B
The
market is a concept(概念,观念). If you are growing tomatoes in your backyard for sale
you are producing for the market. You might sell some to your neighbor and some
to the local manager of the supermarket. But in either case, you are producing
for the market. Your efforts are being directed by the market. If people stop
buying tomatoes, you will stop producing them.
If you
take care of a sick person to earn money, you are producing for the market. If
your father is a steel worker or a truck driver or a doctor or a grocer, he is
producing goods or service for the market.
When you
spend your income, you are buying things from the market. You may spend money
in stores, supermarkets, gas station and restaurants. Still you are buying from
the market. When the local grocer hires you to drive the delivery truck, he is
buying your labor in the labor market.
The
market may be something abstract(抽象的). But for
each person or business who is making and selling something, it is very concrete. If nobody buys your
tomatoes, it won’t be long before you get the message. The market is telling
you something. It is telling you that you are using energies and resources in
doing something the market doesn’t want you to do.
60. Which
of the following would be the best title of the passage?
A. Selling
and Buying. B. Everything you do is
producing for the market.
C. What
is the market?
D. What the market can do for you.
61. All
of the following acts are producing for the market except .
A. working
in a bank
B. attending a night school
C. printing
a book
D. growing beans for sale
62. You
are buying from the market when you .
A. borrow
a book from the library B. drive to the seaside for
a holiday
C. look
after your children
D. dine(宴请)at
restaurant
63. The
word “concrete” in the last paragraph may most probably mean .
A. serious B. important C. necessary D. real
64. In
what way is the market very concrete for each person or business who is making
and selling something?
A. It
tells you what to produce
B. It provides you with everything you need
C. It
tells you how to grow tomatoes D. It
helps you save money
C
What
color do you like best? Do you like yellow, orange and red? If you do, you must
be an optimist, a leader, or an active person who enjoys life, people and
excitement. Do you prefer grey and blue? Then you are probably quiet, shy and
you would rather follow than lead. If you love green, you are likely to be
strong-minded and determined. You wish to succeed and want other people to see
you are successful. At least this is what psychologists tell us. They have been
seriously studying the meaning of color preference, and the effects that colors
have on human beings. They tell us that we don’t choose our favorite color as
we grow up. If you happen to love brown, you do so as soon as you open your
eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.
Black is
depressing while light and bright colors make people not only happier but more
active. A yellow room makes us feel more cheerful and more comfortable than a
dark green one does, and a red dress adds warmth and cheer to sad winter days. It
is a fact that factory workers work better, harder and have fewer accidents
when their machines are painted orange rather than black or dark grey.
Remember,
then, that if you feel low, you can always brighten your day or your life with
a few colorful things. Also remember that you will know your friends(and your enemies)better when you find out what colors they like and dislike. And don’t
forget that anyone can guess a lot about you when you choose a piece of
handkerchief.
65. According
to the passage, men’s 110-meter hurdles Olympic champion and world record
holder Liu Xiang is most likely to love the color ______.
A. black
B. green
C. grey
D. brown
66. Why
are machines painted orange in some factories, according to the passage?
A. Because
workers tend to prefer orange to other colors.
B. Because
other colors are forbidden in factories.
C. Because
orange machines are easier to clean.
D. Because
less accidents happen due to the introduction of orange machines.
67. Which
of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
A. It’s
possible to cheer you up by enjoying some colorful pictures.
B. You
can know your friends better through the color they like or dislike.
C. Some
people are born with their colorful preference.
D. One’s
color preference is always changeable.
68. The
underlined word ‘depressing’ in Paragraph 2 probably means ‘______’.
A. discouraging
B. happy C. surprising D. brave