1、 绝密 考试结束前2023 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 1.请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。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: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 分,共 30 分。在每小题列出的四个备选项中只有一个可以替代句中划线的单词或词组,请将其选出并将答题卡(纸)的相应代码涂黑。错涂、多涂或未涂均
2、无分。1.The withdrawal of Soviet economic and technical aid in the early 1960s caused trade to shift away from the USSR and its Comecon partners towards Japan and Western Europe.A.move away B.keep away C.stay away D.hold away2.The following years,a tax law for joint ventures was promulgated.A.banned B.
3、canceled C.proclaimed D.ceased 3.Its boom radiates from Guangdong,its richest province,but it has spread as far west as Xinjiang.A.crisis B.fast growth C.depression D.fast decrease4.An increase in Chinas growth rate helped to sustain high rates of growth in the East Asia region.A.forfeit B.lose C.mi
4、ss D.maintain5.The strongest signal came last week,when Mickey Kantor moved quickly to cite the 12-nation European Community for“intolerable”discrimination against U.S.companies seeking government contracts with the Community.A.fair treatment B.different treatmentC.friendly treatment D.certain treat
5、ment6.The European Communitys languishing Maastricht Treaty for deeper political and economic integration is the obvious example cited.A.consolidation B.separation C.destruction D.break7.Its policy is to open some Japanese markets by setting import targets.A.refusing B.building C.rejecting D.canceli
6、ng浙 00096#外刊经贸知识选读试题 第 1 页(共 5 页)8.Sooner or later they will begin to lose their edge,much as the U.S.did against Japan.A.inferiority B.shortcoming C.advantage D.weakness9.In the two years since Iraq was ousted from Kuwait,peace and prosperity have returned to the Gulf region.A.economic policy B.eco
7、nomic stagnationC.economic conflict D.economic growth10.The cause of free trade will have many more battles to fight.A.companies B.trainingsC.matches D.banquets11.To secure sales of its F-5 jet fighter to the Swiss government,the Northrop Cor.agreed to help the Swiss expand export markets for 200 mi
8、llion worth of goods.A.unsure B.ensure C.waver D.hesitate12.The big guys will press bottlers to drop competing brands to make way for their new products.A.give way B.make block C.give strike D.make at13.Fresh hen eggs,however,are the most popular item.A.unmarketable B.saleableC.inactive D.disgusting
9、14.Prices are in many cases at historical lows in real terms as markets struggle to cope with floods of surplus produce.A.less B.fewerC.excessive D.short15.Unstable crude prices in turn prompted falls in platinum and gold.A.steady B.firm C.fixed D.variable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(
10、纸)相应位置正确的涂“A”,错误的涂“B”。Passage 1U.S.Is Prepared to See Trade Relations Worsen Some of the Clinton administrations tough talk appears tactical,intended to pressure trading partners into offering concession and to unblock stalled negotiations on several fronts.But it appears that officials are prepared
11、 to turn up the temperature on tradeand live with the consequences.In some ways,Mr.Clinton and his advisers are following the same well-trod path as the Bush administration,which threatened sanctions against the Community last year and walked away from GATT negotiations rather than sign an agreement
12、 that would provide only small gains for U.S.companies.The same political pressures from trade hawks in Congress that the Bush officials felt are 浙 00096#外刊经贸知识选读试题 第 2 页(共 5 页)now bearing down on the Clinton team.A broad review of trade policy issues is just beginning within the administration,but
13、officials said the underpinnings of Mr.Kantors decision were plainly found in Mr.Clintons trade speeches during the campaign,particularly the demand for open markets abroad.The reactions to these first signals from the Clinton team has been sharply divergent.16.The purpose of Clinton administrations
14、 tough talk is to make concession to the trade partners.17.The officials will accept the consequences of tough trade negotiation.18.The trade policy by Clinton team is completely different with to that of Bushs.19.The Community threatened to make trade sanctions to the United States.20.Clinton team
15、faced political pressures from trade hawks in Congress.Passage 2Economic Troubles Cloud New Markets FutureBut perhaps the major reason is the dark economic clouds now hanging over Europe.One of the central justifications for the single market was its ability to create greater prosperity,but it is ma
16、king its debut just as Europe traverses one of its roughest economic storms in years.“We are going to wind up 1992 with just about the same level of unemployednearly 10 per cent community widethat we had before this project,”says an aide to Mr.Delors.In addition,economic growth is skidding to an ant
17、icipated 1 per cent next year,all of which adds up to consumer and business confidence sinking to the same lows recorded during the pre-single market days of Europessimism.Both EC and independent analysts say that business anticipated the economic benefits of the single market,so that much of the bu
18、rst of economic activity in preparation for the new market has already occurred.Business investment,which had been flat for the five years preceding the decision in 1985 to create the single market,soared to a 7 per cent annual growth rate from1985-1990.21.The economic trouble in Europe is the major
19、 reason.22.The single market has brought prosperity to the European economy.23.The unemployment rate was 10%in 1992.24.The economic growth rate next year is expected to be about 1%in European Community.25.Business investment increased at 5%growth rate in 1990s.浙 00096#外刊经贸知识选读试题 第 3 页(共 5 页)非选择题部分注意
20、事项: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.合资企业27.外汇储备28.优先权29.国内生产总值30.北美自由贸易协定31.贸易报复32.企业经理人员33.筹措资金34.破坏经济35.经销商四、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.national income37.pipe dream38.container plant39.rental housing40.trade sanctions41.managed trade42.brai
21、n trust43.current account44.economic growth45.money market五、简答题:本大题共 6 小题,每小题 3 分,共 18 分。Passage 1Chinas cautious approach to foreign borrowing is to be maintained,at least for the time being.The debt problems confronting a number of developing countries have reinforced Chinas determination to intro
22、duce foreign technology by means of direct investment and concessionary finance rather than by raising substantial sums of money on the international capital markets.Foreign 浙 00096#外刊经贸知识选读试题 第 4 页(共 5 页)investment is advantageous insofar as it facilitates the transfer of technology and skills and
23、avoids creating an overhang of debt.The authorities do not consider it appropriate to incur large amounts of external debt until a number of practical bottlenecks in the economy,such as an inadequate transport network and energy constraints,have been tackled.Chinas access to substantial sums of mone
24、y from the World Bank also reduces the need to borrow on commercial terms.46.What is the meaning of“cautious”?47.What are the“practical bottlenecks”in the context?48.What does“borrow on commercial terms”imply?Passage 2China is reaping the rewards of reforms first launched by Deng Xiaoping in 1979.Fo
25、reign investment is now welcome.Special Economic Zones are booming.The opening of securities and real-estate markets have created new opportunities.Clearly,Chinas economy is a work in progress,nowhere near realizing the potential of its billion-plus population.Its gross domestic product last year wa
26、s,according to the official measure,420 billionno more than that of southern California.China remains primarily a nation of farmers,and the transition to an industrial free market is much like the traffic on Highway 204unpredictable.Few state-owned firms have been sold,and most are laggard behemoths
27、.Growth is driven by new joint ventures,collectives and private businesses,which now account for more than 50%of Chinas industrial production.49.What is the meaning of“opportunities”?50.What is Chinas GDP last year?.51.Who created half of Chinas industrial output?六、翻译题:本大题 12 分。52.Output for the dev
28、eloping countries advanced by 1.9%during 1991 comparable to the weak performance they registered in 1990.In terms of per capita income,real output in developing countries apparently eased somewhat,by 0.1%.A number of factorssome broad-based,others more specific contributed to the weakness of perform
29、ance.Despite the slowdown in the industrial countriesparticularly in the U.S.improvements in economic performance in Latin America were widespread.The regions GDP rose by 3.0%in 1991,thus reversing the slide in annual per capita income that had taken place over the past decade.Growth rates were in e
30、xcess of 4%in Argentina,Chile,and Mexico and reached a high of 9.1%in Venezuela.Policy reforms covering fiscal adjustment,trade and investment liberalization,the financial sector,and public-enterprise restructuring and privatization,supported by debt restructuring,have helped to moderate inflation i
31、n the region and strengthen domestic demand.浙 00096#外刊经贸知识选读试题 第 5 页(共 5 页)绝密启用前2023 年 10 月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试外刊经贸知识选读试题答案及评分参考(课程代码 00096)一、单项选择题:本大题共 15 小题,每小题 2 分,共 30 分。1.A 2.C 3.B 4.D 5.B 6.A 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.C11.B 12.A 13.B 14.C 15.D二、判断题:本大题共 10 小题,每小题 2 分,共 20 分。Passage 116.B 17.A 18.B 19.B 20.AP
32、assage 2 21.A 22.B 23.A 24.A 25.B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.joint venture27.foreign exchange reserves28.preferred status29.GDP(或 Gross Domestic Product)30.NAFTA(或 North America Free Trade Agreements)31.trade reprisal32.executive33.financing34.wreck the economy35.distributor四、将下列英语单词或
33、词组译中文:本大题共 10 小题,每小题 1 分,共 10 分。36.国民收入37.白日梦38.集装箱工厂39.出租房屋40.贸易制裁41.管理贸易42.智囊团 顾问班子43.经常项目44.经济增长 经济发展45.货币市场外刊经贸知识选读试题答案及评分参考 第 1 页(共 2 页)五、简答题:本大题共 6 小题,每小题 3 分,共 18 分。Passage 146.being careful47.an inadequate transport network and energy constraints48.“commercial”carries the meaning of having p
34、rofit-making as the aimPassage 249.chance to do something possible 50.It was 420 billion.51.new joint ventures,collectives and private businesses六、翻译题:本大题 12 分。52.1991 年,发展中国家的产出增长了 1.9%,与 1990 年的疲软表现相当。就人均收入而言,发展中国家的实际产出明显有所下降,下降了 0.1%。许多因素 有一些广泛,另一些更具体 导致了业绩的疲软。尽管工业国家特别是美国的经济增长放缓,但拉丁美洲的经济表现普遍改善。1991 年,该地区的 GDP 增长了 3.0%,从而扭转了过去十年来人均年收入的下滑趋势。阿根廷、智利和墨西哥的增长率超过 4%,委内瑞拉的增长率高达 9.1%。在债务重组的支持下,涵盖财政调整、贸易和投资自由化、金融部门以及公营企业重组和私有化的政策改革,有助于缓和该地区的通货膨胀,增强内需。外刊经贸知识选读试题答案及评分参考 第 2 页(共 2 页)