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一、单选题（共 25 道试题，共 100 分。）V 1.  “Set the world on fire” is similar to ___ in meaning.
A. notorious
B. famous
C. familiar
D. ablaze
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2.  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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3.  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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4.  Out of that, there’s little flexibility in $150 million, but the remaining $100 million is more ______ , says Siboni. “Building Web-centric information systems might become less critical.”
A. valid
B. vibrating
C. varying
D. variable
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5.  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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6.  Structural bottlenecks bureaucratic resistance and labor ___ slow or even thwart reform.
A. issues
B. events
C. things
D. incidents
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7.  The scientists ____ his research for lack of fund.
A. deserted
B. canceled
C. abandoned
D. quitted
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8.  Previous attempts by President Kim to use tax cuts and other incentives to force the sprawling chaebol to concentrate on core products have been to little ______ .
A. avail
B. availability
C. available
D. availed
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9.  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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10.  Several Asian countries are so deep in debt that they had to go to the ___ for help.
A. WTO
B. UN
C. USA
D. IMF
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11.  Millions of workers in some Asian countries have been ___ as a result of IMF terms.
A. laid aside
B. laid back
C. put away
D. laid off
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12.  Mahathir sacked Anwar in part because he ____ changes to that cozy relationship.
A. called on
B. called for
C. called away
D. called back
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13.  Thailand announced a bank reconstructuring plan last month, but none of the banks ____has agreed to it.
A. by far
B. so far
C. so far as
D. far from
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14.  Sometimes a bureaucrat’s ___ ruling can mean denial or loss of one’s welfare benefits.
A. absolute
B. arbitrary
C. impersonal
D. objective
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15.  Last November, he kicked things off by unveiling his “Big Bang” package of reforms to ______ Tokyo’s financial market by 2001.
A. make up
B. make over
C. make of
D. make out
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16.  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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17.  It’s a good means of ____ the students’ knowledge.
A. growing
B. exploding
C. extending
D. accepting
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18.  Instead, local magnates are objecting ___ the terms of privatization.
A. at
B. for
C. with
D. to
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19.  There at a press conference on Sept. 22 was Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, explaining why he had ordered hooded policemen to ___ the home of Anwar Ibrahim.
A. burst into
B. fly onto
C. get into
D. go into
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20.  Millions of workers in some Asian countries have been ___ as a result of IMF terms.
A. laid aside
B. laid back
C. put away
D. laid off
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21.  Mr. Snow ______ $20 for the horse, so I $21 for the horse.
A. paid
B. bid
C. expended
D. paid off
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22.  The boy asked his mother to _____ him up so that he could look in the window.
A. boast
B. booth
C. boost
D. booze
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23.  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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24.  If the stagnant economy actually goes into recession, Hashimoto will face pressures to ease up ___ his fiscal reform.
A. to
B. for
C. with
D. on
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25.  Most of Asia’s governments cannot ____ credit to needy local borrowers.
A. lengthen
B. explode
C. extend
D. expand
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