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Despite levels of wealth and development unparalleled(空前的) in history, billions of people on our planet are still uneducated, poorly housed, sick, inadequately fed or even starving as a result of poverty. Does this __36__ from economic development, or can a(n) __37__ tide of economic development give all humans a basic standard and dignity of life?

It’s important to realize that economic activity alone is not enough to __38__ poverty. In many poor countries, natural resources such as copper, oil or even land are being exploited by __39__ or foreign companies but with little __40__ for the local people. Nigeria’s oil wealth and Zimbabwe’s diamonds are __41__ where money leaves the country or does not help the majority. Secondly, economic activity can have devastating(毀滅*的) consequences for the __42__. Dam projects in India or the clearing of the rainforest can mean that local people __43__ the land and livelihoods. __44__, multinational companies are not tied to any country. Businesses move __45__ and outsource to find even cheaper labor or resources, leaving unemployed people behind them.

However, we can’t go back to a Stone-Age existence of barter(物物交換) and living in huts. More people than ever have __46__ to electricity, clean water, good schools, and medicine than ever before. Clothes, __47__ equipment such as phones, televisions and computers is cheap. All these things have __48__ through business and trade. They have provided income for governments to __49__ the life of their people. Secondly, other __50__ systems have failed: when India and China __51__ their markets and allowed people to do business, millions of people were lifted out of poverty. And __52__ in countries where companies pay low salaries or do not look after the environment, there are more __53__ for workers. What seems like a sweatshop in developing countries may be a first step in building a modern economy.

In conclusion, we can’t live without economic __54__. All that we and our government can do is try to make sure that it is __55__ the interests of our society and our environment.

36. A. result B. change C. choose D. fall

37. A. big B. full C. rising D. incoming

38. A. clear B. leave C. cause D. end

39. A. large B. special C. local D. ordinary

40. A. effort B. benefit C. success D. awareness

41. A. examples B. situations C. activities D. discoveries

42. A. environment B. economy C. company D. staff

43. A. hire B. sell C. own D. lose

44. A. However B. Furthermore C. Therefore D. Thus

45. A. overnight B. gradually C. publicly D. occasionally

46. A. option B. method C. access D. limit

47. A. electronic B. dangerous C. popular D. typical