1、摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇 摇绝密 绎 考试结束前2022 年 10 月高等教育自学考试外刊经贸知识选读试题课程代码:00096摇 摇 1. 请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。摇 摇 2. 答题前,考生务必将自己的考试课程名称、姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔填写在答题纸规定的位置上。选择题部分注意事项:摇 摇每小题选出答案后,用 2B 铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。 如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。 不能答在试题卷上。一、单项选择题:本大题共 15 小题,每小题 2
2、 分,共 30 分。 在每小题列出的备选项中只有一项是最符合题目要求的,请将其选出。1. Economists reckon that the euro will slide to less than parity with the dollar within a year.A. agreeB. thinkC. suggestD. reject2. Japan has set targets to cut taxes, rein in powerful trade unions and reduce public spending.A. encourageB. supplyC. control
3、D. manage3. Because RMB is not fully convertible, it cannot be attacked by foreign speculators.A. availableB. exchangeableC. payableD. believable4. With its growing economic and military clout, China is playing an important role in the world.A. cloudB. methodC. powerD. system5. Energy shortage and a
4、ntiquated infrastructure make it difficult to attract foreign investment.A. outdatedB. unqualifiedC. modernD. complex6. Even countries with strong foreign exchange positions try to use countertrade as leverage to tap thenetworks of global firms.A. averageB. partnerC. formD. tool7. Properly applied f
5、inancial incentives are a powerful tool to inspire employees to improve their per鄄formance.A. policiesB. incomeC. benefitsD. encouragement浙 00096# 外刊经贸知识选读试题 第 1 页(共 6 页)8. How the unbalanced partnership between Germany and France, and an increasingly detachedBritain will shape the EU?A. separatedB.
6、 deliveredC. friendlyD. different9. The aim of Japan蒺s high-speed rail revolution is to supplant domestic air travel.A. assistB. defeatC. replaceD. exceed10. Google created one of the most lucrative business models in the history of media.A. efficientB. profitableC. safeD. risky11. A ban on smoking
7、in public places will come into force in China next month.A. discussB. go onC. take effectD. end12. Asian countries face the common task of promoting regional economic integration and keepingthe vitality of Asian economy.A. combinationB. developmentC. comparisonD. competition13. The single market is
8、 debut just as Europe traverse one of its roughest economic storms in year.A. last performanceB. best showC. first appearanceD. previous idea14. The government must provide the necessary instruments to facilitate development of the publicand private sectors.A. increaseB. causeC. helpD. hinder15. App
9、le smartphones have a dominant share of market, having suppressed the Nokia.A. largestB. rulingC. obviousD. typical二、判断题:本大题共 10 小题,每小题 2 分,共 20 分。判断下列各题,在答题卡(纸)相应位置正确的涂“A冶,错误的涂“B冶。Passage 1Review of Markets Corn Futures摇 摇 Futures market for corn, wheat and soybeans have a tough act to follow in 19
10、97. The past 12months featured some of the most volatile grain prices in recent history, as weather moved the marketdramatically. Records were set for both price and volume. Corn-futures prices marched up 57%from the beginning of the year. Wheat-futures prices also skyrocketed to an all-time high to
11、 about 7 a bushel, doubling in prices since early 1995.摇 摇 Increasing world-wide demand and an expectation of record-low crop production because ofunfavorable weather led to high prices early in 1996. For wheat, conditions stayed dry through May,while for corn and soybeans, weather remained dry in k
12、ey producing regions into June. Because ofthe weather early in the year, the nation蒺s granaries held a precariously low amountjust 426 millionbushels of corn at one point in September, the lowest level since the 1970s.浙 00096# 外刊经贸知识选读试题 第 2 页(共 6 页)摇 摇 But just when supply concerns pushed prices in
13、to the record-breaking range, rains and interna鄄tional supply spoiled the bullish party. Farmers planted 8 million more acres of corn alone in 1996and large crops also came from Europe and Australia. The high price encouraged shifts in planning-area and yield went up. Soybean demand could outpace it
14、s grain cousins because of the rapid growthin China, which recently switched from being an exporter to an importer of soybean products. And ifthere are any problems with production, the market is liable to have a large price advance.16. The grain prices kept stable during the past 12 months.17. Whea
15、t-futures price in early 1995 is about 3. 5 a bushel.18. Unfavorable weather led to record-low crop production in 1996.19. Because of the weather, many countries stored more corn than expected.20. Rapid demand growth makes China become an importer of soybean.Passage 2Smooth Ride on the Road to succe
16、ss摇 摇 It is the good fortune of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that the country and its economy areenjoying a much softer ride. The federation is functioning smoothly with few obvious obstacles on thepath ahead. A lot of the multinational companies have chosen Dubai to target their markets. Theyreco
17、gnize that here they can have the international exposure, the services and access to the storageand distribution networks. They are looking at Dubai as a distribution and management center for thewhole of the Middle East.摇 摇 The range of economic activity remains one of the UAE蒺s great strengths in
18、combating the peri鄄odic downturns in the oil market. Nevertheless, it is widely acknowledged that the oil price contin鄄ued to have a disproportionate bearing on the economy蒺s well-being and that further diversification isrequired. Strong emphasis is being attached to the development of non-oil activ
19、ity, whether it bethrough joint stock investment companies or government agencies. However other aspects of econom鄄ic reform have hardly got onto political agenda. There has been no privatization and still there isn蒺t astock exchange. Next year may see some action. The review of the draft stock exch
20、ange rules is nea鄄ring completion and that 1996 should see the publication of a stock exchange law. Yet, few expect asea-change in economic policy. The trend is towards economic reform, but it won蒺t be rushed.There is still enough money around to satisfy most people蒺s expectation. A similar assessme
21、nt wasmade in a recent study by the Emirates Industrial Bank on the possibility of greater private involve鄄ment in infrastructure projects. “For the UAE although these are not pressing policy concerns, itmight be worthwhile to start looking at the best institutional arrangements from a medium to lon
22、g termperspective for managing the infrastructure,冶 it said.浙 00096# 外刊经贸知识选读试题 第 3 页(共 6 页)21. A lot of multinational companies came to Dubai and set up their offices.22. To deal with the fall in the price of oil, UAE began to develop non-oil activities.23. A stock exchange will never be allowed in
23、 UAE.24. There will be a fundamental reform in UAE蒺s economy policy.25. Private investment are always encouraged in infrastructure projects in UAE.非选择题部分注意事项:摇 摇 用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题纸上,不能答在试题卷上。三、将下列中文词组译成英文:本大题共 10 小题,每小题 1 分,共 10 分。26. 知识产权27. 进口配额28. 有形贸易29. 硬通货30. 特许专营权31. 企业家精神32. 流动资产33. 优惠税率34
24、. 证券交易所35. 制成品四、将下列英语单词或词组译成中文:本大题共 10 小题,每小题 1 分,共 10 分。36. portfolio investment37. trade deficit38. government procurement39. conglomerate40. fledgling industries41. trade sanctions42. certificate of origin43. brain trust44. Bank of International Settlements45. free-trade zone浙 00096# 外刊经贸知识选读试题 第
25、 4 页(共 6 页)五、简答题:本大题共 6 小题,每小题 3 分,共 18 分。Passage 1摇摇 Disputes over farm trade have bedevilled the current round of GATT talks from the start. That isunsurprising. For decades governments everywhere have suppressed market forces in agriculture withsubsidies, tariffs, quotas, monopoly purchasing boar
26、ds and all the other paraphernalia of mule-headed intervention. On one plausible estimate, consumers in industrial countries pay 300 billiona year in taxes and higher prices to support farming. Even allowing for the income transferred tofarmers, the net welfare loss caused by the industrial countrie
27、s蒺 farm policies is 100 billion ayear. What exactly are those reforms of the common agricultural policy (CAP) that Europe蒺s govern鄄ments agreed to? On cereals, where Europe and America have squabbled most fiercely, the GATT蒺sdirector-general suggested cuts of 20% in the value of the CAP蒺s production
28、 subsidies. Americasaid it would settle for nothing else. The EC then came up with a new plan to re鄄form the CAP. Itsmain idea is to replace some production subsidies with direct payments to farmers.46. In what way could “subsidies冶 suppress marked forces in the farm trade?47. What does “squabble冶me
29、an here?48. From the sentence underlined, do you think what attitude America took towards the reform sug鄄gested by the GATT蒺s director-general?Passage 2摇 摇 A notable development in 1991 was a narrowing of current account imbalances of most major in鄄dustrial countries: The U. S. current鄄account defic
30、it moved to near balance. The trade component ofthe deficit narrowed as lower inflation and earlier dollar depreciation improved competitiveness,while the transfers component moved into substantial surplus because of war-related payments. Mo鄄reover, there was a remarkable swing in the German current
31、 accountfrom a surplus equivalent to3. 2% of GDP in 1990 to a deficit of 1. 3%. A continuation of the surge of imports that followed uni鄄fication, as well as the earlier appreciation of the deutsche mark,contributed to the swing. Severalimportant developments in monetary conditions also took place i
32、n 1991. Reflecting more accommoda鄄tive monetary policy, nominal short-term interest rates fell in the United States. In contrast, the in鄄crease in German nominal short-term interest rates to postwar highs narrowed the potential of someEuropean Monetary System partners to reduce their rates.浙 00096#
33、外刊经贸知识选读试题 第 5 页(共 6 页)49. What蒺s the meaning of “the trade component of the deficit冶?50. Why does the appreciation of the deutsche mark cause the German current account to swift froma surplus to a deficit?51. What蒺s your paraphrase of “accommodative冶 in the sentence?六、翻译题:本大题 12 分。52. 摇 摇 A clearly
34、 confident China has rolled up a large section of its bamboo curtain, declared itself“open to the outside world冶 and hung signs on nearly all its cities inviting foreign investors to comeand do serious business. In China蒺s special economic zones (SEZs), which are being built almostfrom scratch, fore
35、igners can invest in anything which the state deems useful for the country, be it,for example, production of goods for export or construction of private-housing estates. These can bejoint ventures, cooperative enterprises or wholly foreign-owned operations. Because every factory orbusiness established in the SEZs is new, imports of capital and consumer goods (except cigarettesand liquor) are exempted from customs duties, and a uniform 15% income-tax rate is applied.浙 00096# 外刊经贸知识选读试题 第 6 页(共 6 页)