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What’s the one word of advice a well-meaning professional would give to a recent college graduate? China? India? Brazil? How abo

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问题     What’s the one word of advice a well-meaning professional would give to a recent college graduate? China? India? Brazil? How about trade?
    When the Commerce Department reported last week that the trade deficit in June approached $50 billion, it set off a new round of economic doomsaying. Imports, which soared to $200.3 billion in the month, are subtracted in the calculation of gross domestic product. The larger the trade deficit, the smaller the GDP. Should such imbalances continue, pessimists say, they could contribute to slower growth.
    But there’s another way of looking at the trade data. Over the past two years, the figures on imports and exports seem not to signal a double-dip recession — a renewed decline in the broad level of economic activity in the United States — but an economic expansion.
    The rising volume of trade — more goods and services shuttling in and out of the United States — is good news for many sectors. Companies engaged in shipping, trucking, rail freight, delivery, and logistics (物流) have all been reporting better than expected results. The rising numbers signify growing vitality in foreign markets — when we import more stuff, it puts more cash in the hands of people around the world, and U.S. exports are rising because more foreigners have the ability to buy the things we produce and market. The rising tide of trade is also good news for people who work in trade-sensitive businesses, especially those that produce commodities for which global demand sets the price — agricultural goods, mining, metals, oil.
    And while exports always seem to lag, U.S. companies are becoming more involved in the global economy with each passing month. General Motors sells as many cars in China as in America each month. While that may not do much for imports, it does help GM’s balance sheet — and hence makes the jobs of U.S.-based executives more stable.
    One great challenge for the U.S. economy is slack domestic consumer demand. Americans are paying down debt, saving more, and spending more carefully. That’s to be expected, given what we’ve been through. But there’s a bigger challenge. Can U.S.-based businesses, large and small, figure out how to get a piece of growing global demand? Unless you want to pick up and move to India, or Brazil, or China, the best way to do that is through trade. It may seem obvious, but it’s no longer enough simply to do business with our friends and neighbors here at home.
    Companies and individuals who don’t have a strategy to export more, or to get more involved in foreign markets, or to play a role in global trade, are shutting themselves out of the lion’s share of economic opportunity in our world.
How do pessimists interpret the U.S. trade deficit in June?
选项 A、It could lead to slower growth of the national economy.
B、It reflects Americans’ preference for imported goods.
C、It signifies a change in American economic structure.
D、It is the result of America’s growing focus on domestic market.
答案A
解析 根据题干中的pessimists和trade deficit in June将本题出处 定位于第2段首句和末句。首句提到六月份的贸易赤字(the trade deficit in June)，末句提到，悲观者说，如果这种贸易失衡(such imbalances)继续下 去，会导致更缓慢的增长(slower growth)，such imbalances指的是首句的the trade deficit in June，由此可知，悲观者认为美国六月份的贸易赤字会导致经 济更缓慢的增长，故答案为[A]，其中的lead to与原文的contribute to同义。[B] 是针对“贸易赤字(即进口多于出口)”的概念和第2段第2句提到的进口额 巨增设的干扰项，文中其实并未提到美国人对进口商品很偏爱。[C]是过度推 断。影响经济增长与改变经济结构不是一个概念。[D]与悲观者的观点相反。
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