Section Ⅰ Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 Points) A scientist who does research in economic psychology and who wants to predict the way in which consumers will spend their money must study consumer behavior. He must obtain (1) both on resources of consumers and on the motives that (2) to encourage or discourage money spending. If an (3) were asked which of three groups borrow most -- people with rising incomes, (4) incomes, or declining incomes -- he would (5) answer: those with declining incomes. Actually, in the years 1997 -2000, the answer was: people with rising incomes. People with declining incomes were next and people with stable incomes borrowed the (6) . This shows us that tradition- al (7) about earning and spending are not always (8) Another traditional assumption is that if people who have money expect prices to go up, they will (9) to buy. If they expect prices to go down, they will postpone buying. (10) research surveys have shown that this is not always (11) The expectations of price increases may not stimulate buying. One (12) attitude was ex- pressed by the wife of a mechanic in an interview at a time of rising prices. Her family had been planning to buy a new car but they postponed this purchase. (13) , the rise in prices that has al- ready taken place may be resented and buyer’s resistance may be evoked. The (14) mentioned above was carried out in America. Investigations (15) at the same time in Great Britain, however, yielded results that were more (16) traditional assumptions about saving and spending patterns. The condition most contributive to spending (17) to be price stability. If prices have been stable and people consider that they are (18) , they are likely to buy. Thus, it appears that the common (19) policy of maintaining stable prices is based on a correct understanding of (20) psychology.
Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.19（）
A．appears
B．occurs
C．happens
D．expects
参考答案：A
解析：
词汇辨析题。本文前面谈到在美国当物价上涨时，人们会暂缓购买，而在英国当物价上涨时，人们会赶紧抢购。然后自然过渡到物价稳定的情况——最有助于消费的是物价稳定。appear意为“看来，似乎”，如：Babies of two months old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the water．(两个月的婴儿看来不像是不肯下水的。)appear后常跟不定式结构，放在句中既符合语义关系，又符合语法要求。 [避错指导] occur意为“出现”，happen意为“发生”，这两个词不符合本处语义关系。expect意为“期待，期盼”，后常跟不定式结构，但该词的主语是人，如果是物则须使用被动语态，显然不符合此处的语法要求。