Our living standard is still very low, but we are ______ living in poverty.A.by all meansB
Our living standard is still very low, but we are ______ living in poverty.
A.by all means
B.by no means
C.by every means
D.by means of
Our living standard is still very low, but we are ______ living in poverty.
A.by all means
B.by no means
C.by every means
D.by means of
We may think of all of these as our needs. Yet most of us would be far from satisfied if we had nothing more than these which are supplied for us. (78) We all enjoy extra income to spend on things like books, sports or hobbies. Sometimes we save some of this extra income to pay for future expense of this type on holidays. So we must add our wants to our basic needs. Our standard of living is the degree, to which these needs and wants are satisfied.
But as time goes on, what we think of as our basic needs changes. Twenty years ago a television would have been a luxury, and still is in many countries now. Even now we cannot say it is a need in the same sense as food, clothing and shelter. Yet if most of the people of a country have one, it comes to be accepted as a need.It is possible therefore to have food, clothing and shelter and still be poor by the standards of our own society.
What we need in life is divided into ________ according to this article.
A.the basic necessities and luxury
B.many kinds of need such as food, clothing and houses
C.four groups the basic necessities, luxury, reliable income and future expense
D.the basic necessities and reliable income
A.attributed
B.entitled
C.identified
D.justified
The main concern of the government is t0__________ the living standard of the peop.
A.raise
B.rise
C.arise
D.arouse
As long as the resources we consumed each year came primarily from within our own boundaries, this was largely an internal matter. But as our resources come more and more from the outside world, "outsiders" are going to have some stay over the rate at which and terms under which we consume. We will no longer be able to think in terms of "our" resources and "their" resources, but only of common resources.
As Americans consuming such a disproportionate share of the world's resources, we have to question whether or not we can continue our pursuit of super affluence in a world of scarcity. We are now reaching the point where we must carefully examine the presumed link between our level of well-being and the level of material goods consumed. If you have only one crust of bread, then an additional crust of bread doesn't make that much different. In the eyes of most of the world today, Americans have their loaf of bread and are asking for still more. People elsewhere are beginning to ask why. This is the question we're going to have to answer, whether we're trying to persuade countries to step up their exports of oil to us or trying to convince them that we ought to be permitted to maintain our share of the world fish catch.
The prospect of a scarcity of, and competition for, the world's resources require that we reexamine the way in which we relate to the rest of the world. It means we find ways of cutting back on resource consumption that is dependent on the resources and cooperation of other countries. We cannot expect people in these countries to concern themselves with our worsening energy and food shortages unless we demonstrate some concern for the hunger, illiteracy and disease that are diminishing life for them.
The writer warns Americans that ______.
A.their excessive consumption has caused world resource exhaustion
B.they are confronted with the problem of how to obtain more material goods
C.their unfair share of the world's resources should give way to proper division among countries
D.they have to discard their cars for lack of fossil fuel in the world
The higher the standard of living and the greater the national wealth, ______.
A.the greater amount of paper is used
B.the greater is the amount of paper is used
C.the greater the amount of paper used
D.the amount of paper is used is greater
1.In prehistoric times people().
A、ate much more than we do today
B、lived mainly on plant food
C、had a wide-ranging diet
D、were more fussy about what they ate
2.The specialization of food was started by().
A、the emergence of supermarkets
B、the rise of agriculture
C、the rich countries
D、the modern shops
3.According to the passage, people in the West today survive on().
A、carrots and tomatoes
B、several thousand types of plants and cereals
C、a very small number of cultivated foods
D、special species planted one thousand years ago
4.The conclusion seems to be that we().
A、could make use of more natural species
B、don't cultivate the right kind of food
C、produce more food than we need
D、cultivate too many different species
5.Most of us have come to expect().
A、no variation in our diet
B、a reduction in food supplies
C、a specialist diet
D、food conforming to a set standard
According to the passage, it has long been believed that ______.
A.people in poor countries scarcely know how to enjoy a high standard of living
B.the world's resources being limited, people in underdeveloped countries are bound to live a poor life
C.most Americans know that the world's resources of many kinds are becoming scarce
D.it is impossible for all the people in the world to improve their living standards
This view, 【B7】 is generally thought to be wrong. Specialists 【B8】 history and economics, have 【B9】 two things: that the period from 1650 to 1750 was 【B10】 by great poverty, and that industrialization certainly did not worsen and may have actually improved the conditions for the majority of the populace.
【B1】
A.admitted
B.believed
C.claimed
D.predicted
Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because ______.
A.it's bad for all living things in the world
B.it makes much noise
C.it makes our rivers and lakes dirty
D.it makes us angry more easily