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ＥNGＬISH PＲOFIＣＩENCY EXAM
FOＲ NON－ENGLＩＳH MAＪOR PＯSTGRＡDUATＥ ＳTUDＥNＴS
TIANJIＮ UNIＶERＳＩＴY JAN １3ｔh, 2023
PART ２ ＣLＯZE (10%）
Ｄirectioｎs: Iｎ this ｐart ｏｆ tｈe test, yoｕ’ll read aｎ ｉncｏmplete pａｓsage ｗith10 blaｎks． Reaｄ ｔｈe ｐａsｓagｅ caｒefully, ａnd cｈoose the bｅst ａnswer from choｉceｓ marked A, B, Ｃ aｎd Ｄ． Tｈen oｎ yｏuｒ AＮＳWER SＨＥＥT， find tｈe numbeｒ oｆ thｅ ｑuestｉon ａnｄ mark ｙour anｓｗer witｈ a siｎgle liｎe ｔhｒoｕgh the cenｔer.
Amｅrｉｃans have bｅen ａwarded more than one-half oｆ all Nobel Prｉzｅs in phyｓics, chemistry aｎｄ medicｉne ｓiｎce １945. _15_ impressive sｕｃcesｓ iｓ no accident, ｂｕt thｅ rｅｓult ｏf a fｉrm and ｃonsiｓtent coｍｍiｔｍent by the fedeｒal goveｒnment _1６_ baｓiｃ sｃiｅnｃe resｅaｒch at our ｕnivｅｒｓitｉes. Out ｎａtion’s poｌiｃymakers ａnｄ public haｖe ｂeeｎ pｒｕdeｎt iｎｖeｓtoｒｓ _17_ ｔheiｒ support has paid off in tremeｎｄｏｕs waｙs.
Ａmｅriｃａ’s investment in ｒeｓearcｈ ｏveｒ tｈe last fifｔy years has ｂeｅn ａ viｔal ＿18_ ｏf ouｒ eｃonomic and ｐolitiｃａl streｎgｔh around tｈe wｏｒlｄ， as well ａｓ tｈe quａlｉty of life Ameｒｉｃans enｊoy aｔ hoｍｅ． Ｔhe polｉｏ ｖaccine, cｏｍputerｓ, ｊet propulsｉoｎ and dｉｓｅａｓｅ rｅｓistaｎt grａins and veｇetableｓ arｅ ＿19＿ tｈe thｏusaｎdｓ oｆ advａｎceｓ pｉoｎｅeｒed aｔ oｕr univｅrｓitｉeｓ thａt hａｖe ｈａd drａmatic ｂenｅfits foｒ oｕr hｅａlｔｈ, ecｏnomy, _20_ anｄ quality of lifｅ. Nｅｗ and eｑｕａlｌy breatｈｔaｋing ａdvaｎcｅs ｍaｙ be juｓt _２1_ the cｏｒner． Genetｉｃ reseaｒcｈ， for exａmｐle, ｇivｅｓ ＿2２_ ｏf ｂｅtter treatments ｆor Ａlzhｅｉmer’s, caｎcｅｒ ａnd oｔｈer diseａses. Lｉghｔer and stroｎger ｃoｍpｏsｉtｅ materials ｍay be dｅｖｅloped witｈ iｍpoｒtａnt apｐｌiｃatｉons in trａnsｐortaｔioｎ, mｅdiｃine anｄ ｔhe miｌｉtarｙ. Continｕing suppoｒｔ ｆｏr uｎivｅｒsiｔy-bａｓed research ｗill noｔ onlｙ pａve the ｗａｙ ｆor ｔhese ｉｍｐorｔａnt bｒeakｔｈrｏugｈｓ, ｂut will ａｌsｏ tｒaｉn tｈe ｎext _２3_ of ｐiｏneers and Nobｅlisｔs.
Ｔhe engine of ｓcientiｆic ｉnnoｖａtion and dｉsｃoｖｅry cannｏt ｆuｅl ｉtself. Ouｒ oｗn ａｃｈｉeveｍentｓ aｎd tｈe ｂenｅfits they havｅ brougｈt would ｎｏt haｖｅ bｅeｎ possiｂlｅ withｏut the goｖernment’s ｐatiｅnt caｐｉtal． Dｉscoveries are rａｒely made instantａneously, but resｕlｔ fｒom years of ｐａinstａking woｒｋ ｂy ｓｃiｅｎtistｓ ｉn a variｅty of fields. Wｉth comｐetｉtｉon forｃinｇ ｉnｄusｔry ｔo foｃus rｅseaｒch investmeｎｔs oｎ retuｒｎs over the _24_, thｅ gｏｖernment is lｅft ｗitｈ ｔhｅ cruｃial rolｅ of maｋｉng ｔhe loｎgｅｒ tｅrm ｉnvestment in discovery.
15.
A. Ｔhis
B. That
C. And
D. So
１6．
A. ｏf
B． iｎ
Ｃ． tｏ
Ｄ. for
１７．
Ａ. for
Ｂ. but
C. sｏ
D. as
１８.
A. reason
B. origin
C. status
D. sｏurｃe
１9.
A. ｓｏmｅ
Ｂ. aｍｏng
C. of
D. just
20.
A. seｃure
B. ｉnｓeｃure
C. secuｒity
D． insecurity
２1.
A. arｏuｎd
Ｂ． ｉn
C． at
D. on
22.
A． future
B. ｃautiｏn
C． intenｔion
D. pｒomiｓe
23.
Ａ. genｅration
B. groｕp
C． heｒds
D． sｃhool
24.
A. ｉｍｍeｄiａte
B． uｒgent
C. long ruｎ
Ｄ． ｓhｏrter term
PＡRT 3. Vocabｕlary (10％)
Direｃｔｉons： Thｉｓ sｅｃtiｏｎ conｓists of ２0 incoｍpletｅ ｓentencｅs. In ｅａch quｅstｉｏn tｈere are fouｒ wordｓ ｏr phｒases ｍarked Ａ, B， C and D ｂeｎeath ｅａcｈ sｅｎteｎｃｅ. You ａre to chooｓe ｔhe ONＥ word or phrase ｔｈat best cｏmｐleteｓ ｔhｅ sｅｎtence. Ｔｈｅn, on ｙour ＡＮＳWER SHEEＴ， fiｎｄ the number ｏf the ｑｕesｔiｏn and blａcｋen ｔhe coｒrespoｎdiｎg ｌeｔｔer of the ａnswer you havｅ chosen．
2５. Ｙou shｏulｄ ａｌso ｈave a trｅａｓurer or accountanｔ to ____＿_＿___ ｔhe speｎding oｆ ｔｈe ｍonｅy and a fｉnancｅ ｃhaｉrmａｎ to raｉｓe iｔ.
Ａ. cｉrculateﻩﻩB． reinｆorce ﻩC. ｓuｐerｖise ﻩＤ. enlａrge
26. In Ｊaｐan， by contｒast, no single caｒ－proｄｕceｒ dominatｅs, and the ｉmpｅｔｕs ｆor eveｒ ｇreａtｅr ｉｎnｏvａtion aｎd lower priｃes sｐriｎgs lesｓ ｆroｍ internａtiｏnal competitｉon than froｍ ｔhｅ iｎtｅnse ____＿_____ wｉｔhin Japaｎ iｔsｅlf. ﻩ
A． incｅntive ﻩB. ｒivaｌry C. rｅｃesｓｉon D. dilｅｍｍａ
27．ﻩHｅ ｅnjoys hｉs fooｄ and wine, but doｅs ｎoｔ ａllow ｉts enjｏyｍent ｔo __＿_＿___＿_ ｔhe iｍａge whiｃh ｉs impoｒtant cｈｉｅfly to ｈimsｅlf, ａnｄ ｔhen ｔo his publiｃ.
Ａ. diｓｔortﻩﻩＢ. manifest C． gloｒiｆyﻩﻩD. sｑuint
28． No reason was given foｒ tｈｅ deparｔure oｆ Ｒourｋe aｔ the tｉme, and tｈis ｏnｌｙ served ｔo _____＿__＿_ ｓｐｅｃuｌation.
A． intimaｔe ﻩB. acｑuaｉｎtﻩ C. iｎｔensiｆyﻩ D. iｎｓpect
29． Howeveｒ, ｈｅ was a writer with ａ ｎumbｅr of ｐlａys to hiｓ ｃrediｔ, nｏne ｏf tｈem ｇreａt sucｃessｅs but aｌl __________ ｎoｔe．
A. short oｆﻩ B． ｃｌear ofﻩﻩC. aｓhameｄ ｏf Ｄ． worthｙ of
３0.ﻩFailｕre tｏ __＿__＿_＿_ with ｔhe ｒｅgｕｌaｔionｓ can reｓｕlｔ in ａ $10,０00 fｉｎe ｏｒ a six-ｍｏnth pｒison seｎteｎｃe．
Ａ. consult ﻩB. ｃomｐlyﻩﻩＣ. coiｎcide D. ｃompeｔe
３1. Ｔｈe nｅｗ poｌicｙ wilｌ drop ａ presumptｉon ｉn faｖoｒ of houｓe ｂuiｌdｉｎｇ _______＿＿＿ other conserｖａtion ｃｏnsideratiｏns.
ﻩA． at thｅ eｘpense ｏf ﻩﻩ C. in the pｒocess ｏf
C. ｉｎ thｅ name oｆﻩﻩﻩﻩﻩD. in tｈe miｄst of
３2. Tｈe objecｔ of thiｓ letteｒ is to ＿_________ poliｃy holderｓ of any ｃｈaｎges affectinｇ tｈｅir policieｓ.
A. riｄ ﻩﻩB. free C. ｃleａrﻩ ﻩD. notifｙ
３3. Hｉnges anｄ ｌａtches oｎ gardｅｎ gaｔes ａre very ___＿＿____ to rust – the ａctｉon oｆ opｅning ａnd closing ｔhem wilｌ wear aｗａy any proteｃtive coatｉng you mａy ａpply．
ﻩA． ｔolerantﻩﻩB. hostile ﻩC. ｐｒoneﻩﻩﻩD． conｔｒary
３4.ﻩAｌtｈｏugh he ｆound thａt tｅlｅvｉsion is ｆar ｌｅss ｖｉoｌｅnt than ｉｎ the Uｎited Sｔates， Ｄr Tadｅcki iｎｔenｄs ｔo ｃａmpａign ｗitｈ Maｒy Whｉtehｏｕｓe to ＿_______＿＿ viｏlｅnce on ｔhｅ ｓcrｅen.
A． ｉnsｐectﻩ B. cｕrｂﻩﻩ C. ｓhield Ｄ． tｉghｔen
35. Ｂuｔ iｆ thｅ ｖaluer is ___＿_＿＿＿__ and yoｕ ｂuy the properｔy ｒｅlyinｇ on his ｒｅporｔ, yoｕ ｍay ｓtill ｂe able to suｅ ｈｉm fｏr dａmａｇes.
ﻩA. pathetiｃﻩﻩB. neglｉｇentﻩﻩC. depｒｅssivｅ D. autheｎtic
36. A chｉｌd unｄｅｒ １０ incurｓ no crｉminal ______＿___ fｏr itｓ ａcts．
ﻩA. dilemmａ B. remoｒseﻩﻩC. liability D. sensatioｎ
３７.ﻩ Women ｗork ｔhe ｓamｅ hoｕrs, oｎｌｙ ｔｏ rush oｆf ａfterwaｒds to ｄo childcarｅ， shｏpｐiｎg， cooｋing and cleaｎｉng ｔasks from whiｃh meｎ aｒe ＿_＿____＿__．
ﻩA. coｎservatiｖeﻩＢ. vacantﻩﻩC. ｇidｄｙﻩ D. ｅxempt
3８.ﻩHｅ ｗａs unshaven, and hiｓ stoｍach waｓ bｅｇｉｎｎing to ＿_____＿___ ｏver hｉs belt, buｔ ｔｈere werｅ ｓtｉll tｒaceｓ of ｔｈe fine， aｔhlｅｔiｃ figure anｄ well－cｕt fｅatｕres that ｓhe had maｒrｉｅd sｅven ｙeaｒｓ agｏ.
A． proｔrudeﻩ B． distorｔﻩ C． overloｏk Ｄ. unfoｌｄ
３9.ﻩﻩWe ｂeｌieｖｅ that results can onｌy be prｏｐerly ｅvａluateｄ if ｔhe prｏｂlems connecｔed with the study are ｍadｅ ___＿_______ rathｅｒ ｔhan ｃoｎcｅalｅｄ.
A. acｃｅsｓible B． ｃomｐaｔibｌeﻩC. imｐliｃitﻩ D. manifeｓｔ
40．ﻩOther ｃouｎｔries’ currencies are eｉtｈer fｉxeｄ in value or ＿___＿＿_＿＿＿ against the dｏllar ｉn the worlｄ’ｓ ｆoreiｇn exｃhange maｒkｅts.
ﻩＡ. regulate B． fｌｕctｕate C． devaｓｔateﻩ D． emulatｅ
41. A ｆailurｅ to ___＿＿_____ the legal requｉrements in cｏｎtracting a mａrrｉaｇe ｗｉll rｅnｄeｒ ｔhaｔ maｒriaｇe voｉd.
A． cliｎｇ to B. hold toﻩ C. cｏnform tｏ D. ｓuｂｓcriｂｅ tｏ
42.ﻩAs she ｗａlked onｔｏ the floｏｒ ｈeｒ ｈearｔ ｗａｓ ｂeating ｆast with exｃｉｔement buｔ hｅr facｅ was a smiling ＿__＿__＿__＿__ mask.
ﻩA. serene B. ｃｏｎtenｔｅdﻩ C. feｅｂleﻩ D. circular
4３. Afｔeｒ ｗoｒｋ the same eveninｇ, my husbaｎd and Ｉ ｗaｌkｅd aｌl over the golf ｃｏuｒｓe and wｅｒe eventｕａｌly ｒewarded by ｓｐｏtting the ｄog in the diｓtanｃe, althｏugh we failed to ____＿____＿her ｔowarｄs us．
Ａ. commenceﻩB. sｏｏtheﻩ Ｃ． coax ﻩD. commｅnd
４4. Ｔhｅ Gｏverｎｍｅnt’s __________ for mｏrｅ cｏｍｐｅtition less ｒｅgｕlation and consｕmeｒ ｃｈoicｅ is eｘpｅcted tｏ reｓult in tｈree ｎew ｎatioｎal commeｒciａｌ radio networks as ｗell as aｎ exceｓs of lｏcal aｎd cｏmmuｎity staｔions.
ﻩＡ． moduleﻩ B. seminar ﻩC. thirst ﻩﻩＤ． guidａnｃe
PART ４ RＥADＩＮG ＣOMPREＨＥNSＩON (１５%）
Ｄireｃtioｎs: Tｈere are 3 ｐassagｅs ｉn ｔhiｓ ｐart. Eacｈ ｐaｓｓaｇe is folｌowｅd ｂy somｅ questｉons oｒ unfiniｓhｅd stateｍｅｎts. For ｅacｈ ｏｆ ｔhem there ａｒe foｕr cｈoｉｃes maｒｋeｄ A， B, C anｄ D． You sｈｏuld decide on the beｓt choiｃe aｎd ｂｌackｅn thｅ correｓpondｉｎg leｔter oｎ thｅ AＮＳWＥR SHEＥT. （15%)
Ｐassage 1
Soｍething is wrong, if ｎot rotten, ｉn thｅ stａtｅ of New Yｏrk， the state of Ｃaｌｉｆornia ａｎd eｖery staｔe in ｂeｔween. Ｗhilｅ searching eｎdｌｅssly for just the rigｈt dieｔ, wｅ ａre ｃonsｕming ever moｒe calorieｓ, growinｇ eｖer ｍoｒe oｂese（肥胖）and suｆferinｇ shocｋiｎｇ raｔｅs ｏf diａbeteｓ, ｈｙpertenｓioｎ and ｈeart diseａsｅ as a rｅsｕlｔ. No one ｏuｔsidｅ ｔhe ｗｅｉgh-lｏss indｕstry is ｈaｐpy ａboｕｔ the sｉｔuａtｉon, bｕt as the crisis wｏrsenｓ ｗe ｓeｅm to grｏw ｅvｅr more ｃｏnｆｕsｅd aboｕｔ hoｗ ｗe gｏt ｈere – aｎd eveｒ more ｐolaｒized ａbout how tｏ sｅt tｈiｎgs ｒight. Stｕｂｂoｒn veｇetarians continue to rail aｇａinｓｔ dｉetａｒy fat anｄ ｅmuｌate Chineｓe ｐｅasaｎｔs． Boｒｎ－again carnｉｖores blame whitｅ brｅad and foｒｃe ｔheｍselves ontｏ all－mｅat ｄｉets ｉn hopes of burning ｕp thｅir ｂelｌy ｆaｔ. Orｄinary cｉvilians throw up theiｒ haｎds ａnｄ consｕｍe whateｖｅr is cｏnvｅnｉeｎt – whicｈ ｉｓ to say ｐotaｔo cｈiｐs ａnd Ｃｏkｅ.
Is ｔｈis thｅ cost ｏf moｄｅrnity? Have wｅ esｃａped scuｒvy, peｌlａgｒa ａnd rickets ｏnly tｏ sｕｆfｅr higｈer-ｔech ｆｏｒｍs of inａdeqｕatｅ nｕｔriｔioｎ？ Ｓomｅwｈere ｉｎ thｅ ｆog of coｎｆlicｔiｎg pｒｅscripｔioｎs, iｓ there a ｄiet thａｔ’s ｂoｔh sａｆe and tａsty – a diet ｔhａt caｎ ｃoｎｔrｏｌ ｗｅｉghｔ and ｐrｏmoｔe ｈealｔh withｏut denying us the ｐleasure oｆ ｆood？
The fｅdｅｒal governmenｔ ｈａs ｌong tｒｉed to ｇet the best ｓcieｎｃe oｎ diet ａnd healｔh. But ｃommｅrcial presｓｕｒeｓ and bｕreaｕcratic obｓtacles haｖe ofｔen clouded ｔhe rｅsulｔｓ. Tｈe Unｉtｅd Stateｓ Deparｔment of Agrｉculturｅ’s famous Ｆoｏd Guiｄｅ Pyramiｄ, first publisｈed ｉn １992， is now ｗidelｙ ｖiewed as faultｙ． “Tｈｅ pyrａmid is a dｉsaｓteｒ,” ｓayｓ K. Din Giffoｒd of Oｌｄｗayｓ, a non-ｐrofｉt thｉnk tank ｂased in Boston． “Ｔhe Ameｒican epiｄｅmiｃ of obeｓity is tｈe prooｆ tｈat it haｓn’ｔ worｋｅd. Period.”
That ｄoeｓn’t mean all suｃh efforts are dｏｏmed. Ｒeｓearchers hａvｅ gained crｉticaｌ ｉnｓights iｎｔo diet and ｈealth iｎ recent ｙeａrs. Anｄ while tｈeｙ wait for ｔｈe USDA ｔo rｅｍodel its ｐｙraｍid, ｓｏmｅ ｏf those expeｒts ａre conｃocｔｉng ｗhole neｗ alｔeｒnatives. Ｂy ｆar ｔｈe mｏｓt ambitiｏus of ｔhｅse ｅffｏｒts is tｈｅ ｓo-cａｌled Ｈealthy Eａtｉｎg Pyramｉd ｄeviseｄ ｂy Dr. Waｌｔeｒ aｎｄ hiｓ colleａgueｓ at ｔhe Harｖard Ｓcｈooｌ of Pｕblｉｃ Ｈeａｌtｈ． Instｅad ｏf simｐly poｏling dｉet ｐrefｅrences, the Wilｌeｔt teａm ｃlａims to ｈave gａtｈeｒeｄ the bｅst ｅviｄence from aｌl ｐoｓsiblｅ daｔａ sources. Ｔhe Healthｙ Eaｔiｎg Ｐyramiｄ has ｓoｍe conｔｒoｖersial fｅatｕｒes， includinｇ a stroｎg reｃｏmmeｎdatioｎ of calorｉｅ-rich ｖegetablｅ oils anｄ ａ viｒｔuaｌ ｐrohibitiｏn of poｔａｔoes and whitｅ ricｅ． But its effects ｈａｖe bｅｅn cｌeｖeｒly evａｌuated． The dｉｅｔ is ｄesignｅd not fｏr short-term ｗeight lｏss but fｏr ｌiｆｅlong heａltｈ. It doesn’t reｑｕire that ｙｏu ｗeｉｇh ｙｏｕr food oｒ eaｔ accordinｇ to ｙour bloｏd ｔｙpｅ. Aｓ Wｉｌlｅtt ｌikeｓ ｔo say, its uｌtimate ｍｅsｓage is simｐle: “Eａｔ, ｄrink anｄ ｂe healthy.”
45. Ｗe learn ｆｒom ｔｈe first parａgrａph that tｈｅ ａverage Ameｒｉcaｎ ＿＿＿_＿_＿＿_＿ ．
A. eaｔs morｅ meａt than vｅｇeｔａbles
B. eats more veｇetabｌes ｔｈａn meaｔ
C. ｃonsumes a lot ｏf fasｔ ｆood
D. pay more ａtteｎtioｎ to diet ｔhan ever bｅfore
46. Acｃoｒdinｇ to the paｓsage， Ｆoｏd Guide Ｐyramid _____＿____ ．
A. ｉｓ misleaｄing ｐeoｐｌe oｎ whaｔ to ｅaｔ
B. has done a ｇoｏd jｏb oｎ advising fｏod ｔo eat
C. is a nｅcessａｒy ｅvil in highly industｒiａｌized countｒｉｅs
D. is a non-profit ｔhink tank
47. It caｎ be inferred fｒoｍ the pａｓsａgｅ ｔｈat scuｒvy, pellagra and riｃkｅts ______＿__＿ .
A. are dｉseases ｃauｓｅd ｂy lack of nｕtriｔion
B. ｗｅrｅ epｉdemｉcs onｃｅ wideｓpread ｉn Ａmeｒicａ
C. are ｄｉｓeaｓes rｅsultinｇ froｍ ｏｖｅreａting
D. wｅｒｅ once incuｒablｅ diseaｓes
48. Accorｄing to ｔhe ａuthｏr， thｅ policｙ ｏf the feｄeｒal ｇｏｖernmenｔ ｃonｃeｒninｇ ｆoｏd ＿＿＿_＿＿____ .
A. iｓ based on solｉd scｉence
B. haｓ unｄeｒgonｅ great ｃhanges
C. is sｗａyｅd by ｉｎterest groｕps
D. oｆtｅn rｅｓults in disasｔeｒ
49. The Ｈealthy Eatｉng Pyramid deｖisｅd bｙ Ｄｒ． Wａlter Willeｔｔ and ｈｉｓ ｃoｌlｅagues ａt ｔhe Harvａrｄ Ｓｃhool of Public Health ______＿___ .
A. ｉs liｋely to win ｕniｖersal acｃeｐtancｅ
B. has brouｇht ａbｏｕt a ｌot of confuｓion
C. is desｉgned for lｏｎｇ－ｔｅrm ｈｅalth bｅneｆits
D. aims to eliｍｉnate obｅsｉty throｕｇhout Ameriｃa
Ｐassage ２
Peｏpｌｅ oｆten talｋ ａｂｏut hoｗ a ｂusiness shouｌd tｒeａｔ ｉtｓ ｃustｏmers. But hoｗ often do they talk or ｅvｅｎ think about hoｗ customers shｏｕld tｒｅat a ｂｕsiness?
Alｍosｔ everyone hａs ｈad tｈe eｘperieｎce ｏf staｎdｉnｇ at ｔｈe cａｓh register in frｏnｔ of a lonｇ lｉne whｉle a sａlesclerｋ stｒugglｅs to ｆiｎd a ｂａr coｄe oｒ price ｔａg． Insｔead of ｔaking the timｅ to caｌｌ fｏr ａ prｉｃｅ ｃheck, the cｌerｋ may tｕrｎ tｏ the cuｓtｏｍｅr ａnd ask, “Ｄｏ ｙou kｎow ｗhat thｅ price is？”
For eｖery ｃustoｍer ｗhｏ ｓhａｋｅs hｉs ｈead “no,” forcing thｅ salesclｅrk to caｌl ｆor assiｓtance, there ｉs a cusｔomｅｒ lｉke Ｉrene， a grａy-haｉrｅd widｏw, who ｌoｖeｓ tｏ get inｔo thｅse situaｔioｎs. Thｏugh Irene kｎｏwｓ the exact price oｆ everythiｎg sｈe purchases， ｓhe won’t tｅll it ｔo thｅ ｓａｌｅｓcｌeｒk. Ｓｈｅ’ll say “Iｔ’s $1.98” even wｈen she knows iｔ cｏsts sevｅｒａｌ dｏｌlars morｅ. Ｔｈe fact thａｔ the salesclｅrk bｅlieves Irｅｎe isn’t her ｐroblem, Iｒene saｙs， though she’lｌ admit it iｓ one of thｅ ｆew benefits of lookｉnｇ lｉke ａ nice old lady.
Ｎanｃｙ, ａ maｔh teacher, wiｌl nevｅr ｆｏrgeｔ ｔhｅ ｔiｍe shｅ was ｂｕyiｎg clｏtｈes for hｅr four childｒｅn. All of the items werｅ reduｃｅd 20 perｃeｎｔ from the clｅaｒaｎcｅ pricｅ. The salesgiｒl puncheｄ in the firｓt ｉtem’ｓ pｒice, and theｎ took 20 percenｔ ofｆ. So far, so ｇood． Theｎ she enｔerｅd the price of the ｓeｃoｎd itｅm, ｓubtotaｌｅd， and took 20 perｃｅnt oｆf agaiｎ. Ｅacｈ time ｔｈｅ clerk adｄｅd ａｎother item, sｈe subtoｔaled ｆirsｔ before tａkinｇ 20 percent ｏff． When the ｆｉｎａl bill was a little over $1０, Nancy ｃouｌd hardｌy ｂｅlieve her eyes. Bｕt shｅ paid the biｌl witｈｏut sayｉng ａnyｔhing. Ｓhe told her husband later ｔhat mａny pｅoｐle wouldn’ｔ have evｅn ｎoticed ｗhat the clerｋ was dｏinｇ wronｇ. “Whｙ sｈoｕｌd I bｅ pｅｎalized foｒ knｏwｉng ｍath?” Naｎcy argued.
Ａ recent ｃoｌｌegｅ grａｄuａte, Jeffrｅy， can’t afｆord eｖeｒything ｈe wａnｔs. When hｅ gｏt an ｏffer to ｒｅcｅivｅ ｆree isｓues of a very ｅxpｅnｓive magａziｎe, he imｍｅdiatｅly ｓiｇned up fｏｒ a ｓubｓcｒiptｉon． From ｔhｅ verｙ beginninｇ he ｐlanneｄ to ｃａncｅｌ tｈe ｓｕｂscriptioｎ aｓ sooｎ ａs ｔhｅ ｆｒee isｓueｓ ran out. Ａｎd he did. Thｅ proｂlem ｗaｓ that the magazinｅ kｅpｔ cｏming ａnyway ａnd, ｅvｅnｔuａｌly, Jeffrey ｗas biｌleｄ ｆｏｒ a yeａr’s sｕbscriptｉoｎ. It ｔｏok ｍorｅ ｔｈan a ｆew ｍonｔhs of cｏrresｐoｎdence to ｇｅt tｈe whole mｅsｓ seｔtlｅｄ． And， in ｔhe end, Jeffrey ｄid gｅt quitｅ a few ｉｓsｕes of the mａgａzｉｎe without ｐayｉng anythｉng.
We pｒｏbably woｕld ａｌl aｇｒeｅ thaｔ Iｒｅne, Nancy and Ｊｅffrey aｒｅ not very gｏｏd cuｓtomers. But whaｔ does it take ｔｏ ｂe ａ good customｅｒ？ Ｉn sｈoｒt, good wiｌl. Goｏｄ ｗill meaｎs a cuｓtomer treａｔs ｔhe ｂusｉness honeｓtｌy and fairly ｅｖen wｈen he ｄoｅsn’t hａve ｔo. Gｏod ｂusinｅss polｉcｉes aｎd good consumｅr proｔectｉｏｎ agaｉnst fraud are necessary, ｂｕt nｏt ｅnough to coｖer aｌl ｔｈe pｏssiblｅ sitｕations arising betｗeen a busiｎess aｎd ｉｔs cuｓｔｏmｅrs. Ｉt tａkｅｓ gooｄ wｉlｌ to filｌ in tｈe craｃｋｓ. Ｉt taｋes ｇood ｗｉll to ｍakｅ ｂoｔｈ good busineｓses and goｏd custoｍers.
50. Ｗhy did ｔｈe ｓalesclerk ｂeｌｉeve Ireｎe？
A. Thｅre was ａ loｎｇ queuｅ of customｅrs stａｎdinｇ aｔ thｅ cash ｒegiｓtｅr.
B. Ｉrenｅ kneｗ ｔｈe exact pｒice ｏf ｅveryｔhing ｓhe ｐurcｈａsｅd．
C. Ｔhere was no tｉｍe to caｌｌ for a ｐricｅ check．
D. Irｅne loｏked lｉke ａ respectａbｌｅ olｄ ｌａdy.
51. Whａt ｄoes the ａuthoｒ ｍｅａn ｂy “Sｏ ｆar, so good”?
A. Ｉt ｗas ｒight for the salesｇｉrl ｔo take ２0% off evｅrｙ item.
B. Up to ｎow, ｅverythｉnｇ went smootｈly.
C. Thｅ salesｇiｒｌ ｈａｄ ｐuｎｃｈed in thｅ rigｈt prｉce.
D. Up to tｈｉs poiｎt, the cａlculatｉon was cｏrｒect.
52. The corｒｅct prｏcｅｄure for ｔhｅ salesgiｒl ｔｏ perform ｓｈould have beeｎ ____＿___＿_ .
A. to add up ｅach iteｍ and theｎ take 20％ oｆf thｅ tｏtａl
B. to takｅ 20% off the subtotal each timｅ sｈe adｄed a nｅw itｅm
C.
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