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The market is a concept(概念,观念). If you are growing tomatoes in your backyard for sale you are producing for the market. You might sell some to your neighbor and some to the local manager of the supermarket. But in either case, you are producing for the market. Your efforts are being directed by the market. If people stop buying tomatoes, you will stop producing them.

If you take care of a sick person to earn money, you are producing for the market. If your father is a steel worker or a truck driver or a doctor or a grocer, he is producing goods or service for the market.

When you spend your income, you are buying things from the market. You may spend money in stores, supermarkets, gas station and restaurants. Still you are buying from the market. When the local grocer hires you to drive the delivery truck, he is buying your labor in the labor market.

The market may be something abstract(抽象的). But for each person or business who is making and selling something, it is very concrete. If nobody buys your tomatoes, it won’t be long before you get the message. The market is telling you something. It is telling you that you are using energies and resources in doing something the market doesn’t want you to do.

60. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A. Selling and Buying. 　B. Everything you do is producing for the market.

C. What is the market?　　　　　 D. What the market can do for you.

61. All of the following acts are producing for the market except　　　　 .

A. working in a bank　　　　　　 B. attending a night school

C. printing a book　　　　　　　 D. growing beans for sale

62. You are buying from the market when you　　　　 .

A. borrow a book from the library　　　　　 B. drive to the seaside for a holiday

C. look after your children　　　　　　　　 D. dine(宴请)at restaurant

63. The word “concrete” in the last paragraph may most probably mean 　　　　　　.

A. serious　　　　　 B. important　　　　 C. necessary　　　　　 D. real

64. In what way is the market very concrete for each person or business who is making and selling something?

A. It tells you what to produce　　　　　　 B. It provides you with everything you need

C. It tells you how to grow tomatoes　　　 D. It helps you save money

What color do you like best? Do you like yellow, orange and red? If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, or an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer grey and blue? Then you are probably quiet, shy and you would rather follow than lead. If you love green, you are likely to be strong-minded and determined. You wish to succeed and want other people to see you are successful. At least this is what psychologists tell us. They have been seriously studying the meaning of color preference, and the effects that colors have on human beings. They tell us that we don’t choose our favorite color as we grow up. If you happen to love brown, you do so as soon as you open your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.

Black is depressing while light and bright colors make people not only happier but more active. A yellow room makes us feel more cheerful and more comfortable than a dark green one does, and a red dress adds warmth and cheer to sad winter days. It is a fact that factory workers work better, harder and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or dark grey.

Remember, then, that if you feel low, you can always brighten your day or your life with a few colorful things. Also remember that you will know your friends(and your enemies)better when you find out what colors they like and dislike. And don’t forget that anyone can guess a lot about you when you choose a piece of handkerchief.

65. According to the passage, men’s 110-meter hurdles Olympic champion and world record holder Liu Xiang is most likely to love the color ______.

A. black　　　　　 B. green　　　　　　 C. grey　　　　　 D. brown

66. Why are machines painted orange in some factories, according to the passage?

A. Because workers tend to prefer orange to other colors.

B. Because other colors are forbidden in factories.

C. Because orange machines are easier to clean.

D. Because less accidents happen due to the introduction of orange machines.

67. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?

A. It’s possible to cheer you up by enjoying some colorful pictures.

B. You can know your friends better through the color they like or dislike.

C. Some people are born with their colorful preference.

D. One’s color preference is always changeable.