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
考研
In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list (A、B、C、
In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list (A、B、C、
admin
2009-04-27
62
问题
In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list (A、B、C、D、E、F、G……) to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are several extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. (10 points)
In 1959 the average American family paid $989 for a year’s supply of food. In 1972 the family paid $1,311. That was a price increase of nearly one-third. Every family has had this sort of experience. Everyone agrees that the cost of feeding a family has risen sharply. But there is less agreement when reasons for the rise are being discussed. Who is really responsible? Many blame the farmers who produce the vegetables, fruit, meat, eggs, and cheese that stores offer for sale. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the farmer’s share of the $1,311 spent by the family in 1972 was $521. This was 31 percent more than the farmer had received in 1959.
(41)______. They particularly blame those who process the farm products after the products leave the farm. These include truck drivers, meat packers, manufacturers of packages and other food containers, and the owners of stores where food is sold. (42)______.
Of the $1,311 family food bill in 1972, middlemen received $790, which was 33 percent more than they had received in 1959. It appears that the middlemen’s profit has increased more than farmer’s. But some economists claim that the middlemen’s actual profit was very low. According to economists at the First National City Bank, the profit for meat packers and food stores amounted to less than one per cent. During the same period all other manufacturers were making a profit of more than 5 percent. By comparison with other members of the economic system both farmers and middlemen have profited surprisingly little from the rise in food prices.
(43)______. Vegetables and chicken cost more when they have been cut into pieces by someone other than the one who buys it. A family should expect to pay more when several "TV dinners" are taken home from the store. These are fully cooked meals, consisting of meat, vegetables, and sometimes desert, all arranged on a metal dish. The dish is put into the oven and heated while the housewife is doing something else. Such a convenience costs money. (44)______.
Economists remind us that many modern housewives have jobs outside the home. They earn money that helps to pay the family food bills. The housewife naturally has less time and energy for cooking after a day’s work. She wants to buy many kinds of food that can be put on her family’s table easily and quickly. It appears that the answer to the question of rising prices is not a simple one. Producers, consumers, and middlemen all share the responsibility for the sharp rise in food costs. (45)______.
A. Economists do not agree on some of the predictions. They also do not agree on the value of different decisions. Some economists support a particular decision while others criticize it.
B. However, some economists believe that controls can have negative effects over a long period of time. In cities with rent control, the city government sets the maximum rent that a landlord(房主)can charge for an apartment.
C. Who then is actually responsible for the size of the bill a housewife must pay before she carries the food home from the store? The economists at First National City Bank have an answer to give housewives, but many people will not like it. These economists blame the housewife herself for the jump in food prices. They say that food costs more now because women don’t want to spend much time in the kitchen. Women prefer to buy food which has already been prepared before it reaches the market.
D. "If the housewife wants all of these," the economists say, "that is her privilege, but she must be prepared to pay for the services of those who make her work easier."
E. They are among the "middlemen" who stand between the farmer and the people who buy and eat the food. Are middlemen the ones to blame for rising food prices?
F. Thus, as economists point out, "Some of the basic reasons for widening food price spreads are easily traceable to the increasing use of convenience foods, which transfer much of the time and work of meal preparation from the kitchen to the food processor’s plant."
G. But farmers claim that this increase was very small compared to the increase in their cost of living. Farmers tend to blame others for the sharp rise in food prices
选项
答案
G
解析
上一段讲了美国家庭平均消费在食品上的花费在增长,那么到底应该是谁该为此负责呢?从第一段的重复词来看,作者想要强调的是农民该为此负责,所以我们在找下一段的衔接点时就应该有该话题词,故只有G选项。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/I0a4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
ThatisalessonScottSpector,15,learnedthehardway,whenhisphonestartedblastinghis"AmericanIdolTheme"ringtoneas
ThatisalessonScottSpector,15,learnedthehardway,whenhisphonestartedblastinghis"AmericanIdolTheme"ringtoneas
TheSevenWondersoftheAncientWorldwereacollectionofremarkableconstructionslistedbyvariousGreekauthors,including
Whiletherearerivalcontenders,thetitleoftheworld’sfirstdepartmentstorebelongs,perhaps,toHarding,Howell&Co’sGr
HenryKissingerpublishedanarticleintheJune2018AtlanticMonthlydetailinghisbeliefartificialintelligence(AI)threate
Studentsofmanagementtheoryhavelong【C1】______whatconstitutestheworstkindofbook—theCEOautobiographyorthemanagement
SupposeyouwanttosendyourfriendMurphyagifttothankhimforhelpingyouwithyourstudy.Writehimaletterto1)intro
WhataccountsforthegreatoutburstofmajorinventionsinearlyAmerica—breakthroughssuchasthetelegraph,thesteamboatand
Nameshavegainedincreasingimportanceinthecompetitiveworldofhighereducation.Ascollegesstriveformarketshare,they
随机试题
压力降落试井是试井时将关闭较长时间的井以某一稳定流量开井生产,用井下压力计记录井底压力随时间的降落值。()
休克时最主要的治疗是()
患儿7d,4d前曾患脐炎,未经治疗,近两天黄疸明显加重,拒食,吐奶,尖叫,前囟隆起,体重不升,应考虑为()
患者,女性,53岁。腹部隐痛4个月伴腹胀、体重下降,今日出现低热,无盗汗。查体:腹肌较紧张,有柔韧感,移动性浊音阳性,其余体征未见异常。可抽出大量血性腹腔液体。既往无结核病史。此患者最可能的诊断是
一批农村小姑娘进城打工做餐饮服务人员,为了保证安全需要接种乙肝疫苗,对疫苗接种效果进行分析时可选用下列哪项指标
场景(七)某安装公司承接某燃气发电工程,安装公司项目部根据工程特点,编制了施工组织设计,方案中规定:10003液化气球罐焊接前应进行预热,焊接工作全部完成后进行整体热处理,最后进行充水试验;设备安装中对每组垫铁的数量和调整方法作了规定;对燃气轮机刚性联轴
企业本期以30万元的价格,转让出售以前年度购入全新设备一台。该设备的原值为35万元,已提折旧12万元。转让时支付清理费用2万元。本期出售该设备影响当期损益的金额为( )万元。
以下不是中国银行业协会会员的是()。
根据下列资料,回答下列问题。2015年,某市非公有制经济实现增加值348.12亿元,比上年净增加23.69亿元,非公有制经济增加值占地区生产总值的比重为57.5%。其中,民营经济增加值335.24亿元,外商经济增加值11.84亿元,港澳台经济增加值1.0
Thepreciseinstrumentcanrecordtheslightest______inpressure.
最新回复
(
0
)