Wal-Mart is not just the world's largest retailer (零售商).It's the world's largest company, which sells in three months what number-two retailer Home Depot sells in a year.

  Wal-Mart exercises its power for just one purpose: to bring the lowest possible prices to its customers.At Wal-Mart, that goal is never reached.The retailer has a clear policy for suppliers: On basic products that don't change, the price Wal-Mart will pay, and will charge shoppers, must drop year after year.But what almost no one outside the world of Wal-Mart and none of its 21,000 suppliers know is the high cost of those low prices.To survive in the face of its pricing demands, makers of everything from bikes to jeans have had to close US plants in favor of obtaining products from abroad.

  Indeed, the real story of Wal-Mart, the story that never gets told, is the story of the pressure the biggest retailer constantly applies to its suppliers in the name of bringing us "every day low prices".

  The giant retailer' s low prices often come with a high cost.Wal-Mart' s pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas.Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line? Of course, US companies have been moving jobs offshore for decades, long before Wal-Mart was a retailing power.But there is no question that the chain is helping accelerate the loss of American jobs to low-wage countries such as Thailand.

  People ask, "How can it be bad for things to come into the US cheaply?" Sure, it's great to have bargains.But you can' t buy anything if you' re not employed.

  There is no question that Wal-Mart's drive to squeeze out cost has benefited consumers.By now, it is accepted wisdom that Wal-Mart makes the companies it does business with more efficient and focused.Wal-Mart itself is known for continuous, improvement in its ability to handle, move, and track goods.It is legendary (传奇) for forcing its suppliers to redesign everything from their packaging to their computer systems.It is also legendary for quite straightforwardly telling them what it will pay for their goods.

67.How do suppliers meet the requirements of Wal-Mart?

  A.To sell even more goods in three months.

  B.To cut down the employment rate sharply.

  C.To charge shoppers at a much higher price.

  D.To run the business in a well-organized way.

68.Wal-Mart's low price policy results in ____.

  A.more high-paying jobs

  B.better designed packages

  C.bigger profit of its partners

  D.more jobless American workers

69.What can we infer from the passage?         

  A.Still more quality goods will be provided.    

  B.The food you get at Wal-Mart costs least.

  C.The value of Mal-Mart is over assessed.         

  D.Wal-Mart is a very demanding company.    

70.What's the best title for the passage?

  A.The Fortune Wal-Mart Makes

  B.The Wal-Mart you don't Know   

  C.The Biggest Retailer—Wal-Mart

  D.The Money Saving Tip in Wal-Mart

 

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