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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 does the author say about the trade data of the past two years?
选项 A、It indicates that economic activities in the U.S. have increased.
B、It reflects the fluctuations in the international market.
C、It shows that U.S. economy is slipping further into recession.
D、It signals decreasing domestic demand for goods and services.
答案A
解析 根据题干中的the trade data和the past two years将本题出处 定位于第3段。该段首句作者以But转折指出，可以从另外的角度看待贸易 数据。接下来提出自己对过去两年贸易数据的看法：进口与出口的数额看来 并没有显示出(美国的经济)陷入二次衰退——美国的经济活动在广泛层面 上的再次下滑——而是表明了经济的扩张。注意该句使用了not．．．but的结构， 表示“不是……而是……”，作者认为过去两年贸易数据表明美国经济其实是 在扩张的，故答案为[A]。文中未提及国际市场的波动问题，故排除[B]。[C] 与作者的观点相反，作者已经通过not否定了美国经济衰退的观点。国内需 求减少是事实，但不是作者看待这两年的贸易数据的角度，故排除[D]。
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