- 阅读理解A
题干：SomeoftheconcernssurroundingTurkey’sapplicationtojointheEuropeanUnion,tobevotedonbytheEU’sCouncilofMinistersonDecember17th,areeconomic—inparticular,thecountry’srelativepoverty.ItsGDPperheadislessthanathirdoftheaverageforthe15pre-2004membersoftheEU.ButitisnotfaroffthatofoneofthetennewmemberswhichjoinedonMay1st2004(Latvia),anditismuchthesameasthoseoftwocountries,BulgariaandRomania,whichthisweekconcludedaccessiontalkswiththeEUthatcouldmakethemfullmembersonJanuary1st2007.Furthermore,thecountry’srecenteconomicprogresshasbeen,accordingtoDonaldJohnston,thesecretar-generaloftheOECD,"stunning".GDPinthesecondquarteroftheyearwas13.4%higherthanayearearlier,arateofgrowththatnoEUcountrycomesclosetomatching.Turkey’sinflationratehasjustfallenintosinglefiguresforthefirsttimesince1972,andthisweekthecountryreachedagreementwiththeIMFonanewthree-year,$10billioneconomicprogrammethatwill,accordingtotheIMF’smanagingdirector,RodrigoRato,"helpTurkey...reduceinflationtowardEuropeanlevels,andenhancetheeconomy’sresilience".Resiliencehasnothistoricallybeenthecountry’seconomicstrongpoint.Asrecentlyas2001,GDPfellbyover7%.Itfellbymorethan5%in1994,andbyjustunder5%in1999.Indeed,throughoutthe1990sgrowthoscillatedlikeanelectrocardiogramrecordingaviolentheartattack.Thisirregularityhasbeenoneofthemainreasons(alongwithredtapeandcorruption)whythecountryhasfaileddismallytoattractmuch-neededforeigndirectinvestment.Itsstockofsuchinvestment(asapercentageofGDP)islowernowthanitwasinthe1980s,andannualinflowshavescarcelyeverreached$1billion(whereasIrelandattractedover$25billionin2003,asdidBrazilineveryyearfrom1998to2000).OnedeterrenttoforeigninvestorsisduetodisappearonJanuary1st2005.Onthatday,Turkeywilltakeawaytherightofvirtuallyeveryoneofitscitizenstocallthemselvesamillionaire.Sixnaughtswillberemovedfromthefacevalueofthelira;oneunitofthelocalcurrencywillhenceforthbeworthwhat1millionarenow—ie,about€0.53($0.70).Goodswillhavetobepricedinboththenewandoldliraforthewholeoftheyear,butforeignbankersandinvestorscanbegintolookforwardtoatimeinTurkeywhentheywillnolongerhavetojugglementallywithindeterminatestringsofzeros.
题目：We can infer from the second paragraph that（）. - A 、Turkey will soon catch the average GDP level of the 15 pre-2004 EU members
- B 、inflation rate in Turkey used to be very high
- C 、Turkey’s economy will keep growing at present rate
- D 、IMF’s economic program will help Turkey join the EU
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参考答案【正确答案：B】
根据文章第二段“土耳其得通货膨胀率自1972年以来首次跌进个位数”可知，以前的通货膨胀率都在两位数甚至更多，是非常高的数字。
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