题目

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 pattern[B] the UK will contribute less to the world economy[C] GDP as the measure of success is widely defied in the UK[D] policymakers in the UK are paying less attention to GDP

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 pattern [B] the UK will contribute less to the world economy [C] GDP as the measure of success is widely defied in the UK [D] policymakers in the UK are paying less attention to GDP

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我们来逐步分析这道题： --- ### 一、题干分析：题目问的是： > It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that ______. > （从第二段可以推断出 ______。）所以我们要根据**第二段的内容**，进行**合理推断**，而不是直接照搬原文。 --- ### 二、原文回顾： > 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? 这段话的大意是： GDP作为衡量国家经济状况的指标，已经困扰政策制定者超过半个世纪。很多人认为它是一个有缺陷的概念——它衡量了一些无关紧要的东西，却忽略了真正重要的方面。最近的数据显示，英国的GDP表现非常亮眼，失业率创历史新低，经济增长强劲。但既然一切看起来都这么好，为什么还有超过1700万人投票支持脱欧，尽管他们知道这可能对英国的经济前景造成负面影响？ --- ### 三、逻辑推理：这段话的核心矛盾是： - **GDP数据很好**（经济繁荣） - **但人民却选择了一个被认为会损害经济的政策（脱欧）** 这说明： - 人们可能**不完全信任GDP作为衡量国家成功的唯一标准** - 他们更在意一些GDP无法反映的方面（如主权、移民、国家认同等）所以，从这段话可以推断出：**GDP作为衡量国家成功与否的指标，在英国并不被广泛认可或信任。** --- ### 四、选项分析： [A] **the UK is reluctant to remold its economic pattern** （英国不愿意重塑其经济模式） → 文中没有提到“重塑经济模式”的问题，无关。 [B] **the UK will contribute less to the world economy** （英国将对世界经济贡献更少） → 这是关于未来预测，文中没有提到。 [C] **GDP as the measure of success is widely defied in the UK** （GDP作为衡量成功的标准在英国民众中被广泛质疑） → 这正是文中通过“GDP很好但人们仍选择脱欧”所暗示的。是合理推断。 [D] **policymakers in the UK are paying less attention to GDP** （英国政策制定者不再重视GDP） → 文中提到的是“GDP数据很好”，并没有说政策制定者不重视它。 --- ### 五、最终答案： $$ \boxed{C} $$

解析

本题考查对文章段落内容的推理理解能力。解题的关键在于理解段落中所呈现的矛盾现象，并基于此进行合理的推断。

首先明确段落核心内容：
- 提到GDP是一个有缺陷的概念，它衡量了无关紧要的东西却忽略了重要的方面。
- 指出英国近期GDP数据表现很好，失业率低且经济增长高。
- 然而，尽管经济数据良好，仍有超过1700万人投票支持脱欧，即便他们知道这可能损害英国经济前景。
然后分析矛盾现象背后的原因：
- 这种“GDP数据好但民众选择可能损害经济政策”的矛盾，说明民众可能不完全信任GDP作为衡量国家成功的唯一标准，他们更在意GDP无法反映的方面，如主权、移民、国家认同等。
最后对各选项进行分析：
- A选项：文中未提及“重塑经济模式”相关内容，所以该选项与原文无关，排除。
- B选项：原文没有关于英国未来对世界经济贡献的描述，这属于无中生有，排除。
- C选项：“GDP作为衡量成功的标准在英国民众中被广泛质疑”，这与我们根据原文矛盾现象所做的推断一致，该选项正确。
- D选项：文中提到英国GDP数据很好，不能得出政策制定者不重视GDP的结论，该选项与原文不符，排除。