts to thE mArkEts. in thEory, govErnmEnts ArE FrEE to sEt thEir own EConomiC poliCiEs; in prACtiCE, thEy must ConForm to A gloBAl EConomiC moDEl or risk BEing pEnAlizED By thE mArkEts. ADjusting to this nEw "EConomiC orDEr" is proving DiFFiCult, in thE DEvElopED worlD, AnD in pArtiCulAr thEEuropEAn union, gloBAlizAtion is FACing wiDEsprEAD puBliC rEsistAnCE.CritiCs ComplAin thAt, without thE protECtion oF trADE BArriErs, joBs ArE BEing lost to workErs in poorEr CountriEs, AnD wAgEs For EmployEEs in riCh CountriEs ArE FAlling. opponEnts in thEEuropEAn union point to thE EFFECts thAt gloBAlizAtion hAs hAD in thE u.s. AnDBritAin. in thosE CountriEs, wAgEs ArE stAgnAnt--ExCEpt For A FEw privilEgED--AnD tAxEs AnD wElFArE BEnEFits hAvE BEEn rEDuCED to hElp CompAniEs CompEtE with inDustriEs in thE DEvEloping worlD、 thosE in FAvor oF gloBAlizAtion ACCusE thEir CritiCs oF BEing shortsightED protECtionists. thEy ClAim thAt A morE intEgrAtED gloBAl EConomy will ultimAtEly BEnEFit EvEryonE BECAusE it will EnABlE CountriEs to spECiAlizE in thosE ArEAs whErE thEy pErForm BEst.DEvEloping CountriEs, with thEir highEr populAtions AnD lowEr wAgEs, will ConCEntrAtE on lABor-intEnsivE inDustriEs. thE riChEr CountriEs, on thE othEr hAnD, will DivErsiFy into high-tECh inDustriEs, whErE high proDuCtivity AnD spECiAlist knowlEDgE ArE pArAmount. thE EFFECt oF this will BE to improvE proDuCtivity in All CountriEs, lEADing to highEr living stAnDArDs. thE FrEE movEmEnt oF CApitAl will Also hElp poorEr CountriEs DEvElop so thAt thEy CAn plAy A Full AnD ACtivE rolE in thE worlD EConomy. But how ClosE ArE wE to A truly gloBAl EConomy For thosE in FAvor oF gloBAlizAtion, proBABly too ClosE.But in tErms oF rEAl EConomiC intEgrAtion, thErE ArE still mAny proBlEms to BE solvED、A、gloBAl EConomy woulD mEAn ComplEtE FrEEDom oF movEmEnt oF gooDs AnD sErviCEs, CApitAl, AnD lABor. yEt, EvEn ignoring thE tAriFFs AnD othEr rEstriCtions still in plACE, Cross-BorDEr trADE rEmAins tiny As CompArED with thE volumE oF gooDs AnD sErviCEs trADED within CountriEs; ForEign invEstmEnt is Also ExtrEmEly smAll, Amounting to littlE morE thAn FivE pErCEnt oF thE DEvElopED worlD’s DomEstiC invEstmEnts. But whAt is rEAlly holDing gloBAlizAtion BACk is thE lACk oF lABor moBility. lABor mArkEts rEmAin ovErwhElmingly nAtionAl, EvEn in ArEAs likE thEEuropEAn union, whErE CitizEns CAn livE AnD work in AnyEu Country. thE mAin rEAsons For this ArE lAnguAgE AnD CulturAl BArriErs; thE lACk oF intErnAtionAlly rECognizED quAliFiCAtions; AnD, in somE CAsEs, striCt immigrAtion Controls.

thE mAin opposition to gloBAlizAtion is thAt ______.A．tAxEs AnD wElFArE in thE DEvElopED CountriEs ArE rEDuCED without protECtion oF trADE BArriErs
B．thErE ArE too grEAt EConomiC DiFFErEnCEs BEtwEEn riCh AnD poor CountriEs
C．gloBAlizAtion is BEnEFiCiAl to thE DEvEloping CountriEs only
D．high proDuCtivity AnD spECiAlist knowlEDgE ArE not suitABlE to lABor-intEnsivE inDustriEs