(单选题)13: TOOTHLESS. The political malaise manifests in different ways. In Japan, where economic stagnation has become the _____, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party cannot dismantle the old patronage machine. ...

(单选题)8: And there are already troubling signs of weakness in those industries that, if ______, could foreshadow a wider slump – as well as a steep decline in the stock market. A: shortened B: quickened C: prolonged D: eliminated ...

(单选题)18: ___ would be the bad banking practices, the cronyism, and the political favoritism. A: Going B: Go C: Gone D: Goes ...

(单选题)8: As long as the red tape remains, corruption will ____. A: persist B: resist C: pursue D: insist ...

(单选题)3: Six years into the economic expansion of the 1990s, and the living is easy. Almost 3 million jobs have been added over the past year alone, and consumer confidence is ______. A: falling B: dropping C: raising D: soaring ...

(单选题)23: Mahathir sacked Anwar in part because he ____ changes to that cozy relationship. A: called on B: called for C: called away D: called back ...

(单选题)18: As the task force nears the end of its life it will probably want to create some permanent agency, perhaps under the aegis of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ______ to enforce the agreed upon rules. A: symmetry B: forum ...

(单选题)13: If you can ___ your friend I’d like to speak to you alone. A: shake out B: shake down C: shake off D: shake up ...

(单选题)8: In the immediate future, exports will more than ever be the ___ of the Asian economies. A: lifeblood B: livelihood C: necessity D: mainstay ...

(单选题)3: Tokyo has clamped down on its domestic growth, ___ pleas to import more Asian goods. A: ignoring B: neglecting C: overlooking D: omitting ...