A recent market survey reveals that such articles are no longer ________.

tion of China’s automobile market. Considering the fact that there is only one car for every 250 Chinese at present, the potential auto market is extremely attractive. China has cut its average tariff rate several times and promised to continue to cut its automobile import tariff. China has virtually opened its auto market to the outside world. China is seeking partners for its automobile industry, and we should walk up and take the opportunity.(英译汉)

(1)加里对轿车的式样和型号之间的区别知道得很少。他如何利用市场信号、声誉或标准化来进行比较？

(2)你是一家银行的贷款员。在选好了一辆车之后，加里到你这里来寻求贷款。由于他毕业不久，没有较长的信贷史。尽管如此，该银行具有为新毕业生融资买车的悠久历史。这一信息在加里的例子中是否有用？如果是的，怎样有用？

Cary is a recent college graduate. After six months at his new job, he has finally saved enough to buy his first car,

a. Gary knows very little about the differences between makes and models of cars. How could he use market signals. reputation , or standardization to make comparisons？

b. You are a loan officer in a bank. After selecting a car, Gary comes to you seeking a loan.Since he has only recently graduated, he does not have a long credit history. Despite this, the bank has a long history of financing cars of recent college graduate. Is this information useful in Gary's case？ If so , how？

uced by conventional agriculture will disappear, but simply that food-buying patterns will polarize: there will be a niche market for conventional foodstuffs just as there is for organic food.It may even be that GM food will become the food of preference because consumers come to appreciate the health benefits of reduced pesticide use.

Currently there are some 20,000 chemicals in use, but the scientists only have detailed information around 1,000 of them.To see the advantages of GM food you have only to consider the recent press revelation that the average lettuce receives eleven pesticide applications before it reaches the supermarket shelf.I’m sure chemicals and their role in disease will become a big issue in the 21st century as the population of the developed world worries increasingly about its health.

The reason GM food will not go away is that we need a three-fold increase in food production by the year 2050 to keep pace with the world’s predicted population growth to ten or eleven billion.It’s not just a question of more mouths to feed either.What is often forgotten is that all these extra people will take up space, reducing the overall land available for agriculture.

The world has 800 million hungry people.Until now, food supplies have been increased by improved varieties, pesticides and artificial fertilizers: the green revolution.Now we’re on the edge of a new one: a genetic revolution.

It may well be that in the long term it is the developing world that benefits most from GM food.It is true that for the next years or so GM crops may be too expensive.

6. According to the passage, food supplies have been increased by all the following except_____________.

A.pesticides

B.artificial fertilizers

C.improved varieties

D.transportation

7.How many chemicals are still less familiar to the scientists？()

A.20,000.

B.1,000

C.19,000

D.21,000.

8.Why will people prefer GM food in the future？()

A.Because it uses less pesticides.

B.Because it is much cheaper.

C.Because the production is increased.

D.Because it is organic food.

9.Which of the following is NOT true？()

A.By 2050, the world population will grow to ten or eleven billion.

B.In the 21st century, GM food will take the place of conventional food.

C.More and more people will reduce the overall land available for farming.

D.More and more people will consume more food and occupy more space.

10.The author’s attitude towards GM food is _______.

A.negative

B.positive

C.critical

D.uncertain

(1) Life can be tough for immigrants in America. As a Romanian bank clerk in Atlanta puts it, to find a good job “you have to be like a wolf in the forest – able to smell out the best meat.” And if you can’t find work, don’t expect the taxpayer to bail you out. Unlike in some European countries, it is extremely hard for an able-bodied immigrant to live off the state. A law passed in 1996 explicitly bars most immigrants, even those with legal status, from receiving almost any federal benefits. (2) That is one reason why America absorbs immigrants better than any other rich countries, according to a new study by the University of California. The researchers sought to measure the effect of immigration on the native-born in 20 rich countries, taking into account differences in skills between immigrants and natives, imperfect labor markets and the size of the welfare state in each country. (3) Their results offer ammunition for fans of more open borders. In 19 out of 20 countries, the authors calculated that shutting the doors entirely to foreign workers would make the native-born worse off. Never mind what it would do to the immigrants themselves, who benefit far more than anyone else from being allowed to cross borders to find work. (4) The study also suggests that most countries could handle more immigration than they currently allow. In America, a one-percentage point increase in the proportion of immigrants in the population made the native-born 0.05% better off. The opposite was true in some countries with generous or ill-designed welfare states, however. A one-point rise in immigration made the native-born slightly worse off in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. In Belgium, immigrants who lose jobs can receive almost two-thirds of their most recent wage in state benefits, which must make the hunt for a new job less urgent. (5) None of these effects was large, but the study undermines the claim that immigrants steal jobs from native or drag down their wages. Many immigrants take jobs that Americans do not want, the study finds. This “smooths” the labor market and ultimately creates more jobs for locals. Native-owned grocery stores do better business because there are immigrants to pick the fruit they sell. Indian computer scientists help American software firms expand. A previous study found that because immigrants typically earn less than locals with similar skills, they boost corporate profits, prompting companies to grow and hire more locals. 1. Increase in immigration in Austria fails to improve locals’ life mainly because of ________.

A、low wages for locals

B、imperfect labor markets

C、the design of the welfare system

D、inadequate skills of immigrants

The book provides______infromation on_______thrends.（value,valuable)（recent,recently)

An interest rate increase（)

A、benefits the FI by increasing the market value of the FI's liabilities

B、harms the FI by increasing the market value of the FI's liabilities

C、harms the FI by decreasing the market value of the FI's liabilities

D、benefits the FI by decreasing the market value of the FI's liabilities

E、benefits the FI by decreasing the market value of the FI's assets

A.Tends to establish a ceiling for the market price of the stock.

B.Tends to establish a floor for the market price of the stock.

C.Represents legal capital and is not related to the market price of the stock.

D.Is increased by net income and decreased by dividends.

云智能是一项新技术,近年来引入国内,可以为用户提供更多的便捷。（)

A.Cloud Intelligence, a new technology, has been introduced into China in recent years, offering its users much more convenience.

B. Cloud Intelligence is a new technology. It has been introduced into China in recent years. It can offer its users much more convenience.

A.in

B. by

C. on

A.With a view to

B.Owing to

C.In order to

D.Due to