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1、剑桥商务英语中级模拟89READINGPARTONE•LookatthestatementsbelowandthearticleaboutPlumperontheoppositepage・•Youwillneedtousesomeoftheselettersmorethanonce・A.PlumperHowdoesthecountry1seconomycomparewiththoseoftheEU?SomeoftheconcernssurroundingTurkey1sapplicationtojointheEuropeanUnion,tobevot
2、edonbytheEU*sCouncilofMinistersonDecember17th,areeconomic-inparticular,thecountry!srelativepoverty.ItsGDPperheadislessthanathirdoftheaverageforthe15pre-2004membersoftheEU・ButitisnotfaroffthatofoneofthetennewmemberswhichjoinedonMay1st2004(Latvia),anditismuchthesameasthoseoftwoco
3、untries,BulgariaandRomania,whichthisweekconcludedaccessiontalkswiththeEUthatcouldmakethemfullmembersonJanuary1st2007•B.Furthermore,thecountry1srecenteconomicprogresshasbeen,accordingtoDonaldJohnston,thesecretary-generaloftheOECD,stunning•GDPinthesecondquarteroftheyearwas13.4%hi
4、gherthanayearearlier,arateofgrowththatnoEUcountrycomesclosetomatching.Turkey1sinflationratehasjustfallenintosinglefiguresforthefirsttimesince1972,andthisweekthecountryreachedagreementwiththeIMFonanewthree-yearz$10billioneconomicprogrammethatwillzaccordingtotheIMF*smanagingdirec
5、tor,RodrigoRato,helpTurkeyreduceinflationtowardEuropeanlevels,andenhancetheeconomy1sresilience•C•Resiliencehasnothistoricallybeenthecountry1seconomicstrongpoint•Asrecentlyas2001zGDPfellbyover7%.Itfellbymorethan5%in1994andbyjustunder5%in1999.Indeed,throughoutthe1990sgrowthoscill
6、atedlikeanelectrocardiogramrecordingaviolentheartattack.Thisirregularityhasbeenoneofthemainreasons(alongwithredtapeandcorruption)whythecountryhasfaileddismallytoattractmuch-neededforeigndirectinvestment•Itsstockofsuchinvestment(asapercentageofGDP)islowernowthanitwasinthe1980s,a
7、ndannualinflowshavescarcelyeverreached$1billion(whereasIrelandattractedover$25billionin2003,asdidBrazilineveryyearfrom1998to2000)・D.OnedeterrenttoforeigninvestorsisduetodisappearonJanuary1st2005・Onthatday,Turkeywillvirtuallytakeawaytherightofeveryoneofitscitizenstocallthemselve
8、samillionaire.Sixnoughtswillberemovedfromthefacevalueo
