C. suspicion D. impulse
39.The news item about the fire is followed by a detailed report made _____.
A. on the spot B. on the site C. on the location D. on the ground
40.The remarkable ______of life on the Galopagos Islands inspired Charles Darwin to establish his theory of evolution.
A. classification B. variety C. density D. diversion
Part Ⅱ Cloze Test
The first and smallest unit that can be discussed in relation to language is the word. In speaking, the choice of words is 41 the utmost importance. Proper selection will eliminate one source of 42 breakdown in the communication cycle. Too often, careless use of words
43 a meeting of the minds of the speaker and listener. The words used by the speaker may 44 unfavorable reactions in the listener 45 interfere with his comprehension; hence, the transmission-reception system breaks down .
46 , inaccurate or indefinite words may make 47 difficult for the listener to under- stand the 48 which is being transmitted to him. The speaker who does not have specific words in his working vocabulary may be 49 to explain or describe in a 50 that can be un-derstood by his listeners.
41. A. of B. at C. for D. on
42. A. inaccessible B. timely C. likely D. invalid
43. A. encourages B. prevents C. destroys D. offers
44. A. pass out B. take away C. back up D. stir up
45. A. who B. as C. which D. what
46 . A. Moreover B. However C. Preliminarily D. Unexpectedly
47. A. that B. It C. so D. this
48. A. speech B. sense C. message D. meaning
49. A. obscure B. difficult C. impossible D. unable
50. A. case B. means C. method D. way
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension
Passage I
The American economic system is organized around a basically private-enterprise, market- oriented economy in which consumers largely determine what shall be produced by spending their money in the marketplace for those goods and services that they want most. Private businessmen ,
striving to make profits , produce these goods and services in competition with other businessmen ;
and the profit motive , operating under competitive pressures , largely determines how these goods and services are produced. Thus, in the American eoonomic system it is the demand of individual consumers , coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individu - als to maximize their incomes, that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it.
An important factor in a market-oriented economy is the mechanism by which consumer de- mands can be expressed and responded to by producers. In the American economy, this mecha- nism is provided bv a price system, a process in which prices rise and fall in response to relative demands of consumers and supplies offered by seller-producers. If the product is in short supply relative to the demand , the price will be bid up and some consumers will be eliminated from the market. If, on the other hand, producing
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