1999年考研英语阅读理解部分真题如下：
第一篇
1. The world is going through the biggest wave of mergers and acquisitions ever witnessed. The process sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might. A few weeks ago, the Japanese government announced its own set of guidelines for wider mergers and acquisitions.
2. An American company will buy a French company. An American will take control of a German bank. Germans will team up with Indians to run an American hotel. Just as in sports, the world is going global. The American football league is now an international league; the Wall Street Journal has an edition in Japan; the BBC has started a Chinese service.
3. International networks will bring in new consumers as well as new ideas, new products and new ways of doing business.
4. According to the American management consultant Peter Drucker, "The most significant event of the 20th century is not the computer but a change in the way the world views itself — from an isolated planet to part of a vast system of planets."
答案：
1. C. 指的是全球范围内的企业并购浪潮。
2. D. 这句话说明了全球化的趋势正在各个领域展开。
3. B. 国际网络将引入新的消费者和新的观念，新产品和新的商业模式。
4. C. 根据Peter Drucker的观点，20世纪最显著的事件不是计算机，而是世界对自己认知的变化——从孤立星球到浩瀚星系的一部分。
第二篇
5. In the 1960s, when the United States was embroiled in the Vietnam War, its president, Lyndon Johnson, ordered the use of Agent Orange, a chemical used to destroy jungle vegetation.
6. The Vietnam War ended in 1975, but the effects of Agent Orange continue to be felt. It has been linked to cancer, birth defects, and other health problems in Vietnam.
7. The Vietnamese government has filed a lawsuit against the chemical companies that manufactured Agent Orange, seeking compensation for the damage caused to the Vietnamese people.
8. In 2012, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs added Agent Orange to its list of diseases associated with Agent Orange exposure.
答案：
5. D. Agent Orange是一种用于破坏丛林植被的化学物质。
6. B. 虽然越南战争在1975年结束，但Agent Orange的影响仍在持续。
7. A. 越南政府已对生产Agent Orange的化学公司提起诉讼，要求赔偿对越南人民造成的损害。
8. C. 2012年，美国退伍军人事务部将Agent Orange列为与Agent Orange暴露相关的疾病之一。
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