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江苏高考英语百日训练之任务型阅读（
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答案解析
【题文】
Robert
F.
Kennedy
once
said
that
a
country’s
GDP
measures
except
that
which
makes
life
worthwhile.
to assess what he was
referring to.
The
question
of
GDP
and
its
usefulness
has
annoyed
policymakers
for
over
half
a
argue
that
it
is
a
flawed(
有缺陷的
)
concept. It measures things that do not matter and
misses things that do. By most recent measures,
the
UK's GDP has been the envy of the
Western world, with record low unemployment and
high growth figures. If everything
was
going so well, then why did over 17 million people
vote for Brexit, despite the warnings about what
it could do to their
country’s economic
prospects.
A recent annual
study of countries and their ability to convert
growth into well-being sheds some light on that
question.
Across the 163 countries
measured, the UK is one of the poorest performers
in ensuring that economic growth is translated
into
meaningful
improvements
for
its
citizens.
Rather
than
just
focusing
on
GDP,
over
40
different
sets
of
criteria
from
health, education and
civil society engagement have been measured to get
a more rounded assessment of how countries are
performing.
While all of
these countries face their own challenges, there
are a number of consistent themes. Yes, there has
been a
budding economic recovery since
the 2008 global crash, but in key indicators in
areas such as health and education, major
economies have continued to decline.
Yet this isn't the case with all countries. Some
relatively poor European countries have
seen huge improvements across measures
including civil society, income equality and the
environment.
This
is
a
lesson
that
rich
countries
can
learn:
When
GDP
is
no
longer
regarded
as
the
sole
measure
of
a
country's
success, the world
looks very different.
So,
what
Kennedy
was
referring
to
was
that
while
GDP
has
been
the
most
common
method
for
measuring
the
economic
activity
of
nations,
as
a
measure,
it
is
no
longer
enough.
It
does
not
include
important
factors
such
as
environmental quality or education
outcomes all things that contribute to a person’s
sense of well
-being.
The
sharp hit to growth predicted around the world and
in the UK could lead to a decline in the everyday
services we
depend on for our well-
being and for growth. But policymakers who refocus
efforts on improving well-being instead of
simply worrying about GDP figures could
avoid the forecasted doom and may even see
progress.
Title: High GDP But
____71____ Well-being, a UK Lesson
Passage outline
Supporting
details
·
Robert
F.
Kennedy
believed
that
everything
was
measured
by
a
Different
opinions of GDP
country's GDP except ___72___ made life
worthwhile.
·
Many
people
hold
belief
that
GDP
measures
what
is
unimportant
andmisses what
____73____
·
Despite the fact
the Westem world has envied the UK's for its high
GDP
as
the
GDP
with
high___75___
and
high
growth
figures,
over
17
million
measure
of
people voted to leave the
European Union.
___74___
is
widely
·
A
recent
annual
study
shows
that
in
the
163
countries
measured
,the
defied in the UK.
UK
is
one
of
countries,
which
have
most
____76____
transformed
economic growth into meaningful
improvements for its citizens.
·
Over
40____78____
of
criteria
from
health,
education
and
civil
Main
society engagement.
assessments
of
a
country’s
___77___
·
Environmental
quality
or
education
outcomes-all
things____79____in
a
person's sense of happiness.
Factors
Policymakers, who don't simply worry
about GDP figures, instead
considered
beyond
think______80______
of
improving
happiness,
can
avoid
forecasting
GDP
【答案】
71. Inadequate
72.
what
73. counts/matters
74.
success
75. employment
76. poorly
77. performance
78. varieties/ranges
79. resulting
80.
highly/much
【解析】
本文是一篇说明文，介绍了据
GDP
显示，英国拥有令西方国家
羡慕的低失业率和高增长数据，但英国民众的幸福
感不强，这说明
GDP
不能真实地反映出民众的幸福指数，政策制定者应该将精力重新集中在改善民生
上，而不仅
仅是担心
GDP
数据。
【
71
题详解】
考查形容词。根据第一段中的
“If
everything
was
going
so
well,
th
en
why
did
over
17
million
people
vote
for
Brexit,
despite the warnings about what it
could do to their country’s economic prospects.”
可知，如果英国真拥有令人羡慕的低
失业率和高增长数据的话，为什
么还有那么多英国民众不顾本国经济前景而支持英国脱欧呢？由此可知，英国虽然
拥有高
GDP
，但是英国民众的幸福感不足，修饰名词
well-being
用形容词，故填
Inadequ
ate
。
doom and may
even see progress.