单选题
To understand the marketing concept, it is only necessary to understand the difference between marketing and selling. Not too many years ago, most industries concentrated primarily on the
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production of goods, and then
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on "persuasive salesmanship" to move as much of these goods as possible. Such production and selling focuses on the needs of the seller to produce goods and then
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them into money.
Marketing, on the other hand, focuses on the wants of consumers. It begins with first analyzing the
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and demands of consumers and then producing goods that will
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them. This eye-on-the-consumer
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is known as the marketing concept, which simply means that instead of trying to sell
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is easiest to produce or buy for resale, the makers and dealers first try to find out what the consumer wants to buy and then go
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making it available for purchase. Every
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—design, production, distribution, promotion—is made according to consumer demand. This concept does not
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that consumer satisfaction is given
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over profit in a company. There are always two
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to every business activity—the firm and the customer—and each must be satisfied before trade
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. Successful merchants and producers,
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, recognized that the surest route to profit is
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understanding customers. This concept has been recognized in such slogans as "Have It Your Way", and "Your are the boss". A good example of the importance of satisfying the consumer
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itself in mid-1985, when Coca Cola changed the
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of its drink. The non-acceptance of the change by a significant
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of the public brought about a quick
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of the Classic Coke, which was then marked alongside the new. King Customer
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.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 语义衔接题。四个选项分别为:A. effective“有效的”,一般指能够产生预期效果的;B. proficient“精通的”;C. competent“胜任的,有能力的”;D. efficient“有效率的”,指“高效的,以较少的浪费、花销或不必要的努力去做或生产”。所填词修饰the production of goods,所以应该选D,意思是“大多数企业主要把精力集中于高效生产上”。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 语义衔接题。四个选项均可与on结构共现。A. concentrate on“集中于”;B. focus on“关注”;C. rely on"‘依靠”;D. live on“以…为生”。关键是理解宾语persuasive salesmanship“诱导推销”,后面又有目的状语to move as much of these goods as possible“尽可能多地销售出产品”,所填词的逻辑主语是most industries,我们一般说企业依靠推销术销售产品,而不是集中于或关注于诱导推销,更不能说企业以诱导推销为生,所以选C。
【答案解析】[解析] 惯用衔接题。四个介词都能与go形成搭配。A. go about“着手做,从事”;B. go round“四处走动”;C. go on“继续某件事情”,go on doing“继续做原先做的事情”;D. go through“通过,经历”。原句的意思是“厂家先搞清楚消费者想买什么,然后再着手生产这种商品”,所以答案为A. about。
【答案解析】[解析] 语义衔接题。本句在解释marketing concept,所以所填词与前面出现的means同义复现,故选C. imply“意味着,包含有…的意思”,例如:His manner implies that he would like to come with us.“他的态度意味着他愿与我们同来。”A. hint“暗示,间接地表明,提示”;B. involve“包括”;D. represent“表现,代表”。hint和imply的区别在于:imply有“意味着”的意思,相当于mean或suggest,而hint只是指“间接地表示出某人的意思,提示”。
【答案解析】[解析] 语义衔接题。由破折号后的解释可知所填词指的是the firm and the consumer这两个商业活动涉及的方面,所以选C. sides“方面,一方”。A. views“观点,见解”,不能指the firm and the consumer这两个具体的实物;B. surfaces“表面”和D. approaches“方法”均与原文不符。
【答案解析】[解析] 语义衔接题。这里需要填一个不及物动词。A. controlled“约束,控制”,及物动词,后面必须跟宾语;B. manipulated“处理,操纵”,也是及物动词;C. managed“管理,控制”,作不及物动词时,意为“处理,应付过去”,manage to do sth.“成功做成某事”;D. ruled“统治,支配”,不及物动词。原句的意思是“顾客是上帝/顾客主宰一切”,因此,根据上下文语义,D为答案。