Directions:Thereare2passagesinthissection.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletteronSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecenter.
PassageOne
Questions52to56arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Thatthesehugedeclinesdidn’tleadtodepressionmainlyreflects,asRomerargues,counter-measurestakenbythegovernment.Privatemarketsforgoods,services,labor,andsecuritiesdomostlyself-correct,butpanicfeedsonitselfanddisarmsthesestabilizingtendencies.Inthissituation,onlygovernmentcanprotecttheeconomyasawhole,becausemostindividualsandcompaniesareinvolvedintheself-defeatingbehaviorofself-protection.
Government’sfailuretoperformthisroleintheearly1930stransformedrecessionintodepression.Scholarswilldebatewhichinterventionsthistime--theFederalReserve’ssupportofafailingcreditsystem,guaranteesofbankdebt,Obama’s“stimulus”planandbank"stresstest"--countedmostinpreventingarecurrence.Regardless,allthesecomplexmeasureshadthesamepsychologicalpurpose:toreassurepeoplethatthefreefallwouldstopand,thereby,curbthefearthatwouldperpetuate(使持久)afreefall.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答
52.Whydoconsumers,businessesandinvestorsretreatandpanicintimesofdepression
A)Theysuffergreatlossesinstocks,propertyandotherassets.
B)Theyfindtheself-correctingmechanismsdysfunctioning.
C)Theyareafraidthenormalsocialorderwillbeparalyzed.
53.WhatdoesChristinaRomersayaboutthecurrenteconomicrecession
A)ItsseverityisnomatchfortheGreatDepressionof1929.
B)Itsinitialblowtoconfidencefarexceededthatof1929.
C)Ithasaffectedhouseownersmorethanstockholders.
D)Ithasresultedinafreefallofthepricesofcommodities.
54.Whydidn’tthecurrentrecessionturnintoadepressionaccordingtoChristinaRomer
A)Thegovernmentintervenedeffectively.
B)Privatemarketscorrectedthemselves.
C)Peoplerefrainedfrombuyingdurablesandbig-ticketitems.
D)Individualsandcompaniesadoptedself-protectionmeasures.
55.Whatisthechiefpurposeofallthecountermeasurestaken
A)Tocreatejobopportunities.
B)Tocurbthefearofalastingfreefall.
C)Tostimulatedomesticconsumption.
D)Torebuildthecreditsystem.
56.Whatdoestheauthorthinkoftoday’seconomicsituation
A)Itmayworsenwithoutfurtherstimulation.
B)Itwillseeareboundsoonerorlater.
C)Ithasnotgonefrombadtoworse.
D)Itdoesnotgivepeoplereasonforpessimism.
【参考答案】：
53.B)Itsinitialblowtoconfidencefarexceededthatof1929.
54.A)Thegovernmentintervenedeffectively.
55.B)Tocurbthefearofalastingfreefall.
56.C)Ithasnotgonefrombadtoworse.
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