2013年职称英语综合类B级:完形填空模拟03
5 \- S0 i+ w6 J! \& @The Central Problem of Economics
4 F# u, ~+ I% K5 Y; F+ l8 x The central problem of economics is to satisfy the people’s and nation’s wants. 9 |# |0 L" I/ Q
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.
" Z) z( H, ~ v 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.
$ R+ m* `7 Z; q1 D! O 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. " }9 D, \. _. Q9 \$ i5 ~
In the 1990s, almost all goods are __13__. Only by effort and money __14__ obtained in the form people wish.
9 o# X( Y2 t8 r+ X; f2 k 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.
2 j. Y" R- N2 W" ~! W; `% O EXERCISE: $ d( u3 L8 r }9 Z* Z
1. A) limited B) unlimited C) scarcity D) abundant - g2 ^6 W1 \7 |8 `- ~7 @
2. A) want B) problem C) wants D) resources . {; m; r/ Q1 n7 q! p; B
3. A) those B) some C) others D) many 来自www.Examw.com
, S0 b3 J, Z& v- m 4. A) them B) themselves C) ourselves D) ours ( P& H0 l8 v1 r6 f
5. A) expand B) extends C) grows D) increase
. |' r k0 p8 {& G2 e$ b 6. A) always B) sometimes C) often D) never
6 N# y7 U6 \0 k# H2 } J 7. A) management B) function C) board D) group
$ ?# a+ \- |+ g% _ 8. A) people B) economists C ) way D) methods
1 L$ a) z; p3 k* F 9. A) so B) great C) such D) such an 0 C \! f9 E" n' c
10. A) form B) study C) means D) source
5 R0 E5 |( h! f1 b2 N 11. A) practically B) in practice C)in reality D) practicably
6 e5 h7 p; U5 E1 b# Y1 W 12. A) the B) / C) for D) with $ C5 N: h* u* w' R) T" G' Z
13. A) plentiful B) scarce C) abundant D) in full supply * c$ o6 @0 D1 S( T, ^% T
14. A) they can be B) can they be C) they must be D) must they be
- ]8 w5 n1 M& N' y 15. A) are led to B) leads C) lead to D) leads to : \: R4 d/ O# z+ l8 L M- i
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