[单项选择]Asian economic crisis has only a _______ effect on the lives of Chinese people.
A. discrete
B. massive
C. marginal
D. subordinate

[单项选择]Asian economic crisis has only a _______ effect on the lives of Chinese people.
A. discrete
B. massive
C. marginal
D. subordinate

[单项选择]In western countries, economic crisis usually comes in ______ with serious inflation and unemployment.
A. connection
B. association
C. relation
D. combination

[单项选择]Because of the economic crisis, industrial output in the region remained ______.
A. motionless
B. inactive
C. stagnant
D. immobile

[单项选择]Japan' s current economic crisis is the worst since ______.


A. World War I
B. World War II
C. the Gulf War
D. the Korean War

[单项选择]Japan's current economic crisis is the worst since ______.


A. World War Ⅰ
B. World War Ⅱ
C. the Gulf War
D. the Korean War

[单项选择]The real problem is not the economic crisis that dominates the headlines, but a pair of intertwined long-term concerns: the shrinking work force, and money squandered on life support for ------- industries and backward regions.
A. (A) relevant
B. (B) moribund
C. (C) nascent
D. (D) deserving
E. (E) thriving

[单项选择]There is no sign that the world economic crisis will lessen in the next few months，although a certain degree of recovery is in sight．
A. 尽管没有人认为未来几个月内世界经济危机会消失，但是在一定程度上的复苏是肯定的。
B. 尽管世界经济复苏的迹象是肯定的，但是未来几个月内经济危机缓和的现象还不很明显。
C. 尽管已经显现出一定程度的经济复苏，但没有迹象表明世界经济危机在未来几个月会减缓。
D. 尽管没有人承认未来几个月内世界经济危机会触底，但我们肯定会看到世界经济的复苏。

[单项选择]To our disappointment, the guide also only has a slight ______ with Italian.
A. recognition
B. orientation
C. acquaintance
D. familiarity

[单项选择]Perhaps open government' s effect has been greatest in______.


A. budget
B. supervision
C. decision-making
D. promulgation of rules and regulations

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Passage Two
In only two decades Asian Americans have become the fastest growing the U. S. minority. As their children began moving up through the nation’s schools, it became clear that a new class of academic achievers was emerging. Their achievements are reflected in the nation’s best universities, where mathematics, science and engineering departments have taken on a decidedly Asian character. This special liking for mathematics and science is partly explained by the fact that Asian-American students who began their educations abroad arrived in the U. S. with a solid grounding in mathematics but little or no knowledge of English. They are also influenced by the promise of a good job after college. Asians feel they will be judged more objectively. And the return on the investment in education is more immediate in something like engineering than with an arts degree.
Most Asian-American students owe their success to the influence of parents who a
A. sympathetic
B. doubtful
C. critical
D. objective