The price of goods usually rises when the supply is not ________ to the demand

A.consumers get tired of goods and use less of them

B.consumers want more variety in goods and services

C.a higher price for a good reduces the consumer’s desired consumption of a good

D.a lower price for a good reduces the consumer’s desired consumption of a good

A.The price in the purchase order contains both the service provided by the subcontractor and the value of the components

B.At least one component must be provided to the subcontractor

C.The goods receipt for a subcontracting order must always be posted as valuated

D.For subcontracting orders, an invoice receipt is binding

E.Subcontracting orders may not have an account assignment.

A.for the highest price offered

B.at fixed prices

C.at prices lower than their true value

D.at prices offered by the auctioneer

icans a credit card is "coined freedom". It has had effect of increasing consumption possibilities for households by allowing them to purchase thousands of dollars of merchandise. ranging from autos. clothing, to electrical appliances. The widespread use of creditcard nowadays staggers the imagination to the point where one wonders whether the total amount of consumption spending each year would be the same if this "plastic money" were not around, Credit cards have also been of significant importance to the national economy.Businessmen have been encournged to expand plant and equipment and hire additionat personnel to meet the heavy demand for their products, The tendency of employment and income would rise significantly. Unfortunately the ease with which buyers can increase their purchase with credit cards have caused them to overlook the additional costs.Purchase on credit cards are postponed payments. Buy-now pay later encourages buyers to use credit cards ,extencively.Since the buyer is in effect borrowing money for a special purposer he must expect to pay an interest charge. Interest is the price of using money over a long period of time. A close analysis of the use for credit cards for heavy purchases will show that the buyer has added to the cost of making these purchases. It must also be kept in mind that unpaid monthly balances means added interest charges. Furthermore. the use of credit cards will add to the most purpose of the product since the shopkeeper does not receive the money at the time of the purchase, Shopkeepers might add on the cost of handing credit cards to the bill. One of the arguments against the use of credit cards has been that those who do pay cash at the time if purchase finance the use of a credit card by another person.This is so, the argument runs, because the price of a product will include the cost of another persons use of a credit card.

Which of the following is NOT true about credit cards？

A.It can encourage great sums of consumption

B.Shopkeepers, among others object to the use of credis cards because they add on the cost of the merchandise

C.Credit card holders actually pay for their shopping goods afer the purchase has been completed

D.The national economy enjoys extensive growth because of the use of credit cards

What is the main topic of the passage？A.Advantages and disadvantages of credit cards

B.Economic growth hacked up by the use of credit cards

C.Arguments against the use of ecredit cards

D.Credit cards make life easier

What are the arguments against the use of credit cards？A.It may lead to the overgrowth of the national economy.

B.The delay in the payment of shopping goods may bring damage to shopkeeprers’profits.

C.Some people may intentionally purchase goods that they cannot possbly aford

D.Those who pay by cash at the purehase will have to pay for the cost added to the product as the interest charge of credit cards

The writers purpose in this passage is to____.A.argue against credit card

B.deseribe a phenomenon

C.introduce us the disadvantage and advantage of credit card

D.propose an original viewpoint

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

ange of household and electronic goods for some years. One year ago, it began using new suppliers from the country of Slabak, where labour is very cheap, for many of its household goods. In 20X4, Jungle Co also became a major provider of ‘cloud computing’ services, investing heavily in cloud technology. These services provide customers with a way of storing and accessing data and programs over the internet rather than on their computers’ hard drives.

All Jungle Co customers have the option to sign up for the company’s ‘Gold’ membership service, which provides next day delivery on all orders, in return for an annual service fee of $40. In September 20X5, Jungle Co formed its own logistics company and took over the delivery of all of its parcels, instead of using the services of international delivery companies.

Over the last year, there has been worldwide growth in the electronic goods market of 20%. Average growth rates and gross profit margins for cloud computing service providers have been 50% and 80% respectively in the last year. Jungle Co’s prices have remained stable year on year for all sectors of its business, with price competitiveness being crucial to its continuing success as the leading global electronic retailer.

The following information is available for Jungle Co for the last two financial years:

3. Administration expenses

Included in these costs are the costs of running the customer service department ($860,000 in 20X5; $1,900,000 in 20X6.) This department deals with customer complaints.

4. Non-financial data

Required:

Discuss the financial and non-financial performance of Jungle Co for the year ending 31 August 20X6.

Note: There are 7 marks available for calculations and 13 marks available for discussion.

Market prices may move up or down (or remain the same)in response to a host of factors causing shifts in supply (the whole supply curve) or demand (the whole demand curve) or both together.

Bad weather makes prices go up--not just the prices of agricultural products, but of a great many other goods ranging from steel to nightgowns--because of interruptions in production, breakdowns in transportation, power failures, etc.

Changes in technology cause shifts in supply curves; a more efficient way of making transistors bring down the prices of calculators, computers, radios, television sets, record players, recorders. Increases in the scale of production, as we have seen, often bring down certain production prices.

Shrinking. oil and mineral reserves contract supply, and prices move up. "Diseconomies" resulting from shrinking scales of production, as when the market for handmade pocket books, horse-drawn carriage, grandfather clocks, custom tailoring, and handmade furniture contracts, push up the price of such products not only absolutely, but relatively far above what they were in the old days, when skilled labor was cheaper and more abundant.

With which of the following topics is the author primarily concerned？

A．The effects of climate on the economy.

B．The relation between market prices and technological change.

C．The effect of shifts in supply and demand on market prices.

D．The increasing cost of skilled labor.

(阅读理解题)Advertisements make us want too much, so we get the idea that the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods.But it is not completely right.Advertisement has another equally important function—to inform.A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods derives largely from the advertisements we read.Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of ones we already know about.Supposing you wanted to buy a washer, it is more than likely you would obtain details regarding performance, price, etc., from an advertisement.Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted.It is hardly possible not to read advertisements these days.And what fun they often are, too! Just think what a railway station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements.Would you enjoy gazing at a blank wall or reading railway byelaws while waiting for a train？ Would you like to read only closely printed columns of news in your daily paper？ A cheerful, witty advertisement makes such a difference to a drab wall or a newspaper full of bad news.We must not forget that advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets.Newspapers, commercial radio and television companies could not subsist without this source of revenue.The fact that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programs is due entirely to the money spent by advertisers.Just think what a newspaper would cost if we had to pay its full price! Another thing we mustn’t forget is the ‘small ads.’ in virtually every newspaper and magazine.What a tremendously useful service they perform. for the community! Just about anything can be accomplished through these columns.For instance, you can find a job; buy or sell a house; announce a birth, marriage, or death in these small ads.

(1).What will you possibly want to know from a washer advertisement？

A、some details

B、how much it will cost

C、its functions

D、all of the above.

(2).What is the author’s attitude towards most people’s claim that they never read advertisements？

A、doubt

B、agreement

C、acceptance

D、in favor of

(3).According to the text, which of the following statements is true？

A、only TV commercials are useful in daily life

B、advertisements help to change our life

C、advertisements should be serious

D、advertisements make us spend more money on newspaper, magazines and broadcast programs

(4).In the passage, the author is focusing on ____________.

A、how people buy things through advertisements

B、the useful service of advertisements to the community

C、how advertisers spend their money

D、the advantages and disadvantages of advertisements

(5).According to the passage, advertisements will NOT make us ____________.

A、buy something

B、know the functions of some new goods

C、learn some knowledge

D、forget the old things that are already known by people

ing terms:

an immediate payment of $4 per share on 1 October 2010; and

a further amount deferred until 1 October 2011 of $5·4 million.

The immediate payment has been recorded in Paladin’s financial statements, but the deferred payment has not been recorded. Paladin’s cost of capital is 8% per annum.

On 1 February 2011, Paladin also acquired 25% of the equity shares of Augusta paying $10 million in cash. The summarised statements of financial position of the three companies at 30 September 2011 are:

The following information is relevant:

(i) Paladin’s policy is to value the non-controlling interest at fair value at the date of acquisition. For this purpose the directors of Paladin considered a share price for Saracen of $3·50 per share to be appropriate.

(ii) At the date of acquisition, the fair values of Saracen’s property, plant and equipment was equal to its carrying amount with the exception of Saracen’s plant which had a fair value of $4 million above its carrying amount. At that date the plant had a remaining life of four years. Saracen uses straight-line depreciation for plant assuming a nil residual value. Also at the date of acquisition, Paladin valued Saracen’s customer relationships as a customer base intangible asset at fair value of $3 million. Saracen has not accounted for this asset. Trading relationships with Saracen’s customers last on average for six years.

(iii) At 30 September 2011, Saracen’s inventory included goods bought from Paladin (at cost to Saracen) of $2·6 million. Paladin had marked up these goods by 30% on cost. Paladin’s agreed current account balance owed by Saracen at 30 September 2011 was $1·3 million.

(iv) Impairment tests were carried out on 30 September 2011 which concluded that consolidated goodwill was not impaired, but, due to disappointing earnings, the value of the investment in Augusta was impaired by $2·5 million.

(v) Assume all profits accrue evenly through the year.

Required:

Prepare the consolidated statement of financial position for Paladin as at 30 September 2011.

s or services". Advertisement aims to increase people’s awareness and arouse interest. It tries to inform. and to persuade. The media are all used to spread the message. The press offers a fairly cheap method, and magazines are used to reach special sections of the market. The cinema and commercial radio are useful for local market. Television, although more expensive, can be very effective. Public notices are fairly cheap and more permanent in their power of attraction. Other ways of increasing consumer interest are through exhibitions and trade fairs as well as direct mail advertisement.

There can be no doubt that the growth in advertisement is one of the most striking features of the Western World in this century. Many business such as those handling frozen foods, liquor, tabacco and medicines have been built up largely by advertisement.

We might ask whether the cost of advertisement is paid for by the producer or by the customer. Since advertisement forms part of the cost of production, which has to be covered by the selling price, it is the customer who pays for advertisement. However, if large scale advertisement leads to increased demand, production costs are reduced, and the customer pays less.

It is difficult to measure exactly the influence of advertisement helps to increase demand. When the market is shrinking, advertisement may prevent a bigger fall in sales than would occur without its support. What is clear is that businesses would not pay large sums for advertisement if they were not convinced of its value to them.

Advertisement is often used to ______.

A．deceive customers

B．increase production

C．push the sale

D．arouse suspicion

听力原文： When you see a clever advertisement in a newspaper, do you say to yourself, "Ah, that's good. I'd like to have one of those"？ Or do you say, "What lies are they telling this time？ It can't be very good or they wouldn't have to advertise it so cleverly"？ Both of these people exist; the first are optimists; the second, pessimists and realists.

Advertisements can be extremely useful if they are honest; if, let us say, you have broken your pen and you want to buy another, the first thing to do is to look at as many advertisements for pens as you can find. That will help you to choose the model, color and price that suit you. Advertisements save a lot of time and trouble by putting sellers in touch with buyers in a quick and simple way. If the advertisements are true and accurate, the customers will be satisfied and will probably buy from the same firm next time and advise their friends and acquaintances to do the same.

The really dishonest advertiser hopes to sell his goods quickly and to make a large profit on them before the customer's reactions begin. He knows that no customers will buy from him a second time, and that none will recommend his products to their friends. But there are also semi-dishonest advertisers. They make claims for their products which they know perfectly well to be incapable of verification, like advertising that a certain toothpaste contains a particular substance—which it in fact does—knowing that this substance is in fact neither beneficial nor harmful to the teeth. Such advertisements do not tell downright lies, but their advertising is deliberately misleading.

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A．Trust all advertisements and make purchases accordingly.

B．Get suitable colors and prices from advertisements.

C．Doubt the truthfulness of advertisements.

D．Admire the clever ways advertisements are made.