Reading Comprehension

Questions are based on the following passage.

Modem mass·production methods lower the cost of making goods，and thus give US better values.At the same time，American ingenuity(独创性)and science are constantly at work improving the quality of products.(79)In this way better quality products at good Values are continually being brought to the people of all income groups.

As an example of how this worked，when facial tissues(面巾纸)were first put on the market in 1924,they were made in limited quantities and sold 65 cents per box of 200. People like these facial tissues immediately and began asking for them when they went into different stores because there was such a demand for the product ,manufacturers began making tissues in larger and larger quantities because the manufacturers were making tissues in greater quantities,their

production costs were lowered，SO that the price of tissues went down.(80)In the meanwhile,The quality of facial tissues was constantly improving, because more manufacturers went into the business of making tissues,and each manufacturer strove to make his product better than his competitors'.Today,instead of costing 65cents，a box of 200 tissues costs around one-third of

that price，and they are both softer and stronger. When people are free to compete-when they are free to make more things and make them better-everyone benefits.

第1题单选 In regard to the production of goods in greater quantities.the author states that__________

A.the price of the goods should drop

B.the quality of the goods should improve

C.the price and the quality should both rise

D.the quality and the price should both drop

参考答案：A

第2题单选 Ⅵmen the demand for facial tissues increased,__________ .

A.the supply was quickly exhausted

B.its price went up

C.the manufacturers tried to improve their quality

D.more manufacturers went into the business of making tissues

参考答案：D

第3题单选 Improved quality of facial tissues resulted from__________

A.mass-production methods

B.popular demand for a better product

C.a decrease in production costs

D.competition among manufacturers

参考答案：D

第4题单选 According to the passage,we can see that lower prices and better quality occur__________

A.as a result of the effect of one on the other

B.always at the same time

C.independently of each other

D.when the demand exceeds the supply

参考答案：B

第5题单选 The author believes that in a nation where free enterprise (自由企业制) exists, manufacturers will produce__________

A.as much as they like

B.better quality merchandise (商品)

C.more than they are able to sell

D.both A and B

参考答案：D

Questions are based on the following passage.

If you smoke--particularly cigarettes--you are far more likely than a non-smoker to suffer or die from several major diseases--notably lung cancer.

One smoker in four dies prematurely (过早地) because of his smoking. The risk of dying for a heavy smoker (between the ages of 35 and 55) is roughly equal to the risk run by a non-smoker 10 years older.

Cigarette smoking--and to a lesser degree pipe and cigar smoking-may aggravate(使恶化)or be partly responsible for the development of a wide variety of other diseases, which include

cancers of the mouth and throat, peptic ulcers (胃溃疡), and loss of teeth.

(78) Women who smoke during pregnancy produce babies on average about 5 to 8 ounces lighter than those who don't.

Take lung cancer for example:

Britain's lung cancer figures are the highest in the world, and still rising. Ninety people die every day, 33,000 in 1969. Almost all these deaths can be attributed directly to tobacco smoking.

(79)The prospects of a cure for lung cancer are, at present, remoter ,and it is impossible to estimate when, if ever, someone will find one. You would be foolish to rely on someone finding a cure before you needed it.

One man in eight who die between the ages of 35 and 64 is killed by lung cancer. The figures for women in this age group are lower, about 1 in 20. This is partly because women smoke less, and have not smoked as long. But the figures are still very high.

第6题单选 According to the passage, lung cancer __________

A.is the major cause of death between the ages of 35 and 55

B.is most often caused by smoking

C.never affects non-smokers

D.has nothing to do with smoking

参考答案：B

第7题单选 Women who smoke during pregnancy produce ~

A.lighter babies than those who don't

B.heavier babies than those who don't

C.babies who can't live long

D.babies who suffer from heart diseases

参考答案：A

第8题单选 The cure for lung cancer __________

A.can be found before long

B.is available if one needs it

C.is unknown at present

D.will be found before you need it

参考答案：C

第9题单选 The passage suggests that women __________

A.smoke as much as men

B.react better than men to smoking

C.are affected by smoking only during pregnancy

D.run the same risks as men if they smoke

参考答案：D

第10题单选 What is the main idea of the passage?

A.Man-smokers live shorter than woman-smokers.

B.All the deaths in Britain result directly from tobacco smoking.

C.Smoking is the main killer of babies.

D.Smoking can give rise to several major diseases.

参考答案：D

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