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A Country's Standard of Living
The "standard of living" of any countrymeans the average person's share of the goods andservices the country produces.A country's standard of living, therefore 51 first on itscapacity to producewealth. "Wealth" in this 52 is not money, for we do not liveon moneybut on things that money can buy: "goods" such as food and clothing,and"services" such as transport and entertainment.
A country's capacity to____53____wealth dependsupon many factors, most of ____54____have an effect on one another. Wealthdepends____55____a great extent upon a country'snatural resources. Some regionsof the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and havefertile (肥沃的) soil and a favorable climate; Other regions ____56____none ofthem. Nextto natural resources comes the ability to____57____them to use. China isperhaps as rich as theUSA in natural resources, but suffered for manyyears____58____civil and external wars. Andfor this and other____59____wasunable to develop her resources. Sound and stable politicalconditions and____60____from foreign invasions enable a country to develop itsnaturalresources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more____61____thananother country equallywell favored by nature but less well ordered.
A country's standard of living does not only dependupon the wealth that is produced and62 within its own borders, but also uponwhat is directly produced through internationaltrade. For example, Britain'swealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural____63____would bemuch less if shehad to depend only on those grown at home. Trade makes it possible forhersurplus (過(guò)剩的) manufactured goods to be traded abroad forthe agricultural products64 would otherwise be lacking. A country's wealth is,therefore, much influenced by64 its manufacturing capacity.____65____that othercountries can be found ready to accept itsmanufactures.
51請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺___處填上正確答案。
A.calls
B.gets
C.depends
D.takes
52、請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺___處填上正確答案。
A.sense
B.article
C.side
D.area
53、請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺___處填上正確答案。
A.distribute
B.produce
C.contain
D.buy
54、請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺___處填上正確答案。
A.that
B.these
C.what
D.which
55、請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺___處填上正確答案。
A.for
B.to
C.in
D.by
56、請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺___處填上正確答案。
A.contribute
B.possess
C.attract
D.develop
57、請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺___處填上正確答案。
A.move
B.force
C.turn
D.push
58、請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺___處填上正確答案。
A.as
B.on
C.with
D.from
59、請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺___處填上正確答案。
A.reasons
B.aspects
C.points
D.services
60、請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺___處填上正確答案。
A.freedom
B.liberation
C.prevention
D.government
61、請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺___處填上正確答案。
A.wealth
B.report
C.effect
D.result
62、請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺___處填上正確答案。
A.provided
B.increased
C.created
D.consumed
63、請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺___處填上正確答案。
A.organization
B.resources
C.products
D.labors
64、請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺___處填上正確答案。
A.who
B.that
C.where
D.when
65、請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺___處填上正確答案。
A.based
B.realized
C.supposed
D.provided