Directions:

　　Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1(10 points)

　　STOP fretting about recession. That is the message from America's R-word index. For each quarter, we  1  how many stories in the New York Times and the Washington Post include the word "recession".   2   bells were set  3   by the sharp jump in the "R-count" in the first quarter of this year, at a rate that in the past has   4   the start of a recession. In the second quarter,   5  , the number of articles 6     by more than one-third. A conspiracy theorist might suggest that newspaper editors,  7   about dwindling advertising revenues, have  8   the R-word.

　　The Economist has found that  9   the past two decades, the R- word index has been good at 10 turning-points in the American economy.   11   GDP figures which appear  12  after a lag, the numbers are instantly available. But how does the index perform in Germany,  13  there have also been  14   fears of recession? Using our idea, HypoVereinsbank has  15  an R-word index for Germany, counting the number of times the word recession  16   in Handelsblatt.

　　Worryingly, Germany's R-count for the first quarter of 2001 showed the second-steepest  17   in the past two decades. But in the second quarter, the index dropped by one-third,  18  in America.  19  the world economy has nothing to worry about, or journalists are more  worried about a 20 than a mere recession. A D-word index?

　　1.A. count B. calculate  C. account  D. reckon

　　2. A. warning B alarm  C. siren  D. danger

　　3.A. up  B out  C. off  D. about

　　4.A hint at  B. gestured C. sign  D. signaled

　　5.A but  B. yet  C. however  D. although

　　6,A. reduced  B. fell  C. drop  D. descended

　　7.A. bothered  B. harassed  C. troubled  D. worried

　　8.A. prohibited  B. proscribed C. banned D. interdicted

　　9.A.over  B. in  C. through  D. by

　　10. A. pointing  B setting  C. placing  D. spotting

　　11.A. Unlike  B.Like  C. As  D. Not as

　　12.A. generally  B. usually C. always  D. only

　　13A.whicn  B. where  C. who  D. what

　　14.A. grown  B grow  C grew  D growing

　　15.A. coined  B built C. constructed   D. set up

　　16.A. appearing B. appeared  C. appearance  D. appears

　　17.A. growth  B. rise  C. rising  D. climb

　　18.A. as  B. like  C. as if  D. as that

　　19.A.Either  B. Whichever  C. Neither  D Whatever

　　20 A. depression B decline  C despair  D. dejection