(福建省廈門外國語學(xué)校2009屆高三最后一次模擬B篇)

Do you want to see the effects of global warming? Then head north. Recent studies indicate that the North Pole could be underwater during the summer in less than 10 years, instead of coated in thick sea ice. But seeing the Arctic terrain （地帶） up close isn’t easy, unless you’re handy with a dogsled. Steger is going to take all of us there．

Steger, 64, is a great polar explorer. He was the first person to make a dogsled trip to the North Pole, and is also a devoted environmentalist who was early to ring the alarm bell on global warming.

Steger is about to lead a team of six young adventurers on a 1, 400-mile, 60-day-long dogsled trip across Ellesmere Island, in the Canadian Arctic. The sea ice in that region should still be frozen. “We want to take our audience to the front lines of global warming, ” says Steger. The team will be uploading videos, stories and photos to the website global warming 101.com as they march along, allowing armchair adventurers and kids in classrooms to follow their progress day to day.

Steger’s team will include some already-famous young explorers. Sam Branson, 22-year old, is an experienced Arctic traveler. Also on the journey will be 27-year-old Norwegian Sigrid Ekran. Last year Ekran become only the second woman in history to win Rookie （新秀） of the Year for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.

What they will see may be surprising. Even Steger doesn’t know exactly what to expect. Climate change has already reshaped the geography of the Arctic. “Within a decade or less, it’s going to be impossible to reach the North Pole by dog team, without flotation （漂浮）, ”says Steger.

60．We can learn from Paragraph 1 that                ．

A. climate change happens only in the far north

B. the effects of climate change are obvious in the Arctic terrain

C. climate change is going to be the biggest issue facing human race

D. climate change is the result of pollution

61．It can be inferred that the aim of the dogsled trip is to                   ．

A. encourage young people to explore the Arctic        

B. present the Arctic terrain to geography classes

C. study the cause of climate change in polar region

D. raise awareness of the damage that climate change is causing in polar regions

62．Which of the following statements about Steger’s team is TRUE?

A. Sam Branson, a member, is skilled at travelling in the Arctic.

B. Steger, the leader is a great environmental expert.

C. Ekran, a member, is the second woman to have reached the North Pole.

D. All the members are experienced Arctic explorers.

63．Why does Steger NOT know what they will see during their trip?

A. Because it will be the first time for him to go that far north.

B. Because the sea ice in that region should still be frozen.

C. Because the geography there has changed due to warmer temperatures.

D. Because they will go there by boat instead of by sledge.

 (福建省廈門雙十中學(xué)09屆高三熱身考試D篇)

Alone in the wilderness. Nothing but jungle. A world of shadow with the rays of light falling like blonde hair from the crowns of the giant trees. Jungle in the midday sun. Everything motionless. Not a sound from sky or earth. Complete silence. Only some coconuts falling, at long intervals, very far away. The world reduced to the soft touch of cool grass along my naked back, and a sweet smell of rich soil and vegetation. Stretched out with closed eyes beside my heavy burden of fruit and firewood, I enjoyed the feeling of fresh blood streaming through every part of my body and fresh jungle air filling every corner of my lungs.

     Resting motionless, I could see the sun through my closed eyelids, alone in the sky, as lonely as I, and as motionless and silent as everything else. The earth had surely stopped turning and somewhere on this planet there was supposed to be roaring traffic in busy streets. What a crazy, unbelievable thought!

       Another coconut fell, to make the world come to a complete standstill. I had to roll over onto my stomach to feel that at least I could move and make noises. Then I found company. A little brown ant was struggling to find its way with a bit of dry straw through the jungle of leaves and grass below my nose. I wondered if I could give the little fellow a lift with its burden, but it showed not the slightest sign of tiredness and struggled on with all six legs, head first or head last, waving its feelers energetically as if the trip had just started. Who ever saw a tired ant? Tiredness, disagreeable tiredness, is restricted to hunted animals, slaves and modern man. It is as great an effort for an office clerk to walk five blocks with a loaded brief-case as it is for a jungle-dweller to cross a valley with a goat on his back. It is as hard to get up and climb or run when you have been seated for years as it is to get up and walk when you have been in bed for months. The body is strange. Spare it, and you get really tired for almost nothing; use it, and almost nothing makes you really tired.

       I rose to my feet. I had heard a horse neighing down in the valley. Above me, on the open highland plains, there were wild horses. But down in the valley there was never a horse unless there was a man on it. Somebody was making his way up the valley and my wife was alone.

68．The author mentions coconuts’ falling to          .

       A．show his loneliness                                     B．a(chǎn)dd beauty to the jungle

       C．express his love of nature                                   D．stress the absolute silence

69．How does the author feel about the ant?

       A．He admired its attitude toward work.

       B．He was amazed at its tireless efforts.

       C．He showed sympathy for the little ant.

       D．He was content to have it as a companion.

70．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author would probably          .

       A．work harder than before                              B．talk to the man on the horse

       C．make his way home                                    D．stay in the valley

71．We can learn from the passage that the author          .

       A．enjoyed being alone                                     B．experienced a word of quietness

       C．missed his busy life in the city                      D．had an unforgettable adventure

 (安徽省馬鞍山二中2009屆高三第四次模擬考試D篇)

With only about 1, 000 pandas left in the world, China is desperately trying to clone the animal and save the endangered species. That’s a move similar to what a Texas A & M University researchers have been undertaking for the past five years in a project called “Noah’s Ark”.

Noah’s Ark is aimed at collecting eggs, embryos(胚胎), semen and DNA of endangered animals and storing them in liquid nitrogen. If certain species should become extinct(滅絕), Dr. Duane Kraemer, a professor in Texas A & M’s College of Veterinary Medicine, says there would be enough of the basic building blocks to reintroduce the species in the future.

It is estimated that as many as 2, 000 species of mammals, birds and reptiles will become extinct in over 100 years. The panda, native only to China, is in danger of becoming extinct in the next 25 years.

This week, Chinese scientists said they grew an embryo by introducing cells from a dead female panda into the egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit. They are now trying to implant(移植) the embryo into a host animal.

The entire procedure（程序） could take from three to five years to complete.

“The nuclear transfer(核子移植) of one species to another is not easy, and the lack of available panda eggs could be a major problem,” Kraemer believes. “They will probably have to do several hundred transfers to result in one pregnancy (having a baby). It takes a long time and it’s difficult, but this could be groundbreaking science if it works. They are certainly not putting any live pandas at risk, so it is worth the effort,” adds Kraemer, who is one of the leaders of the Project at Texas A & M, the first-ever attempt at cloning a dog.

“They are trying to do something that’s never been done, and this is very similar to our work in Noah’s Ark. We’re both trying to save animals that face extinction. I certainly appreciate their effort and there’s a lot we can learn from what they are attempting to do. It’s a research that is very much needed.”

69. The aim of “Noah’s Ark” project is to _______.

A. make efforts to clone the endangered pandas

B. save endangered animals from dying out

C. collect DNA of endangered animals to study

D. transfer the nuclear of one animal to another

70. According to Professor Kraemer, the major problem in cloning pandas would be the lack of _______.

A. available panda eggs                               B. host animals

C. qualified researchers                              D. enough money

71. From the passage we know that _______.

A. Kraemer and his team have succeeded in cloning a dog

      B. scientists try to implant(移植) a panda’s egg into a rabbit

      C. Kraemer will work with Chinese scientists in clone researches

      D. about two thousand of species will probably die out in a century

72. Which of the following should be the best title for the passage?

A. China’s Success in Pandas Cloning.                

B. The First Cloned Panda in the World.

C. Exploring the Possibility to Clone Pandas.                    

D. China —the Native Place of Pandas Forever.

 (安徽省馬鞍山二中2009屆高三第四次模擬考試C篇)

Scientists say California's special landscapes are changing gradually as the world gets warmer. Now, with a new generation of computer models, they're trying to make clear what those changes will be: Less snow?  More wildfires?  Fewer animals?

The new computer models allow scientists to divide the state into much smaller regions than ever before------just thirty-six square miles. These regional models give scientists a way of draping climate over California's complex landscape.     

Scientists want to understand how warming will affect the state's people, its economy, and the thousands of species that only live in California. The State's Climate Action Team has organized a meeting last month in Los Angeles on the economic effects of these targets.

California started the only state-run climate research program three years ago and is spending about$5 million a year on it. The goal of the research is to limit the impact of such changes.                                                                                                                             

California is part of an internationally recognized "hot spot" of biodiversity that extends north across the Oregon border and south into Baja California. It's home to 4,426 species of plants, nearly half of which are found nowhere else.

What happens in California could have broad influence. If California were a nation, it would be the fifth-biggest economy in the world and the 12th-biggest generator of greenhouse gases.     

Scientists are also looking beyond the greenhouse effect. For instance, urban development warms climate; cities give off more heat than natural areas. Cities also absorb more heat from the sun. This phenomenon is known as the "urban heat island effect". 

65. The writer intends to tell readers        .

A. studies on the future wildlife in California by computer

      B. predicting the future economy of California caused by getting warmer

      C. a programme to study the future of California carried by the California government

      D. research on the future effect on California caused by getting warmer by high technology

66. The underlined word “generator” in the 6th paragraph probably has the same meaning as   .

A. producer                  B. destroyer                 C. sufferer               D.supporter

67. Which of the following statements about “urban heat island effect” phenomena is wrong? .

A. cities absorb more heat from the sun

B. cities give off more heat than natural areas

C. warming affects plants and animals

D. urban development warms climate

68. There are more than two thousand species of plants      .

A. that exist only in this area                 B. that will be harmed by the changing weather

C. that will survive in this area            D. that will die out in future

 (湖北省宜昌市一中2009屆高三5月仿真模擬考試C篇)

The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled (貼標(biāo)簽；被稱為) by anthropologists(人類學(xué)家). Descriptions like “Palaeolithic Man”, “Neolithic Man”, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label “Legless Man”. Histories of the time will go something like this: “In the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts in all large buildings to prevent people from walking. This situation was forced upon earth dwellers (居住者) of that time because of miles each day. But the surprising thing is that they didn’t use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots on earth were destroyed by the presence of large car parks.”

The future history books might also record that we were deprived (剝奪) of the use of our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a bird’s-eye view of the world – or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to block your way. When you travel by car or train a unclear image of the countryside constantly dirties the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever forces to go on and on: they never want to stop. Is it the lure of the great motorways, or what? And as for sea travel, it hardly deserves mention. It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song: “I joined the navy to see the world, and what did I see? I saw the sea.”The typical twentieth-century traveler is the man who always says “I’ve been there.”You mention the remotest, most attractive place-names in the world like El Dorado, Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to say ‘I’ve been there’ – meaning, ‘I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else. ’

When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is reached, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you stop all experience; the present is no longer a reality: you might just as well be dead. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the present. For him, traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey, he feels a delicious physical tiredness. He knows that sound. Pleasant sleep will be his: the reward of all true travellers.

59．Anthropologists label nowadays “Legless Man” because_____.

A. people forget how to use his legs.

B. people prefer cars, buses and trains.

C. lifts prevent people from walking.

D. there are a lot of transportation devices.

60. What does the underlined sentence “When you travel at high speeds” mean?

A. people’s focus on the future.

B. a pleasure.

C. satisfying drivers’ great thrill.

D. a necessity of life.

61. Why does the author say “we are deprived of the use of our eyes” in the second paragraph?

A. People won’t use their eyes.

B. In traveling at high speed, eyes become useless.

C. People actually can’t see anything on his way of travel.

D. People want to sleep during traveling.

62. What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?

A. Legs become weaker.

B. Modern means of transportation make the world a small place.

C. There is no need to use eyes.

D. The best way to travel is on foot.

 (湖北省新洲區(qū)實驗高中2009屆高三5月檢測E篇)

When your pet meets your infant, it might not be love at first sniff.

Baby's Best Friend

When Jennifer Merritt brought her baby, Arielle, home from the hospital, her cherished dogs had very different reactions. Her boxer, Sonya, was immediately gentle and protective. But Tiger, the Pomeranian, was less welcoming: "If any diapers（尿布） or toys were on the floor, he peed on them!”says the Greenbrier, Arkansas, mom. Tiger isn't the first dog to feel jealous of a baby. In the eyes of a pet’s, there's a new star in town who's stealing his spotlight. Even the most gentle animal will probably act up if he doesn't get his usual attention. These simple steps will help your pet adjust -- and keep your baby safe.

u       Introduce Them with Care

Your newborn and pet's first encounter can set the tone for their relationship. To make it as smooth as possible, try this trick from Caryn Ruiz, of Raleigh, North Carolina: "Before we left the hospital, my husband took blankets home to our dog, Daisy, so she'd know our newborn Devon's smell." When you get home, have your husband carry the baby so you can greet your pet without worrying about her jumping on you. A cat will likely walk away at first, while a dog will probably want to investigate right away.

To introduce your baby, get down on your pet's level and let her have a hello sniff. Don't panic and pull your newborn away unless your pet is barking or hissing, because it'll send the message that the baby is a threat.

u       Learn the Safety Basics

No matter how smoothly the introduction goes, there are certain safety rules you should follow, says Bonnie Beaver, DVM, past president of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Number one: Never leave your baby alone with the pet. Even the gentlest animal can react unpredictably. Your baby's crying could frighten your cat, or your dog could suddenly become territorial. Consider setting up baby gates to limit your pet's access. To keep your cat from jumping into the bassinet（有蓬的搖籃）, try putting mosquito netting over the top. Cats hate sticky paws, so keep the crib（有欄桿的搖籃） and changing table off-limits by lining the edges with sticky strips made for furniture （available in most pet stores）. You can also train your dog to sleep in a crate.

77. What is the function of the story told at the beginning of the passage?

A. To introduce the terrible pets when a mother gets a baby home.

B. To illustrate the possible situation when pet meets the new baby.

C. To explain the pets reaction towards the new- born baby.

D. To prove how friendly a pet is when it meets the new- born baby.

78. Who is Sonya that is mentioned in the 1^st paragraph?

A.  A boxer of Jennifer Merritt.                        B. Jennifer’s baby.

C. A dog in Jennifer’s home.                           D. An expert on pet.

79. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Cats are more welcoming than dogs when then meet a baby.

B. You must show your baby to your pet dog when it is barking.

C. You should never keep a baby together with your pet.

D. The first introduction of your baby to your pet is important.

80. We can infer that the following part of the passage, Bonnie Beaver will focus on _________.

A.  how dangerous those pets are.                    B. other safety basics and rules

C. how to make a pet calm down                    D. other similar examples about pets

（河南省鄭州外國語學(xué)校2010屆高三上學(xué)期第三次月考）

（C）

Schools have been blamed for giving kids access to soda in vending machines (自動售貨機(jī)).But new data suggest that school soft drink sales may not be an important factor in how much soda kids drink.

In the current issue of The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers compared soda consumption among nearly 500 students in Maine who attended seven schools over two school years. Four of the schools cut back on soft drink availability at the schools, while three of the schools made no changes.

All the students were drinking less soda by the end of the study period, but there were no meaningful differences in overall soft drink consumption among the different schools. The data suggest that limiting soft drink availability at school doesn’t result in meaningful changes in drink consumption patterns. While there were no changes in overall soda consumption, there was a notable shift in diet soda drinking among girls. If the school cut back on soda availability, girls were less likely to drink diet soda, compared to girls in schools that made no changes.

The data are the latest to suggest that schools may not play as big of a role in kids’ poor eating habits as widely believed. Last year, The American Journal of Public Health published a provocative (引起爭論的) study showing that childhood weight problems often get worse in the summer, when kids are out of school.

Data from kindergarteners and first graders found that body mass index (指數(shù)) increased two to three times as fast in summer as during the regular school year. Minority children were especially at risk, as were children who were already overweight.

Even children who were too thin and needed to gain weight appeared to have better eating habits during the school year. They actually gained more weight while in school and less in the summer.

Even so, much of the focus on childhood nutrition and obesity (肥胖) remains in the nation’s schools. Today, The Times reported that even the school bake sale is disappearing as districts impose strict standards on the food served on school grounds.

64. What can be learned from The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior?

     A. Soft drink remains a problem in schools.

     B. Girls tend to consume less soda at school.

     C. Soft drinks may not be to blame for eating problems.

     D. Vending machines are not available in all schools.

65. Better eating habits may be best developed ______.

     A. during summer                                     B. on schooldays

     C. with less soda availability                D. in attempts for weight-gain

66. The writer voices his opinion by ______.

     A. conducting scientific research      B. comparing two journals

     C. criticizing wrong beliefs             D. referring to ready data

67.Which of the following can best summarize the passage?

     A. Schools are to blame for kids’ nutrition problems.

     B. Schools have made changes for a better reputation.

     C. Kids’ poor eating habit has little to do with schools.

     D.A lot has been done regarding kids’ nutrition and obesity.

（山東省濰坊市2010屆高三上學(xué)期階段性測試）

A

Climate change has caused the disappearance of ice in Antarctic. It will not only do harm to wildlife in the area but also cause levels of oceans and seas around the world to rise. The old city of Venice, Italy has long been threatened by rising sea levels. Its old buildings, built on a body of water called a lagoon, are slowly “sinking”. When the city was founded about one thousand six hundred yours ago, the water level was almost two meters lower than it is today.

    Mount Kilimanjaro in northeastern Tanzania is the highest point in Africa, with five vegetation zones and many kinds of animals. The ice glaciers on the mountain are disappearing very quickly. This will have a bad effect on the mountain’s plants and animals and on Tanzania’s travel industry. Also, a valuable record of thousands of years of weather history will also be lost if the ice melts. Scientists study pieces of the glacier to know the weather thousands of years ago.

    In the United States, the ice in the Glacier National Park in Montana may soon completely disappear because of climate change. In 1950, there were about 150 glaciers in the park. However there are only 26 glaciers remaining today. Scientists say that the glaciers will be gone by 2030. Many kinds of plants and animals in this mountain park are also disappearing.

   Rising sea temperatures are greatly harming the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. In some areas, healthy yellow, brown and green reefs have turned white. The coral whitens when it becomes breathless because of high temperatures. Its food also becomes less and less because the water is deepening.

   These places are included in the book called “Disappearing Destinations: 37 Places in Peril and What Can Be Done to Help Save Them.” It aims to call on the world to protect these places of interest in danger.

56.Which of the following can show us the climate many centuries ago?

A.Old buildings in Venice

B.Mount Kilimanjaro

C.The Glacier National park in Montana

D.The Great Barrier Reef

57.From the third paragraph we can infer______.

A.there will be no life in the Glacier National Park in Montana in 2030

B.the present plants in the glacier National Park like warm weather

C.the weather in America half a century ago was colder than it is today

D.there is no ice existing in the Glacier National Park in Montana now

58.What makes the coral of the Great Barrier Reef turn white?

A.That the water around gets dirty

B.that it attacked by other animals

C.That it cannot get enough food

D.that the high temperature doesn’t suit it

59.The book “Disappearing Destinations: 37 Places in Peril and What Can Be Done to Help Save Them” is mainly about______.

A.the disappearing of wild plants and animals

B.the effects of disappearing ice in Antarctic

C.the travel places that are in danger now

D.the harm tourists do to the places of interest

60.What is the main idea of the passage?

A.The old city of Venice is disappearing.

B.The glaciers in the Glacier National Park in Montana is becoming less and less.

C.Why does the coral of the Great Barrier Reef turn white

D. Climate change has caused many environmental problems.

（湖北省黃岡市黃州區(qū)一中2010屆高三第二次月考）

E

 "The world's oceans are slowly getting more acidic,”say scientists. The researchers from California report that the change is taking place in response to higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

    The lowering of the waters’pH value is not great at the moment but could cause a serious threat to current ocean life if it continues, they warn. Ken Caldeira and Michael Wickett, from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, report their concerns in the journal Nature.

Increasing use of oil fuels means more carbon dioxide is going into the air, and most of it will eventually be absorbed by seawater. Once in the water, it reacts to form carbonic acid. Scientists believe that the oceans have already become slightly more acidic over the last century.

    These researchers have tried to predict what will happen in the future by combining what we know about the history of the oceans with computer models of climate change．"This level of acidity will get much more extreme in the future if we continue releasing CO₂ into the atmosphere," said Dr Caldeira. "And we predict the amount of future acidity will exceed（超過）anything we have seen over the last several hundred million years, let alone perhaps after rare disastrous events such as asteroid（小行星) impacts．”

    However, it is not absolutely clear what that means for ocean life．Most organisms live near the surface, where the greatest pH change would be expected to occur, but deep-ocean life forms may be more sensitive to pH changes．Coral reefs and other organisms whose shells contain calcium carbonate（小行星) may be particularly affected if the water's acidity levels keep going up, the team predict. They could find it much more difficult to build these structures in water with a lower pH.

    In recent years some people have suggested storing carbon dioxide from power stations in the deep ocean as a way of dealing with global warming．But Dr Caldeira said that such a strategy should now be re-considered. "Previously, most experts had looked at ocean absorption of carbon dioxide as a good thing-because in releasing CO₂ into the atmosphere we warm the planet, and when CO₂, is absorbed by the ocean, it reduces the amount of greenhouse warming.”

72. According to Dr Caldeira,__________ .

   A. ocean absorption of carbon dioxide is a good thing

   B. more oil fuels will be used in the near future

   C. scientists may predict climate changes with computer models

   D. the future situation of the amount of acidity is extremely serious

73. If the water's acidity level keeps rising,_________ .

   A. ocean life whose structures contain calcium carbonate may be affected

   B. the waters’pH value will become higher and higher

   C. organisms living near the surface are more sensitive to pH changes

   D. some disastrous events will occur more often than before

74. Most experts once believed storing carbon dioxide in the ocean would reduce________ .

   A. the CO₂ absorbed by the ocean             B. the amount of greenhouse warming

   C. the acidity of the ocean                   D. the gradual release of CO₂

75. The purpose of this passage is to_________ .

   A. show people the findings of a research team  

B. inform people of how acid the ocean is now

   C. introduce Dr Caldeira and his team's research 

D. warn people of the higher level of CO₂

（浙江省慈溪中學(xué)2010屆高三第二次月考）

（C）

Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad眾多方面的of services, including labor, professional, transportation, and public-utility services. The interrelationships of all these prices make up the “system” of prices. The price of any particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else.
  If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define “price”, many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words that price is the money values of a product or service as agreed upon in a market transaction. This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the amount of money involved must be known. Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that apply to the transaction, guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return privileges, and other factors. In other words, both buyer and seller should be fully aware of all the factors that comprise the total “package” being exchanged for the asked-for amount of money in order that they may evaluate a given price.

69. According to the first paragraph, what makes up the price system of the US?

 A. Labor, professional, transportation, and public-utility有益 services.

B. A complex network composed of the prices of all the products bough and sold in the economy and also those of a myriad of services.

C. Any particular product or service.

 D. To depend on “how resources are to be used”.

70. How many factors are there to define “Price”?

   A. more than 7  B. more than 8  C. more than 9  D. more than 10

71. Which statement is true according to the passage?

   A. Price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product.

   B. Price is the money value of a product.

   C. Price is not only an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service but the amount and quality of the product and other factors.

   D. Price is the asked-for amount of money.

72. What’s the best title of the passage?

   A. How Resources are to be Used.    B. The Price System

   C. The Factors of “Price”           D. The Definition of “Price”