GDP是衡量一个国家经济成功的唯一标准码？
新西兰刚刚实施了一项创新计划，要求政府为其公民的福祉（well-being）作出贡献。
老夏考研“每日一题”选自《基督教科学箴言报》文章标题为“Centering a nation’s budget on 'well-being’”（将国家预算集中在“幸福”上）。
今天给的是一个完形填空题，如果能够作对，要给自己点个赞！
周一就有个好开端，这周英语是不是又能提高了几分了呢！ ......
【题目】空缺里应该填入的最佳名词是______
[A] inequality.
[B]uncertainty.
[C] reliability.
[D] stability.
【试题】
①Is a booming economy the only measure of the quality of life in a country? ②In late May, New Zealand became the first country to design its budget around a specific set of measures of national “well-being.” ③Growth in GDP is often used to measure the well-being in a country. ④And growing wealth and human well-being has been found to go hand in hand in some ways. ⑤But GDP, for example, can’t reflect the widening income _______ that is troubling the United States and other countries. ⑥Is a rising GDP representing a better life for everyone – or only a privileged few? ⑦GDP can paint an incomplete picture.
【参考译文】
①Is a booming economy the only measure of the quality of life in a country? 繁荣的经济是衡量一个国家生活质量的唯一标准吗?
②In late May, New Zealand became the first country to design its budget around a specific set of measures of national “well-being.” 5月下旬，新西兰成为第一个围绕一套衡量国民“福祉”的具体措施来设计预算的国家。
③Growth in GDP is often used to measure the well-being in a country. GDP的增长通常被用来衡量一个国家的福祉。
④And growing wealth and human well-being has been found to go hand in hand in some ways. 人们已经发现，财富的增长和人类福祉在某些方面是密切相关的。
⑤But GDP, for example, can’t reflect the widening income _______ that is troubling the United States and other countries. 但是，比如GDP不能反映愈来愈大的收入不平等，而这种不平等正在困扰着美国和其他国家。
⑥Is a rising GDP representing a better life for everyone – or only a privileged few? GDP的增长是代表着每个人都过上了更好的生活，还是仅仅代表着少数享有特权的人?
⑦GDP can paint an incomplete picture. GDP可以描绘出一幅不完整的画面。
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GDP含义是什么——老夏考研每日一题（30）
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