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The country's gross domestic product was more than economists______for the first quarter.
A．wanted
B．thought
C．expected
D．announced
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第1题
Gross National Happiness
In the last century, new technology improved the lives of many people in many countries. Howev-er, one country resisted these changes. High in the Himalayan mountains of Asia, the kingdom of Bhutan remained separate. Its people and Buddhist (佛教) culture had not been affected for almost a thousand years. Bhutan, however, was a poor country. People died at a young age. Most of its people could not read, and they did not know much about the outside world. Then, in 1972, a new rulernamed King Jigme Singye Wangchuck decided to help Bhutan to become modern, but without losing its traditions.
King Wangchuck looked at other countries for ideas. He saw that most countries measured their progress by their Gross National Product (GNP). The GNP measures products and money. When the number of products sold increases people say the country is making progress. King Wangchuck had a different idea for Bhutan. He wanted to measure his country's progress by people's happiness. If the people's happiness increased, the king could say that Bhutan was making progress. To decide if people were happier, he created a measure called Gross National Happiness (GNH).
GNH is based on certain principles that create happiness. People are happier if they have health care, education, and jobs. They are happier when they live in a healthy, protected environment. They are happier when they can keep their traditional culture and customs. Finally, people are happier when they have a good, stable government.
Now this is some evidence of increased GNH in Bhutan. People are healthier and are living longer. More people are educated and employed. Twenty-five percent of the land has become national parks, and the country has almost no pollution. The Bhutanese continue to wear their traditional clothing and follow their ancient Buddhist customs. Bhutan has also become a democracy. In 2008, King Wangchuck gave his power to his son. Although the country still had a king, it held its first democratic elections that year. Bhutan had political parties and political candidates for the first time. Finally, Bhutan has connected to the rest of the world through television and internet.
Bhutan is a symbol for social progress. Many countries are now interested in Bhutan's GNH. These countries are investigating their own ways to measure happiness. They want to create new poli-cies that take care of their people, cultures, and land.
Brazil may be the next country to use the principles of GNH. Brazilian leaders see the principles of GNH as a source of inspiration Brazil is a large country with a diverse population. If happiness works as a measure of progress in Brazil, perhaps the rest of the world will follow.
Who was Jigme Singye Wangchuck？
A.A president
B.A Buddhist priest
C.A general
D.A king
第2题
According to this passage, what is exactly GDP？
A．It's a new method to measure a country's production.
B．It's a way to study the economies of different countries.
C．It's a new system to help make economic decisions.
D．It's a means to understand a country's economic changes.
第3题
Gross National Happiness
In the last century, newtechnology improved the lives of many people in many countries. Howev-er, onecountry resisted these changes. High in the Himalayan mountains of Asia, the kingdom of Bhutan remained separate. Its people andBuddhist (佛教) culture had not been affected for almost a thousand years.Bhutan,however, was a poor country. People died at a young age. Most of its peoplecould not read, and they did not know much about the outside world. Then, in1972, a new ruler named King Jigme Singye Wangchuck decided to helpBhutantobecome modern, but without losing its traditions.
King Wangchuck looked atother countries for ideas. He saw that most countries measured their progressby their Gross National Product (GNP). The GNP measures products and money.When the number of products sold increases people say the country is makingprogress. King Wangchuck had a different idea forBhutan. He wanted to measure hiscountry's progress by people's happiness. If the people's happiness increased,the king could say thatBhutanwas making progress. To decide if people
were happier, he created a measure called Gross National Happiness(GNH).
GNH is based on certainprinciples that create happiness. People are happier if they have healthcare,education, and jobs. They are happier when they live in a healthy, protectedenvironment. They are happier when they can keep their traditional culture andcustoms.-Finally, people are happier when they have a good, stable government.
Now this is some evidence ofincreased GNH inBhutan.People are healthier and are living longer.More people are educated andemployed. Twenty-five percent of the land has become national parks,and thecountry has almost no pollution. The Bhutanese continue to wear ttheirtraditional clothing and follow their ancient Buddhist customs.Bhutanhas alsobecome a democracy. In 2008, King Wangchuck gave hispower to his son. Althoughthe country still had a king, it held its first democratic elections that year.Bhutanhad political parties and political candidates for the first time. Finally,Bhutanhasconnected to the rest of the world through television and internet.
Bhutanis a symbol for socialprogress. Many countries are now interested inBhutan's GNH.These countries areinvestigating their own ways to measure happiness. They want to create newpoli-cies that take care of their people, cultures, and land.
Brazilmay be the next country touse the principles of GNH. Brazilian leaders see the principles of GNH as asource of inspiration.Brazilis a large country with a diverse population. If' happiness works as a measureof progress inBrazil,perhaps the rest of the world will follow.
Who was Jigme Singye Wangchuck？
A.president
B.Buddhist priest
C.general
D.king
第4题
A. A Dresident．
B. A Buddhist priest．
C. A general．
D. A king．
第5题
A. A president.
B. A Buddhist priest.
C. A general.
D. A king.
第6题
第一篇Gross NationalHappiness
In the last century, new technologyimproved the lives of many people in many countries. However,one countryresisted these changes. High in the Himalayan mountains of Asia, the kingdom of Bhutan remained separate. Its people andBuddhist(佛教)culture had not been affected for almost a thousand years. Bhutan,however, was a poor country. People died at a young age. Most of its peoplecould not read, and they did not know much about the outside world. Then, in 1972,a new ruler named King Jigme Singye Wangchuck decided to help Bhutan tobecome modern, but without losing its traditions.
King Wangchuck looked at other countriesfor ideas. He saw that most countries measured their progress by their GrossNational Product (GNP). The GNP measures products and money. When the number ofproducts sold increases, people say the country
is making progress. KingWangchuck had a different idea for Bhutan. He wanted to measure hiscountry’s progress by people’s happiness. If the people’s happiness increased,the king could say that Bhutanwas making progress. To decide if people were happier, he created a measurecalled Gross National Happiness (GNH).
GNH is based on certain principles thatcreate happiness. People are happier if they have health care, education, andjobs. They are happier when they live in a healthy, protected environment. They are happier when they can keep their traditional culture and customs. Finally, people are happier when they have a good, stable government.
Now there is some evidence of increasedGNH in Bhutan.People are healthier and are living longer. More people are educated andemployed. Teenty-five percent of the land has become national parks, and thecountry has almost no pollution. The Bhutanese continue to wear theirtraditional clothing and follow their ancient Buddhist customs. Bhutan has alsobecome a democracy. In 2008, King Wangchuck gave his power to his son. Althoughthe country still had a king,it held its first democratic elections that year.Bhutanhad political parties and political candidates for the first time. Finally, Bhutan hasconnected to the rest of the world through television and internet.
Bhutan is a symbol for social progress. Many countries are now interested in Bhutan’s GNH.These countries are investigating their own ways to measure happiness. Theywant to create new policies that take care of their people, cultures, and land.
Brazilmay be the nest country to use the principles of GNH. Brazilian leaders see theprinciples of GNH as a source of inspiration. Brazil is a large country with adiverse population. If happiness works as a measure of progress in Brazil, perhapsthe rest of the world will follow.
Who was Jigme Singye Wangchuck？
A. Apresident.
B. A Buddhistpriest.
C. A king.
D. A general.
第7题
A.accounts
B.generates
C.projects
D.overtakes
第8题
Economists spend much time discussing how to boost GDP growth. The OECD itself drew attention this week to the widening gap between American' s and Europe's GDP per head. Yet a nation's well-being depends on many factors ignored by GDP, such as leisure time, income inequality and the quality of the environment. GDP was developed primarily as a planning tool to guide the huge production effort of the Second World War. It was never intended to be the definite yardstick of economic welfare. Would another indicator change the ranking of countries or their relative performance over time？
GDP is not even the best gauge of the monetary aspects of living standards. It measures the value of goods and services produced by the residents of a country. But some of the income of earned in Britain, say, is paid to non-residents, while residents receive income from abroad. Adding net income from abroad to GDP gives us gross national income (GNI, also known as gross national product), which is more relevant for the prosperity of a nation.
Most countries' rank by GNI pre head is similar to that by GDP. One exception is Ireland: its GDP per head is one of the highest in the OECD, but because of large net outflows of investment income, its GNI per head is merely around the OECD average. Its average GNI growth rate over the past decade has also been about one percentage point less than on a GDP basis.
Another flaw is that GDP makes no allowance for the depreciation of the capital stock. Subtracting this from GNI leaves net national income (NNI), which is probably the best national account measure of welfare. Awkwardly, the numbers are harder to come by, making it difficult to compare across countries and over time.
But even NNI is an imperfect measure of people's welfare: it excludes the value of such important things as leisure, inequality and the environment. GDP should ideally be reduced to take account of pollution and the using-up of non-renewable resources, but no standard accounts that can do this are yet available.
On the other hand, the OECD has made a brave attempt to adjust GDP for the distribution of income. To most observers, a country where a few families enjoy huge wealth but most live in abject poverty would have a lower level of well-being than one with the same GDP but less poverty. A dollar of income is, in effect, worth more in the hands of the poor, though just how much more depends on attitudes towards inequality, the gap between American and most other rich countries, which have a more equal distribution of income, should be greatly reduced. By this measure, adjusted income per head is higher in France than in America.
Inequality has also risen in recent years in most countries. Assuming again a strong aversion to equality, average adjusted income per head grew by only 0.6% a year in OECD countries between 1985 and 2002, against 1.4% for GDP per head. But such estimates are sensitive to big value judgments. If, instead, people care little about inequality, then the adjustment will be much smaller.
Longer holidays and shorter working hours increasing an individual's well-being, yet conventional national accounts completely overlook such benefits. America is one of the world's richest countries, yet its workers toil longer hours than those elsewhere. As a result, adjusting GDP for leisure also narrows the gap between America and Europe.
So far, neither the adjustment for inequality
A．It is the origin of the majority of corporate accounting scams in America.
B．It is manipulated by the government to mislead the public regarding the country's economic performances.
C．It is the most commonly used measure of a country's success in economic terms.
D．Its adoption as a guide to a nation's economic well-being is not well-grounded.
第9题
Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you are occupationally dead, unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison and you can successfully drop out in elementary school.
Get a college degree, if possible. With a B. A. , you are on the launching pad (发射台). But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master's degree, make sure it is a M. B. A. , and only from a first-rate university. Beyond this, the famous law of diminishing returns begins to take effect.
Do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more a year than full professors？ Yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was ＄ 24000, while the full professors managed to average just ＄ 23930.
A Ph. D. is the highest degree you can get, but except in a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, you are facing a dim future. There are more Ph. D. s unemployed or underemployed in this country than in any other part of the world by far. Thousands of Ph. D. s are selling shoes, driving cabs, waiting on tables and filling out fruitless applications month after month.
You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.
According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who ______.
A．will not be a shame to the society
B．will become loyal citizens
C．can take care of themselves
D．can meet the demands as a source of manpower
第10题
【T11】
A.SPENT
B.MAY
C.THAT A.【T7】______ABOUT 1.2 PERCENT OF ITS GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT ON ADVERTISING
B.THE ACTION【T8】______BE TO PURCHASE A PRODUCT,USE A SERVICE
C.【T9】______SO_______THE COST OF A PRODUCT SOLD PRIMARILY THROUGH ADVERTISING IS USUALLY FAR LESS THAN ONE SOLD THROUGH PERSONAL SALESPEOPLE THE OBJECTIVE OF ANY ADVERTISEMENT IS TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT IT IS IN THEIR BEST INTERESTS TO TAKE THE ACTION THE ADVERTISER IS RECOMMENDIN
G.【T10】______, VOTE FOR A POLITICAL CANDIDATE OR EVEN TO JOIN THE ARMY. ADVERTISING AS A BUSINESS DEVELOPED FIRST AND MOST RAPIDLY IN THE UNITED STATES COUNTRY THAT USES IT TO THE GREATEST EXTENT.IN 1980 ADVERTISING EXPENDITURES IN THE U. S.EXCEEDED 55 BILLION DOLLARS OR APPROXIMATELY 2 PERCENT OF THE GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT.CANADA【T11】______ WHILE ADVERTISING BRINGS ECONOMIES OF MASS SELLING TO THE MANUFACTURER IT PRODUCES BENEFITS FOR THE CONSUMER AS WELL.SOME OF THOSE ECONOMIES ARE PASSED ALONG TO THE PURCHASER【T12】______.ADVERTISING BRINGS PEOPLE IMMEDIATE NEWS ABOUT PRODUCTS THAT HAVEJUST COME ON THE MARKET.FINALLY ADVERTISING PAYS FOR THE PROGRAMS ON COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO AND FOR ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE COST OF PUBLISHING MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPERS.
