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1、Passage★★★★☆Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Inrecentdecades,thereisaphenomenonwhichmakesusgivesomeattention;theso-calledSoutheastAsian"tigers"haverivaledthewestern"lions"forstockclichesthatmakeeconomicheadlines.ThemythofAmericaneconomichege
2、mony(霸权)overAsiaintheimposingandpatriarchalfigureofUncleSamhasprovidedfrequentpoliticalgrist(有利)forSoutheastAsianpoliticalleaders,particularlyMalaysia'sPrimeMinisterMahathir.Hehasattemptedtoforgeaninternationalreputationasasnarlingtiger,butlatelysound
3、smorelikeabarnyarddoggroaningatshadows.WithoutdemeaninginanywaytheremarkableachievementsofthenewlydevelopingeconomiesofMalaysia,ThailandandIndonesia,thesenationsattimesappeartobetheirownworstenemies.ThisisoftenexemplifiedbyDr.Mahathir,whorailsatWester
4、nevilwheneveraninternationalordomesticcrisisprovidesanopportunity。Tobemorespecific,therecentdevaluationofthePhilippineandThaicurrencies,andthesubsequentpressureontheMalaysiancurrencyhasinspiredDr.Mahathirtolaunchanall-outattackontheWestasthesourceofth
5、eproblem.HeevenallegesthattheUnitedStateshasdeliberatelydestabilizedSoutheastAsianeconomiesinrevengeforthesenations,supportingthebrutalmilitaryruleinMahathir,anactionwhichtheUnitedStatesseemstowantinspectedratherthanrewarded.Butbyresortingtosuchscapeg
6、oat(替罪羊)，insteadofacceptingevenabitresponsibility,thePrimeMinistermayunderminethefuturesuccessoftheregionandMalaysiainparticular。Uponfurtherquestioning,Dr.Mahathirnarrowedhisattacktoonewealthyindividual,thewell-knownphilanthropist(慈善家)，Mr.GeorgeSoros,
7、whoseoppositiontoMyanmar'sadmissiontoASEAN(AssociationofSoutheastAsianNations)Mahathirfoundparticularity,irritating.ThelogicalmistakesthatunderliesuchconspiracytheoriesdonothelpMalaysiaaddresstheseriousissuesofeconomicoverheatingthatexpertshavebeenwar
8、ningaboutforallthesedifficultperiods,whichincludelargedeficitsandlowsavingstodebtratios.Infact,therecentdramaticdropinMalaysia'sstockmarketandcurrencyhasledDr.Mahathirtoreversehisinitialapproachtothecrisis.Heevenannouncesmeasuresthatatleastimp
