非選擇題部分
注意事項(xiàng):
用黑色字跡的簽字筆或鋼筆將答案寫在答題紙上.不能答在試題卷上。
三、將下列中文詞組譯成英文:本大題共10小題,每小題1分,共10分。
26.經(jīng)濟(jì)特區(qū)
27.出口配額制
28.消費(fèi)品
29.批發(fā)商
30.貿(mào)易差額
31.服務(wù)部門
32.壟斷
33.最惠國(guó)待遇
34.硬通貨
35.經(jīng)常項(xiàng)目
四、將下列英語單詞或詞組譯成中文:本大題共10小題,每小題1分,共10分。
36. market forces
37. countertrade
38. commercial hub
39. inellectual property right
40. brain trust
41. austerily programmes
42. the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
43. discount rate
44. countervailing duty
45. dumping
五、簡(jiǎn)答題:本大題共6小題,每小題3分,共18分。
Passage 1
Once, when Japan faced pressure from abroad, it would either give in reluctantly or keep quietand hope that the fuss would die down. No longer it seems. America wants Japan to meet importtargets for some American goods, but far from capitulating to the thrust of American trade policy ,Japan is taking a stand that could lead to a trans- Pacific confrontation. The annual white paper ontrade development published by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry will reject theargument that Japan needs special trade sanctions. It is Japan's persistent surplus, more thananything. that has provoked anger in W ashington. This year the surplus has been growing fast. W ith the economy still barely growing, despite lwo fiscal packages in the past nine months, Japan's criticssay that the country is once more exporting its way out of recession.
46. Which word can“give in" be replaced by?
47. Explain “the fuss would die down
48. Paraphrase “ exporting its way out of recession'
Passage 2
The price of tin on the European spot market rose to 4, 400 pounds per ton,reflectingwidespread production cuts in the world tin industry, al a two-day meeting in Indonesia, the association of tin - producing countries, whose members represent 70 percent of world tin output ,decided to strengthen their co-operation in a bid to stabilize tin prices and to call on the United
States to limit sales of tin from ils strategic stockpile. Platinum progressed at the outset on concernabout strike action in South African mines but quickly fell victim to profit-taking as work resume.
49. What is “strategic stockpile"?
50. What does“progress" mean in the context?
51. What is profit-taking in business?
六、翻譯題:本大題12分。
52.
Commerce among nations entered a modern era; the constrained trading between imperialpowers and their colonies began to break down. W orld markets opened to all countries, andmultilateral trade flourished. Generally, a country could sell its goods in the best market it couldfind and buy what is needed from the least expensive supplier. Moreover, since currencies were
convertible, most transactions could be completed with cash. Barter was as antiquated as thehorse-soldier. During the past few years, however, the international monelary system has begunto strain under a variety of economic changes. One important cause is the enormous burden ofdebt carried by Third W orld countries. A professor at Harvard University says, “The plain fact isthat many countries are broken.”