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1、PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes20%)(略)PartIIReadingComprehension(30points)Directions:Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,C,andD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingsetterontheAnswer
2、Sheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.(1)Modernmass-productionwayslowerthecostofmakinggoods,andthusgiveusbettervalues.Atthesametime,Americanscientistsareconstantlyatworkimprovingthequality ofproducts.1Inthisway,betterqualityproductsatgoodvaluesarecontinuallybeingbroughttothepeopleofallincomegroups
3、. Asanexampleofhowthisworks,whenfacialtissues(面巾)werefirstputonthemarketin1924,theyweremadeinlimitedquantitiesandsoldat65centsperboxof200.Peoplelikedthesefacialtissuesimmediatelyandbeganaskingforthemwhentheywentintodifferentstores.Becausetherewassuchademandfortheproduct,factoriesbeganmakingtissue
4、sinlargerandlargerquantities.Becausethefactoriesweremakingtissuesingreaterquantities,theirproductioncostswerelowered,sothatthecostoftissueswentdown.Atthesametime,thequalityoffacialtissueswasconstantlyimproving,becausemorefactorieswentintothebusinessofmakingtissues,andeachfactorystrovetomakehispro
5、ductbetterthanothers.Todayinsteadofcosting65cents,aboxof200facialtissuescostsaroundon-thirdofthatprice,andtheyarebothsofterandstronger. Whenpeoplearefreetocompete—whentheyarefreetomakemorethingsandmakethembetter-everyonebenefits.1.Inregardtotheproductionofgoodsingreaterquantities,thewriterstat
6、esthatthe______.A.priceofthegoodsshoulddrop.B.priceofthegoodsshouldrise.C.thequalityofthegoodsshouldimprove.D.thequalityshouldriseandthepriceshoulddrop 2.Itcanbeinferredfromtheexamplethat______. A.increaseddemandledtomassproduction.B.facialtissuesattractedmuchattentionwhenfirstputonthemarketfor
7、theirlowprices. C.betterqualityresultedfrommassproduction.D.lowerpriceresultedinlowerqualityofthefacialtissues.3.Improvedqualityoffacialtissuesresultedfrom______.A.mass-productionmethods.B.populardemandforabetterp
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