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  3. Read the following passage and decide which answer best fits each space. For questions 26~45, mark one letter A, B, C or D o

Read the following passage and decide which answer best fits each space. For questions 26~45, mark one letter A, B, C or D o

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问题     Read the following passage and decide which answer best fits each space.
    For questions 26~45, mark one letter A, B, C or D on the Answer Sheet.
The "standard of living" of any country means the【C1】______person’s share of the goods and services which the country produces. A country’s standard of living, therefore depends【C2】______and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth. "Wealth" in this【C3】______is not money, for we do not live on money【C4】______on things that money can buy: "goods" such as food and clothing, and "services" such as【C5】______and "entertainment".
    A country’s capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of which have an effect【C6】______one another. Wealth depends【C7】______a great extent upon a country’s natural resources. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have a【C8】______soil and a favorable climate; other regions【C9】______none of them.
    Next to natural resources【C10】______the ability to turn them to use. China is perhaps as well off as the USA in natural resources, but suffered for many years from【C11】______and external wars, and for this and other reasons was incapable【C12】______her resources. Sound and【C13】______political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country【C14】______well served by nature but less well ordered.
    A country’s standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and【C15】______within its own borders, but also upon what is indirectly produced through international trade. For example, Britain’s wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much【C16】______if she had to depend only on those grown at home. Trade makes it possible for her surplus manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would【C17】______be lacking. A country’s wealth is, therefore, much【C18】______by its manufacturing capacity,【C19】______that other countries can be found ready to【C20】______its manufactures.
【C4】
选项 A、except
B、but
C、neither
D、besides
答案B
解析 考点：固定结构。分析：固定结构not…but意为“不是……而是”。本句是解释这里财富为什么不是指货币，即“我们并不以钱为生，而是靠钱能购买的产品与服务生活”，因此选项B正确。
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