More attention was paid to the quality of production in France at the time of Ren Coty.C

harles Deschanel was then the financial minister.He stressed that workmanship and quality were more important than quantity for industrial production.It would be necessary to produce quality goods for the international market to compete with those produced in other countries.The French economy needed a larger share of the international market to balance its import and export trade.French industrial and agricultural production was still inadequate to meet the immediate needs of the people，let alone long-ranged developments.Essential imports had stretched the national credit to the breaking point.Rents were tightly controlled，but the extreme inflation affected general population most severely through the cost of food.Food costs took as much as 80 percent of the workers' income.Wages，it is true，had risen.Extensive family allowances and benefits were paid by the state，and there was full-time and overtime employment.Taken together，these factors enabled the working class to exist but allowed them no sense of security.In this precarious(不安定的)and discouraging situation，workmen were willing to work overseas for higher wages.The government was reluctant to let workers leave the country.It was feared that this migration of workers would deplete the labor force.The lack of qualified workers might hinder the improvement in the quality of industrial products produced.Qualified workers employed abroad would only increase the quantity of quality goods produced in foreign countries.Also the quantity of quality goods produced in France would not be able to increase as part of its qualified labor force moved to other countries.

1. According to the passage，the French workers were _____.

A. willing to work overseas

B. able to save more money with the increase in his wages

C. anxious to work abroad

D. often unable to find work in France

2. The French government was reluctant to let the workers leave the country，because _____.

A. it would enlarge the working force

B. it would hinder the improvement of quality in industrial production

C. it would hinder the increase in quantity of exports

D. it would damage the imports

3. Rents in France _____.

A. were extremely high

B. were tightly controlled

C. took as much as 80 percent of the workers' income

D. had doubled in two years

4. According to the passage，French production _____.

A. was inadequate to meet the needs of the French people

B. was flooding the international market with inferior products

C. emphasized industrial production at the expense of agricultural production

D. was enough for the local market

5. According to the passage the French government _____.

A. prohibited the French workers to work abroad

B. reduced taxes to fight inflation

C. paid family allowances and benefits

D. prohibited the French workers to join labor unions