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The free market economy is no doubt the primary stimulus that has led to the United States’ dominance in the world economic comm

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问题     The free market economy is no doubt the primary stimulus that has led to the United States’ dominance in the world economic community. By naturally rewarding those producers that excel, excellence is actively encouraged and those that inefficiently produce goods or services not valued are eliminated. Thus, the economy becomes a self-sustaining and self-maintaining machine, consistently and constantly achieving the best possible result.
    The free market economy is entirely based on the principle of supply and demand. Under this concept, consumers decide for themselves which companies will stay in business, voting with their dollars by spending on those businesses they consider most worthy. By doing so, those companies that are best liked, or most in demand, are granted the privilege of supplying the goods and services that consumers pay for. In that sense, efficiency is achieved. Those companies that best perform to the expectations of consumers are left prosperous in the market, while their less efficient counterparts simply die out of the market, starved of the dollars of consumers who simply prefer not to buy their products.
    With such a system in place, American businesses are literally forced to be efficient to the highest degree. As a rule, what’s efficient in one place will be efficient in most other places, thus American businesses are fierce competitors no matter where they choose to sell their product, having been formed in a competitive environment that breeds optimality.
    When the opposition is made up of businesses overly protected or directed by their respective governments, the tough American businesses usually make short work of them. It has been proven that the free market system more efficiently allocates capital and resources than any central planner could, and America has seized on that concept. With such an edge at a basic level, it’s no wonder that the United States is on top of the financial world. The cycle is a self-perpetuating one. As more money is pumped into the system by efficient businesses, more leverage is attained, allowing America to dictate the rules of the game, to its own advantage, of course.
    Other countries are beginning to adopt the competitive nature of the American economic system, producing companies that are giving their American counterparts a good run for their money. It can be arguably stated that within a few decades, the United States will have to deal with competition just as well equipped as its own. For the time being, however, the game is stacked in favor of America.
Paragraph 4 asserts that______.
选项 A、American businesses hold the upper hand wherever they compete
B、the edge developed by constant competition serves American businesses well in almost all international markets
C、government control over business processes invariably results in inferior companies
D、over time, the advantage enjoyed by American businesses will only grow in magnitude, fueled by continued growth, dominance and infusion of resources
答案B
解析 属主旨思想题。作者在第四段中充分肯定了美国自由竞争机制带来的优势：与其他国家的中央计划体制相比，它对企业产品竞争和资金、资源分配都很有利。因此，选项B符合此意。选项A与第四段第一句内容不符，原文中使用了usually，而选项中使用了wherever，表达的意义过于绝对：选项C无法从文中推出。选项D与最后一段第二句的意思不符，原文说：大概可以说在未来的几十年中，美国将遇到势均力敌的竞争对手。
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