The survey proves Gilbert's point that money increases happiness only when______.

A．basic needs have already been met

B．it relieves the utmost poverty

C．it satisfies all people's wants

D．it guarantees a life of luxury

______had I bought the computer______I regretted spending so much money on it.

A．After; that

B．Not only; but

C．As soon as; and

D．No sooner; than

Why doesnt the man quit？

A．He can"t support himself right now.

B．He was given more money than others.

C．He can"t find another job.

D．He needs the salary from the work.

He looked at the gold with _____ （貪婪的) eyes. He always wanted to have more money tha

n he really needed.

A、general

B、genuine

C、weary

D、greedy

is received before noon _______your money back.

A．if

B．nor

C．unless

D．or

聽力原文：W：You know，the Mikes have invested all their money in stocks．

M：They may think that's a wise move but that's the last thing I'd do．

Q：What's the man's opinion about the Mikes' investment？

(15)

A．He believes the Mikes have done a sensible thing.

B．He doesn't think the Mikes' investment is a wise move.

C．He doesn't think the Mikes should move to another place.

D．He believes it is better for the Mikes to invest later.

ive comfortable lives without the support of a public welfare system. Medical care in the United States is expensive; university education can cost ＄20,000 per year; living well after a worker retires requires more money than will be paid through the Social Security System. Most Americans prepare for those needs by saving a part of their salaries in saving banks; others invest in industries or service corporations in hopes of receiving greater profits. Most Americans also buy insurance of many kinds. In buying insurance, a working person agrees to pay a set sum of money every month or at other regular intervals. In exchange, he or she receives money when needed. Life insurance guarantees a sum of money to survivors of the person in case of death. Medical and hospital insurance guarantees payment of large medical and hospital bills. There is also dental insurance and insurance that pays money when a home burns down. An American can also insure a car, furniture or other personal belongings.

Other benefits for working Americans are provided by the companies they work for or the labor unions to which they belong.

All large businesses and many smaller ones offer their workers benefits. These benefits can include free or low-cost medical insurance and life insurance. Many companies also have retirement plans. The companies put money aside to pay their workers when they retire. There are also profit-sharing plans through which extra money is put aside for workers when the company makes a great deal of money in any one year.

Many labor unions also have special funds from which workers can receive monthly checks when they retire or if they become disabled and cannot work. Some unions also pay for medicine that the workers need but which may not be purchased by medical insurance. Some pay workers a small amount of money if they lose their jobs.

The cost of higher education is usually paid by a combination of private savings, income from a part-time job held by the student, and low interest loans or grants of money given to needy students by the federal government but administered by the university.

How do most of the Americans pay for their huge expense of living？

A．By working for long hours.

B．By saving a part of their salaries.

C．By setting up their own industries.

D．By working for services.

nd services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a very complex net work composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a great number of services, including labour, professions, transportation, and public-utility services. The interrelationship of all these prices makes the "system" of prices. The price of any particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else.

If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define "price", many would reply that price is an amount paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service, or the money value of a product or service as agreed upon in market transaction. This definition is, of course, valid as for it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the money involved must be known. Both the buyer and seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form. of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that apply to the transaction, guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return privilege, and other factors. In other words both the buyers and sellers should be fully aware of all the factors that compose the total "package" being exchanged for the asker for amount of money in order that they may evaluate a given price.

What is the best title for the passage？

A．The Inherent Weaknesses of the Price System.

B．Credit Terms in Transactions.

C．Resource Allocation and the Public Sector.

D．The Complexities of the Price System.

？Read the article below about price system, and the questions on the opposite page.

？For each question 13--18, mark one letter (A, B, C, or D) on your Answer Sheet for the answer you choose.

PRICE SYSTEM

Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a very complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad of services, including labor, professional transportation, and public utility services. The interrelationships of all these prices make up the "system" of prices. The price of any particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to supply to the transaction, guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return privileges, and other factors. In other words, both buyer and seller depend more or less upon everything else. If one were to ask randomly selected individuals to define "price", many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product of service or, in other words, that price is the money value of a product of service as agreed upon in a market transaction.

This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the amount of money involved must be known. Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form. of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that should be fully aware of all the factors that comprise the total "package" being exchanged for the asked--for amount of money in order that they may evaluate a given price.

What is the main idea of the passage？

A．The Inherent Weaknesses of the Price System.

B．The Complexities of the Price System.

C．Credit Terms in Transactions.

D．Resource Allocation and the Public Sector,

Women' s Right Movement

1．Women's rights are guarantees(保證)of political, social and economic equality for women in a society that traditionally gives more power and freedom to men．Among these rights are control of property, equality of opportunity in education and employment, right of voting, and freedom of marriage．Today, complete political, economic and social equality with men remains to be achieved.

2．Male control was obvious from the time of the earliest written historical records.probably as a result of men's role in hunting and warfare．The belief that women were naturally weaker and inferior to men was also found in god-centered religions．Therefore,in most traditional societies, women generally were at a disadvantage．Their education was limited to learning domestic skills, and they had no access to positions of power．A woman had no legal control over her person, her own land and money, or her children.

3．The Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution．which caused economic and social progress, provided a favorable climate for the rise of women's rights movement in the late 18th and 19~ eenrury．In 1848, more than 100 persons held the first women's rights convention in New York, and the feminists(女權(quán)主義者)demanded equal rights, ineluding the vote.

4．In the late 1960s, women made up about 40 percent of the work force in England,

France, Germany, and the United States．This figure rose to more than 50 percent by the mid-1980s．A commission under the President was established in 1960 to consider equal opportunities for women．Acts of Congress entitled them to equality in education, employment, and legal rights．In 1964, the Civil Rights Act, initially intended only for blacks,Was eXtended to Women．

5．The objectives of the women’s movement included equal pay for equal work，federal support for daycare centers，recognition of lesbian(女同性戀者)rights，making abortion(墮胎)legal，and the focus of serious attention on the problems of forced sex relations。wife and child heating，and discrimination against older and minority women．

A．Goals of Women’s Right Movement

B．History of Women’s Right Movement

C．Start ol Women’s Right Movement

D．Traditional Status Of Wornen

E．Rights of Women

F．Development of Women’s Right Movement

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