单选题
Latin American stocks fell for a second day on Friday in reaction to Asia's currency and stock market crash. There were fears that the Asian crisis could influence investors in other emerging markets. Argentina and Mexico (19) the highest falls, with their indexes down by 4% by the (20) of trading on Friday. Brazil's Bovespa index, which on the same day (21) by far the steepest plunge in the Americas, was down 2.9 %. "What's happening in Hong Kong has been a terrible (22) to the system," said Richard Watt, who (23) 3.5 billion dollars in emerging market investments for BEA Associates in New York. Investors in Brazil were concerned that its economic problems were dangerously (24) to those that have caused the currency and market plunges in Thailand, Malaysia and other Asian (25) . "Brazil's economy is far from (26) ," said lan Campbell, chief economist at ABN Amro Bank NV Amsterdam. "Its current account and fiscal (27) are large and its currency is overvalued." "There's no (28) in trying to catch a falling knife," said Jane Heap, Latin American stock strategist at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell. "There's no room for (29) in Brazil until the US and Asia get back to normal." There were also concerns that foreign investors who specialize in emerging markets could be (30) to sell their shares in Latin America to (31) their Asian losses. "There's a lot of nervousness about whether investors will (32) their money out of stocks, because of instability in Asia." Said German Guerrero, chief trader at the Chilean brokerage Celfin SA. Chilean markets were down only (33) in afternoon trading. The Chile selective stock index fell 0.72 % and the Chile general stock index was down 0.64 %.
【答案解析】此句的indexes down by 4% by the 20 of trading on Friday中的indexes意为“股市的指数”,down by 4%意为“下降了4%”,trading意为“交易”,后面的by the ______ of意为“截止到……为止”。股市的指数计算应在收市之后得出结果,所以这里的截止时间应是“收市”。 A.stop意为“停止,不再继续”,B.cancellation意为“取消、撤销”,C.close意为“关闭、结束”,D.collapse意为“崩溃、瓦解”。所以答案应为C.close。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】这句话which on the same day (21) by far the steepest plunge in the Americas与第19题Argentina and Mexico (19) the highest falls的句式相似,说明的意思也类似,所以选择的词与19题中的词应是同义词。A.urged意为“强求”,B.delivered意为“递送”,C.recovered意为“恢复”,D.suffered意为“遭受”。所以答案为D。
【答案解析】可以看出,在who (23) 3.5 billion dollars in emerging market investments for BEA Associates in New York这句话中,需要选择的动词与后面的for组成“为纽约的BEA Associates……35亿美元的新兴市场投资”,经过分析可知,这35亿美元是在emerging market中的investments,而且与后面的介词for组成短语.表示“为……而……”。所以B.earns(挣得)在此讲不通。那么可以推测这笔钱不是Richard Watt的,而是BEA Associates的,他是为BEA Associates管理或支配这笔钱的。而A.directs是“指导”的意思,C.deals表示“应付”的意思时,是不及物动词,需与with连用。所以答案为D.manages(管理)。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】从句中可以看出,巴西的投资者担心其遇到的经济问题与导致泰国、马来西亚货币贬值和市场跳水的问题……。空白处要选择的词要构成短语be…to,首先让我们区别这四个短语: be identical to意思是“同样的、一致的”,这两个经济问题虽然性质可能相同,但不大可能一模一样。be equal to意思是“等于、等同于”,显然这个词不恰当。be related to意思是“与……相关”,亚洲的危机已经影响到拉美,不再是投资者们的担心了。be similar to意思是“与……相似”,在危机刚刚波及拉美时,人们担心会像亚洲一样。所以B是比较合理的选项。
【答案解析】短语far from表示“远离、远非”。这是lan Campbell所说的前半句,他的后半句中currency is overvalued(货币价值过高)说明他要阐述的是巴西经济的不足,high和true不能够用于修饰economy,far from hope又显得过于绝望,从常识看也不合适。而sound有成熟的意思,所以用在这里比较合适。所以A正确答案。
【答案解析】此句中的frying to catch a falling knife表示“想要挽回、救急”,实际情况是他们是无能为力的。短语there is no point表示“没有意义”或“没有用”。其他的词都没有这个意思。所以答案为D。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】此题中的room指空间、余地。句中no…until相当于短语not…until表示“直到……才……”。get back to normal意思是“恢复正常”,只有等到亚洲的经济恢复了他们才能够好转,所以需要选择的词应与get back to normal同义,那么只有D合适。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】句中的sell their shares是卖掉股份的意思,根据上下文可知,这种行为不是正常的,而是在危机下不得不采取的行为,A.promised意为“保证”,应该是外国投资商要卖掉股份,所以在此句中不能用被动语态形式的be promised to do sth. 。B.reminded意为“提醒”,卖掉股份这一举动是他们自己想到的,而不是某人或某事提醒的。C.offered意为“提供”,与A同理。D.forced意为“强迫”,be forced to do sth. 表示“被迫做某事”。显然D符合上下文的意思。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】根据推理,在sell their shares in Latin America to中to后面的内容应表示外国投资商卖掉股份的目的,很显然是要挽回或减少损失。A.圳意为“填入”,fill是不及物动词,后面要加上介词in。B.pay意为“支付”,不能与loss搭配。D replace意为“更换、替代”,也不能与loss搭配。C.cover有“弥补”的意思,与loss搭配,表示“弥补损失”。显然C符合上下文的意思。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】此句的意思是“有许多人担心投资商会将他们的钱撤出股市”。A.sell应与物品搭配,不能与money搭配。C.put在此句中应与in或into搭配。D.rub意为“摩擦”或“勉强维持”,是不及物动词,且不能与money搭配。只有pull sth. out of有“把……从……中拉出来”的意思,所以B是正确答案。