第1页共3页2010年攻读浙江财经学院硕士学位研究生入学考试试题科目代码：881科目名称：专业综合答案请写答题纸上PartOneTranslation(90points)I.PuttheEnglishpassageintoChinese.（45points）InShanghai’sShadow?HongKongorShanghai?TherearefewmorepredictableconversationsaroundthedinnertablesofSARfinancialandgovernmentsortsthantheperennialquestionofwhetherHongKongwillbeeclipsedbyitsnortherncompetitor.TheofficiallineinHongKongisthatthereisroomenoughfortwoChinesefinancialcenters．EconomiesliketheUnitedStatessupportmultiplecentersservingspecificindustryclustersandregions．NewYorkandChicagocompeteandcomplementoneachotheratthesametime,goesthereasoning.HongKong’sadvantageisitscleangovernment,predictableandcommonlawbasedlegalenvironment,andinternationalorientation．ThecityiswiredintotheoverseasChinesenetworkbybondsoflanguageandhistory,hasitsGuangdongindustrialhinterlandandwillremaintheinternationalfinanceraisingcentreofChinaevenasShanghaidevelopsafarlargerdomesticfinancebase.Onthe“eclipse”side,thecaseisbasicallythateverygreattradingporthasitsday．JustastheVenetianstatesandLiverpoolfeeloffthetradingmapasthelocusoftradeandeconomicactivityshifted,soHongKong’s“competitiveadvantage”hasanarrowwindow．Thedeclinemightberelative,butShanghai’sindustrial,entrepreneurialandpoliticalpowermeansthatmustdominate.HongKongwellknowstheadvantageofcriticalmassoverambitiouscompetitorsthatprotesttotryharder．IthashadthatrelationshipwithSingaporeforyears．Thesoutherncity-statehasambitiouslycourtedfundmanagers,chipmakersandsoftwarevendorswithsubsidiesandfreebies,butSingaporecontinuestochasewithoutseriouslythreateningHongKong’sAsianbusinessstatus.Recently,throughitsrebrandingefforts,HongKongisintendingtodifferentiatethecityinthemindsofoutsiders．Thatseemsabitsilly,butharmless.Inshort,itdoesn’tmatterwhetherShanghairules,aslongasHongKongdoeswhatitdoesbest,ratherthanapewhatitbelievesacompetitorsuchasShanghaimightdo,ifandwhenitbecomesthedominantcommercialChinesecity.II.PutthefollowingpassageintoEnglish.（...
