Driven by the country’s economic success and with quiet support from Beijing, China’scurrency is more and more welcome across the region for business and tourism. And it could 1 a much bigger role in Asia.

　　Something 2 is happening to China’s currency.3 not fully convertible, therenminbi, the “people’s money”, is growing in use as a hard currency outside China—thefirst sign of its 4 role. as “Asia’s money”. In Hong Kong and 5 China’s borderswith Southeast Asia, 6 renminbi zone can now be 7 , fuelled by burgeoning (迅速發展) Chinese trade and tourism.

　　In Hong Kong, which has its own 8 pegged to(限定于，維持在某一;固定水平上)the United States dollar, the renminbi is used to buy goods at electronics stores in the busyshopping areas of Kowloon. At some 9 teller machines in Hong Kong, customersalready have the option of 10 renminbi or Hong Kong dollars. Mainland banks in HongKong 11 renminbi-denominated ( 以…命名，以…為面值) credit cards. Fewer Chinesewho travel 12 their renminbi for foreign currency 13 leaving China—as they’resupposed to. 14 , they do so at their destinations. The renminbi is, 15 , listedamong exchange rates of hard currencies at Chiang Mai airport in northern Thailand. Morethan 16 million Mainland Chinese went abroad in 2002. The renminbi is also 16 used incommercial transactions across wide 17 of Southeast Asia close to the Chinese border.

　　The 18 of the renminbi is a quiet result of the rapid growth of China’s economy,and a 19 effort, by the government in the past few years to deepen 20 ties with therest of Asia. !

　　1. A) give way to B) get its own way to

　　C) be on its way to D) stand in the way of

　　2. A) alarming B) depressing C) disgusting D) surprising

　　3. A) If B) As C) Provided that D) Although

　　4. A) official B) potential C) recent D) present

　　5. A) on B) along C) at D) beyond

　　6. A) a disappearing B) a submerging

　　C) an emerging D) an enlarging

　　7. A) chased B) tracked C) traced D) trailed

　　8. A) credit cards B) finance C) banks D) currency

　　9. A) cash B) advanced C) money D) automated

　　10. A) withdrawing B) storing C) exchanging D) consuming

　　11. A) distribute B) publish C) issue D) release

　　12. A) exchange B) to exchange C) convert D) to convert

　　13. A) after B) before C) for D) by

　　14. A) As a result B) Meanwhile C) Instead D) Afterwards

　　15. A) for instance B) at any rate C) moreover D) for another thing

　　16. A) fully B) more C) additionally D) increasingly

　　17. A) distance B) stretches C) lines D) expansion

　　18. A) soar B) lift C) rise D) leap

　　19. A) voluntary B) conscience C) conscious D) conservative

　　20. A) currency B) trade C) economical D) international

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