第1题:
In most cases women shoppers arc supposed to ______.
A. waste money on goods of poor quality
B. buy only the best clothes
C. be much more careful than men
D. think of the price of clothes and nothing else
46.答案为C 此考题为推理题。根据文章第4段第6句She will try on any number of things...,以及本段倒数第3句...a woman may easily spend an hour going from one counter to another before selecting the dresses she wants to try on,就可以推断出C正确。
第2题:
第3题:
A.this
B.that
C.these
D.those
第4题:
Text 4
Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agreed to supply - cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $ 26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. This near - tripling of oil prices calls up scary memories of the 1973 oil shock, when prices quadrupled, and 1979 -80, when they also almost tri- pled. Both previous shocks resulted in double - digit inflation and global economic decline. So there are the headlines warning of gloom and doom this time?
The oil price was given another push up this week when Iraq suspended oil experts. Strengthening economic growth, al the' same time as winter grips the northern hemisphere, could push the price higher still in the short Item.
Yet there are good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the 1970s. In most countries the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did in the 1970s. In Europe, tuxes account for up to four - fifths of the retail price, so even quite big changes in the price of crude have a more muted effect on pump prices than in the past.
Rich economies are also less dependent on oil than they were, and so less sensitive to swings in the 'oil price. Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption. Software, consultancy and mobile telephones use far less oil than steel or car production. For each dollar of GDP (in constant prices) rich economies now use nearly 50% less oil than in 1973. The OECD estimates in its latest Economic Outlook that, oil prices averaged $ 22 a barrel for a full year, compared with $13 in 1998, this would increase the oil import bill in rich economies by only 0.25 - 0.5% of GDP. That is less than one-quarter of the income loss in 1974 or 1980. On the other hand, oil-importing emerging economies—to which heavy industry has shifted—have become more energy-intensive, and se could he more seriously squeezed.
One more reason net to lose sleep over the rise in oil prices is that, unlike the rises in the 1970s, it has not occurred against the background of general commodity-price inflation and global excess demand. A sizable portion of the world is only just emerging from economic decline. The Economist's commodity price index is broadly unchanging from a year ago. In 1973 commodity prices jumped by 70%, and in 1979 by almost 30%.
36. The main reason for the latest rise of oil price is______.
A) global inflation
B) reduction in supply
C) fast growth in economy
D) Iraq' s suspension of exports
第5题:
A.Yes. I’m full now.
B.But the price is high.
C.Yes, thank you. They are my favorite.
D.Yes, I’d like some soup.
第6题:
------- What is the price of petrol these days
-------Oh, it ______ sharply since last month.
A. is raised
B. has risen
C. has arisen
D. is increased
第7题:
A、in the high level
B、at the high end
C、of the high standard
D、on the high side
第8题:
A、weigh
B、like
C、grow
D、increase
第9题:
He bought a new suitcase, ( ) is very high.
A、the price of which
B、price of which
C、which price
D、the price
第10题:
It can be inferred from the text that the retail price of petrol will go up dramatically if______.
A) price of crude rises
B) commodity prices rise
C) consumption rises
D) oil taxes rise