A.Higher.B.Lower.C.About the same.D.It depends on the product.
A.Higher.
B.Lower.
C.About the same.
D.It depends on the product.
A.Higher.
B.Lower.
C.About the same.
D.It depends on the product.
A. Consistency.
B. Intelligibility.
C. Communicatuve efficiency.
D. Accuracy
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
Some of the concerns surrounding Turkey's application to join the European Union, to be voted on by the EU's Council of Ministers on December 17th, are economic—in particular, the country's relative poverty. Its GDP per head is less than a third of the average for the 15 pre-2004 members of the EU. But it is not far off that of one of the ten new members which joined on May 1st 2004 (Latvia), and it is much the same as those of two countries, Bulgaria and Romania, which this week concluded accession talks with the EU that could make them full members on January 1 st 2007.
Furthermore, the country's recent economic progress has been, according to Donald Johnston, the secretary-general of the OECD, "stunning". GDP in the second quarter of the year was 13.4% higher than a year earlier, a rate of growth that no EU country comes close to matching. Turkey's inflation rate has just fallen into single figures for the first time since 1972, and this week the country reached agreement with the IMF on a new three-year, $10 billion economic program that will, according to the IMF's managing director, Rodrigo Rato, "help Turkey... reduce inflation towards European levels, and enhance the economy's resilience (弹性)".
Resilience has not historically been the country's economic strong point. As recently as 2001, GDP fell by over 7%. It fell by more than 5% in 1994, and by just under 5% in 1999. Indeed, throughout the 1990s growth oscillated like an electrocardiogram recording a violent heart attack. This irregularity has been one of the main reasons (along with red tape and corruption) why the country has failed dismally to attract much-needed foreign direct investment. Its stock of such investment (as a percentage of GDP) is lower now than it was in the 1980s, and annual inflows have scarcely ever reached $1 billion (whereas Ireland attracted over $25 billion in 2003, as did Brazil in every year from 1998 to 2000).
One deterrent to foreign investors is due to disappear on January 1 st 2005. On that day, Turkey will take away the right of virtually every one of its citizens to call themselves a millionaire. Six naughts will be removed from the face value of the lira; one unit of the local currency will henceforth be worth what lm is now--i.e., about C0.53 ($0.70).
Goods will have to be priced in both the new and old lira for the whole of the year, but foreign bankers and investors can begin to look forward to a time in Turkey when they will no longer have to juggle mentally with indeterminate strings of zeros.
Which of the following is NOT true concerning the economic situation in Turkey?
A.It lags far behind all of the members of the EU.
B.Turkey has achieved striking economic progress recently.
C.Its GDP growth rate is higher than that of any other EU countries.
D.Its inflation rate is falling to a more favorable level.
A.collapse
B.fluctuate
C.upsurge
D.vatiate
M: Nothing to read in the textbook, but we have to see a movie and write a paragraph about it.
Q: What have the students been assigned to do before Monday?
(13)
A.Nothing.
B.To check out books from the library.
C.To see a movie and write a paragraph.
D.To read the next chapter in the textbook.
W: He has been wondering where he could have left them. He'll pick them up this afternoon. He has to go out to the bank and the post office. Thank you for calling.
Q: What can we learn about Mr. Wood from the conversation?
(15)
A.Try to operate the program.
B.Wait for the manual.
C.Ask the woman about a nice place to go running.
D.Place an order from the menu.
W: It's $ 1.15 for the first three minutes, but the rates are lower at night.
Q: What does the man probably want to do?
(19)
A.Make a phone call.
B.Go on a business tour.
C.Read a book.
D.Rent an office.
B.The woman should sign up at a gym to improve sleeping.
C.The woman should get more exercise and a healthy diet to ease her complaints.
D.The woman should deal with the unusual stress in her life on her own.
B.She lived a poor life in the past.
C.She needs much sleep.
D.Both A and B
B.She was too tired to continue.
C.She had to finish her schoolwork.
D.She was thirsty.
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