10.The signs that south Korea has aggressively made inroads into the EC markets have not been lost on the West.
  A.have failed                   B.have not escaped the attention of
  C.have not been taken away      D.have not disppeared

11.In statistics,amounts are often expressed in constant US dollars.The sentence means that ___.
  A.the amount are always calculted in US dollars
  B.the amounts are unchangeable in US dollars
  C.the US dollars are not trade weighted in statistics.
  D.the amounts are often figured out in US dollars of a fixed value.

12.The term “real disposable income” is used to mean personal income __.
  A.for living expenses in constant dollar value
  B.for consumption and investment in short run
  C.after taxes and with elimination of inflation factors
  D.disallowing for price changes resulting from inflation

13.Economic problems were exacerbated by three bad harvests with the result that national income and the volume of foreign trade contracted during 1960-1962.
  A.deepened          B.stagnated          C.deteriorated         D.postponed

14.On Octorber 14th French farmers held another “day of action” - blocking rads.planting wheat in awkward places and so forth - in  protest at the planned reforms.
   A.clumsy        B.improper          C.inconvenient       D.embarrassing

15.The battle to unseat smaller brands, dominate niches, and shove competing products out of distribution will be  costly and exhausting, and could go on for years.
   A.status         B.share         C.place       D.market

ⅣRead the following passages and answer the questions in English:(24%)

1
    American hopes that pressure from the U. S.will force Japan to suddenly dismantle its trade barriers are almost certain to evaporate in disappointment.

   The fact is that Washington faces an obstacle far more formidable than a few power brokers in Tokyo's government offices. It must buck centuries-old, deeply ingrained Japanese customs. To move the Japanese government, Washington must move an entire nation.

Questions:
1.What are American hopes?
2.Can their hopes come true? Why? Or why not?
3.What does ‘move’ mean in the given context?

2
   some of the Clinton administration's tough talk appears tactical, intended to pressure trading partners into offering concessions and to unblock stalled negotiations on several fronts. But it appears that officials are prepared to turn up the temperature on trade- and live with the consequences. In some ways, Mr.Clinton and his advisers are following the same well - trod path as the Bush administration, which threatened sanctions against the Community last year and walked away from GATT negotiations rather than sign an agreement that would provide only small gains for U.S. companies. The same political pressures from trade hawks in Congress that the Bush officials felt are now bearing down on the Clinton team.