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
Extensive new studies suggest that the world has made extraordinary progress in reducing poverty in recent decades. The research
Extensive new studies suggest that the world has made extraordinary progress in reducing poverty in recent decades. The research
admin
2018-02-03
40
问题
Extensive new studies suggest that the world has made extraordinary progress in reducing poverty in recent decades. The research suggests that the pace of economic progress has been rapid and continued for decades, built on the foundations of relative political stability, rising trade, and economic liberalization(自由化)after two world wars. One new study, published recently by the Institute for International Economics in Washington, find that the proportion of the 6.1 billion people in the world who live on $ 1 a day or less shrank from 63 percent in 1950 to 35 percent in 1980 and 12 percent in 1999. By some other measures, the progress has been more modest. Still, economists agree that poverty has plunged in key nations such as India and especially China, thanks to slowing population growth as well as economic freedom. "This is a huge success for the world as a whole," says Harvard University economist Richard Cooper. "We are doing something right. "
The news comes as the World Bank is about to open its annual meeting in Washington—an e-vent that has been troubled in recent years by protests that the Bank and its sister Institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF国际货币组织), have done too little for the world’ s poor. The new economic research will not put an end to that dispute. Vast populations remain poor, and man-y still question the wisdom of World Bank policies. Nonetheless, the research findings are helpful to understand what policies should be followed by those institutions and hundreds of other development groups working very hard to hasten the pace of world economic progress. If dramatic gains are under way, the present policies-calling for open markets, free business activities, and tight monetary control—are working and correct.
But critics of IMF and World Bank policies maintain that such economic success stories as Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore are rooted in more than just "free" markets. These nations have managed to grow rapidly, and thereby reduce poverty, by limiting imports when their domestic industries were young, pushing exports to rich nations, and putting controls on purely international financial flows. The have been open to foreign-owned factories but have often insisted that those investors share the knowledge and skill on modern technologies.
The word "plunged" in the first paragraph means________.
选项
A、decreased
B、climbed
C、increased
D、dropped into water
答案
A
解析
推理判断题。根据文章第一段第三句句意,每天生活费不高于1美元的人口比例从1950年的63%缩小到了1980年的35%和1999年的12%,可知,“poverty has plunged”的意思应该是“贫困正在减少”。故选A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/erCO777K
0
成人本科学位英语
相关试题推荐
Sheisalwayseasytogetalongwith,butsheisdifficulttounderstand______.
Theconnectionbetweenreadingandwritingisastrongandimportantone,【C1】______forcollegestudents.Youmayalreadyhavedi
Standardusageincludesthosewordsandexpressionsunderstood,used,andacceptedbyamajorityofthespeakersofalanguagei
Thecaptainorderedthecrewtothrow______thesideoftheshipallheavygunsandevenstoresinordertoraisetheboatint
"Good-bye,Mr.Wang.I’mpleased______you."
Theyoungpeoplewhotalkofthevillageasbeing"dead"aretalkingnothingbutnonsense,asintheirheartstheymustsurelykn
ToreadTolstoyand______tonineteenthcenturyRussianliteraturearetwoexcellentreasonsfortakingProfessorMorrel’scourse
Whichdoyouenjoy______yoursparetime,playingcardsathomeortakingawalkinthepark?
Thefactoryhas______workersbecauseofthedropinsales.
Itwaswithgreatjoy()heknewthathisGMATscoreas670,highenoughtoapplytoatopuniversityofbusiness.
随机试题
计数器的内部电路主要是由单稳态触发器构成。()
某公司年产量为x百台机床,总成本为C万元,其中固定成本为2万元,每产1百台增加1万元,市场上每年可销售此商品4百台,其销售总收入R(x)(单位:万元)是x的函数,问每年生产多少台利润最大?
蛋白质合成后空间结构的修饰包括
分包商在施工现场的协调管理工作应由( )。
行为主义学派认为心理健康的破坏与()有关。
阅读某教材必修3第一单元第二课《祝福》教学实录(片段),回答问题。案例:师:有同学说,鲁四老爷并不凶狠。我们现在来看看祥林嫂第一次到鲁家受到了怎样的对待。生:鲁四老爷看不起她。师:你的根据是什么?生:“四叔皱了皱眉,四婶已经知道了
阅读下列资料,回答下列问题。2010年,全国国有建设用地土地供应总量42.8万公顷,比上年增长18.4%。其中,工矿仓储用地15.3万公顷,增长7.9%;商服用地3.9万公顷,增长40.4%;住宅用地11.4万公顷,增长40.3%;基础设施等其他
A、 B、 C、 D、 D
A、刚擦完地B、水管漏水C、水龙头没关D、水壶被碰倒了B
IntroductiontoM.deI’AubepineM.deI’Aubepineisunknowntomanyofhiscountrymen,aswellastothestudentsoffore
最新回复
(
0
)