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54. The author mentions Colleen's exampleto show_____
A. any couple can avoid marriage conflicts
B. privacy within marriage should be respected
C. everyone can save a fortune with a happy marriage
D. financial disclosure is not necessarily bad
55. Which of the following best summarythis passage?
A. Secret Savers
B. LoveIs What It's Worth
C. Banking Honesty
D. OnceBitten, Twice Shy
Questions56 to 60 are based on the following passage:
“The word 'protection' is no longer taboo （禁忌语）”。 This short sentence, utteredby French President Nicolas Sarkozy last month, may have launched a new era ineconomic history. Why? For decades, Western leaders have believed that loweringtrade barriers and tariffs was a natural good. Doing so, they reasoned, wouldlead to greater economic efficiency and productivity, which in turn wouldimprove human welfare. Championing free trade thus became a moral, not just an economic,cause.
These leaders,of course, weren't acting out of unselfishness. They knew their economies werethe most competitive, so they'd profit most from liberalization. And developingcountries feared that their economies would be swamped by superior Westernproductivity. Today, however, the tables have turned---though few acknowledgeit. The West continues to preach free trade, but practices it less and less.Asian, meanwhile, continues to plead for special protection but practices moreand more free trade.
That's why Sarkozy's words were so important: he finally injectedsome honesty into the trade debates. The truth is that large parts of the Westare losing faith in tree trade, though few leaders admit it. Some economistsare more honest. Paul Krugman is one of the few willing to acknowledge thatprotectionist arguments are returning. In the short run, there will be winnersand losers under free trade. This, of course, is what capitalism is all about. Butmore and more of these losers will be in the West, Economists in the developedworld used to love quoting Jonoph Schumpeter, who said that 'creative destruction“was an essential part of capitalist growth. But they always assumed thatdestruction would happen over there. When Western workers began losing jobs, suddenlytheir leaders began to lose faith in their principles, Things have yet toreverse completely. But there's clearly a negative trend in a Western theoryand practice.
A little hypocrisy （虚伪） is not in itself a serious problem. The real problem is thatWestern governments continue to insist that they retain control of the key globaleconomic and financial institutions while drifting away from globalliberalization. Lock at what's happening at the IMF （International MonetaryFund） The Europeans have demanded that they keep the post of managing director.But all too often, Western officials put their own interests above everyoneelse's when they dominate these global institutions.
The time has therefore come for the Asians-who are clearly the newwinners in today's global economy-to provide more intellectual leadership insupporting free trade: Sadly, they have yet to do so. Unless Asians speak out,however, there's a real danger that Adam Smith's principles, which have broughtso much good to the world, could gradually die. And that would leave all of us,worse off, in one way or another.
56. It can be inferred that ”protection“（Line 1, Para.1） means________
A.improving economic efficiency.
B. ending the free-trade practice
C.lowering moral standard
D. raising trade tariffs
57. The Western leaders preach free trade because________
A.it is beneficial to their economies
B.it is supported by developing countries
C.it makes them keep faith in their principles
D.it is advocated by Joseph Schumpeter and Adam Smith
58. By ”the tables have turned“ （Line3-4,Para.2） the author implies that________
A.the Western leaders have turned self-centered
B.the Asian leaders have become advocates of free trade
C.the developed economies have turned less competitive
D.the developing economies have become more independent
59. The Western economies used to like theidea of ”creative destruction“ because it________
A.set a long-term rather than short-turn goal
B.was an essential part of capitalist development
C.contained a positive rather than negative mentality
D.was meant to be the destruction of developing economies
60. The author uses ”IMF“ was an example toillustrate the point that_______
A.European leaders are reluctant to admit they are hypocritical
B.there is an inconsistency between Western theory and practice
C.global institutions are not being led by true globalization advocates
D.European countries' interests are being ignored by economic leaders
Section IV
Translation
Directions: In this section there is aparagraph in English .Translate it into Chinese and write your translation on ANSWER SHEET 2. （20points）
The term ”business model“ first came into widespread use with theinvention of personal computer and the spreadsheet（空白表格程序）。Before the spreadsheet,business planning usually meant producing a single forecast. At best, you did alittle sensitivity analysis around the projection. The spreadsheet ushered in amuch more analytic approach to planning because every major line item could bepulled apart, its components and subcomponents analyzed and tested. You couldask what- if questions about the critical assumptions on which. your businessdepended-for example, what if customers are more price-sensitive than wethought?-and with a few keystrokes, you could see how any change would play outon every aspect of the whole. In other words, you could model the behavior of abusiness. Before the computer changed the nature of business planning, mostsuccessful business models were created more by accident than by elaboratedesign. By enabling companies to tie their marketplace insights much moretightly to the resulting economics, spread sheet made it possible to modelbusiness before they were launched.
Section V
Writing
Directions: In this part, you are asked to write a composition according to theinformation below. You should write more than 150 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. （20 points）
以往许多人报考成人高校，是为了圆文凭梦。如今，手持本科、硕士文凭，回头重新考大学的大有人在。据报道，今年报名全国成人高考的上海考生中，有390名本科毕业生，15名硕士生。
写一篇约150字左右的作文进行评论和表达自己的意见。 |
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