The phrase “takes its toll on” (at the end of Par. 2) probably means

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• 1According to the critics, GDP

  A.presents false prosperity.

  B.consists of unreal statistics.

  C.comprises fabricated information.

  D.fails to describe economic reality.

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• 2The text commences with the claim that GDP is

  A.the upgraded variety of GNP.

  B.the direct descendant of GNP.

  C.the true indicator of economic growth.

  D.the sound judgment of national economy.

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• 3The phrasal verb “shy away from” at the end of the text probably means

  A.discard.

  B.evade.

  C.be nervous about.

  D.B.evad

  E.C.be nervous about.D.be hesitant about.

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• 4Postman primarily implies in his theory that

  A.children mature much earlier than before.

  B.adults are increasingly becoming childish.

  C.modern media spur children into fast growth.

  D.adulthood and childhood vanish simultaneously.

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• 5According to Postman, a true division of childhood and adult spheres features

  A.the dawn of the information time.

  B.the period prior to the Middle Ages.

  C.the mid-twentieth century to the present.

  D.the fifteenth century to the mid-twentieth.

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• 6The text is written primarily to

  A.profile a group critical of an economic statistic.

  B.analyze statistics to decide the economic health.

  C.B.analyze statistics to decide the economic health.C.describe an alternative to an economic indicator.

  D.present and evaluate economic trends since 1945.

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• 7The author mentions GDP and GPI figures in support of the claim that

  A.GPI is influenced positively by volunteer work.

  B.GDP comprises a general record of money spent.

  C.GPI is the most reasonable modification of GDP.

  D.GDP is inferior to GPI in depicting economic reality.

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• 8The author asserts that the changes in readers’taste

  A.contribute to the incompatibility of essays with stories.

  B.often result in unfavorable effect, to say the least.

  C.sometimes come to something undesirable, of course.

  D.usually bring about beneficial outcome, so to say.

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• 9The author suggests that if the Stone Age should come up again

  A.the art of essay-writing would lose its foundation.

  B.the art and literature would most totally vanish.

  C.the art of story-telling would remain in caves alone.

  D.the life of art would be thoroughly drained away.

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• 10Essays are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

  A.careful arrangement and organization of chief ideas.

  B.remarkable concision and meaningful presentation.

  C.improbable condensation to any shorter accounts.

  D.flashes of wit and enlightenment of argumentation.

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