[填空题]Surveys show that middle class customers will give first priority to the factors of comfort of stores and selection of commodities they offer in deciding where to shop these days.

[填空题]Surveys show that middle class customers will give first priority to the factors of comfort of stores and selection of commodities they offer in deciding where to shop these days.

[单项选择]The affluent middle class created by the Asian boom now take up over from exports as the main engine of growth.
A. take over from exports
B. take from exports
C. take exports
D. takes exports

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[填空题]With the economic development, the middle class in Brazil is become larger in number and is forcing governments to take tougher action to conserve natural resources.

[单项选择]第三篇 The Changing Middle Class The United States perceives itself to be a middle-class nation. However，middle class is not a real designation，nor does it carry privileges(特权). It is more of a perception，which probably was as true as it ever could be right after World War II. The economy was growing，more and more people owned their own homes，workers had solid contracts with the companies that employed them，and nearly everyone who wanted a higher education could have one. Successful people enjoyed upward social mobility. They may have started out poor，but they could become rich. Successful people also found that they had greater geographic mobility. In other words，they found themselves moving to and living in a variety of places. The middle class collectively holds several values and principles. One strong value is the need to earn enough money to feel that one can determine one’s own economic fate. In addition, middle-class morality(道德观) embraces principles of individual responsibilit
A. hesitatingly.
B. unknowingly.
C. weakly.
D. commonly.