lentine's
Day, when the price of a dozen roses and delivery can soar as high as $150, 12
of Roses Only's most expensive flowers sell for just $35. The company's key to
success is to hold prices down by controlling every link in the rose chain可知选C。24．Which of the following shows the structure of the passage? (The numbers stand for the paragraphs)
A． B． C． D．
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24C考查文章结构。根据文章总体可知，第一段提出问题；第二、三、四段分述三个特点；第五段总结叙述圆滑的意义。
B
[2010·浙江鲁迅中学高三适应性考试]
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Nothing says love like a dozen long – stemmed roses on Valentine’s Day. More than a million roses will be sold during this festival for lovers, the biggest day of the year for the nation’s rose industry. It’s going to remain the most popular flower because love never goes out of style.
Yes, a rose is a rose. But selling them is no
longer a beautiful experience for traditional flower shops. Supermarkets now
offer co
nvenience
to the busy and discount rose shops help those hopelessly in love save money.
Roses only is a good example of a discount rose retailer that was transformed from
a traditional shop to answer the challenge in the’ 90s.
Inside this store on Sixth Avenue near 40 th Street, contemporary white
furniture and wall – to – wall mirrors give it an expensive look. Customers
move about freely among the counters, looking eagerly at the 
roses
in more than 50 colors from shelf to shelf. Some customers say it’s the high
quality of the roses that attracts them there. “I spent $ 20 but the flowers
looked like I paid 60 or 70 dollars,” says one customer.
Studies show more people are buying roses in
ones, two and threes these days. In fact, more than half of all roses are sold
in bunches of fewer than a dozen. But Roses Only's low prices encourage people
to spend. Even on Valentine's Day, when the price of a dozen roses and delivery
can soar as high as $150, 12 of Roses Only's most expensive flowers
sell for just $35. The company's key to success is to hold prices down by
controlling every link in the rose chain. It grows its own roses in the
sunshine of the Andes
Mountains. In addition,
the company also sells other items such as ballons and stuffed animals.
While discount rose retailers are witnessing their business bloom, U.S. rose growers aren’t able to compete with the fierce foreign competition. More than 57% of roses sold in the USA are grown in other countries. The biggest foreign producers are Colombia and Ecuador, which accounted for almost 90% of the total imported last year. The trend has hurt domestic rose growers such as Johnson Flowers of California, considered to be this country's leading producer.
Now,
instead of fighting overseas rivals, the Johnsons are try
ing to
work with them. "We have a few big fighting overseas rivals, the Johnsons
are trying to work with them. “We may also widen our business to include the service
area and be a representative for overseas flower producers.”
As a result of severe competition, those in the rose business long for the good old days, whereas ordinary people benefit from the low price.
ecting
someone to say “hello”, but no one spoke to me.”可推知选B。