题目内容
15.Is growth good for biodiversity(生物多样性)?To answer the question,it is critical to define what we mean by growth.Is growth gross domestic product (GDP),the"monetary value of all the finished goods within a country's borders"?Or does it mean improving the human standard of living?Today,when people say growth,they mean GDP,a measure that is over 70years old.Actually GDP demonstrates negative implications for biodiversity,as this"growth"measures only money inflows while far more important is the balance sheet,which shows properties and debts.As biodiversity delivers no cash,it has no place in GDP system,but biodiversity provides the asset side of the balance sheet,such as forests,rivers,wetlands and animals-the list goes on.It is argued that growth is good for biodiversity in the long run as there is an environmental Kuznets curve where environmental conditions get worse in the early stages of modern economic growth,but improve once a growth level has been reached.According to some people,once GDP has been high,more resources are to invest in conservation,and new technologies are used to protect the nature.They said people would have more interest in protecting the environment,and some of the forests started to return and many pollutants were almost eliminated.Standing in America today it might appear that the environmental Kuznets curve works.
At first sight there appears to be a logic.Today the US GDP is increasing while many precious species populations are also recovering?Such conditions,according to some people,can be explained by greater efficiency in cars or more efficient agricultural production.But in fact,the majority of the negative impacts have simply been exported.The high-polluting industries have been outsourced to developing nations.Therefore the bitterest punishments are largely felt beyond the borders while we Americans are enjoying high GDP and selfish biodiversity at the same time.This can be seen in the WWF annual Report,where species population trends are increasing by 7% in high-income countries and declining in middle-and low-income countries by 31% and 60% respectively.
It is self-evident that growth,as currently defined,has a major negative impact upon biodiversity.What needs to change is the definition of growth from a GDP-essential concept to a balance-sheet approach.Organisations and world community should work on creating new vision or reform that will help ensure a real balance between an improving standard of human life and a thriving biodiverse landscape.
74.According to the passage,the author's opinion toward GDP is that GDPB.
A.has nothing to do with biodiversity as it serves as an economic ruler
B.shouldn't have ignored biodiversity as it does good to balance sheet
C.is out-dated as it leaves out productions outside a country's borders
D.is a useful economic indicator as it honestly follows the Kuznets curve
75.The environmental Kuznets curve is seemingly working becauseD.
A.when US economy is strong,people have more interest in environment protection
B.high GDP helps to introduce high technology for environment protection
C.great fuel efficiency in cars and agriculture helps to protect environment
D.the US makes other weak nations take the harmful consequences
76.The author's main opinion about growth-biodiversity is thatB.
A.there's no clear relationship between growth and biodiversity
B.growth harms biodiversity with today's GDP-centred system
C.biodiversity condition agrees with a country's economic growth
D.the author is not sure about the exact influence of growth on biodiversity
77.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?B
A.GDP focuses on balance sheet rather than monetary increase.
B.Within borders,America is enjoying a better biodiversity right now.
C.Many low-income nations are having a higher GDP growth than the U.S.
D.Creative ways have been found to balance life standard and biodiversity.
分析 本文主要讲述以GDP国内生产总值为中心的发展会给生物多样性造成消极的影响.
解答 74-77 BDBB
74 B 细节题. 根据文章第一 段As biodiversity delivers no cash,it has no place in GDP system,but biodiversity provides the asset side of the balance sheet,such as forests,rivers,wetlands and animals-the list goes on.可知GDP不应该忽略生物多样性,因为它有利于生物多样性的平衡,故选B.
75 D 细节题. 根据文章第三 段the majority of the negative impacts have simply been exported. 可知环境库兹涅茨曲线告诉我们美国让弱国承担有害的结果,故选D.
76 B 细节题. 根据文章最后一 段It is self-evident that growth,as currently defined,has a major negative impact upon biodiversity. 可知以GDP国内生产总值为中心的发展会给生物多样性造成消极的影响,故选B.
77 B 细节题. 根据文章第三 段Therefore the bitterest punishments are largely felt beyond the borders while we Americans are enjoying high GDP and selfish biodiversity at the same time. 可知在边界美国现在有很好的生物多样性,故选B.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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A.15.3.
B.14.
C.12.
D.13.3.
57.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?D
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