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一、单选题（共 25 道试题，共 100 分。）V 1.  High-tech profits ______stock prices, making investors more willing to spend. And rising wages and bonuses for high-tech workers finance the purchases of new cars and homes.
A. rise
B. arise
C. boost
D. carry
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2.  Conversely, if spending on computers ______ , that’s a sign that companies had little faith in the productivity benefits of information technology.
A. lags
B. exceeds
C. overtakes
D. surpass
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3.  The answer lies largely _____ the now-pervasive use of information technology throughout the economy.
A. in
B. on
C. of
D. with
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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.  If he succeeds, he will return to Turin a hero wrapped ___ glory.
A. with
B. in
C. of
D. by
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6.  A deadbeat can_____ a piece of property for five years before a bank can claim it.
A. hang about
B. hang around
C. hang back
D. hang onto
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7.  As the Nikkei’s latest nightmare suggests, making the transition to an economy in which government ____ less and the market counts for more will not be fun.
A. encroaches
B. invades
C. intrudes
D. infringes
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8.  A move is ____ in Congress to oppose U.S. help.
A. in the way
B. under way
C. out of the way
D. across the way
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9.  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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10.  Traders mouthed the same grim sentiments when the market lost its ____ back in 1992.
A. footing
B. foot
C. feet
D. footer
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11.  Now HK is getting ___ into the whirlpool.
A. sucked
B. involved
C. accustomed
D. used
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12.  In resolving the problem, the IMF and world leaders must, of course, urgently address the ___ issuses of shaky banking systems, transparency and financial management.
A. emergent
B. immediate
C. imminent
D. urgent
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13.  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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14.  Congressional critics on the right and left have already geared up to ___ the IMF.
A. take aim at
B. take it out of
C. bring in
D. buy out
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15.  Many observers doubt that’s the case, however. Hashimoto may moderate some of his austerity plan if the economy goes into shock. But right now, he is resisting widespread calls to ______ the moribund property market by easing capital-gains taxes on some real estate transactions.
A. revive
B. motivate
C. modify
D. liberate
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16.  Cisco now handles 70% of the support calls it receives without human intervention , ______ the Web.
A. across
B. via
C. in
D. without
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17.  For a long time, ___economies like Japan and Korea were few and relatively small compared with importing economies like the U.S.
A. export-led
B. import-led
C. information-intensive
D. technology-intensive
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18.  Since ____ of the market is controlled by large companies investing in each other, the message is doubly clear.
A. two-thirds
B. two-third
C. second-three
D. second-threes
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19.  He takes solace from the damage to his rival. “solace” here means ___.
A. comfort
B. sadness
C. happiness
D. bitterness
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20.  ___ of Anwar, the opposition may end up retreating in confusion.
A. Deprived
B. To deprive
C. depriving
D. Deprive
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21.  In HK most fortunes have been made in ___, a highly regulated sector.
A. finance
B. logistics
C. real estate
D. securities
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22.  The growing spending _____ information technology can be taken as evidence that business is getting a payback on its investment.
A. in
B. on
C. with
D. of
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23.  Company coffers are brimming ____ profits.
A. with
B. over
C. of
D. for
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24.  Still, most Americans and Europeans are surprisingly ____ about Asia’s turmoil.
A. sanguine
B. sanguinary
C. sanguinolent
D. stagnant
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25.  Thanks ___ $ 515 billion worth of investment, the multinationals have moved closer to their customers.
A. for
B. of
C. by
D. to
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