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1、PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes20%)(略)PartIIReadingComprehension(30points)Directions:Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,C,andD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorr
2、espondingsetterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.(1)Modernmass-productionwayslowerthecostofmakinggoods,andthusgiveusbettervalues.Atthesametime,Americanscientistsareconstantlyatworkimprovingthequality?ofproducts.1Inthisway,betterqualityproductsatgoodvaluesar
3、econtinuallybeingbroughttothepeopleofallincomegroups.?Asanexampleofhowthisworks,whenfacialtissues（面巾）werefirstputonthemarketin1924,theyweremadeinlimitedquantitiesandsoldat65centsperboxof200.Peoplelikedthesefacialtissuesimmediatelyandbeganaskingforthemwhentheywentintodiff
4、erentstores.Becausetherewassuchademandfortheproduct,factoriesbeganmakingtissuesinlargerandlargerquantities.Becausethefactoriesweremakingtissuesingreaterquantities,theirproductioncostswerelowered,sothatthecostoftissueswentdown.Atthesametime,thequalityoffacialtissueswascon
5、stantlyimproving,becausemorefactorieswentintothebusinessofmakingtissues,andeachfactorystrovetomakehisproductbetterthanothers.Todayinsteadofcosting65cents,aboxof200facialtissuescostsaroundon-thirdofthatprice,andtheyarebothsofterandstronger.????Whenpeoplearefreetocompete—w
6、hentheyarefreetomakemorethingsandmakethembetter-everyonebenefits.1.Inregardtotheproductionofgoodsingreaterquantities,thewriterstatesthatthe______.A.priceofthegoodsshoulddrop.B.priceofthegoodsshouldrise.C.thequalityofthegoodsshouldimprove.D.thequalityshouldriseandtheprice
7、shoulddrop?2.Itcanbeinferredfromtheexamplethat______.???A.increaseddemandledtomassproduction.B.facialtissuesattractedmuchattentionwhenfirstputonthemarketfortheirlowprices.??????C.betterqualityresultedfrommassproduction.D.lowerpriceresultedinlowerqualityofthefacialtissues
8、.3.Improvedqualityoffacialtissuesresultedfrom______.A.mass-productionmethods.B.populardemandforabetterp
