单选题

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 23-25
The coffee industry has gone through a radical transformation in the last ten years and this has created some major problems for many coffee-exporting countries. The most important of these is the question of oversupply, which is the direct result of three factors: first, overall demand for coffee has in fact been declining. This is mainly because young people today tend to consume other products than coffee. Second, the International Coffee Federation, which used to guarantee that all producing countries were able to supply the market with sufficient quantities of coffee, is no longer able to act as the international regulator of the industry. And without a regulator it is impossible to impose maximum production levels. Lastly, in recent years, new countries like Vietnam and Brazil, for example, have entered the market, sometimes using extremely advanced, mechanized production techniques and this has led to the production of greater quantities of coffee, available at a very low price.

通过 "...overall demand for coffee has in fact been declining.(对咖啡的总体需求实际上在下降)”可以判断下降的需求(D)是该产业危机的原因之一。通过“...without a regulator it is impossible to impose maximum production levels.(没有一个调节者,就不可能限制最高产量。)”,由此可以判断生产过量(C)也是该产业危机的原因之一,而限额(B)不是。从最后一句话可以判断低廉的价格(A)也是该产业危机的原因之一。所以,正确选项为选项(B)。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】The International Coffee Federation作为一个regulator(调节者)能够impose maximum production levels(限制最高产量),所以该组织的作用是限制咖啡产量(C)。文中未提及对农民进行财政支持(A)或销售咖啡产品(D)。文中虽然提到了extremely advanced,mechanized production techniques(极其先进的机械化生产技术),但这并不是the International Coffee Federation引进的,所以选项(B)不正确。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】说话人提到“using...mechanized production techniques...has led to the production of greater quantities of coffee, available at a very low price.(使用机械化生产技术导致了咖啡产量的增加,可以以很低的价格买得到。)”,所以机械化生产技术导致了更大的产量(B)。更高的价格(A)与事实刚好相反。新闻报道中未提及更高的质量(C)。新闻报道指出“The International Coffee Federation...is no longer able to act as the international regulator of the industry. (The International Coffee Federation再也无法担任该行业的国际调节者了。)”,因此更多的调节(D)也与事实相反。