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　　Passage1

　　Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

　　Ascientistwhowantstopredictthewayinwhichconsumers（消费者）willspendtheirmoneymuststudyconsumerbehavior.Hemustobtaindatabothontheresourcesofconsumersandonthemotivesthattendtoencourageordiscouragemoneyspending.

　　Ifaneconomistwereaskedwhichofthreegroupsborrowmost―peoplewithrisingincomes,Stableincomes,ordecreasingincomes―hewouldprobablyanswer,thosewithdecreasingincomes.Actuallyyears1947―1950,theanswerwas:

peoplewithrisingincomes.

　　Peoplewithdecreasingincomeswerenextandpeoplewithstableincomesborrowedtheleast.Thisshowsusthattraditionalassumptions（假设）aboutearningandspendingarenotalwaysreliable.Anothertraditionalassumptionisthatifpeoplewhohavemoneyexpectpricestogouptheywillhastentobuy.Iftheyexpectpricestogodown,theywillpostponebuying.Butresearchsurveyshaveshownthatthisisnotalwaystrue.Theexpectationsofpriceincreasesmaynotstimulatebuying.

　　Onetypicalattitudewasexpresserbythewifeofamechanicinaninterviewatatimeofrisingprices.“Inafewmonths,”shesaid,“we’llhavepaymoreformeatandmilk;

we’llhavelesstospendonotherthings.“Herfamilyhadbeenplanningtobuyanewcarbuttheypostponedthispurchase.Furthermore,theriseinpricesthathasalreadytakenplacemaybedislikedandbuyer’sresistancemaybeproduced.Thisisshownbythefollowingtypicalcomment:

“Ijustdon’tpaytheseprices;

theyaretoohigh.”

　　TheinvestigationsmentionedabovewerecarriedoutinAmerica;

conditionmosthelpfultospendingappearstobepricestability.Ifpriceshavebeenstableandpeopleconsiderthattheyarereasonable,theyarelikelytobuy.Thus,itappearsthatthecommonbusinesspolicyofmaintainingstablepricesisbasedonacorrectunderstandingofconsumerpsychology（心理学）.

　　1.Accordingtothepassage,ifonewantstopredictthewayspendtheirmoney,heshould_______

　　A.relyontraditionalassumptionsaboutearningandspending

　　B.trytoencourageordiscourageconsumerstospendmoney

　　C.carryoutinvestigationsonconsumerbehaviorandgetdataonconsumersincomesandmoneyspendingmotives

　　D.doresearchesinconsumerpsychologyinalaboratory.

　　2.Accordingtoparagraph2,onetraditionalassumptionisthatpeoplewith________incomesborrowmost.

　　A.averageB.stableC.decreasingD.rising

　　3.Accordingtoparagraph2,researchsurveyshaveprovedthat_________

　　A.priceincreasesalwaysstimulatepeopletohastentobuythings

　　B.risingpricesmaymakepeopleputofftheirpurchaseofcertainthings

　　C.womenaremoresensitivetotherisinginpricesthanmen

　　D.theexpectationsofpriceincreasesoftenmakebuyersfeelangry.

　　4.Fromtheresultsofthesurveys,thewriterofthisarticle_________

　　A.concludesthatthesavingandspendingpatternsinGreatBritainarebetterthanthoseinAmerica

　　B.concludesthattheconsumersalwaysexpectpricestoremainstable

　　C.concludesthatmaintainingstablepricesisacorrectbusinesspolicy

　　D.doesnotdrawanyconclusion

　　5.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisalwaysTRUEaccordingtothesurveysmentionedinthepassage?

　　A.Consumerswillputoffbuyingthingsiftheyexpectpricestodecrease.

　　B.Consumerswillspendtheirmoneyquicklyiftheyexpectpricestoincrease

　　C.Thepriceconditionhasaninfluenceonconsumerbehavior

　　D.Traditionalassumptionsaboutearningandspendingarereliable.

　　Passage2

　　Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

　　Theyoungpeoplewhotalkofthevillageasbeing“dead”aretalkingnothingbutnonsense,asintheirheartstheymustsurelyknow.

　　No,thevillageisnotdead.Thereismorelifeinitnowthanthereeverwas.Butitseemsthat“Villagelife”isdead.Goneforever.Itbegantodecline（衰落）aboutahundredyearsago,whenmanygirlslefthometogointoserviceintownmanymilesaway,andmenalsolefthomeinincreasingnumberinsearchofawork,andhomewaswhereworkwas.

　　Therearestillanumberofpeoplealivetodaywhocanremember.What“villagelife”meanttheearlyyearsofthepresentcentury?

Itmeantknowingandbeingknownbyeverybodyelseinthevillage.Itmeantfindingyourentertainmentinthevillageofwithinwalkingdistanceofit.Itmeanthousewivestiedtothehomealldayandeveryday.Itmeantgoingto