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D. was first observed in Africa and Asia 
E. is indicated by a fall in the birth rate of at least 3.6 per cent 
National income per head is an indicator of the standard of living. However, this measure is necessarily a 
rough one. For instance, it cannot take into account new and better products such as television, man-made 
fibres, faster flight, long-playing records or the lowly plastic bucket; nor does it indicate changes in the 
distribution of income between rich-and-poor; nor in the length of the working week. Data of national income 
per head may also conceal important changes in the "quality of life" as for example, in out physical 
environment. This is affected by such things are traffic congestion, noise, water and air pollution. 
19. It is stressed in the passage that the standard of living in a country _______ . 
A. bears no relationship to national income per head. 
B. can be roughly understood from the amount of national income per head. 
C. is in no way related to the purchasing power of the individual. 
D. has no effect on the environment. 
E. is primarily based on the number of working hours per week. 
20. It is clear from the passage that, in assessing the standard of living in a country ______ . 
A. the quality of life should be taken into consideration. 
B. the income of the rich is of major importance. 
C. the state of the poor should be disregarded. 
D. the prices of goods and services need to be stable. 
E. no importance should be attached to questions of pollution. 
21. The passage is mainly about ______. 
A. the relationship between the national economy and the environment. 
B. the importance of manufactured goods in the improvement of the standard of living. 
C. the unreliability of national income per head as the only indicator of the standard of living. 
D. the need to adjust the distribution of income between rich and poor 
E. the difficulties of maintaining the standard of living without harming the environment 
Benjamin Britten (1913-76) did as much as anyone to establish English music on the forefront of the 
international stage. Much of his music seems to have an immediate appeal to large audiences and definitely 
his many stage works earned him a quite exceptional prestige both at home and abroad. Peter Grimes 
(1945), Bill Budd (1951). Gloriana (1953), and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960) all show his mastery of 
stage technique and the first two are also moving human documents. On a smaller scale he has achieved 
as much with his chamber operas as such as The Rape of Lucretia (1946), Albert Herring (1947), The Turn 
of the Screw (1954). His operatic output was crowned by Death in Venice (1973). If he had written nothing 
else, these dramatic works would have marked him out as a composer of outstanding imaginative gifts. 

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