A Country's Standard of Living
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中A Country's Standard of Living
The "standard of living" of any country means the average person's share of the goods and services the country produces. A country's standard of living, __________ (51), depends on its capacity to produce wealth. "Wealth" __________ (52) this sense is not money, for we do not live on money __________ (53) on things that money can buy: "goods" such as food and clothing, and"services" such as transport and entertainment. A country's capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of __________ (54)have an effect on one another. Wealth depends __________ (55) a great extent upon a country's natural resources. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have fertile (肥沃的) soil and a favorable climate; other regions possess none of them.
Next to natural resources __________ (56) the ability to turn them to use. China is perhaps as well-off __________ (57)the USA in natural resources, but suffered for many years from civil and external wars, and __________ (58) this and other reasons was __________ (59) to develop her resources. Sound and stable political conditions, and __________ (60) from foreign invasions,enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well favoured by nature but less well ordered.
A country's standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and consumed __________ (61) its own borders, but also upon what is directly produced through international trade. __________ (62) , Britain's wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much less if she had to depend only on __________ (63) grown at home.
Trade makes it possible for her surplus ( 过剩的 ) manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would __________ (64) be lacking. A country's wealth is,therefore, much __________ (65) by its manufacturing capacity provided (如果) that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures.
不定项选择题第1题___________
A.to
B.like
C.by
D.a
参考答案:D
不定项选择题第2题___________
A.at
B.to
C.by
D.with
参考答案:B
不定项选择题第3题___________
A.In short
B.For example
C.As a result
D.On the other hand
参考答案:B
不定项选择题第4题___________
A.uneasy
B.incapable
C.impossible
D.unable
参考答案:D
不定项选择题第5题__________
A.however
B.furthermore
C.Similarly
D.therefore
参考答案:D
不定项选择题第6题___________
A.made
B.done
C.produced
D.influenced
参考答案:D
不定项选择题第7题___________
A.or
B.but
C.either
D.beside
参考答案:B
不定项选择题第8题___________
A.otherwise
B.certainly
C.however
D.therefore
参考答案:A
不定项选择题第9题___________
A.because
B.for
C.of
D.by
参考答案:B
不定项选择题第10题___________
A.resolution
B.freedom
C.aggression
D.destruction
参考答案:B
不定项选择题第11题___________
A.at
B.by
C.within
D.on
参考答案:C
不定项选择题第12题___________
A.came
B.coming
C.come
D.come
参考答案:C
不定项选择题第13题___________
A.these
B.that
C.what
D.which
参考答案:D
不定项选择题第14题___________
A.which
B.what
C.that
D.those
参考答案:D
不定项选择题第15题___________
A.by
B.on
C.in
D.with
参考答案:C