2003年7月广东自考外刊经贸知识选读真题00096

广东省2003年7月高等教育自学考试

外刊经贸知识选读试题

课程代码：00096

Ⅰ.Choose one answer that best explains the underlined part of the following statements or best completes them:(30%)

1.It is reported that China will carry out some massive tariff cuts.(     )

  A. a lot of      B. solid

  C. severe      D. big in degree

2.The trade surge is regarded as a natural result of the new policy.(     )

  A. increase      B. strengthening

  C. appearance     D. reconstruction

3.The deficit of this company last year was 1 million yuan.(     )

  A. surplus     B. shorthand

  C. shortage     D. shortfall

4.Speculators profited handsomely from the price fluctuation of the 1990s.(     )

  A. stability     B. flexibility

  C. volatility     D. regulation

5.Periods of inflation and deflation had alternated for generations.(     )

  A. altered     B. merged

  C. become different   D. happened by turns

6.The successful outcome to negotiations is expected to boost trade between the two countries.(     )

  A. stop     B. stimulate

  C. decrease    D. add to

7.Facing the challenge of cheap American corn in the 1870s,Danish farmers developed a lucrative market exporting butter, eggs, and bacon to the UK.(     )

  A. smooth    B. profitable

  C. substantial   D. sophisticated

8.The combined industrial output of the 15 coastal areas is reportedly equal to a quarter of the nation’s total.(     )

  A. together     B. gather

  C. single     D. separated

9.The negotiators knew that delay would jeopardize approval of any agreement by America’s Congress.(     )

  A. cancel     B. promote

  C. endanger     D. negate