The authorities are willing to permit a run-down in the country’s international reserves over the next few years as means of accelerating the introduction of foreign technology. (      )

A. speeding up                                               

B. speeding on

C. speeding off                                              

D. speeding down

Another 20% worked well, but the remaining 60% should have been scrapped. (      )

A. scratched                                                  

B. renovated

C. stimulated  

D. introduced

Now Zhangjiagang is China’s seventh largest port and a tumultuous construction zone of half-built office buildings and hotels. (      )

A. tremendous                                               

B. numerous

C. noisy                                                        

D. orderly 

Against this deteriorating global background, the improvement in economic performance in a few developing regions in 1991 was especially noteworthy. (      )

A. determinating                                            

B. tolerating

C. improving                                                 

D. worsening

Balanced against that criticism is the positive reaction in Latin America to Mr. Clinton’s embrace of the free-trade agreement. (      )

A. hug                                                          

B. embarrassment

C. acceptance       

D. balance