2012年职称英语综合类完形填空练习及答案（5）

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The Central Problem of Economics
The central problem of economics is to satisfy the people's and nation's wants.
: N! ]% T5 I4 m- v) Z9 q8 QThe problem we are faced with is that our resources, here identified as money, are __1__. The only way we can resolve our problem is to make choices. After looking at our resources, we must examine our list of __2__ and identify the things we need immediately, those we can postpone, and __3__ we cannot afford. As individuals, we face the central problem involved in economics-deciding just how to allocate our limited our limited resources to provide __4__ with the greatest satisfaction of our wants.
) }% @3 F7 J: n8 Y# u8 t- NNations face the same problem. As a country's population ___5__, the need for more goods and services grows correspondingly. Resources necessary to production may increase, but there __6__ are enough resources to satisfy the total desires of a nation. Whether the budget meeting is taking place in the family living room, in the conference room of the corporation __7__ of directors, or in the chamber of the House of Representatives in Washington, the basic problem still exists. We need to find __8__ of allocating limited resources in order to satisfy unlimited wants.
A short time ago economists divided goods into two categories, free and economic. The former, like air and water, were in __9__ abundance that economists had no concern for them. After all, economics is the __10__ of scarcity and what to do about it. Today many of these "free goods" are __11__ very expensive to use. Pollution has made clean air and water expensive for producers' extra costs, and __12__ taxpayers who pay for the government's involvement in cleaning the environment.
In the 1990s, almost all goods are __13__. Only by effort and money __14__ obtained in the form people wish.
, r$ ~4 A0 B3 Y( h5 l# RMeeting needs of people and the demands from resource available __15__ the basic activity of production. In trying to meet unlimited wants from limited economic goods, production leads to new problems in economics.
& O3 D# r. k0 L, q/ z1 GEXERCISE:
1. A) limited B) unlimited C) scarcity D) abundant
2. A) want B) problem C) wants D) resources
2 Y8 b1 P7 Y1 q' V3. A) those B) some C) others D) many
0 _- I1 ^0 f1 u+ G4. A) them B) themselves C) ourselves D) ours
( o0 R# ^' M) P& H5. A) expand B) extends C) grows D) increase
6. A) always B) sometimes C) often D) never
7. A) management B) function C) board D) group
8. A) people B) economists C ) way D) methods
9. A) so B) great C) such D) such an
1 y! y4 [. u  ?  \5 A10. A) form B) study C) means D) source
11. A) practically B) in practice C)in reality D) practicably
8 n, ?' A5 `7 c: ]( k/ e( i9 N12. A) the B) / C) for D) with
13. A) plentiful B) scarce C) abundant D) in full supply
" ^" t8 \$ T% z1 E  h0 M( m14. A) they can be B) can they be C) they must be D) must they be
0 C/ b) m/ m& S' g1 f: J15. A) are led to B) leads C) lead to D) leads to
KEY:
A C A C C D C D C B C C B B D