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1、《外刊经贸知识选读》资料-阅读理解阅读下列短文并回答问题Passage1TheUSdollarvalueofChineseexportsincreasedatanaveragerateofalmost18percentperannumbetween1978and1983,whileimportsincreasedbyapproximately11percentperannum.Asaresult,thevisibletradesurplusrosesharplyfromUS$1.4billionin1981toUS$4.4billionin1982andUS$3.7billionin1983
2、.ExportsgrewmuchfasterthanimportsduringthisperiodnotonlybecauseofthestrongemphasisplacedonexportingbyChina’seconomicplanners,butalsobecauseanumberofindustrialprojectswerepostponedin1979.OfficialrecognitionthatforeigntechnologycouldplayamajorroleinmodernisingtheChineseeconomyhadcausedimportstoriseby
3、morethan50percentin1978placingunduestrainonthenationaleconomy.Grainimportshavefallensharplyoverthepastfewyears—Chinabecameanetgrainexporterin1984—andin1983thecountrystartedtoexportsoyabeansandcotton.1.Whatdo“perannum”and“approximately”mean?2.Whydidthemorethan50%riseinimportsof1978placeunduestrainon
4、China’snationaleconomy?3.Whatis“anetgrainexporter”?Doesitmeanonewhohasneverdoneanyimport?Passage2Supplyconcernsaroseagainlaterintheyear,whennatural-gasproducers,particularlythoseintheU.S.,begantoreportproductionshortfallsasfields'reservesdeclinedandrigsandotherservicesbecamescarce.Thecontractroseto
5、the$2.70rangeinAugustandthenabovethe$3markinSeptemberaswinterloomedandnatural-gasstockpilesbegantolooktoomeager.Thebearsheldouthope,thankstoEINino,theperiodicwarmingofthePacificOceanthatissaidtocause-amongotherthings-warmerthannormalwintersinthenorthernU.S.Analystsexpectproductionconcernsthatemerge
6、dthissummertocontinueinto1998,pointingtoabolishforecast.Demandalsoisexpectedtogrow3.1%in1998over1997,accordingtotheAmericanGasAssociation.Suchstrongconsumptiongrowthwouldlikelyexaggeratetheeffectsofasupplycrunch.“Themillion-dollarquestionnextyearwillbewhetherproductiongrowthmeetsexpectationsorfalls
7、shortlikeitdidin1997,"saysJohnSaucer,anatural-gasanalystwithSalomonSmithBarney,Otherbullishfactorsfornaturalgascoulddevelopaswellthroughouttheyear,hesays,includingrailtransportationsnafusdelayingcoalshipmen
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