2013年五月同等学力申硕考试英语阅读每日一练(四)

在职研究生英语考试对于考生们来说是一大难题，很多考生考试失败的最终原因就是因为英语成绩不是特别的理想，从而影响了总体的成绩。如果考生们要想取得一个好的成绩，就必须把阅读提高上去，英语考试虽然难但中国的相关老师提醒考生只要坚持练习阅读理解，英语的成绩一定会有所提高。

Earlierthisyear,whenAmericafirstsneezed,theEuropeanCentralBank(alongwithmostprivate-sectoreconomists)arguedthattheeuroareawasinsulatedfromAmerica"sslowdownandhadlittletoworryabout.Thisseemstohavebeenwrong.InGermanytherearefearsaboutrecessionasbusinessinvestmentandretailsalestumble.RecentfiguresconfirmedthatGermany"sGDPstagnatedinthesecondquarter.Italy"sGDPfellinthesecondquarter,andalthoughgrowthhasheldupbetterinFranceandSpain,thegrowthintheeuroareaasawholewasclosetozerointhequarter.Nobodyisforecastinganactualrecessionintheeuroareathisyear,butitisnolongerexpectedtoprovideanengineforworldgrowth.

AsforJapan,itisprobablyalreadyinrecession.Japan"sGDPgrewslightlyinthefirstquarter.Persistentdeflationcontinuestobeasevereproblem.ArevisedmeasureofJapan"sconsumer-priceindex,tobepublishedsoon,islikelytoshowthatdeflationisworsethanhadbeenthought.(170words)

1.Whatdoesthe1stsentencemean?

A.Earlierthisyear,Americasufferedfromacold.

B.theEuropeanCentralBankbelieveditwouldn’tbeaffectedbyUS.

C.theEuropeanCentralBankhadlittletoworryabout.

D.Theeuroareawassafeandsound.

2.WhatwereGermanyandItaly"sGDPinthesecondquarter?

A.stagnated

B.fell

C.suffered

D.haltedanddeceased

3.WhatwastheeconomicsituationinFranceandSpain?

A.Muchbetter.

B.Somewhatbetter.

C.Closetozero.

D.Muchworse.

4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTTRUEaboutJapan’seconomy?

A.Itisperhapsalreadyindecline.

B.Japan"sGDPgrewslightlyinthefirstquarter.

C.Deflationcontinuestobeasevereproblem.

D.ItisworsethanthatofUSandEurope.

5.Thebesttitleforthepassageis

A.Theworldeconomicsituation

B.Theworldeconomicrecession

C.TheworseWorldeconomicsituation

D.Thereasonforworldeconomicrecession

【参考答案】1、B2、D3、B4、D5、B