President Arling has put his long awaited economicrestructuring program before the Congress. Itprovides a coordinated program of investmentcredits, research grants, education reforms, and taxchanges designed to make American industry morecompetitive. This is necessary to reverse theeconomic slide into unemployment, lack of growth, and trade deficits that have plagued the economy for the past six years.
The most liberal wing of the President's party has called for stronger and more directaction. They want an incomes policy to check inflation while federal financing helps rebuildindustry behind a wall of protective tariffs.
The Republicans, however, decry even the modest, graduated tax increases in thePresident’s program. They want tax cuts and more open market. They say if federal money hasto be injected into the economy, let it through defence spending.
Both these alternatives ignore the unique nature of the economic problem before us. It isnot simply a matter of markets or financing. The new technology allows vastly increasedproduction for those able to master it. But it also threatens those who fail to adopt it withpermanent second-class citizenship in the world economy. If an industry cannot lever itself upto the leading stage of technological advances, then it will not be able to compete effectively. If it cannot do this, no amount of government protectionism or access to foreign markets cankeep it profitable for long. Without the profits and experience of technological excellence toreinvest, that industry can only fall still further behind its foreign competitors.
So the crux is the technology and that is where the President’s program focused. Thedanger is not that a plan will not be passed, it is that the ideologues of right and left willdistort the bill with amendments that will blur its focus on technology. The economicrestructuring plan should be passed intact. If we fail to restructure our economy now, we maynot get a second chance.
1. The focus of the President's program is on
[A] investment.
[B] economy.
[C] technology.
[D] tax.
2. What is the requirement of the most liberal wing of the Democratic-party?
[A] They want a more direct action.
[B] They want an incomes policy to check inflation.
[C] They want to rebuild industry.
[D] They want a wall of protective tariffs.
3. What is the editor's attitude?
[A] support.
[B] distaste.
[C] Disapproval.
[D] Compromise.
4. The danger to the plan lies in
[A] the two parties' objection.
[B] different idea of the two parties about the plan.
[C] its passage.
[D] distortion.
5. The passage is
[A] a review.
[B] a preface.
[C] a advertisement.
[D] an editorial.
Vocabulary
1. reverse 逆轉(zhuǎn)
2. slide 滑坡
3. plague 瘟疫;折磨，困擾
4. tariff 關(guān)稅
5. decry 譴責，詆毀
6. lever 杠桿;用杠桿撬動
7. crux 癥結(jié)
8. ideologue 空想家，思想家
9. intact 原封不動的，完整無損的
10. investment credit 投資信貸
11. research grant 研究基金
難句譯注
1. This is necessary to reverse the economic slide into unemployment, lack of growth, and trade deficits that have plagued the economy for the past six years.
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寫作方法與文章大意
這是一則有關(guān)總統(tǒng)向國會提交的經(jīng)濟計劃評論。作者采用對比手法來突出其計劃之正確性，第一段就講了計劃的涉及面：投資、研究、教育、稅收等，目的是制止經(jīng)濟滑坡，美國工業(yè)競爭力。
第二、三兩段敘述了計劃遭兩方面的反對，總統(tǒng)黨內(nèi)的右翼要求更強硬，更直接的行動，而共和黨對即使逐漸稍稍一點稅收都予以譴責。
第四段提出兩者都忽略我們面臨經(jīng)濟問題的獨特性質(zhì)。它不是市場或財政問題。掌握新技術(shù)的人大量增產(chǎn)，而不能采用新技術(shù)的人面臨在世界經(jīng)濟中成為二等公民的危險。工業(yè)不能達到先進水平，就不能有效地競爭，那么任何保護主義或進入外國市場都不能長期奏效。沒有技術(shù)優(yōu)勢的經(jīng)驗和利潤的再投資，工業(yè)經(jīng)濟只能依然落后于外國競爭對手。
最后一段點出總統(tǒng)計劃的要點就是工藝技術(shù)。作者提出：要求全面通過這一重新建設(shè)計劃。如果我們不能重建經(jīng)濟，我們可能不會有第二次機會。
答案詳解
1. C 工藝技術(shù)。最后一段第一句“問題的癥結(jié)就在于工藝技術(shù)，這就是總統(tǒng)計劃的要點所在。”第四段：“對掌握新技術(shù)的人來說，新技術(shù)使他們大大增產(chǎn)，而新技術(shù)對不能掌握它的人來說，在世界經(jīng)濟中他們面臨淪為永久性的二等公民的危險。如果不能做到這一點，那么任何政府保護主義，進入國際市場都不能有效地競爭。如果不能有技術(shù)優(yōu)勢的利潤和經(jīng)驗再投資，工業(yè)只能進一步落后于國外競爭對手。”這些都說明總統(tǒng)計劃的重點再工藝技術(shù)。A.投資。D.稅收。只是總統(tǒng)計劃的涉及面。B.經(jīng)濟。太籠統(tǒng)了。
2. A 更直接行動。第二段“總統(tǒng)的黨內(nèi)幾段自由翼要求更強硬、更直接行動。他們要求用收入(稅收)政策來制止通貨膨脹;聯(lián)邦財政在關(guān)稅保護下，幫助重建工業(yè)。”B.他們需要制止通貨膨脹。C.重建工業(yè)。D.保護關(guān)稅墻。都只是他們要求中的不分內(nèi)容，不完整。
3. A支持。第四、五段集中了評論者的觀點，支持的理由和論點。B.厭惡。C.不贊成。D.調(diào)和妥協(xié)。
4. D歪曲。最后一段第二句：“其危險不在于計劃將不被通過，而在于左和右的思想理論家們用修正案來歪曲提案，使計劃要點蒙塵模糊不清，經(jīng)濟重建計劃應(yīng)原封不動地通過。”這是作者的態(tài)度，也是他所擔心之處。A.兩黨的反對。B.兩黨對計劃的不同看法。C.它的通過。
5. D 社論。A.評論。社論也是評論的一種，但它是報紙主編所撰，常常是有關(guān)國內(nèi)外大事評論。B.前言。C.廣告。
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