6月大学英语六级考试仔细阅读真题解析（卷二）
SectionC
passageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinished
A),B),C)andD).Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceand
markthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasingle
linethroughthecentre.
PassageOne
Questions46to50arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Economicallyspeaking,arewebetteroffthanwewere
tenyearsago?Twentyyearsago?
Intheirthirstforevidenceonthisissue,commentators
seizedontherecentreportbytheCensusBureau,which
foundthataveragehouseholdincomeroseby5.2%in.
Unfortunately,thatconclusionputstoomuchweightona
significantproblemswiththeCensus’smeasurearethat:1)it
excludestaxes,transfers,andcompensationlike
employer-providedhealthinsurance;and2)itisbasedon
dataexcludeimportantdeterminantsofeconomicwell--
being,suchasthehoursofworkneededtoearnthat
income.
Whilethinkingaboutthequestion,wecameacrossa
recentlypublishedarticlebyCharlesJonesandPeterKlenow,
whichproposesaninterestingnewmeasureofeconomic
comprehensivethanaverageincome,takingintoaccount
notonlygrowthinconsumptionperpersonbutalsochanges
canbeusedtoassesseconomicperformancebothacross
countriesandovertime.
TheJones-Klenowmethodcanbeillustratedbya