The first paragraph is intended to ________.
A、suggestthatself-medicationhasalonghistoryA
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PartIVTranslation
Satellitemassagershavethesameglobalcoverageassatellitetelephones,butcarrytextalone,whichcouldbeusefulforthosewithlaptopcomputers.(PassageFour)
Nearlyallthefamiliescanmanagetomeetthesoaringtuitioncoststhroughvariousinvestmentplans.
Passage3
Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
UnliketheirAmericanorEuropeancounterparts,carsalesmeninJapanworkhardtogetabuyer.Insteadoflyinglazilyaroundshowroomswaitingforcustomerstodropby,manyJapanesecarsalesmenstillgoouttogetthem.Theywalkwearilyalongthestreetscarsdoor-to-door.Newcustomersarehuntedwithfruitandcakesontheirbirthdays.Butlifeisgettingtough,andnotjustbecausenew-carsalesarefalling.
WithmoreJapanesewomen(whooftencontrolthehouseholdbudget)goingouttowork,thesalesmenincreasinglyfindnobodyathomewhentheycall.Thatmeansanothervisitintheeveningortheweekend.Thentheyfaceanextraproblem:morepeople,especiallytheyoung,prefertochooseanewcarfromashowroomwheretheycancomparedifferentmodels.
Evenaslateasthemid-1980ssome90%ofnewcarsweresolddoor-to-door.Insomeruralareasmostnewcarsarestillsoldthisway.Butinthebigcitiesmorethanhalfthenewcarsarenowsoldfromshowrooms.
AlthoughinvestinginshowroomsisexpensivebecauseofthehighcostofJapaneseland,dealershavelittlechoice.AlaborshortageandhigheramongJapan’sworkforcearemakingitdifficulttohiredoor-to-doorsalesmen.MostofaJapanesecarsalesman’sworkingdayisspentdoingfavorsforcustomers,likearranginginsuranceorpickingupvehiclesforservicing,ratherthanactuallyselling.
Japan’sdoorstepcarsalesmenarenotabouttovanish.Thepersonalservicetheyprovideissodeep-rootedinJapanthattheyarelikelytooperatealongsidetheglitteringnewshowrooms.Thetwosystemsevencomplementeachother.Whatincreasinglyhappensisthattheshowroomattractstheinterestofapotentialbuyer,givingthefootsoresalesmenafirmleadtofollowupwithahomevisit.
11.Japanesecarsalesusuallydonotwaitatshowroomsforcustomerstodropby;instead,.
A.theysellcarsdoor-to-door
B.theybuypresentsfortheircustomers
C.theyenjoythemselvesinrecreationcenters
D.theygoouttodomarketresearches
12.Impliedbutstated:thecompetitionincarmarketis.
A.lightB.moderateC.fierceD.unfair
13.Youngpeopleliketobuyanewcar.
A.athomeB.fromashowroom
C.madeintheU.S.A.D.madeinJapan
14.ThesquadronofJapanesecarsalesmenisreducingbecauseof.
A.alaborshortage
B.higherexpectationsamongJapan’sworkforce
C.highcostland
D.bothAandB
15.Japanesecarsalesmentotheircustomersmanyfavorssuchas.
A.showingthemaroundinanexhibition
B.arranginginsurance
C.payingthemavisitonweekends
D.sellingolecarsforthem
PartVWriting
寫(xiě)作指導(dǎo)
這是一篇描寫(xiě)文(Description)。用通俗的話說(shuō)，描寫(xiě)文就是用文字給人物、地點(diǎn)、景物畫(huà)象。一篇描寫(xiě)文主要是通過(guò)所感受的細(xì)節(jié)——所見(jiàn)所聞發(fā)展而來(lái)的。在寫(xiě)人時(shí)，不僅僅要用細(xì)節(jié)描寫(xiě)其外貌，而要注重通過(guò)他的言行來(lái)表現(xiàn)其人物性格、思想和品德，更要抓住他區(qū)別于他人的性格特點(diǎn)，這樣就容易給讀者留下深刻的印象。短文的第一、二段敘述故事發(fā)生的時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)，故事發(fā)生的原因及故事所涉及的人物。文章的三、四、五段描寫(xiě)的是人物的外貌，穿著及性格特點(diǎn)。通過(guò)對(duì)人物言行的簡(jiǎn)單描寫(xiě)來(lái)揭示主人翁的助人為樂(lè)的高尚精神。短文的最后一段，要用一句話概括作者對(duì)主人翁的看法：Agoodguy。文章有描述，有議論，要加敘加議，有血有肉，上下文連貫要緊密，首尾要呼應(yīng)，人和事要給人們留下深刻印象。
GriffithworkedforafirmthatspecializedineconomicdevelopmentinWashingtonD.C.becausesheneededmoneytopayforherdebt.
