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1、 2022年职称英语考试综合类完形填空训练及答案(4)The Central Problem of Economics 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 _1_. The only way we can resolve our problem is to make choices. After lookin
2、g at our resources, we must examine our list of _2_ and identify the things we need immediately, those we can postpone, and _3_ we cannot afford. As individuals, we face the central problem involved in economics-deciding just how to allocate our limited our limited resources to provide _4_ with the
3、greatest satisfaction of our wants. Nations face the same problem. As a country”s population _5_, the need for more goods and services grows correspondingly. Resources necessary to production may increase, but there _6_ are enough resources to satisfy the total desires of a nation. Whether the budge
4、t meeting is taking place in the family living room, in the conference room of the corporation _7_ of directors, or in the chamber of the House of Representatives in Washington, the basic problem still exists. We need to find _8_ of allocating limited resources in order to satisfy unlimited wants. A
5、 short time ago economists divided goods into two categories, free and economic. The former, like air and water, were in _9_ abundance that economists had no concern for them. After all, economics is the _10_ of scarcity and what to do about it. Today many of these “free goods” are _11_ very expensi
6、ve to use. Pollution has made clean air and water expensive for producers” extra costs, and _12_ taxpayers who pay for the government”s involvement in cleaning the environment. In the 1990s, almost all goods are _13_. Only by effort and money _14_ obtained in the form people wish. Meeting needs of p
7、eople and the demands from resource available _15_ the basic activity of production. In trying to meet unlimited wants from limited economic goods, production leads to new problems in economics. EXERCISE: 1. A) limited B) unlimited C) scarcity D) abundant 2. A) want B) problem C) wants D) resources
8、3. A) those B) some C) others D) many 4. A) them B) themselves C) ourselves D) ours 5. A) expand B) extends C) grows D) increase 6. A) always B) sometimes C) often D) never 7. A) management B) function C) board D) group 8. A) people B) economists C ) way D) methods 9. A) so B) great C) such D) such
9、an 10. A) form B) study C) means D) source 11. A) practically B) in practice C)in reality D) practicably 12. A) the B)/ C) for D) with来自.E 13. A) plentiful B) scarce C) abundant D) in full supply 14. A) they can be B) can they be C) they must be D) must they be 15. A) are led to B) leads C) lead to D) leads to KEY: A C A C C D C D C B C C B B D