2014 Jiangsu Question 60 Single-choice Differentiating
60.What are forgone opportunities B ?
A. Opportunities you forget in decision﹣making
B. Opportunities you give up for better ones
C. Opportunities you miss accidentally
D. Opportunities you make up for
【考点】O7:政治经济类阅读
【分析】本文是一篇议论文.文章主要介绍了如何更好地支配自己的时间和金钱,以及如何在作决定时考虑花费的机会成本.因为无论我们多么富有,我们也不可能在一天里找到足够的时间做我们想要做的一切.因此,我们要放弃一些事情选择做更好的事情
【解答】58.D 推理判断题.根据第一段的"Economics deals with this problem through theconcept of opportunity cost,which simply refers to whether someone's time or money could bebetter spent on something else".和第三段的"This﹣the alternative use of your cash and time﹣is the opportunity cost"可知,opportunity cost(机会成本)是指人们考虑自己的时间和金钱是否可以更好地被利用在其他的事情上,也就是在衡量自己的选择是否合理.所以这个概念应用于衡量机会的选择方面,故选D
> 59.C 词义推测题.根据第三段的"Say…but the tickets are expensive and it will take you a couple of hours to get to and from the stadium…use the leftover money and time to have dinner with friends?"可知,人们本来是想去看球赛,但是球赛的票太贵了.所以就把本 来准备看球赛的金钱和时间用在了别的地方,所以leftover …time 所指的是"花在观看比 赛(路上)来去的时间".故选C
Answer key
B