A.Input of capital would be increased.
B.The unemployment rate would go up.
C.Those who have jobs would b***me better off.
D.Women as a group would earn more than before.


41¡¢µÚÎåƪ Protection of Domestic Industry In the United States, the main argument for protection of domestic industr y is that foreign competition costs Americans their jobs. When we buy Japanese c ars, U.S. Cars go unsold. This leads to a decline in the domestic auto industry. When we buy German steel, steelworkers in the northern part of America lose the ir jobs. It is true that when we buy goods from foreign producers, domestic produce rs in the U.S. Suffer. But there is no reason to believe that the workers throw n out of employment in the contracting sectors will not find jobs in other expan ding sectors. Foreign competition in textiles, for example, has thrown thousands of workers out of work in New England. But with the expansion of new industrie s, the unemployment rate in this area fell to one of the lowest in the country I n the midª²1980s. Over time the United States lost its advantage in textiles to countries with larger unskilled labor resources, but other new industries have gr own up in which the United States does have a greater advantage. Of course, it is very difficult for workers to accept the fact of being jo bless. The knowledge that some other industry, perhaps in some other part of the country may be expanding, is of little comfort to the person whose skills b***m e out of date. The social and personal problems brought about by unemployment an d outª²ofª²date skills as a result of foreign competition deserve close attentio n. These problems can be solved in two ways. We can stop imports and give up the gains from free trade, claiming that we are willing to pay more to save dome stic jobs in industries that can produce more efficiently abroad. Or we can aid the victims of free trade in a more effective way, helping to retrain them for j obs with a future.In the U.S. People call for protection of domestic industry in order to

A.Save their jobs.
B.stop the ***nomic decline.
C.Lessen the competition.
D.reduce the cost of their products.

42¡¢£¨Í¬41Ì⣩According to the passage, the drop in the unemployment rate in New England in the midª²1980s was mainly due to

A.the technical reform of some mills.
B.the emergence of new industries.
C.the protective policies for domestic goods.
D.The expansion of American ***nomy.

43¡¢£¨Í¬41Ì⣩The news about the expansion of a new industry cannot make the jobless workers feel any better because

A.they are troubled by social problems.
B.they have no chance to be trained.
C.they do not have the skills required by the new industry.
D.they are worried about the high unemployment rate.

44¡¢£¨Í¬41Ì⣩It can be inferred that to reduce unemployment, the U. S. Government should

A.increase the efficiency of home industries
B.equip jobless workers with new skills.
C.offer positions for jobless workers.
D.stop importing foreign products.

45¡¢£¨Í¬41Ì⣩From whose point of view is the passage written?

A.From the point of view of the Japanese.
B.From the point of view of the people in New England.
C.From the point of view of the Germans.
D.From the point of view of the Americans.

46¡¢£¨Í¬41Ì⣩Business Cycle Ph______of the Business Cycle The timing of a cycle is not predictable, but its phases seem to be. Many ***nomists cite four phasesª²prosperity, liquidation, depression, and r***veryª²using the terms originally developed by the American ***nomist Wesley Mitchell, who devoted his career to studying business cycles.

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