TTGWD11-Q35 to Q37:
Citing the fact that the real gross
domestic product(GDP) per capita was higher in 1997 than ever before, some journalists have argued
that the United States
economy performed ideally in 1997. However, the real GDP is
almost always higher than ever before; it falls only during recessions.
One point these journalists overlooked is
that in 1997, as in the twenty-four years immediately preceding it, the real
GDP per capita grew nearly one-half
percent a year more slowly than it
had on average between 1873 and 1973.
Were the 1997 economy as robust
as claimed, the growth rate of real
GDP per capita in 1997 would have surpassed the average growth rate of real GDP
per capita between 1873 and 1973 because over fifty percent of the population worked for wages in
1997 whereas only forty percent worked for wages between 1873 and 1973.
If the growth rate of labor productivity
(output per hour of goods and services) in 1997 had equaled its average growth
rate between 1873 and 1973 of more than two percent, then, given the
proportionately larger workforce that existed in 1997, real GDP per capita in
1997 would have been higher than it actually was, since output is a major
factor in GDP. However,
because labor productivity
grew by only one percent in 1997,
real GDP per capita grew more slowly in 1997 than it had on average between
1873 and 1973.
Q36:
According to the passage, which of the
following is true of the average rate at which real GDP per capita grew in the
twenty-four years immediately before 1997?
A.
It
was less than it had been between 1873 and 1973 because only forty percent of
the population worked for wages between 1873 and 1973.
B.
It
was less than it had been between 1873 and 1973 because labor productivity grew
less between 1973 and 1997 than it had between 1873 and 1973.
C.
It
was less than it had been between 1873 and 1973 as a result of an increase in
the percentage of the population earning wages during these years.
D.
It
was less than the average rate at which real GDP per capita grew between 1873
and 1973.
E.
It
was less than the rate at which real GDP per capita grew in 1997.
搜索了，都没人问过，看来是我太水了。
q36的问题，是问：以下那个叙述是正确的（关于人均真实GDP的平均增长比例在1997年前的23年间<也就是1873到1973年间>），那么答案应该是和1997年比较才对，可是ABCD怎么全和“1873到1973年间”比较呢？
正确答案是D。 有没有好心人路过给指点下，我迷糊呢555555555
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