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1、2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习阅读理解选练（5）(VII)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 Therearealwaysminorities,eitherpeopleorenterprises,thathaveabsoluteadvantage（绝对优势）inafield;themajorityapplytheirparativeadvantage（相对优势）toprofessionswheretheydotheirbesttobeeffectiveplayers.Basedonpar
2、ativeadvantage,differentdivisionsareformedasinternationaltradeandtheglobalizedeconomydevelop. OrangesareflourishinginFloridaintheUnitedStates,forexample,shoesaremadeperfectlyinWenzhouofChina,andpeopleinbothareasneedorangesandshoes.InWenzhou,onecouldtrytocreat
3、eanartificialenvironmentfororangetreesofaninternationalstandard,andinFloridaworkerscouldbetrainedtomakeshoesaseffectivelyasworkersinWenzhouusingthesameresources.However,thecostswouldbetoohigh.Thebestsolution,therefore,istoalloweachlocationtospecializeinitsownpro
4、duct,producingenoughtomeetlocalneedsandexportingtherest.Asaresult,peopleinbothareasendupwithlowercostandhigherqualitygoodsthanifeachtriedtoproduceboth.Itisobviousthatabsoluteadvantageoccursinthisprocess. However,absoluteadvantagemaynotnecessarilyapplyeverywh
5、ere.Forinstance,Iknowacapablepanyboss,whoisalsoanexpertinprivatecarsandveryskillfulatchangingcaroil,evenmoreefficientlythanamechanic,But,almosteverytimehedriveshiscartoagaragetohavetheoilchangedbyamechanicsincehebelieveshecanusethetimetodosomethingmorevaluable.W
6、hatheuseshereishisparativeadvantageratherthanabsoluteadvantage. Thesametheorymayalsoapplytoindividualcareers.Youmaynotbethebestinacertainarea,butstillhaveaparativeadvantage,whichwillnotbereducedinrelationtoothers’absoluteadvantage,andyoucanstillfindanadvantage
7、dpositioninwhichyourdisadvantageissmallerrelativetoothers. Anordinarytalentcan,therefore,achieveoutstandingresultsbyrightfullyexploringhisorherparativeadvantage.Inthissense,wemaysaythatparativeadvantagereallyworks.72.FromtheexampleaboutorangeinFloridaandshoes
8、inWenzhou,wecandrawtheconclusionthat_____.A.thefieldinWenzhoucanbeimprovedtogroworanges.B.Floridaworkerscouldbetrainedtomakeshoes.C.weshouldfullyuseourabsoluteadvanta
