2013年职称英语综合类B级：完形填空模拟05

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2013年职称英语综合类B级：完形填空模拟05
The Central Problem of Economics  
0 g" \7 B4 D2 J+ B/ f/ X, x& w　　The central problem of economics is to satisfy the people’s and nation’s wants.  
0 l+ V  I( p, ^* x: Q% r& N1 \　　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.
$ j8 b# a0 T4 \' X　　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.
　　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.
3 k- ?3 S" F  d+ a" S: X　　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.EXERCISE:  
% q5 U7 J, b1 v& c5 m　　1. A) limited B) unlimited C) scarcity D) abundant
4 S; h2 [+ c* i3 u* b1 ^　　2. A) want B) problem C) wants D) resources
- \2 Q. E# ]* m2 h" s4 v. W. f　　3. A) those B) some C) others D) many
　　4. A) them B) themselves C) ourselves D) ours

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