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The free market economy is no doubt the primary stimulus that has led to the United States’ dominance in the world economic comm

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问题     The free market economy is no doubt the primary stimulus that has led to the United States’ dominance in the world economic community. By naturally rewarding those producers that excel, excellence is actively encouraged and those that inefficiently produce goods or services not valued are eliminated. Thus, the economy becomes a self-sustaining and self-maintaining machine, consistently and constantly achieving the best possible result.
    The free market economy is entirely based on the principle of supply and demand. Under this concept, consumers decide for themselves which companies will stay in business, voting with their dollars by spending on those businesses they consider most worthy. By doing so, those companies that are best liked, or most in demand, are granted the privilege of supplying the goods and services that consumers pay for. In that sense, efficiency is achieved. Those companies that best perform to the expectations of consumers are left prosperous in the market, while their less efficient counterparts simply die out of the market, starved of the dollars of consumers who simply prefer not to buy their products.
    With such a system in place, American businesses are literally forced to be efficient to the highest degree. As a rule, what’s efficient in one place will be efficient in most other places, thus American businesses are fierce competitors no matter where they choose to sell their product, having been formed in a competitive environment that breeds optimality.
    When the opposition is made up of businesses overly protected or directed by their respective governments, the tough American businesses usually make short work of them. It has been proven that the free market system more efficiently allocates capital and resources than any central planner could, and America has seized on that concept. With such an edge at a basic level, it’s no wonder that the United States is on top of the financial world. The cycle is a self-perpetuating one. As more money is pumped into the system by efficient businesses, more leverage is attained, allowing America to dictate the rules of the game, to its own advantage, of course.
    Other countries are beginning to adopt the competitive nature of the American economic system, producing companies that are giving their American counterparts a good run for their money. It can be arguably stated that within a few decades, the United States will have to deal with competition just as well equipped as its own. For the time being, however, the game is stacked in favor of America.
The author would most likely agree with the assertion that______.
选项 A、American businesses are superior to their foreign counterparts in all aspects due to their competitive nature
B、in the future, American businesses will have to change and adapt in order to meet the new competition presented by foreign companies emulating their ways
C、with its free-market nature, American businesses could easily compete against its foreign counterparts
D、the free-market economic system is superior to all other market systems currently known
答案B
解析 属态度推断题。题目问：作者最有可能同意的论点是什么?最后一段指出：其他国家开始借鉴美国经济体制，将来美国会遇到势均力敌的竞争对手。由此可推知，美国必须对此做出调整以迎接新的竞争。因此，选项B正确。选项A中的all概括得太广，与原文内容不符；选项C与原文第一句不符，原文指出自由市场经济是美国占世界经济主导地位的主要原因，从中可推断，除此之外还存在其他因素。选项D过于绝对，原文说：自由市场体制比任何中央计划体制都能更有效地分配资金和资源，但并不代表它比任何经济体制都优越。
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