Passage 2
The numbers are surprising: millions of people getting off poverty in a generation, billions of dollars in wealth created every year. In the past two decades, two out of five Indonesians escaped poverty. Asian exports went from less than one-seventh of the world total to almost 30%. No wonder people call it the Asian Economic Miracle. But to the workers and 14-hour-a-day entrepreneurs, it was nothing magical. Just plain hard work, business sense, a taste for risks, and a bit of luck.
Today, China, Japan, India, Indonesia and South Korea are among the world’s 12 largest economies. High-profile Asian businesses like Toyota, Samsung, Hongkong Bank and Singapore Airlines are now also global giants. And the growth formula of enterprise, investment and exports has crossed borders and waters. China and other socialist economies of Asia are following the trail blazed by Japan, the newly industrialized countries (NICs) and ASEAN.
Now Asia is re-inventing the miracle. The affluent middle class created by the boom is taking over from exports as the main engine of growth. Also adding to the thrust is infrastructure spending to support future expansion. Asian investment and trade are developing new markets and production centers right inside Asia. Japan and the NICs are passing labor-intensive sectors like garment-making over to less developed nations and moving into advanced technology and services.
Greater wealth has brought a down side. Many Asians have abandoned their traditional diets for many types of fat-laden foods. So, in addition to becoming taller, they are also becoming fatter. And they are growing more susceptible to diseases such as diabetes. Bad eating habits combined with stress have made cancer, heart disease and strokes into major killers.
48.The economic development modes of the Asian countries are very different.
A、True
B、False
【正确答案】：B
【名师解析】:题目内容指出亚洲国家通过企业、投资和出口的增长模式实现了经济奇迹，并且亚洲国家正在重新创造这一奇迹，富裕的中产阶级成为增长的主要引擎，基础设施投资支持未来扩张，亚洲的投资和贸易正在亚洲内部发展新的市场和生产中心。此外，文中提到日本和亚洲新兴工业化国家正在将劳动密集型产业转移到欠发达国家，转向更先进的技术和服务业。这些信息表明亚洲国家在经济发展模式上存在相似之处，但并没有提供足够的信息来证明它们的经济发展模式完全不同。因此，题目的陈述“亚洲国家的经济发展模式非常不同”是不正确的。所以正确答案是选项B.False。
