首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The Postal System has announced that postal rates are going up yet again. On the first of the year, the price of a first-class s
The Postal System has announced that postal rates are going up yet again. On the first of the year, the price of a first-class s
admin
2011-01-13
65
问题
The Postal System has announced that postal rates are going up yet again. On the first of the year, the price of a first-class stamp will rise by 8 cents. Express mail and priority mail rates will increase by 20 percent. The rates for third-class mail will also go up, while the special book rate will be entirely eliminated. Special services such as Delivery Confirmation, Return Receipt, and Overnight Delivery will also cost more, and it has even been announced that rental rates on post office mail boxes will increase.
Everybody everywhere will be paying more for postal services next year, but one sector will be particularly hard hit. Direct-marketing companies rely on the postal system to carry out their business. These companies include catalog houses as well as sellers of mailing lists. Postal services account for a significant percentage of their costs.
Direct-marketing companies say the proposed increases in postal rates will hurt their industry and will likely even drive some into bankruptcy. "Our business is carried out almost entirely through the mail," says Esther Bergen, president of Mega Marketers, Inc., one of the largest direct-marketing companies in the country. "Of course these increases will hurt us. They will have a huge effect on the way we do business." Direct-marketing companies rely mostly on third-class mail, which is expected to have rate increases as high as 30 percent. Will this mean less junk mail arriving at your doorstep? "Possibly," says Bergen. "But the more likely outcome is that the smaller companies, which will have more difficulty absorbing the costs of the rate increases, will go under, while the larger companies will stay in business and take over the markets now covered by the smaller companies. There will probably be some increases in prices of mail-order products, but not enough to drive the average consumer away."
The word "drive" in paragraph 3, line 2, is closest in meaning to
选项
A、force
B、operate
C、transport
D、remove
答案
A
解析
The rise in postal rates will force some companies to go into bankruptcy. Choices (B) and (C) are confused with another meaning of drive-to operate a vehicle. Choice (D) does not fit the context.
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/83id777K
本试题收录于:
托业阅读题库托业(TOEIC)分类
0
托业阅读
托业(TOEIC)
相关试题推荐
InBritain,highschoolstudentscanrunabusiness!Eachbusinessrunsforoneyear.Whentheystarttheirbusiness,theyborro
Mr.Blackwasyoungandable.Thebosslikedhim.LastmonthhewassenttoChinaonbusiness.BeforehewentbackfromChina,h
Nearlyeverybodyenjoyschicken,andthemostfamousnameinchickenisKentuckyFriedChickenMr.Sanders,themanwhostarted
A、Howareyou?B、Yes,I’mlookingforagift.C、Mindyourstep.B
Ofthethreebrothers,theyoungestruns______.
Mr.Blackwasyoungandable.Thebosslikedhim.LastmonthhewassenttoChinaonbusiness.BeforehewentbackfromChina,h
NarberthLibraryoffersyoupleasurereadingandagreatnumberofinformationservices.TheLibrarywasbuiltin1921byamemb
______areassetsthatareexpectedtobeconvertedtocash,sold,orconsumedduringthenext12monthsorwithinthebusiness’
A、Theloanproposal.B、Hisrepaymentcapability.C、Thebank’smoney.D、Herownmoney.B女士担心的是男士在贷款到期时能否repay,也就是他的偿还能力。
Iconsentthatthisideaproposalissubmitted(147)andwithoutexpectationofcompensation.Youare(148)toconsideranduse
随机试题
夫妻财产制
急性水肿性胰腺炎的体征不包括()
代理建账建制的基本内容税务师代建个体工商业户简易账,按照制度规定除设置简易会计科目核算外,还要按月编制并向主管财政、税务机关报送的报表是()。(2013年真题)
下列各项中,应计入增值税一般纳税人收回委托加工物资成本的有()。
坚持理论创新和实践创新也就是在哲学上坚持()。
讨论并通过第一部《中国共产党章程》是在()。
一、注意事项1.申论考试是对应考者阅读理解能力、综合分析能力、提出问题和解决问题能力、文字表达能力的测试。2.参考时限:阅读资料40分钟,作答110分钟。3.仔细阅读给定资料,按照后面提出的“作答要求”依次作答。二、给定资料
当前全球关注的最主要的一些社会问题有()。
有一纳税人前来办理业务但资料不全,小张受理后告之有四处不对,不能受理,该纳税人情绪激动,与小张发生争吵,引起围观,你该如何处理?
Whatisthemaintopicofthetalk?
最新回复
(
0
)