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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, therefore __________ (51) first on its capacity to produce wealth. "Wealth" in this __________ (52) is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy: "goods" such as food and clothing, and "services" such as transport and entertainment.
A country"s capacity to __________ (53) 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 word are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have fertile (肥沃的)soil and a favorable climate; other regions __________ (56) none of them. Next to natural resources comes the ability to __________ (57) them to use. China is perhaps as rich as the USA in natural resources, but suffered for many years __________ (58) civil and external wars. And for this and other __________ (59) was unable to develop her resources. Sound and stable political conditionsand __________ (60) from foreign invasionsenable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more __________ (61) than another country equally well favored by nature but less well ordered.
A country"s standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and __________ (62) within its own borders, but also upon what is directly produced through intemational trade. For example, Britain"s wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural __________ (63) would be much less if she had to dependonly on those grown at home. Trade makes it possible for her surplus (过剩的 ) manufactured goods to be Waded abroad for the agricultural products __________ (64)would otherwise be lacking. A country"s wealth is, therefore, much influenced by its manufacturing capacity, __________ (65) that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures.
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A. calls
B. gets
C. depends
D. takes
回答(50)题 查看材料
A. In Belgium, when you buy something in a plastic or glass container, you make a deposit.
B. This is because too much padding can give buyers a false impression of what they are buying.
C. This has resulted in a 74 percent reduction in sales.
D. Tesco said it was saving 112,000 tons of cardboard a year by switching to reusable plastic crates (装货箱) for transporting its fresh produce.
E. The campaign was initiated by the Independent newspaper.
F. If a product is over-packaged, don"t buy it.
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A. In Belgium, when you buy something in a plastic or glass container, you make a deposit.
B. This is because too much padding can give buyers a false impression of what they are buying.
C. This has resulted in a 74 percent reduction in sales.
D. Tesco said it was saving 112,000 tons of cardboard a year by switching to reusable plastic crates (装货箱) for transporting its fresh produce.
E. The campaign was initiated by the Independent newspaper.
F. If a product is over-packaged, don"t buy it.