課程代碼：00096
Ⅰ.Choose one answer that best explains the underlined part of the following statements or best completes them:(30%)
1.The government decided to slash its tariff by 25 percent.
A. reduce drastically B. divide
C. increase D. raise
2.Trade accords helped the healthy development of those small countries.
A. moving B. integration
C. agreement D. standardization
3.Also noteworthy was the implementation by the Paris Club of a new menu of enhanced concessions in debt reschedulings for the severely indebted, low-income countries.
A. list B. arrangement
C. contract D. plan
4.To the administration, Tokyo appears more “result-oriented” than the Community, prompting hopes that bargains can be reached with Japan to ease frictions on a range of issues.
A. lower prices B. discounts
C. deals D. agreements
5.Last year, however, China ousted the US to become the second largest exporter to the emirate with goods worth more than $ 1,000 million, or 8 per cent of Dubai's total import bill.
A. drove out B. replaced
C. aroused D. urged
6.The strong increase in imports last year is attributed to buoyant economic activity.
A. pessimistic B. strong
C. optimistic D. brisk
7.People from a private industry background sometimes encounter frustration when dealing with command economy.
A. misunderstanding of one's purpose
B. discontentment because unable to achieve desires
C. physical injury
D. attack of bad words
8.The Chinese officials in charge flatly refused to supply bilingual labels.
A. carefully and attentively B. rudely and violently
C. politely and respectfully D. completely and firmly
9.Western companies are supposed to be the masters of innovation.
A. newly introduced ideas or methods
B. market research
C. effective production
D. sophisticated products
10.Japanese manufacturers send their top staff to hepl out and hand any proprietary know-how needed.
A. questions B. practical ability or skill
C. information D. trouble
11.Any western firm will have little choice but to step on the new treadmill too.
A. way of production B. routine
C. technical innovation D. development approach
12.Officials say that this trade policy overhaul will help the economy.
A. catch B. examination
C. thorough change D. stop
13.Technical literacy is now more widely diffused throughout Japanese business.
A. understood B. accepted
C. admired D. scattered
14.Only weeks after Matsushita launched a rival to Sony's palm-sized camcorder, Sony hit back with two new models.
A. new product for competition
B. innovation programme
C. a large sum of money for a new model
D. new ideas for camcorder
15.This will strengthen China's market-oriented economy, making it more compatible with the economies of other WTO members.
A. different from B. competitive with
C. agreable to D. liberal than
Ⅰ.Choose one answer that best explains the underlined part of the following statements or best completes them:(30%)
1.The government decided to slash its tariff by 25 percent.
A. reduce drastically B. divide
C. increase D. raise
2.Trade accords helped the healthy development of those small countries.
A. moving B. integration
C. agreement D. standardization
3.Also noteworthy was the implementation by the Paris Club of a new menu of enhanced concessions in debt reschedulings for the severely indebted, low-income countries.
A. list B. arrangement
C. contract D. plan
4.To the administration, Tokyo appears more “result-oriented” than the Community, prompting hopes that bargains can be reached with Japan to ease frictions on a range of issues.
A. lower prices B. discounts
C. deals D. agreements
5.Last year, however, China ousted the US to become the second largest exporter to the emirate with goods worth more than $ 1,000 million, or 8 per cent of Dubai's total import bill.
A. drove out B. replaced
C. aroused D. urged
6.The strong increase in imports last year is attributed to buoyant economic activity.
A. pessimistic B. strong
C. optimistic D. brisk
7.People from a private industry background sometimes encounter frustration when dealing with command economy.
A. misunderstanding of one's purpose
B. discontentment because unable to achieve desires
C. physical injury
D. attack of bad words
8.The Chinese officials in charge flatly refused to supply bilingual labels.
A. carefully and attentively B. rudely and violently
C. politely and respectfully D. completely and firmly
9.Western companies are supposed to be the masters of innovation.
A. newly introduced ideas or methods
B. market research
C. effective production
D. sophisticated products
10.Japanese manufacturers send their top staff to hepl out and hand any proprietary know-how needed.
A. questions B. practical ability or skill
C. information D. trouble
11.Any western firm will have little choice but to step on the new treadmill too.
A. way of production B. routine
C. technical innovation D. development approach
12.Officials say that this trade policy overhaul will help the economy.
A. catch B. examination
C. thorough change D. stop
13.Technical literacy is now more widely diffused throughout Japanese business.
A. understood B. accepted
C. admired D. scattered
14.Only weeks after Matsushita launched a rival to Sony's palm-sized camcorder, Sony hit back with two new models.
A. new product for competition
B. innovation programme
C. a large sum of money for a new model
D. new ideas for camcorder
15.This will strengthen China's market-oriented economy, making it more compatible with the economies of other WTO members.
A. different from B. competitive with
C. agreable to D. liberal than