2012职称英语考试完形填空练习

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Let's He a Little Cooperation Please

Cia Andina do Triconos (CATSA), a Bolivian joint venture of the U.S. Dresser Industries and local investors, which and based its investment _____(1)_____ an allocation under the metalworking program, closed its doors after _____(2)____ to perate the Andean market after more than two years in operation.

The prospect of _____(3)_____ access to the Andean market, plus protection provided by a 55 percent ad valorem mon outer tariff on bits sourced from outside the bloc, made the sales outlook seem _____(4)_____.

However, CATSA's monopoly position in An proved specious. _____(5)_____ the plant went on stream in 1974, the pany was never able to export a single drill bit to the Andean market; and its local sales were _____(6)_____ a state-owned petroleum pany. This market was clearly _____(7)_____, since the operation had been based on exporting the bulk of the plant's 200-unit-per-month capacity to the Andean area.

CATSA could not perate the An market for several reasons:

Although An _____(8)_____ a 55-percent mon outer tariff on third-country imports, some An countries had previously _____(9)_____ LAFTA (Latin American Free Trade Association) tariff concessions, which take precedence over the An tariffs.

An members simply did not _____(10)_____ the spirit of the metalworking agreement. After the installation of the CATSA facility, plants producing tricone bits _____(11)_____ in Peru and Venezuela. Under the metalworking program, participating _____(12)_____ were mitted to prohibiting new foreign investment in allocations of other An countries. But on the question of new investment by local industry, the obligation was only not to encourage it, with no requirement to prevent it. _____(13)_____ Venezuela, it has no mitment to limit local production or to honor the outer tariff, because it was not yet a member of An when the metalworking agreement was signed and was thus not a _____(14)_____ to the pact.

Also, according to Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador employed _____(15)_____ obstacles to oid applying the mon outer tariff.

The withdrawal of Chile from An cost Bolivia a lucrative potential market too.

1. A) in

B) to

C) under

D) on

2. A) fail B) to fail C) failing D) succeeding

3. A) no duty B) no-duty C) duty-bound D) duty-free

4. A) good B) well C) bad D) badly

5. A) So B) Although C) But D) Therefore

6. A) confined to B) confined in C) expanded to D) exported to

7. A) big enough B) sufficient C) too big D) insufficient