- 阅读理解A
题干：Thedifferencesinlivingstandardsaroundtheworldarevast.In1993'theaverageAmericanhadanincomeofabout$25，000.Inthesameyear,theaverageMexicanearned$7，000，andtheaverageNigerianearned$1,500.Notsurprisingly,thislargevariationinaverageincomeisreflectedinvariousmeasuresofthequalityoflife.Changesinlivingstandardsovertimearealsolarge.IntheUnitedStates，incomeshavehistoricallygrownabout2percentperyear(afteradjustingforchangesinthecostofliving).Atthisrate,averageincomedoublesevery35years.Insomecountries,economicgrowthhasbeenevenmorerapid.InJapan,forinstance,averageincomehasdoubledinthepast20years,andinSouthKoreaithasdoubledinthepast10years.Whatexplainstheselargedifferencesinlivingstandardsamongcountriesandovertime?Theanswerissurprisinglysimple.Almostallvariationinlivingstandardsisattributabletodifferencesincountries’productivity-thatis,theamountofgoodsandservicesproducedfromeachhourofaworker’stime.Innationswhereworkerscanproducealargequantityofgoodsandservicesperunitoftime,mostpeopleenjoyahighstandardofliving；innationswhereworkersarelessproductive,mostpeoplemustendureamoremeagerexistence.Similarly,thegrowthrateofanation'sproductivitydeterminesthegrowthrateofitsaverageincome.Thefundamentalrelationshipbetweenproductivityandlivingstandardsissimple，butitsimplicationsarefar-reaching.Ifproductivityistheprimarydeterminantoflivingsstandards，otherexplanationsmustbeofsecondaryimportance.Forexample,peoplemightthinkthatlaborunionsorminimum-wagelawscontributedtotheriseinlivingstandardsofAmericanworkersoverthepastcentury.YettherealheroofAmericanworkersistheirrisingproductivity.Therelationshipbetweenproductivityandlivingstandardsalsohasgreatimplicationsforpublicpolicy.Whenthinkingabouthowanypolicywillaffectlivingstandards，thekeyquestionishowitwillaffectourabilitytoproducegoodsandservices.Toimprovelivingstandards，policymakersneedtoraiseproductivitybyensuringthatworkersarewelleducated，havethetoolsneededtoproducegoodsandservices,andhaveaccesstothebestavailabletechnology.
题目：The study of the relationship between productivity and living standards is significant inthat_____. - A 、it calls policy makers，attention to a qualified work force
- B 、it encourages workers to get better education
- C 、it helps improve the workers，ability to produce goods and services
- D 、it enables policy makers to access the latest technology
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参考答案【正确答案：A】
推断题。答案在最后一段。本段主要论述生产力和生活水平的关系对公共政策的制定所起的重要意义。政策的制定者必须考虑到：生产力的提高也就意味着生活水平的提高。如何提高生产力从而提高人们的生活水平就是他们必须认真思考的。而提高生产力就必须依靠提髙工人的受教育水平，使其拥有先进的生产和服务工具以及能够接触到高科技。所以推断出研究生产力和生活水平之间的关系的意义在于引起政策制定者关注生产力素质的提高。因此A选项为正确答案。
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