A number of values and beliefs in traditional societies tend to decrease the amount of money people are willing and able to take from their income and make available for productive investment. In many of these societies, gold and silver, houses and land have been some of the ways in which wealth has been stored. Attempts to encourage people to keep their savings in monetary form often meet strong resistance, which is simply increased in times like these of rapid inflation.

Perhaps the greatest obstacle to increasing savings and investments in the traditional society is the pressure of increasing population. In such countries, there is still a direct relationship between the amount of food available and the number of people who must be fed and thus cannot be used to increase the standard of living.

The following questions are based on the passage you have heard.

16. According to the passage how should wealth be stored for productive investment?

17. In the traditional society what effect do beliefs and values have on investment?

18. What does inflation tend to increase in the traditional society?

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16.

A) Stored as money.

B) Stored as gold and silver.

C) Stored in the house.

D) Stored on the land.

17.

A) They have no effect on investment.

B) They strongly resist investment.

C) They help to promote investment.

D) They generally tend to limit investment.

18.

A) Bank savings.

B) Productive investment.

C) Population.

D) Property purchases.

习题答案是16. A    17. D   18. D

您认为习题答案有误吗？我觉得16题应该选B。其他也没能看懂。

老师能大概讲解一下吗，我没太看懂这篇文章内容。