15.I want to talk about the economy.Not"the economy"we hear about endlessly in the news each day and in politicians'speeches.I want to talk about the real economy,the one we live in day by day.
Most people aren't particularly interested in"the economy"."Share prices are flying high; interest rates are soaring;the Dow Jones Index closed sixty-three points down on 8472.35."We hear this and subconsciously switch off."
Notice that"the economy"is not the same as the economy,"The economy"is what men in suits play with to make vast personal wealth.The economy is where the rest of us live on a daily basis,earning our living,paying our taxes,and purchasing the necessities of life.
We are supposed to be benefiting from all the advantages of a well-off society.So why do we feel tired and stressed?We have no time for anything other than work,which is ridiculous given the number of labor-saving devices in our lives.Our towns become more and more crowded.We poison our air and seas,and our food is full of chemicals.There's something wrong here.If times were truly good,then you may think we'd all feel optimistic about the future.Yet the majority of us are deeply worried.More than 90percent of us think we are too concerned about ourselves and not concerned enough about future generations.
The term"economic expansion"suggests something desirable,but expansion simply means spending more money.More spending doesn't mean that life is getting better.We all know it often means the opposite-greed,crime,poverty,pollution.More spending merely feeds our whole economic system,which is based on production and consumption.Unless money keeps circulating,the economy breaks down.If we don't keep consuming,the whole system goes into stalemate(僵局).
How do we break the cycle and make some changes?We need to become far more aware of the results of our actions.We buy clothes that are made in sweat shops by virtual slaves in poor parts of the world.We create mountains of waste.We demand cheap food,mindless of the fact that it totally lacks taste and is produced using chemicals that poison the land.
The consumption culture makes us unaware of the effect of our own behavior.Our main problem is not that we don't know what to do about it.It is gathering the desire to do it.
63.According to the author,which one belongs to the real economy?D
A.The Dow Jones Index.
B.Increases in interest rates.
C.Skyrocketing share prices.
D.Shopping in a supermarket.
64.It can be concluded from Paragraph 4thatD.
A.people are benefiting from a well-off society
B.the future generation is a big concern for most people
C.the majority of people are optimistic about the future
D.people still feel much pressure despite labor-saving devices
65.What is true about economic expansion?B
A.It guarantees a better life for us.
B.It may lead to some social problems.
C.It will stop the circulation of money.
D.It has only brought desirable effects.
66.The author writes the passage mainly toA.
A.call on us to change our behavior
B.suggest a solution for over-consumption
C.make a distinction between two economies
D.inform us of the effects of economic expansion.
分析 本文通過介紹我們身邊的經(jīng)濟,闡述了我們物質(zhì)富足但是不快樂的原因,和經(jīng)濟膨脹的負面影響最后提出自己的看法.
解答 DDBA
63 D 推理判斷題..根據(jù)第一段I want to talk about the real economy,the one we live in day by day.我想談?wù)撜嬲慕?jīng)濟,和我們生活息息相關(guān)的經(jīng)濟.和第三段第三句The economy is where the rest of us live on a daily basis,earning our living,paying our taxes,and purchasing the necessities of life.經(jīng)濟是我們賴以為生的活動,掙錢謀生,交稅,買必需品.可以推斷出作者所說的經(jīng)濟是具體的經(jīng)濟活動.故選D.
64 D 細節(jié)題.由第四段We are supposed to be benefiting from all the advantages of a well-off society.So why do we feel tired and stressed?我們生活在一個物質(zhì)生活極度豐富的社會,為什么還感到累和緊張呢?和the majority of us are deeply worried可知我們雖然物質(zhì)富足但仍然比較憂慮,就是說在社會中有很大壓力.所以答案應(yīng)為D.
65 B 推理判斷題..根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段expansion simply means spending more money.More spending doesn't mean that life is getting better.We all know it often means the opposite-greed,crime,poverty,pollution.經(jīng)濟膨脹意味著多花錢,但是多花錢不一定意味著生活變好了,它往往意味著它的反面:貪婪,犯罪,貧窮,污染.可以推斷出來,經(jīng)濟膨脹會導(dǎo)致一些社會問題.故選B.
66 A 主旨大意題.本文考查作者的寫作目的.本文通過介紹我們身邊的經(jīng)濟,闡述了我們物質(zhì)富足但是不快樂的原因,和經(jīng)濟膨脹的負面影響最后提出自己的看法最后一段:The consumption culture makes us unaware of the effect of our own behavior.Our main problem is not that we don't know what to do about it.It is gathering the desire to do it.積極消費的文化使我們意識不到行為的影響,主要的問題不是不知道怎么做而是沒有做這件事的欲望,所以作者寫本文的目的就是呼吁人們重視自身行為,做出些改變.所以A比較合適.
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