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[单项选择]Mr. Smith finally lost his __ and fouled Lincoln by grinding his foot with a boot heel.
A. mind
B. temper
C. mood
D. passion
[单项选择]Mr. Smith, like his late father, rocked to power, only fell in disgrace soon afterwards.
A. 史密斯先生像他的继父一样火箭般地达到了权力的顶峰，但很快就身败名裂。
B. 史密斯先生像他的继父一样总爱玩弄权术，很快到了令人仰慕的地位。
C. 史密斯先生像他已故的父亲一样扶摇直上到了权力的顶峰，但很快就身败名裂下了台。
D. 史密斯先生像他已故的父亲一样以火箭般的速度达到了权力的顶峰，但没过多久也就去世了。
[单项选择]We should be grateful to Adam Smith because______.
A. his ideas made it possible for people to improve their lives
B. he invented a more efficient way of pin making
C. he started the industrial revolution
D. he brought to people a high standard of living.
[单项选择]Professor Smith continued his research work and {{U}}disregarded{{/U}} his colleague's advice.
A. ignored
B. deplored
C. explored
D. implored
[单项选择]Adam Smith saw that the division of labor
A. enabled each worker to make pins more quickly and more cheaply
B. increased the possible output per worker
C. increased the number of people employed in factories
D. improved the quality of pins produced
[单项选择]Mr. Smith often put on his best clothes.
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Text 4 Adam Smith, the Scottish professor of moral philosophy, was thrilled by his recognition of order in the economic system. His book, the Wealth of Nations (1776), is the germinal book in the field of economics which earned him the title "the father of economics". In Smith’s view, a nation’s wealth was dependent upon production, not agriculture alone. How much it produced, he believed, depended upon how well it combined labor and the other factors of production. The more efficient the combination, the greater the output, and the greater the nation’s wealth. The essence of Smith’s economic philosophy was his belief that an economy would work best if left to function on its own without government regulation. In those circumstances, self-interest would lead business firms to produce only those products that consumers wanted, and to produce them at the lowest possible cost. They would do this, not as a means of benefiting society, but in a
A. Self-interest is the life-line of economic activities.
B. Government shouldn't intervene in the economy.
C. Competition will benefit the society for consumers’ needs are tended.
D. Economic forces should be intended to promote public interest.
[单项选择]According to the passage, Adam Smith was the first person to______.
A. take advantage of the division of labor
B. introduce the division of labor into England
C. understand the effects of the division of labor
D. explain the causes of the division of labor
[单项选择]Professor Smith asked his secretary to ______ a hundred copies of this article on the duplicating machine.
A. run down
B. run off
C. run over
D. run into
[单项选择]According to the writer, Adam Smith's mistake was in believing that the division of labor______.
A. was an efficient way of organizing work
B. was an important development in methods of production
C. inevitably led to economic development
D. increased the production of existing goods
[单项选择]Adam Smith mentioned the number 4, 800 in order to______.
A. show the advantages of the old craft system
B. emphasize how powerful the individual worker was
C. show the advantages of the division of labor
D. emphasize the importance of increased production
[单项选择]Mr. Smith gave his wife ten pound ______.
A. for her to buy a hat
B. as her birthday present
C. for her to buy a bag
D. for her to spend on her birthday
[单项选择]Neither Mr. Smith nor his children ______ taking part in the sports meet this year.
A. was
B. are
C. is
D. were
[单项选择]（） we have finished the book, we shall start doing some exercises.
A. For now
B. Since that
C. Now that
D. Since already
[单项选择]Mr. Smith asked his secretary to ______ a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing.
A. invade
B. install
C. insert
D. inject
