文档介绍：批判性阅读与批判性思维夏谷鸣国家基础教育课程教材专家工作委员会委员教育部“国培专家库”首批专家教育部英语教师专业标准项目学术委员中国开放大学“国培”主持专家文本“At present, China’s economy is growing over twice as fast as that of the United States. Although America still lays claim to the largest GDP in the world, China will soon overtake the US to have the largest economy in the world.” much faster is China’s economy growing than that of the US? will China overtake the US as the country with the world largest economy? country currently has the world’s largest GDP? of the following assumptions has the author made? size of the economy is the most important aspect about a will overtake the US because of its strong manufacturing capabilities current trends in growth will remain country other than the US or China could ascend to the top economic US economy is shrinking. of the following additional pieces of information would most support the author’s point of view? present India’s economy is growing 5x faster than that of China and over 10x the speed of the American economy. economists around the globe believe that China will continue to have the world’s fastest growing economy for the foreseeable is likely to fight a war with ’s government has encouraged international business in China for over thirty years, making