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  3. A market is commonly thought of as a place where commodities are bought and sold. Thus fruit and vegetables are sold wholesale a

A market is commonly thought of as a place where commodities are bought and sold. Thus fruit and vegetables are sold wholesale a

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问题     A market is commonly thought of as a place where commodities are bought and sold. Thus fruit and vegetables are sold wholesale at Covent Garden Market and meat is sold wholesale at Smithfield Market. But there are markets for things【C1】______commodities, in the usual【C2】______. There are【C3】______estate markets, foreign exchange markets, labour markets, short-term capital markets, and so on; there may be a market for anything that has a price. And there may be no particular place to which dealings are【C4】______. Buyers and sellers may be【C5】______over the whole world and instead of actually meeting together in a market-place they may deal with one another【C6】______telephone, telegram, cable or letter.【C7】______dealings are【C8】______to a particular place, the dealers may consist wholly or in part of agents【C9】______instructions from clients far away. Thus agents buy meat at Smithfield【C10】______retail butchers all over England; and【C11】______on the London Stock Exchange buy and sell【C12】______on instructions from clients all over the world. We must therefore define a market as any area over which buyers and sellers are in such close touch with one another, either directly or through【C13】______,【C14】______the prices【C15】______in one part of the market affect the prices paid in other parts.
    Modern means of communication are so rapid that a buyer can discover【C16】______by asking, and can accept it if he wishes,【C17】______he may be thousands of miles away. Thus the market for anything is,【C18】______, the whole world. But in fact things have, normally, only a local or national market.
    This may be because nearly the whole demand is【C19】______in one locality. These special local demands,【C20】______, are of quite minor importance. The main reason why many things have not a world market is that they are costly or difficult to transport.
【C15】
选项 A、obtrusive
B、obstinate
C、obvious
D、obtainable
答案D
解析 词汇题。词义辨析题。此句讲价格的相互影响。obtainable“可获得的，可得到的”，如：A lot of good methods are easily obtain—able in books and on the Internet．很多好方法可以轻而易举地从书上和互联网上获得。obtrusive“突出的，过分炫耀的”，如：The facade of the building was ornamented with obtrusive sculpted designs．过分炫耀的雕刻作品装饰了建筑物的正面。obstinate“倔强的，顽固的”，如：Mr．Quincy labored hard with the govemor to obtain his assent，but he was obstinate．昆西先生费了许多口舌以征得州长的同意，但州长固执己见。obvious“明显的”，如：He’s got an obvious advantage．他具有显著的优势。根据句意，显然是“可获得的价格的影响”。因此，obtainable符合题意，为正确答案。
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