单选题 How do the basic market principles of competition and choice affect American life?
A. People have more options for air travel, phone service, but not for medical care and postal service.
B. People have more options for cars but not for electricity.
C. People have more options, which translates into unprecedented consumer power.
D. People feel uneasy about a bewildering array of options.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析]
In recent years the basic market principles of competition and choice have expanded into new aspects of American life. Consumers now face a bewildering array of options for air travel, phone service, medical car, even postal service. Car buyers can shop on the Internet for the best price at any dealership in their area. In some parts of the country, homeowners can purchase electricity from a menu of companies. All this choice translates into unprecedented consumer power.
One of the persistent myths of capitalist culture is that business people love competition. They don't. They spend their waking hours plotting ways to avoid it, and keep prices high. These days they use information technologies that give them intricate data on individual shoppers, and then present multiple prices to get each consumer to cough up the maximum he is willing to pay. The airlines have mastered this game, offering many levels of fare. Software companies appeal to the bargain shopper with a low price "standard" version and to the status conscious with a high priced "deluxe" alternative. If you are not inclined to shop around or have a taste for extravagance, prepare to be fleeced.

单选题 Which of the following statements is true?
A. Business people love competition because competition leads to progress.
B. Business people make great effort in plotting ways to avoid competition.
C. Business people keep the price of their products low so that more people would buy their goods.
D. Business people keep their production high in order to show that their goods are better than others.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】

单选题 How do Software companies make business?
A．They attract the bargain shopper with low-priced "standard" version.
B．They attract the status conscious with a high priced "standard" version.
C．In order to attract everyone,they have to keep price low.
D．Both A&B.