is aimed to ____ economic exchanges between asia and europe. a. preserve b. promote c .accomplish d. update 解析：b 考查动词词义辨析。句意：在2013年10月在西安举行的第五届欧亚经济论坛旨在促进亚洲和欧洲之间的经济交流。promote提升，促进，推销，符合句意。其他三个选项preserve 保存，保留；accomplish 完成；update更新，都不符合句意，选b。 2.（黄冈三校2014届联考）before the economic crisis came john had sensed the firm was to be ruined and he ______ just in time.
