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内蒙古包头市2014高考英语二轮训练（2）及答案 【辽宁省庄河市2014高考英语一模试题】 I want to talk about the economy．Not the economy we hear about endlessly in the news each day and in politicians speeches．I want to talk about the real economy, the one we live in day by day． Most people arent particularly interested in the economy．Share prices are flying high; interest rates are soaring; the Dow Jones Index closed sixty-three points down on 8472．35． We hear this and subconsciously switch off． Notice that the economy is not the same as the economy, The economy is what men in suits play with to make vast personal wealth．The economy is where the rest of us live on a daily basis, earning our living, paying our taxes, and purchasing the necessities of life． The term economic expansion suggests something desirable, but expansion simply means spending more money．More spending doesnt mean that life is getting better．We all know it often means the opposite - greed, crime, poverty, pollution．More spending merely feeds our whole economic system, which is based on production and consumption．Unless money keeps circulating, the economy breaks down．If we dont keep consuming, the whole system goes into stalemate（僵局）． How do we break the cycle and make some changes? We need to become far more aware of the results of our actions．We buy clothes that are made in sweat shops by virtual slaves in poor parts of the world．We create mountains of waste．We demand cheap food, mindless of the fact that it totally lacks taste and is produced using chemicals that poison the land． The consumption culture makes us unaware of the effect of our own behavior．Our main problem is not that we dont know what to do about it．It is gathering the desire to do it． 63．According to the author, which one belongs to the real economy? A．The Dow Jones Index． B．Increases in interest rates． C．Skyrocketing share prices． D．Shopping in a supermarket． 64．It can be concluded from Paragraph 4 that ． A．people