Question

【題目】What is a fair wage? 【1】 These are some of the questions the United Nations International Labour Organisation(ILO) has recently investigated.

With a global population of over seven billion, is it actually possible to measure an average amount?_ 【2】_ Using the total wage bill from over seventy countries, they have multiplied the amounts by the number of earners in each country. The economists then tallied up the results and divided them by the total number across the world The result was a world average wage equivalent to $1,490 a month. _【3】_

This figure might seem very high because they calculated the amount using purchasing power parity dollars, which takes into account the fact that it is cheaper to live in some countries than others. _【4】_

Calculating an average sum like this might not be a completely fair representation, but these figures do help us to understand how the world is developing, both economically, in the quality of life people are experiencing and their standard of living.

But the result shows that the average wage is still relatively low and there remains a huge difference in levels of affluence around the world. _【5】_ Is this fair? For many, pay equality still seems very far out of reach.

A. The ILO has now tried to work out the sums.

B. The ILO used statistics from over 70 different countries

C. Why aren't more people in the world offered pay equality?

D. That is approximately $75 a day for a 20-day working month.

E. Some people live on just two dollars a day, while others are earning more than a million dollars a year.

F. When someone works for themselves, what are they called?

G. The data also did not include the huge number of people who appear in poverty statistics or who are self-employed.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】G

【5】E

【解析】

試題分析：為追求公平收入，聯(lián)合國國際勞工組織計算出全球評價收入，但計算出的數(shù)據(jù)偏高。文章就此問題展開說明。

【1】C 據(jù)橫線后句“These are some of the questions....”可知橫線句應該是一個問句。在根據(jù)橫線前句“What is a fair wage?”可知該句應該與公平獲得報酬相關。選項中只有C項“Why aren't more people in the world offered pay equality?”與前句句相呼應一致。

【2】A 據(jù)橫線前句“With a global population of over seven billion, is it actually possible to measure an average amount?”提出世界人口很多，可能測試出評價工資的準確數(shù)字嗎？再根據(jù)橫線后句“Using the total wage bill from over seventy countries, they have multiplied the amounts by the number of earners in each country.”可知人們已經(jīng)算出了這一數(shù)字。橫線句應該說明哪一個組織做了這項工作，故A項“The ILO has now tried to work out the sums.”符合題意。

【3】D 根據(jù)橫線前句The result was a world average wage equivalent to $1,490 a month. ILO已經(jīng)計算出世界平均工資是每個月1490美元，橫線句是該句的同位語，對其進行更準確的說明。D項“That is approximately $75 a day for a 20-day working month.”是其詳細的解釋說明。

【4】G 根據(jù)本段前句可知計算出來的這個數(shù)據(jù)偏高，本句在解釋原因。G項“The data also did not include the huge number of people who appear in poverty statistics or who are self-employed.這個數(shù)據(jù)并沒有包括貧窮人口的數(shù)據(jù)以及自謀職業(yè)的人的收入”，所以才會出現(xiàn)數(shù)據(jù)較高。G項符合本段的中心思想。

【5】E 據(jù)橫線前句there remains a huge difference in levels of affluence around the world可知世界各地人們收入的差距很大。橫線句應該對此進行說明，E項“Some people live on just two dollars a day, while others are earning more than a million dollars a year.”恰好是此內容。且和橫線后句“Is this fair?”一致。