[单项选择]In a shrinking economy, consumers are unlikely to continue purchasing luxury goods like hotel stays and travel packages, ______ increasing their spending on them.
A. so much
B. much less
C. no less than
D. more or less

[简答题]destination economy

[填空题]including for shrinking unemployment, expanding factory orders and continued

[简答题]the real economy

[单项选择]

Shrinking Water Supply Poses Threat to Peace

"Water, which is essential for life, costs nothing. On the other hand, diamonds, which are essential for nothing, cost a lot. " Unfortunately, the world has changed considerably since an 18th century economist made this remark.
What was true over 200 years ago is certainly no longer true now. In a number of countries people pay as much for water in their homes as they do for electricity.
Like health, we ignore water when we have it-unless there are floods, of course. Once there is a threat to our water supply, however, water can quickly become the only thing that matters. We know only too well that, without water, there can be no life.
The situation is now becoming so bad that environmentalists feel it many be necessary to shock the world into saving water in a similar way to the shock caused by the oil crises in the 1970’s.
At that time, the oil crisis became such
A. People now pay as much for water as they did 200 years ago.
B. People now pay as little for water as they did 200 years ago.
C. Water now costs as much as it used to.
D. Water now has become more expensive than it was.

[填空题]New producers, new consumers

[填空题]A. Growth of Economy
B. "Servant" Economy
C. Strength of the Creative Economy
D. Weakness of the Creative Economy
E. Gift of Talking
F. Export of Talking Machines

Paragraph 4 ______.

[单项选择]The shrinking range poses （）to Africa’s elephants
A. a graver threat that is long-term
B. long-term the gravest threat
C. the gravest long-term threat
D. a long-term threat graver

[单项选择]Employer-sponsored programs are unlikely to be paid entirely-or even partly-by employers. ______, employee-pay-all plans are the most likely scenario, ______ the rising employer costs for the employer-paid benefit plans already in effect.
A. Neither; provided
B. Yet; providing
C. Hardly; giving
D. Rather; given