2022-2023学年湖南省邵阳市考研外语预测试题含答案

2022-2023学年湖南省邵阳市考研外语预测试题(含答案)学校:________ 班级:________ 姓名:________ 考号:________一、2.Reading Comprehens

2022-2023学年湖南省邵阳市考研外语预测 试题(含答案) :________ :________ :________ :________ 学校班级姓名考号 2.Reading Comprehension(10) 一、题 1.Yasuhisa Shizoki, a51-year-old MP from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), starts tapping his finger on the dismal economic chart on his coffee table. "Unless we change the decision-making process", he says bluntly, "we are not going to be able to solve this kind of problem". With the economy in such a mess, it may seem abit of adiversion to be trying to sort out Japan's political structures as well as its economic problems. But Mr. Shiozaki can hardly be accused of time-wasting. He has consistently prodded the government to take afirm hand to ailing banks, and has given warning against complacency after arecent rise in share prices. Far from being adistraction, his latest cause highlights how far Japan is from genuine economic reform. Since cowriting areport on political reform, which was released by an LDP panel last week, Mr. Shiozaki has further upset the party's old guard. Its legionaries, flanked by columns of the bureaucracy, continue to hamper most attempts to overhaul the economy. Junichiro Koizumi was supposed to change all that, by going over their heads and appealing directly to the public. Yet nearly ayear after becoming prime minister, Mr. Koizumi has precious little to show for his efforts. His popularity is now flagging and his determination is increasingly in doubt. As hopes of immediate economic reform. fade, optimists are focusing on another potential benefit of Mr. Koizumi's tenure. They hope that his highly personalized style. of leadership will pave the way for a permanent change in Japanese politics: towards more united and authoritative cabinets that are held directly accountable for their policies. As that happens, the thinking goes, real economic reforms will be able to follow. Aleading candidate for change is the 40 year-old system—informal but religiously followed—through which the LDP machinery vets every bill before it ever gets to parliament. Most legislation starts in the LDP's party committees, which mirror the parliamentary committee structure. Proposals then go through two higher LDP bodies, which hammer out political deals to smooth their passage. Only then does