- 閱讀理解A
題干：“Theword‘protection’isnolongertaboo(禁忌語).”Thisshortsentence,utteredbyFrenchPresidentNicolasSarkozylatelastmonth,mayhavelaunchedaneweraineconomichistory.Why?Fordecades，Westernleadershavebelievedthatloweringtradebarriersandtariffswasanaturalgood.Doingso,theyreasoned,wouldleadtogreatereconomicefficiencyandproductivity,whichinturnwouldimprovehumanwelfare.Championingfreetradethusbecameamoral,notjustaneconomic,cause.Theseleaders,ofcourse,weren’tactingoutofunselfishness.Theyknewtheireconomieswerethemostcompetitive，sothey'dprofitmostfromliberalization.AnddevelopingcountriesfearedthattheireconomieswouldbeswampedbysuperiorWesternproductivity.Today,however,thetableshaveturned-thoughfewacknowledgeit.TheWestcontinuestopreachfreetrade,butpracticesitlessandless.Asian,meanwhile,continuestopleadforspecialprotectionbutpracticesmoreandmorefreetrade.That’swhySarkozy’swordsweresoimportant：hefinallyinjectedsomehonestyintothetradedebates.ThetruthisthatlargepartsoftheWestarelosingfaithintreetrade,thoughfewleadersadmitit.Someeconomistsaremorehonest.PaulKrugmanisoneofthefewwillingtoacknowledgethatprotectionistargumentsarereturning.Intheshortrun’therewillbewinnersandlosersunderfreetrade.This,ofcourse,iswhatcapitalismisallabout.ButmoreandmoreoftheseloserswillbeintheWest.EconomistsinthedevelopedworldusedtolovequotingJosephSchumpeter，whosaidthat“creativedestruction”wasanessentialpartofcapitalistgrowth.Buttheyalwaysassumedthatdestructionwouldhappenoverthere.WhenWesternworkersbeganlosingjobs,suddenlytheirleadersbegantolosefaithintheirprinciples.Thingshaveyettoreversecompletely.Butthere’sclearlyanegativetrendinaWesterntheoryandpractice.Alittlehypocrisy(虛偽)isnotinitselfaseriousproblem.TherealproblemisthatWesterngovernmentscontinuetoinsistthattheyretaincontrolofthekeyglobaleconomicandfinancialinstitutionswhiledriftingawayfromgloballiberalization.Lookatwhat’shappeningattheIMF(InternationalMonetaryFund).TheEuropeanshavedemandedthattheykeepthepostofmanagingdirector.Butalltoooften，Westernofficialsputtheirowninterestsaboveeveryoneelse,swhentheydominatetheseglobalinstitutions.ThetimehasthereforecomefortheAsians-whoareclearlythenewwinnersintoday'sglobaleconomy-toprovidemoreintellectualleadershipinsupportingfreetrade：Sadly,theyhaveyettodoso.UnlessAsiansspeakout,however,there'sarealdangerthatAdamSmith'sprinciples,whichhavebroughtsomuchgoodtotheworld，couldgraduallydie.Andthatwouldleaveallofusworseoff,inonewayoranother.
題目：By “the tables have turned” ( Lines 3-4, Para.2) the author implies that_____. - A 、the Western leaders have turned self-centered
- B 、the Asian leaders have become advocates of free trade
- C 、the developed economies have turned less competitive
- D 、the developing economies have become more independent
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參考答案【正確答案：C】
推理題。the tables have turned前有一個強邏輯詞匯however, 表示和前文的轉(zhuǎn)折。前面兩句話指出，西方發(fā)達國家的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人認為他們國家的經(jīng)濟最有競爭力，并且會最大限度地從自由貿(mào)易中獲利。而發(fā)展中國家則擔(dān)心自己的經(jīng)濟無法承受西方先進生產(chǎn)力的沖擊。因此，the table have turned應(yīng)該表示“現(xiàn)在發(fā)達國家的競爭力沒有那么強了”，C選項為正確答案。
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- B 、who function as judges
- C 、who supervise transactions
- D 、who determine the price
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