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
It is said that the public and Congressional concern about deceptive (欺骗性的) packaging rumpus (喧嚣)started because Senator Hart di
It is said that the public and Congressional concern about deceptive (欺骗性的) packaging rumpus (喧嚣)started because Senator Hart di
admin
2014-01-17
44
问题
It is said that the public and Congressional concern about deceptive (欺骗性的) packaging rumpus (喧嚣)started because Senator Hart discovered that the boxes of cereals consumed by him, Mrs. Hart, and their children were becoming higher and narrower, with a decline of net weight from 12 to 10.5 ounces, without any reduction in price. There were still twelve biscuits, but they had been reduced in size. Later, the Senator rightly complained of a store-bought pie in a handsomely illustrated box that pictured, in a single slice, almost as many cherries as there were in the whole pie.
The manufacturer who increases the unit price of his product by changing his package size to lower the quantity delivered can, without undue hardship, put his product into boxes, bags, and tins that will contain even 4-ounce, 8-ounce, one-pound, two-pound quantities of breakfast foods, cake mixes, etc. A study of drugstore (杂货店) and supermarket shelves will convince any observer that all possible sizes and shapes of boxes, jars, bottles, and tins are in use at the same time, and, as the package journals show, week by week, there is never any hesitation in introducing a new size and shape of box or bottle when it aids in product differentiation. The producers of packaged products argue strongly again st changing sizes of packages to contain even weights and volumes, but no one in the trade comments unfavorably on the huge costs incurred by endless changes of package sizes, materials, shape, art work, and net weights that are used for improving a product’s market position.
When a packaging expert explained that he was able to multiply the price of hard sweets by 2.5, from $1 to $ 2.50 by changing to a fancy jar, or that he had made a 5-ounce bottle look as though it held 8 ounces, he was in effect telling the public that packaging can be a very expensive luxury. It evidently does come high, when an average family pays about $ 200 a year for bottles, cans, boxes, jars and other containers, most of which can’t be used for anything but stuffing the garbage can.
The underlined word" undue" (Para.2) means _______.
选项
A、improper
B、adequate
C、unexpected
D、excessive
答案
D
解析
词汇题。本题要求根据上下文确定undue的含义。第二段第一句中说提高产品单价的生产商通过改变包装尺寸就可以把产品包装成各种样式或各种重量,而这一切是不需要费太大力气的,所以undue的意思应该是“过多的,过份的”
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/9vFK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
AircraftCarriersareapowerfulandextremelyflexiblepartofanation’sdefense./Acarrierisflexibleinawaythatarmiesa
Kenya’sforeignministersaysheisleavinghispostbecauseof
MyhusbandChristopherwasonceafinancialplanner.Eventhoughhecouldn’tbalanceourbudget,hisclientstrustedhimimplici
Parentsoftenwonderwhattheirlittleonesareabsorbingfromthem.Forexample,mymotherhadawonderfulvocabulary.Soitma
Parentswillbeabletorunanofficialcheekonthestatusofchildmindersforthefirsttimefromtoday.Ofsted,theeducation
Thereishardlyany______hotelroomavailableduringthesummerholidays.
After______seemedanendlesswait,iiwasherturntoenterthepersonnelmanager’soffice.
Accordingtothereport,peoplefromwhichcountryworkinthelongesthoursaweek?
Atthattime,neitherBritainnorFrancewas______inreadinessfortheSecondWorldWar.
随机试题
简述小学生道德感发展的特点。
在LPC量表评价中,高LPC得分的人是以下哪一方面为导向的领导?()
2岁小儿,生后未接种卡介苗,PPD试验硬结直径20mm,正确的诊断为
A.腔道给药B.黏膜给药C.注射给药D.皮肤给药E.呼吸道给药舌下片剂的给药途径属于()
简述科学技术与教育的相互关系。
据新华社2021年9月8日报道,近日,中央纪委国家监委会同多单位联合印发《关于进一步推进()的意见》。
PlayingorganizedsportsissuchacommonexperienceintheUnitedStatesthatmanychildrenandteenagerstakethemforgranted
循环队列的存储空间为Q(1:40),初始状态为front=rear=40。经过一系列正常的入队与退队操作后,front=rear=15,此后又退出一个元素,则循环队列中的元素个数为()。
A、Inatravelagency.B、Inabank.C、Inahotel.D、Inashop.A男士说想看一下宣传册,他正在考虑出去旅游,女士回答说这里有,并询问男士想要去哪里。由此可见,女士是在旅行社工作。brochure意
Smallcommunities,withtheirdistinctivecharacter—wherelifeisstableandintenselyhuman—aredisappearing.Somehave【C1】____
最新回复
(
0
)