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1、新东方在线职称英语频道(http://zhicheng.koolearn.com/)分享2017年职称英语考试综合C级阅读理解习题"Lemons"inUsedCarMarket Supposethatyou,acollegestudentofsomewhatlimitedmeans,areinthemarketforausedpickuptruck.Thefollowingadinalocalusedcarpublicationcatchesyoureyes. 1993FordRanger,
2、bilk,4WD,a/cAM/FM/cass.,showroomcondition.Call 555-1234after5p.m Thisisexactlythekindofvehicleyouwant,soyoucalltoinquireabouttheprice.Thepriceyouarequotedoverthephoneis$2,000lowerthanthepriceforthismodelwiththisequipmentlistedinausedcarguidebook.Ins
3、teadofbeingecstatic,however,youaresuspicious. Formanyproducts,whenyoumustpaylessthanthegoingrate,youbelieveyouaregettingagreatdeal.Thisisnotnecessarilythecaseforusedcarsorotherdurablegoods(washingmachinesandtelevisionsets,forexample)becausewithexpen
4、siveproducts-or,whatisessentiallythesamething,productswithhighreplacementcosts-youmustbeparticularlycarefulaboutgettinga"lemon."Oraproductofsubstandardquality. Inadditiontoaskingtheprice,theageofacar-oranyotherconsumerdurable-isafactorwhenyouaretryi
5、ngtodeterminewhetheraselleristheprovisionsofelectricpowerconstructionengineeringqualitysupervisionandquality...2.4.1.1theunitworksacceptancerateof100%,thequalityevaluationofatotalscoreof95orabove;2.4.1.2regulatedWeldingNDTinspection100%,regulatedweld
6、ingapassingrateof>99%,andweldbeadappearance;2.4.1.3boilerhydraulic新东方在线职称英语频道(http://zhicheng.koolearn.com/)分享attemptingtounloadalemon.Whilepeoplehaveallsortsofreasonsforwantingtoselltheircars-evenrelativelynewcars-mostpeopleholdoffuntiltheyhaveputma
7、nythousandsofmilesonacaroruntiltheusedcarisseveralyearsold.Youwouldprobablybeassuspiciousofacarthatis"toonew"asyouwouldacarthatis"toogood"adeal.Infact,youareprobablywillingtopayahighpriceforahigh-qualityusedcar.Whilethispricewouldcertainlybeacceptabl
8、etotheseller,thecompetitivemarketmightnotfacilitatesuchtrades. 1.Thebeginningofthispassageassumesthatcollegestudents A)areverycleverbutnotveryrich. B)Areverycapablebutnotverydiligent. C)Havelimitedmaterialresources D)Arenotrich. 2.Thepassageind
