絕密 ★ 考試結束前
全國2013年4月高等教育自學考試
外刊經貿知識選讀試題
課程代碼：00096
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1. Every year, Thomson Reuters draws up a list of potential nominees for the economics, medicine, chemistry and physics prizes.

A. brokers                                                        B. distributors

C. contestants                                                    D. candidates

2. The United States’s debt crisis has reached a stalemate due to the two parities refusing to make a compromise over their preferred debt reduction plans.

A. constraint                                                     B. promotion

C. settlement                                                     D. forecast

3. Yiwu has become a shopping paradise for tourists from all over the world with its bewildering range of cheap, quality merchandise.

A. amazing                                                       B. complex

C. reasonable                                                    D. primary

4. Researchers have debated whether economic and environmental regulations unduly burden small businesses.

A. conventionally                                              B. unnecessarily

C. potentially                                                    D. virtually

5. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) would never recognize the legitimacy of the agreement.

A. comparison                                                  B. disguise

C. output                                                          D. lawfulness

6. This move spurred car sales and propelled China to surpass the United States as the world’s largest auto market.

A. operated                                                       B. stimulated

C. undertook                                                     D. controlled

7. With a weakening dollar in prospect, currencies of the emerging economies were pushed up by large inflow of hot money.

A. expected                                                      B. available

C. aggravated                                                    D. distinct

8. Coupled with the rapid development of the 3G business, China has already embraced the mobile Internet era.

A. dismissed                                                     B. distorted

C. accepted                                                       D. witnessed

9. The urban-rural gap can be exacerbated by rapid urbanization, which is expected to sustain the demand for more and better urban healthcare.

A. exasperated                                                  B. transferred

C. operated                 &