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一、单选题(共 25 道试题,共 100 分。)V 1. The biggest high-tech downturn in the past two decades came in 1985, when demand_____ just before the introduction of Intel’s 80386 microprocessor.
A. died out
B. petered out
C. came into being
D. disappear
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2. As nameplate companies like Toyota and Toshiba accelerate the shift of their business to Asia and America, many of their suppliers are being ______out in the cold.
A. checked
B. quickened
C. left
D. eliminated
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3. Some economists _____ that the Federal Reserve had already missed its chance to keep prices under control.
A. prepared
B. prevailed
C. preceded
D. predicted
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4. Consumers have even more reasons to ___during recessions.
A. put back
B. cut back
C. go back
D. bite back
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5. Building and ______a political consensus for bailing out Asia will likely be the biggest and most complex foreign-policy challenge facing Clinton in the remainder of his term.
A. holding up
B. holding together
C. holding with
D. holding on
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6. The history of information-technology industries is ____ smooth.
A. anything but
B. nothing but
C. all but
D. not but that
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7. Global leaders should appoint an ____ task force that would have real clout to deal with the problem on a regional basis.
A. emergency
B. immediacy
C. imminence
D. immenseness
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8. With an eye ___ that problem, in 1994 Fiat began preparing the creation of the Palio.
A. at
B. to
C. on
D. under
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9. One of ___great insights was the paradox of savings.
A. Keynes'
B. Samuelson's
C. Friedman's
D. Smith's
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10. As one Asian economy after another has melted down over the past nine months, politicians and pundits ______ from Japanese Prime Minister Hashimoto to the Washington Post to the World Bank’s chief economist have all emphasized that there is no cause for alarm because Asia’s “sound economic fundamentals” provide the basis for a quick, solid recovery.
A. ranging
B. differing
C. altering
D. separating
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11. Asian____ have used their unbridled power pervasively to compel their citizens to become big savers.
A. bureaucrats
B. bureaucracy
C. bureau
D. bureaus
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12. Over the past year, a stunning 33% of GDP growth has come from information-technology industries, ______by everything from the inter-net boom to the rise of direct-broadcast satellite television.
A. propelled
B. guided
C. led
D. directed
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13. Communications industries have grown ____ far exceeding the rest of the economy over the past years.
A. at a pace
B. off a pace
C. at a pace of
D. off a pace of
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14. Tax cuts and creation of a social safety net should ____ a breakup of large industrial and financial groups.
A. be combined by
B. be confined to
C. be coupled with
D. be cabled by
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15. What started as a modest decline last fall and _____in recent weeks has cast a pall over Kabuto-cho, Tokyo’s Wall Street.
A. promoted
B. hastened
C. advanced
D. accelerated
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16. He had made noises advocating environment reform that ____ opposition from Mahathir.
A. ran into
B. ran across
C. ran about
D. ran after
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17. Corporate Japan is turning ______ itself, with the strong dumping the weak.
A. on
B. off
C. down
D. up
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18. The 40% ______of the yen against the dollar is helping the comeback. But the multinationals are gaining even more advantages from their production bases that have sprung up around the world.
A. depreciation
B. appreciation
C. discrimination
D. depression
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19. To panicked financial markets, it seemed Asian leaders were losing the will to tackle their countries urgent problems. Which word is similar to the underlined one in meaning? ______
A. do away with
B. deal with
C. get rid of
D. deal in
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20. Tax cuts and creation of a social safety net should ____ a breakup of large industrial and financial groups.
A. be combined by
B. be confined to
C. be coupled with
D. be cabled by
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21. The decline is now ____ a serious rethinking of how far Japan should experiment with liberalization.
A. demanding
B. provoking
C. expediting
D. defying
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22. Now scanners detect discolored spots in sliced potatoes as they ______by on conveyors, and razors automatically chop out the defects – all work that used to be done by hand.
A. loom
B. boom
C. zoom
D. doom
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23. Information technology has doubtless _____ the stability of business operations.
A. enhanced
B. raised
C. increased
D. rose
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24. Some economists _____ that the Federal Reserve had already missed its chance to keep prices under control.
A. prepared
B. prevailed
C. preceded
D. predicted
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25. In early January, Indonesian, President Suharto outlined ___ appending plans that defied moves demanded by the IMF.
A. ambitious
B. anxious
C. coward
D. amerceable
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