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  When prices are low people will buy more, and when prices are high they will buy less. Every shopper knows this. But at the same time, producers want higher prices for their goods when they make more goods. According to the economic point of view, changes in the prices of goods cause changes in supply and demand. As is shown in the graph (图表), people buy fewer shoes as the price of shoes goes up. On the contrary, a decrease in the price causes an increase in demand.

  Business firms look for the perfect price at which the largest profits (利润) can be made. If the price of the shoes goes up to $ 50, the consumers (消费者) will not buy all of 3,000 shoes. The producers will have a surplus (剩余) of 2,000 shoes and they can only get $ 50,000. If the price of the shoes is lowered to $ 10, as many as 5,000 shoes can be sold. Still, only $ 50,000 is made.

1.According to this article, the main idea of the first paragraph is that ________.

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A.the lower the price is, the less people will buy

B.producers want to make more money by making fewer goods

C.every shopkeeper knows the price for goods

D.how changes in prices of shoes affect the number of shoes sold

2.From the passage, we can conclude that ________ is the best price for the consumers to buy all of the shoes which are worth the highest price.

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A.$ 30
B.$ 20
C.$ 10
D.$ 50

3.If the price of the shoes is lowered to $ 20, as many as ________ shoes can be sold. Only ________ is made.

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A.4,000; 80,000
B.2,000; 20,000
C.9,000; 90,000
D.3,000; 30,000

4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

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A.Producers and Goods

B.Price and Shoes

C.Shopkeepers and Shoes

D.Supply and Demand

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How Long Can People Live?

  She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121st birthday.

  Whe n it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s recordholder.She lived to the ripe old age of 122.So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span(寿命)?If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150-or beyond?

  Researchers don’t entirely agree on the answers.“Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135,”says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas.

  Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees.“People can live much longer than we think,”he says.“Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110.When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120.So why can’t we go higher?”

  The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing.“Anyone can make up a number,”says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan.“Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine.”

  Won’t new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries?Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120.Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most.So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller,“adding another 50 percent would get you to 120.”

  So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers?That life span is flexible(有弹性的),but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington.“We can get flies to live 50 percent longer,”he says.“But a fly’s never going to live 150 years.”

  “Of course, if you became a new species(物种),one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story,”he adds.

  Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve(进化)their way to longer life?“It’s pretty cool to think about it,”he says with a smile.

(1)

What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?

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A.

People can live to 122.

B.

Old people are creative.

C.

Women are sporty at 85.

D.

Women live longer than men.

(2)

According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ________.

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A.

the average human life span could be 110

B.

scientists cannot find ways to slow aging

C.

few people can expect to live to over 150

D.

researchers are not sure how long people can live

(3)

Who would agree that a scientist will become famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity?

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A.

Jerry Shay.

B.

Steve Austad

C.

Rich Miller

D.

George Martin

(4)

What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?

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A.

Most of us could be good at sports even at 120.

B.

The average human life span cannot be doubled.

C.

Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before.

D.

New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species.

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