【正文】 exit “sooner or later”. But he made it quite clear that China would be cautious and gave no hint that sudden exit was imminent. In recent days various other Chinese officials have put even more emphasis on the stability of the currency, bristled at outside pressure to hurry up and denounced American “politicisation” of the exchangerate issue.14. A. stabled B. hardened C. toughed D. firmed15. A. two B. twice C. doubling D. double16. A. surplus B. allowance C. help D. subsidy17. A. inflation B. appreciation C. depreciation D. stagflation 18. A. parcel B. package C. bundle D. seriesSection B 5%Directions: Look at the tables and graphs below. For each table or graph, there are one or two statements describing it. Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Question19 is based on the following graph.19. When did Hong Kong inflation rate rise to %? A. June, 2010 B. August 2010 C. November 2010 D. January 2011Questions 2021 are based on the following graph.20. In which month did China’s Monthly Passenger Vehicle Sales drop to about 63% on a yearonyear basis? A. August 2009 B. October 2009 C. February 2010 D. March 201021. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?A. The growth rate of China’s monthly passenger vehicle sales fell most notably in February 2010.B. China’s monthly passenger vehicle sales climbed to the peak at the end of 2009.C. From August 2009 to December 2009, the monthly passenger vehicle sales continued to increase in number. D. In terms of the monthly sales volume, June 2010 witnessed the lowest sales volume. Questions 2223 are based on the following graph.22. According to the graph, in which year does the growth rate drop most dramatically? A. 2008 B. 2009 C. 2010 D. 2011 23. Which of the following statement is INCORRECT? A. The sales volume of China’s online game industry in 2008 added up to billion Yuan. B. The yearonyear growth rate of China’s online game industry is estimated to drop to % in 2012.C. The growth rate on a yearonyear basis dropped % in 2010 than that of the year 2009.D. The sales volume of China’s online game industry in 2014 will climb to an estimated billion Yuan. Section C 10%Directions: Read the following two passages. Choose the best answer for each statement or question from the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet.Questions 2428 are based on the following passage.Passage OneThere is something apt about a social networking website winning a popularity contest. According to industry data, Facebook overtook Google among US internet users last week, with more visits to its pages than to the search engine. It is a moment to consider the rapid growth of a site whose 400mplus users outnumber the population of any single country except India and China.The industry data e with a few caveats. The figures exclude visits to other Google services, such as YouTube and Google Mail. They omit searches carried out in a box on a browser toolbar. Also, the number of visits is just one measure of internet takeup: counting unique users – visitors rather than visits – gives a different profile. Still, it highlights the momentum behind Facebook as it displaces from the weekly lead it has manded on this measure since September 2007.Advertisers find Facebook appealing too. It enables them to reach a mass audience, as television does, but with the extra benefit of much greater targeting. Consumer brands could easily extend their presence beyond the fan pages that already exist. Moreover, a social site provides consumers who visit for much longer than they would use a search engine. So increased advertising, and perhaps ways to allow users to shop through the site, should enable Facebook to move from positive cash flow to making profits.It will need to tread carefully. There is a risk for advertisers – and for the site – if Facebook moves to bee mercial in a way that users resent. In amongst personal information, advertisements are more likely to strike a jarring note.The highgrowth phase means that Facebook can take its time developing ways to increase revenues. The key must be to find ways that bring practical benefits to those who visit the site. There is an intrinsic stickiness about a site where users have assembled their own material, but if people stop updating their pages and social networking takes a new form, then winning users back is a hard task.What the data do not show is that search engines have had their day. Google39。s stimulus 8. inflation 9. gross domestic product (GDP) 10. inequalitySection Three11. More than half the teenagers who left school without pleting year 12 in 2008 didn39。s a milder economic downturn than the recessions of the early 39。 convenient transportation$300$100$50Garden Squarenear a park。80s, but it shows a larger, more plex, more troublesome picture. And the impact of it on the labor market might not yet be over.13. ABS study shows that the retail sector fared worse in this mild downturn than it did in the quite severe recession of the early 1990s.Module II Reading Comprehension and Writing 14. B 15. C 16. D 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. A 21. A 22. B 23. C24. B 25. A 26. D 27. D 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. D 33. D Section B Business Writing Sample: March 21, 2010Dear Sir/Madam,My car is 2010 Camrey and I bought it just three weeks ago. It is now on the recall list. I’m scared to drive it now, especially that I have two children under the age of 5. As this car was my only mode o