1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家江苏省2014届高三英语（牛津版）一轮复习攻略训练：任务型阅读（9）第四部分 任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）Made In The USA: An Export BoomIn his State of the Union address two years ago, President Obama argued that in order to recover from the economic recession, one of the few things the US. needed to do was to export more go
2、ods around the world. That night, the president unveiled a new goal: to double US. exports over the next five years. It would be an increase that the president said would “support two million jobs in America.”Most economists dismissed the promise at the time as something unrealistic, but two years l
3、ater, the US. is on pace to meet that goal. American exports are up 34 percent since the president gave that speech, and the number continues to rise.Competitive In A Global MarketMarlin Steel, a metal working business in Baltimore, makes parts that ship all across the world.“We export to 36 countri
4、es，” owner Drew Greenblatt tells All Things Considered Host Guy Raz.“Were working around the clock, and were growing.”Its not just advanced manufacturing exports on the rise, but pork, cattle and all kinds of agricultural exports are up as well. Even American craft beer has found an export market.Fl
5、ying Dog CEO Jim Caruso says that increasingly, people all over the world are trying the beer from the Maryland-based brewery. Caruso says，“Even in those top beer-producing countries, a competitive American product is finding a market.”Services Are Exports, TooAnother place exports are coming from i
6、s New York Cityin particular, the 30th floor of a Manhattan skyscraper on 5th Avenue and 52nd Street. Thats where the consulting firm Kurt Solomon lies. It doesnt actually produce a product for export; it provides management advice and strategy.“Four out of every five Americans is now employed in th
7、e service industry，” the nations top trade official, Ron Kirk says, “Services are a significant part of our exports, and make up about a quarter of our exported goods.” These services can include everything from legal consulting, finance, information technology and even engineering.And There Are Oth
8、er FactorsSo why has there been an increase of more than 30 percent for exports in almost everything? Part of the increase, at least for the manufacturing side, is due to better technology, says Tyler Cowen, an economist.“A lot of it is being driven by smart machines，” he tells Raz，“The US. has high
9、 wage rates, which is a disadvantage, but if machines are doing a lot of the work, that doesnt matter.”China factors a lot in Americas export economy, too.“Wages in China have been going up as the country becomes more productive. Thus China is losing the cheap labor advantage it has held for some ti
10、me.” Cowen says.Will Jobs Grow, too?“Companies have become more productive by dismissing workers and lowering costs.”Cowen says.“So I dont view exporting as a way of creating a very large number of jobs, but it will create more profits.”So not every business or worker is necessarily benefiting from
11、the export boom in the US., and Cowen says that could ultimately lead to a polarization(两极) of economic outcomes.Made In the USA: An Export BoomOutlineDetailsThe purpose of increasing exports*To help America make a (71)_ from the economic recession*To help raise the nations (72)_ rateThe current sit
12、uation*American exports have risen (73)_ thirty-four percent up to now*There has been an increase in exports in everything*The export boom does not necessarily (74)_ every business or worker(75)_ contributing to the export boom(76)_productsEven in those top beer-producing countries, people try craft
13、 beer from Flying Dog, a brewery (77)_ in Maryland.Various productsA variety of products are provided around the world，services (78)_ for 25%Lower costs*(79)_ take the place of labor, helping companies reduce wages*China, who used to take (80)_ of cheap labor, has given way to America in exports to
14、some extent because of its increasing production任务型阅读71. recovery72. employment73. by74. benefit75. Factors76. Competitive77. located/based78. accounting79. Machines80. advantage第四部分 任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）Made In The USA: An Export BoomIn his State of the Union address two years ago, President Oba
15、ma argued that in order to recover from the economic recession, one of the few things the US. needed to do was to export more goods around the world. That night, the president unveiled a new goal: to double US. exports over the next five years. It would be an increase that the president said would “
16、support two million jobs in America.”Most economists dismissed the promise at the time as something unrealistic, but two years later, the US. is on pace to meet that goal. American exports are up 34 percent since the president gave that speech, and the number continues to rise.Competitive In A Globa
17、l MarketMarlin Steel, a metal working business in Baltimore, makes parts that ship all across the world.“We export to 36 countries，” owner Drew Greenblatt tells All Things Considered Host Guy Raz.“Were working around the clock, and were growing.”Its not just advanced manufacturing exports on the ris
18、e, but pork, cattle and all kinds of agricultural exports are up as well. Even American craft beer has found an export market.Flying Dog CEO Jim Caruso says that increasingly, people all over the world are trying the beer from the Maryland-based brewery. Caruso says，“Even in those top beer-producing
19、 countries, a competitive American product is finding a market.”Services Are Exports, TooAnother place exports are coming from is New York Cityin particular, the 30th floor of a Manhattan skyscraper on 5th Avenue and 52nd Street. Thats where the consulting firm Kurt Solomon lies. It doesnt actually
20、produce a product for export; it provides management advice and strategy.“Four out of every five Americans is now employed in the service industry，” the nations top trade official, Ron Kirk says, “Services are a significant part of our exports, and make up about a quarter of our exported goods.” The
21、se services can include everything from legal consulting, finance, information technology and even engineering.And There Are Other FactorsSo why has there been an increase of more than 30 percent for exports in almost everything? Part of the increase, at least for the manufacturing side, is due to b
22、etter technology, says Tyler Cowen, an economist.“A lot of it is being driven by smart machines，” he tells Raz，“The US. has high wage rates, which is a disadvantage, but if machines are doing a lot of the work, that doesnt matter.”China factors a lot in Americas export economy, too.“Wages in China h
23、ave been going up as the country becomes more productive. Thus China is losing the cheap labor advantage it has held for some time.” Cowen says.Will Jobs Grow, too?“Companies have become more productive by dismissing workers and lowering costs.”Cowen says.“So I dont view exporting as a way of creati
24、ng a very large number of jobs, but it will create more profits.”So not every business or worker is necessarily benefiting from the export boom in the US., and Cowen says that could ultimately lead to a polarization(两极) of economic outcomes.Made In the USA: An Export BoomOutlineDetailsThe purpose of
25、 increasing exports*To help America make a (71)_ from the economic recession*To help raise the nations (72)_ rateThe current situation*American exports have risen (73)_ thirty-four percent up to now*There has been an increase in exports in everything*The export boom does not necessarily (74)_ every
26、business or worker(75)_ contributing to the export boom(76)_productsEven in those top beer-producing countries, people try craft beer from Flying Dog, a brewery (77)_ in Maryland.Various productsA variety of products are provided around the world，services (78)_ for 25%Lower costs*(79)_ take the plac
27、e of labor, helping companies reduce wages*China, who used to take (80)_ of cheap labor, has given way to America in exports to some extent because of its increasing production任务型阅读71. recovery72. employment73. by74. benefit75. Factors76. Competitive77. located/based78. accounting79. Machines80. advantage版权所有：高考资源网()高考资源网版权所有 侵权必究
