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1、It is an ironic commentary on this record of contraction that simultaneously under New Labour the income of the top people has leapt ahead of the general rise in the pay of working people. It is not success but failure that British capitalism has been rewarding. It is equally ironic that it now seem

2、s that our public sector, including the National Health Service and parts of the educational system, are to be injected more and more with the failed medicine of the bosses from the private sector.It is plain as plain can be that capitalism has failed to halt the decline in British manufacturing ind

3、ustry and that in the immediate future manufacturing will continue on the path of contraction. Labors booklet of ten years ago called for a national strategy for the modernization of British industry.This would necessarily involve a big increase in investment. Productivity depends essentially on the

4、 kind of tools and equipment available to those employed in industry and on the education, training and skill of the workforce from the highest to the lowest level. The necessary increase in industrial investment will not come from private initiative and private sources. Tax incentives and there hav

5、e been plenty of them to help private companies do little to influence long-term policy though they help to stuff the pockets of the industrial fat cats. There is no substitute for public investment and public accountability.1. From the first paragraph, we know that the Labor party and the Conservat

6、ive Party were different in their policies onA. Britains manufacturing industryB. The world economyC. Britains industrial capacityD. International trade2. In the Labors booklet, the sentence we manufacture or perish means thatA. Britain should upgrade its manufacturing industry.B. The manufacturing

7、industry should convert itself.C. Britains economy will be destroyed if we dont revive our manufacturing industry.D. We should manufacture goods to support ourselves.3. Compared with ten years ago, the manufacturing industry in Britain A. is stronger than it was ten years ago.B. employs a larger wor

8、k force.C. has more factories.D. is even worse.4. Against the context of slowdown in Britains manufacturing industry, which of the following industry suffers from decline in market share?A. advertisingB. bankingC. electrical goodsD. consulting5. The modernization of British industry will result in a

9、 big increase in A. unemploymentB. private investmentC. government investmentD. output of manufacturingThe prospect facing British industry is worsened by the economic slow down in the worlds principal capitalist powers, the USA, Japan and Germany. The path of their economies has shown once again th

10、at periodic booms and recession are an inevitable feature of an economic system dominated by the pursuit of private profit. It is not the satisfaction of human need that drives the economy but the motivation of profit. Effective demand in the vocabulary of economists is the demand of people who have

11、 the money and the willingness to spend. All the huge unsatisfied basic wants of humanity count for nothing unless they represent a market force expressed by the possession of an adequate income.To those who argue that the problems of British industry are attributable primarily to the exchange rate

12、there is an obvious answer. Who sets, or at the very least influences, the exchange rate? It is not set by divine intervention. It is Treasury policy and the bankers who have the main short-term influence. In the long-term exchange rates reflect the balance of trade.It is not an answer to the declin

13、e of manufacturing to urge that Britain should join the Euro. This would reduce even more the possibility of remedial action. More and more decisions affecting British industry would be made increasingly remote from accountability to the British people.New Labour should bring to an end its misplaced

14、 love affair with the private sector.6. The author points out that periodic booms and recessions are the inevitable features of A. Britains economyB. the worlds principal capitalist powersC. USAs economyD. Japans economy7. In the economists point of view, what drives the economy is the Effective dem

15、and, which is defined as A. human needsB. the basic wants of low-incomersC. the demand of people with adequate incomeD. the demand of people with adequate income and willingness to spend8. Which of the following factors influence the exchange-rate of a country?A. divine powerB. Treasury policy and t

16、he bankersC. the balance of tradeD. B & C9. The proposal that Britain should join the Euro A. can help British manufacturing get through the difficultiesB. will not be a remedy for the secondary sector of the British economyC. will enable the British people to have the final say in its manufacturing

17、 industryD. will enhance Britains position in the European Union10. The author suggests that, the new Labor party today shouldA. attach greater importance to the private sector than the public sectorB. increase investment on the industryC. change its current attitudes towards the private sectorD. ig

18、nore the private sector 词汇与结构11. As a giant manufacturing economy, America is still the richest nation in the world. Therefore, the assumption that manufacturing has no future in the advanced industrialized countries is highly .A. confusing B. untrue C. dubious D. doubted12. The majority of the peop

19、le inhabits in their own little worlds, of how they connect with the outside world.A. oblivious B. unknown C. curious D. thinking13. Researchers have across a drug that may help patients with Parkinsons disease.A. discovered B. come C. found D. stumbled14. Violence increased to that residents were a

20、fraid to leave their homes.A. the position that B. the extent that C. the result that D. the depth that15. The majority of the economists hold that it is impossible to stop this change in the patterns of human consumption.A. huge B. progressive C. dramatic D. great16. Nowadays, people in cities rely

21、 on the mining of coal or pumping of oil to their cars.A. move B. fuel C. drive D. use17. The deadline for submitting the proposals is due in two days, but they offered no solution for all our problemsA. great B. immense C. myriad D. large18. She gave no thought to all this, and neither occurred her

22、 to do so before she came here.A. would it have B. it would have C. would it D. it have19. Some people believe that the manufacturing industry in developed countries will change, itself.A. adapt B. modify C. Correct D. convert20. After a countrys people are supplied the physical subject of consumpti

23、on, they go on to concern about their design.A. for B. to C. with D. about 完形填空In 1998, 25-year old John Stewart was （21） redundant. He was left with a compensation （22） of 5,000 and a determination to be his own boss. As a supporter of his local football club, he had often helped them by maintainin

24、g and repairing their seating. He now decided to set up his own company and make a （23） out of his hobby.His first step was to get 1,000 brochures printed, （24） the two main services which he could （25）, repair and maintenance. He sent these brochures to （26） and professional football clubs, and oth

25、er similar （27）, such as hockey clubs.The week after completing the mailing was the worst of his life. He had no responses at all. Then a letter arrived from Scotland inviting him to give a （28） for a pre-season check of a football clubs seating. He arrived in Scotland in three hours; by the end of

26、the afternoon he had signed the （29） to do the work. For 500 the club had its seating made good, and on arriving home three days later, John worked （30） that he had made a 250 profit.The next four weeks were extremely busy, as club after club invited John to work for them. He priced each job in the

27、same way as the first, working out all the direct （31）, then adding 100%. Money started to （32） in and John bought a van and rented a factory unit on an industrial estate near his house.Then in late August the phones stopped ringing as the pre-season work dried up. John （33） that he needed longer-term work and decided to move into the manufacture of