Chinese buyers used to prize foreign brands, ...

Chinese buyers used to prize foreign brands, thinking that products made by American or European companies are of higher quality(质量)　 than Chinese ones.　 Increasingly,　 that's no longer the case.

Chinese people born before 1985 generally think that foreign brands are better than Chinese ones, billionaire William Li told Business Insider during a recent interview on CCTV 9. But_for_those_who_were_born_after_1985,_it_is_a_different_picture.

“When I first went to the United Kingdom in 1997,　 I thought that the difference between China and Europe was quite big,” Li said.　 “But for those born in the 1990s, when they visit Europe or the US, they do not think there is a big difference.”

The change in thinking among Chinese buyers is showing up in many markets in China where western companies used to control. A study by Credit Suisse published in March found that young Chinese buyers are increasingly showing a “home brand bias”.

More than 90% of young Chinese buyers would prefer to buy home appliance brands, according to the study. Meanwhile, home companies producing food, drinks, or personal care products increased their share of the market by 3.3%　 over the last ten years to nearly 70%.

“Chinese buyers, especially the younger ones,　 don't just believe that foreign brands are better. Right now, Chinese buyers think China is good and ‘Made in China' is not bad at all,” Charlie Chen, head of China buyer research at Credit Suisse, told South China Morning Post in March.

The Chinese smartphone market is controlled by home companies——Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi. Apple is the only foreign brand in the top five, but it has lost large ground to the home brands in recent years. Its market share is believed to be down to 37% from 2015 high of 54%.

1.完成句子Chinese people used to ________________ and think foreign products are better than Chinese ones.

2.简略回答问题Who are increasingly showing a“home brand bias”in the study by Credit Suisse?

________________________________________________________________________

3.简略回答问题What do Chinese buyers prefer now according to the text?

________________________________________________________________________

4.用英语简要概括出文章的主旨大意。The passage is mainly about ________________________________________________________________________.

5.将文中画线句子译成汉语。________________________________________________________________________

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—Tu Youyou is the first Chinese scientist to get the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

—That’s great. We should ___________ her and work hard from now on.

A．learn to　　　　　　 B．learn from

C．learn for　　　　　 D．learn about

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There are more and more foreigners coming to China. So I think English is ____ useful than before.

A. more much    B. much more

C. many more    D. more many

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There are more and more foreigners coming to China. So I think English is _____useful than before.

A. more much　　　 B. much more

C. many more　　　 D. more many

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I think 　　　　　　 difficult for us to learn a foreign language well.

A.it　　　　 　　　　　 B. that　　　　　　　 C. this

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I think _____ difficult for us to learn a foreign language well in a short time.

A. that　　 B. this　　 C. one　　 D. it

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Many Chinese people who have been to the United States think that Americans pay a little part of their money for food each day. Yet, in the latest 13 years, food prices have gone up 30% for most American families. Everyone agrees that the cost of feeding a family has risen sharply. But who is really responsible（有责任的）?

Many people say the farmers who produce the vegetables, fruit, meat, and eggs are responsible. But farmers say that the rise in food prices is very small compared to (和…相比) the rise in their cost of living. Farmers think middlemen（中间人）have got much more money than they do. Middlemen are those people who stand between the farmers and the people who buy and eat the food. For example, truck drivers, owners of food stores and so on. Are middlemen really responsible for higher food prices?

Economists（经济学家）don’t think so. They have found that the money that meat packers（包装商）and food stores get is less than 1% in all. They say that food costs more now because modern housewives have jobs outside the home. They have less time for cooking after a day’s work. They like to buy food which has already been prepared before it reaches the market. They want to buy many kinds of food that can be put on their dining tables easily and quickly. But of course they must be prepared to pay for the services of those who make their work easier.

It seems that the answer to the question of rising prices is not an easy one. Quite a number of people share the responsibility for the sharp rise in food costs.

1.Farmers speak for themselves because _____.

A. the middlemen have had the biggest share of profit（利润）

B. the cost of their products have risen sharply too

C. their cost of living has gone up a lot, too

D. they’ve got very little in the rise of food prices

2.What’s the writer’s opinion (观点)?

A. He agrees with the economists.

B. He doesn’t think farmers are responsible.

C. He thinks the middlemen might get a lot of profit.

D. He thinks all those people should be responsible.

3.The underlined sentence means the food prices have gone up _____.

A. quickly and carefully

B. suddenly and greatly

C. clearly and naturally

D. angrily and seriously

4.Which of the following is a middleman?

A. A farmer　　　　 B. A shopkeeper

C. A housewife　　　 D. An economist

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Many Chinese people who have been to the United States think that Americans pay a little part of their money for food each day. Yet, in the latest 13 years, food prices have gone up 30% for most American families. Everyone agrees that the cost of feeding a family has risen sharply. But who is really responsible（有责任的）?

Many people say the farmers who produce the vegetables, fruit, meat, and eggs are responsible. But farmers say that the rise in food prices is very small compared to (和…相比) the rise in their cost of living. Farmers think middlemen（中间人）have got much more money than they do. Middlemen are those people who stand between the farmers and the people who buy and eat the food. For example, truck drivers, owners of food stores and so on. Are middlemen really responsible for higher food prices?

Economists（经济学家）don’t think so. They have found that the money that meat packers（包装商）and food stores get is less than 1% in all. They say that food costs more now because modern housewives have jobs outside the home. They have less time for cooking after a day’s work. They like to buy food which has already been prepared before it reaches the market. They want to buy many kinds of food that can be put on their dining tables easily and quickly. But of course they must be prepared to pay for the services of those who make their work easier.

It seems that the answer to the question of rising prices is not an easy one. Quite a number of people share the responsibility for the sharp rise in food costs.

1.Farmers speak for themselves because _____.

A. the middlemen have had the biggest share of profit（利润）

B. the cost of their products have risen sharply too

C. their cost of living has gone up a lot, too

D. they’ve got very little in the rise of food prices

2.Economists blame (责怪) _____.

A. farmers　　　 B. middlemen　　 C. housewives　　　 D. storeowners

3.What’s the writer’s opinion (观点)?

A. He agrees with the economists.

B. He doesn’t think farmers are responsible.

C. He thinks the middlemen might get a lot of profit.

D. He thinks all those people should be responsible.

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Many Chinese students think science subjects are________foreign languages.

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Many American students think Chinese is __________ any other foreign language.

A. more difficult as　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. much difficult than

C. much more difficult than　　 　　　　 D. so difficult as

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