02年职称英语考试综合类(B级)试题及答案

      第6部分：完形填空  (第51~65题，每题1分，共15分)
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　　The Central Problem of Economies
　　The central problem of economics is to satisfy the people's and nation's wants.
　　The problem we are faced with is that our resources．here identified as money,are______(51)．The only way we can resolve our problem is to make choices．After looking at our resources，we must examine our list of immediately,those we can postpone，and______(52)and identify the things we need______(53)we cannot afford．As individuals，we face the central problem involved in economics-deciding just how to allocate our limited resources to provide ourselves with the greatest______(54)of our wants．
　　Nations face the same problem. As a country's population______(55)，the need for more goods and services grows correspondingly．Resources necessary to production may increase，but there are______(56)enough resources to sarisfy the total desires of a nation．Whether the budget meeting is taking place in the family living room，in the conference room of the corporation______(57)of directors，or in the chamber of the House of Representatives in Wadington,the basic problem still exists. We needto find______(58) of allocating (分配)limited resources in order to sarisfy unlimited wants.
　　A short time ago economists divided goods into two categories，free and economic．The former,like air and water,were in______(59)abundance that economists had no concern for them．After all，economics is the．Today many of these"free goods"are ______(60)of scarcity(匮乏)and what to do about it．______(61)very expensive to use．Pollution has made clean air and water expensive for producers who have to filter their waste products，for consumers who ultimately(最终)pay for the producers'extra costs，and______（62） taxpayers who pay for the government's involvement in cleaning the enviromnent.
　　In the 1990s，almost all goods are______(63)．Only by effort andmoney cantheybe______(64)in the form people wish．
　　Meeting the needs of people and the demands from resources available lcads to the basic activity of production．In trying to______(65)unlimited wants from limited economic goods，production leads to new problems in economics．
　　51 A limited    B unlimited    C  exhausted   D abundant
　　52 A concepts    B supplies    C  wants    D resources
　　53 A those    B some    C  others     D many
　　54 A expresmon    B description    C  sarisfaction  D limitation
　　55 A climbs    B extends    C  grows    D raises
　　56 A always    B sometimes    C  often   D never
　　57 A management    B function    C  board    D company
　　58 A necessities    B possibilities    C  needs   D methods
　　59 A so       B great      C  such     D such an
　　60 A form      B study      C  means    D source
　　61 A intime      B in practice    C  in reality    D in turn
　　62 A then        B also     C  for      D with
　　63 A plentiful    B scarce       C poor     D enough
　　64 A accepted    B obtained     C  ofrered  D discovered
　　65 A create    B depress    C  restrain    D meet