2020贵州农村信用社考试英语模拟练习及答案（十三）

【练习题】

There is much discussion today about whether economic growth is desirable. At an earlier period, our desire for material wealth may have been justified. Now, however, this desire for more than we need is causing serious problems. Even though we have good intentions, we may be producing too much, too fast.

Those who criticize economic growth argue that we must slow down. They believe that society is approaching certain limits on growth. These include the fixed supply of natural resources, the possible negative effects of industry on the natural environment, and the continuing increase in the world’s population. As society reaches these limits, economic growth can no longer continue, and the quality of life may decline.

People who want more economic growth, on the other hand, argue that even at the present growth rate there are still many poor people in the world. These proponents of economic growth believe that only more growth can create the capital needed to improve the quality of life in the world. Furthermore, they argue that only continued growth can provide the financial resources required to protect our natural surroundings from industrialization.

This debate over the desirability of continued economic growth is of vital importance to business and industry. If those who argue against economic growth are correct, the problems they mention cannot be ignored. To find a solution, economists and the business community must pay attention to these problems and continue discussing them with one another.

1. According to those who criticize economic growth, which of the following is NOT the reason that might cause economic growth to slow down?

A. Our natural surroundings are in danger of being destroyed by industry.

B. The fixed supply of natural resources marks a point beyond which economic growth cannot continue.

C. The world population is ever increasing.

D. More efforts are made to improve the quality of our life.

2. Those who want more economic growth believe that continued economic growth ______.

A. is essential to the well-being of society as a whole

B. can provide the solution to all of our social problems today

C. can never protect our environment from being polluted by industry

D. can provide us with more natural resources for industrialization

3. The underlined word “proponents” most probably mean ______.

A. arguments in support of something

B. disagreements on something

C. people who argue for something

D. people who argue against something

4. The passage is mainly about ______.

A. the contradiction between economists and the business community

B. the present debate on economic growth

C. the advantages and disadvantages of economic growth

D. the importance of the debate on economic growth

5. We may infer from the passage that ______.

A. the author describes the case as it is

B. the author is for economic growth

C. the author is against continued economic growth

D. the author is not worried about problems caused by economic growth

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【参考答案】

1.【答案】D。解析：细节题。根据题干those who criticize economic growth定位至第二段，由第二段可知，反对经济增长的人认为，经济增长已经到了极限，自然资源供给有限，工业对环境污染达到最大值，人口不断增长，比较四个选项只有D.“做更大的努力改变我们的生活质量”没有提到，为本题答案。

2.【答案】A。解析：细节题。根据题干Those who want more economic growth定位至第三段，由第三段可知，支持经济增长的人认为，世界上还有许多人非常穷困，经济增长可以提供资本改进生活质量，只有经济增长才能够为工业对环境造成的破坏进行修复，比较四个选项，B选项过于绝对;根据第三段最后一句Furthermore, they argue that only continued growth can provide the financial resources required to protect our natural surroundings from industrialization. 可知，C选项与文意相反，D选项与原文不符，原文是“provide the financial resources”;根据第三段第二句believe that only more growth can create the capital needed to improve the quality of life in the world. 可知A项与该句意思表达一致。故本题答案选A。

3.【答案】C。解析：词义猜测题。根据该词的谓语动词believe 可知，该词应该指人，故A、B可排除;结合上文可知，该段描述的是支持经济增长的人的看法，proponents of economic growth的观点是认为经济增长能够提升生活质量，故proponents of economic growth应该是支持经济增长的人。proponent表示“支持……的人”。故答案选C。

4.【答案】B。解析：主旨题。本文第一段就提到了现在经济增长带来的问题，第二段介绍了反对经济增长的人的观点，第三段论述了支持经济增长的人的观点，并在最后一段呼吁工业和商业人士对经济增长带来的问题进行探讨，故B选项更具有概括性，符合文章主旨。

5.【答案】A。解析：态度题。前三段中，作者只是在客观地列举辩论双方的观点及原因;最后一段，作者指出此辩论对工商业很重要，然后针对其中一方情况作了进一步的说明，注意这里的if从句，它决定了这段并不是作者的观点，作者还是在客观地陈述，并没有明确说哪方正确，或明确表明自己支持哪方。所以答案应选A。