托业阅读题型模拟题及答案(12)

“But I just paid $1.69 forthis bottle of wine last week How come the priceis now $2.25? What's going on?〞

There are at least three things on that have caused the price of wine to rise.All have to do with the supply and demand factors of economics.

The first factor is that people are drinking more wine than ever before.This demand for more wine has increased overall wine sales in America at the rate of 15 percent a year.

The second factor is that the supply of wine has stayed relatively the same.which means that the samenumber of bottles is produced each year Wine producers are trying to open up new land to grow more grapes(葡萄).But in at least three wine producing areas of the world-France，Germany.and California-new vineyards(葡萄园)will not be available in the near future.Wines are produced in other countries，such as Italy.Spain and Australia.but none of these countries will be able to fill the demand for good wines.

The third factor is that costs of wine production are increasing.The men who make wine are asking for more money，and the machinery needed to press the grapes is becoming more expensive.

When the demand for something is greater than the supply，prices go up.When production costs，meaning the price of labor and machinery，rise，the producer adds this increase to the price of the wine.

6.From the first paragraph，we know that the speaker is___________________________.D

A.asking about the price C.bargaining over the price

B.worrying about the price D plaining about the price 7.The three factors mentioned in the passage cause___________________________.B

A.the sales of wine to increase C.the production of wine to decrease

B.the price of wine to go up D.more and more people to drink wine

8.The supply of wine has remained the same partly

because___________________________.D

A.wine producing countries are unwilling to increase their production

B.new vineyards will not be opened up in such countries as Australia

C.countries like Italy and Spain can't supply enough good wines

D.the production of wine has ceased to increase 9.What does“production costs〞refer to in the last paragraph?___________________________.D

A.The price of grapes and machines C.The price of wine and wine bottles.

B.The cost of land and transportation.D.The cost of manpower and equipment. 10.The author's purpose of writing this passage is to___________________________.C

A.persuade people to drink less wine

B tell people where to get the best wine

C.explain why the price of wine is rising

D.show that wine is popular with Americans

“上星期这瓶酒只要花1.69美元，现在怎么要2.25美元了呢?这是怎么回事?〞

至少有三个原因导致了酒价的上涨。都与经济的供求有关。

第一个原因是人们比以往任何时候喝的酒都多。这种对酒的大量需求使美国的酒的总体销售每年以15%的速度上涨。

第二个原因是，酒的供给相对稳定，也就是说，每年生产的酒的数量是一样的。酒的生产商正在想方法开辟新的土地来种更多的葡萄。但是至少在法国，德国和加里佛尼亚这三个葡萄酒生产基地，新的葡萄园在最近是不可能形成的。其他国家也生产葡萄酒，如意大利，西班牙和澳大利亚，但是这些地方都不能满足对优质葡萄酒的需求。

第三个原因是生产葡萄酒的本钱在增加。生产葡萄酒的工人要求加薪，用来压榨葡萄的机器越来越贵。

当某件东西供不应求了，价格就会上涨。当产品的本钱，比方劳动力和机器的价格上涨，生产商就会把增加的价格加到酒的价格上去。