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What’s the one word of advice a well-meaning professional would give to a recent college graduate? China? India? Brazil? How abo

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问题     What’s the one word of advice a well-meaning professional would give to a recent college graduate? China? India? Brazil? How about trade?
    When the Commerce Department reported last week that the trade deficit in June approached $50 billion, it set off a new round of economic doomsaying. Imports, which soared to $200.3 billion in the month, are subtracted in the calculation of gross domestic product. The larger the trade deficit, the smaller the GDP. Should such imbalances continue, pessimists say, they could contribute to slower growth.
    But there’s another way of looking at the trade data. Over the past two years, the figures on imports and exports seem not to signal a double-dip recession — a renewed decline in the broad level of economic activity in the United States — but an economic expansion.
    The rising volume of trade — more goods and services shuttling in and out of the United States — is good news for many sectors. Companies engaged in shipping, trucking, rail freight, delivery, and logistics (物流) have all been reporting better than expected results. The rising numbers signify growing vitality in foreign markets — when we import more stuff, it puts more cash in the hands of people around the world, and U.S. exports are rising because more foreigners have the ability to buy the things we produce and market. The rising tide of trade is also good news for people who work in trade-sensitive businesses, especially those that produce commodities for which global demand sets the price — agricultural goods, mining, metals, oil.
    And while exports always seem to lag, U.S. companies are becoming more involved in the global economy with each passing month. General Motors sells as many cars in China as in America each month. While that may not do much for imports, it does help GM’s balance sheet — and hence makes the jobs of U.S.-based executives more stable.
    One great challenge for the U.S. economy is slack domestic consumer demand. Americans are paying down debt, saving more, and spending more carefully. That’s to be expected, given what we’ve been through. But there’s a bigger challenge. Can U.S.-based businesses, large and small, figure out how to get a piece of growing global demand? Unless you want to pick up and move to India, or Brazil, or China, the best way to do that is through trade. It may seem obvious, but it’s no longer enough simply to do business with our friends and neighbors here at home.
    Companies and individuals who don’t have a strategy to export more, or to get more involved in foreign markets, or to play a role in global trade, are shutting themselves out of the lion’s share of economic opportunity in our world.
What is the author’s advice to U.S. companies and individuals?
选项 A、To import more cheap goods from developing countries.
B、To be alert to fluctuations in foreign markets.
C、To increase their market share overseas.
D、To move their companies to where labor is cheaper.
答案C
解析 根据题干中的companies and individuals将本题出处定位于末段。 末段提到，任何公司和个人，如果没有扩大出口、更多地参与国外市场、或在 全球贸易中发挥作用的策略，就会将自己隔绝在最大份额的全球经济机会之外。 由此看出，作者建议美国公司和个人扩大出口、更多地参与国外市场、在全球 贸易中发挥作用，[C]是对此义的最好概括，故为答案。作者建议的是扩大出口， 而不是从发展中国家多进口便宜商品，故排除[A]。[B]是根据常识设的干扰项， 作者的建议中并未提到要警惕国外市场的波动。[D]是根据第6段倒数第二句 设置的干扰项。该句说“除非你想搬到印度、巴西或中国，否则最好的办法就 是通过贸易。”这里作者其实是更建议参与国际贸易来获取及利用全球市场需 求，而不是建议将公司搬到有廉价劳动力的地方，故排除。
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