2017上海高三英语二模完型 - 浦东

2017上海高三英语二模完型- 浦东

Have we reached Peak Trade?

Globalization is usually defined as the free movement of people, goods and capital. It’s been the most important __41__ force of modernity. Until the financial crisis of 2008, global trade grew twice as fast as the global economy itself. __42__, thanks to both economies and politics, globalization as we have known it is developing fast.

The question is: Have we reached peak trade? If you think of it in terms of the flow of digital data and ideas, no---- it’s actually __43__. ”Indeed, the cross-border flow of digital data ---- e-commerce, web searches, online video, machine-to-machine interactions ---- has grown 45 times larger since 2005 and is __44__ to grow much faster than the global economy over the next few years.

There’s no doubt globalization has increased wealth at both global and national levels. But free trade can also widen the __45__ gap within countries, in part by created concentrated groups of economic losers. Free trade has made goods and services cheaper for Americans ---- think of all the inexpensive Chinese-made goods at Walmart ---- but it hasn’t always __46__ their job prospects. From 1990 to 2008, the areas most __47__ to foreign competitions saw almost no net jobs created. That’s one reason the new generation of Americans is on track to be __48__ than their parents.

The gains of free trade do not always __49__ the losses. This realization that the tide of __50__ doesn’t raise all boats has fed into the anti-free trade movement. And companies themselves are __51__ globalization.

Nevertheless, there is one reason to be __52__ about the future of globalization ---- at least, the new information-based kind. McKinsey dada estimate that the companies responsible for the jump in flows of digital goods, services and information will include a much higher proportion of small businesses than in the past. An estimated 86% of tech-based startups surveyed by Mckinsey now do some cross-border business ---- __53__ before the arrival of the Internet, when globalization was dominated by super powers. That means that more of the wealth generated by globalization could flow down to the 80% of the population that hasn’t __54__ as much as it should have.

If those individuals feel they are being empowered by open borders and free trade, it could help swing the political pendulum （钟摆）back toward globalization in some form. Despite its laws, it has been an economic force that has lifted more people out of __ 55__ than anything else the world has ever known.

41. A. political B. cultural C. economic D. natural

42. A. Otherwise B. hence C. Moreover D. Yet

43. A. depressing B. increasing C. approving D. operating

44. A. projected B. tracked C. signaled D. needed

45. A. prince B. welfare C. pension D. wealth

46. A. ruined B. helped C. foreseen D. reversed

47. A. resistant B. suited C. exposed D. inaccessible

48. A. happier B. healthier C. wealthier D. poorer

49. A. outweigh B. balance C. suffer D. substitute

50. A. materialism B. modernization C. globalization D. consumption

51. A. withdrawing from B. counting on C. profiting from D. insisting on

52. A. confused B. concerned C. optimistic D. curious

53. A. adaptable B. accessible C. affordable D. impossible

54. A. striven B. consumed C. benefitted D. digested

55. A. fear B. poverty C. frustration D. embarrassment