jobs over two years.
\are mainly public sector jobs we save, like the teachers, police officers, firefighters and others who provide vital services to our communities,\
The Obama stimulus plan will be a combination of government spending and tax cuts, proposals that will soon be debated in congress. A year ago the Bush administration and Congress implemented a much smaller $168 billion stimulus that did boost economic growth for a short time, before the economy resumed the slide that began in December 2007. That first stimulus plan, combined with big spending on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has pushed the government budget into deep deficit. Even before the planned Obama stimulus, the U.S. government was projected to be incurring a $1.2 trillion-dollar deficit in the current fiscal year. That is an amount equal to eight percent of economic output. Kevin Hasset, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, believes government spending is out of control.
\government when Bush was elected, in nominal dollar terms,\
Martin Baily, chief economist to former President Bill Clinton, worries whether foreigners will continue to buy the Treasury debt needed to fund the rapidly growing government deficit.
\where the economy is going. It is possible that it will turn around more quickly and strongly than, say, the current [Bush] administration's economic advisors think it will. In which case, the Fed [central bank] will be, you know, as scrambling like crazy. There's a sort of rein back in some of this money that it has put out there,\
At a conference about the stimulus plan on Monday, speakers including Hassett and Baily, expressed concern about the eventual inflationary impact of both greatly increased government spending and rapid increases in the money supply. Most economists, however, agree that the unprecedented severity of the credit squeeze and global slowdown requires extraordinary measures to maintain consumer purchasing power. 题目：1.According to Obama' plan, 90 percent of these jobs will be created in the
private sector. The remaining 10 percent will be in the public sector. 文本： 你的答案:
T 正确答案: T 得分:
6.00
题目：2.Bush administration and Congress implemented a much smaller $168 billion stimulus that did boost economic growth for a short time. 文本： 你的答案: T 正确答案:
T 得分:
6.00
题目：3.Kevin Hasset, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, believes
Obama's plan will be effective. 文本： 你的答案:
F 正确答案: F 得分:
6.00
题目： 4.Most economists agree that the unprecedented severity of the credit squeeze and global slowdown requires extraordinary measures to maintain consumer purchasing power. 文本： 你的答案: T 正确答案:
T 得分:
6.00
2.Exercise 2: Listening for Comprehensive Understanding: Listen to the passage and answer the following questions by filling the blank.
Experts Debate Merits of Spending to Boost US Economy
The president-elect said only government can provide the short-term boost necessary to lift the economy out of deep recession. In a January 10 radio address, Mr. Obama said his
plan to inject billions of dollars into the economy will create from three to four million new jobs over two years.
\are mainly public sector jobs we save, like the teachers, police officers, firefighters and others who provide vital services to our communities,\
The Obama stimulus plan will be a combination of government spending and tax cuts, proposals that will soon be debated in congress. A year ago the Bush administration and Congress implemented a much smaller $168 billion stimulus that did boost economic growth for a short time, before the economy resumed the slide that began in December 2007. That first stimulus plan, combined with big spending on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has pushed the government budget into deep deficit. Even before the planned Obama stimulus, the U.S. government was projected to be incurring a $1.2 trillion-dollar deficit in the current fiscal year. That is an amount equal to eight percent of economic output. Kevin Hasset, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, believes government spending is out of control.
\government when Bush was elected, in nominal dollar terms,\
Martin Baily, chief economist to former President Bill Clinton, worries whether foreigners will continue to buy the Treasury debt needed to fund the rapidly growing government deficit.
\where the economy is going. It is possible that it will turn around more quickly and strongly than, say, the current [Bush] administration's economic advisors think it will. In which case, the Fed [central bank] will be, you know, as scrambling like crazy. There's a sort of rein back in some of this money that it has put out there,\
At a conference about the stimulus plan on Monday, speakers including Hassett and Baily, expressed concern about the eventual inflationary impact of both greatly increased government spending and rapid increases in the money supply. Most economists, however, agree that the unprecedented severity of the credit squeeze and global slowdown requires extraordinary measures to maintain consumer purchasing power. 题目：1.What's Obama's plan? Obama's plan is to inject
into the
economy to create three to four million new jobs over two years. The Obama stimulus plan will be a combination of government spending and tax cuts. 文本： 你的答案:
billions of dollars 正确答案:
billions of dollars 得分:
6.00
题目：2.What's the outcome of Bush's stimulus plan? Bush's stimulus plan did boost deep deficit. 文本： 你的答案:
for a short time, but it also pushed the government budget into economic growth 正确答案:
economic growth 得分:
6.00
题目：3.What are Martin Baily's worries? Martin Baily worries whether foreigners will
continue to buy the Treasury debt needed to
the rapidly growing
government deficit. 文本： 你的答案:
fund 正确答案:
fund 得分:
6.00
3.Exercise 3: Focus-listening: Listen to the passage, and fill in the blanks with the missing information. The Obama 1 2 will be a combination of government spending and 3___. A year ago the Bush tax cuts, proposals that will soon be debated in administration and Congress implemented a much smaller $168 billion stimulus that did
4 6 economic growth for a short time, before the economy 5 _7_ that began in December 2007. That first stimulus plan, combined with big spending on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has pushed the government 8 into deep deficit. Even before the planned Obama stimulus, the U.S. government 9 10 was projected to be incurring a $1.2 trillion deficit in the 11 _. That is an amount equal to eight percent of economic output. Kevin Hasset, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, believes government spending is out of control. 题目：1.
文本：
Experts Debate Merits of Spending to Boost US Economy
The president-elect said only government can provide the short-term boost necessary to lift the economy out of deep recession. In a January 10 radio address, Mr. Obama said his plan to inject billions of dollars into the economy will create from three to four million new jobs over two years.
\are mainly public sector jobs we save, like the teachers, police officers, firefighters and others who provide vital services to our communities,\
The Obama stimulus plan will be a combination of government spending and tax cuts, proposals that will soon be debated in congress. A year ago the Bush administration and Congress implemented a much smaller $168 billion stimulus that did boost economic growth for a short time, before the economy resumed the slide that began in December 2007. That first stimulus plan, combined with big spending on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has pushed the government budget into deep deficit. Even before the planned Obama stimulus, the U.S. government was projected to be incurring a $1.2 trillion-dollar deficit in the current fiscal year. That is an amount equal to eight percent of economic output. Kevin Hasset, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, believes government spending is out of control.
\government when Bush was elected, in nominal dollar terms,\
Martin Baily, chief economist to former President Bill Clinton, worries whether foreigners will continue to buy the Treasury debt needed to fund the rapidly growing government deficit.
\where the economy is going. It is possible that it will turn around more quickly and strongly than, say, the current [Bush] administration's economic advisors think it will. In which case, the Fed [central bank] will be, you know, as scrambling like crazy. There's a sort of rein back in some of this money that it has put out there,\
At a conference about the stimulus plan on Monday, speakers including Hassett and Baily, expressed concern about the eventual inflationary impact of both greatly increased government spending and rapid increases in the money supply. Most economists, however, agree that the unprecedented severity of the credit squeeze and global slowdown requires extraordinary measures to maintain consumer purchasing power. 你的答案: