[单项选择]middleman（）
A. the price or cost of transportation.
B. easily to go bad.
C. not to do something that has been arranged or decided upon.
D. something designed, built or installed to serve a specific function or perform a particular service.
E. the act of paying a bill, debt, charge, etc.
F. trader through whom goods pass between the producer and the customer.
G. a tract of land including its buildings.
H. an official group of persons who direct or supervise some activities of a firm.
I. public argument about something which many people disagree with.
J. a way by which a place, esp. property can be reached or entered or used.

[单项选择]A. The ultimate buyer. B. The middleman.
C. The issuing bank. D. The actual supplier.

[单项选择]"What does the middleman do but add to the price of goods in the shops " Such remarks are aimed at the intermediate operations between manufacturers and final customers. This practice usually attracts a lot of attention from the public and the press and the operation most talked about is what is often called wholesaling.
The wholesaler buys goods in large quantities from the manufacturers and sells them in smaller parcels, to retailers, and for this service his selling price to the retailer is raised several percent higher. But his job is made more difficult by retail demand not necessarily running level with manufacturer’s production. Because he adjusts or regulates the flow of goods by holding stock until required, he frees the manufacturer, to some extent, from the effect on production of changing demand and having to bear the whole risk.
The manufacturer can then keep up a steady production flow, and the retailer has no need to hold heavy stocks, who can call on the whole
A. Pushing up demand from retailers.
B. Controlling the flow of goods.
C. Bearing part of the risk for manufacturers.
D. Selling goods to retailers.