Question

What is a fair wage?   1.     These are some of the questions the United Nations International Labour Organisation(ILO) has recently investigated.

   With a global population of over seven billion, is it actually possible to measure an average amount?_ 2._ Using the total wage bill from over seventy countries, they have multiplied the amounts by the number of earners in each country. The economists then tallied up the results and divided them by the total number across the world The result was a world average wage equivalent to $1,490 a month. _3._

This figure might seem very high because they calculated the amount using purchasing power parity dollars, which takes into account the fact that it is cheaper to live in some countries than others. _4._

Calculating an average sum like this might not be a completely fair representation, but these figures do help us to understand how the world is developing, both economically, in the quality of life people are experiencing and their standard of living.

But the result shows that the average wage is still relatively low and there remains a huge difference in levels of affluence around the world. _5._ Is this fair? For many, pay equality still seems very far out of reach.

A. The ILO has now tried to work out the sums.

B. The ILO used statistics from over 70 different countries

C. Why aren't more people in the world offered pay equality?

D. That is approximately $75 a day for a 20-day working month.

E. Some people live on just two dollars a day, while others are earning more than a million dollars a year.

F. When someone works for themselves, what are they called?

G. The data also did not include the huge number of people who appear in poverty statistics or who are self-employed.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.G

5.E

【解析】

试题分析：为追求公平收入，联合国国际劳工组织计算出全球评价收入，但计算出的数据偏高。文章就此问题展开说明。

1.C 据横线后句“These are some of the questions....”可知横线句应该是一个问句。在根据横线前句“What is a fair wage?”可知该句应该与公平获得报酬相关。选项中只有C项“Why aren't more people in the world offered pay equality?”与前句句相呼应一致。

2.A 据横线前句“With a global population of over seven billion, is it actually possible to measure an average amount?”提出世界人口很多，可能测试出评价工资的准确数字吗？再根据横线后句“Using the total wage bill from over seventy countries, they have multiplied the amounts by the number of earners in each country.”可知人们已经算出了这一数字。横线句应该说明哪一个组织做了这项工作，故A项“The ILO has now tried to work out the sums.”符合题意。

3.D 根据横线前句The result was a world average wage equivalent to $1,490 a month. ILO已经计算出世界平均工资是每个月1490美元，横线句是该句的同位语，对其进行更准确的说明。D项“That is approximately $75 a day for a 20-day working month.”是其详细的解释说明。

4.G 根据本段前句可知计算出来的这个数据偏高，本句在解释原因。G项“The data also did not include the huge number of people who appear in poverty statistics or who are self-employed.这个数据并没有包括贫穷人口的数据以及自谋职业的人的收入”，所以才会出现数据较高。G项符合本段的中心思想。

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