Ⅳ.Read the following passages and answer the following questions in English:(24%)
Passage 1
If European aren't bursting to give the single market a coming-out party, it may simply be that markets aren't the kinds of things people gush about, as EC commission president Jacaues Delors has often noted. The fact that free movement of people— and aspect of the market that will be most evident to the average person—is not yet a reality also plays a role.
Another explanation is that many of the market's original 282 directives have already been implemented.
“By Jan. 1 we ill have passed 95 per cent of what we sought in 1986 to create the single market, and much of the will already have been translated into national law,” says Perissich. “Adjustment to the market has been going on for years and won't be expected overnight.”
36.What does “EC” stand for and what is the meaning of “gush about”?
37.Paraphrase the underlined sentence.
38.In addition to people, what else can be moved freely within the Single Market?
Passage 2
An insistence that Europe and Japan create a “l(fā)evel playing field” for trade by agreeing to give U.S. exporters the same access to their markets as foreign companies receive in the United States. This push to expand U. S. manufacturing exports is considered essential politically to fulfill President Bill Clinton's campaign promise of more “high-wage, high skill” jobs for Americans.
A willingness to impose sanctions on major trading partners to reduce trade barriers abroad, with less patience for drawn-out negotiations. Administration officials see little risk that this more aggressive policy could escalate into a full-fledged trade war that would shock the world's fragile economies. Thus, the administration will not be deterred by complaints that it has moved to “protectionism”.
39.What is the meaning of a “l(fā)evel playing field” for trade?
40.In what way could this push help “fulfill President Bill Clinton's campaign promise”?
41.Why would the administration not be deferred from exercising the more aggressive policy?
Passage 1
If European aren't bursting to give the single market a coming-out party, it may simply be that markets aren't the kinds of things people gush about, as EC commission president Jacaues Delors has often noted. The fact that free movement of people— and aspect of the market that will be most evident to the average person—is not yet a reality also plays a role.
Another explanation is that many of the market's original 282 directives have already been implemented.
“By Jan. 1 we ill have passed 95 per cent of what we sought in 1986 to create the single market, and much of the will already have been translated into national law,” says Perissich. “Adjustment to the market has been going on for years and won't be expected overnight.”
36.What does “EC” stand for and what is the meaning of “gush about”?
37.Paraphrase the underlined sentence.
38.In addition to people, what else can be moved freely within the Single Market?
Passage 2
An insistence that Europe and Japan create a “l(fā)evel playing field” for trade by agreeing to give U.S. exporters the same access to their markets as foreign companies receive in the United States. This push to expand U. S. manufacturing exports is considered essential politically to fulfill President Bill Clinton's campaign promise of more “high-wage, high skill” jobs for Americans.
A willingness to impose sanctions on major trading partners to reduce trade barriers abroad, with less patience for drawn-out negotiations. Administration officials see little risk that this more aggressive policy could escalate into a full-fledged trade war that would shock the world's fragile economies. Thus, the administration will not be deterred by complaints that it has moved to “protectionism”.
39.What is the meaning of a “l(fā)evel playing field” for trade?
40.In what way could this push help “fulfill President Bill Clinton's campaign promise”?
41.Why would the administration not be deferred from exercising the more aggressive policy?