职称英语考试

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【单选题】

Transport and Trade

Transport is one of the aids to trade. Bymoving goods from places where they are plentiful to places where they arescarce， transport adds to their value. The more easilygoods can be brought over the distance that separates producer and consumer， the better for trade. When there were no railways， no good roads， no canals， and only small sailing ships， trade was ona small scale.

The great advances made in transport during thelast two hundred years were accompanied by a big increase in trade. Bigger andfaster ships enabled a trade in meat to develop between Britain and New Zealand， for instance. Quicker transport makes possible mass-production andbig business， drawing supplies from， and selling goods to， all parts of theglobe. Big factories could not exist without transport to carry the largenumber of workers they need to and from their homes. Big city stores could nothave developed unless customers could travel easily from the suburbs and goodsdelivered to their homes. Big cities could not survive unless food could bebrought from a distance.

Transport also prevents waste. Much of the fishlanded at the ports would be wasted if it could not be taken quickly to inlandtowns. Transport has given us a much greater variety of foods and goods sincewe no longer have to live on what is produced locally. Foods which at one timecould be obtained only during a part of the year can now be obtained allthrough the year. Transport has raised the standard of living.

By moving fuel， rawmaterials， and even power， as， for example， through electric cables， transport has led to the establishment of industries and trade inareas where they would have been impossible before. Districts and countries canconcentrate on making things which they can do better and more cheaply thanothers and can then exchange them with one another. The cheaper and quickertransport becomes， the longer the distance over whichgoods can profitably be carried. Countries with poor transport have a lowerstandard of living.

Commerce requires not only the moving of goodsand people but also the carrying of messages and information. Means ofcommunication， like telephones， cables and radio， send information about prices， supplies， and changing conditions indifferent parts of the world. In this way， advancedcommunication systems also help to develop trade.

练习：

1. Paragraph 2 _________

2. Paragraph 3 _________

3. Paragraph 4 _________

4. Paragraph 5 _________

A. Higher living standard

B. Importance of transport in trade

C. Various means of transport

D. Birth of transport-related industries andtrade

E. Role of information in trade

F. Public transportation

5. The development of modern means of transport_________.

6. Only when goods can be carried to all partsof the world quickly ___________.

7. Transport has made it possible for people toeat whatever food they want _________.

8. In the trade of modern society thetransmission of information plays as important a role as ________.

A. to send goods to various parts of the world

B. at any time during the year

C. has greatly promoted trade

D. is it possible to produce on a large scale

E. the transport of goods

F. it is possible to produce on a large scale

网考网参考答案：B、A、D、E、C、D、B、E
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84%的考友选择了A选项
12%的考友选择了B选项
3%的考友选择了C选项
0%的考友选择了D选项
0%的考友选择了E选项
1%的考友选择了F选项
考友解析与评论：
 · 我也选了B、A、D、E、C、D、B、E到底对不对
 · 这题答案有争议，我认为选B、A、D、E、C、D、B、E
 · 像这种考试，没什么技术含量，全靠运气。