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The "standard of living" of any country means the average person’s share of

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问题     The "standard of living" of any country means the average person’s share of the goods and services which the country produces. A country’s standard of living, therefore, depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth. "Wealth" in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy: "goods" such as food and clothing, and "services" such as transport and entertainment.
    A country’s capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of which have an effect on one another. Wealth depends to a great extent upon a country’s natural resources, such as coal, go]d, and other minerals, water supply and so on. The US is one of the wealthiest regions of the world because she had vast natural resources within her borders, her soil is fertile, and her climate is varied. The Sahara Desert, on the other hand, is one of the least wealthy.
    Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to use. Some countries are perhaps well off in natural  resources, but suffered for many years from civil and external wars, and for this and other reasons have been unable to develop their resources. Sound and stable political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well served by nature but less well ordered. Another important factor is the technical efficiency of a country’s people. Industrialized countries that have trained numerous skilled workers and technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilled.
    A country’s standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and consumed within its own borders, but also upon what is indirectly produced through international trade. For example, Britain’s wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much less if she had to depend only on those grown at home. Trade makes it possible for her surplus manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would otherwise be lacking. A country’s wealth is, therefore, much influenced by its manufacturing capacity, provided that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures.
选项 A、its goods and service
B、the type of wealth produced
C、how well it can create wealth
D、what an ordinary person can share
答案 C
解析 细节题。由题干中a country，standard of living定位到首段第二句A country’s standard of living，therefore，depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth．故C“创造财富的能力如何”正确。A“商品和服务”是针对第三句设计的干扰项，这里是作者定义的“财富”，而非文中所说的“创造财富的能力”，故不正确。
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