填空题 The "standard of living" of any country means the average person"s 31 of the goods and services the country produces. A country"s standard of living, therefore, depends on its capacity to produce wealth. "Wealth" in this 32 is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy: "goods" such as food and clothing, and "services" such as 33 and entertainment.
A country"s capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of which have an effect on one another. Wealth depends to a great extent upon a country"s natural resources. Some regions of the world are well 34 with coal and minerals, and have fertile soil and a 35 climate; other regions possess none of them.
Next to natural resources comes the ability to 36 them to use. China is perhaps as well-off as the USA in natural resources, but suffered for many years from 37 and external wars, and for this and other reasons, was unable to develop her resources. Sound and stable political conditions, and being free from foreign invasions, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well 38 .by nature but less well ordered.
A country"s standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and consumed within its 39 , but also upon what is directly produced through international trade. For example, Britain"s wealth in food stuffs and other agricultural products would be much less if she had to depend only on those grown at home. Trade makes it possible for her 40 manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would otherwise be lacking. A country"s wealth is, therefore, much influenced by its manufacturing capacity provided that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures.
A．wealth B．sense C．supplied D．share
E．surplus F．transport G．1imits H．equipped
I．favorable J．turn K．put L．civil
M．favored N．borders O．internal