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Early in the age of affluence that follo
Early in the age of affluence that follo
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2022-08-02
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Early in the age of affluence that followed World War II,an American retailing analyst named Victor Lebow proclaimed,“Our enormously productive economy...demands that we make consumption our way of life,that we convert the buying anduse of Eoods into rituals,that we seek our spiritual satisfaction,our ego satisfaction,in consumption...We need thingsconsumed,burned up,worn out,replaced and discarded at an ever increasing rate.”Americans have responded to Lebow’s call,and much of the world has followed.Consumption has become a central pillar of life in industrial lands and is even embedded in social values.Opinion surveys in the world’s two largest economies-Japan and the United States-show consumerist definitions ofsuccess becoming ever more prevalent.Overconsumption by the world’s fortunate is an environmental problem unmatched in severity by anything but perhapspopulation growth.Their surging exploitation of resources threatens to exhaust or unalterably spoil forests,soils,water,air and climate.Ironically,high consumption may be a mixed blessing in human terms,too.The time-honored values of integrity ofcharacter,good work,friendship,family and community have often been sacrificed in the rush to riches.Thus many in theindustrial lands have a sense that their world,of plenty is somehow hollow-that,misled by a consumerist culture,they havebeen fruitlessly attempting to satisfy what are essentially social,psychological and spiritual needs with material things.Of course,the opposite of overconsumption-poverty-is no solution to either environmental or human problems.It is infinitely worse for people and bad for the natural world too.Dispossessed peasants slash-and-burn their way into the rain forests ofLatin American,and hungry nomads turn their herds out onto fragile African grassland,reducing it to desert.If environmentaldestruction results when people have either too little or too much,we are left to wonder how much is enough.What level ofconsumption can the earth support When does having more cease to add noticeably to human satisfaction It can be inferred from the passage that___________.《》()A.human spiritual needs should match material affluenceB.there is never an end to satisfying people’s material needsC.whether high consumption should be encouraged is still an issueD.how to keep consumption at a reasonable level remains a problem
选项
A.human spiritual needs should match material affluence
B.there is never an end to satisfying people’s material needs
C.whether high consumption should be encouraged is still an issue
D.how to keep consumption at a reasonable level remains a problem
答案
D
解析
本题考查推理判断。
文章最后一段提到“人们消费过多或过少都会破坏环境,我们纳闷究竟多少才算足够。地球能承受什么样的消费水平呢?”D选项,怎样将消费保持在合理的水平依然是个问题,综上,D选项正确。
A选项,人的精神需求应当与物质的富裕保持一致
B选项,人的物质需求永远无法满足,不合题意,故排除。
C选项,高消费是否应受到鼓励仍是个问题,不合题意,故排除。
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