考研英語試題聯絡

Part II Reading Comprehension (45%)

Directions: In this section there 4 passage is followed by 5 each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and se the best your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

Passage 1

While anything can happen in the world of gold, no one expects bullion(金條,金塊)price to rise anytime eration sales by Asian citizens and governments have been depressing gold prices for this autumn's price of about $290 an ounce, gold is going for 10 percent less than last fall and 25 percent less than in 1996.

American jewelry counters barely reflect that steep decline.A survey by the World Gold Council found that Americans paid about $83 for the typical piece of gold jewelry this summer, down about $2 from what they paid in retail jewelers have lowered prices,says Michael Paolercio, CEO of Michael Anthony Jewelers, one of the nation's largest manufacturers of gold they lowered them dollar for dollar? No.

Shoppers elsewhere buy gold jewelry with the sharp eye of an pers grab gold like blinded magpies(喜鵲), and they seem to disregard a 1997 survey of 2,107

Americans, the World Gold Council found that 85 percent didn't know about the daily price of e, almost half of those who thought they knew were way off.

As a result, the cheaper cost of raw gold has generally meant higher profits for Corp., the nation's largest jewelry retailer, for example, saw profits rise 36 percent in the year ending July 31, while sales rose only 9 percent.

The gold business has a long history of taking advantage of e today most jewelers won't outright lie, many hold back information to make it difficult to a reporter visited 10 jewelers, department stores, and discount outlets last week, only two shops were willing to reveal the weight of a gold necklace.

Still, it is possible to buy low.

the retail jewelry prices remain high in the United States can be accounted for by all of the following EXCEPT .

n citizens and governments have been selling gold

lry prices do not fall as much as gold prices do

pers are not smart enough

lry retailers get higher profits.

does they(Par.2, last sentence)refer to?

il jewelers. es.

ls. lry manufacturers.

does way off(Par.3, last sentence)mean?

ng their way. g out of their way.

right. g in the wrong direction.

doesoutright(Par.5, sentence 2)mean?

tfully. gly. ctly. ly.

last paragraph is likely to be followed by .

to educate pers of gold jewelry

niques of buying gold jewelry

niques of investing in gold jewelry

s in which steep decline in gold prices lead to steep decline in jewelry prices