英语练习(2011.11).doc

Part I Listening Comprehension ( 20 minutes 20% ) (略) Part II Reading Comprehension (30 points) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding setter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. (1) Modern mass-production ways lower the cost of making goods, and thus give us better values. At the same time, American scientists are constantly at work improving the quality爋f products. 1 In this way, better quality products at good values are continually being brought to the people of all income groups. 燗s an example of how this works, when facial tissues（面巾）were first put on the market in 1924, they were made in limited quantities and sold at 65 cents per box of 200. People liked these facial tissues immediately and began asking for them when they went into different stores. Because there was such a demand for the product, factories began making tissues in larger and larger quantities. Because the factories were making tissues in greater quantities, their production costs were lowered, so that the cost of tissues went down . At the same time, the quality of facial tissues was constantly improving, because more factories went into the business of making tissues, and each factory strove to make his product better than others. Today instead of costing 65 cents, a box of 200 facial tissues costs around on-third of that price, and they are both softer and stronger.?牋?When people are free to compete?when they are free to make more things and make them better-everyone benefits. 1. In regard to the production of goods in greater quantities, the writer states that the______. A. price of the goods should drop. B. price of the goods should rise. C. the quality of the goods should improve. D. the quality should rise and the price should drop ?. It can be infe