首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The "standard of living" of any country means the average person’s share of the goods and services which the country produces. A
The "standard of living" of any country means the average person’s share of the goods and services which the country produces. A
admin
2012-01-20
71
问题
The "standard of living" of any country means the average person’s share of the goods and services which the country produces. A country’s standard of living, therefore, depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth. "Wealth" in this sense 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 produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of which have an effect on one another. Wealth depends to a great extent upon a country’s natural resources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, water supply and so on. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have a fertile soil and a favourable climate; other regions possess none of them. The USA is one of the wealthiest regions of the world because she has vast natural resources within her borders, her soil is fertile, and her climate is varied. The Sahara Desert, on the other hand, is one of the least wealthy.
Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to use. Sound and stable political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well served by nature but less well ordered. Another important factor is the technical efficiency of a country’s people. Old countries that have, through many centuries, trained up numerous skilled craftsmen and technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilled. Wealth also produces wealth. As a country becomes wealthier, its people have a large margin for saving, and can put their savings into factories and machines which will help workers to produce more goods in their working day.
A country’s standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and consumed within its own borders, but also upon what is indirectly produced through international trade. For example, Britain’s wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much less if she had to depend only on those grown at home. Trade makes it possible for her surplus manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural product that would otherwise be lacking. A country’s wealth is, therefore, much influenced by its manufacturing capacity, provided that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures.
The main idea of the second paragraph is that ______.
选项
A、the USA is one of the richest countries in the world
B、the Sahara Desert is a very poor region
C、a country’s wealth depends on many factors
D、natural resources are an important factor in the wealth or poverty of a country
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/B2Xd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语五级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语五级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
HowtoLearnLanguageSuccessfully1Somepeopleseemtohaveaknackforlearninglanguages.Theycanpickupnewvocabulary,m
Geneticsisthestudyofthebiologicalfactorsthatinfluenceheredityanddeterminevariationinlivingthings.
GrossNationalHappinessInthelastcentury,newtechnologyimprovedthelivesofmanypeopleinmanycountries.However,on
CloneFarmFactoryfarmingcouldsoonenteraneweraofmassproduction.CompaniesintheUSaredevelopingthetechnology
ThroughoutBritain’shistory,therehasbeennoguaranteethataninvasionwouldnothappen.Althoughmanycountrieshavebeen
Alllivingorganisms,regardlessoftheiruniqueidentity,havecertainlogical,chemical,andphysicalcharacteristicsincommo
HowOneSimpleMovementCanLetSliptheSecretsoftheMindBodylanguageisthequiet,secretandmostpowerfullanguageo
A.whenseparatedB.whentheybothdreamoftheotherC.whenourinstinctandresourceswithintheunconsciousmindlinktoget
USBlacksHard-hitbyCancerDeathratesforcancerarefallingforallAmericans,butblackAmericansarestillmorelikely
Thepassengergotthenon-smokingsection.
随机试题
发散思维
患者,女,30岁。反复上腹痛5年,以餐前明显,伴腹胀。近1周腹痛加重。体格检查未发现明显阳性体征。问题3:提示:患者胃镜检查无明显异常。诊断最可能为1.功能性消化不良2.胆总管结石3.胰腺癌4.功能性腹痛5.急性胰腺炎6.胃食管反流病
建筑物对感应雷的防护措施为()。
按照《电信运营业重大事故报告规定(试行)》,电信运营业重大事故包括()。
开放式基金的买卖价格以()为基础。
当货币乘数m=8,法定存款准备率r=5%,超额准备金率e=3%,则现金漏损率c为()。
(2013年卷二第15题)张某欠李某30万元借款到期未还。张某得知李某准备向人民法院起诉索款,便将自己价值50余万元的房产无偿转让给赵某,从而使自己名下无任何可供执行的财产。根据合同法及相关规定,李某得知这一情况后,可通过下列哪种途径维护自己的合法权益?
中外不同作家的“三部曲”,下列选项中有错误的是:
聚光灯效应:聚光灯在我们的意识中比在现实中更为闪亮的照耀着我们。用在人身上,就是指我们倾向于高估我们的行为、外貌和情感在他人眼中的显著性。根据上述定义,下列体现了聚光灯效应的是:
Whatisthewoman’sreply?
最新回复
(
0
)