【正文】 then he spent more than 1 000 marks to have it ply with German regulations. Even so, safety inspectors refused to approve it until he changed the headlights and windows to European Community standards. ―There I was with my supermodern, $ 20,000 car and unable to get it through inspection,‖ Erben recalled. ‘s European subsidiaries _______. the same models as Detroit supplies in the . market cars of European styles cars that are thought to be unAmerican by Germans hardly meet the demand for American cars last year buyAmerican fad that appeals to Germans most seems to be _______. jeans pie cars beer for Germans, American cars not only are cheaper but _______. wear and tear adaptable to road conditions greater space more deluxe features of the following statements is true? cars used to consume a lot of oil. cars still lead the German market. . motor industry is now confident to cope with recession. cars are going to provide the same standard equipment as Americanmade cars. Community standards probably are _______. law to control the amount of imported goods from other continents set of standards to inspect imported cars system to regulate measures of manufactured goods set of standards to control product quality 第 29篇答案： CADAC 第 30篇： (Unit 8, Passage 2) How often do you sit still and do absolutely nothing? The usual answer these days is ―never‖, or ―hardly ever‖. As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down and unwind. But relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body. Stress is a natural part of everyday life. There is no way to avoid it, since it takes many and varied formsdriving in traffic, problems with personal。 sales are expected to double this year. Like blue jeans, this buy – America fad appeals to Germans from all walks of life. Once regarded as faulty, flashy, gas – guzzling Goliaths, American autos are – thanks in large measure to foreign petition –more stylish and reliable than in years past. Tugged, off road vehicles like the fourwheel drive Jeep Cherokee are now the hot wheels to drive among Germany‘s thirty something set. Owners and Aficionados of American – made care also boast their cars are cheaper to maintain. But that‘s not the main reason German motorists are choosing . imports – It‘s their price. Even after the cost of overseas shipping is included, American – made cars offer more value – and deluxe features – for less money than German models. A Chrysler LeBaron convertible sells for 35 000 marks。 and the profit motive, operating under petitive pressures, largely determines how these goods and services are produced. Thus, in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers, coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their ines, that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it. An important factor in a marketoriented economy is the mechanism by which consumer demands can be expressed and responded to by producers. In the American economy, this mechanism is provided by a price system, a process in which prices rise and fall in response to relative demands of consumers and supplies offered by sellerproducers. If the product is in short supply relative to the demand, the price will be bid up and some consumers will be eliminated from the market. If, on the other hand, producing more of a modity results in reducing its cost, this will tend to increase the supply offered by sellerproducers, which in turn will lower the price and permit more consumers to buy the product. Thus, price is the regulating mechanism in the America economic system. The important factor in a privateenterprise economy is that individual are allowed to own productive resources (private property), and they are permitted to hire labor, gain control over natural resources, and produce goods and services for sale at a profit. In the American economy, the concept of private property embraces not only the ownership of productive resources but also certain rights, including the right to determine the price of a product or to make a free contract with another private individual. Para. 1, ― the desire of individuals to maximize their ines‖ means ___. never feel satisfied with their ines. tend to overstate the amount of their ines. want to have their ines increased. want to increase the purchasing power of their ines. first two sentences in the second paragraph clarity the idea to us that ___. can satisfy the consumers by mechanized production. can express their demands through producers. decide the prices of products. and demand regulate prices. word ―embraces‖ in Para. 3 probably parallels ___. to the passage, a privateenterprise economy is characterized by ___. property and rights concerned. and natural resources control. of productive resources contracts and prices. passage is mainly talking about ___. American goods are produced. American consumers buy their goods. American economic system works. American businessman make their profits. 第 27篇答案： DDCAC 第 28篇： (Unit 7, Passage 4) The governmentrun mand post in Tunis is staffed around the clock by military personnel, meteorologists and civilians. On the wall are maps, crisscrossed with brightly colors arrows that painstakingly track the fearsome path of the enemy. What kind of invader gives rise to such highlevel monitoring? Not man, not beast, but the lowly desert locust.（蝗蟲） In recent months, billions of the 3inchlong winged warriors have descended on Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, b