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A Country’s Standard of Living
The "standard of living" of any country means the average person’s share of the goods and services the country produces. A country’s standard of living, (51) , depends on its capacity to produce wealth. "Wealth" (52) this sense is not money, for we do not live on money (53) on things that money can buy: "goods" such as food and clothing, and "services" such as transport and entertainment
A country’s capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of (54) have an effect on one another. Wealth depends (55) a great extent upon a country’s natural resources. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have fertile (肥沃的) soil and a favorable climate; other regions possess none of them.Next to natural resources (56) the ability to turn them to use. China is perhaps as well-off (57)
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B. furthermore
C. similarly
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The "standard of living" of any country means the average person’s share of the goods and services which the country produces. A country’s standard of living, therefore, depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth. "Wealth" in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy- "goods "such as food and clothing, and "services" such as transport and entertainment.
A country’s capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of which have an effect on one another. Wealth depends to a great extent upon a country’s natural resources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, water supply and so on. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have a fertile soil and a favourable climate; other regions possess none of them. The USA is one of the wealthiest regions of the world because she has vast natural resources within her bo
A. its standard of living
B. its money
C. its ability to provide goods and services
D. its ability to provide and transport and entertain