Passage OneQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.Is 20th-century capitalism failing 21st-century society Members of the global elite debated that unusual question at the annual World Economic Forum.It is encouraging that more than three years since the global financial crisis, a belated (迟到的) process of soul-searching has begun in search of the right lessons to learn from it. There is a great difference, however, between being willing to talk about an issue and being ready to act. It is a difference between those who still believe that all governments can do is get out of the way and those who believe there is a real role for governments in first reviving our economies, and then setting the right rules for . If we learned anything from the 1930s, it was that governments cannot shrug their shoulders and watch as their own people are being laid off. Nor should we forget the causes of the current growth and debt crisis as we seek to put our economies on a more sustainable footing Both the United States and Britain suffered because their economies were overly reliant on the financial sector’s artificial profits; living standards for the many worsened while the economic rewards went to the top 1 percent; a capitalist model encouraged short-term decision-making oriented toward quarterly profits rather than long-term health; and interest groups like giant banks were deemed too big to fail or too powerful to challenge. We need to recognize that the trickle-down promise (benefits given to the rich will eventually be passed on to the poor) of conservative theorists has turned into a gravity-defying reality in which wealth has flowed upward disproportionately and, too often, undeservedly. To address the problem requires fresh thinking from governments about how people train for their working lives and what a living wage should be.Governments can set better-not necessarily more-rules to encourage productive businesses that make and sell real products and services. We need rules that discourage the predatory (掠夺的) behavior of those seeking the fast buck through hostile takeovers and asset-stripping that do not have the interests of the shareholders, the employees or the economy at heart. And governments must remember they are elected to serve the people, not the powerful lobbies who can pay for access or influence. Too often the real enemies of market capitalism are some of the leading beneficiaries of the current model, which favors big monopolies and consumer exploitation. I believe that changing the rules of capitalism will require a change in what citizens expect and ask of politics. The question is not so much whether 20th-century capitalism is failing 21st-century society but whether politics can rise to the challenge of changing a flawed economic model.What important lesson could be drawn from the 1930s A.The government should play a role in reviving the economy. B.The government should provide subsidies for the unemployed. C.The government should not ignore the role of economists in the nation’s economy. D.The government should not brush aside ideas from the World Economic Forum.
Passage OneQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.Is 20th-century capitalism failing 21st-century society Members of the global elite debated that unusual question at the annual World Economic Forum.It is encouraging that more than three years since the global financial crisis, a belated (迟到的) process of soul-searching has begun in search of the right lessons to learn from it. There is a great difference, however, between being willing to talk about an issue and being ready to act. It is a difference between those who still believe that all governments can do is get out of the way and those who believe there is a real role for governments in first reviving our economies, and then setting the right rules for . If we learned anything from the 1930s, it was that governments cannot shrug their shoulders and watch as their own people are being laid off. Nor should we forget the causes of the current growth and debt crisis as we seek to put our economies on a more sustainable footing Both the United States and Britain suffered because their economies were overly reliant on the financial sector’s artificial profits; living standards for the many worsened while the economic rewards went to the top 1 percent; a capitalist model encouraged short-term decision-making oriented toward quarterly profits rather than long-term health; and interest groups like giant banks were deemed too big to fail or too powerful to challenge. We need to recognize that the trickle-down promise (benefits given to the rich will eventually be passed on to the poor) of conservative theorists has turned into a gravity-defying reality in which wealth has flowed upward disproportionately and, too often, undeservedly. To address the problem requires fresh thinking from governments about how people train for their working lives and what a living wage should be.Governments can set better-not necessarily more-rules to encourage productive businesses that make and sell real products and services. We need rules that discourage the predatory (掠夺的) behavior of those seeking the fast buck through hostile takeovers and asset-stripping that do not have the interests of the shareholders, the employees or the economy at heart. And governments must remember they are elected to serve the people, not the powerful lobbies who can pay for access or influence. Too often the real enemies of market capitalism are some of the leading beneficiaries of the current model, which favors big monopolies and consumer exploitation. I believe that changing the rules of capitalism will require a change in what citizens expect and ask of politics. The question is not so much whether 20th-century capitalism is failing 21st-century society but whether politics can rise to the challenge of changing a flawed economic model.What important lesson could be drawn from the 1930s A.The government should play a role in reviving the economy. B.The government should provide subsidies for the unemployed. C.The government should not ignore the role of economists in the nation’s economy. D.The government should not brush aside ideas from the World Economic Forum.
题目解答
答案
A
解析
考查要点:本题考查学生对文章中历史事件引用的理解能力,需要结合上下文分析作者引用1930年代的意图,抓住关键句提取核心信息。
解题核心:定位到原文中关于1930年代的表述,明确作者通过历史类比强调的核心观点——政府在经济危机中的角色。关键句为"If we learned anything from the 1930s, it was that governments cannot shrug their shoulders and watch as their own people are being laid off",需理解其中"不能袖手旁观"的隐含含义。
破题关键:排除干扰选项时需注意,选项B(失业补贴)和D(世界经济论坛)在原文中未被提及,选项C(经济学家作用)与原文强调的政府主动作为无关。
关键句分析
原文明确指出1930年代的教训是:政府不能对失业问题漠不关心。作者通过历史类比,批评了"政府应完全放任市场"的极端自由主义观点,主张政府应承担起促进经济复苏和制定规则的责任。
选项辨析
- A选项:"政府应在经济复苏中发挥作用"直接对应原文关键句,符合作者意图。
- B选项:文中未提及具体"失业补贴"措施,仅强调政府不能"不作为"。
- C选项:原文未涉及经济学家的作用,属于无关项。
- D选项:世界经济论坛是本文讨论背景,但与1930年代教训无关。