2 . Over the past few decades, more and more countries have opened up the markets, increasingly transforming the world economy into one free-flowing global market. The question is: Is economic globalization
_______ for all?
According to the World Bank, one of its chief supporters, economic globalization has helped reduce
___________ in a large number of developing countries. It quotes one study that shows increased wealth
_________ to improved education and longer life in twenty-four developing countries as a result of integration (融合) of local economies into the world economy. Home to some three billion people, these twenty-four countries have seen incomes
_______ at an average rate of five percent—compared to two percent in developed countries.
Those who
_______ globalization claim that economies in developing countries will benefit from new opportunities for small and home-based businesses.
_______, small farmers in Brazil who produce nuts that would originally have sold only in
_______ open-air markets can now promote their goods worldwide by the Internet.
Critics take a different view, believing that economic globalization is actually
_______ the gap between the rich and poor. A study carried out by the U.N.-sponsored World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization shows that only a few developing countries have actually
_______ from integration into the world economy and that the poor, the uneducated, unskilled workers, and native peoples have been left behind.
____________, they maintain that globalization may eventually threaten emerging businesses. For example, Indian craftsmen who currently seem to benefit from globalization because they are able to
____________ their products may soon face fierce competition that could put them out of
____________. When large-scale manufacturers start to produce the same goods, or when superstores like Wal-Mart move in, these small businesses will not be able to
____________ and will be crowded out.
One thing is certain about globalization—there is no
____________. Advances in technology combined with more open policies have already created an interconnected world. The
____________ now is finding a way to create a kind of globalization that works for the benefit of all.
1. | A．possible | B．smooth | C．good | D．easy |
2. | A．crime | B．poverty | C．conflict | D．population |
3. | A．contributing | B．responding | C．turning | D．owing |
4. | A．remain | B．drop | C．shift | D．increase |
5. | A．doubt | B．define | C．advocate | D．ignore |
6. | A．In addition | B．For instance | C．In other words | D．All in all |
7. | A．mature | B．new | C．local | D．foreign |
8. | A．finding | B．exploring | C．bridging | D．widening |
9. | A．suffered | B．profited | C．learned | D．withdrawn |
10. | A．Furthermore | B．Therefore | C．However | D．Otherwise |
11. | A．consume | B．deliver | C．export | D．advertise |
12. | A．trouble | B．business | C．power | D．mind |
13. | A．keep up | B．come in | C．go around | D．help out |
14. | A．taking off | B．getting along | C．holding out | D．turning back |
15. | A．agreement | B．prediction | C．outcome | D．challenge |
