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　　Is There a Way to Keep the Britain's Economy Growing?

In today's knowledge economy, nations survive on the things they do best. Japanese design electronics while Germans export engineering techniques. The French serve the best food and Americans make computers.

Britain specializes in the gift of talking. The nation doesn't manufacture much of anything. But it has lawyers, stylists and business consultants who earn their living from talk, talk and more talk.

The World Foundation think tank says the UK's four iconic jobs today are not scientists, engineers,teachers and nurses. Instead, they're hairdressers, celebrities, management consultants and managers.

But can all this talking keep the British economy going? The British government thinks it can.

Although the country's trade deficit was more than —— 60 billion in 2006, UK's largest in the postwar period, officials say the country has nothing to worry about. In fact, Britain does have a world-class pharmaceutical industry, and it still makes a small sum from selling arms abroad. It also trades services accountancy, insurance, banking and advertising. The government believes Britain is on the cutting edge of the knowledge economy. After all, the country of Shakespeare and Wordsworth has a literary tradition of which to be proud. Rockn' roll is an English language medium, and there are billions to be made by their cutting-edge bands. In other words, the creative economy has plenty of strength to carry the British economy.

However, creative industries account for only about 4 percent of UK's exports of goods and services. The industries are finding it hard to make a profit, according to a report of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. The report shows only 38 percent of British companies were engaged in "innovation activities", 3 percentage points below the EU average and well below Germany (61 percent) and Sweden (47 percent).

In fact, it might be better to call Britain a "servant" economy -- there are at least 4 million people "in service". The majority of the population are employed by the rich to cook,clean, and take care of their children. Many graduates are even doing menial jobs for which they do not need a degree. Most employment growth has been, and will continue to be, at the low-skill end of the service sector -- in shops, bars, hotels, domestic service and in nursing and care homes.

36. According to the World Foundation think tank, one of the iconic jobs in Britain today is

A. law makers.

B. business consultants.

C. home servants.

D. school teachers.

37. The phrase "the cutting edge" in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to

A. the most popular.

B. the most political.

C. the most advanced.

D. the proudest.

38. The officials are not worried about the trade deficit in 2006, because they believe

A. Britain is home to the largest pharmaceutical industry in the world.

B. the literary tradition of Britain will help make billions of pounds.

C. Britain is one cutting edge of the knowledge economy.

D. the world economy is strong enough to carry the Britain economy.

39. Which of the following is true about the creative industries in Britain?

A. They contribute a lot to the country's trade deficit.

B. They are not doing as well as those in other European nations. '

C. They can't make a profit out of their innovation activities.

D. They make Britain on the cutting edge of the knowledge economy.

40. It can be inferred from the passage that

A. the gift of talking can keep the British economy growing.

B. the British government is over-confident in its economy.

C. the British economy is the least innovative one in the EU.

D. being a servant to the rich is one of the best jobs in Britain.

　答案与解析

36.B。细节题。题干：在世界基金智囊团看来，如今英国标志性的工作是__________。第二段第四、五句表明，世界基金组织的智囊团公布，如今英国的四大标志性的.职业不是科学家、工程师、教师和护士，而是发型师、名流显要、管理顾问和商业经理。因此本题答案为B(商业顾问)。

37.C。猜词题。题干：第三段中的“the cutting edge”与下列__________意思最相近?第三段第四句的大意是：英国政府认为英国正处于知识经济的风口浪尖上。换句话说，英国政府认为英国有着最先进的知识经济。由此可知，“cutting edge”的意思是“最先进的”。故本题答案为C(最先进)。

38.C。细节题。题干：官方不担心2006年的贸易赤字，因为他们相信__________。第三段第四句表明，英国政府认为英国正处于知识经济的风口浪尖上。英国政府即官方，由此可知，官方之所以不担心2006年的贸易赤字，是因为他们认为英国拥有最先进的知识经济，因而答案为C(英国拥有最先进的知识经济)。

39.B。细节判断题。题干：下列关于英国的创新行业，哪一个是正确的?根据第四段的最后一句所述的“only 38 percent ofBritish companies were engaged in‘innovation activities’，3 percentage points below the EU average”可知，英国只有38%的企业进行有关创新的工作，比欧盟的平均水平要低三个百分点。由此可知，英国的创新工作没有欧洲其他国家做得好，所以答案为B(他们没有欧洲其他国家表现优秀)。

40.B。推断题。题干：从文中可推理得知，。根据第二段最后两句可知，英国政府好像并不担心英国的经济。由此可知，英国政府在这个问题上过分自信了，所以答案为B(英国政府对其经济过分自信)。