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lemon, or no scent.
Meanwhile, things that you might expect to discourage spending—“bad” tables, crowding, high prices—don’t necessarily.Diners at bad tables—next to the kitchen door, say—spent nearly as much as others but soon fled.It can be concluded that restaurant keepers need not “be overly concerned about‘bad’ tables”， given that they’re profitable.As for crowds, a Hong Kong study found that they increased a restaurant’s reputation, suggesting great food at fair prices.And doubling a buffet’s price led customers to say that its pizza was 11 percent tastier. 【语篇解读】 本文讲述了影响餐饮业效益的几个因素。
58.The underlined phrase “none the wiser” in paragraph 3 most probably implies that the customers were ________.
A.not aware of eating more than usual B.not willing to share food with others C.not conscious of the food quality D.not fond of the food provided
答案 A [推理判断题。根据第三段内容可知，在餐馆里的灯光昏暗的情况下，顾客判断不出自己吃了多少食物，即使吃多了也不会觉得饱，因为他们意识不到自己比平时吃得多。故答案为A。]
59.How could a fine dining shop make more profit? A.Playing classical music. B.Introducing lemon scent. C.Making the light brighter. D.Using plates of larger size.
答案 A [细节理解题。根据第四段中的“One way to encourage customers to stay and order that extra round：put on some Mozart...diners spent more”可知，要想让顾客在餐馆多停留、多消费，餐馆可以播放古典音乐，故A项符合题意。] 60.What does the last paragraph talk about? A.Tips to attract more customers. B.Problems restaurants are faced with. C.Ways to improve restaurants’ reputation.
D.Common misunderstandings about restaurants.
答案 D [段落大意题。根据最后一段的首句可知，人们认为的一些会阻止顾客消费的因素都不一定会是如此；下文围绕此进行了说明。故本题答案为D项。]
C
If you want to disturb the car industry, you’d better have a few billion dollars: Mom-and-pop carmakers are unlikely to beat the biggest car companies.But in agriculture, small farmers can get the best of the major players.By connecting directly with customers, and by responding quickly to changes in the markets as well as in the ecosystems (生态系统), small farmers can keep one step ahead of the big guys.As the co-founder of the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC，美国青年农会) and a family farmer myself, I have a front-row seat to the innovations among small farmers that are transforming the industry.
For example, take the Quick Cut Greens Harvester, a tool developed just a couple of years ago by a young farmer, Jonathan Dysinger, in Tennessee, with a small loan from a local Slow Money group.It enables small-scale farmers to harvest 175 pounds of green vegetables per hour—a huge improvement over harvesting just a few dozen pounds by hand—suddenly making it possible for the little guys to compete with large farms of California.Before the tool came out, small farmers couldn’t touch the price per pound offered by California farms.But now, with the combination of a better price point and a generally fresher product, they can stay in business.
The sustainable success of small farmers, though, won’t happen without fundamental changes to the industry.One crucial factor is secure access to land.Competition from investors, developers, and established large farmers makes owning one’s own land unattainable for many new farmers.From 2004 to 2013, agricultural land values doubled, and they continue to rise in many regions.
Another challenge for more than a million of the most qualified farm workers and managers is a non-existent path to citizenship—the greatest barrier to building a farm of their own.With farmers over the age of 65 outnumbering (多于) farmers younger than 35 by six to one, and with two-thirds of the nation’s farmland in need of a new farmer, we must clear the path for talented people willing to grow the nation’s food.
There are solutions that could light a path toward a more sustainable and fair farm economy, but farmers can’t clumsily put them together before us.We at the NYFC need broad support as we urge Congress to increase farmland conservation, as we push for immigration reform, and as we seek policies that will ensure the success of a diverse and ambitious next generation of farmers from all backgrounds.With a new farm bill to be debated in Congress, consumers must take a stand with young farmers. 【语篇解读】 本文呈现了美国小农场的特点及其目前发展面临的问题。
61.The author mentions car industry, at the beginning of the passage to introduce ________.
A.the progress made in car industry B.a special feature of agriculture C.a trend of development in agriculture D.the importance of investing in car industry
答案 B [推理判断题。文章开头作者提到Mom-and-pop汽车制造商不可能打败最大的汽车公司，以此为例引出文章的主题，随后介绍了美国农业的特点，故选B。]
62.What does the author want to illustrate with the example in paragraph 2? A.Loans to small local farmers are necessary. B.Technology is vital for agricultural development. C.Competition between small and big farms is fierce. D.Small farmers may gain some advantages over big ones.
答案 D [细节理解题。根据第二段中的例子和该段中的“suddenly making it possible for the little guys to compete with large farms of California”可知，小农场主可以获得比大农场主更多的好处。故选D。]
63.What is the difficulty for those new farmers? A.To gain more financial aid. B.To hire good farm managers. C.To have farms of their own. D.To win old farmers’ support.
答案 C [细节理解题。根据第三段中的“One crucial factor...for many new farmers”可知，很多新农场主无法获得他们自己的土地，这是他们的困难所在。故选C。]
64.What should farmers do for a more sustainable and fair farm economy? A.Seek support beyond NYFC. B.Expand farmland conservation. C.Become members of NYFC.
D.Invest more to improve technology.
答案 A [推理判断题。根据第一段的最后一句以及最后一段中的“We at the NYFC need broad support...all backgrounds”可知，除了需要NYFC的支持，农场主还需要获得其他的帮助。故选A。]
D
Children as young as ten are becoming dependent on social media for their sense of self-worth, a major study warned.
It found many youngsters (少年) now measure their status by how much public approval they get online, often through “likes”.Some change their behaviour in real life to improve their image on the web.
The report into youngsters aged from 8 to 12 was carried out by Children’s Commissioner (专员) Anne Longfield.She said social media firms were exposing children to major emotional risks, with some youngsters starting secondary school ill-equipped to cope with the tremendous pressure they faced online.
Some social apps were popular among the children even though they supposedly require users to be at least 13.The youngsters admitted planning trips around potential photo-opportunities and then messaging friends—and friends of friends—to demand “likes” for their online posts.
The report found that youngsters felt their friendships could be at risk if they did not respond to social media posts quickly, and around the clock.
Children aged 8 to 10 were “starting to feel happy” when others liked their posts.However, those in the 10 to 12 age group were “concerned with how many people like their posts”， suggesting a “need” for social recognition that gets stronger the older they become.
Miss Longfield warned that a generation of children risked growing up “worried about their appearance and image as a result of the unrealistic lifestyles they follow on