2013年职称英语综合类B级:完形填空模拟03; V+ ], N" }+ U: m8 g" [( J
The Central Problem of Economics : c4 b- j$ z4 Z! c( }) }
The central problem of economics is to satisfy the people’s and nation’s wants. 7 x3 x3 Y7 f! C6 e( W& ?/ g
The 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.
6 }- M; W; H- C8 W Nations 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. ) U3 {- ?& S1 L8 y+ y2 n/ K
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.
^) ~7 N2 w$ d. J7 _ In the 1990s, almost all goods are __13__. Only by effort and money __14__ obtained in the form people wish. 8 b1 f$ `" b. H z! { `& I, V
Meeting 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. . M1 m& r) ~6 @, m. Q3 x
EXERCISE: 3 C! }0 D, W& j; l9 ?) u
1. A) limited B) unlimited C) scarcity D) abundant
+ R8 ~* Q+ S+ p0 f, w7 A 2. A) want B) problem C) wants D) resources & u& Y0 A. H# y# q( t Z# _
3. A) those B) some C) others D) many 来自www.Examw.com9 R$ V! N; b; L# C$ }
4. A) them B) themselves C) ourselves D) ours
- _5 E' P7 G+ E( X 5. A) expand B) extends C) grows D) increase
: K( `0 S/ o2 m, ?9 O- E5 a( f 6. A) always B) sometimes C) often D) never 2 k7 p; g; _' P1 _( ~/ ]
7. A) management B) function C) board D) group * F3 B' D% C; l+ T& C
8. A) people B) economists C ) way D) methods
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y0 L* ^2 V& o9 Q/ ? 10. A) form B) study C) means D) source # e8 K& I! Y- y y/ G1 g5 T: u) [
11. A) practically B) in practice C)in reality D) practicably
9 v4 k7 B& [: b8 @0 @* ^$ R 12. A) the B) / C) for D) with
7 ?) l# U+ T* W3 G' t& `6 E 13. A) plentiful B) scarce C) abundant D) in full supply # @# v& U+ C6 @; V
14. A) they can be B) can they be C) they must be D) must they be
" g' D* [) z; {" x Q 15. A) are led to B) leads C) lead to D) leads to ( t% J$ A$ K+ p0 T
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