5 . 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 |