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江苏省仪征中学2015届高三英语周三练习（三） 二 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分, 满分20分） According to the World Bank, one of its chief supporters, economic globalization has helped reduce 43 in a large number of developing countries. It quotes one study that shows increased wealth 44 to improved education and longer life in twenty-four developing countries as a result of integration (融合) of local economies into the world economy. Home to 45 three billion people, these twenty-four countries have seen incomes 46 at an average rate of five percent 47 to two percent in developed countries. Those who 48 globalization claim that economies in developing countries will benefit from new opportunities for small and home-based businesses. 49 , small farmers in Brazil who produce nuts that would originally have sold only in 50 open-air markets can now promote their goods worldwide by the Internet. Critics take a different view, believing that economic globalization is actually 51 the gap between the rich and poor. A study 52 by the UN-sponsored World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization shows that only a few developing countries have actually 53 from integration into the world economy and that the poor, the uneducated, unskilled workers, and native peoples have been left behind. 54 , they maintain that globalization may eventually threaten emerging businesses. For example, Indian craftsmen who currently seem to benefit from globalization because they are able to 55 their products may soon face fierce competition that could pot them out of 56 . When large-scale manufacturers start to produce the same goods, or when superstores like Wal-Mart 57 , these small businesses will not be able to 58 and will be crowded out. One thing is certain about globalization—there is no 59 . Advances in technology combined with more open policies have already created an interconnected world. The 60 now is finding a way to create a kind of globalization th