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n 2003, as did Brazil in every year from 1998 to 2000). One deterrent to foreign investors is due to disappear on January 1st 2005. On that day, Turkey will take away the right of virtually every one of its citizens to call themselves a millionaire. Six noughts will be removed from the face value of the lira; one unit of the local currency will henceforth be worth what 1m are now-ie, about �0.53 ($0.70). Goods will have to be priced in both the new and old lira for the whole of the year, but foreign bankers and investors can begin to look forward to a time in Turkey when they will no longer have to juggle mentally with indeterminate strings of zeros. Economist; 12/18/2004, Vol. 373 Issue 8406, p115-115, 2/5p 注(1)：本文选自Economist；12/18/2004, p115-115, 2/5p； 1.What is Turkey’s economic situation now? [A] Its GDP per head is far lagging behind that of the EU members. [B] Its inflation rate is still rising. [C] Its economy grows faster than any EU member. [D] Its economic resilience is very strong. 2.We can infer from the second paragraph that__________. [A] Turkey will soon catch the average GDP level of the 15 pre-2004 EU members [B] inflation rate in Turkey used to be very high [C] Turkey’s economy will keep growing at present rate [D] IMF’s economic program will help Turkey join the EU 3.The word “oscillated” (Line 3, Paragraph 3) most probably means_________. [A] fell [B] climbed [C] developed [D] swang 4.Speaking of Turkey’s foreign direct investment, the author implies that_________. [A] it’s stock is far less than that of other countries [B] it does not have much influence on Turkey’s economic progress [C] steady GDP growth will help Turkey attract more foreign direct investment [D] Turkey’s economic resilience relies on foreign direct investment 5.We can draw a conclusion from the text that__________. [A] foreign investment environment in Turkey will become better [B] Turkey’s citizens will suffer heavy loss due to the change of the face value of the lira [C] the local currency will depreciate with the removal of six noughts from the face value [D] prices of goods will go up 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(gross domestic product) accession: [Ak5seFEn] n. 添加, 增加 OECD: 经合，经济合作与发展组织 (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) resilience: [rI5zIlIEns] n. 弹回, 有弹力, 恢复力, oscillate: [5Csileit]v. 振荡 electrocardiogram: [IlektrEJ5kB:dIEJ^ 责任编辑:gaoyan 相关新闻
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