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[1] Robert F. Kennedy once said that a country's GDP measures "everything except that which makes life worthwhile". With Britain voting to leave the European Union, and GDP already predicted to slow as a result, it is now a timely moment to assess what he was referring to.[2] The question of GDP and its usefulness has annoyed policymakers for over half a century. Many argue that it is a flawed 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?It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that.A.the UK is reluctant to remold its economic patternB.the UK will contribute less to the world economyC.GDP as the measure of success is widely defied in the UKD.policymakers in the UK are paying less attention to GDP.

[1] Robert F. Kennedy once said that a country's GDP measures "everything except that which makes life worthwhile". With Britain voting to leave the European Union, and GDP already predicted to slow as a result, it is now a timely moment to assess what he was referring to.

[2] The question of GDP and its usefulness has annoyed policymakers for over half a century. Many argue that it is a flawed 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?

It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that.

A.the UK is reluctant to remold its economic patternB.the UK will contribute less to the world economyC.GDP as the measure of success is widely defied in the UKD.policymakers in the UK are paying less attention to GDP

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步骤 1：理解段落内容
段落2讨论了GDP作为衡量成功标准的局限性。尽管英国的GDP表现良好，但仍有大量选民支持脱欧，这表明GDP可能未能全面反映民众的幸福感或生活质量。
步骤 2：分析选项
A. 英国不愿意重塑其经济模式。——段落中没有提到英国不愿意重塑经济模式。
B. 英国将对世界经济贡献减少。——段落中没有提到英国对世界经济贡献减少。
C. GDP作为成功标准在英国被广泛质疑。——段落中提到GDP被许多人认为是一个有缺陷的概念，它衡量了不重要的东西，忽略了重要的东西。
D. 英国的政策制定者对GDP的关注减少。——段落中没有提到政策制定者对GDP的关注减少。
步骤 3：选择正确答案
根据段落内容，选项C最符合段落2的主旨，即GDP作为衡量成功标准在英国被广泛质疑。