The first two sentences in the second paragraph tell us that ________.

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• 1In Line 8, Paragraph 1, “the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes” means ________.

  A.Americans are never satisfied with their incomes

  B.Americans tend to overstate their incomes

  C.Americans want to have their incomes increased

  D.Americans want to increase the purchasing power of their incomes

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• 2The remarkable ________ of life on the Galapagos Islands inspired Charles Darwin to establish his theory of evolution.

  A.classification

  B.variety

  C.density

  D.diversion

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• 3The news item about the fire is followed by a detailed report made ________.

  A.on the spot

  B.on the site

  C.on the location

  D.on the ground

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• 4Your improper words will give ________ to doubts concerning your true intentions.

  A.rise

  B.reason

  C.suspicion

  D.impulse

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• 5In my opinion, you can widen the ________ of these improvements through your active participation.

  A.dimension

  B.volume

  C.magnitude

  D.scope

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• 6According to the passage, a private-enterprise economy is characterized by ________.

  A.private property and rights concerned

  B.manpower and natural resources control

  C.ownership of productive resources

  D.free contracts and prices

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• 7The passage is mainly about ________.

  A.how American goods are produced

  B.how American consumers buy their goods

  C.how American economic system works

  D.how American businessmen make their profits

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• 8According to the passage, the credit card enables its owner to ________.

  A.withdraw as much money from the bank as he wishes

  B.obtain more convenient services than other people do

  C.enjoy greater trust from the storekeeper

  D.cash money wherever he wishes to

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• 9From the last sentence of the first paragraph we learn that ________.

  A.in the future all the Americans will use credit cards

  B.credit cards are mainly used in the United States today

  C.nowadays many Americans do not pay in cash

  D.it is now more convenient to use credit cards than before

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• 10The phrase “ring up sales” (Line 3, Par

  A.2) most probably means “________”.A.make an order of goods

  B.record sales on a cash register

  C.call the sales manager

  D.keep track of the goods in stock

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