2024年11月28日 时政类语篇型填空专项训练(美国涉华年度报告遭批)
US report on China slammed
Passage 1
The 2024 annual report on China 1. (issue) last week by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, or USCC, has proposed 2. the Congress of the United States 3. (strong) restrictions 4. (target) China in areas such as trade, key economic policies, 5. (industrial) and consumer products.
Beyond intensifying pressure 6. China over issues that Beijing has repeatedly warned are core interests and red lines for US-China relations, the report goes further, 7. (propose) for the first time the revocation of China's Permanent Normal Trade Relations, or PNTR, status and launching a "Manhattan Project-like" artificial intelligence initiative to vie with China.
According to a US policy expert, the report 8. (actual) makes Washington appear weak. "The US looks like it's on the defensive, perhaps sensing that China continues 9. (advance) despite the many roadblocks that Washington and its allies have tried to put 10. its way," said Anthony Moretti, an associate professor in the Communication and Organizational Leadership Department at Robert Morris University, Pennsylvania.
Passage 2
The USCC report, a 1. (comprehension) 793-page document, offers a wide-ranging 2. (assess) of US-China relations and proposes 32 legislative recommendations for the US Congress. It delves into various aspects, including economic and trade ties, 3. (science) and technological competition, geopolitical security, diplomatic relations, human rights, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China's 4. (influential) in the Middle East. The report also expresses concern 5. China's 6. (grow) military power and counter-intervention capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region.
Established by Congress in 2000, the USCC is an 7. (independence) and bipartisan body tasked with 8. (analysis) the national security implications of the US-China economic relationship, with 12 congressional appointees providing oversight and 9. (guide). The report states its findings and recommendations 10. (base) on extensive research and expert testimony from six hearings held over the past year.
Passage 3
Yang Nan, an associate research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of American Studies, said the attempt 1. (remove) China's PNTR status with the US violates World Trade Organization rules and 2. only harm the common interests of both countries.
"Right 3. , the inflation(通货膨胀) rate in the US is already high, and terminating PNTR with China would push it higher. Also, China's large market and unique supply chain are difficult 4. (substitute). Without adequate replacements, such a move will also potentially affect its social 5. (stable) as well," Yang pointed 6. .
The Manhattan Project, a 7. (mass) World War II cooperation between the US government and private industry, 8. (lead) to the development of the first atomic bomb. Regarding the 9. (propose) to "establish and fund a Manhattan Project-like program dedicated 10. (race) and acquiring an Artificial General Intelligence capability", as the report's executive summary stated, Moretti said the US had equated almost everything tech-related from China as a threat to national security.
Passage 4
"The issue with casting the net that broadly is that 1. you consider everything to be a threat, then in reality, you have nowhere 2. (go) in terms of cooperation," he said. According to Moretti's analysis, the US equated the technology with 3. China collects data as dangerous, while in reality, products made anywhere in the world 4. (gather) data.
"To claim that data that China can collect is especially risky is a difficult argument to make," he said.
If Congress accepts the recommendation to revoke China's PNTR status, Chinese goods could face a baseline tariff(关税) of 5. least 35 percent. The report also proposes eliminating the "de minimis" exemption, 6. (mean) that even small shipments of Chinese goods 7. (value) below $800 would no 8. (long) be exempt from duties.
"Let's face it, if China can create more 9. more of what it needs internally and if it continues to build relations with the Global South, the US risks weakening its domestic 10. (economic) and international trade prospects," Moretti said.
参考答案
参考答案1
1.issued 2.that 3.strengthen 4.targeting 5.industries
6.on 7.proposing 8.actually 9.to advance 10.in
参考译文1
上周,美中经济与安全审查委员会(USCC)发布了2024年中国年度报告,建议美国国会在贸易、关键经济政策、行业和消费品等领域加强针对中国的限制。
除了中方一再警告的核心利益和美中关系红线问题上,加大对中国的压力外,该报告还进一步提出,首次提议撤销中国的永久正常贸易关系地位,并启动“曼哈顿计划”式的人工智能计划,与中国竞争。
一位美国政策专家表示,这份报告实际上让华盛顿显得软弱。
宾夕法尼亚州罗伯特·莫里斯大学传播与组织领导系副教授安东尼·莫雷蒂说:“美国看起来处于防守状态,也许是感觉到尽管华盛顿及其盟友试图设置许多障碍,中国仍在继续前进。”
参考答案2
1.comprehensive 2.assessment 3.scientific 4.influence 5.about
6.growing 7.independent 8.analyzing 9.guidance 10.are based
参考译文2
这份长达793页的报告对美中关系进行了广泛评估,并向美国国会提出了32项立法建议。它深入探讨了各个方面,包括经济和贸易关系、科技竞争、地缘政治安全、外交关系、人权、台湾、香港和中国在中东的影响。报告还对中国在亚太地区日益增长的军事力量和反干预能力表示担忧。
美中经济合作委员会于2000年由国会成立,是一个独立的两党机构,负责分析美中经济关系对国家安全的影响,由12名国会任命的官员负责监督和指导。报告指出,其调查结果和建议是基于过去一年举行的六次听证会上的广泛研究和专家证词。
参考答案3
1.to remove 2.will 3.now 4.to substitute 5.stability
6.out 7.massive 8.led 9.proposal 10.to racing
参考译文3
中国社会科学院美国研究所副研究员杨楠表示,试图取消中国与美国的PNTR地位违反了世界贸易组织的规则,只会损害两国的共同利益。
“目前,美国的通胀率已经很高,终止与中国的PNTR将推高通胀率。此外,中国庞大的市场和独特的供应链是难以替代的。如果没有足够的替代,这样的举动也会潜在地影响其社会稳定,”杨指出。
曼哈顿计划是二战期间美国政府和私营企业之间的大规模合作,导致了第一颗原子弹的研制。正如该报告的执行摘要所述,关于“建立并资助一个类似曼哈顿计划的项目,致力于竞赛和获取人工智能能力”的提议,莫雷蒂表示,美国几乎将所有与中国有关的技术都视为对国家安全的威胁。
参考答案4
1.if 2.to go 3.which 4.were gathering 5.at
6.meaning 7.valued 8.longer 9.and 10.economy
参考译文4
他说:“如此广泛撒网的问题是,如果你认为一切都是威胁,那么在现实中,你在合作方面就无处可去。”
根据莫雷蒂的分析,美国将中国收集数据的技术等同于危险,而实际上,世界上任何地方生产的产品都在收集数据。
他说:“要说中国能够收集到的数据特别危险,这个说法很难成立。”
如果国会接受撤销中国PNTR地位的建议,中国商品可能面临至少35%的基准关税。该报告还提议取消“最低限度”豁免,这意味着即使是价值低于800美元的小批中国商品也将不再免税。
莫雷蒂说:“让我们面对现实吧,如果中国能够在国内创造越来越多的需求,如果它继续与全球南方建立关系,美国就有可能削弱其国内经济和国际贸易前景。”