• Read the newspaper article below about Japanese investment. • For questions 23-28, choose the correct answer. • Mark one lette

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问题 • Read the newspaper article below about Japanese investment.
• For questions 23-28, choose the correct answer.
• Mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer sheet.
                     JAPAN INCREASES TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN ASIA
     Japan has been the most powerful country in Asia, but it had little trade with the region until now. Now, Japan is doing more trade with Asia than with the rest of the world.
     In 1985 the US was Japan’s main customer; Japan exported a third more to the US than to Asia. Now, Asia buys 30% more than the US and three times as much as Europe. Japanese imports from Asia increased by 150% between 1985 and 1995. Now, Japan’s imports amount to $60 billion from Asia in 1993, compared to $50 billion from the US and $24 billion from Europe.
     In 1994, Japan invested $7.7 million in Asia. During the next few years, 75% of Japan’s direct investment will be there. Japanese investment in the region is now $64 billion, as against US investment of $26 billion, or German investment of $7 billion.
     Thailand expects new Japanese investment to reach $8 billion by 1998. Already, Japan controls 90% of Thailand’s auto market. Labour costs in Japan are high, so Japanese companies are setting up in countries where workers get paid much less; an increasing number of Japan’s employees now live outside Japan.  
Japan is setting up companies in countries like Malaysia and Thailand because

选项 A、they can manufacture better cars.
B、investment has increased in recent years.
C、labour is much cheaper there.

答案C

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