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月英语六级阅读真题及答案第套仔细阅读63月英语六级阅读真题及答案第套认真阅读63Passage OneQuestions46to50are based on thefollowing passage.Economicallyspeaking,are webetter offthan wewere tenyears agoTwenty yearsagoIn theirthirst forevidence onthis issue,commentators seizedon therecentreport by the Census Bureau,which foundthat averagehouseholdincome roseby
5.2%in20xx.Unfortunately,that conclusionputs toomuchweight ona useful,but flawedand incomplete,statistic.Among themoresignificant problemswith the Census smeasure arethat:1itexcludes taxes,transfers,and compensationlike employer-providedhealth insurance;and2it isbasedonsurveys rather than data.Evenif preciselymeasured,income dataexclude importantdeterminants ofeconomic well-being,such as the hoursof workneeded toearn thatincome.While thinkingabout thequestion,we cameacross arecently publishedarticleby CharlesJones andPeter Klenow,which proposesan interestingnewmeasure ofeconomic welfare.While byno meansperfect,it isconsiderably more comprehensive thanaverageincome,taking intoaccount notonly growthin consumption perperson butalso changesin workingtime,life expectancy,and inequality.Moreover,it can be used to assesseconomic performanceboth acrosscountriesand overtime.The Jones-Klenow methodcan beillustrated byacross-country example.Suppose wewant tocompare the economic welfareofcitizens of the U.S.and Francein20xx.In20xx,as the authors observe:real consumptionper personin Francewas only60%as highastheU.S.,making itappear thatAmericans wereeconomically muchbetter offthanthe Frenchon average.However,that comparisonomits otherrelevantfactors:leisure time,life expectancy,and economicinequality.TheFrench takelonger vacationsand retireearlier,so typicallywork fewerhours;they enjoya higherlife expectancy,presumably reflectingadvantageswith respectto healthcare,diet,lifestyle,and thelike;and incomeand consumptionare somewhatmore equallydistributed therethanin theU.S.Because of these differences,comparing Francesconsumption withthe・U.S soverstates thegap ineconomic welfare.Similar calculationscanbeused tocompare theU.S.and othercountries.For example,this calculationputs economic welfare in theUnited Kingdomat97%of U.S.levels,but estimatesMexican well-beingat22%.The Jones-Klenow measurecan alsoassess aneconomys performanceovertime.According tothis measure,as ofthe early-to-mid-20xxs,theU.S.had thehighest economic welfare ofany largecountry.Since20xx,economicwelfareintheU.S.has continuedto improve.However,the paceofimprovement hasslowed markedly.Methodologically,the lessonfromthe Jones-Klenow researchis thateconomicwelfareis multi-dimensional.Their approachis flexibleenough thatin principleother importantquality-of-life changescould beincorporated-for example,decreases intotalemissions ofpollutants anddeclines incrime rates.
46.What doestheauthor think ofthe20xx reportbytheCensusBureauA.It isbasedon questionablestatistics.B.It reflectstheeconomicchanges.C.Itevidences theimproved-welfare.D.Itprovides muchfood forthought.
47.What doestheauthorsay aboutthe Jones-Klenow methodA.Itis widelyusedtocompare theeconomic growthacross countries.B.Itrevolutionizes theway ofmeasuring ordinarypeoples livelihood.C.Itfocuses onpeoples consumptionratherthantheir averageincome.D.It5is amorecomprehensivemeasure ofpeople seconomicwell-being.
48.Whatdo Jonesand Klenowthinkofthe comparisonbetween Franceand theU.S.in termsof realconsumptionperperson A.It reflectedthe existingbiggap betweenthe twoeconomies.B.It neglectedmany importantindicatorsof peopleswelfare.C.It coveredup thedifferences betweenindividualcitizens.D.It failedto countin theirdifference innaturalresources.
49.What isan advantageoftheJones-Klenow methodA.Itcan accuratelypinpoint a countrys currenteconomic problems.B.It canhelp toraise peoplesawareness oftheir economicwell-being.C.It candiagnose thecauses ofacountrysslowing paceofeconomic improvement.D.It cancompare acountrys economicconditionsbetween differentperiods oftime.
50.What canwe inferfromthe passageabout Americanpeoples economicwell-being A.It ismuchbetter thanthat oftheir Europeancounterparts.B.It hasbeen on thedecline eversince theturn ofthe century.C.It hasnot improvedasmuch asreported bytheCensusBureau.D.It hasnot beenaccuratelyassessed andreported sincemid-20xxs.Passage TwoQuestions51to55are basedonthefollowing passage.If youveever〃z/started asentence with,If Iwere you....or foundyourselfscratching yourhead ata colleague^s agonyover adecision whentheanswer iscrystal-clear,theres ascientific reasonbehind it.Our owndecision-making abilities文档内容到此结束,欢迎大家下载、修改、丰富并分享给更多有需要的人。