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第 34 題
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The advantages and disadvantages of a large population have long been a subject of discussion among economists. It has been argued that the supply of good land is limited. To feed a large population, inferior land must be cultivated and the good land worked intensively. Thus, each person produces less and this means a lower average income than what could be obtained with a smaller population. Other economists have argued that a large population gives more scope for specialization and the development of facilities such as ports, roads and railways, which are no likely to be built unless there is a big demand to justify them. One of the difficulties in carrying out a world-wide birth control program lies in the fact that official attitudes to population growth vary from country to country depending on the level of industrial development and the availability of food and raw materials. In the developing country where a vastly expanded population is pressing hard upon the limits of food, space and natural resources, it will be the first concern of government to place a limit on the birthrate, whatever the consequences may be. In the highly industrialized society the problem may be more complex. A decreasing birth rate may lead to unemployment because it results in a declining market for manufactured goods. When the pressure of population on housing declines, prices also decline and the building industry is weakened. Faced with considerations such as these, the government of a developed country may well prefer to see a slowly increasing population rather than one which is stable or in decline.
The advantages and disadvantages of a large population have long been a subject of discussion among economists. It has been argued that the supply of good land is limited. To feed a large population, inferior land must be cultivated and the good land worked intensively. Thus, each person produces less and this means a lower average income than what could be obtained with a smaller population. Other economists have argued that a large population gives more scope for specialization and the development of facilities such as ports, roads and railways, which are no likely to be built unless there is a big demand to justify them. One of the difficulties in carrying out a world-wide birth control program lies in the fact that official attitudes to population growth vary from country to country depending on the level of industrial development and the availability of food and raw materials. In the developing country where a vastly expanded population is pressing hard upon the limits of food, space and natural resources, it will be the first concern of government to place a limit on the birthrate, whatever the consequences may be. In the highly industrialized society the problem may be more complex. A decreasing birth rate may lead to unemployment because it results in a declining market for manufactured goods. When the pressure of population on housing declines, prices also decline and the building industry is weakened. Faced with considerations such as these, the government of a developed country may well prefer to see a slowly increasing population rather than one which is stable or in decline.
According to the passage, slowly rising birthrate perhaps is good for _____.
- A a developed nation
- B a developing nation
- C every nation with a big population
- D every nation with a small population
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請試著思考：如果一個國家的工廠生產了大量的商品，但社會上的消費者卻因為人口減少而變得越來越少，這對於該國的就業率和經濟穩定會產生什麼影響？這與資源貧乏的國家所面臨的壓力有何不同？
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工業化社會的經濟動能
太棒了！你能精準捕捉到文章末段的細節並做出正確判斷，展現了非常敏銳的閱讀理解力。這題的關鍵在於區分「開發中國家」與「高度工業化國家」對人口增長的相異態度。文中提到，開發中國家因資源有限需限制人口，但高度工業化（已開發）國家若面臨出生率下降，反而會導致產品市場萎縮、建築業轉弱，甚至引發失業問題。因此，對於這類國家而言，人口的緩慢增長（slowly increasing population）反而是維持經濟活力的解方。
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