单选题

What Is a Market?

In the simplest terms, a market is the place where seller meets buyer to exchange products for money. Traditional markets still (19) in many parts of the world. Even in the United States, during summer months, there are farmers' markets where direct selling and buying take (20) between producers and consumers. Most service industries still (21) at this market level.
Manufacturing industries and most agricultural enterprises are more (22) from the consumers. Their products (23) several hand-truckers, warehouse workers, wholesalers, and retailers before reaching the final consumers.
Products or commodities are usually divided into two types: consumer and industrial. Consumer goods are those (24) are sold to final users, the customers. These goods include food, clothing, automobiles, television sets, appliances, and all those things people go to stores to purchase.
(25) goods are those that are sold to companies or other businesses for use in manufacturing or other purposes. Automobile makers buy many of the parts used to (26) cars. A tyre manufacturer buys rubber, synthetic or otherwise, (27) which to make tyres. (28) these materials will end up in the hands of final users: the owners of the cars. The (29) of industrial goods depends on the nature of the goods to be made for final users. The price of industrial goods and raw materials will (30) the price of final goods, those that the consumer buys.
Markets are for exchanging things, (31) their function is to allocate and reallocate goods and services among the members of the society including producers as well as consumers. Since the exchange is (32) , it is assumed that both sides (33) what they want by exchange or it would not take place.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[答案精解] 此处考查动词辨析。据文中第一句可知：市场就是买卖双方以物换钱。而此句想传达的意思是：这种传统的市场仍然在世界各地处于何种状态。A项意为“操作”，B项意为“完成任务，履行职务”，C项意为“为……服务”，D项意为“发挥作用”。根据句意，D项为正确答案。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[答案精解] 此处考查动词词组辨析以及对上下文的理解。A项意为“沿……走”，B项意为“从头看到尾，复习”，C项意为“经由”，D项意为“闲逛”。此处句意为：他们的产品经过了手推车人员、仓库管理人员、批发商和零售商各环节之后，才最终到达消费者手中。根据文意，C项符合题意。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[答案精解] 此处考查副词的用法以及对上下文的理解。根据文意可判断出，最后这些材料会制成汽车到达消费者的手中。故正确答案为C。而其他选项均不符句意要求。A项意为“及时”，B项意为“在那之后”，D项意为“最后，终于”，它与C项的区别是：ultimnately带有“从根本上，彻底”的意向，而此句没有这层含义。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[答案精解] 此处考查名词辨析。此处句意为：工业产品的什么取决于为最终用户所生产的商品的特性。A项意为“质量”，B项意为“使用”，C项意为“特性”，D项意为“类型”。根据本句后半部分“…depends on the nature of the goods to be made for final users”，只有C项符合句意。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[答案精解] 此处句意为：工业品和原材料的价格会怎样最终商品的价格。A项意为“决定”，B项意为“导致，引起”，C项意为“改变，摇摆”，D项意为“影响”。其中，A项“决定”是干扰项。我们知道，商品的价格是由商品的价值决定的，并受市场供需的影响。因此，工业品和原材料的价格只会影响最终商品的价格。可推断正确答案为D。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[答案精解] 此题考查动词用法。A项意为“获得”，B项意为“取得”，C项意为“赢得，挣得”，D项意为“受益于”。其中B项通常是指经过努力而取得，C项指通过努力或工作而挣得，D项通常要与from搭配。“gain what they want”表示通过交换获得他们所需要的，可推断A项为正确答案。