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KEY TO EXERCISES
Section A: Text Comprehension
I. Reference Answers to Pre-Reading
Questions:
1.
They scorn America as a country which
has neither history nor culture, and they think
that the
U.S. must be one of
China
’
s enemies. [Para 2-3]
2.
Her
tone was
new
and
soft,
because she suggested
that
China’s
bad
record
in
human
rights
should not get in the
way of co-operation on the financial crisis and
global warming. [Para 9]
3.
Para 12. Though China may be unwilling
to give America more than a cautious poke, it was
prepared to deliver a powerful snub to
leaders of EU, the biggest trading partner of
China.
4.
It
means
that
Premier
Wen
is
concerned
about
the
very
uneven
distribution
of
the
fruits
of
China’s own rapid growth
and
the possible social unrest caused by that
inequality. [Para 22]
5.
Premier Wen Jiabao mentioned two
aspects of reform: enonomic reform and political
reform.
[Para 28]
Section B: Exercises
I. Business T
erms
1.
Give
the
Chinese
equivalents
of
the
following
business
terms
and
expressions
which
would be found in the
given paragraphs of the text.
1).
全球经济危机
9).
一揽子（经济）刺激方案
2).
白色恐怖
10).
争取更大的发言权
3).
东山再起，卷土重来
11).
反华心理
4).
展示力量；一展身手
5).
韬光养晦
6).
通讯社
7).
贸易伙伴
8).
二十国集团峰会
12).
反垄断立法
13).
劳动密集型产业
14).
民工
15).
瓜分战利品
2.
Give
the
English
Equivalents
of
the
following
Business
terms
and
expressions
which
would be found in the
given paragraphs of the text.
1).
confrontation between China and the West
9). press conference
2).
play sth down
3). come to
someone
’
s aid
4).
the Olympic games
5). watch
developments patiently
6). European
Union
7). exchange-rate policy
8). steal the limelight
10). think-tank
11). put up
one
’
s shutters
12).
the National People’s
Congress
13). state-owned
enterprises
14). small and medium
private enterprises
15). reform-and-
opening policy
16). financial
institutions
III. Text Comprehension
Answer the following questions
according to the text.