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解析:DespiteDenmark’s manifest virt

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DespiteDenmark’s manifest virtues,Danes never talk about how proud they are to beDanes. WhenDanes talk to foreigners aboutDenmark, they always begin by commenting on its tininess, its unimportance, the difficulty of its language, the general small-mindedness and self-indulgence of their countrymen and the high taxes.
It is the land of the silk safety net, where almost half the national budget goes toward smoothing out life’s inequalities, and there is plenty of money for schools, day care, retraining programs, job seminars—Danes love seminars: three days at a study centre heating about waste management is almost as good as a ski trip. It is a culture bombarded byEnglish, in advertising, pop music, the Internet, and despite all theEnglish thatDanish absorbs—there is noDanishAcademy to defend against it. It is the land where a foreigner is struck by the sweet egalitarianism that prevails. It’s a nation of recyclers—about 55 percent ofDanish garbage gets made into something new—and no nuclear power plants. It’s a nation where things operate well in general.
A、brochure from the Ministry ofBusiness and Industry says, "Denmark is one of the world’s cleanest and most organized countries, with virtually no pollution, crime, or poverty.Denmark is the most corruption-free society in the Northern Hemisphere." So, of course, one’s heart lifts at any sighting ofDanish sleazo: skinhead graffiti on buildings ("Foreigners Out ofDenmark!"), broken beer bottles in the gutters, dmnken teenagers slumped in the park.
Nonetheless, it is an orderly lanD、However,Danes don’t think of themselves as a waiting-at-2-a, m.-for-the-green-light people.Danes see themselves as jazzy people, improvisers, more free spirited than Swedes, but the troth is thatDanes are very much like Germans and Swedes. Orderliness is a main {{U}}selling point{{/U}}.Denmark has few natural resources and limited manufacturing capability; its future inEurope will be as a broker, banker, and distributor of goods. You send your goods by container ship toCopenhagen, and these bright, young,English-speaking, utterly honest, highly disciplined people will get your goods around to Scandinavia, theBaltic States and RussiA、Airports, seaports, highways and rail lines are ultramodern and well-maintaineD、
The orderliness of the society doesn’t mean thatDanish lives are less messy or lonely than yours or mine, and noDane would tell you so.But there is a sense of entitlement and security thatDanes grow up with.Certain things are yours by virtue of citizenship, and you shouldn’t feel bad for taking what you’re entitled to, you’re as good as anyone else. The rules of the welfare system are clear to everyone, the benefits you get if you lose your job,the steps you take to get a new one; and the orderliness of the system makes it possible for the country to weather high unemployment and social unrest without a sense of crisis.
The phrase "selling point" in Paragraph 4 most probably means that orderliness ______ .A.is something that can help them sell their products well

B、really-benefits theDanes
C.is the feature that makes the goods attractive to the buyer
D.makes theDanes very much like the Germans or the Swedes

网考网参考答案:B
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[分析] 语义题型 上面提到:井然有序是丹麦的主要卖点。第四段中还提到:丹麦缺乏自然资源,制造能力有限,它在欧洲未来的角色将主要是扮演经纪人、银行家和货物发行人。因此井然有序是卖点,是为它带来真正受益的东西;B为答案。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>

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