【正文】 f the few areas in which the Third World can pete. Land and labour are cheap, and as farming methods develop, new technologies should improve output. This is decade has been the boom in exports of cut flowers and vegetables to Europe. But that may all change in 2022, when Kenya will be slightly too ricountry” status that allows African producers to avoid paying stiff European import duties on selected agricultural products. With trade barriers in place, the horticulture industry in Kenya will shrivel as quickly as a discarded rose. And while agriculture exports remain the great hope for poor countries, reducing trade barriers in other sectors also works: Americas African Growth and Opportunity Act, which cuts duties on exports of everything from handicrafts to shoes, has proved a boon to Africa’s manufacturers. The lesson: the Third World can prosper if the rich world gives it a fair go. This is what makes Bush’s decision to increase farm subsidies last month all the more depressing. Poor countries have long suspected that the rich world urges rade liberalization only so it can wangle its way into new markets. Such suspicions caused the Seattle trade talks to break down three years ago. But last November members of the World Trade Organization, meeting in Doha, Qatar, finally agreed to a new round of talks designed to open up global trade in agriculture and textiles. Rich countries assured poor countries, that their concerns were finally being addressed. Bush’s handout last month makes a lie of America’s mitment to those talks and his personal devotion to free trade. 各類考試歷年 試題免費(fèi)免注冊(cè)下載 超 過(guò) 2萬(wàn)套 word文檔試題和答案 8 A) in the developing world B) in Japan C) in Europe 17. In addition to the economic considerations, there is a ____ motive behind Bush’s signing A) partisan B) social C) financial B) “th D) farmers in poor countries should also receive the benefit of subsidies 19. The writer’s attitude A) favourable B) ambiguous C) critical 各類考試歷年 試題免費(fèi)免注冊(cè)下載 超 過(guò) 2萬(wàn)套 word文檔試題和答案 9 TEXT BOscar Wilde said that work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do. If so, Americans are now among the world’s saddest refugees. Factory workers in the United the rich world in cutting the average working week—from 70 hours in 1850 to less than 40 hours by the 1950s. It seemed natural that as people grew richer they would trade extra earnings for more leisure. Since the 1970s, however, the hours clocked up by American that something similar is happening outside manufacturing: Americans are spending more On holiday, they seek out fax machines and phones as eagerly as Germans bag the best et working time in Europe and Japan continues to fall. In Germany’s engineering industry the working week is to be trimmed from 36 to 35 hours next year. Most Germans get six weeks’ paid annual holiday。 even the Japanese now take three weeks. Americans sticoncern about whether people’s aversion to work is damaging its petitiveness. Yet German workers, like the Japanese, seem to be acting sensibly: as their ines rise, they can achieve a better standard of living with fewer hours of work. The puzzle is why America, the world’s richest country, sees things differently. It is a puzzle with sinistersocial implications. Parents spend less time with their children, who may be left alone at home for longer. Is it just a coincidence that juvenile crime is on the rise?work fail to stand up to scrutiny. One blames weak trade unions that leave workers open to jobs? A recent study by two American economists, Richard Freeman and Linda Bell, suggests not: when asked, Americans actually want to work longer hours. Most German workers, in may be that the real earnings of many Americans have been stagnant or falling during the past two decades. People work longer merely to maintain their living standards. Yet many harder too. Also, one reason for the slow growth of wages has been the rapid growth in employment— 各類考試歷年 試題免費(fèi)免注冊(cè)下載 超 過(guò) 2萬(wàn)套 word文檔試題和答案 10 to do with it. People who work an extra hour in America are allowed to keep more of their money than those who do the same in Germany. Falls in marginal tax rates in America since se in America but not elsewhere (though Britain shows signs of following America’s lead). Perhaps cultural differences—the last refuge of the defeated economist—are at play. Economists used to believe that once workers earned enough to provide for their basic needs and allow for a few luxuries, their incentive to work would be eroded, like lions relaxing after a kill. But humans are more susceptible to advertising than lions. Perhaps clever marketing has ensured that “basic needs”— —expand continuously. Shopping is already one of America’s most popular pastimes. But it requires money—baseball and hockey keep being wiped out by strikes. Perhaps Wilde was right. Maybe A) confined to the manufacturing industry C) prevalent in all sectors of society 21. According to the third paragraph, which might be one of the consequences of working A) Rise in employees’ working efficiency. C) Rise in people’s living standards. 22. Which of the following is the cause of working longer hours stated by 各類考試歷年 試題免費(fèi)免注冊(cè)下載 超 過(guò) 2萬(wàn)套 word文檔試題和答案 11 A) Expansion of basic needs. C) Increase in real earnings. TEXT CThe fox really exasperated them both. As soon as they had let the fowls out, inthe early summer mornings, they had to take their guns and keep guard。 and thenagain as soon as evening began to mellow, they must go once more. And he was so sly. 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