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^rAm] n. .[医]心电图, 心动电流图(略作ECG)

　　inflow: [5inflEu] n. 流入, 流入物

　　deterrent: [di5tE:rEnt] n. 阻碍物

　　nought: [nC:t] n. 无, 零

　　lira: [5liErE] n. 里拉

　　juggle: [5dVQ^l] v. (常与with连用)耍杂耍

　　indeterminate: [7indi5tE:minit] adj. 在程度、体积、性质或数量上没有准确确定的

　　难句突破

　　But it is not far off that of one of the ten new members which joined on May 1st 2004 (Latvia), and it is much the same as those of two countries, Bulgaria and Romania, which this week concluded accession talks with the EU that could make them full members on January 1st 2007.

　　主体句式：it is not far off that…and it is much the same as..

　　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new members，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Bulgaria and Romania，还有一个that引导的定语从句，修饰accession talks。

　　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

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