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[单项选择]Farmers’ Market Takes Off
New patronage figures show that the Dayton Farmers’ Market has become a big success. The weekly market, which was launched at the start of the year, attracts on average 4,ooo people every Saturday. That is more than double the attendance that was initially projected.
Observers have been very surprised by the market’s popularity. Prominent local businessman Jerome Leiter believes the market is doing so well because it provides a huge variety of fresh foods, from free-range eggs and meat products to vegetables and fruits. He also thinks the quality of the food is outstanding, so many people are choosing to shop at the market rather than at their local grocery store. Heather Foster, who was the main champion of the farmers’ market concept, thinks it serves an important community-building function, too. Foster says the market has become an important meeting place for people to get together and talk.
Whatever the reason, the Dayton F
A. The range of food
B. The sense of community
C. The affordable prices
D. The quality of the produce
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The Stock Market
When a new company is organized and shares are sold, it is not hard to determine the value of each share: all the shares together represent the total value of the company.
Ⅰ. The best way to explain how the stock market works. To imagine you form a company to produce a soda with 4 friends:
1) putting in $600 together for the expenses involved in the
(1) of (1) ______
the company;
2) stating every
(2) represents $10 of the present value of the company; (2) ______
3) owning a share signifies--a part owner of the company.
Ⅱ. Stock price increases when (3) is good and the value of the company (3) ______
jumps. 1) the
(4) $600 invested→$1,800 in value at present (4) ______
2) $10 per share originally →
(5) each currently (5) ______
Ⅲ. Stock price falls when business is worse and the value
