3. The author’s attitude toward “Most economists in the United States”（老观点）(line 1) can best be described as态度题
(A) spiteful and envious怨恨的，嫉妒的（人身攻击）
(B) scornful and denunciatory轻蔑的，攻击的（人身攻击）
(C) critical and condescending批评的，谦逊的（本题出得不太好）
(D) ambivalent矛盾的（过于中庸的，无态度的） but deferential恭敬的（C）
(E) uncertain（无态度的） but interested
4. It can be inferred from the author’s argument that a price fixed by the seller “seems pernicious”*4 (line 7) because直接事实题（问到直接因果关系）：老观点有什么理由
(A) people do not have confidence in large firms
(B) people do not expect the government to regulate prices
(C) most economists believe that consumers as a group should determine prices*4C问到文中没有的因果关系，把原话再说一遍
(D) most economists associate fixed prices with communist and socialist economies（C）
(E) most economists believe that no one group should determine prices
5. The suggestion in the passage that price-fixing in industrialized societies is normal*5 arises from the author’s statement that price-fixing is直接事实题：新观点有什么理由
(A) a profitable result of economic development
(B) an inevitable result*5B of the industrial system做法同上题
(C) the result of a number of carefully organized decisions
(D) a phenomenon common to industrialized and non-industrialized societies（B）
(E) a phenomenon best achieved cooperatively by government and industry
6. According to the author, price-fixing in non-socialist countries*6（第二个论据） is often直接事实题
(A) accidental but productive
(B) illegal but useful
(C) legal and innovative
(D) traditional and rigid（E）
(E) intentional and widespread*6E
7. According to the author, what is the result of the Soviet Union’s change in economic policy in the 1970’s*7?
(A) Soviet firms show greater profit.
(B) Soviet firms have less control over the free market.
(C) Soviet firms are able to adjust to technological advances.
(D) Soviet firms have some authority*7D to fix prices.政府给了企业定价的权利（D）
(E) Soviet firms are more responsive to the free market.
8. With which of the following statements regarding the behavior of large firms*8（论据一） in industrialized societies would the author be most likely to agree?信息题（有定位）
(A) The directors of large firms will continue to anticipate*8A the demand for products.维持稳定的市场需求
(B) The directors of large firms are less interested in achieving a predictable level of profit than in achieving a large profit.
(C) The directors of large firms will strive to reduce the costs of their products.
(D) Many directors of large firms believe that the government should establish the prices that will be charged for products.（A）
(E) Many directors of large firms believe that the price charged for products is likely to increase annually.
9. In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with主题题（写法性）
(A) predicting the consequences of a practice
(B) criticizing a point of view新老观点对比型（找批评criticize、纠正correct、挑战challenge、驳斥refute的说法）
(C) calling attention to recent discoveries
(D) proposing a topic for research（B）
(E) summarizing conflicting opinions
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