首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] Ask a typical American to name the biggest business in the Un
[originaltext] Ask a typical American to name the biggest business in the Un
游客
2023-07-07
104
管理
问题
Ask a typical American to name the biggest business in the United States, and you’re likely to get an answer such as "banking" or "automobile manufacturing". Neither is correct. The right reply is surprisingly obvious when you consider what 235 million people do at least three times a day — they eat. The food business is by far America’s largest enterprise.
And an increasingly large part of that business comes not from growing the food or selling it in America’s stores, but from distributing it. In every corner of the nation, the distribution network works 24 hours a day, moving food by truck, train, ship and frequently by airplane. It has been estimated that there are more than 135,000 different grocery products, ranging from bottles of fresh milk to cans of cooked fish, constantly being moved through the system.
Food in America is moved by a network that is so complicated that no one has ever been able to figure it out. There is no central governmental supervision of the system, although scores of government agencies at the federal, state and local levels have responsibilities for regulating the safety, shipment and sale of food. The system would seem to be one of complete disorder, and to the outsider who examines it, it is. But it works with amazing efficiency.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. According to the passage, which is the biggest business in America?
20. How many different grocery products are being sold in America?
21. According to the passage, what is the increasingly large part of the business?
选项
A、Food selling.
B、Food growing.
C、Food distribution.
D、Food manufacturing.
答案
C
解析
选项中的food selling/distribution/manufacturing表明,本题与食物生产和销售的各个环节有关。根据短文中提到的And an increasingly large part of that business comesnot from…but from distributing it可知,食品配送是食品业不断增大的一部分,故答案为C)。not…but…句式强调后者,常为考点,听音时应留意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.tihaiku.com/zcyy/2816468.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Whenfarmersandwildanimalsshareland,conflictscanbeha
[originaltext]Whenfarmersandwildanimalsshareland,conflictscanbeha
[originaltext]Whenfarmersandwildanimalsshareland,conflictscanbeha
[originaltext]Route66wasonceveryfamousinAmerica.Ithasbeencalled
[originaltext]Oldagemaynotsoundexciting.Butrecentfindingsoffergoo
[originaltext]Oldagemaynotsoundexciting.Butrecentfindingsoffergoo
[originaltext]M:Laura,whatareyoubusydoing?W:I’mworkingonmyreporton
[originaltext]M:Laura,whatareyoubusydoing?W:I’mworkingonmyreporton
[originaltext]M:Laura,whatareyoubusydoing?W:I’mworkingonmyreporton
[originaltext]W:Excuseme.I’manewstudent.WhatamIsupposedtodo?M:We
随机试题
Whyarescientistssurprisedbythefindingsintheirnoisestudy?[br]Accordin
纽曼认为机体的防御功能包括基本结构、()、正常防御线和应变防御线。
土工织物厚度一般指1kPa压力下的厚度测定值,在未明确规定压力时,可只对试样施加
单层厂房的结构组成中,属于围护结构的是()。A.基础 B.吊车梁 C.
下边四个图形中,只有一个是由上边的四个图形拼合(只能通过上、下、左、右平移)而成
1994-25.患者惊悸不寐,烦躁不宁,胸胁胀痛,头晕目眩,舌苔黄腻,脉弦滑,为
甲以为乙独居,欲人户抢劫,敲门后出来一人,甲一看对方是个彪形大汉(丙),便想放弃
求助者一般资料:男性,33岁,大学毕业,国家公务员。 求助者主诉:婚姻不美满
甲公司持有乙公司30%股份,能够对乙公司施加重大影响。乙公司2×21年度实现净利
常用不开槽管道施工方法有( )等。A.顶管法 B.盾构法 C.浅埋暗挖法
最新回复
(
0
)