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A Country's Standard of Living

　　The "standard of living" of any country means the average person's share of the goods and services the country produces. A country's standard of living, __________（51）, depends on its capacity to produce wealth. 'Wealth" __________（52） this sense is not money, for we do not live on money __________（53） on things that money can buy: "goods" such as food and clothing, and =services" such as transport and entertainment.

　　A country's capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of __________（54） have an effect on one another. Wealth depends __________（55） a great extent upon a country's natural resources. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have fertile （肥沃的） Soil and a favorable climate; other regions possess none of them.

　　Next to natural resources __________（56） the ability to turn them to use. China is perhaps as well-off __________（57） the USA in natural resources, but suffered for many years from civil and external wars, and __________（58） this and other reasons was __________（59） to develop her resources. Sound and stable political conditions, and __________（60） from foreign invasions, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well favoured by nature but less well ordered.

　　A country's standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and consumed __________（61） its own borders, but also upon what is directly produced through international trade. __________（62）, Britain's wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much less if she had to depend only on __________（63） grown at home. Trade makes it possible for her surplus （過(guò)剩的） manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would __________（64） be lacking. A country's wealth is, therefore, much __________（65） by its manufacturing capacity, provided （如果） that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures.

　　51 A however B furthermore C similarly D therefore

　　52 A by B on C in D with

　　53 A or B but C either D besides

　　54 A these B that C what D which

　　55 A at B to C by D with

　　56 A came B coming C comes D come

　　57 A to B like C by D as

　　58 A because B for C of D by

　　59 A uneasy B incapable C impossible D unable

　　60 A resolution B freedom C aggression D destruction

　　61 A at B by C within D on

　　62 A In short B For example C As a result D On the other hand

　　63 A which B what C that D those

　　64 A otherwise B certainly C however D therefore

　　65 A made B done C produced D influenced

　　【參考答案】

　　51. D　　52. C　　53. B　　54. D　　55. B

　　56. C　　57. D　　58. B　　59. D　　60. B

　　61. C　　62. B　　63. D　　64. A　　65. D