试卷一 questions 6 to 10
questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news.
6. (a) the digging of a major tunnel was slowing down.
(b) a water supply project failed because of unexpected difficulties.
(c) eight people were killed in a train accident.
(d) a helicopter was reported missing.
7. (a) to go on providing humanitarian aid. (b) to increase the food supply.
(c) to revise the oil-for-food programme. (d) to lift the embargo on his country.
humanitarian aid 人道援助
oil-for-food programme 石油换食品计划
lift the embargo 解除禁运
8. (a) to cut down on the us military presence in europe.
(b) to increase the european union's military influence.
(c) to make combined efforts to sustain its economic growth.
(d) to take concrete actions to stop arms race.
9. (a) sex discrimination in the u.s troops is far less obvious than in other fields of american life.
(b) race relations have considerably improved in the us military.
(c) there are more black or hispanic officers in the armed services than before.
(d) many minority military personnel complained about negative race relations.
hispanic 拉丁裔的
10. (a) 4.4%. (b) 11.2% (c) 14.4%. (d) 44%.
questions 6 to 10
question no. 6. what happened according to the report from manila?
6. (a) the digging of a major tunnel was slowing down.
(b) a water supply project failed because of unexpected difficulties.
(c) eight people were killed in a train accident.
(d) a helicopter was reported missing.
manila: a helicopter carrying eight people was reported missing after it unloaded a cargo of food and other provisions for workers digging a major tunnel for a water supply project for manila, an official said yesterday.
question no. 7. what did the iraqi ambassador ask the united nations to do?
7. (a) to go on providing humanitarian aid. (b) to increase the food supply.
(c) to revise the oil-for-food programme. (d) to lift the embargo on his country.
united nations: iraq asked the united nations to continue providing humanitarian aid despite cutting off exports of crude oil under the un's oil-for-food programme, un officials said.
question no. 8. what was proposed at the joint meeting staged by the european union?
8. (a) to cut down on the us military presence in europe.
(b) to increase the european union's military influence.
(c) to make combined efforts to sustain its economic growth.
(d) to take concrete actions to stop arms race.
london: for the first time in its 42-year history, the european union (eu) staged a joint meeting of foreign affairs and defence ministers to debate how the union can acquire a security dimension consistent with its economic strength.
during that meeting, britain and france proposed that europe, by either 2002 or 2003, should possess the capacity to deploy a rapid reaction force of some 50, 000 troops in a peacekeeping operation in or around the eu.
the proposal received a strong response, which is indicative that the eu is making concrete efforts to bolster its military clout in europe.
question no. 9. what was disclosed in a survey released by the us defence department on tuesday?
9. (a) sex discrimination in the u.s troops is far less obvious than in other fields of american life.
(b) race relations have considerably improved in the us military.
(c) there are more black or hispanic officers in the armed services than before.
(d) many minority military personnel complained about negative race relations.
washington: a high percentage of blacks, hispanics and other minorities in the us military complained in a survey released by the pentagon on tuesday that they have experienced racially offensive behaviour in the armed services.
in the virtually unprecedented defence department survey of more than 40,000 us troops, one in five blacks responding also said they felt race relations played a negative part in their prospects for promotion or assignment. but the survey, taken in 1997, indicated that military personnel felt pentagon efforts to promote good race relations and equal opportunity were succeeding and that discrimination in uniform was far less pronounced than in other areas of american life.
question no. 10. as compared with the same period last year, how much did japan's trade surplus drop?
tokyo: japan's trade surplus plunged 14. 4 per cent in october from its level a year ago, the government said yesterday.
government official blamed the strong yen for severely damaging exports.
the trade surplus dropped to us $ 11. 2 billion, the finance ministry reported, making october the seventh month in a row for a drop in the trade surplus. "japan's exports have been pressed by the sharp appreciation of the yen against the us dollar, which mainly contributed to the surplus fall," said naoko ogata, an analyst at the sakura research institute. "with the yen rising to current levels, exporters are finding it difficult to make a profit."
10. (a) 4.4%. (b) 11.2% (c) 14.4%. (d) 44%.
经济类词汇补充
各 国 货 币
afghani
阿富汗尼
baht
泰铢
dinar
第纳尔（部分阿拉伯国家使用）
dollar
元（美国，澳大利亚，加拿大，新西兰，香港，新加坡等国家或地区使用的货币单位）
euro
欧元
florin
弗罗林（荷兰盾与匈牙利货币的英文名称）
franc
法郎（法国，比利时，瑞士等国使用的货币单位）
krona
克朗（瑞典及冰岛的货币单位）
lira
里拉（意大利货币单位）
mark
马克（德国货币单位）
peseta
比塞塔（西班牙货币单位）
pound / pound sterling
英镑
rouble
卢布（51前苏联货币单位）
rubee
卢比（印度、巴基斯坦等国使用的货币单位）
yen
日元
货 币 问 题
appreciate
增值，涨价
cash
现金
cent
美分
credit card
信用卡
currency
货币
depreciation
贬值
devaluation
（货币）贬值
dime
（美）一角硬币
dollar link system
美元联系汇率制度
greenback
美钞
ounce
盎司
股 票 市 场
amex (american stock exchange)
美国证券交易所
assess
对财产评估
back
拖欠
bad loan
坏账，呆帐
bailout
帮助度过困境
balloon
分期付款中最后数目大的一笔
barometer
晴雨表
basis point
基点
bear market
熊市
blue-chip
股票等热门
forex = foreign exchange
外汇交易
bull market
牛市
bullish
牛市的
consumer price index
消费者价格指数
dead loan
死帐
delist
从上市证券中除名
discount
贴现
dog
（美国俚语）不好的股票
discount rate
贴现率
down
付现款
equity
财产价值，股票
face value
面值
hang seng index
恒生指数
holding
股票，财产
initial share
原始股
liquidate
清算
list
上市证券
nasdaq
national association of securities dealers automated quotations system纳斯达克（<美>全国证券交易商自动报价系统协会）
nav = net asset value
净资产
new issue
新上市股票
nyse
new york stock exchange纽约证券交易所，也叫big board
nyse volume
纽约股票交易量
policy
保险单
preferred stock
优先股
premium
保险金，奖金，佣金
proceeds
收入，收益
rescue package
一揽子救援计划
s & p 500
standard and poor’s 500 composite price index标准普尔股票价格指数
securities（注意是复数）
证券
shares（英）= stock（美）
股票
shore up
支撑
solvent
有偿还能力的
speculate
投机
transaction
一笔交易
turmoil
混乱
经济 / 股票上涨
climb
攀升
gain
上涨
go up
上涨
grow
上涨
leap
（数量）剧增
in the black
赢利
rise
上涨
rebound
反弹
recover
恢复，回升
skyrocket
暴涨
经济 / 股票下跌
bungee - jumping
出盘
collapse
暴跌
cut
下跌
decline
下跌
dip
下跌一点
dive
急剧下降
go down
下跌
level off
稳定
lose
减少
nosedive
暴跌
plunge
暴跌
plummet
暴跌
slump
暴跌
slip
降低
经济 / 股票波动
fluctuate
波动
jumpy
浮动的
roller coaster
急转突变
volatile
易波动的
其他金融词汇
arrear
欠账
black tuesday
黑色星期二（1929年10月29日，华尔街股市暴跌）
bubble economy
泡沫经济
deflation
通货紧缩
dumping / anti - dumping
倾销／反倾销
monopoly
垄断
trade barrier
贸易壁垒
frailty
脆弱
globalization
全球化
glut
供过于求
lion's share
最大的份额
living standard
生活标准
niche
可盈利的市场
pyramid sale
传销