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    6．The price of coffee beans hits a 12-year high today．I thought there might
    be some kind of coffee-market story，like we saw with cocoa earlier this summer．
    But the main driver of coffee prices right now is simpler：Colombia has had
    a few year s of weak coffee harvests because of too much rain，which has reduced
    the global supply．And coffee drinkers keep buying coffee，even as prices rise，in
    other words，demand is unchanged．
    The higher price of beans-up about 40percent since March-means higher prices for the coffee you buy by the pound．But it probably won't affect the coffee you buy by the cup．
    Smuckers，which sells Folgers and Millstone coffees，recently said it was raising its prices because of the higher cost of beans．Starbucks，however，said it would absorb the higher cost of beans without raising prices．
    "You see it much more in the grocery store because the raw materials are a big factor of cost，"Jose Sette of the International Coffee Organization told me．"In a coffee shop，your big expenses are rent and labor．"
    While real-world supply and demand is the big driver of the price of beans，there may be some speculative action in coffee business in the future．
    But futures （期货） of the high-grade Arabica beans are traded in the US，where regulations prevent speculators （投机商） from controlling the market，hoping such things won't happen just as in London summer market．That suggests that prices should fall when supply improves-which may happen next year．
    Some experts say that farmers in third world countries won't actually benefit from higher prices in this case．When the price difference is due to supply and demand，the profit of the seller usually doesn't go up．

    71．Which of the following is the best title for the passage？A
    A．Why coffee is getting more expensive？
    B．How farmer benefits from the high price？
    C．Whether the US will control the coffee market？
    D．What has caused the reduction of coffee？
    72．From the second paragraph we can infer that．B
    A．Colombia is the coffee trading center of the world
    B．Colombia coffee output contains a final share of the world
    C．People need more and more coffee
    D．Coffee sales will be getting less and less
    73．In this summer's coffee bean market，B．
    A．the US made more rules about coffee prices
    B．speculators once held the coffee bean market in London
    C．coffee bean trading was seriously disorganized
    D．coffee bean prices were very low in the US
    74．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text？C
    A．The price difference determines the profit of the seller．
    B．Smuckers is a famous coffee manufacturer．
    C．Real-world supply and demand decides the prices．
    D．Coffee prices will become much higher next year．
    75．What does the underlined word"it"in the fourth paragraph refer to？C
    A．Folgers． B．Millstone． C．Smuckers． D．Starbucks．

    分析 本文讲述了咖啡的价格创12年来历史新高并分析了原因．

    解答 ABBC C
    71．A   判断标题． 根据文章的第一段可知本文讲述的是咖啡涨价的原因．故选A
    72．B   细节判断题．由第二段可知，由于哥伦比亚的咖啡豆连续几年歉收，影响了全球的供应量．可知，答案为B．
    73．B  细节理解题．根据hoping such things won't happen just as in London summer market．可知，伦敦夏季市场发生过投机商控制咖啡豆市场的事情．
    74．C   细节判断题．由文章对咖啡涨价的原因的分析和我们的常识可知答案应为C．
    75  C   猜测词义题．根据文章Smuckers，which sells Folgers and Millstone coffees，recently said it was raising its prices because of the higher cost of beans．可知Smuckers最近提升了咖啡的价格，故选C．

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    Lots of people go to college so they have a chance to get a better job，but if you won﹩50million，would you still pursue（追求）a higher education？
    Re：If u won﹩50，000，000would u still go to college？
    I would surely still go to college if I had that much money，but I would not be competing for a scholarship on collegenet．com．I would probably still discuss things here and I would create other scholarships to help other people to go to college as well．
    With﹩50million，I would not have to worry about getting a loan（贷款）from Chase Bank or finding scholarships to study abroad．I would have published several books by now as well，but I would still pursue my education．Going to undergraduate school is something that I really want to do because I want to become a Pediatrician．Money may buy a lot of things，but it does not necessarily give you knowledge and knowledge is what I am hunting for now．
    I am not just going to school to get a better job； I am going to school to realize all of my dreams．﹩50million is a lot of money，but no amount of money can keep me from my dreams．
    Veggie thought："Money may make things easier，but it is not everything．"
    Re：If u won﹩50，000，000would u still go to college？
    Would I still go？UMM，YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!
    I still want to teach…I don't care if I have more money than Bill Gates…I still want to be in a classroom teaching!!And I need a degree to do that!Teaching is my dream job，and it would make me really happy．
    I would  pay off my loans as well as my boyfriend's loans and help out a couple of friends who are having trouble with money．
    Re：If u won﹩50，000，000would u still go to college？
    I would still go to college．The only difference is with that much money to go to college I probably would stay in college longer and pursue a few extra degrees while I am there．I am looking for knowledge not money．The only problem is I need money to pursue knowledge．
    Also I could set up scholarship funds and I could save some more for additional dreams that I have．

    56．According to the answers，what do they have in common？C
    A．They all prefer money to education．
    B．They all want to get a better job．
    C．They will continue to pursue knowledge．
    D．They will give up jobs．
    57．From the first answer，we know the person isB．
    A．patient         B．ambitious        
    C．mean            D．selfish
    58．In the following statements，which is true according to the passage？A
    A．They all have something they want to do．
    B．They think money is more important than knowledge．
    C．The first person is rich．
    D．The second person doesn't want to get other scholarship．
    59．The underlined phrase"pay off"meansA．
    A．give back         B．cost              
    C．ask for           D．get．

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