2012年职称英语综合类A级真题答案(完整版)(3)

Giving people bigger portions is an easy way of making them feel they have got a better dealFood companies certainly think giving people more food for their money makes them buy more. That is why portions have been getting larger and larger. In America, soft drinks, which used to come in 8oz and then 12oz containers now come in 20oz ones. As Dennis Lombardi of Technomic, a food-industry consultancy in Chicago, points out, giving people bigger portions is an easy way of making them feel they have got a better deal. “If I can give you an 8oz portion for $7, I can give you a 12oz portion for $8. The only incremental cost to me is the food, which probably cost 25 cents.” Everybody, therefore, has done it.Scientists have shown that portion size partly determines how much people eat. Barbara Rolls, a nutrition professor at Pennsylvania State University, fed subjects macaroni cheese, some in 2.5-cup portions, some in 5-cup portions. The ones with the big portions ate 27% more, on average, than those with small po

rtions but did not report feeling any fuller. Brian Wansink at the University of Illinois found that if you give movie-goers an extra-large bucket of popcorn, they eat nearly half as much again as if you give them the next size down, even if the popcorn is stale.Now companies are under pressure to stop selling people more for less. But it is a hard trend to reverse, as Mr Lombardi points out. “How about I give you a third less food for $1 less? I don't think so.” Paragraph 1

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A. Huge retailers force producers to cunt costs

B. Consumers like supermarkets

C. Technology helps reduce food prices

D. Food comes cheaper in larger portions

E. Chain stores provide better service

F. Bigger supermarkets offer lower prices

27. Big supermarkets can offer food at lower prices because they can buy in___

28. Some food producers have reduced___

29. Besides cutting its workforce, unilever also abandoned its___

30. Buyers like bigger portion because they think they have got___

A. their workforce

B. huge portions

C. large quantities

D. their money

E. a good barging

F. minor brands

参考答案：

23.C technology helps reduce food prices

24. F bigger supermarkets offer lower prices

25. A. Huge retailers force producers to cut costs

26.D. food comes cheaper in larger portions

27. Big supermarkets can offer food at lower prices because they can buy ___.答

案为C: in bulk = in large quantities

28. Some forced producers have reduced ___答案为F。minor brands

29.Besides cutting its cost, Unilever also abandoned its ____答案为A. their workforce

30.Buyers like big portions because they think they have got ___.答案为E。a good bargain = a better deal

第一篇 ：Going Her Own Way【选择她自己的路】

When she was twelve, Maria made her first important decision about the course of her life. She decided that she wanted to continue her education, Most girls from middle-class families chose to stay home after primary school，though some attended private Catholic "finishing" schools. There they learned a little about music，art，needlework，and how to make polite conversation. This was not the sort of education that interested Maria —or her mother. By this time，she had begun to take her studies more seriously. She read constantly and brought her books everywhere. One time she even brought her math book to the theater and tried to study in the dark.

Maria knew that she wanted to go on learning in a serious way. That meant attending the public high school，something that very few girls did. In Italy at the time，there were two types of high schools: the "classical" schools and the "technical" schools. In the classical schools，the students followed a very traditional program of studies，with courses in Latin and Greek language and literature，and Italian literature and history1. The few girls who continued studying after primary school usually chose these schools.

Maria，however，wanted to attend a technical school. The technical schools were more modem than the classical schools and they offered courses in modern languages，mathematics，science，and accounting2.Most people — including Maria's father — believed that girls would never be able to understand these subjects. Furthermore，they did not think it was proper for girls to study them.

Maria did not care if it was proper or not. Math and science were the subjects that interested her most. But before she could sign up for the technical school，she had to win her father' sapproval. She finally did，with her mother's

help，though for many years after，there was tension in the family. Maria's father continued to oppose her plans，while her mother helped her.

In 1883，at age thirteen，Maria entered the "Regia Scuola Tecnica Michelangelo Buonarroti" in Rome. Her experience at this school is difficult for us to imagine. Though the courses included modern subjects，the teaching methods were very traditional. Learning consisted of memorizing long lists of facts and repeating them back to the teacher. Students were not supposed to ask questions or think for themselves in any way. Teachers were very demanding，discipline in the classroom was strict，and punishment was severe for those who failed to achieve or were disobedient.

词汇:

discipline /'disiplin/ n. 纪律，学科，训练，惩罚 punishment / 'p?ni?m?nt/ n. 惩罚，严厉对待，虐待

注释:

1. In the classical schools，the students followed a very traditional program of studies，with courses in Latin and Greek language and literature，and Italian literature and history. 在传统学校中，学生们都依照一种非常传统的教学方式学习，包含拉丁语、希腊语与文学课，还有意大利文学与历史。

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