Part Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar

Section One

Choose from A, B, C or D the ONE that best completes the sentence, and mark your choice on the ANSWER SHEET.

1、 And that's not the case with the program ______ now.

    A. as it stand                                B. as it stands

    C. so it stands                               D. as ……此处隐藏39753个字…… ancial crisis, reaching at 102 billion US dollars. At the same time, the unemployment rate gets to its lowest point after the crisis, lingering around 8%. All these figures indicate that the US economy has regained its vitality and growth momentum from this disastrous crisis which has been repeatedly compared to the Great Depression during the 1930s.

    Although the output or the GDP has exceeded the pre-crisis one, the unemployment rate still remains high. Also from this chart, we can easily figure that the recovery of the employment is relatively slower than the recovery of the output, as a consequent, the unemployment problem is still an urgent issue hanging over the US government.