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一、阅读常（规阅读理解）本（题共25题，每题1.0

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FortyyearsagoSingapore,nowhometotheworldsbusiestport,wasaforlornoutpost

stillgarrisonedbytheBritish.In1961SouthKoreawaslessindustrializedthantheorth

anddependentonAmericanaid.Thesecountries,andmanyoftheirneighbours,have

sincetradedtheirwayoutofpoverty.Giventheirsuccess,itiseasytoforgetthatsome

developmenteconomistswereoncepreytoexportfatalism.Poorcountries,they

believed,hadlittletogainfromventuringintotheworldmarket.Iftheytriedtoexpand

theirexports,theywouldthwarteachother,drivingdownthepriceoftheircommodities.

Thefinancialcrisisofthepastninemonthsisstirringanewexportfatalismintheminds

ofsomeeconomists.Evenaftertheglobaleconomyrecovers,developingcountriesmay

findithardertopursueapolicyofexport-ledgrowth,whichservedcountrieslike

SouthKoreasowell.Underthisstrategy,sometimescalledexportfetishism,countries

spursalesabroad,oftenbykeepingtheircurrenciescheap.Somesavetheproceedsin

foreign-currencyreserves,ratherthanspendingthemonimports.Thisstrategyisone

reasonwhythedevelopingworldscurrent-accountsurplusexceeded$700billionin

2008,asmeasuredbytheIMF.Inthepast,thesesurpluseswereoffsetbyAmerican

deficits.ButAmericamaynowrethinkthebargain.Thisimbalance,wherebyforeigners

selltheirgoodstoAmericainexchangeforitsassets,wasonepotentialcauseofthe

countrysfinancialcrisis.Ifthisglobalbargaindoescomeunstuck,howshould

developingcountriesrespond?Inanewpaper,DaniRodrikofHarvardUniversityoffer