首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext]W: What are you doing?M: I’m ordering some filing cabinets out o
[originaltext]W: What are you doing?M: I’m ordering some filing cabinets out o
游客
2024-02-20
16
管理
问题
W: What are you doing?
M: I’m ordering some filing cabinets out of a catalog.
W: What do you need them for?
M: There’s so much stuff piling up in my dormitory room. If I don’t do something soon, I won’t be able to move in there.
W: Do you usually order from a catalog?
M: Sometimes. Why?
W: Oh, it’s just in the history class today we were talking about how the catalog sales business first got started in the US. A Chicago retailer, Montgomery Ward started it in the late 1800s. It was really popular among farmers. It was difficult for them to make it to the big city stores so they ordered from catalogs.
M: Was Ward the only one in the business?
W: At first, but another person named Richard Sears started his own catalog after he heard how much money Ward was making.
M: What made them so popular?
W: Farmers trusted Ward and Sears for one thing. They delivered the products the farmers paid for and even refunded the price of things the farmers weren’t satisfied with. The catalogs became so popular that in some countries school teachers even used them as textbooks.
M: Textbooks?
W: Yeah, students practice spelling the names and adding up the prices of things in the catalogs.
M: Was everybody that thrilled about it?
W: That’s doubtful. Say they drove some small store owners out of business. Sears and Ward sold stuff in such large quantities. They were able to undercut the prices at some small family-owned stores.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?
20. Why did Richard Sears start his own business in catalog?
21. Who were the main customers of Sears and Ward’s business?
22. Why were the catalogs used as textbooks?
选项
A、Farmers.
B、City people.
C、Business people.
D、Students.
答案
A
解析
选项表明,本题与某一行业的人群有关。由女士提到的It was really popular among farmers 可知,农民很喜欢这样的交易方式,故答案为[A]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3467312.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]M:Excuseme,Helen.Couldyoumakecopiesofthisandhandthem
[originaltext]M:Excuseme,Helen.Couldyoumakecopiesofthisandhandthem
[originaltext]Howdothebirdsmanagetofindtheirway?Thereseemstobe
[originaltext]Today’sfirst-aidtopicisabouthandlingachokingincident.
[originaltext]Today’sfirst-aidtopicisabouthandlingachokingincident.
[originaltext]Today’sfirst-aidtopicisabouthandlingachokingincident.
[originaltext]Today’sfirst-aidtopicisabouthandlingachokingincident.
[originaltext]M:I’mreallysorry,ProfessorIrwin.Iwassickyesterday.W:Lo
[originaltext]S:I’msorry.Ijustdon’tagreewithyouatall.P:Look.Taket
[originaltext]W:Iunderstandyou’vebecomearealcooklately,Martin.M:Well
随机试题
ManyparentswhowelcometheideaofturningofftheTVandspendingmoreti
AsSesameStreet(芝麻街)kicksoffits40thanniversaryseasonTuesday,withfir
[originaltext]NowHarrietBeecherStoweisbestknownforhernovelUncleT
Asamanager,you’rerequiredtowithstandthecriticismwhendecisionsdon’
骨髓检查原始细胞90%,POX染色(-),免疫学检查CD19(+),CD7(-)
躯干的平衡训练以本体感觉训练为主要内容。错误的内容是A.在控制性活动时,应用髋的
氨基糖苷类抗生素()。A:阿米卡星 B:红霉素 C:多西环素 D:阿昔洛
A.淡红色,处方右上角标注"麻"B.淡红色,处方右上角标注"精一"C.白色,处方
我国是一个统一的多民族的囯家,在少数民族聚居的地方建立起来的民族区域自治地方机
特发于童年的情绪障碍包括()。 (A)离别焦虑(B)恐惧焦虑 (C)社交
最新回复
(
0
)