Owing to the financial crisis, economic problems were exacerbated all over the world.

A. deteriorated                                              

B. improved

C. enlarged   

D. transformed      

The authorities are willing to permit a run-down in the country’s international reserves over the next few years.

A. run away                                                  

B. reduction

C. enhancement                                             

D. downward

Figures show that the bulk of our foreign obligations consist of non-bank trade-related credits.

A. investments

B. profits

C. revenues   

D. debts

Foreign investors want to enjoy the same tax status as the domestic ones.

A. treatment                                                  

B. decline

C. support                                                     

D. objection

More than a decade of fast growth makes China to supplant Japan as West’s main trade worry in Asia.

A. exceed                                                     

B. replace

C. agree  

D. defeat