Business needs to create a dissatisfied consumer because it______.
A. promotes competition
B. helps improve production
C. puts higher standard on the manufacturer
D. pushes forward product renovation
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It may sound strange but that is what many hundreds of thousands of young people in the UK do every summer. Why? Because summer is the time for outdoor music festivals. Held on a farm, the Glastonbury Festival is the most well-known and popular in the UK. It began in 1970 and was attended by one thousand five hundred people each paying an admission price of £1—the ticket included free milk from the farm.
Since then the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength--in 2004 one hundred and fifty thousand fans attended, paying £112 for tickets to the three-day event. Tickets for the event sold out within three hours. Acts included veteran (老的、著名的) superstars, such as Paul McCartney and James Brown, as well as new talents, like Franz Ferdinand and Joss Stone.
Although many summer festivals are run on a profit-making basis, Glastonbury is a charity event, donating millions of pounds to local and international charities(慈善事业).
Glastonbury is not unique in using live music to raise money for global poverty. In July of this year, the Live 8 concerts were held simultaneously (同时) in London, Pads, Rome and Bedim Superstars, such as Madonna, Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder performed in order to highlight international poverty and debt.
What does the author mean by "the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength"?
A. The festival has achieved continuing and growing success.
B. It has taken great efforts to hold the festival.
C. The festival has brought in a large amount of money.
D. There have been thousands of fans attending the festival.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听力原文:M: This is a nice bar!
W: Yes, very nice indeed.
M: Where would you like to sit, Mary?
W: I would like to sit by the piano so that I can watch the musician play.
M: Great. That's just what I was thinking.
Where would Mary like to Sit ?
A. Sit in the corner.
B. Sit by the Piano.
C. Sit near the platform.
【B8】
A. group
B. class
C. area
D. society
听力原文:Your prices seem a little high.
(5)
A. We offer large orders.
B. We can cut down the cost.
C. We could make them higher.
D. We can lower the price.