MBA考试

【单选题】One of the questions that is coming into focus as we face growing scarcity of resources of many kinds in the world is how to divide limited resources among countries. In the international development community, the conventional wisdom has been that the 2 billion people living in poor countries could never expect to reach the standard of living that most of us in NorthAmerica enjoy, simply because the world does not contain enough iron ore, protein, petroleum, and so on.At the same time, we in the United States have continued to pursue super affluence as though there were no limits on how much we could consume. We make up 6 percent of the world’s people; yet we consume one-third of the world’s resources.
As long as the resources we consumed each year came primarily from within our own boundaries, this was largely an internal matter.But as our resources come more and more from the outside world, "outsiders" are going to have some say over the rate at which and terms under which we consume. We will no longer be able to think in terms of "our" resources and "their" resources, but only of common resources.
AsAmericans consuming such a disproportionate share of the world’s resources, we have to question whether or not we can continue our pursuit of super affluence in a world of scarcity. We are now reaching the point where we must carefully examine’ the presumed link between our level of well-being and the level of material goods consumeD、If you have only one crust of bread and get another crust of bread, your well-being is greatly enhanceD、But if you have a loaf of bread, then an additional crust of bread doesn’t make that much difference. In the eyes of most of the world today,Americans have their loaf of bread and are asking for still more. People elsewhere are beginning to ask why. This is the question we’re going to have to answer, whether we’re trying to persuade countries to step up their exports of oil to us or trying to convince them that we ought to be permitted to maintain our share of the world fish catch.
The prospect of a scarcity of, and competition for, the world’s resources requires that we reexamine the way in which we relate to the rest of the worlD、It means we find ways of cutting back on resource consumption that is dependent on the resources and cooperation of other countries. We cannot expect people in these countries to concern themselves with our worsening energy and food shortages unless we demonstrate some concern for the hunger, illiteracy and disease that are diminishing life for them.
The writer gives the example of bread to show that ______.

A、the United States has been much richer than any other countries
B、the United States has acquired more than what it has contributed
C、the United States has been too greedy in its pursuit of super affluence
D、the United States is more capable of pursuing affluence than other countries
网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
这是一道结构题。题干中的信号词为bread，出自于文章第三段第三句话中。文章第三段指出：因为美国在消费世界资源方面占有如此不均衡的份额，所以我们应该自问，是否应该在世界资源匮乏的情况下还去追求极度的富裕；我们应该仔细审查富裕水平与物质消费水平之间的关系；如果是因为只有一块面包而要求再来一块的话，那么这种富裕应该极力推崇；但是，如果你已经有了一整块面包，那么再多加一块面包也不会使你更富有；现在美国已经有了一整块面包，它却还在不停地索取。这说明，作者列举这个例子是为了说明——美国在追求富裕方面太贪婪。C说“美国在追求极端富裕方面太贪婪”，这与作者的目的相符。文中没有提到A和B； D明显不是作者的目的。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>