新动力:2008年12月英语四级全真模拟试题
Passage Two
Consumers are frequently unaware that about 30 percent of nation wide department stores are franchised(给予经销权) with numerous outlets. Chain stores are a group of retail stores that are supervised or coordinated by centralized management. From a business perspective, chain stores have numerous advantages over independent stores, one of which is that the parent company almost always has the credit to purchase large quantities of goods to supply to its outlets and to receive a discount for placing such an order. Through the centralized system of distribution, chain stores can absorb the cost and price differential and attract consumers with various physical and psychological needs. They can also distribute their operating costs for accounting, advertising, marketing, merchandising, and transportation.
In general, approximately 50 percent of gross product cost results from the associated marketing research and distribution. While research focuses on the probable market segments, it strongly considers consumer behavior and cognitive motives rather than the actual prices of goods. Similarly, the cost increase in the multiple channels of distribution accounts for about 23 percent of the unit price. By combining their marketing resources and distribution and networks, franchise outlets can avoid performing whole stages of marketing studies and layers of distribution networks to reduce unit prices. It is the central company that conducts marketing and communicates with manufacturers, thus controlling production decisions and the pricing policy. Franchises operate according to their contracts with the parent company and pay it a fraction of their net gains. They symbolize a brand name and identify their goods with a particular range of quality that sets it apart from other similar products. Essentially, chain stores convert consumer brand name loyalty into profit; this factor determines franchise proliferation and results in a relatively low degree of failure.
62.What is the passage mainly about?
A) The Marketing of Chain Store Products
B) Marketing Studies and Distribution Networks
C) The Mechanism of Chain Stores
D) Pricing and Distribution
63.It can be inferred from the passage that chain stores____________.
A) are more profitable than department stores
B) can reduce their operating costs by the centralized management system
C) enjoy more freedom in pricing.
D) have a greater appeal than the parent company
64.Who is responsible for the marketing and communicating with the manufacturers according to the passage?
A) The parent company
B) Retailers
C) Chain stores
D) Independent outlets
65.What does " a fraction of their net gains"(Para.2) mean?
A) a certain amount of their net profit
B) a small amount of their net profit
C) part of their net profit
D) a large amount of their net profit
66.It can be inferred from the passage that the parent company probably dictates__________.
A) what sales personnel are employed
B) what profit an outlet makes
C) how products are sold
D) how goods are advised
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
What makes a home? Love and sympathy and confidence. It is a place 67 kindly affections 68 among all the members of the family. The parents take good care of their children, and the children are interested in the 69 of their parents. Thus all of them are 70 together by affection, and they find their home to be the 71 place in the world.
A home without love is no more a home72 a body without a 73 is a man. A man may 74 a successful and prosperous life, but prosperity alone can 75 76 happiness. Many great personages in the world history had 77 affections for their homes.
Your home may be poor and 78, but your duty lies there. You should try to make it cheerful and comfortable. The 79 the difficulties, the richer will be your 80.
A home is more than a family dwelling. It is a school in which people are trained for 81. A man will not 82 good service to his country if he can do nothing good for his home; for in 83 as he loves his home, will he love his country. The home is the 84 of true patriotism. It is the secret of social 85 and national greatness. It is the basis and 86 of civilization.
Consumers are frequently unaware that about 30 percent of nation wide department stores are franchised(给予经销权) with numerous outlets. Chain stores are a group of retail stores that are supervised or coordinated by centralized management. From a business perspective, chain stores have numerous advantages over independent stores, one of which is that the parent company almost always has the credit to purchase large quantities of goods to supply to its outlets and to receive a discount for placing such an order. Through the centralized system of distribution, chain stores can absorb the cost and price differential and attract consumers with various physical and psychological needs. They can also distribute their operating costs for accounting, advertising, marketing, merchandising, and transportation.
In general, approximately 50 percent of gross product cost results from the associated marketing research and distribution. While research focuses on the probable market segments, it strongly considers consumer behavior and cognitive motives rather than the actual prices of goods. Similarly, the cost increase in the multiple channels of distribution accounts for about 23 percent of the unit price. By combining their marketing resources and distribution and networks, franchise outlets can avoid performing whole stages of marketing studies and layers of distribution networks to reduce unit prices. It is the central company that conducts marketing and communicates with manufacturers, thus controlling production decisions and the pricing policy. Franchises operate according to their contracts with the parent company and pay it a fraction of their net gains. They symbolize a brand name and identify their goods with a particular range of quality that sets it apart from other similar products. Essentially, chain stores convert consumer brand name loyalty into profit; this factor determines franchise proliferation and results in a relatively low degree of failure.
62.What is the passage mainly about?
A) The Marketing of Chain Store Products
B) Marketing Studies and Distribution Networks
C) The Mechanism of Chain Stores
D) Pricing and Distribution
63.It can be inferred from the passage that chain stores____________.
A) are more profitable than department stores
B) can reduce their operating costs by the centralized management system
C) enjoy more freedom in pricing.
D) have a greater appeal than the parent company
64.Who is responsible for the marketing and communicating with the manufacturers according to the passage?
A) The parent company
B) Retailers
C) Chain stores
D) Independent outlets
65.What does " a fraction of their net gains"(Para.2) mean?
A) a certain amount of their net profit
B) a small amount of their net profit
C) part of their net profit
D) a large amount of their net profit
66.It can be inferred from the passage that the parent company probably dictates__________.
A) what sales personnel are employed
B) what profit an outlet makes
C) how products are sold
D) how goods are advised
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
What makes a home? Love and sympathy and confidence. It is a place 67 kindly affections 68 among all the members of the family. The parents take good care of their children, and the children are interested in the 69 of their parents. Thus all of them are 70 together by affection, and they find their home to be the 71 place in the world.
A home without love is no more a home72 a body without a 73 is a man. A man may 74 a successful and prosperous life, but prosperity alone can 75 76 happiness. Many great personages in the world history had 77 affections for their homes.
Your home may be poor and 78, but your duty lies there. You should try to make it cheerful and comfortable. The 79 the difficulties, the richer will be your 80.
A home is more than a family dwelling. It is a school in which people are trained for 81. A man will not 82 good service to his country if he can do nothing good for his home; for in 83 as he loves his home, will he love his country. The home is the 84 of true patriotism. It is the secret of social 85 and national greatness. It is the basis and 86 of civilization.
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