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China's economic growth 'hard to predict'

The worsening global economic situation makes it difficult for China to predict its growth for next year, a senior official said on Friday.

“How fast China’s economy will grow next year is uncertain,” Liu He, deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group on Finance and Economy Work, told China Daily.

“To a large extent, the rate will be decided by the external（外部的）situation,” Liu said during a discussion with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and other economists in Beijing.

This year, GDP is estimated to grow at 9.4 or 9.5 percent, down from 10.6 percent last year, he said. However, the impact of the current financial turbulence “on our economy is much less than on the rest of the world”, he said.

Nicholas Stern, a former UK government advisor, also told China Daily it will take at least one or two years for the world to recover from the recession, which is now spreading from the US and the UK to the rest of the world.

“We don’t know how long the recession will last, but it is unlikely to be short,” he said.

Liu said China can use the downturn（衰退）as an opportunity to restructure its economy, which has relied heavily on government investment, foreign trade and low-cost technology over the past years.

“When the economy is experiencing fast growth, companies are unwilling to upgrade their technologies,” Liu said.

“The slowdown gives such firms the opportunity to enhance（提高）their competitive edge through better technologies.”

From China Daily

2008-10-25

1.How many people are mentioned in this passage?

A. only 2     B. no more than 3     C. not more than 4     D. at least 5

2.It can be inferred from Liu’s words that the impact of the current financial turbulence on China’s economy is ________ in the world.

A. more       B. less              C. the most           D. the least

3.The underlined word “extent” probably means ________.

A. sense       B. degree           C. size               D. depth

4.According to the passage, the reason why Liu said this downturn is an opportunity for China to restructure its economy is that ________.

A. China’s economy will not depend on government investment in the future

B. Foreign trade will grow in the future

C. The downturn will force China’s companies to upgrade their technologies

D. Low-cost technologies will not exist in China

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

C

China’s economic growth “hard to predict”

The worsening global economic situation makes it difficult for China to predict its growth for next year, a senior official said on Friday.

“How fast China’s economy will grow next year is uncertain,” Liu He, deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group on Finance and Economy Work, told China Daily.

“To a large extent, the rate will be decided by the external(外部) situation,” Liu said during a discussion with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and other economists in Beijing.

“This year, GDP is estimated to grow at 9.4 or 9.5 percent, down from 10.6 percent last year,” he said. “However, the impact of the current financial turbulence on our economy is much less than on the rest of the world.”

Nicholas Stern, a former UK government advisor, also told China Daily it will take at least one or two years for the world to recover from the recession, which is now spreading from the US and the UK to the rest of the world.

“We don’t know how long the recession will last, but it is unlikely to be short,” he said.

Liu said China can use the downturn(衰退) as an opportunity to restructure its economy, which has relied heavily on government investment, foreign trade and low-cost technology over the past years.

“When the economy is experiencing fast growth, companies are unwilling to upgrade their technologies,” Liu said.

“The slowdown gives such firms the opportunity to enhance(提高) their competitive edge through better technologies.”

(From China Daily 2009-01-11)

1.How many people are mentioned in this passage?

2.It can be inferred from Liu’s words that the impact of the current financial turbulence on China’s economy is ______.

3.The underlines word “extent” probably means ______.

4. According to the passage, the reason why Liu said this downturn is an opportunity for China to restructure its economy is that ______.

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To deliver a "Chinese dream", we need to push ahead with reforms and ensure economic growth and people's well-being, ______?

A. mustn't we       B. don't we                C. needn't we           D. won't we

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A recent study questions whether placing attention on economic growth is the best way to improve child nutrition in low-and middle-income countries. Subu is a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health in Massachusetts. He says there is a common belief on the best way to improve child health in developing countries. He puts it this way: “Let’s just go after economic growth and then everything else will just follow.” But he says that is not always true.

Take India for example. A common measure of a country’s economic health is GDP (gross domestic product). India’s GDP has been growing by more than five percent a year. That is a higher growth rate than most Western countries. Yet more than two-fifths of India’s children are underweight. And Subu says, the percentage of underweight children has changed little since the early 1990s. He and other researchers asked a question, “Was economic growth failing to benefit children in countries other than India?” They looked at health surveys carried out since 1990 in 36 low-and middle-income countries, mostly South of Africa’s Sahara Desert. The researchers compared the effect of GDP growth and signs of child malnutrition-like physical weakness, slow growth and being underweight. But the researchers found only a small relationship.

The group reported their findings in the Journal Lancet Global Health. Subu says money should be spent on clear water, waste-treatment system and other programs. “Without these directing measures, what we are seeing is that economic growth by itself is not making much difference,” said Subu.

But that is not how Lawrence Haddad sees the case. He is head of the Institute of Development Studies in Britain. Lawrence Haddad says malnutrition has dropped sharply over the past 20 years in countries like Vietnam, Ghana or Brazil. He says economic growth was responsible for half of those declines. “The other half is because of improvements in water, health systems and nutrition programs,” said Haddad.

1.Why does the author take India for example?

A.To stress the importance of GDP.

B.To arouse reader’s interest in the topic.

C.To prove economic growth can’t improve child nutrition.

D.To show India has a higher growth rate than most Western countries.

2.What does the underlined word “malnutrition” in paragraph 2 mean?

A.Lacking nutrition. B.Getting nutrition.

C.Providing nutrition. D.Wasting nutrition.

3.Which statement is true according to the passage?

A.Two-fifths of India’s children are underweight.

B.Economic growth only fails to benefit children in India.

C.Lawrence Haddad looked at health surveys carried out since 1990.

D.Subu believed economic growth itself could hardly make a difference.

4.What is Lawrence Haddad’s attitude toward Subu’s findings?

A.Supportive. B.Disapproving.

C.Unconcerned. D.Doubtful.

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_______ economic growth, various measures are being taken to expand domestic demand.

A. Having stabilized B. Stabilizing

C. Stabilized D. To stabilize

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(2013·河北石家庄二模)—________ has brought worldwide attention to China?

—Rapid and steady economic growth, of course.

A．What do you think it is

B．What do you think is it

C．What do you think it is that

D．What do you think is it that

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The local government doesn’t have to sacrifice environmental protection_________ economic growth.

A.to be promoted B.being promoted C.promoting D.to promote

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-- ________has brought worldwide attention to China?

—Rapid and steady economic growth，of course．

A．What do you think it is

B．What do you think is it

C．What do you think it is that

D．What do you think is it that

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With many major economic problems_______ to be addressed, there is no point _______ the growth rate of this year now.

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With many major economic problems_______ to be addressed, there is no point _______ the growth rate of this year now.

A. remaining ; predicting                        B. remaining ; to predict

C. remained ; predicting                        D. remained ; to predict

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