6. Also noteworthy was the implementation by the Paris Club of a new menu of enhanced concessions in debt reschedulings for the severely indebted, low-income countries.

A. platform                                                      B. ingredient

C. diversification                                              D. arrangement

7. Do you think Hong Kong people have a responsibility to instigate the democratic development in China?

A. investigate                                                   B. mitigate

C. promote                                                      D. agitate

8. By doing that, America struck at Britain’s fragile economy.

A. agile                                                            B. weak

C. frigid                                                           D. strong

9. “Price certainly plays into a product’s allure,” said Robert Burke, a retail consultant in New York. “For certain people, the higher the price, the more attractive the item becomes. ”

A. sale                                                             B. success

C. failure                                                         D. appeal

10. After weeks of record volatility, the stock market showed relatively little fluctuation today.

A. stability                                                       B. predictability

C. unpredictability                                             D. change

11. Shareholders will be compensated for losses incurred when the company’s stock dropped after it disclosed in early 2004 that it had greatly overstated its reserves, a closely watched indicator of an energy company’s health.

A. made amends                                               B. anticipated

C. made into                                                    D. made for

12. The reason for the historical relationship between the slope of the yield curve and the economy’s performance is that the long-term rate is, in effect, a prediction of future short-term rates.

A. surrender                                                     B. profit

C. cost                                                            D. loss

13. State economists warned that the latest monthly figure was exceptionally low because of a statistical aberration.

A. change                                                        B. difference

C. reduction                                                     D. abnormality

14. Outlet shopping malls are rapidly becoming the major attraction for travelers and bargain-hunting shoppers from all over the world.

A. shoppimg messes                                         B. shopping masses

C. shopping centers                                          D. wholesale stores

15. His appointment as interim C.E.O. suggests that the firm has placed a financial graybeard at the helm while it searches for a more permanent new leader.

A. temporary                                                    B. brief

C. middle                                                         D. neutral