首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Some of the concerns surrounding Turkey’s application to join the European Union, to be voted on by the EU’s Council of Minister
Some of the concerns surrounding Turkey’s application to join the European Union, to be voted on by the EU’s Council of Minister
admin
2019-05-30
28
问题
Some of the concerns surrounding Turkey’s application to join the European Union, to be voted on by the EU’s Council of Ministers on December 17th, are economic—in particular, the country’s relative poverty. Its GDP per head is less than a third of the average for the 15 pre-2004 members of the EU. But it is not far off that of one of the ten new members which joined on May lst,2004 (Latvia), and it is much the same as those of two countries, Bulgaria and Romania, which this week concluded accession talks with the EU that could make them full members on January 1st, 2007.
Furthermore, the country’s recent economic progress has been, according to Donald Johnston, the secretary-general of the OECD, "stunning."GDP in the second quarter of the year was 13.4% higher than a year earlier, a rate of growth that no EU country comes close to matching. Turkey’s inflation rate has just fallen into single figures for the first time since 1972, and this week the country reached agreement with the IMF on a new three-year, $10 billion economic programme that will, according to the IMF’s managing director, Rodrigo Rato, "help Turkey... reduce inflation toward European levels, and enhance the economy’s resilience."
Resilience has not historically been the country’s economic strong point. As recently as 2001, GDP fell by over 7%. It fell by more than 5% in 1994, and by just under 5% in 1999. Indeed, throughout the 1990s growth
oscillated
like an electrocardiogram recording a violent heart attack. This irregularity has been one of the main reasons (along with red tape and corruption) why the country has failed dismally to attract much-needed foreign direct investment. Its stock of such investment (as a percentage of GDP) is lower now than it was in the 1980s, and annual inflows have scarcely ever reached $1 billion (whereas Ireland attracted over $25 billion in 2003, as did Brazil in every year from 1998 to 2000).
One deterrent to foreign investors is due to disappear on January 1st, 2005. On that day, Turkey will take away the right of virtually every one of its citizens to call themselves a millionaire. Six naughts will be removed from the face value of the lira, one unit of the local currency will henceforth be worth what 1 m are now—ie, about ¢0.53 ($0.70). Goods will have to be priced in both the new and old lira for the whole of the year, but foreign bankers and investors can begin to look forward to a time in Turkey when they will no longer have to juggle mentally with indeterminate strings of zeros.
What is Turkey’s economic situation now?
选项
A、Its GDP per head is far lagging behind that of the EU members.
B、Its inflation rate is still rising.
C、Its economy grows faster than any EU member.
D、Its economic resilience is very strong.
答案
C
解析
根据文章第二段第一句,土耳其的经济发展“十分惊人”。紧接着,作者以数据说明土耳其本年度第二季度的GDP增长a rate of growth that no EU country comes close to matching,可见其经济发展速度超过其他任何欧盟成员。故答案为[C]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/NLnZ777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Theterm"disruptivetechnology"ispopular,butiswidelymisused.Itrefersnotsimplytoaclevernewtechnology,buttoone
Accordingtocertainbeercommercials,thecontemporaryversionofsuccess【B1】______inmovinguptoapremiumbrandthatcosts
Accordingtocertainbeercommercials,thecontemporaryversionofsuccess【B1】______inmovinguptoapremiumbrandthatcosts
Accordingtocertainbeercommercials,thecontemporaryversionofsuccess【B1】______inmovinguptoapremiumbrandthatcosts
Accordingtocertainbeercommercials,thecontemporaryversionofsuccess【B1】______inmovinguptoapremiumbrandthatcosts
Whatimpactcanmobilephoneshaveontheirusers’health?Manyindividualsareconcernedaboutthesupposedilleffectscaused
Whatimpactcanmobilephoneshaveontheirusers’health?Manyindividualsareconcernedaboutthesupposedilleffectscaused
ThebattlebetweenAppleandlawenforcementofficialsoverunlockingaterrorist’ssmart-phoneistheclimaxofaslowturning
TheTerm"CYBERSPACE"wascoinedbyWilliamGibson,ascience-fictionwriter.InthebookMr.Gibsondescribescyberspaceas"a
随机试题
浮动汇率制度有什么优点?
求函数f(x)=的间断点,并指出其类型.
不符合化学致癌的描述是
A.泻热凉血B.滋阴凉血C.健脾摄血D.益气补血E.益气补肾消化性溃疡合并上消化道出血属肝胃郁热者,其治法是()
甲公司2015年年初的递延所得税资产借方余额为50万元,与之对应的预计负债贷方余额为200万元;递延所得税负债无期初余额。甲公司2015年度实现的利润总额为9520万元,适用的企业所得税税率为25%且预计在未来期间保持不变;预计未来期间能够产生足够的应纳
与银行借款相比,下列各项中,属于发行债券筹资特点的有()。(2013年)
已知f(x)在x=0的某个邻域内连续,且f(0)=0,则在点x=0处f(x)().
Womenoften【1】thatdatingislikeacattle【2】,andapaperjustpublishedinBiologyLettersbyThomasPolletandDanielNettle
A奶奶病还没好,怎么突然离开医院了?B他是不是喜欢上刚搬来的漂亮姐姐了?C这天怎么说变就变,刚才还晴天呢。D都什么时候了,问题还没有解决吗?E天气这么热,当然越凉喝着越舒服了。我也正觉得奇怪呢,一定有特别的原因。
Undergroundticketsareavailableatallundergroundstations.Ticketpricesfortheundergroundvaryaccordingtothedistance
最新回复
(
0
)