2016年12月四级仔细阅读解析.PDF

新东方网四六级频道 / 2016 年 12 月四级仔细阅读解析 ——新东方兰州学校李巧莲 Passage Two 总结，这篇石油经济类文章与2014 年6 月课堂中讲过的真题话题基本保持一致， 难度适中，只要定位准确，答案就出来了。 1. （51）In the past, falling oil prices have given a boost to the world economy, but recent forecasts for global growth have been toned down, even as oil prices sink lower and lower. Does that mean the link between lower oil prices and growth has weakened? 2. (52) Some experts say there are still good reasons to believe cheap oil should heat up the world economy. Consumers have more money in their pockets when they’re paying less at the pump. They spend that money on other things, which stimulates the economy. 3. The biggest gains to countries that import most of their oil like China, Japan and India. But doesn’t the extra money in the pockets of those countries’ consumers mean an equal loss in oil producing countries, canceling out the gains? Not necessarily, says economic researcher Sara Johnson.” (53) Many oil producers built up huge reserve funds when prices were high, so when prices fall they will draw on their reserves to support government spending and subsidies for their consumers.” 4. But not all oil producers have big reserves. In Venezuela, collapsing oil prices have spent its economy into free-fall. 5. Economist (54) Carl Weinberg believes the negative effects of plunging oil prices are overwhelming the positive effects of cheaper oil. The implication is a sharp decline in global trade, which has plunged partly because oil-producing nations can’t afford to import so much as they used to. 6. Sara Johnson acknowledges that (55) the global economic benefit from a fall in oil prices today is likely lower than it was in the past. One reason is that more countries are big oil producers now, so the nations suffering from the price dro