第6部分：完形填空

　　阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。

GDP & GNP

　　Governments all over the world make public reports about the condition of their economies. Most countries, including the United States, have used a measure________（1） the gross national product or GNP. It includes all,_________（2）and services produced by citizens of the country anywhere in the world.

　　Recently the American Commerce Department has started using a new_________（3）to measure production. It is known as the gross domestic product or GDP. It counts only goods and services that have been produced_________（4）the nation's borders. Money earned by foreign companies operating in the United States is included in the GDP, but money earned by American companies operating in other countries_________（5）.

　　Economic experts generally approve_________（6） the change. They say that the gross domestic product provides a truer measure of the_________（7）. They also note that most other industrial countries use this method. Therefore it will be easier to study the economies of different countries. Some_______（8）also hope the new system will help them_________（9）better economic policy decisions. It will provide them_________（10）a clearer understanding of economic activity in the US. The new measure is_________（11）likely to be affected by sudden changes in foreign oil prices or in the_________（12）of the American dollar in other countries. Economic experts believe that the change from GNP to GDP will immediately reduce the value of American production_________ （13）at least

　　40,000 million dollars a year. But that is really a very_________（14）change in the American economy - less than 1%. The Commerce Department reports the unofficial gross domestic product once_________（15）three months. The government also continues to report GNP as it has four times a year since 1941.

　　1 A regarded

　　B called

　　C known

　　D addressed

　　2 A goods

　　B product

　　C good

　　D commodity

　　3 A way

　　B method

　　C means

　　D skill

　　4 A at

　　B outside

　　C beyond

　　D within

　　5 A is not

　　B not

　　C are not

　　D are not included

　　6 A of

　　B with

　　C on

　　D to

　　7 A economics

　　B finance

　　C economy

　　D income

　　8 A officers

　　B companies

　　C officials

　　D businessmen

　　9 A make

　　B reach

　　C form

　　D take

　　10 A of

　　B with

　　C to

　　D for

　　11 A very

　　B more

　　C little

　　D less

　　12 A value

　　B exchange

　　C price

　　D worth

　　13 A at

　　B by

　　C to

　　D about

　　14 A big

　　B great

　　C small

　　D little

　　15 A every

　　B all

　　C each

　　D every other

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1. B　　2. A　　3. B　　4. D　　5. A 6. A　　7. C　　8. C　　9. A　　10. B 11. D　 12. A　 13. B　 14. C　 15. A