2013年上海市高考英语试卷 (阅读理解部分)2013年上海市高考英语试卷 (阅读理解部分).doc

2013年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 英语（上海卷） III. Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in the word or phrase that best fits the context. Over the past few decades, more and more countries have opened up their markets, increasingly transforming the world economy into one free-flowing global market. The question is: Is economic globalization ___50___ for all? According to the World Bank, one of its chief supporters, economic globalization has helped reduce ___51___ in a large number of developing countries. In quotes one study that shows increased wealth ___52___ to improved education and longer life in twenty-four developing countries as a result of integration(融合) of local economies into the world economy. Home to some three billion people, these twenty-four countries have seen incomes ___53___ at an average rate of five percent --- compared to two percent in developed countires. Those who ___54___ globalization claim that economies in developing countries will benefit from new opportunities for small and home-based businesses. ___55___, small farmers in Brazil who produce nuts that would originally have sold only in ___56___ open-air markets can now promote their goods worldwide by the Internet. Critics take a different view, believing that economic globalization is actually ___57___ the gap between the rich and poor. A study carried out by the U.N.-sponsored World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization shows that only a few developing countries have actually ___58___ from integration into the world economy and that the poor, the uneducated, unskilled workers, and native peoples have been left behind. ___59___, they maintain that globalization may eventually threaten emerging businesses. For example, Indian craftsmen who currently seem to benefit from globalization because they are able to ___60___ their products may soon face fierce competition that could put