考研英语阅读理解精读100篇之经济类

考研英语阅读理解精读100篇之经济类unit1unit1SomeoftheconcernssurroundingTurkey’sapplicationtojointheEuropeanUnion,tobevotedonbytheEU’sCouncilofMinistersonDecember17th,areeconomic-inparticular,thecountry’srelativepoverty.ItsGDPperheadislessthanathirdoftheaverageforthe15pre-2004membersoftheEU.ButitisnotfaroffthatofoneofthetennewmemberswhichjoinedonMay1st2004(Latvia),anditismuchthesameasthoseoftwocountries,BulgariaandRomania,whichthisweekconcludedaccessiontalkswiththeEUthatcouldmakethemfullmembersonJanuary1st2007.Furthermore,thecountry’srecenteconomicprogresshasbeen,accordingtoDonaldJohnston,thesecretary-generaloftheOECD,stunning.GDPinthesecondquarteroftheyearwas13.4%higherthanayearearlier,arateofgrowththatnoEUcountrycomesclosetomatching.Turkey’sinflationratehasjustfallenintosinglefiguresforthefirsttimesince1972,andthisweekthecountryreachedagreementwiththeIMFonanewthree-year,$10billioneconomicprogrammethatwill,accordingtotheIMF’smanagingdirector,RodrigoRato,helpTurkey...reduceinflationtowardEuropeanlevels,andenhancetheeconomy’sresilience.Resiliencehasnothistoricallybeenthecountry’seconomicstrongpoint.Asrecentlyas2001,GDPfellbyover7%.Itfellbymorethan5%in1994,andbyjustunder5%in1999.Indeed,throughoutthe1990sgrowthoscillatedlikeanelectrocardiogramrecordingaviolentheartattack.Thisirregularityhasbeenoneofthemainreasons(alongwithredtapeandcorruption)whythecountryhasfaileddismallytoattractmuch-neededforeigndirectinvestment.Itsstockofsuchinvestment(asapercentageofGDP)islowernowthanitwasinthe1980s,andannualinflowshavescarcelyeverreached$1billion(whereasIrelandattractedover$25billionin2003,asdidBrazilineveryyearfrom1998to2000).OnedeterrenttoforeigninvestorsisduetodisappearonJanuary1st2005.Onthatday,Turkeywilltakeawaytherightofvirtuallyeveryoneofitscitizenstocallthemselvesamillionaire.Sixnoughtswillberemovedfromthefacevalueofthelira;oneunitofthelocalcurrencywillhenceforthbeworthwhat1marenow-ie,about€0.53($0.70).Goodswillhavetobepricedinboththenewandoldliraforthewholeoftheyear,butforeignbankersandinvestorscanbegintolookforwardtoatimeinTurkeywhentheywillnolongerhavetojugglementallywithindeterminatestringsofzeros.注（1）：本文选自Economist；12/18/2004,p115-115,2/5p；注（2）：本文习题命题模仿2004年真题text1第1题和第3题（1，3），2001年真题text1第2题（2），1999年真题text2第2题（4）和2002年真题text3第4题（5）；1.WhatisTurkey’seconomicsituationnow?[A]ItsGDPperheadisfarlaggingbehindthatoftheEUmembers.[B]Itsinflationrateisstillrising.[C]ItseconomygrowsfasterthananyEUmember.[D]Itseconomicresilienceisverystrong.2.Wecaninferfromthesecondparagraphthat__________.[A]TurkeywillsooncatchtheaverageGDPlevelofthe15pre-2004EUmembers[B]inflationrateinTurkeyusedtobeveryhigh[C]Turkey’seconomywillkeepgrowingatpresentrate[D]IMF’seconomicprogramwillhelpTurkeyjointheEU3.Theword“oscillated”(Line3,Paragraph3)mostprobablymeans_________.[A]fell[B]climbed[C]developed[D]swang4.SpeakingofTurkey’sforeigndirectinvestment,theauthorimpliesthat_________.[A]it’sstockisfarlessthanthatofothercountries[B]itdoesnothavemuchinfluenceonTurkey’seconomicprogress[C]steadyGDPgrowthwillhelpTurkeyattractmoreforeigndirectinvestment[D]Turkey’seconomicresiliencereliesonforeigndirectinvestment5.Wecandrawaconclusionfromthetextthat__________.[A]foreigninvestmentenvironmentinTurkeywillbecomebetter[B]Turkey’scitizenswillsufferheavylossduetothechangeofthefacevalueofthelira[C]thelocalcurrencywilldepreciatewiththeremovalofsixnoughtsfromthefacevalue[D]pricesofgoodswillgoup答案：CBDCA篇章剖析本篇文章是一篇说明文，介绍了土耳其的经济状况。第一段将土耳其的经济情况和其他几个欧盟新成员国的经济情况进行了一下对比，说明土耳其的经济状况并非如人们担心的那样糟糕；第二段对土耳其这几年的经济增长情况进行了简要介绍；第三段说明土耳其的经济缺乏弹性以及由此带来的影响；最后一段说明妨碍投资者的一个因素即将消失。词汇注释GDP:国内生产总值(grossdomesticproduct)accession:[]n.添加,增加OECD:经合，经济合作与发展组织(OrganizationforEconomicCo-operationandDevelopment)resilience:[]n.弹回,有弹力,恢复力,oscillate:[]v.振荡electrocardiogram:[]n..[医]心电图,心动电流图(略作ECG)inflow:[]n.流入,流入物deterrent:[di5tE:rEnt]n.阻碍物nought:[]n.无,零lira:[]n.里拉juggle:[]v.（常与with连用）耍杂耍indeterminate:[]adj.在程度、体积、性质或数量上没有准确确定的难句突破ButitisnotfaroffthatofoneofthetennewmemberswhichjoinedonMay1st2004(Latvia),anditismuchthesameasthoseoftwocountries,BulgariaandRomania,whichthisweekconcludedaccessiontalkswiththeEUthatcouldmakethemfullmembersonJanuary1st2007.主体句式：itisnotfaroffthat…anditismuchthesameas..结构分析：这是一个复杂句，句子主体结构是一个并列句，在第一个并列分句里有一个which引导的定语从句修饰newmembers，在第二个并列分句里有一个which引导的非限定性定语从句修饰BulgariaandRomania，还有一个that引导的定语从句，修饰accessiontalks。句子译文：但是和2004年5月1日加入欧盟的十个新成员国之一（拉脱维亚）相比，土耳其差得并不算太远，而和本周刚刚完成加入欧盟的谈判，并将在2007年1月获得完全成员地位的两个国家，保加利亚和罗马尼亚相比则相差无几。题目分析1.答案为C，属事实细节题。根据文章第二段，土耳其的经济发展“十分惊人”。接着载第二行，作者以数据说明土耳其本年度第二季度的GDP增长“noEUcountrycomesclosetomatching”，可见其经济发展速度超过任何欧盟成员。2.答案为B，属推理判断题。根据文章第二段“土耳其得通货膨胀率自1972年以来首次跌进各位数”可知，以前的通货膨胀率都在两位数甚至更多，是非常高的数字。3.答案为D，属猜词题。这个词的意思可以根据文中第三段所用的明喻判断出来。文中说，整个1990年代，土耳其的GDP增长就好像“遭受了猛烈的心脏病发作时的心电图一样”，可见GDP增长时高时低，峰谷之间的差异较大，所以oscillated最有可能的意思就是“摆动，震荡”，只有A中的swang意思与之相符。4.答案为C，属推理判断题。根据文章第三段，GDP的不规律性是导致土耳其难以吸引外国直接投资的主要原因，可见稳定的GDP增长有助于土耳其吸引更多的外国直接投资。5.答案为A，属推理判断题。文章在第一段和第二段介绍土耳其快速的经济增长。第三段分析了过去不能吸引急需的外国直接投资的主要原因之一：经济发展不规律性。文