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Undeniably, many Europeans arc suffering. Levels of unemployment are the highest since records began in France(3. 2 million)and
Undeniably, many Europeans arc suffering. Levels of unemployment are the highest since records began in France(3. 2 million)and
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2016-08-02
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Undeniably, many Europeans arc suffering. Levels of unemployment are the highest since records began in France(3. 2 million)and Spain(6 million). Bad European news mounts almost daily.
Europe is having a terrible time—except compared with probably every other continent and any time in history. Look at crisis stricken Spain, for instance. The average Spaniard now lives to 82, seven years longer than in 1980.(Most countries where people can expect to reach 82 are European, says the World Health Organization.)Today that average Spaniard’s income, despite years of crisis, is still nearly double what it was in 1980. And across Europe, daily life has tended to get gradually more pleasant. For instance, crime rates have kept falling in most western countries despite the crisis. British streets haven’t been this safe in more than 30 years, according to the UK’s Office of National Statistics.
It’s important to realize that most people’s lives aren’t affected by the latest twist in the euro zone crisis. A good new breast-cancer drug often does more for collective happiness than a good new prime minister. And those gains get shared out most fairly in Europe. That’s why seven of the 10 best-rating countries on the World Economic Forum’s gender gap index are European. So are six of the top 10 least corrupt in Transparency International’s corruption perception index. And when the CIA ranked 136 countries for income equality, the 17 most equal were all European. No wonder Spain and even Greece outrank Qatar on the United Nations’ human development index.
Most emerging economies lag decades behind us: Russian, Brazilian and Chinese average incomes are still below half those in Greece, according to the World Bank. Nonetheless, the relative rise of new countries engenders paranoia. The American pundit Thomas Friedman often says China and India are "eating our lunch". But since the global economy isn’t a zero-sum game, it’s more accurate to say that the Chinese and Indians are making our lunch. The richer they get, the better they can afford our high-end engineering products, hotel rooms, luxury goods, universities, etc.
It’s also notable how well European democracies have held up under five years of crisis. In 1981, when shots were fired in Spain’s parliament, that average Spaniard still worried about a fascist coup. Today every western European country is a secure democracy. Contrary to predictions, Europe’s far right hasn’t risen en masse during the crisis, notes the London-based research and advisory group Counterpoint. Nor has Western Europe experienced a big terrorist atrocity since 2005.
Crucially, too, the next round of wars shouldn’t involve Europeans. If Iran, North Korea or Taiwan blows up, we won’t be there. We just don’t have the gunboats any more. Last year Asian defense spending exceeded Europe’s probably for the first time since Europeans began conquering the world 500 years ago. Defense experts bewail our impotence, but on the bright side, governments with strong armies always overestimate their ability to manage a war smoothly, and get lured into horrible adventures. That won’t happen to us. Moreover, given our lack of natural resources, other countries will probably leave us in peace. Sure, the 400 million western Europeans—just 6 per cent of the global population—won’t rule the world again, but then we don’t particularly want to.
Which one of the following is not a reason why the next round of wars shouldn’t involve Europeans?
选项
A、Europe’s military strength has been exceeded by Asian countries.
B、European countries lack natural resources.
C、Europe simply does not want to rule the world again.
D、European countries hold religious beliefs that propose wars.
答案
D
解析
本题考查考生对最后一段内容的理解。最后一段详细论述了为什么欧洲不会卷入下一轮的战争,进而说明欧洲有着和平的生活发展环境,进一步论证全文的观点:欧洲的现状并不太糟糕。首先提到的原因就是欧洲不再拥有昔日的军事实力了,举的例子就是去年亚洲防务支出首次超过了欧洲,因此A是原因之一。接下来作者提到由于缺乏自然资源,其他国家很可能不会染指欧洲,即B选项。最后作者从欧洲人民的主观意愿入手,提到的确欧洲不仅从客观条件上已经不能再统治世界了,而且欧洲人民根本也不想统治世界,即C选项。D选项看似有理,但是文中根本没有提及,是出题人故意设置的迷惑选项,并不是文章论述的下一轮战争不会波及欧洲的原因,而本题是“选非”,因此选D。
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