Which of the following statements is always true according to the surveys mentioned in the
A. Consumers will postpone buying things if they think prices will decrease.
B. Consumers tend to spend their money quick if they think the price will increase.
C. The price situation has an influence on consumers' behavior.
D. Traditional assumptions about earning and spending have their own reasons.
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听力原文: The most important message that humans deliver to one another often comes in just three words. Think of "I love you" or "There's no charge". One of the phrases that I found most useful is this, "I'll be there". "I'll be there", and if you ever have to call a plumber over the weekend you know how good these words can feel. If you heard them after having car trouble on the road and used a last coin to call a friend, you know the feeling too. "Grandma, I'm graduating in June." "I'll be there." "Fanny, I'm stuck in the office and can't get to the airport to meet my sister." "I'll be there." "Mum, the baby cries all night, and if I don't get some sleep I will perish." "I'll be there."
One person who really knows how to be there is Elizabeth, the queen mother of England. During the air attack on London in 1940, she was asked whether the little princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose would leave London for their safety. The Queen replied "The children would not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does." The Queen would not leave the country at any circumstances however. "I'll be there."
Another three-word phrase is one of the hardest to learn to say. It's "Maybe you're right". If more people would say "Maybe you're right", the marriage conciliators would go out of business. I know from experience it can have a charming effect in an argument.
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A. They can be used to do business with people.
B. They can be used to express all kinds of feelings.
C. They can be used to deliver all the messages in our life.
D. They can be used to convey our most important messages to people.
A.He tried to warn bus riders of pickpockets.B.He filmed how pickpockets targeted bus
A. He tried to warn bus riders of pickpockets.
B. He filmed how pickpockets targeted bus riders.
C. He stole a wad of money from a well-dressed Italian man.
D. He got acquainted with two skillful pickpockets.
A.To show that mindless graffiti can provoke violence.B.To show that Londoners have a
A. To show that mindless graffiti can provoke violence.
B. To show that Londoners have a special liking for graffiti.
C. To show that graffiti, in some cases, can constitute a crime.
D. To show that graffiti can make the environment more colorful.
听力原文:M: Hey, Jane. What's so interesting?
W: Hi, Tom. I'm reading this fascinating article on the societies of the Ice Age.
M: (19)The Ice Age? There weren't any societies then, just a group of people living in the cave.
W: That's what people used to think. But a new exhibit of the America museum of natural history showed Ice Age people were surprisingly advanced. You may never hear of it.
M: Oh, really? In what ways?
W: (20)Well, Ice Age people were the inventors of language, art, and music as we know it. And they didn't live in caves, they built their own shelters.
M: What did they use to build them? The cold weather would have killed off most of the trees so they couldn't have used wood. Of course they couldn't live in the ice blocks.
W: In some of the warmer climate, they did build the houses of wood. In other places, they used animal bones and skins or lived in natural stone shelters.
M: How did they stay warm? Animal skin wails don't sound very sturdy(坚固的).
W: (21)Well, it says here that in the early Ice Age, they often faced the house towards south to take the advantage of the sun, a primitive sort of solar heating.
M: Hey, that's pretty smart. But when night comes, it is still a problem to keep warm.
W: They had some solution. People in the late Ice Age even insulated their homes by putting heated stones on the floor. They also have some creative ways to make their life better.
M: All these sound interesting. (22) Can I read that magazine article after you're done? I think I can use some of the knowledge for my recent paper.
W: Yes, sure.
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A. They lived in caves.
B. They traveled in groups.
C. They had an advanced language.
D. They ate mostly fruits.