A、A) A cleaning supplies firm learns that many consumers are having trouble hiring maids so it develops a plan to offer customers complete house-cleaning services.
B、B) A furniture retailer has declining sales, so it hires more salespeople and increases prices to cover the cost.
C、C) A manufacturer of industrial chemicals adapts its formulas and goes after the big consumer glue market.
D、D) A student group wants to hold an awards banquet, so it buys Tim Hortons donuts and sells them to friends who want to help the club achieve its objectives.
E、E) A sales manager tells his sales force "the inventory in the warehouse must be sold if we are to make a profit, so redouble your sales efforts."
1. Ford&39;s great strength was the manufacturing process—not invention. Long before he started a car company, he was a worker, known for picking up pieces of metal and wire and turning them into machines. He started putting cars together in 1891. Although it was by no means the first popular automobile, the Model T showed the world just how creative Ford was at combining technology and market.
2. The company&39;s assembly line alone threw America&39;s Industrial Revolution into overdrive (高速运转). Instead of having workers put together the entire car, Ford&39;s friends, who were great toolmakers from Scotland, organized teams that added parts to each Model T as it moved down a line. By the time Ford&39;s Highland Park plant was humming (嗡嗡作响) along in 1914, the world&39;s first automatic conveyor belt could turn out a car every 93 minutes.
3. The same year Henry Ford shocked the world with the $5-a-day minimum wage scheme, the greatest contribution he had ever made. The average wage in the auto industry then was $2.34 for a 9-hour shift. Ford not only doubled that, he also took an hour off the workday. In those years it was unthinkable that a man could be paid that much for doing something that didn&39;t involve an awful lot of training or education. The Wall Street Journal called the plan "an economic crime", and critics everywhere laughed at Ford.
4. But as the wage increased later to daily $10, it proved a critical component of Ford&39;s dream to make the automobile accessible (可及的) to all. The critics were too stupid to understand that because Ford had lowered his costs per car, the higher wages didn&39;t matter—except for making it possible for more people to buy cars.
Paragraph 1 ______
A Ford&39;s FollowersB The Assembly LineC Ford&39;s Great DreamD The Establishment of the CompanyE Ford&39;s Biggest ContributionF Ford&39;s Great Talent
Paragraph 2 ______
A Ford&39;s FollowersB The Assembly LineC Ford&39;s Great DreamD The Establishment of the CompanyE Ford&39;s Biggest ContributionF Ford&39;s Great Talent
Paragraph 3 ______
A Ford&39;s FollowersB The Assembly LineC Ford&39;s Great DreamD The Establishment of the CompanyE Ford&39;s Biggest ContributionF Ford&39;s Great Talent
Paragraph 4 ______
A Ford&39;s FollowersB The Assembly LineC Ford&39;s Great DreamD The Establishment of the CompanyE Ford&39;s Biggest ContributionF Ford&39;s Great Talent
The assembly line made it possible to ______.
A criticized by the mediaB the low wage in the auto industryC own a carD produce cars in large numbersE the 8-hour-shift practiceF combined technology and market
Ford was the first to adopt ______.
A criticized by the mediaB the low wage in the auto industryC own a carD produce cars in large numbersE the 8-hour-shift practiceF combined technology and market
Higher wages enabled many people to ______.
A criticized by the mediaB the low wage in the auto industryC own a carD produce cars in large numbersE the 8-hour-shift practiceF combined technology and market
Ford&39;s higher-wage and lower-cost strategy was strongly ______.
A criticized by the mediaB the low wage in the auto industryC own a carD produce cars in large numbersE the 8-hour-shift practiceF combined technology and market
a.世界上大部分的铝是由挪威或加拿大冶炼的。
b.世界上半数的大型喷气客机在西雅图生产。
c.美国和日本生产了大部分的半导体。
d.大部分苏格兰威士忌产自苏格兰。
e.许多世界上最好的葡萄酒产自法国。
Evaluate the relative importance of economies of scale and comparative advantage in causing the following:
a.Most of the world's aluminum is smelted in Norway or Canada.
b.Half of the world's large jet aircraft are assembled in Seattle.
c.Most semiconductors are manufactured in either the United States or Japan.
d.Most Scotch whiskey comes from Scotland.
e.Much of the world's best wine comes from France.
Like the press in most other countries, American newspapers range from the “sensati onal”, which feature crime, sex and rumor, to the serious, which focus on factual news and the analysis of world events.But with few exceptions American newspapers try to entertain as well as give information, for they have to compete with television.
Just as American newspapers give way to all tastes, so do they also try and apply to readers for all political persuasions.A few newspapers support extremist (过激分子)groups on the far right and on the far left, but most daily newspapers attempt to attract middle-of-the-road Americans who are essentially moderate.Many of these papers print columns by well-known journalists of different political and social views in order to present a balanced picture.
As in other democratic countries American newspapers ca n be either responsible or irresponsible, but it is generally accepted that the American press serves its country well and that it has more than once bravely uncovered political scandals (丑闻)or crimes, for instance, the Watergate Affair.The newspapers dr ew the attention of the public to the fears of the Vietnam War.
1.There are fewer national newspapers in ().
A.Britain than in the U.S.A
B.France than in Britain
C.the U.S.A.than in Britain or France
D.France than in t he U.S.A.or Britain
2.Most American newspapers try to entertain their readers because ().
A.they have to keep up a good relation with them
B.they have to compete with television
C.they have to write about crime, sex and rumor
D.t hey have to give factual news in an interesting way
3.Many American newspapers attract readers of different political tendency by ().
A.supporting extremist groups from time to time
B.inviting middle-of-the-road Americans to write articles for them
C.avoiding carrying articles about extremists
D.printing articles representing different political viewpoints
4.In this passage the underlined word “press” (Para.2) means ().
A.a machine for printing
B.the business o f printing
C.great force
D.newspapers
5.The passage is mainly about ().
A.the characteristics of American newspapers
B.the development of American newspapers
C.the functions of American newspapers
D.the m erits and shortcomings of American newspapers
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