The price of agriculture products _______ since the beginning of last year.
A. is going up B. had gone up C. went up D. has been going up
Our monitor is always ready to help others. He is really ______ Lei Feng in our class.
A. a B. the C. an D. 不填
Our parents have done a lot for us. I think we should ______ them by working hard.
A. relieve B. repay C. submit D. respect
---If only we had less homework!
--- ________ We all need more rest.
A. Why do you think so? B. For what?
C. I couldn’t agree more. D. I don’t think so.
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A: Nowadays, doctors can do a great job transplanting organs such as the heart. As (76)m science develops, I am sure that it will be several years (77)b_____ doctors are able to transplant human brains. B: I think you are right about that, but transplanting brains and transplanting memories are not (78)a_____ the same. A: Why not? Our memories are in our brain, aren’t they? B: Yes. But it is not clear whether the memories will still be there if you transplant the brain. A: Well, I (79)s_____ so. Why shouldn’t they? B: They may still be there. (80)B_____, in what other way could we then transplant memories? A: Memories may be downloaded like a (81)c______. B: Oh, what you said is (82)b____ my imagination. But how would that (83)a_______ our society? A: Well, it would be great. We could (84)c_____ down all schools. People would not need to learn any more because (85)k__________could also be transplanted. |
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. |
Is it time to kick Russia out of the BRICs （金砖四国）? If so, it may end up sounding like a famous ball-point pen maker-BIC. An argument is being made that Goldman Sach’s famous marketing device（策略）,the BRICs, should really be the BICs.
“Is Russia really worth the name BRICs?” asks Anders Aslund, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, in an article for Foreigh Policy. Aslund, who is also co-author with Andrew Kuchins of “The Russian Balance Sheet”, thinks the Russia of Putin and Medvedev is just not worthy of inclusion alongside Brazil, India and China in the list of future economic powerhouses. He writes:
“The country’s economic performance has fallen to such a weak level that one must ask whether it has any say at all on the global economy, compared with the other members of its group. I have just returned from Moscow, which is always dull around this season. For the last seven years, Russia has taken very few measures to improve its economy. Instead, the state has been living on oil and gas. ”
Economically, Aslund has the numbers on his side. The International Monetary Fund figures that the Russian economy will fall by 6.7 percent in 2009, while China will grow 8.5 percent and India 5.4 percent. There is less of a case for Brazil, with a fall of 0.7 percent, but it is still doing
far better than Russia.
But the BRICs are not just about economy. As is mentioned above, it is a marketing device to encourage investors to focus on the big promising players. From an investment standpoint, it could be argued that Russia is leading the BRICs. Its stock（股票）market is up 128 percent this year while around 80 percent is for the other three.
At very least, however, Russia’s economic underperformance and stock market outperfoumance does suggest it is indeed one of the group.
1.According to the passage, which country will enjoy the biggest increase in 2009?
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A．China. |
B．Russia. |
C．Brazil. |
D．India. |
2.According to Aslund, Russia shouldn’t be a BRIC partly because_______.
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A．Russia’s economic performance is far worse than the other three |
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B．Russia’s leaders are not good at managing economy |
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C．Russia has taken effective measures to improve its economy |
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D．Russia will no longer attract investors from other countries |
3.From the passage we know that ________.
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A．Anders Aslund is working for the Russian government |
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B．Russia outperfoumed the other three countries in stock market |
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C．most people disagree Russia is included in BRICs |
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D．the BRICs would end up being the BICs sooner or later |
4.The author seems to ________.
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A．suggest it’s time to kick Russia out of the BRICs? |
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B．feel worried about the economy of the BRICs |
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C．think Russia is worth being one of the group |
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D．show disappointment to Russia’s economy |
