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【題目】 You might be surprised that dollar stores typically have a variety of products that can be found at a better price than regular stores—though, there aresome things you should never buy at the dollar store.

A dollar store is a variety store, meaning they sell a wide range of products. Party supplies, cleaning supplies, and paper products are some ofthe great, cheap finds you can find at dollar stores. But, not every product isalwayspriced at just one dollar. In fact, dollar stores often have a wide range of products atprices between $1 and $10.

“Dollar stores are able to profit, in part because operating costs are kept low by employing only a handful of people, and by limiting the amount of cold chain storage in their stores (which is necessary for fresh foods like produce),” says Minovi, a policy associate, focusing on healthy retail policies.

Dollar stores can provide a lot of items at a cheaper price, but that doesn’t mean the item will last longer or function at the best quality. With that in mind, these arethe things you should have been buying from the dollar store this whole time.

“Dollar stores in the United States typically seek to open locations in economically disadvantaged communities that lack a full-service grocery store,” adds Minovi. “Unfortunately, the food on offer is largely calorie-dense (高熱量) and nutrient-poor, so this model depends on selling nutritionally poor food to mostly low-income customers.”

【1】What’s the obvious advantage of dollar stores?

A.Varieties of goods are sold cheaply.

B.Customers can get cheap but perfect goods.

C.Goods never bought at regular stores are offered.

D.All the products in the store are sold at one dollar.

【2】What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A.What goods a dollar store sells.B.How a dollar store makes money.

C.Why a dollar store employs people.D.How a dollar store keeps cold foods.

【3】Which of the following does Minovi agree with?

A.Dollar stores make money by cutting down employees.

B.Much cold frozen food can be bought in dollar stores.

C.Food from the dollar stores is nutritional and healthy.

D.Dollar stores are popular with low-income customers.

【4】What is probably the best title for the text?

A.Locations of Dollar StoresB.The Service of Dollar Stores

C.The Operation of Dollar StoresD.Disadvantages of Dollar Stores

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹了什么是一元店，一元店的優(yōu)勢以及一元店是如何盈利的，同時指出一元店可以以更便宜的價格提供很多商品，但這并不意味著這些商品可以用得更久或以最好的質(zhì)量使用。一元店出售的食物大多是高熱量和低營養(yǎng)的，所以這種模式依賴于向主要是低收入的顧客出售營養(yǎng)貧乏的食物。

【1】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中You might be surprised that dollar stores typically have a variety of products that can be found at a better price than regular stores…可知你可能會感到驚訝，一元店通常有各種各樣的產(chǎn)品，而且價格比普通商店更便宜……由此可知，一元店的明顯優(yōu)勢是各種各樣的商品都賣得很便宜。故選A。

【2】

主旨大意題。根據(jù)第三段“Dollar stores are able to profit, in part because operating costs are kept low by employing only a handful of people, and by limiting the amount of cold chain storage in their stores (which is necessary for fresh foods like produce),” says Minovi, a policy associate, focusing on healthy retail policies.可知“一美元店能夠盈利，部分原因是通過只雇傭少數(shù)人，以及限制店內(nèi)的冷鏈存儲量（這對農(nóng)產(chǎn)品等新鮮食品來說是必要的）來保持較低的運(yùn)營成本。”專注于健康零售政策的政策助理Minovi說。由此可知，第三段的主要內(nèi)容是一元店如何賺錢。故選B。

【3】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中Unfortunately, the food on offer is largely calorie-dense (高熱量) and nutrient-poor, so this model depends on selling nutritionally poor food to mostly low-income customers.可知不幸的是，出售的食物大多是高熱量和低營養(yǎng)的，所以這種模式依賴于向主要是低收入的顧客出售營養(yǎng)貧乏的食物。由此可推知，D選項(xiàng)“一元店很受低收入顧客的歡迎” Minovi會同意。故選D。

【4】

主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段You might be surprised that dollar stores typically have a variety of products that can be found at a better price than regular stores—though, there are some things you should never buy at the dollar store.可知你可能會感到驚訝，一元店通常有各種各樣的產(chǎn)品，而且價格比普通商店更便宜——不過，有些東西你絕對不應(yīng)該在一元店買。結(jié)合文章主要介紹了什么是一元店，一元店的優(yōu)勢以及一元店是如何盈利的，同時指出一元店可以以更便宜的價格提供很多商品，但這并不意味著這些商品可以用得更久或以最好的質(zhì)量使用。一元店出售的食物大多是高熱量和低營養(yǎng)的，所以這種模式依賴于向主要是低收入的顧客出售營養(yǎng)貧乏的食物。由此可知，C選項(xiàng)“一元店的經(jīng)營”最符合文章標(biāo)題。故選C。