The economy of the United states after 1952 was the econnomy of a well-fed,almost fully employed people. Despit occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom. A n economic survey of the year 1955, a typical year of the 1950’s, may be typical as illustrating the rapid economic growth of the decade. The national output was value at 10 percent above that of 1954 (1955 output was estimated at 392 billion dollars). The production of manufacturers was about 40 percent more than it had averaged in the years immediately following World War 2. The country’s business spent about 30billion dollars for new factories and machinery. National income available for spending was almost a third greater than it had been it had been in 1950. Consumers spent about 256 billion dollars; that is about 700 million dollars a day ,or about twenty-five million dollars every hour , all round the clock. Sixty-five million people held jobs and only a little more than two million wanted jobs but could not find them . Only agriculture complained that it was not sharing in the room. To some observers this was an ominous echo of the mid-1920’s . As farmer’s shre of their products declined , marketing costs rose. But there were , among the observers of the national economy, a few who were not as confident as the majority . Those few seemed to fear that the boom could not last and would eventually lead to the oppsite-depression. The passage states that incom available for spending in the U.S. was greater in 1955 than in 1950 . How much was it ()?
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Unless economic conditions improve next year, _____ widespread unrest in the United States.
A. there would be
B. there should be
C. there is
D. there will be
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You are Master of a vessel that is sold in a foreign country after discharge of cargo. What is your responsibility to the crew in regards to return to the United States?
A.You must provide air transportation to the nearest port of entry in the United States
B.You must provide passage to the port of original engagement
C.There is no requirement for return to the United States provided the voyage has exceeded 4 weeks duration
D.The crew can be employed on another United States vessel,but only if it is returning to the port of original engagement
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Connecticut, in 1837, become the first state in the United States to pass a general act of incorporation, making it relatively simple for any group to get a corporate charter by complying with a sets of rules.()
此题为判断题(对,错)。
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In the 1930s, the United States experienced the Great Depression which first began with the New York stock market crash.()
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The United States is().
A、a former
B、ritish colony
B、an economic power
C、a cruel oppressor
D、a kind helper
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