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The economy of the United States after 1952 was the economy of a well-fed, almost fully employed people. Despite occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom. An 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 II. The country’s business spent about 30 billion dollars for new factories and machinery. National income available for spending was almost a third greater than 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 sharing 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 opposite-depression.In Line 3, the word “boom” could best be replaced by______.

The economy of the United States after 1952 was the economy of a well-fed, almost fully employed people. Despite occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom. An 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 II. The country’s business spent about 30 billion dollars for new factories and machinery. National income available for spending was almost a third greater than 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 sharing 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 opposite-depression.It can be inferred the national from the passage that most people in the United States in 1955 viewed the national economy with an air of _________.

The economy of the United States after 1952 was the economy of a well-fed, almost fully employed people. Despite occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom. An 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 II. The country’s business spent about 30 billion dollars for new factories and machinery. National income available for spending was almost a third greater than 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 sharing 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 opposite-depression.Which of the following were LEAST satisfied with the national economy in the 1950’s?

The economy of the United States after 1952 was the economy of a well-fed, almost fully employed people. Despite occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom. An 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 II. The country’s business spent about 30 billion dollars for new factories and machinery. National income available for spending was almost a third greater than 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 sharing 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 opposite-depression.The passage states that income available for spending in the U.S. was greater in 1955 than in 1950. How much was it ?

1 Computers have many uses today. Computers can solve difficult problems and control complex machines. Many people use small computers called calculators to add，subtract，multiply，and divide numbers quickly. Scientists use large computers to solve many problems at the same time. You can play games with computers，and some computers can help you learn languages. The Kurzweil Reading Machine is a special kind of computer. It can read books for blind people.2 The Kurzweil machine consists of three components：a scanner，a computer，and a voice synthesizer. These three parts are like your eyes，your brain，and your voice. The scanner is the “eye” of the machine. It scans，or looks at，the words on the page of a book and changes them into digital signals. These digital signals then go to the computer，the “brain” of the machine.3 The computer analyzes the signals and recognizes the words. The computer sends information about the words to the voice synthesizer. The voice synthesizer makes the sounds of the words.4 To use the machines，a blind person simply opens the book and puts its face down on the scan（like a photocopy machine）。The machine “reads” the words on the page. When one page is finished，the blind person turns the page and puts the book on the scanner again. The Kurzweil machine can read in a normal voice or in a special fast voice. It can read words with small letters，large letters，of italics.Blind people like the Kurzweil machine because they can “read” anything with it：newspapers，magazines，books，even typed letters. Many libraries now have Kurzweil machines for blind people to use. The Kurzweil machine can also help sighted children learn to read.5 Can the Kurzweil Reading Machine help you to read in English? The computer can analyze the grammar of sentences，and the voice synthesizer can make the sounds of the words. However，the machine cannot explain the meanings of the words. To use the machine, you must know the meanings of the words and sentences first.Paragraph①:____.

1 Computers have many uses today. Computers can solve difficult problems and control complex machines. Many people use small computers called calculators to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers quickly. Scientists use large computers to solve many problems at the same time. You can play games with computers，and some computers can help you learn languages. The Kurzweil Reading Machine is a special kind of computer. It can read books for blind people.2 The Kurzweil machine consists of three components: a scanner, a computer, and a voice synthesizer. These three parts are like your eyes, your brain, and your voice. The scanner is the “eye” of the machine. It scans, or looks at, the words on the page of a book and changes them into digital signals. These digital signals then go to the computer，the “brain” of the machine.3 The computer analyzes the signals and recognizes the words. The computer sends information about the words to the voice synthesizer. The voice synthesizer makes the sounds of the words.4 To use the machines，a blind person simply opens the book and puts its face down on the scan（like a photocopy machine）.The machine “reads” the words on the page. When one page is finished，the blind person turns the page and puts the book on the scanner again. The Kurzweil machine can read in a normal voice or in a special fast voice. It can read words with small letters，large letters，of italics. Blind people like the Kurzweil machine because they can “read” anything with it：newspapers，magazines，books，even typed letters. Many libraries now have Kurzweil machines for blind people to use. The Kurzweil machine can also help sighted children learn to read.5 Can the Kurzweil Reading Machine help you to read in English? The computer can analyze the grammar of sentences，and the voice synthesizer can make the sounds of the words. However，the machine cannot explain the meanings of the words. To use the machine, you must know the meanings of the words and sentences first.Paragraph②:____.