TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2002)(20)

TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2002)

had to depend only on those grown at home. Trade makes it possible for her surplus manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would otherwise be lacking. A country's wealth is, therefore, much influenced by its manufacturing capacity, provided that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures.

69. The standard of living in a country is determined by ________.

A. its goods and services

B. the type of wealth produced

C. how well it can create wealth

D. what an ordinary person can share

70. A country's capacity to produce wealth depends on all the factors EXCEPT ________.

A. people's share of its goods

B. political and social stability

C. qualities of its workers

D. use of natural resources

71. According to the passage, ________ play an equally important rule in determining a country's standard of living.

A. farm products

B. industrial. goods

C. foodstuffs

D. export and import

TEXT C

How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life. Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are, and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion.

Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner. If we do, they tell us, we will be able to meet new people with