单选题 The "standard of living" of any country means the average person's share of the goods and services which the country produces. A country's standard of living, (1) , depends first and (2) on its capacity to produce wealth." Wealth" in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money (3) on things that money can buy. "Goods" such as food and clothing, and "services" such as transport and " (4) ". A country's capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of (5) have an effect on one another. Wealth depends (6) a great extent upon a country's natural resources. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have a fertile soil and a (7) climate; other regions possess none of them.
Next to natural resources (8) the ability to turn them to use. China is perhaps as well (9) as the USA in natural resources, but suffered for many years from civil and (10) wars, and (11) this and other reasons was (12) to develop her resources. (13) and stable political conditions, and (14) from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well (15) by nature but less well ordered.
A country's standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and consumed (16) its own borders, but also upon what is indirectly produced through international trade. (17) , Britain's wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much less if she had to depend only on (18) grown at home. Trade makes it possible for her surplus manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would (19) be lacking. A country's wealth is, therefore, much influenced by its manufacturing capacity, (20) that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures.

单选题 [A] however [B] therefore [C] nevertheless [D] furthermore

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】上下文理解题。本题4个选项都是过渡上下文的副词，考查对上下文关系的理解。本句同段首句内容为因果关系，故应选therefore。其余选项均不合逻辑。however“然而”；nevertheless“仍然，不过”； furthermore“此外，而且”。

单选题 [A] primary [B] principal [C] foremost [D] uniquely

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】词语搭配题。first and foremost是固定词组，意为“首先，最重要地”。primary“首要的，基本的”和principal“主要的，首要的”都是形容词，不能修饰动词depend。uniquely意为“惟一地，独特地”，不合文意。

单选题 [A] or [B] nor [C] but [D] except

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】上下文理解题。本句解释为什么在这里“财富”不是指“货币”，not...but意为“不是……而是”，符合文意，即“我们并不以钱为生，而是靠钱能购买的产品与服务生活”。or“或”，nor“也不”，except“除……外”均不合逻辑。

单选题 [A] recreation [B] enlightenment [C] refreshment [D] entertainment

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】名词辨析题。作者以交通和娱乐为例说明什么是“服务”，这里当指“娱乐业”，即entertainment“娱乐节目，招待”。recreation指“消闲，消遣性的娱乐活动”；enlightenment“启蒙，启发”；refreshment“茶点；恢复”。

单选题 [A] it [B] them [C] which [D] that

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】语法知识题。本题只有选which才能表明逗号后定语从句与主句的关系，因从句五连词，故it，them，that都不符合语法要求。

单选题 [A] with [B] for [C] to [D] on

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】固定搭配题。本句谓语是“depends...upon”。to a great extent为固定词组，修饰动词，意为“在很大程度上”，是正确答案。

单选题 [A] neutral [B] favorable [C] virtuous [D] marine

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】形容词辨析题。作者在此举例说明自然资源分布不均．只有favorable climate(有利的气候)与fertile soil(肥沃的土壤)搭配符合逻辑。neutral“中立的，中性的”；virtuous“善良的，有美德的”；marine“海洋的，海洋性的”。

单选题 [A] comes [B] come [C] coming [D] came

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】语法知识题。本句因状语提前而主谓倒装，主语是ability，谓语动词需选一般现在时第三人称单数形式comes。本段接上文讲影响生产水平的因素，“继自然资源的多寡之后就是利用他们的能力。”

单选题 [A] off [B] known [C] done [D] furnished

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】形容词辨析及上下文理解题。well off意为“境况好，富有”，符合文意：中国的自然资源也许同美国的一样丰富。well known“众所周知的，著名的”；well done“干得好”；well furnished“(房间)布置得很好的，设备齐全的”。

单选题 [A] military [B] external [C] conremporary [D] domestic

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】形容词辨析及搭配题。只有external“外部的”同civil搭配符合逻辑。military“军事的”；contemporary“当代的，同一时代的”；domestic“国内的，国产的，家里的”。

单选题 [A] for [B] because [C] because of [D] due to

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】语法知识题。“由于某种原因”要说for some reason，这是习惯用法。because后面要接从句；due to不用在句首；because of后面不接reason。

单选题 [A] impossible [B] incapable [C] unable [D] proficient

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】形容词辨析及用法题。本句主语为China，并列谓语是“is..., but suffered...and...was”，意为“中国的自然资源也许同美国一样丰富，但多年来饱受内外战争之苦；为此及其他原因，中国无法开发其自然资源。”impossible作“不能”讲时要用“It is impossible for China to develop...”的句型；incapable后面要接of developing；proficient意为“熟练的，精通的”，不合逻辑，故只有unable为正确选择。

单选题 [A] Strong [B] Sturdy [C] Sound [D] Robust

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】形容词辨析题。sound作形容词有“健全的，完好的，可靠的”等意思，sound and stable political conditions即“可靠稳定的政治局势”，符合文意。其余3个选项都不能形容political situations。strong“强壮的，有力量的”；sturdy“强健的，牢固的”；robust“健康的，有活力的”。

单选题 [A] liberty [B] freedom [C] prevention [D] liberation

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】名词辨析题。freedom有“免除，自由”等含义，freedom from foreign invasion指“不受外来侵略”，符合题意。liberty“自由，自由权”；prevention“避免，防止”；liberation“解放，释放”。

单选题 [A] assisted [B] avenged [C] rescued [D] served

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】动词辨析题。serve有“服务，供应”等意，well-served by nature指“有同样优越的自然条件”，符合文意。assisted“帮助，协助”；avenged“报仇，报复”；rescued“营救，救援”。

单选题 [A] with [B] within [C] near [D] around

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】上下文理解题。within its own borders，指“在本国境内”，与本句中“but also...through international trade”相对应，符合逻辑。

单选题 [A] In short [B] For example [C] First of all [D] On one hand

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】固定搭配及上下文理解题。本句是对上句的解释，故应选“for example”。in short“总而言之”是对上文的总结；first of all“首先，第一点”，下文应有第二点；on the one hand“一方面”，下文应接与之矛盾的另一方面。

单选题 [A] those [B] what [C] that [D] it

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】上下文理解题。这里须用复数代词those代替上文food stuffs and other agricultural products；that与it都是单数；what后面应带从句。本句意为：例如，英国如果只能依靠国内的产品，它的食品及其他农产品带来的财富就会少得多。

单选题 [A] likely [B] likewise [C] certainly [D] otherwise

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】副词辨析题。国际贸易使英国能够用其富余的产品换来农产品，定语从句主语that所指农产品如果没有贸易就会匮乏，故应选otherwise“否则”。其余选项都不合逻辑。likely“很可能的”；likewise“同样，而且”；certainly“肯定地”。

单选题 [A] provided [B] depended [C] given [D] supposed

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】上下文理解题。此处需要一个连接两个句子的词，故只有provided(只要，假如)是正确答案：因此，一个国家的财富在很大程度上受其生产能力影响，只要能有其他国家愿意接受其产品。