Living in Brazil (巴西)and SwitzerlandMoving to a different city may seem difficult. You

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Living in Brazil (巴西)and SwitzerlandMoving to a different city may seem difficult.You ha

Living in Brazil (巴西)and Switzerland

Moving to a different city may seem difficult.You have to change schools and get used to your new home.But you can always go back to that city to visit.When you move to another country, things are different.However, difficult as it may be, the experience can be rewarding.

My dad, a Brazilian, is really funny and can make friends quickly.My mom, a Swiss, is usually quiet and a bit shy.She likes to be organized, but my dad never makes plans.She enjoys staying home, but my dad always wants to go out.Swiss and Brazilian---what a mix!

After my parents got married, they moved to Switzerlan

D.There they had my brother and me.When I was two, we moved to Brazil.During my childhood we visited Switzerland every year.

Many people ask me where I prefer to live: Brazil or Switzerlan

D.It’s really hard to answer because I love both countries.Brazil is a big country with many states and people.There are multiple dialects and many types of foods.People here have beautiful smiles and are always happy, even if they are poor.In the south the climate is cool, but in the north it’s hot and humi

D.

Switzerland, on the other hand, is small but beautiful and clean.There are four languages in that tiny country.People there are very different from Brazilians: they are wealthy, independent, and organize

D.The food is delicious, and of course, the famous Swiss chocolate is great, and the climate is dry and cool.

I love both countries.In Switzerland, it's pleasant, calm, and peaceful everywhere.I enjoyed my stay there very much.But now I am happy here in Brazil, I feel excited and at home.

11.The author’s parents______

A.share similar interests

B.have different jobs

C.have different personalities

D.enjoy reading books

12.When the author was a child, the family used to______.

A.have many good friends

B.move between the two countries

C.speak two dialects

D.visit Brazil from time to time

13.The author thinks Brazilians are______,

A.organized

B.independent

C.indifferent

D.optimistic

14.According to the text, Switzerland_______.

A.is famous for its chocolate

B.has many big cities

C.has a lot in common with Brazil

D.is hot and humid

15.According to the author, living in two different cultures is a(n)_______.

A.appealing idea

B.difficult decision

C.expensive choice

D.pleasant experience

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“Brazil”正确的翻译为( )。

A.巴西

B.巴拿马

C.比利时

D.英国

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第3题

英译汉：“Brazil”，正确的翻译为()。

A.巴西

B.巴拿马

C.比利时

D.英国

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英译汉：“Brazil”，正确的翻译为（)。A．巴西B．巴拿马C．比利时D．英国

英译汉：“Brazil”，正确的翻译为()。

A．巴西

B．巴拿马

C．比利时

D．英国

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第5题

1984～1985年，美国的货币供给从5703亿美元增加到6410亿美元，巴西的货币供给从244亿克鲁扎多增加到1061亿克鲁

扎多。同期美国的消费价格指数从96.6升至100，巴西消费价格指数从31升至100。请分别计算1984～1985年。美国和巴西的货币供给增长率和通货膨胀率。假设其他影响货币市场的因素变动不大，这些数字与本章模型的预测是否一致，如何解释为什么美国和巴西的价格反应存在明显差异？

Between 1984 and 1985，the money supply in the United States increased to ＄641.0 billion from ＄570.3 billion．while that of Brazil increased to 106.1 billion cruzados from 24.4 billion．Over the same period，the U.S. consumer price index rose to 100 from a level of 96.6，while the corresponding index for Brazil rose to 100 from a level of only 31． Calculate the 1984-1985 rates of money supply growth and inflation for the United States and Brazil，respectively．Assuming that other factors affecting the money markets did not change too dramatically，how do these numbers match up with the predictions of this chapter's model？ How would you explain the apparently different responses of U.S. compared with Brazilian prices？

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为什么进口替代政策在较大的发展中国家（例如巴西)比在较小的发展中国家（例如加纳)更容易获得成功？ Why mig

为什么进口替代政策在较大的发展中国家(例如巴西)比在较小的发展中国家(例如加纳)更容易获得成功？

Why might import-substituting industrialization be more successful in large developing countries such as Brazil than in smaller nations such as Ghana？

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第7题

20世纪80年代初，尽管每年有147%－的平均通货膨胀率，但是巴西政府得到的铸币税只占产出的10%，而塞拉利昂以低

20世纪80年代初，尽管每年有147%-的平均通货膨胀率，但是巴西政府得到的铸币税只占产出的10%，而塞拉利昂以低于巴西1/3的通货膨胀率就得到了占产出2.4%的铸币税。你认为可以用金融结构不同来解释这种差异吗？(提示：塞拉利昂通货与名义产出之比平均为7.7%;巴西平均只有1.4%。)

In the early 1980s，Brazil's government，through an average inflation rate of 147 percent per year，got only 1.0 percent of output as seigniorage，while Sierra Leone's government got 2.4 percent through an inflation rate less than a third as high.Can you think of differences in financial structure that might partially explain this contrast？ (Hint：In Sierra Leone the ratio of currency to nominal output averaged 7.7 percent;in Brazil it averaged only 1.4 percent.)

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下列哪个描述了外部性，哪个没有？解释它们的区别。（1)巴西限制咖啡出口的政策导致美国咖啡的价格

下列哪个描述了外部性，哪个没有？解释它们的区别。

(1)巴西限制咖啡出口的政策导致美国咖啡的价格上升，它反过来又导致茶叶的价格上升。

(2)一则广告传单使一个驾驶汽车的人分心，结果使他撞上一根电线杆。

Which of the following describes an externality and which does not？ Explain the difference.

a A policy of restricted coffee exports in Brazil causes the U. S. price of coffee lo rise, which in tum also causes the price of tea to rise.

b. An advertising blimp distracts a motorist who then hits a telephone pole.

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Passage Three:Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.Brazil has become one

of the developing world’s great successes at reducing population growth-but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil has had better result without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard.

Brazil’s population growth rate has dropped from 2.99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1.93% a year between 1981 and 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2.7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.

Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas (通俗电视连续剧) and installment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world’s biggest producers of soap operas. Globo, Brazil’s most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities.

“Although they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values-not many children, different attitudes towards sex, women working,” says Martine. “They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behavior. and other values, which were put into a very attractive package.”

Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. “This led to an enormous change in consumption patterns and consumption was incompatible (不相容的) with unlimited reproduction,” says Martine.

第31题：According to the passage, Brazil has cut back its population growth ________.

A) by educating its citizens

B) by careful family planning

C) by developing TV programmes

D) by chance

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第10题

考虑一个经济中有两类债券。债券A的名义利率为10％；债券B为指数债券，其实际利率为5％。如果预期通货

膨胀为2％，哪种债券收益会更高？如果预期通货膨胀为8％呢？如果你居住在瑞士，你愿意把1000美元投资于哪种债券？如果你生活在巴西呢？ Consider an economy in which there are two types of bonds．Bonds A pay a 10 percent nominal interest rate．Bonds B are indexed bonds and their real interest rate is 5 percent．Which one yields a higher return if people expect inflation to be 2 percent？What if expected inflation is 8 percent？In which bonds would you prefer to have$1，000 if you lived in Switzerland？If you lived in Brazil？

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