2023年6月大学英语六级真题译文和详细解析 .pdf

6月大学英语六级考试仔细阅读真题解析（卷二）

SectionC

Directions:Thereare2passagesinthissection.Each

passageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinished

statements.Foreachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarked

A),B),C)andD).Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceand

markthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasingle

linethroughthecentre.

PassageOne

Questions46to50arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Economicallyspeaking,arewebetteroffthanwewere

tenyearsago?Twentyyearsago?

Intheirthirstforevidenceonthisissue,commentators

seizedontherecentreportbytheCensusBureau,which

foundthataveragehouseholdincomeroseby5.2%in.

Unfortunately,thatconclusionputstoomuchweightona

useful,butflawedandincomplete,statistic.Amongthemore

significantproblemswiththeCensus’smeasurearethat:1)it

excludestaxes,transfers,andcompensationlike

employer-providedhealthinsurance;and2)itisbasedon

surveysratherthandata.Evenifpreciselymeasured,income

dataexcludeimportantdeterminantsofeconomicwell--

being,suchasthehoursofworkneededtoearnthat

income.

Whilethinkingaboutthequestion,wecameacrossa

recentlypublishedarticlebyCharlesJonesandPeterKlenow,

whichproposesaninterestingnewmeasureofeconomic

welfare.Whilebynomeansperfect,itisconsiderablymore

comprehensivethanaverageincome,takingintoaccount

notonlygrowthinconsumptionperpersonbutalsochanges

inworkingtime,lifeexpectancy,andinequality.Moreover,it

canbeusedtoassesseconomicperformancebothacross

countriesandovertime.

TheJones-Klenowmethodcanbeillustratedbya

cross-countryexample.