2014職稱英語考試綜合類沖刺練習(xí)之概括大意8

　　Is There a Way to Keep the Britain's Economy Growing

　　1. In today's knowledge economy, nations survive on the things they do best. Japanese design electronics while Germens export engineering techniques. The French serve the best food and Americans make computers.

　　2. Britain specializes in the gift of talking. The nation doesn't manufacture much of anything. But it has lawyers, stylists and business consultants who earn their living from talk, talk and more talk. The World Foundation think tank1 says the UK's four iconic jobs today are not scientists, engineers, teachers and nurses. Instead, they're hairdressers, celebrities, management consultants and managers. But can all this talking keep the British economy going? The British government thinks it can.

　　3. Although the country's trade deficit was more than ￡60 billion in 2006, UK's largest in the postwar period, officials say the country has nothing to worry about. In fact, Britain does have a world-class pharmaceutical industry, and it still makes a small sum from selling arms abroad. It also trades services ― accountancy, insurance, banking and advertising. The government believes Britain is on the cutting edge2 of the knowledge economy. After all, the country of Shakespeare and Wordsworth has a literary tradition of which to be proud. Rock “n” roll3 is an English language medium, and there are billions to be made by their cutting-edge bands. In other words, the creative economy has plenty of strength to carry the British economy.

　　4. However, creative industries account for only about 4 percent of UK's exports of goods and services. The industries are finding it hard to make a profit, according to a report of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts4. The report shows only 38 percent of British companies were engaged in "innovation activities", 3 percentage points below the EU average and well below Germany (61 percent) and Sweden (47 percent).

　　5.In fact, it might be better to call Britain a "servant" economy ― there are at least 4 million people "in service". The majority of the population are employed by the rich to cook, clean, and take care of their children. Many graduates are even doing menial jobs for which they do not need a degree. Most employment growth has been, and will continue to be, at the low-skill end of the service sector ― in shops, bars, hotels, domestic service and in nursing and care homes.

　　注釋：

　　1.think tank：思想庫;智囊團(tuán)

　　2.cutting edge：尖端的

　　3.rock' n' roll：搖滾樂

　　4. National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts：國家科學(xué)、技術(shù)和藝術(shù)捐贈(zèng)委員會(huì)

　　練習(xí)：

　　1.Paragraph 2_________

　　2.Paragraph 3_________

　　3.Paragraph 4_________

　　4.Paragraph 5_________

　　A Growth of Economy

　　B “Servant” Economy

　　C Strength of the Creative Economy

　　D Weakness of the Creative Economy

　　E Gift of Talking

　　F Export of Talking Machines

　　5.Every country has its own way_________.

　　6.The British government doesn’t seem_________.

　　7.The creative industries find it difficult_________.

　　8.Many graduates are employed_________.

　　A to find jobs

　　B to do low-skill jobs

　　C to feed its people

　　D to handle disputes

　　E to make a profit

　　F to worry about the British economy

　　答案與題解：

　　1. E 第二段的主題句是第一個(gè)句子，是這么說的：Britain specializes in the gift of talking.英國的特長(zhǎng)是有說話的天賦。接下來就是具體說明說話天賦在經(jīng)濟(jì)中的表現(xiàn)方面。當(dāng)然，作者最后對(duì)這些說話行業(yè)能否保持英國經(jīng)濟(jì)的運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)提出了疑間，但是其主題思想仍然是在講說話天賦。

　　2.C 英國是著名作家Shakespeare和Wordsworth的故鄉(xiāng)，他們以及英國的搖滾樂團(tuán)創(chuàng)造了大量的精神財(cái)富，也為英國賺得了大量的錢，顯示了創(chuàng)造性經(jīng)濟(jì)的力量。因此C是對(duì)的。

　　3.D 第四段的第一個(gè)句子是這么說的：However, creative industries, account for only about 4 percent of UK's exports of goods and services.然而，創(chuàng)造力產(chǎn)業(yè)占英國出口商品和服務(wù)的總額還不足4%。可見創(chuàng)造性經(jīng)濟(jì)還是很薄弱的。這是主題句。

　　4.B 第五段的第一個(gè)句子是這么說的：In fact, it might be better to call Britain a "servant" economy一there are at least 4 million people "in service".實(shí)際上，稱英國經(jīng)濟(jì)為“似經(jīng)濟(jì)” 或許更形象些 因?yàn)橹辽儆兴陌偃f人在做服務(wù)性工作。這也是主題句。因此選B。

　　5. C 第一段講到了在今天的知識(shí)經(jīng)濟(jì)時(shí)代，各個(gè)國家生存于自己的強(qiáng)項(xiàng)。因此選to feed its people(養(yǎng)活自己的人民)。

　　6.F 第二段的最后兩句話是這么說的：But can all this talking keep the British economy going? The British government thinks it can. 但是，所有這么說話能讓英國的經(jīng)濟(jì)運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)嗎?英國政府認(rèn)為是可以的?？梢姡孟癫⒉粨?dān)心英國的經(jīng)濟(jì)。所以F是對(duì)的。

　　7.E 這個(gè)問題參考了第四段中的一個(gè)句子，該句子是這么說的：The industries are finding it hard to make a profit, according to a report of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.據(jù)國家科學(xué)、技術(shù)和藝術(shù)捐贈(zèng)委員會(huì)報(bào)告，這些行業(yè)越來越發(fā)現(xiàn)盈利不易。

　　8.B 問題問的是：許多畢業(yè)生被雇用去做什么活?第五段有這么一個(gè)句子：Many graduates are even doing menial jobs for which they do not need a degree.甚至許多大學(xué)畢業(yè)生正從事體力勞動(dòng)，根本用不著文憑。體力勞動(dòng)屬于低技術(shù)的活，因此B是正確的。

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