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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 one of the challenges facing the American economy?
选项 A、Decreasing productivity.
B、People’s reluctance to spend.
C、Competition from overseas.
D、Slack trade activities.
答案B
解析 根据题干中的one．．．challenges和the American economy将本 题出处定位于第6段前两句。该段首句提到，美国经济面临的一大挑战是“国 内消费需求疲软”，第二句进一步解释说美国人……花钱更谨慎了。由此可知，美国经济面临的一大挑战是人们不那么愿意消费了，故答案为[B]，People’s reluctance to spend对应slack domestic consumer demand和spending more carefully。 [A]与原文矛盾。由第4段说的U．S．exports are rising可知，美国国内的生产 力并未下降。文中并未提到海外的竞争是美国经济面临的挑战之一，故排除 [C]。[D]针对slack domestic consumer demand“国内消费需求疲软”设的干扰项。 由第4段首句可知，美国的贸易活动其实是增强而非疲软。
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