听力原文： Two economists did the study: Andrew Oswald of the..

第1题

听力原文： Two economists did the study: Andrew Oswald of the University of Warwick and Dav

id Blanchflower at Dartmouth College. They used information collected earlier on two million people from eighty nations.

They found that people around the world seem to share an emotional design in life. That design is shaped like the letter U. Levels of happiness are highest when people are young and when they are old. In the middle, most people’s happiness and life satisfaction levels drop.

Professor Oswald says some people suffer from midlife depression more than others. But it happens to men and women, to single and married people, to rich and poor and to those with and without children.

According to the expert’s study, the level of happiness in which period of life is the lowest？

A．Childhood.

B．Young age.

C．Middle age.

D．Old age.

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第2题

听力原文：After a decade of being rigidly pegged to the US dollar, China's currency is fina

lly free. Well, sort of. The People's Bank of China announced a new value, 8.11 to the dollar, strengthening the Yuan by about two percent, something the Bush Administration has been pushing for and a move economists have been saying China needed to make for its own good.

Which of the following statements is closest in the meaning that expressed in the passage？

A．China's currency is totally free now.

B．China's currency has been pegged firmly to the US dollars for decades.

C．The People's Bank of China announced appreciation of China's currency under Bush Administration's pressure.

D．The appreciation of China's currency has brought benefits to China.

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第3题

听力原文： Two economists did the study: Andrew Oswald of the University of Warwick and Dav

id Blanchflower at Dartmouth College. They used information collected earlier on two million people from eighty nations.

They found that people around the world seem to share an emotional design in life. That design is shaped like the letter U. Levels of happiness are highest when people are young and when they are old. In the middle, most people's happiness and life satisfaction levels drop.

Professor Oswald says some people suffer from midlife depression more than others. But it happens to men and women, to single and married people, to rich and poor and to those with and without children.

According to the expert's study, the level of happiness in which period of life is the lowest？

A．Childhood.

B．Young age.

C．Middle age.

D．Old age.

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第4题

听力原文：Host: At Friday's annual meeting of the American Economic Association in Washingt

听力原文： Host: At Friday's annual meeting of the American Economic Association in Washington, a panel of prominent economists examined the business outlook and concluded that U.S. productivity growth will slow and that the economy itself is unlikely to regain the fast growth rates of the 1990s.

Harvard University professor Dale Jorgenson said, with the collapse of the high tech bubble in the stock market, the U.S. economy is reverting to the slower growth rates of the period 1973 to 1995．In the boom years from 1995 to 2000, the U.S. economy grew by about five percent annually. That high growth, said Professor Jorgenson, was fueled by enormous gains in productivity that are unlikely to return.

Voice: So, 2.78 is the figure going forward for about the next decade. In other words, we're not going to have an acceleration of economic growth, contrary to what Alan Greenspan (central bank governor) may say in his testimony to the

Senate Banking Committee only two weeks from today. That's not going to happen. It is something that it is just totally outside the range of possibilities, even under the most optimistic assumption about productivity and capital deepening.

Now the U.S. economy growth rate is ______.

A．higher than 1995 to 2000

B．lower than 1973 to 1995

C．as good as 1995 to 2000

D．the same as 1993 to 1995

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第5题

听力原文：M: For now, you see, most economists believe a recession will not strike this yea

r.

W: But, John, according to the statistical report shown on yesterday's newspaper, you can't be so optimistic.

Q: What are they talking about？

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A．A strike that has been on for a year.

B．The accuracy of economists' prediction.

C．The present economic situation.

D．The man's being too optimistic.

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第6题

听力原文： Host: At Friday’s annual meeting of the American Economic Association in Washing

ton, a panel of prominent economists examined the business outlook and concluded that U.S. productivity growth will slow and that the economy itself is unlikely to regain the fast growth rates of the 1990s.

Harvard University professor Dale Jorgenson said, with the collapse of the high-tech bubble in the stock market, the U.S. economy is reverting to the slower growth rates of the period 1973 to 1995. In the boom years from 1995 to 2000, the U.S. economy grew by about five percent annually. That high growth. said Professor Jorgenson, was fueled by enormous gains in productivity that are unlikely to return.

Voice: So, 2.78 is the figure going forward for about the next decade. In other words, we’re not going to have an acceleration of economic growth, contrary to what Alan Greenspan (central bank governor) may say in his testimony to the Senate Banking Committee only two weeks from today. That’s not going to happen. It is something that it is just totally outside the range of possibilities, even under the most optimistic assumption about productivity and capital deepening.

Now the U.S. economy growth rate is______.

A．higher than 1995 to 2000

B．lower than 1973 to 1995

C．as good as 1995 to 2000

D．the same as 1993 to 1995

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第7题

听力原文：Seems like there is good news for Americans who like to tip one bacchic at happy

hour or relax with a glass of wine after work. A recent study by two economists shows drinkers earn more than teetotalers. In fact the data that published in a journal of labor research shows drinkers earn 10%-14% more than people who avoid alcohol altogether. The researchers say this disparity in pay might be explained by the fact drinkers have wider social networks. They argue this enables drinkers to get better jobs and business opportunities, truly increase social capital. But the study has its critics, they point out the researchers founded their work with money from libertarian think tank the Reason Foundation. That group has been fighting in- creased regulation and taxation of alcohol around the country. The authors of the study do point out social drinking has its limits. Having more than 21 servings of alcohol a week they say actually reduces earning potential. One could say all things in moderation.

Why do drinkers earn more than teetotalers according to this passage？

A．Because drinkers have better health.

B．Because drinkers receive more money from social warefare.

C．Because drinkers have wider social networks.

D．Because drinkers are more hard-working.

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第8题

听力原文：Economists say that the main spur to the global soybean boom is the emergence of

a middle class in China, much of whose newly disposable income has been spent on a richer, more varied diet. Over the past decade, China has been transformed from a net exporter of soybeans to the world's largest importer in some years of whole soybeans as well as oil and meal byproducts.

Economists attribute the world soybean boom to the rise in soybean production in China and its increased export of related products.

A．正确

B．错误

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第9题

听力原文：According to our economists, a tariff is a kind of tax imposed by the government

on goods imported from abroad.

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A．This kind Of tax on imported goods is unnecessary.

B．To practice economy, the government imposes a tax.

C．A tariff is recommended by our economists.

D．The tariff is a government tax on imported goods.

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第10题

听力原文：China's automobile revolution is accelerating; （8) despite efforts by the governm

听力原文： China's automobile revolution is accelerating; (8) despite efforts by the government to slow what many economists believe is an overheating of its economy. China is the fastest growing ear market in the world, and sales next year are expected to climb 20 percent from last year. Meanwhile, the world's automakers have announced they will launch massive expansion projects in China.

In recent months, banks have started to tighten their lending criteria, in part a response to what analysts say are the government's efforts to stop China's rapidly growing economy from overheating, but ear sales are skyrocketing, with many Chinese using their savings to purchase new cars.

Many economists believe that the fast-paced growth of car market in China is

A．a proof of abundance.

B．an overheating of its economy.

C．an attraction of investment.

D．a result of foreign expansion projects.

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