1.
Mexico
is not a ____ of oil producers' cartel OPEC.
a)
members
b)
membership
c)
member
d)
memberships
2.
Kia
Motors Corp., South Korea's second-largest automaker, has announced it will
____ its first U.S. plant in the southern state of Georgia.
a)
get up
b)
build up
c)
set up
d)
give up
3.
Production
will begin in 2009, and the US $1.2 billion factory will ____ 2,500 workers.
a)
devote
b)
dismiss
c)
declare
d)
employ
4.
The
facility in West Point, Georgia, ____ the Alabama border, is expected to
produce 300,000 vehicles per year at maximum capacity.
a)
next
b)
near
c)
close
d)
nearly
5.
The
Korean carmaker also said that five to six auto suppliers are expected to set
up nearby, resulting in the ____ of an additional 2,000 jobs.
a)
invention
b)
discovery
c)
equipment
d)
creation
6.
Kia,
which last year exported three-fourths of its South Korean production, is
pursuing an aggressive overseas ____.
a)
expansion
b)
expand
c)
expanding
d)
expansive
7.
____
moving into the United States, it's building a second plant in China at the end
of the year-end.
a)
Perhaps
b)
In addition
c)
Besides
d)
Because
8.
Kia
expects its sales in the United States and Canada ____15 percent to 350,000
vehicles in 2006, and grow further to 800,000 by 2010.
a)
to increase
b)
increase
c)
increasing
d)
increases
9.
In
January Kia said its 2005 net ____ rose 2.9 percent to 680.9 billion won as
revenue gained 4.6 percent to 16 trillion won.
a)
money
b)
profit
c)
currency
d)
marketing
10.
Kia
said it has invested more than US$300 million ____ the United States over the
last four years.
a)
on
b)
at
c)
into
d)
in
11.
Facilities
include a research and ____ center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and vehicle proving
grounds in Mojave, California.
a)
develop
b)
development
c)
developed
d)
developing
12.
Under
____ to stamp out rampant product piracy, China jailed 2,693 people last year
for illegally copying copyrighted or trademarked material.
a)
pressure
b)
competition
c)
encouragement
d)
tension
13.
Beijing
is under pressure from the United States and other trading partners to ____
tougher penalties for illegally copied movies, music and other goods.
a)
abolish
b)
suffer
c)
impose
d)
miss
14.
U.S.
and Chinese authorities are stepping up cooperation in ____such crimes.
a)
combating
b)
committing
c)
organizing
d)
involving
15.
In
one prominent case, a Shanghai court ____ two U.S. citizens to up to 2 1/2
years in prison in April, along with two Chinese co-defendants, for running a
counterfeit DVD ring.
a)
allowed
b)
granted
c)
accused
d)
sentenced
16.
One
of the Americans, Randolph Hobson Guthrie III, was deported to the United
States, ____ he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods at
a Jan. 3 hearing in Jackson, Mississippi.
a)
that
b)
which
c)
in what
d)
where
17.
A
decision on whether the EU will impose ____ on shoe imports from China and
Vietnam is due on Thursday.
a)
burdens
b)
duties
c)
standards
d)
views
18.
Brussels
is worried that a surge in shoe imports from China and Vietnam could force
domestic footwear manufacturers out of ____.
a)
work
b)
action
c)
control
d)
business
19.
Last
month, Mr. Mandelson said that ____ "compelling evidence" of leather
shoe imports being sold below cost, breaking global trade rules on legitimate
pricing.
a)
there were
b)
it was
c)
there was
d)
they were
20.
He
proposed initial duties of 4% starting on 6 April, rising to 19.4% and 16.8%
____ for Chinese and Vietnamese products.
a)
respectively
b)
relatively
c)
similarly
d)
respectfully
21.
The
____ sanctions must be approved by a majority of the EU's 25 member states.
a)
proposing
b)
propose
c)
proposed
d)
proposal
22.
EU
members have ____ on how to counteract the threat of cheap clothing imports
from China and other Asian markets.
a)
differ
b)
different
c)
difference
d)
differed
23.
Chinese
officials say that there is ____ evidence of dumping and question whether the
duties would conform to World Trade Organization rules.
a)
not
b)
no
c)
none
d)
nothing
24.
As
Mexican President Vicente Fox prepares to open the 4th World Water Forum, the
BBC's Claire Marshall looks at the severe water problems ____ Mexico City.
a)
experiencing
b)
tackling
c)
facing
d)
overcoming
25.
Population
growth, the over-exploitation of subterranean aquifers, and a ____ to recycle
limited water supplies have turned a once-fertile region into a barren desert.
a)
failure
b)
failed
c)
fail
d)
failures
26.
Cheng
Chui Ping ran a multi-million dollar scheme which transported ____ to the US in
packed cargo ships.
a)
hundreds of illegal immigrants
b)
hundred of illegal immigrants
c)
a hundred of illegal immigrants
d)
a hundreds of illegal immigrants
27.
During
one operation in 1993, a ship ____immigrants ran aground off the US coast and
10 people drowned.
a)
carry
b)
carrying
c)
carried
d)
carries
28.
The
57-year-old woman was convicted of charges including conspiracy to commit
people smuggling ____ money laundering.
a)
but
b)
yet
c)
however
d)
and
29.
Cheng,
also ____ as Sister Ping, pleaded for more than an hour for a lenient sentence.
a)
know
b)
knew
c)
known
d)
knows
30.
US
district judge Michael Mukasey described her speech as "____
incredible" and sentenced her to the maximum penalty allowed by law.
a)
simple
b)
simply
c)
simplified
d)
simplicity
31.
He
said she had exploited illegal aliens who were desperate for a better life -
transporting them in inhumane conditions and ____ violent gangsters to collect
debts and ransoms.
a)
use
b)
to use
c)
used
d)
using
32.
Prosecutors
described Cheng as one of the biggest "snakeheads", ____ human
traffickers, of all time.
a)
or
b)
however
c)
but
d)
for
33.
She
was found guilty of financing the ____of about 300 Chinese immigrants in June
1993 on board the freighter, the Golden Venture.
a)
movement
b)
export
c)
implementation
d)
shipment
34.
Prosecutors
said Cheng also financed a 1998 trip in which a ship capsized off the coast of
Guatemala, ____14 people.
a)
killed
b)
kill
c)
killing
d)
to kill
35.
Cheng's
attorney said ____ conviction was a mistake and her role in the Golden Venture
was lending money to the people who did the actual smuggling.
a)
his
b)
her
c)
their
d)
its
36.
Cheng,
who was arrested in Hong Kong in 2000 following six years as a fugitive, is
____ her conviction.
a)
welcoming
b)
carrying
c)
appealing
d)
accusing
37.
A
wildlife expedition in Malaysia has found evidence that ____ hope for the endangered
Sumatran rhino.
a)
there may be
b)
they may be
c)
it may be
d)
these may be
38.
A
search of the Heart of Borneo last May found the tracks of at least 13 animals
in a confined area ____ no rhino was actually seen.
a)
however
b)
yet
c)
though
d)
despite
39.
The
Sumatran rhino, the smallest of the world's rhino species, ____ by extinction.
a)
is threatening
b)
has been threatening
c)
will threaten
d)
is threatened
40.
On
the Malay peninsula, only a handful survive, as many have fallen prey to
poachers or have died in ____ maintained captive breeding centers.
a)
poor
b)
poverty
c)
poorer
d)
poorly
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