Over the past few decades, more and more countries have opened up the markets, increasingly transforming the world economy into one free-flowing global market. The question is:Is economic globalization for all?
According to the World Bank, one of its chief supporters, economic globalization has helped reduce in a large number of developing countries. It quotes one study that shows increased wealth to improved education and longer life in twenty-four developing countries as a result of integration (融合) of local economies into the world economy. Home to some three billion people, these twenty-four countries have seen incomes at an average rate of five percent—compared to two percent in developed countries.
Those who globalization claim that economies in developing countries will benefit from new opportunities for small and home-based businesses. , small farmers in Brazil who produce nuts that would originally have sold only in open-air markets can now promote their goods worldwide by the Internet.
Critics take a different view, believing that economic globalization is actually the gap between the rich and poor. A study carried out by the U.N.-sponsored World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization shows that only a few developing countries have actually from integration into the world economy and that the poor, the uneducated, unskilled workers, and native peoples have been left behind. , they maintain that globalization may eventually threaten emerging businesses. For example, Indian craftsmen who currently seem to benefit from globalization because they are able to their products may soon face fierce competition that could put them out of . When large-scale manufacturers start to produce the same goods, or when superstores like Wal-Mart move in, these small businesses will not be able to and will be crowded out.
One thing is certain about globalization—there is no . Advances in technology combined with more open policies have already created an interconnected world. The now is finding a way to create a kind of globalization that works for the benefit of all.
A.possible B.smooth C.good D.easy
A.crime B.poverty C.conflict D.population
A.contributing B.responding C.turning D.owing
A.remain B.drop C.shift D.increase
A.doubt B.define C.advocate D.ignore
A.In addition B.For instance C.In other words D.All in all
A.mature B.new C.local D.foreign
A.finding B.exploring C.bridging D.widening
A.suffered B.profited C.learned D.withdrawn
A.Furthermore B.Therefore C.However D.Otherwise
A.consume B.deliver C.export D.advertise
A.trouble B.business C.power D.mind
A.keep up B.come in C.go around D.help out
A.taking off B.getting along C.holding out D.turning back
A.agreement B.prediction C.outcome D.challenge
三、完形填空(共20小题,每小题1分,共20分)
A 37 thing happened 38 me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day __39_ I drove to go for a look in the country.
On the way back home, my 40 stopped. It was out of gas on a 41 road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone 42 could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile 43 I finally found a house near the __44__. I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair __45_. She said, “I’ve been __46__ for you here for a long time. Come in. 47 is almost ready.”
“But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t 48 what she was talking about.
“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You 49 tea,” said she.
I quickly 50 that my car was out of 51 , but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept 52 me Alfred and talking about how long it had been 53 she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I 54 .
Fortunately, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my 55 , he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t 56 anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and never came back because of the war.”
37. A. happy B. strange C. common D. bad
38. A. on B. in C. upon D. to
39. A. and B. so C. but D. that
40. A. car B. bus C. bike D. truck
41. A. narrow B. lonely C. crowded D. busy
42. A. what B. whom C. who D. how
43. A. before B. after C. while D. as
44. A. street B. path C. way D. road
45. A. came B. answered C. opened D. appeared
46. A. asking B. looking C. calling D. waiting
47. A. Gas B. Coffee C. Tea D. Lunch
48. A. consider B. understand C. accept D. think
49. A. like B. love C. used to like D. liking
50. A. answered B. explained C. refused D. promised
51. A. gas B. tea C. strength D. energy
52. A. calling B. call C. to call D. called
53. A. until B. before C. since D. when
54. A.could B.can C. would D. wanted
55. A. accident B. incident C. experience D. surprise
56. A.hit B. injury C. hurt D. frighten
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We must have water to live. __ 1________the water we use is clean and fresh, it will make us ill. The animals __ 2________ (live) in and around lakes and rivers must also have clean water. Our rivers and lakes supply most of our water. The clear, blue water found by the first American settlers has changed. Many of our water sources are now __ 3________. They are filled __ 4________ dirt and waste which cannot be cleaned out. In many places, water is not safe for us to use.
Lake Erie was __ 5________ a beautiful lake. Now it has been called “a dying lake”. Waste from nearby homes and factories has been dumped into __ 6________. Fish can no longer live in much of its polluted water. George Washington once called the Potomac “__ 7________ finest river in the world”. Now its water is no longer blue. Instead, it is soupy green. Suds(肥皂泡沫), from detergents(洗涤剂;洗衣粉) used to wash clothes, often cover the water of our rivers.
Water cannot __8___________(make) in a factory. Once water is polluted, it is __ 9________ to make it clean and safe again. We must learn to take care of the water __ 10_______ we now have.
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As well as reaching the right audience with the right technique, advertisers must also place their ads in the right medium. Obviously, cost will play __(1)______ big part in this decision. Television adverts are expensive to make __(2)_____to show. You have to be a big corporation with a big budget to afford television ads. Advertisements in newspapers, on the other hand, are __(3)______cheaper.
As well as worrying about the expense, advertisers must also consider _____(4)_ media are most appropriate for their product and which their target audience is most likely to see or hear. __(5)_______most cars have radios, ads broadcast via radio can reach a lot of drivers very __(6)______(easy). For this reason, ______(7)_would be appropriate to use radio to advertise goods and services relating to cars. _(8)______, it would be no use __(9)_ _____(advertise) products on radio if the ad relies on visual effects. Television adverts are great for generating emotional responses to a product, but magazines and newspapers can have __(10)_ ____details.
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Until recently daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it __1_____________(consider) an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think it may be a very __2______________ (health) thing to do. Some researchers are finding that daydreaming may be important to mental health. Daydreaming, they tell us, __3__________(be) a good means of relaxation. But its benefits go 4 _____ this. A number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some __5__ ______ (surprise) conclusions.
Dr. Joan T. Freyberg has concluded that daydreaming contributes __6____intellectual growth. It also improves 7____ (concentrate), attention span, and the ability to get 8 ____ with others. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser believed that much of his success was due to the positive use of daydreaming. Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse. The young Thomas Edison pictured 9 __ __ as an inventor. For these notable achievers, it appears 10 their daydreams came true. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick offered this advice: “hold a picture of yourself… in your mind’s eye, and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself vividly as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible.
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We all know that computers have played and (1)__________ play a very important part (2)___________ various fields.
In personal lives, computers can do lots of work. It can carry (3)___________ people’s instructions. In agriculture, computers are used (4)_____________ control the (5)__________(grow) conditions of vegetables and other plants. In transportation(交通运输), computers can work out the best distance (6)__________ trains and operate the trains instead (7)____________ human beings. In the fields of education, health and scientific research, computers are important, (8)___________. People use them to store information (9)______________ records.
Because of the computers, life is easier and (10)________ convenient for people.